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RCM Technologies, Inc.

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UNITED STATES  
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549  

FORM 10-K  

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)  
 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  
For the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011  
OR  
[  ] 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 1-10245  

RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.  
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)  

Nevada  
(State or Other Jurisdiction of  
Incorporation or Organization)  

2500 McClellan Avenue, Suite 350,  
Pennsauken, New Jersey  
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  

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

95-1480559  
(I.R.S. Employer  Identification No.)  

08109-4613  
(Zip Code)  

(856) 356-4500  

Title of Each Class  

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered  

Common Stock, par value $0.05 per share  

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC  

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

None  

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  YES [   ]     NO 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  YES [   ]   NO 

[X]  

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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 [   ]  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every 
Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   YES [   ]   NO [   ]  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) 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. [X]  

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller 

reporting company.  (See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the 
Exchange Act).  (Check one):  
Large Accelerated Filer [   ]  

Smaller Reporting Company [X]  

Accelerated Filer [   ]  

Non-Accelerated Filer [   ]  
(Do not check if a smaller reporting 
company)  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   YES [   ]   NO [X]  

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $41.1 million based upon the 
closing price of $4.46 per share of the registrant’s common stock on July 2, 2010 on The NASDAQ Global Market.  The information provided 
shall in no way be construed as an admission that any person whose holdings are excluded from the figure is an affiliate or that any person 
whose holdings are included is not an affiliate and any such admission is hereby disclaimed.  The information provided is included solely for 
record keeping purposes of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  

The number of shares of registrant's common stock (par value $0.05 per share) outstanding as of February 22, 2011: 13,029,314.  

Portions of the definitive proxy statement for the registrant's 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2011 Proxy Statement”) are 
incorporated by reference into Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  If the 2011 Proxy Statement is not 
filed by May 1, 2011, an amendment to this annual report on Form 10-K setting forth this information will be duly filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.  

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.  

FORM 10-K  

TABLE OF CONTENTS  

PART I  

Item 1.  
Item 1A.  
Item 1B.  
Item 2.  
Item 3.  
Item 4.  

PART II  

Item 5.  

Item 6.  
Item 7.  
Item 7A.  
Item 8.  
Item 9.  
Item 9A(T).  
Item 9B.  

PART III  

Item 10.  
Item 11.  
Item 12.  

Item 13.  
Item 14.  

PART IV  

Item 15.  
   Signatures  

Business  
Risk Factors  
Unresolved Staff Comments  
Properties  
Legal Proceedings  
[REMOVED AND RESERVED]  

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of  
Equity Securities  
Selected Financial Data  
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations  
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk  
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data  
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure  
Controls and Procedures  
Other Information  

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance  
Executive Compensation  
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder  
Matters  
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence  
Principal Accountant Fees and Services  

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules  

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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act Safe Harbor Statement  

PART I  

Certain statements included herein and in other reports and public filings made by RCM Technologies, Inc. (“RCM” or the “Company”) are 
forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements include, without 
limitation, statements regarding the adoption by businesses of new technology solutions; the use by businesses of outsourced solutions, such as 
those offered by the Company, in connection with such adoption; the Company’s business initiatives and growth strategies; and the outcome of 
litigation (at both the trial and appellate levels) involving the Company.  Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements, as well as 
others made by the Company, which may be identified by words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “project,” 
“intend,” “believe,” and similar expressions, are only predictions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual 
results and financial position to differ materially from such statements.  Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation:  (i) 
unemployment and general economic conditions affecting the provision of information technology and engineering services and solutions and 
the placement of temporary staffing personnel; (ii) the Company's ability to continue to attract, train and retain personnel qualified to meet the 
requirements of its clients; (iii) the Company's ability to identify appropriate acquisition candidates, complete such acquisitions and successfully 
integrate acquired businesses; (iv) uncertainties regarding pro forma financial information and the underlying assumptions relating to 
acquisitions and acquired businesses; (v) uncertainties regarding amounts of deferred consideration and earnout payments to become payable to 
former shareholders of acquired businesses; (vi) adverse effects on the market price of the Company's common stock due to the potential resale 
into the market of significant amounts of common stock; (vii) the adverse effect a potential decrease in the trading price of the Company's 
common stock would have upon the Company's ability to acquire businesses through the issuance of its securities; (viii) the Company's ability to 
obtain financing on satisfactory terms; (ix) the reliance of the Company upon the continued service of its executive officers; (x) the Company's 
ability to remain competitive in the markets that it serves; (xi) the Company's ability to maintain its unemployment insurance premiums and 
workers compensation premiums; (xii) the risk of claims being made against the Company associated with providing temporary staffing 
services; (xiii) the Company's ability to manage significant amounts of information and periodically expand and upgrade its information 
processing capabilities; (xiv) the Company's ability to remain in compliance with federal and state wage and hour laws and regulations; (xv) 
uncertainties in predictions as to the future need for the Company’s services; (xvi) uncertainties relating to the allocation of costs and expenses to 
each of the Company’s operating segments; (xvii) the costs of conducting and the outcome of litigation involving the Company, and the 
applicability of insurance coverage with respect to any such litigation; (xviii) obligations relating to indemnities and similar agreements entered 
into in connection with the Company’s business activities; and (xix) other economic, competitive and governmental factors affecting the 
Company's operations, markets, products and services.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, 
which speak only as of the date made.  The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revision of these forward-
looking statements to reflect these trends or circumstances after the date they are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.  

 
 
 
 
   
  
  
  
ITEM 1.  BUSINESS  

General  

RCM Technologies, Inc . is a premier provider of business and technology solutions designed to enhance and maximize the operational 
performance of its customers through the adaptation and deployment of advanced information technology and engineering services.  RCM is 
also a provider of specialty healthcare services to major health care institutions and educational facilities.  RCM has been an innovative leader in 
the design, development, and delivery of these services to commercial and government sectors for 40 years.  Over the years, the Company has 
developed and assembled an attractive, diverse and extensive portfolio of capabilities, service offerings and delivery options, established a 
proven record of performance and credibility, and built an efficient pricing structure.  This combination offers clients a compelling value 
proposition with the potential to substantially accelerate the successful attainment of their business objectives .    

RCM consists of three operating segments: Information Technology, Engineering and Specialty Health Care Services.  The Company’s 
Information Technology, or IT, segment provides enterprise business solutions, application services, infrastructure solutions, competitive 
advantage & productivity solutions, life sciences solutions and other selected vertical market specific offerings.  RCM’s Engineering segment 
provides engineering and design, engineering analysis, technical writing and technical support services.  The Company’s Specialty Health Care 
Services segment provides health care professionals, primarily nurses and therapists.  

The Company services some of the largest national and international companies in North America as well as a lengthy roster of Fortune 1000 
and mid-sized businesses in such industries as Aerospace/Defense, Energy, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Manufacturing & Distribution, the 
Public Sector and Technology.  RCM believes it offers a range of solutions that fosters long-term client relationships, affords cross-selling 
opportunities, and minimizes the Company’s dependence on any single technology or industry sector.  RCM sells and delivers its services 
through a network of 26 offices in selected regions throughout North America.  

The Company is a Nevada corporation organized in 1971.  The address of its principal executive office is 2500 McClellan Avenue, Suite 350, 
Pennsauken, NJ  08109-4613.  

During the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, approximately 44.2% of RCM’s total revenues were derived from IT services, 39.8% from 
Engineering services, and the remaining 16.0% from Specialty Health Care services.  

Demand for the Company’s services can be significantly impacted by changes in the general level of economic activity and particularly 
technology spending.  During periods of reduced economic activity, such as the environment in the United States and the world in general since 
approximately mid-2007 and continuing through fiscal 2010, the Company may also be subject to increased pricing pressure in its markets due 
to reduced spending by clients and potential clients of the Company.  Extended periods of weakness in the economy can have a material adverse 
impact on the Company’s business and results of operations.  Accordingly, the Company's operations have been adversely impacted by the 
continuing economic downturn that began in the middle of 2007.  

Industry Overview  

Businesses today face intense competition, the challenge of constant technological change and the ongoing need for business process 
optimization.  To address these issues and to compete more effectively, companies are continually evaluating the need for implementing 
innovative solutions to upgrade their systems, applications, and processes.  As a result, the ability of an organization to integrate and align 
advanced technologies with new business objectives is critical.  

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Industry Overview (Continued)  

Although most companies recognize the importance of optimizing their systems, applications and processes to compete in today’s challenging 
environment, the process of designing, developing and implementing business and technology solutions is becoming increasingly complex.  The 
Company believes that many businesses are focused on return on investment analysis in prioritizing their initiatives.  The Company believes that 
as a consequence, over the past few years, companies have elected to defer, redefine or cancel investments in new systems, software, and 
solutions and have focused on making extended and more effective use of previous technological investments.    

On the other hand, the current economic environment challenges many companies to integrate and manage computing environments consisting 
of multiple computing platforms, operating systems, databases and networking protocols and off-the-shelf software applications to support 
business objectives.  Companies also need to keep pace with new technology developments, which often rapidly render existing equipment and 
internal skills obsolete.  At the same time, external economic factors have caused many organizations to focus on core competencies and trim 
workforces in the IT management area.  Accordingly, these organizations often lack the quantity, quality and variety of IT skills necessary to 
design and support IT solutions.  IT managers are charged with supporting increasingly complex systems and applications of significant strategic 
value, while working under budgetary, personnel and expertise constraints within their own organizations.  

The Company believes its target market for IT services is among middle-market companies, which typically lack the time and technical 
resources to satisfy all of their IT needs internally.  These companies commonly require sophisticated, experienced IT assistance to achieve their 
business objectives and often rely on IT service providers to help implement and manage their systems.  However, many middle-market 
companies rely on multiple providers for their IT needs.  Generally, the Company believes that this reliance on multiple providers results from 
the fact that larger IT service providers do not target these companies, while smaller IT service providers, which do target these companies, lack 
sufficient breadth of services or industry knowledge to satisfy all of these companies' needs.  The Company believes this reliance on multiple 
service providers creates multiple relationships that are more difficult and less cost-effective to manage than a single relationship and can 
adversely influence the quality and compatibility of IT solutions.  RCM is structured to provide middle-market companies a single source for 
their IT needs.  

The Company’s Engineering group continues to focus on areas of growth within the energy and aerospace industries.  
In recent years, many businesses have been adversely impacted by higher oil prices, and for that and various other reasons, there has been 
growing sentiment around the world for the development of alternative sources of energy, including a renewed interest in nuclear power.  Over 
the same period, there has been a significant increase in spending in the United States in the aerospace and defense industries due largely to a 
strengthening of the military and homeland security in response to armed conflicts, geo-political unrest and the threat of terrorism.  The 
combination of higher energy prices and increased military spending has created numerous business opportunities for service providers, 
especially those engaged in engineering operations in North America and abroad.    

In the healthcare services industry, a shortage of nurses and other medical personnel in the United States has led to increases in business activity 
for health care service companies, including the Company’s Specialty Healthcare Group.  Due in part to an aging population and improved 
medical technology, the demand for selected health care professionals is expected to continue over the next several years.  

Business Strategy  

RCM is dedicated to providing solutions to meet its clients’ business needs by delivering information technology and engineering services.  The 
Company’s objective is to be a recognized leader of specialized professional consulting services and solutions in major markets throughout 
North America.  The Company is adapting operating strategies to achieve this objective.  Key elements of its growth and operating strategies are 
as follows:  

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Growth Strategy  

Promote Full Life Cycle Solution Capability     
The Company promotes a full life cycle solution capability to its customers.  The goal of the full life cycle solution strategy is to fully address a 
client’s project implementation cycle at each stage of its development and deployment.  This entails the Company working with its clients from 
the initial conceptualization of a project through its design and project execution, and extending into ongoing management and support of the 
delivered product.  RCM’s strategy is to build projects and solutions offerings selectively, utilizing its extensive resource base.  

The Company believes that the effective execution of this strategy will generate improved margins on its existing resources.  The completion of 
this service-offering continuum is intended to afford the Company the opportunity to strengthen long-term client relationships that will further 
contribute to a more predictable revenue stream.  

In addition to a full life cycle solution offering, the Company continues to focus on transitioning into higher value oriented services in an effort 
to increase its margins on its various service lines (relative to lower value services) and generate revenue that is more sustainable.  The Company 
believes this transition is accomplished by pursuing additional vertical market specific solutions in conjunction or combination with longer-term 
based solutions, through expansion of its client relationships and by pursuing strategic alliances and partnerships.  

Achieve Internal Growth  
The Company continues to promote its internal growth strategies which we designed to better serve the Company’s customers, generate higher 
revenue and achieve greater operating efficiencies.  National and regional sales management programs have been designed and implemented to 
segregate clients by vertical market and national accounts to advance a value added services focus.  This process is improving account 
coordination with the intent to allow clients to benefit from deeper industry knowledge and the Company to maximize major account 
opportunities.  

RCM provides an orientation program in which sales managers and professionals receive relevant information about Company operations.  

RCM has adopted an industry-centric approach to sales and marketing.  This initiative contemplates that clients within the same industry sectors 
tend to have common business challenges.  It therefore allows the Company to present and deliver enhanced value to those clients in the vertical 
markets in which RCM has assembled the greatest work experience. RCM’s consultants continue to acquire project experience that offers 
differentiated awareness of the business challenges that clients in that industry are facing.  This alignment also facilitates and creates additional 
cross-selling opportunities.  The Company believes this strategy will lead to greater account penetration and enhanced client relationships.  

Operational strategies contributing to RCM’s internal productivity include the delineation of certain new solutions practice areas in markets 
where its clients had historically known the Company as a contract service provider.  The formation of these practice areas should facilitate the 
flow of project opportunities and the delivery of project-based solutions.    

Pursue Selective Strategic Acquisitions  
The industry in which the Company operates continues to be highly fragmented, and the Company plans to continue to selectively assess 
opportunities to make strategic acquisitions as such opportunities are presented to the Company. The Company's acquisition strategy is designed 
to broaden the scope of services and technical competencies and grow its full life cycle solution capabilities.  In considering acquisitions, the 
Company focuses principally on companies with (i) technologies or market segments RCM has targeted for strategic value enhancement, (ii) 
margins that are accretive to existing margins, (iii) experienced management personnel, (iv) substantial growth prospects and (v) sellers who 
desire to join the Company's management team.  To retain and provide incentives for management of its acquired companies, the Company has 
generally structured a significant portion of the acquisition price in the form of multi-tiered consideration based on growth of operating 
profitability of the acquired company over a two to four year period.  

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Operating Strategy  

Develop and Maintain Strong Customer Relationships  
The Company seeks to develop and maintain strong interactive customer relationships by anticipating and focusing on its customers' needs.  The 
Company emphasizes a relationship-oriented approach to business, rather than the transaction or assignment-oriented approach that the 
Company believes is used by many of its competitors.  This industry-centric strategy is designed to allow RCM to expand further its 
relationships with clients in RCM’s targeted sectors.    

To develop close customer relationships, the Company's practice managers regularly meet with both existing and prospective clients to help 
design solutions and identify the resources needed to execute their strategies.  The Company's managers also maintain close communications 
with their customers during each project and on an ongoing basis after its completion.  The Company believes that this relationship-oriented 
approach can result in greater customer satisfaction.  Additionally, the Company believes that by collaborating with its customers in designing 
business solutions, it can generate new opportunities to cross-sell additional services that the Company has to offer.  The Company focuses on 
providing customers with qualified individuals or teams of experts compatible with the business needs of its customers and makes a concerted 
effort to follow the progress of such relationships to ensure their continued success.  

Attract and Retain Highly Qualified Consultants and Technical Resources  
The Company believes it has been successful in attracting and retaining qualified consultants and contractors by (i) providing stimulating and 
challenging work assignments, (ii) offering competitive wages, (iii) effectively communicating with its candidates, (iv) providing selective 
training to maintain and upgrade skills and (v) aligning the needs of its customers with appropriately skilled personnel.  The Company believes it 
has been successful in retaining these personnel due in part to its use of practice managers who are dedicated to maintaining contact with, and 
monitoring the satisfaction levels of, the Company's consultants while they are on assignment.  

Centralize Administrative Functions  
The Company continues to improve its operational efficiencies by integrating general and administrative functions at the corporate or regional 
level, and reducing or eliminating redundant functions formerly performed at smaller branch offices.  This enables the Company to realize 
savings and synergies and to control and monitor its operations efficiently, as well as to quickly integrate new acquisitions.  It also allows local 
branches to focus more on growing their local operations.    

To accomplish this, the Company’s financial reporting and accounting systems are centralized in the Company’s operational headquarters in 
Parsippany, NJ.  The systems have been configured to allow the performance of all back office functions, including payroll, project management, 
project cost accounting, billing, human resource administration and financial reporting and consolidation.  The Company anticipates upgrading 
its financial reporting and accounting system platform sometime in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.    

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Information Technology  

The Company’s IT segment is comprised of two business groups – the IT Consulting Business Group and the IT Solutions Business Group.  The 
IT Consulting Business Group consists of three business units in North America – the Eastern Region, the Central Region and the Western 
Region.  The Solutions Business Group consists of three business units – IT Enterprise Management, Enterprise Business Solutions and Life 
Sciences.  

The RCM Enterprise Business Solutions Group’s core business mission is to continue its strategic transformation designed to focus the Company 
on developing proprietary customized solutions and intellectual property by bundling software, systems, tools and services into integrated 
business and technology solutions.    

RCM’s sector knowledge coupled with technical and business process experience enable the Company to provide strategic planning and 
direction, rigorous project execution, and management and support services for an entire project life cycle.  RCM has successfully completed 
multimillion-dollar projects in a variety of industry verticals using time-tested methodologies that manage strict budgets, timelines and quality 
metrics.  

Among those IT services provided by RCM to its clients are:  

 Enterprise Business Solutions  
 Application Services  
 Infrastructure Solutions  
 Competitive Advantage & Productivity Solutions  

(cid:1)  
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(cid:1) Life Sciences Solutions  

The Company believes that its ability to deliver information technology solutions across a wide range of technical platforms provides an 
important competitive advantage.  RCM ensures that its consultants have the expertise and skills needed to keep pace with rapidly evolving 
information technologies.  The Company’s strategy is to maintain expertise and acquire knowledge in multiple technologies so it can offer its 
clients non-biased technology solutions best suited to their business needs.      

The Company provides its IT services through a number of flexible delivery methods.  These include management consulting engagements, 
project management of client efforts, project implementation of client initiatives, outsourcing, both on and off site, and a full complement of 
resourcing alternatives.  

As of January 1, 2011, the Company had assigned approximately 530 information technology employees and consultants to its customers.  

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Engineering  

The Company’s Engineering segment consists of three business units – Engineering Services and Projects, Power Systems Services USA and 
Power Systems Services Canada.  The Engineering Services and Projects unit includes Aerospace, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering 
divisions.  The Power Systems units focus primarily on the nuclear power, fossil fuel and electric utility industries.    

RCM provides a full range of Engineering services including Engineering & Design, Engineering Analysis, Engineer-Procure-Construct, 
Configuration Management, Hardware/Software Validation & Verification, Quality Assurance, Technical Writing & Publications, 
Manufacturing Process Planning & Improvement, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Component & Equipment Testing and Risk 
Management Engineering.  Engineering services are provided at the site of the client or, less frequently, at the Company’s own facilities.  

The Company believes that the deregulation of the utilities industry and the aging of nuclear power plants offer the Company an opportunity to 
capture a greater share of professional services and project management requirements of the utilities industry both in engineering services and 
through cross-selling of its information technology services.  Heightened competition, deregulation and rapid technological advances are forcing 
the utilities industry to make fundamental changes in its business process.  These pressures have compelled the utilities industry to focus on 
internal operations and maintenance activities and to increasingly outsource their personnel requirements.  Additionally, the Company believes 
that competitive performance demands from deregulation should increase the importance of information technology to this industry.  The 
Company believes that its expertise and strong relationships with certain customers within the utilities industry position the Company to be a 
leading provider of professional services to the utilities industry.  

The Company provides its engineering services through a number of delivery methods.  These include managed tasks and resources, complete 
project services, outsourcing, both on and off-site, and a full complement of resourcing alternatives.  

As of January 1, 2011, the Company had assigned approximately 450 engineering and technical employees and consultants to its customers.  

Specialty Health Care  

The Company’s Specialty Health Care Group specializes in long-term and short-term staffing as well as executive search and placement for the 
following fields: rehabilitation (physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists), nursing, managed care, allied 
health care, health care management and medical office support.  The specialty health care group provides services to hospitals, long-term care 
facilities, schools, sports medicine facilities and private practices.  Services include in-patient, outpatient, sub-acute and acute care, multilingual 
speech pathology, rehabilitation, and geriatric, pediatric, and adult day care.  Typical engagements either range from three to six months or are 
on a day-to-day shift basis.  

As of January 1, 2011, the Company had assigned approximately 420 specialty health care services personnel to its customers.    

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Branch Offices  

The Company's organization consists of 26 branch offices located in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Ireland.  The locations and 
services of each of the branch offices are set forth in the table below.  

LOCATION  
USA  

California  
Connecticut  
Florida  
Maryland  
Massachusetts  
Michigan  
Minnesota  
New Jersey  
New York  
Ohio  
Pennsylvania  
Rhode Island  
Texas  
Wisconsin  

CANADA  

PUERTO RICO  

IRELAND  

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OFFICES  

SERVICES  
PROVIDED(1)  

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1  
1  
1  
1  
3  
1  
3  
2  
1  
1  
1  
1  
2  
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1  

IT, HC  
E  
HC  
IT  
IT  
IT, E  
IT  
IT, E  
IT, E, HC  
IT  
HC  
E  
IT  
IT, E  

IT, E  

IT  

IT  

(1) Services provided are abbreviated as follows:  

IT    - Information Technology  
E      - Engineering  
HC   - Specialty Health Care  

Branch offices are primarily located in markets that the Company believes have strong growth prospects for IT and Engineering services.  The 
Company's branches are operated in a decentralized, entrepreneurial manner with most branch offices operating as independent profit 
centers.  The Company's branch managers are given significant autonomy in the daily operations of their respective offices and, with respect to 
such offices, are responsible for overall guidance and supervision, budgeting and forecasting, sales and marketing strategies, pricing, hiring and 
training.  Branch managers are paid on a performance-based compensation system designed to motivate the managers to maximize growth and 
profitability.  

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The Company is domiciled in the United States and its segments operate in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Ireland.  Revenues for the 
fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 and total assets by geographic area as of January 1, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):  

United States  
Canada  
Puerto Rico  
Ireland  

Revenues  

$131,899   
26,850   
3,153   
120   
$162,022   

Total  
Assets  

$69,931   
11,734   
1,010   
337   
$83,012   

The Company believes that substantial portions of the buying decisions made by users of the Company’s services are made on a local or regional 
basis and that the Company's branch offices most often compete with local and regional providers.  Since the Company's branch managers are in 
the best position to understand their local markets and customers often prefer local providers, the Company believes that a decentralized 
operating environment enhances operating performance and contributes to employee and customer satisfaction.  

From its headquarters locations in New Jersey, the Company provides its branch offices with centralized administrative, marketing, finance, 
MIS, human resources and legal support.  Centralized administrative functions minimize the administrative burdens on branch office managers 
and allow them to spend more time focusing on sales and marketing and practice development activities.  

The Company's principal sales offices typically have one general manager, one sales manager, three to six sales people, several technical 
delivery or practice managers and several recruiters.  The general managers report to regional vice presidents who are responsible for ensuring 
that performance goals are achieved.  The Company's regional vice presidents meet frequently to discuss “best practices” and ways to increase 
the Company's cross selling of its professional services.  The Company’s practice managers meet periodically to strategize, maintain continuity, 
and identify developmental needs and cross-selling opportunities.  

Sales and Marketing  

Sales and marketing efforts are conducted at the local and or regional level through the Company's network of branch offices.  The Company 
emphasizes long-term personal relationships with customers that are developed through regular assessment of customer requirements and 
proactive monitoring of personnel performance.  The Company's sales personnel make regular visits to existing and prospective customers.  New 
customers are obtained through active sales programs and referrals.  The Company encourages its employees to participate in national and 
regional trade associations, local chambers of commerce and other civic associations.  The Company seeks to develop strategic partnering 
relationships with its customers by providing comprehensive solutions for all aspects of a customer's information technology, engineering and 
other professional services needs.  The Company concentrates on providing carefully screened professionals with the appropriate skills in a 
timely manner and at competitive prices.  The Company regularly monitors the quality of the services provided by its personnel and obtains 
feedback from its customers as to their satisfaction with the services provided.  

The Company has elevated the importance of working with and developing its partner alliances with technology firms.  Partner programs are in 
place with firms RCM has identified as strategically important to the completeness of the service offering of the Company.  Relations have been 
established with firms such as ADP, Harland Financial, IBM, Mercury, Microsoft, Oracle and QAD, among others.  The partner programs may 
be managed either at a national level from RCM’s corporate offices or at a regional level from its branch offices.  

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Sales and Marketing (Continued)  

The Company’s larger representative customers include 3M, ADP, Aramark, Bristol Myers Squibb, Bruce Power, Dow Chemical USA, Entergy, 
Exelon Nuclear, FlightSafety International, Lilly del Caribe, Mercury Insurance Group, Microsoft, New York City Department of Education, 
New York Power Authority, Ontario Power Generation, Pfizer, Pragmatics, PSE&G, QualxServ, United Technologies Corporation, U.S. 
Department of the Treasury, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power, Warner Chilcott and Wells Fargo.  The Company serves Fortune 1000 companies 
and many middle market clients.  The Company's relationships with these customers are typically formed at the customers’ local or regional 
level and from time to time, when appropriate, at the corporate level for national accounts.  

During the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, United Technologies Corporation and Bruce Power accounted for 13.3% and 10.8% of the 
Company’s revenues, respectively. No other customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues in that period.  The Company's 
five, ten and twenty largest customers accounted for approximately 36.9%, 44.1% and 54.6%, respectively, of the Company's revenues for the 
fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  

Recruiting and Training  

The Company devotes a significant amount of time and resources, primarily at the branch level, to locating, training and retaining its 
professional personnel.  Full-time recruiters utilize the Company's proprietary databases of available personnel, which are cross-indexed by 
competency and skill to match potential candidates with the specific project requirements of the customer.  The qualified personnel in the 
databases are identified through numerous activities, including networking, referrals, trade shows, job fairs, schools, newspaper and trade journal 
advertising, Internet recruiting services and the Company’s website.  

The Company believes that a significant element of the Company's success in retaining qualified consultants and contract personnel is the 
Company's use of consultant relationship managers and technical practice managers.  Consultant relationship managers are qualified Company 
personnel dedicated to maintaining on-site contact with, and monitoring the satisfaction levels of, the Company's consultants and contract 
personnel while they are on assignment.  Practice managers are consulting managers responsible for the technical development and career 
development of the Company’s technical personnel within the defined practice areas.  The Company provides technical training and skills 
development through vendor-sponsored courses, computer-based training tools and on the job mentoring programs.  

Information Systems  

RCM has continued to engage in strategic initiatives to improve upon its ability to secure data, deliver services and improve on its 
communication infrastructure.  

RCM has partnered with vendors like AT&T, Microsoft, Cisco, SAP and DELL deploying their business solutions internally. All perimeter 
devices have been standardized on Cisco hardware; internal devices (Servers, Desktops, laptops, printers, etc) are DELL based; with AT&T 
communication lines throughout the enterprise, facilitating centralized management and support of the network.  

RCM has upgraded its perimeter network and WAN architecture throughout the US and Canada, to a secure centralized model on Private 
Network Transport (PNT /AVPN) AT&T circuits, utilizing Multiple Packet Label Switching (MPLS) transport protocol. The hub datacenter at 
its operational headquarters has been outfitted with redundant fiber circuits from AT&T and Optimum Lightpath utilizing Border gateway 
Protocol (BGP) for automatic failover. Redundant firewalls, routers and switching architecture protects against hardware failure. Access to the 
network is only allowed via SSL or IPSec 3DES protocols.  

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Information Systems (Continued)  

The move to service oriented architecture facilitated the implementation of the Cisco Voice over IP (VOIP) solution which is currently deployed 
throughout RCM’s offices. This enterprise solution, based on Cisco Call Manager, Unity voicemail, Mobility Manager, Meeting Place, Fax 
Server and Video Presence has effectively unified all RCM offices in the US and Canada. Summary of benefits include four digit extension calls 
between RCM offices, email and voicemail unification, soft and mobile phone integration, video and web conferencing, central and email 
enabled faxing.  

RCM’s messaging architecture is currently based on the Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Cisco Unity platform. The Microsoft Exchange platform 
is scheduled to be upgraded to Exchange 2010 sometime in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.  The current mail system is comprised of 
redundant mail routing servers and clustered mailbox servers attached to a Storage Area Network (SAN) This messaging platform has the 
current capacity of six Terabytes (TB), with the capability of scaling to 18 Terabytes (TB). In addition to mail storage being sized for VOIP 
integration, web access to the mail server is only allowed via secure HTTPs protocol. Augmenting the messaging architecture is a mail archiving 
solution by GFI to accommodate disaster recovery, compliance and litigation requirements.  

The Company has upgraded the ERP hardware, Application and Operating system, to accommodate its growing needs.  The branch offices of the 
Company are networked to the corporate offices via private circuits, which enable the ERP application to be accessed securely at all operational 
locations.  The ERP system supports Company-wide operations such as payroll, billing, human resources, project systems, accounts receivable, 
accounts payable, all general ledger accounting and consolidation reporting functionality. The Company has concluded that an upgrade of the 
current version to SAP ECC60 is the best fit for RCM’s business needs and anticipates beginning an upgrade sometime in the fiscal year ending 
December 31, 2011.  

The Company also has Autotime and TES, automated time and attendance systems, which augments the SAP ERP application by catering to the 
needs of its diverse business offerings and distributed workforce.  The applications are housed on a three-tiered DELL server architecture, and 
are currently servicing Canadian and US offices.  

The Company’s internet presence is an integral part of its strategic initiative to improve visibility and contextualize its business offerings. The 
first pilot rollout of a new site is scheduled for early in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, seeking to make the site more interactive, 
improve web analytics, Search Engine Optimization, and enhanced user experience.  

The Company is utilizing JobDiva, an application service provider (ASP) solution. Recruiting (e.g. Candidate) and Sales (e.g. Requirement) 
tracking. The integrated solution allows RCM to track all client requirements on an enterprise level.  Job Diva permits RCM recruiters to search 
multiple sources (e.g. job boards) to identify and match suitable candidates for an opportunity or need. Job Diva allows RCM to build and 
maintain a proprietary database of prequalified candidates, thereby enhancing our ability to respond quickly to client demands.  Furthermore, the 
solution increases visibility internally to sales personnel and the management team to manage client priorities not only on a localized, but a 
national basis.  Customized reporting and query capabilities allow RCM management to monitor personnel performance and client 
responsiveness. All data and information is accessible via a web portal.  

In the interest of consolidation and being green, RCM is currently deploying virtualization technology from VMware and Microsoft. The target 
is to achieve a 60 percent reduction in server footprint by late in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, as well as to capitalize on the 
efficiencies of V-motion, fault tolerance, high availability and management, which are an integral part of this technology.  

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Other Information  

Safeguards - Business, Disaster and Contingency Planning  
RCM has implemented a number of safeguards to protect the Company from various system-related risks including a warm data center disaster 
recovery site, redundant telecommunications and server systems architecture, multi-tiered server and desktop backup infrastructure, and data 
center physical and environmental controls.  In addition, RCM has developed disaster recovery / business continuity procedures for all offices.  

Given the significant amount of data generated in the Company’s key processes including recruiting, sales, payroll and customer 
invoicing, RCM has established redundant procedures, functioning on a daily basis, within the Company’s primary data center.  This redundancy 
should mitigate the risks related to hardware, application and data loss by utilizing the concept of live differential backups of servers and 
desktops to Storage Area (SAN) devices on its backup LAN, culminating in offsite tape storage at an independent facility.  Besides the local tape 
backup rotation of branch office systems, data is also replicated to SAN devices in Parsippany to achieve business continuity. Controls within the 
data center environment ensure that all systems are proactively monitored and data is properly archived.  

Additionally, RCM has contracted and brokered strategic relationships with third-party vendors to meet its recovery objectives in the event of a 
system disruption.  For example, comprehensive service level agreements provided by AT&T and Cisco for RCM’s data circuits and network 
devices, guarantee minimal outages as well as network redundancy and scalability.  The Disaster Recovery site, located at the corporate office in 
Pennsauken, NJ, provides WAN, ERP, VOIP, file, application and messaging services should the primary data center facility at Parsippany, NJ, 
become inoperable.  

The Company’s ability to protect its data assets against damage from fire, power loss, telecommunications failures, and facility violations is 
critical.  The Company uses Websense mail management service to filter all emails destined for the RCMT domain before being delivered to the 
corporate mail servers. Websense, web filtering has also been deployed to safeguard the enterprise from malicious internet content. The 
deployment of virus, spam, and patch management controls extends from the perimeter network to all desktops and is centrally monitored and 
managed.  In addition to the virus and malware controls, an Intrusion Protection System (IPS) monitors and alerts on changes in network traffic 
patterns as well as known hostile signatures.  

The Company maintains a disaster recovery plan that outlines the recovery time / point objectives (RTO / RPO), organization structure, roles and 
procedures, including site addendum disaster plans for all of its key operating offices.  Corporate IT personnel regulate the maintenance and 
integrity of backed-up data throughout the Company.  

Competition  

The market for IT and engineering services is highly competitive and is subject to rapid change.  As the market demand has shifted, many 
software companies have adopted tactics to pursue services and consulting offerings making them direct competitors when in the past they may 
have been alliance partners.  Primary competitors include participants from a variety of market segments, including publicly and privately held 
firms, systems consulting and implementation firms, application software firms, service groups of computer equipment companies, facilities 
management companies, general management consulting firms and staffing companies.  In addition, the Company competes with its clients' 
internal resources, particularly where these resources represent a fixed cost to the client.  Such competition may impose additional pricing 
pressures on the Company.  

The Company believes its principal competitive advantages in the IT and engineering services market include: strong relationships with existing 
clients, a long-term track record with over 1,000 clients, a broad range of services, technical expertise, knowledge and experience in multiple 
industry sectors, quality and flexibility of service, responsiveness to client needs and speed in delivering IT solutions.  

Additionally, the Company competes for suitable acquisition candidates based on its differentiated acquisition model, its entrepreneurial and 
decentralized operating philosophy, and its strong corporate-level support and resources.  

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Seasonality  

The Company’s operating results can be affected by the seasonal fluctuations in client expenditures.  Expenditures in the Information 
Technology and Engineering segments can be negatively impacted during the first quarter of the year when clients are finalizing their 
budgets.  Quarterly results generally fluctuate depending on, among other things, the number of billing days in a quarter and the seasonality of 
clients’ businesses. The business is also affected by the timing of holidays and seasonal vacation patterns, generally resulting in lower revenues 
and gross profit in the fourth quarter of each year. Extreme weather conditions may also affect demand in the first and fourth quarters of the year 
as certain clients’ facilities are located in geographic areas subject to closure or reduced hours due to inclement weather.  The Company 
generally experiences an increase in its cost of sales and a corresponding decrease in gross profit and gross margin percentage in the first and 
second fiscal quarters of each year as a result of resetting certain state and federal employment tax rates and related salary limitations.  Also, the 
Company’s Specialty Health Care segment typically experiences a significant decline in revenues due to the substantial closure of one of its 
largest customers, the New York City Department of Education, during summer recess.  

Employees  

As of January 1, 2011, the Company employed an administrative, sales, recruiting and management staff of approximately 190 people, including 
certified IT specialists and licensed engineers who, from time to time, participate in IT and engineering design projects undertaken by the 
Company.  As of January 1, 2011, there were approximately 530 information technology and 450 engineering and technical employees and 
consultants assigned by the Company to work on client projects for various periods.  As of January 1, 2011, there were approximately 
420 specialty health care services employees assigned to clients.  None of the Company's employees is represented by a collective bargaining 
agreement.  The Company considers its relationship with its employees to be good.  

Access to Company Information  

RCM electronically files its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to 
those reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  The public may read and copy any of the reports that are filed with the 
SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549.  The public may obtain information on the operation of 
the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.  The SEC maintains an Internet site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains 
reports, proxies, information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically.  

RCM makes available on its website or by responding free of charge to requests addressed to the Company’s Corporate Secretary, its annual 
reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports filed by the Company 
with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  These reports are available as soon as 
reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company’s 
website is http://www.rcmt.com.  The information contained on the Company’s website, or on other websites linked to the Company’s website, 
is not part of this document.  Reference herein to the Company’s website is an inactive text reference only.  

RCM has adopted a Code of Conduct applicable to all of its directors, officers and employees. In addition, the Company has adopted a Code of 
Ethics, within the meaning of applicable SEC rules, applicable to its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Controller. Both the 
Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics are available, free of charge, by sending a written request to the Company’s Corporate Secretary. If the 
Company makes any amendments to either of these Codes (other than technical, administrative, or other non-substantive amendments), or waive 
(explicitly or implicitly) any provision of the Code of Ethics to the benefit of its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Controller, it 
intends to disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver, its effective date and to whom it applies in the investor relations portion of the 
website, or in a report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.  

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ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS  

The Company’s business involves a number of risks, some of which are beyond its control.  The risk and uncertainties described below are not 
the only ones the Company faces.  Management believes that the most significant of these risks and uncertainties are as follows:  

Economic Trends  

The global economic crisis has caused, among other things, a general tightening in the credit markets, lower levels of liquidity, increases in the 
rates of default and bankruptcy, and extreme volatility in credit, equity and fixed income markets.  Any or all of these developments could 
negatively affect the Company's business, operating results or financial condition in a number of ways.  For example, current or potential 
customers may be unable to fund capital spending programs, new product launches of other similar endeavors whereby they might procure 
services from the Company, and therefore delay, decrease or cancel purchases of services or not pay or delay paying for previously purchased 
services.  In addition, financial institution failures may cause the Company to incur increased expenses or make it more difficult either to utilize 
existing debt capacity or otherwise obtain financing for operations, investing activities (including the financing of any future acquisitions), or 
financing activities.  

Government Regulations  

Staffing firms and employment service providers are generally subject to one or more of the following types of government regulation: 
(1) regulation of the employer/employee relationship between a firm and its employees, including tax withholding or reporting, social security or 
retirement, benefits, workplace compliance, wage and hour, anti-discrimination, immigration and workers’ compensation; (2) registration, 
licensing, record keeping and reporting requirements; and (3) federal contractor compliance.  Failure to comply with these regulations could 
result in the Company incurring penalties and other liabilities, monetary and otherwise.  

Highly Competitive Business  

The staffing services and outsourcing markets are highly competitive and have limited barriers to entry.  RCM competes in global, national, 
regional, and local markets with numerous temporary staffing and permanent placement companies.  Price competition in the staffing industry is 
significant and pricing pressures from competitors and customers are increasing.  In addition, there is increasing pressure on companies to 
outsource certain areas of their business to low cost offshore outsourcing firms.  RCM expects that the level of competition will remain high in 
the future, which could limit RCM’s ability to maintain or increase its market share or profitability.  

As described in Item 1, “Business,” our operating results are subject to seasonal fluctuations, with reduced demand often occurring during first 
quarter of the year when clients are finalizing their IT and engineering budgets, and also during periods in which there are a substantial amount 
of holidays and season vacations.  In particular, one of the largest customers in our Specialty Health Care group, the New York City Department 
of Education, significantly reduces activity during the summer months, when schools are closed.  Our operating results for any given period may 
fluctuate as a result of the timing of holidays, vacations and other events, and if we were to experience unfavorable performance during periods 
in which we would otherwise expect to have high seasonal demand, we may have limited ability to make up for such performance during periods 
of seasonally lower demand.  

Events Affecting Significant Customers  

As disclosed in Item 1, “Business,” the five, ten and twenty largest customers accounted for approximately 36.9%, 44.1% and 54.6%, 
respectively, of revenues for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  Some of these customers may be affected by the current state of the 
economy or developments in the credit markets.   The Company's   customers may engage in mergers or similar transactions.  In addition, 
customers may choose to reduce the business they do with RCM for other reasons or no reason.  Should any significant customers experience a 
downturn in their business that weakens their financial condition or merge with another company or otherwise cease independent operation, or 
limit their relationship with us, it is possible that the business that the customer does with the Company   would be reduced or eliminated, which 
could adversely affect financial results.  

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Dependence Upon Personnel  

The Company’s operations depend on the continued efforts of its officers and other executive management.  The loss of key officers and 
members of executive management may cause a significant disruption to the Company’s business. RCM also depends on the performance and 
productivity of its local managers and field personnel.  The Company’s ability to attract and retain new business is significantly affected by local 
relationships and the quality of service rendered.  The loss of key managers and field personnel may also jeopardize existing client relationships 
with businesses that continue to use the Company's services based upon past relationships with local managers and field personnel.  In order to 
fulfill the requirements of the Company’s customers, the Company must be able to recruit and retain appropriate personnel for client 
assignments.  

Revolving Credit Facility and Liquidity  

If the Company was unable to borrow under its Revolving Credit Facility, it may adversely affect liquidity, results of operations and financial 
condition.  The Company's liquidity depends on its ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations and, from time to time, borrowings 
under the Revolving Credit Facility with the Company's agent lender Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. The Company believes that Citizens Bank 
is liquid and is not aware of any current risk that they will become illiquid.  At January 1, 2011, the Company had outstanding borrowings under 
the Revolving Credit Facility of $0.0 million, and letters of credit outstanding for $0.9 million.   

The Revolving Credit Facility contains various financial and non-financial covenants.  At January 1, 2011, the Company was in compliance with 
the covenants and other provisions of the Credit Facility. Any failure to be in compliance could have a material adverse effect on liquidity, 
results of operations and financial condition.  

Goodwill and Intangible Impairments May Have an Adverse Effect on Financial Statements  

As of January 1, 2011, the Company had $7.3 million of goodwill and $0.3 million intangible assets on its balance sheet, which represents 9.2% 
of total assets.  Goodwill represents the premium paid over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired in business 
combinations.  The Company is required to perform a goodwill and intangible asset impairment test on at least an annual basis. Application of 
the goodwill and intangible asset impairment test requires significant judgments including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on 
internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for the businesses, the useful life over which cash flows will occur and 
determination of weighted average cost of capital.  Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair 
value and/or conclusions on goodwill and intangible asset impairment for each reporting unit.  The Company conducts its annual goodwill and 
intangible asset impairment test as of the last day of the Company’s fiscal November each year, or more frequently if indicators of impairment 
exist.  We periodically analyze whether any such indicators of impairment exist.  A significant amount of judgment is involved in determining if 
an indicator of impairment has occurred. Such indicators may include a sustained, significant decline in share price and market capitalization, a 
decline in expected future cash flows, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate, unanticipated competition and/or 
slower expected growth rates, among others.  The Company compares the fair value of each of its reporting units to their respective carrying 
values, including related goodwill and intangible assets.  There were no triggering events during the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 that 
indicated a need to perform the impairment test prior or subsequent to the Company's annual test date.  There can be no assurance that future 
tests of goodwill and intangible asset impairment will not result in impairment charges.  If the Company is required to write down goodwill or 
intangible assets, the related charge could materially reduce reported net income or result in a net loss for the period in which the write down 
occurs.  

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Workers’ Compensation and Employee Medical Insurance  

The Company self-insures a portion of the exposure for losses related to workers’ compensation and employees’ medical insurance.  The 
Company has established reserves for workers’ compensation and employee medical insurance claims based on historical loss statistics and 
periodic independent actuarial valuations.  Significant differences in actual experience or significant changes in assumptions may materially 
affect the Company’s future financial results.  

Improper Activities of Temporary Professionals Could Result in Damage to Business Reputation, Discontinuation of Client 
Relationships and Exposure to Liability  

The Company may be subject to claims by clients related to errors and omissions, misuse of proprietary information, discrimination and 
harassment, theft and other criminal activity, malpractice, and other claims stemming from the improper activities or alleged activities of 
temporary professionals.  There can be no assurance that current liability insurance coverage will be adequate or will continue to be available in 
sufficient amounts to cover damages or other costs associated with such claims.  

Claims raised by clients stemming from the improper actions of temporary professionals, even if without merit, could cause the Company to 
incur significant expense associated with rework costs or other damages related to such claims.  Furthermore, such claims by clients could 
damage the Company's business reputation and result in the discontinuation of client relationships.  

Acquisitions May Not Succeed  

The Company reviews prospective acquisitions as an element of its growth strategy.  The failure of any acquisition to meet the Company’s 
expectations, whether due to a failure to successfully integrate any future acquisition or otherwise, may result in damage to the Company’s 
financial performance and/or divert management’s attention from its core operations or could negatively affect the Company’s ability to meet the 
needs of its customers promptly.  

International Operations  

The Company operates its business in Canada and, to a less significant extent, in Puerto Rico and Ireland.  For the fiscal year ended January 1, 
2011, nearly 20% of the Company’s revenues were generated outside the United States.  There are certain risks inherent in conducting business 
internationally including:  the imposition of trade barriers, foreign exchange restrictions, longer payment cycles, greater difficulties in accounts 
receivables collection, difficulties in complying with a variety of foreign laws, changes in legal or regulatory requirements, difficulties in staffing 
and managing foreign operations, political instability and potentially adverse tax consequences.  To the extent we experience these risks, our 
business and results of operations could be adversely affected.  

Foreign Currency Fluctuations and Changes in Exchange Rates  

The Company is exposed to risks associated with foreign currency fluctuations and changes in exchange rates.  RCM’s exposure to foreign 
currency fluctuations relates to operations in Canada, principally conducted through its Canadian subsidiary.  Exchange rate fluctuations affect 
the U.S. dollar value of reported earnings derived from the Canadian operations as well as the carrying value of the Company's investment in the 
net assets related to these operations.  The Company does not engage in hedging activities with respect to foreign operations.    

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Trademarks  

Management believes the RCM Technologies, Inc. name is extremely valuable and important to its business. The Company endeavors to protect 
its intellectual property rights and maintain certain trademarks, trade names, service marks and other intellectual property rights, including The 
Source of Smart Solutions®.  The Company is not currently aware of any infringing uses or other conditions that would be reasonably likely to 
materially and adversely affect the Company's use of its proprietary rights.  

Data Center Capacity and Telecommunication Links  

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), card key access, fire suppression, and environmental control systems protect RCM’s datacenter.  All 
systems are monitored on a 24/7 basis with alerting capabilities via voice or email.  The telecommunications architecture at RCM utilizes 
managed private circuits from AT&T, which encompasses provisioning redundancy and diversity.  

RCM’s ability to protect its data center against damage from fire, power loss, telecommunications failure and other disasters is critical to 
business operations.  In order to provide many of its services, RCM must be able to store, retrieve, process and manage large databases and 
periodically expand and upgrade its capabilities.  Any damage to the Company’s data centers or any failure of the Company’s 
telecommunication links that interrupts its operations or results in an inadvertent loss of data could adversely affect RCM’s ability to meet its 
customers’ needs and their confidence in utilizing RCM for future services.  

RCM’s ability to protect its data, provide services and safeguard its installations, as it relates to the IT infrastructure, is in part dependent on 
several outside vendors with whom the Company maintains service level agreements.  

Litigation  

The Company is currently, and may in the future become, involved in legal proceedings and claims arising from time to time in the course of its 
business, including the litigation described in Note 17 (Contingencies) to the consolidated financial statements. An adverse outcome to the 
referenced litigation or other cases arising in the future could have an adverse impact on the consolidated financial position and consolidated 
results of operations of the Company.  

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ITEM 1B.  UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS  

Not applicable.  

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES  

The Company provides specialty professional consulting services, principally performed at various client locations, through 26 administrative 
and sales offices located in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Ireland.  The majority of the Company’s offices typically consist of 1,000 
to 10,000 square feet and are leased by the Company for terms of one to three years.  Offices in larger or smaller markets may vary in size from 
the typical office.  The Company does not expect that it will be difficult to maintain or find suitable lease space at reasonable rates in its markets 
or in areas where the Company contemplates expansion.  

The Company's executive office is located at 2500 McClellan Avenue, Suite 350, Pennsauken, New Jersey 08109-4613. These premises consist 
of approximately 11,500 square feet and are leased at a rate of approximately $14.00 per square foot per annum for a term ending on August 31, 
2012.    

The Company's operational office is located at 20 Waterview Boulevard, 4 th Floor, Parsippany, NJ 07054-1271.  These premises consist of 
approximately 28,000 square feet and are leased at a rate of approximately $29.00 per square foot per annum for a term ending on June 30, 2012. 

ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS  

Included in the Company’s accounts payable and accrued expenses is a provision for losses from legal matters aggregating approximately $0.6 
million and $0.7 million as of January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, respectively.  Asserted claims in these matters seek approximately $6.8 
million in damages as of January 1, 2011.   

The Company is also subject to other pending legal proceedings and claims that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of its business, 
which may not be covered by insurance.  

See further discussion of Legal Proceedings in Note 17 (Contingencies) to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this 
Report.  

ITEM 4.  [REMOVED AND RESERVED]  

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ITEM 5.   MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER  

MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES  

Shares of the Company's common stock are traded on The NASDAQ Global Market under the Symbol “RCMT.”  The following table sets forth 
approximate high and low sales prices for the two years in the period ended January 1, 2011 as reported by The NASDAQ Global Market:  

Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2010  

First Quarter  
Second Quarter  
Third Quarter  
Fourth Quarter  

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2011  

First Quarter  
Second Quarter  
Third Quarter  
Fourth Quarter  

Common Stock  
High   
$1.88   
$2.49   
$2.44   
$3.10   

$3.60   
$5.23   
$5.29   
$5.30   

Low 
$0.90 
$1.02 
$1.47 
$2.10 

$2.35 
$3.12 
$4.25 
$4.36 

Holders  

As of February 4, 2011, the approximate number of holders of record of the Company's Common Stock was 479. Based upon the requests for 
proxy information in connection with the Company's 2011Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company believes the number of beneficial 
owners of its Common Stock is approximately 2,166.  

Dividends  

The Company has never declared or paid a cash dividend on the Common Stock and does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the 
foreseeable future.  It is the current policy of the Company's Board of Directors to retain all earnings to finance the development and expansion 
of the Company's business.  Any future payment of dividends will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend upon, among 
other things, the Company's earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, contractual restrictions, and other factors 
that the Board of Directors deems relevant.  The Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in Item 7 hereof) prohibits the payment of dividends or 
distributions on account of the Company’s capital stock without the prior consent of the majority of the Company’s lenders.  

Stock Repurchase by Issuer  

The following table provides information relating to the Company’s repurchases of common stock during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 
ended January 1, 2011 under the share repurchase program authorized by our Board of Directors in February 2010.  

Period  
October 3 – November 2  
November 3 – December 2  
December 3 – January 1  
Total  

Total Number  
of Shares  
Purchased  

Average  
Price Paid  
Per Share  

-  
-  
20,432   
20,432   

-  
-  
$4.50   
$4.50   

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Total Number  
of Shares Purchased  
as Part of Publicly  
Announced  
Program  

Approximate Dollar  
Value of Shares  
that May Yet Be  
Purchased Under  
the Program  

-  
-  
20,432   
20,432   

-
-
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Not required.  

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

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS  

Overview  

RCM participates in a market that is cyclical in nature and sensitive to economic changes.  As a result, the impact of economic changes on 
revenues and operations can be substantial, resulting in significant volatility in the Company’s financial performance.    

After normalizing for the July 6, 2009 acquisition of the operating assets of Project Solutions Group, Inc. (“PSG”), the Company experienced a 
decrease in revenues during the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to the comparable prior year period.  The revenue decrease was 
primarily attributable to subpar performance in the Company’s Information Technology segment offset by gains in its Engineering 
segment.  While the Company believes general economic conditions and overall market conditions for its Information Technology and Specialty 
Health Care segments improved through fiscal 2010, the Company is cautious regarding expectations for fiscal 2011 as the Company believes 
that any general economic or market recovery may be slow and/or tenuous.  

The Company believes it has developed and assembled an attractive portfolio of capabilities, established a proven record of performance and 
credibility and built an efficient pricing structure.  The Company is committed to optimizing its business model as a single-source premier 
provider of business and technology solutions with a strong vertical focus offering an integrated suite of services through a global delivery 
platform.  

The Company believes that most companies recognize the importance of advanced technologies and business processes to compete in today’s 
business climate.  However, the process of designing, developing and implementing business and technology solutions is becoming increasingly 
complex.  The Company believes that many businesses today are focused on return on investment analysis in prioritizing their initiatives, and 
that this has had an adverse impact on spending by current and prospective clients of the Company for many emerging new solutions.  

Nonetheless, the Company continues to believe that businesses must implement more advanced information technology and engineering 
solutions to upgrade their systems, applications and processes so that they can maximize their productivity and optimize their performance in 
order to maintain a competitive advantage.  Although working under budgetary, personnel and expertise constraints, companies are driven to 
support increasingly complex systems, applications and processes of significant strategic value.  This has given rise to a demand for 
outsourcing.  The Company believes that its current and prospective clients are continuing to evaluate the potential for outsourcing business 
critical systems, applications and processes.    

The Company provides project management and consulting services, which are billed based on either agreed-upon fixed fees or hourly rates, or a 
combination of both.  The billing rates and profit margins for project management and solutions services are generally higher than those for 
professional consulting services.  The Company generally endeavors to expand its sales of higher margin solutions and project management 
services.  The Company also realizes revenues from client engagements that range from the placement of contract and temporary technical 
consultants to project assignments that entail the delivery of end-to-end solutions.  These services are primarily provided to the client at hourly 
rates that are established for each of the Company's consultants based upon their skill level, experience and the type of work performed.    

The majority of the Company's services are provided under purchase orders.  Contracts are utilized on certain of the more complex assignments 
where the engagements are for longer terms or where precise documentation on the nature and scope of the assignment is necessary.  Although 
contracts normally relate to longer-term and more complex engagements, they do not obligate the customer to purchase a minimum level of 
services and are generally terminable by the customer on 60 to 90 days’ notice.  The Company, from time to time, enters into contracts requiring 
the completion of specific deliverables.  Typically these contracts are for less than one year.  The Company recognizes revenue on these 
deliverables at the time the client accepts and approves the deliverables.  

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Overview (Continued)  

Costs of services consist primarily of salaries and compensation-related expenses for billable consultants, including payroll taxes, employee 
benefits and insurance.  Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits of personnel responsible for 
business development, recruiting, operating activities, and training, and include corporate overhead expenses.  Corporate overhead expenses 
relate to salaries and benefits of personnel responsible for corporate activities, including the Company's corporate marketing, administrative and 
financial reporting responsibilities and acquisition program.  The Company records these expenses when incurred.    

On June 3, 2010, the Company announced that its Board of Directors met with respect to an unsolicited proposal by CDI Corp. to acquire all of 
the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock for $5.20 per share, and determined that it would not be in the best interest of the 
Company to pursue the transaction as structured by CDI Corp.  

Critical Accounting Policies  

The Company’s consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), 
which require management to make subjective decisions, assessments and estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. As 
the number of variables and assumptions affecting the judgment increases, such judgments become even more subjective. While management 
believes its assumptions are reasonable and appropriate, actual results may be materially different from estimated. Management has identified 
certain critical accounting policies, described below, that require significant judgment to be exercised by management.  

Revenue Recognition  

The Company derives its revenues from several sources.  The Company’s Engineering Services and Information Technology Services segments 
perform consulting and project solutions services.  All of the Company’s segments perform staff augmentation services and derive revenue from 
permanent placement fees.  The majority of the Company's revenues are invoiced on a time and materials basis.  

Project Services - The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with “Revenue Recognition” which clarifies application of U.S. generally 
accepted accounting principles to revenue transactions.  Project services are generally provided on a cost-plus, fixed-fee or time-and-material 
basis.  Typically, a customer will outsource a discrete project or activity and the Company assumes responsibility for the performance of such 
project or activity.  The Company recognizes revenues and associated costs on a gross basis as services are provided to the customer and costs 
are incurred using its employees.  The Company, from time to time, enters into contracts requiring the completion of specific deliverables.  The 
Company may recognize revenues on these deliverables at the time the client accepts and approves the deliverables.  In instances where project 
services are provided on a fixed-price basis and the contract will extend beyond a 12-month period, revenue is recorded in accordance with the 
terms of each contract.  In some instances, revenue is billed and recorded at the time certain milestones are reached, as defined in the 
contract.  In other instances, revenue is billed and recorded based upon contractual rates per hour (i.e., percentage of completion). In addition, 
some contracts contain “Performance Fees” (bonuses) for completing a contract under budget.  Performance Fees, if any, are recorded when the 
Company is reasonably certain of collection.  Some contracts also limit revenues and billings to maximum amounts.  Provision for contract 
losses, if any, are made in the period such losses are determined.  For contracts where there is a deliverable, if the work is not complete on a 
specific deliverable and the revenue is not recognized, the costs are deferred.  The associated costs are expensed when the related revenue is 
recognized.  

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Revenue Recognition (Continued)  

Consulting and Staffing Services - Revenues derived from consulting and staffing services are recorded on a gross basis as services are 
performed and associated costs have been incurred using employees of the Company.  In these circumstances, the Company assumes the risk of 
acceptability of its employees to its customers.  In certain cases, the Company may utilize other companies and their employees to fulfill 
customer requirements.  In these cases, the Company receives an administrative fee for arranging for, billing for, and collecting the billings 
related to these companies.  The customer is typically responsible for assessing the work of these companies who have responsibility for 
acceptability of their personnel to the customer.  Under these circumstances, the Company’s reported revenues are net of associated costs 
(effectively recognizing the net administrative fee only).  

Permanent Placement Services - The Company earns permanent placement fees from providing permanent placement services.  Fees for 
placements are recognized at the time the candidate commences employment.  The Company guarantees its permanent placements on a prorated 
basis for 90 days.  In the event a candidate is not retained for the 90-day period, the Company will provide a suitable replacement candidate.  In 
the event a replacement candidate cannot be located, the Company will provide a prorated refund to the client.  An allowance for refunds, based 
upon the Company’s historical experience, is recorded in the financial statements.  Revenues are recorded on a gross basis.  

Accounts Receivable  

The Company’s accounts receivable are primarily due from trade customers.  Credit is extended based on evaluation of customers’ financial 
condition and, generally, collateral is not required.  Accounts receivable payment terms vary and are stated in the financial statements at amounts 
due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts.  Accounts outstanding longer than the payment terms are considered past 
due.  The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past 
due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company and the condition of the general 
economy and the industry as a whole.  The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible.  

The Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts increased by approximately $0.1 million to $1.3 million as of January 1, 2011 from $1.2 
million as of January 2, 2010.   

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Goodwill  

Goodwill represents the premium paid over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired in business combinations.  The 
Company conducts its annual goodwill and intangible asset impairment test as of the Saturday closest to November 30 each year, or more 
frequently if indicators of impairment exist.  We periodically analyze whether any such indicators of impairment exist.  A significant amount of 
judgment is involved in determining if an indicator of impairment has occurred. Such indicators may include a sustained, significant decline in 
share price and market capitalization, a decline in expected future cash flows, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business 
climate, unanticipated competition and/or slower expected growth rates, among others.  Further, if there is an indicator of an impairment, the 
Company compares the fair value of each of its reporting units to their respective carrying values, including related goodwill and intangible 
assets.  Application of the goodwill and intangible asset impairment test requires significant judgments including estimation of future cash flows, 
which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for the businesses, the useful life over which cash flows will 
occur and determination of weighted average cost of capital.  Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the 
determination of fair value and/or conclusions on goodwill and intangible asset impairment for each reporting unit.  Due to the thin trading of the 
Company stock in the public marketplace and the impact of the control premium held by a relatively few shareholders, the Company does not 
consider the market capitalization of the Company the most appropriate measure of fair value of goodwill for our reporting units.  We look to 
earnings/revenue multiples of similar companies recently completing acquisitions and the ability of our reporting units to generate cash flows as 
better measures of the fair value of our reporting units, and under such calculations the fair value exceeded the recorded goodwill by at least 25% 
for each of the reporting units.  There can be no assurance that future tests of goodwill and intangible asset impairment will not result in 
impairment charges.  

Long-Lived and Intangible Assets  

The Company evaluates long-lived assets and intangible assets with definite lives for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances 
indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  When it is probable that undiscounted future cash flows will not be 
sufficient to recover an asset’s carrying amount, the asset is written down to its fair value.  Assets to be disposed of by sale, if any, are reported 
at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.  

Accounting for Stock Options  

The Company uses stock options to attract, retain and reward employees for long-term service.  The Company follows “Share Based Payment,” 
which requires that the compensation cost relating to stock-based payment transactions be recognized in financial statements.  This 
compensation cost is measured based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued.   

The Company measures stock-based compensation cost using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  

Insurance Liabilities  

The Company has risk participation arrangements with respect to workers compensation and health care insurance.  The amounts included in the 
Company’s costs related to this risk participation are estimated and can vary based on changes in assumptions, the Company’s claims experience 
or the providers included in the associated insurance programs.  

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Accounting for Income Taxes  

In establishing the provision for income taxes and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, and valuation allowances against deferred tax assets, 
the Company makes judgments and interpretations based on enacted tax laws, published tax guidance and estimates of future earnings.  As of 
January 1, 2011, the Company had net short term deferred tax assets of $0.8 million and total long term net deferred income tax assets of $3.3 
million.  The short term deferred tax assets primarily represent timing differences for GAAP expense accruals not deductible for tax 
purposes.  The long term deferred tax assets represent the tax effect of temporary differences for the GAAP versus tax amortization of 
acquisitions made in the current and prior periods.   Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the likelihood that future taxable income 
will be sufficient to realize these benefits over time, and the effectiveness of tax planning strategies in the relevant tax jurisdictions.  In the event 
that actual results differ from these estimates and assessments, valuation allowances may be required.  

The Company conducts its operations in multiple tax jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Puerto Rico.  The Company and its 
subsidiaries file a consolidated U.S. Federal income tax return and file in various states. The Company’s federal income tax returns have been 
examined through 2007.  With limited exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to audits by state and local tax authorities for tax years prior 
to 2007.  As of January 1, 2011, the Company did not have any material uncertain tax positions.  

The Company’s future effective tax rates could be adversely affected by changes in the valuation of its deferred tax assets or liabilities or 
changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof. In addition, the Company is subject to the examination of its income tax returns by the Internal 
Revenue Service and other tax authorities. The Company regularly assesses the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these 
examinations to determine the adequacy of its provision for income taxes.  

Accrued Bonuses  

The Company pays bonuses to certain executive management, field management and corporate employees based on, or after giving 
consideration to, a variety of financial performance measures. Executive management, field management and certain corporate employees’ 
bonuses are accrued throughout the year for payment during the first quarter of the following year, based in part upon anticipated annual results 
compared to annual budgets.  In addition, the Company pays discretionary bonuses to certain employees, which are not related to budget 
performance. Variances in actual results versus budgeted amounts can have a significant impact on the calculations and therefore on the 
estimates of the required accruals.  Accordingly, the actual earned bonuses may be materially different from the estimates used to determine the 
quarterly accruals.  

Forward-looking Information  

The Company’s growth prospects are influenced by broad economic trends.  The pace of customer capital spending programs, new product 
launches and similar activities have a direct impact on the need for information technology and engineering services.  When the U.S. and 
Canadian economies decline, the Company’s operating performance could be adversely impacted.  The Company believes that its fiscal 
discipline, strategic focus on targeted vertical markets and diversification of service offerings provides some insulation from adverse 
trends.  However, declines in the economy could result in the need for future cost reductions or changes in strategy.    

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Forward-looking Information (Continued)  

Additionally, changes in government regulations could result in prohibition or restriction of certain types of employment services or the 
imposition of new or additional employee benefits, licensing or tax requirements with respect to the provision of employment services that may 
reduce RCM’s future earnings.  There can be no assurance that RCM will be able to increase the fees charged to its clients in a timely manner 
and in a sufficient amount to cover increased costs as a result of any of the foregoing.  

The consulting and employment services market is highly competitive with limited barriers to entry.  RCM competes in global, national, regional 
and local markets with numerous competitors in all of the Company's service lines.  Price competition in the industries the Company serves is 
significant, and pricing pressures from competitors and customers are increasing.  RCM expects that the level of competition will remain high in 
the future, which could limit RCM’s ability to maintain or increase its market share or profitability.  

Results of Operations (In thousands, except for earnings per share data)  

Fiscal Years Ended  

January 1, 2011  

January 2, 2010  

Revenues  
Cost of services  
Gross profit  

Selling, general and administrative  
Depreciation and amortization  

Operating income from continuing operations  
Other (expense) income, net  

Income from continuing operations before  
   income taxes  
Income tax expense from continuing operations  

Income from continuing operations  

Loss from discontinued operations,  
   net of tax benefit  

Net income  

Amount  

   % of Revenue    
100.0   
71.5   
28.5   

$162,022   
115,835   
46,187   

Amount  

$171,731   
127,173   
44,558   

   % of Revenue   
100.0   
74.0   
26.0   

35,825   
1,341   
37,166   

9,021   
(34 )  

8,987   
2,570   

6,417   

(622 )  

$5,795   

22.1   
0.8   
22.9   

5.6   
0.0   

5.6   
1.6   

4.0   

(0.4 )  

3.6   

40,509   
1,503   
42,012   

2,546   
9,780   

12,326   
4,609   

7,717   

23.6   
0.9   
24.5   

1.5   
5.7   

7.2   
2.7   

4.5   

(795 )  

(0.5 )  

$6,922   

4.0   

The above summary is not a presentation of results of operations under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America 
and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to results of operations as an indication of the Company’s performance.  

The Company follows a 52/53 week fiscal reporting calendar ending on the Saturday closest to December 31.  The fiscal year ended January 1, 
2011 had fifty-two weeks and the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010 had fifty-three weeks.  

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2011 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2010  

Revenues.   Revenues decreased 5.6%, or $9.7 million, for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to the prior year (the “comparable 
prior year period”).  Revenues decreased $12.4 million in the Information Technology segment, increased $2.3 million in the Engineering 
segment, and increased $0.3 million in the Specialty Health Care segment.  The Company typically experiences seasonality in revenues during 
months that contain holidays and increased vacation time as billable personnel are not available to bill time to customers.  See Segment 
Discussion for further information on revenue changes.  

Cost of Services.   Cost of services decreased 8.9%, or $11.4 million, for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to the comparable 
prior year period.  Cost of services as a percentage of revenues decreased to 71.5% for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 from 74.0% for the 
comparable prior year period.  The decrease in cost of services both in dollars and as a percentage of revenues is primarily due to favorable fixed 
priced contracts in our Engineering segment, decreased unbilled labor costs as compared to total labor costs for consultants (i.e., an increase in 
utilization of billable personnel) in our Information Technology segment and a general focus on selling and delivering higher gross margin 
services.    

Selling, General and Administrative.   Selling, general and administrative (“SGA”) expenses decreased 11.6%, or $4.7 million, for the fiscal 
year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to the comparable prior year period.  As a percentage of revenues, SGA expenses were 22.1% for the 
fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to 23.6% for the comparable prior year period.   The decrease in SGA expenses both in dollars 
and as a percentage of revenues is primarily due to a concerted effort by the Company to reduce SGA expenses.  The primary components of the 
reduction include labor and related expenses, bad debt and professional fees.    

Depreciation and Amortization.   Depreciation and amortization was $1.3 million for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 and $1.5 million 
for the comparable prior year period.     

Other Income, Net.   Other income, net consists of interest expense, unused credit line fees and amortized loan costs on the Company’s loan 
agreement, net of interest income, gains and losses on foreign currency transactions.  Additionally, in the comparable prior year period, $9.8 
million in proceeds was received from a legal settlement.  

Income Tax Expense From Continuing Operations.   The Company experienced income tax expense on income from continuing operations 
of $2.6 million for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to $4.6 million for the comparable prior year period.  Due to a permanent 
tax difference associated with the disposition of the Oracle business unit further described in Note 15 and the related goodwill and intangible 
asset tax deduction, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of $1.6 million in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  A permanent tax 
difference was recognized in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 because the Company recognized an impairment of the same goodwill and 
intangible assets associated with the Oracle business unit for book purposes in fiscal 2008.   

The effective tax rate for income from continuing operations was 28.6% for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to 37.4% in the 
comparable prior year period. The current period effective tax rate in the United States was 26.3% as compared to 41.2 % in the comparable 
prior year period.  The primary reason for the decrease in the effective rate in the United States was due to the discrete nature of the goodwill and 
intangible asset tax deduction offset by an increase in state taxes.  The current period effective tax rate in Canada was 28.3% as compared to 
27.6% in the comparable prior year period.  The Company also experienced an approximate loss of $0.5 million in Ireland whereby the net effect 
of a full valuation allowance yielded no tax benefit and increased the Company’s consolidated effective tax rate.    

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2011 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2010 (Continued)  

Discontinued Operations.   See Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for a description of discontinued 
operations.  The Company experienced a loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of $0.6 million for the fiscal year ended January 1, 
2011 as compared to $0.8 million in the comparable prior year period.  The current period was offset by a $0.1 million gain on sale of 
discontinued operations, net of tax expense.  The Company experienced a loss from discontinued operations before tax benefit of $1.2 million in 
both the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 and the comparable prior year period.    

Segment Discussion (See Footnote 14)  

Information Technology  

Information Technology revenues of $71.6 million in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 decreased $12.4 million, or 14.8%, as compared to 
the comparable prior year period.  The decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to a continued weakening of the general economy, a $5.4 
million decrease in the Company’s Michigan offices, revenue decreases from the Company’s Life Sciences clients including a $2.0 million 
decrease in revenues from two major pharmaceutical clients that were merged in 2009 and a concentrated effort by the Company to shift to 
higher gross margin revenues, partially offset by revenues attributable to the PSG acquisition.  Revenues for the PSG acquisition were $2.9 
million for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to $2.2 million in the comparable prior year period.  The Information Technology 
segment operating income was $1.6 million for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to an operating loss of $1.3 million in the 
comparable prior year period.  The improvement in operating income is primarily attributable to decreased cost of sales as a percentage of 
revenues and decreased SGA expenses.  The decrease in cost of sales as a percentage of revenues is primarily due to the Company’s 
concentrated effort to deliver higher margin services.  

Engineering  

Engineering revenues of $64.5 million in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 increased $2.3 million, or 3.8%, as compared to the comparable 
prior year period.  The increase in revenue is attributable to increases in revenues from several major customers in the Company’s Power 
Systems Group that are operating at increased levels of spending as compared to the comparable prior year period.  The Engineering segment 
operating income was $5.5 million for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to $2.3 million for the comparable prior year 
period.  The increase in operating income was primarily due to increased revenues and lower cost of services as a percentage of revenues as 
compared to the comparable prior year period.  The decrease in cost of sales as a percentage of revenues is primarily due to the Company’s 
concentrated effort to deliver higher margin services.  

Specialty Health Care  

Specialty Health Care revenues of $25.9 million in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 increased $0.3 million, or 1.4%, as compared to the 
comparable prior year period.  The Specialty Health Care segment had operating income of $2.0 million for the fiscal year ended January 1, 
2011 as compared to $1.6 million for the comparable prior year period.  The increase in operating income was primarily due to decreases to SGA 
expenses.    

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Liquidity and Capital Resources  

The following table summarizes the major captions from the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands):  

Cash provided by (used in):  
   Operating Activities  
Investing Activities  
   Financing Activities  

Fiscal Years Ended  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$13,340   
$329   
$45   

$16,391   
($1,650 )  
($4,817 )  

Operating Activities  

Operating activities provided $13.3 million of cash for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to $16.4 million in the comparable 
prior year period.  The major components of the cash provided by operating activities in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 and the 
comparable prior year period are as follows: net income, accounts receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable and 
accrued expenses and accrued payroll and related costs.  

Net income for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 was $5.8 million as compared to $6.9 million for the comparable prior year period.  The 
largest driver of the cash provided by operating activities in the comparable prior year period was a one-time $9.8 million legal settlement ($5.8 
million after tax effect).  Before considering the legal settlement and other income during comparable prior year period, there was operating 
income from continuing operations of $2.5 million ($1.6 million after tax effect).  During the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, there was 
operating income from continuing operations of $9.0 million ($6.4 million after tax effect).  Net income in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 
included a $1.6 million tax benefit recognized from an anticipated tax deduction associated with the liquidation of a subsidiary (see Notes 15 and 
16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report).   

A decrease in accounts receivables in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 provided $5.3 million as compared to providing $10.2 million in the 
comparable prior year period.  The Company believes the decrease in accounts receivables from January 2, 2010 is due to lower revenues and 
the Company’s focus on improving collection rates on accounts receivables.  Prepaid expenses and other current assets provided $0.8 million 
during the year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to $0.6 million in the comparable prior year period.  The primary reasons for the decrease in 
prepaid expenses and other assets are a decrease in revenues and lower working capital needs associated with discontinued operations.  

A decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 used $1.3 million as compared to using $1.1 
million in the comparable prior year period.  The Company attributes these changes to general timing of payments to vendors in the normal 
course of business and liabilities associated with discontinued operations.  An increase to accrued payroll and related costs in the fiscal year 
ended January 1, 2011 provided $0.3 million as compared to using $3.4 million in the comparable prior year period.  The increase in accrued 
payroll and related costs during the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 primarily relates to timing of payroll offset by fewer employees on the 
payroll as compared to the end of the comparable prior year period.  

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

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Liquidity and Capital Resources (Continued)  

Investing Activities  

Investing activities provided cash of $0.3 million for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 as compared to a use of $1.7 million for the 
comparable prior year period.  The decrease in cash used from investing activities for fiscal 2010 as compared to the comparable prior year 
period was primarily attributable to significantly decreased expenditures for property and equipment and no acquisition activity in the current 
period.  Additionally, the Company sold its Intertec division and received $0.4 million in cash (see Note 15).  The Company anticipates 
implementing an upgraded ERP system sometime in 2011 and will see a significant rise in expenditures for property and equipment as a result.  

Financing Activities  

In the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, financing activities consisted of providing $0.1 million from the sale of stock through the Company’s 
employee stock purchase plan and $0.1 million from the exercise of stock options which was offset by a use of $0.2 million for the purchase of 
treasury stock.   In the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010, financing activities primarily consisted of reducing debt by $4.9 million.  

The Company and its subsidiaries are party to a loan agreement with Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, amended and restated effective February 
20, 2009, which provides for a $15 million revolving credit facility and includes a sub-limit of $5.0 million for letters of credit (the “Revolving 
Credit Facility”).  Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at one of two alternative rates, as selected by the Company at 
each incremental borrowing.  These alternatives are: (i) LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), plus applicable margin, or (ii) the agent bank's 
prime rate.  The Company also pays unused line fees based on the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility that is not drawn.  Unused line fees 
are recorded as interest expense.  

All borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are collateralized by all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries and a pledge of the 
stock of its subsidiaries.  The Revolving Credit Facility also contains various financial and non-financial covenants, such as restrictions on the 
Company’s ability to pay dividends.  The Revolving Credit Facility expires in August 2011.  We intend to seek to extend or replace the 
Revolving Credit Facility prior to such time if we determine that doing so would be in alignment with our financing needs.  

There  were  no  borrowings  during  the  fiscal  year  ended  January  1,  2011.  During  the  fiscal  year  ended  January  2,  2010,  the  Company’s 
outstanding borrowings ranged from $-0- million to $4.9 million.  The majority of borrowings in fiscal year ended January 2, 2010 were subject 
to  LIBOR  plus  applicable  margin  on  contracts  of  30  days  or  more.  At  January  1,  2011  and  January  2,  2010,  there  were  letters  of  credit 
outstanding for $0.9 million and $1.6 million, respectively.  At January 1, 2011, the Company had availability for additional borrowings under 
the Revolving Credit Facility of $14.1 million.  

The Company anticipates that its primary uses of capital in future periods will be for working capital purposes.  Funding for any long-term and 
short-term capital requirements as well as future acquisitions will be derived from one or more of the Revolving Credit Facility, funds generated 
through operations or future financing transactions.  The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise from time to time in the 
ordinary course of its business, which may or may not be covered by insurance.  Were an unfavorable final outcome to occur, there exists the 
possibility of a material adverse impact on our financial position, liquidity, and the results of operations for the period in which the effect 
becomes probable and reasonably estimable.  

The Company's business strategy is to achieve growth both internally through operations and externally through strategic acquisitions.  The 
Company from time to time engages in discussions with potential acquisition candidates.  As the size of the Company and its financial resources 
increase however, acquisition opportunities requiring significant commitments of capital may arise.  In order to pursue such opportunities, the 
Company may be required to incur debt or issue potentially dilutive securities in the future.  No assurance can be given as to the Company’s 
future acquisition and expansion opportunities or how such opportunities will be financed.  

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ITEM 2.   MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

(CONTINUED)  

Liquidity and Capital Resources (Continued)  

Financing Activities (Continued)  

The Company does not currently have material commitments for capital expenditures.  However, the Company anticipates that it will begin to 
upgrade  its  current  ERP  system  sometime  in  2011.  The  Company  does  not  currently  anticipate  entering  into  any  other  significant  capital 
commitments  during  the  next  12  months.  The  Company's  current  commitments  consist  primarily  of  lease  obligations  for  office  space.  The 
Company believes that its capital resources are sufficient to meet its present obligations and those to be incurred in the normal course of business 
for at least the next 12 months.  

The Company leases office facilities and various equipment under non-cancelable leases expiring at various dates through September 
2015.  Certain leases are subject to escalation clauses based upon changes in various factors.  The minimum future annual operating lease 
commitments for leases with non-cancelable terms, exclusive of unknown operating escalation charges, are as follows (in thousands):  

Fiscal Years  
2011  
2012  
2013  
2014  
2015  
Total  

Amount 
$3,534 
2,320 
853 
159 
96 
$6,962 

The Company has two active acquisition agreements whereby future contingent consideration may be earned and paid (these relate to the March 
19, 2008 acquisition of the operating assets of NuSoft Solutions, Inc. (“NuSoft”) described in Note 4 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial 
Statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010, as well as the PSG acquisition).  In connection 
with  these  acquisitions,  the  Company  is  obligated  to  pay  future  contingent  consideration  to  the  sellers  upon  the  acquired  business  achieving 
certain earnings targets over periods ranging from two to four years following the acquisition.  In general, the future contingent  consideration 
amounts fall into two categories: (a) Deferred Consideration - fixed amounts due if the acquisition achieves a base level of earnings which has 
been determined at the time of acquisition and (b) Earnouts – amounts payable that are not fixed and are based on the growth in excess of the 
base level earnings.    

The Company’s outstanding Deferred Consideration obligations potentially due after January 1, 2011, which relate to the NuSoft and PSG 
acquisitions, could result in the following maximum Deferred Consideration payments:  

Year Ending  
December 31, 2011  
December 29, 2012  
December 28, 2013  
Maximum deferred consideration  

    Amount 
$944 
164 
184 
$1,292 

The Company cannot estimate future Deferred Consideration payments with any certainty.  However, the Company does not believe that the 
Deferred Consideration earned and payable in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 will exceed $144.  Earnouts, if any, cannot be estimated 
with any certainty and as such are not included above.  Earnouts paid, if any, are not likely to be material.  

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Liquidity and Capital Resources (Continued)  

Financing Activities (Continued)  

Significant employment agreements are as follows:  

Employment Agreement  
The Company has an employment agreement with its Chief Executive Officer and President, Leon Kopyt, which currently provides for an 
annual base salary of $0.7 million and other customary benefits.  In addition, the agreement provides that Mr. Kopyt’s annual bonus be based on 
EBITDA, defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.  The agreement is for a rolling term of three years, which 
automatically extends each year for an additional one-year period on February 28 of each year.  The agreement expires on February 28, 
2014.  The employment agreement is terminable by the Company upon Mr. Kopyt’s death or disability, or for “good and sufficient cause,” as 
defined in the agreement.  

Termination Benefits Agreement  
The Company is party to a Termination Benefits Agreement with Mr. Kopyt, amended on December 12, 2007 to comply with the requirements 
of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Benefits Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Benefits Agreement, following a Change in 
Control (as defined therein), the remaining term of Mr. Kopyt's employment is extended for five years (the “Extended Term”).  If Mr. Kopyt's 
employment is terminated thereafter by the Company other than for cause, or by Mr. Kopyt for good reason (including, among other things, a 
material change in Mr. Kopyt's salary, title, reporting responsibilities or a change in office location which requires Mr. Kopyt to relocate), then 
the following provisions take effect: the Company is obligated to pay Mr. Kopyt a lump sum equal to his salary and bonus for the remainder of 
the Extended Term; and the Company shall be obligated to pay to Mr. Kopyt the amount of any excise tax associated with the benefits provided 
to Mr. Kopyt under the Benefits Agreement. If such a termination had taken place as of January 1, 2011, Mr. Kopyt would have been entitled to 
cash payments of approximately $5.9 million (representing salary and excise tax payments).  

Severance Agreement  
The Company is party to a Severance Agreement with Mr. Kopyt,  amended on December 12, 2007 to comply with the requirements of section 
409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Severance Agreement”).  The agreement provides for certain payments to be made to Mr. 
Kopyt and for the continuation of Mr. Kopyt’s employee benefits for a specified time after his service with the Company is terminated other than 
“for cause,” as defined in the Severance Agreement.  Amounts payable to Mr. Kopyt under the Severance Agreement would be offset and 
reduced by any amounts received by Mr. Kopyt after his termination of employment under his employment agreement and the Benefits 
Agreement, which are supplemented and not superseded by the Severance Agreement.  If Mr. Kopyt had been terminated as of January 1, 2011, 
then under the terms of the Severance Agreement, and after offsetting any amounts that would have been received under his current employment 
and termination benefits agreements, he would have been entitled to cash payments of approximately $4.0 million, inclusive of employee 
benefits.  

Impact of Inflation  

Consulting, staffing, and project services are generally priced based on mark-ups on prevailing rates of pay, and as a result are able to generally 
maintain their relationship to direct labor costs.  Permanent placement services are priced as a function of salary levels of the job candidates.    

The Company’s business is labor intensive; therefore, the Company has a high exposure to increasing healthcare benefit costs.  The Company 
attempts to compensate for these escalating costs in its business cost models and customer pricing by passing along some of these increased 
healthcare benefit costs to its customers and employees, however, the Company has not been able to pass on all increases.  The Company is 
continuing to review its options to further control these costs, which the Company does not believe are representative of general inflationary 
trends.  Otherwise, inflation has not been a meaningful factor in the Company’s operations.  

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

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

New Accounting Standards  

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-17, Topic 605 – Revenue Recognition – Milestone Method (“USA 2010-17”), which provides 
guidance on defining a milestone and determining when it may be appropriate to apply the milestone method of revenue recognition for research 
or development transactions.  The amendments in ASU 2010-17 are effective on a prospective basis for milestones achieved in fiscal years 
beginning on or after June 15, 2010, and interim periods within those years.  Early adoption is permitted; however, if a Company elects to early 
adopt, the amendment must be applied retrospectively from the beginning of the year of adoption.  The Company has adopted ASU 2010-17 
effective as of the beginning of the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 but due to nonactivity of any applicable transactions, it did not impact its 
consolidated results of operations.  

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB and SEC and/or other standards-setting bodies that do not require 
adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.  

ITEM 7A.  

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK  

The Company’s exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to the Company’s investment portfolio and debt 
instruments, which primarily consist of its Revolving Credit Facility.  The Company does not have any derivative financial instruments in its 
portfolio.  The Company places its investments in instruments that meet high credit quality standards.  The Company is adverse to principal loss 
and ensures the safety and preservation of its invested funds by limiting default risk, market risk and reinvestment risk.  As of January 1, 2011, 
the Company’s investments consisted of cash and money market funds.  The Company does not use interest rate derivative instruments to 
manage its exposure to interest rate changes.  Presently the impact of a 10% (approximately 90 basis points) increase in interest rates on its 
variable debt (using an incremental borrowing rate) would have a relatively nominal impact on the Company’s results of operations.  The 
Company does not expect any material loss with respect to its investment portfolio.  

ITEM 8.  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA  

The financial statements, together with the report of the Company’s Registered Public Accounting Firm, begins on page F-1.  

ITEM 9.  

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND  
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE  

None.  

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ITEM 9A(T).  

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES  

The Company’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial 
Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the 
Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial 
Officer concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were functioning effectively to 
provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it 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 and is accumulated and 
communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar 
functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  

A controls system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are 
met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have 
been detected.  

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting  
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the company. Internal 
control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the 
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our system of internal 
control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, 
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are 
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts 
and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) 
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets 
that could have a material effect on the financial statements.  

Management performed an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of January 1, 2011 based upon 
criteria in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission 
(“COSO”). Based on this assessment, management determined that the company's internal control over financial reporting was effective as of 
January 1, 2011, based on the criteria in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by COSO.  

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal 
quarter and that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  

ITEM 9B.  

OTHER INFORMATION  

None.  

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ITEM 10.  

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE  

PART III  

The information required by Item 10 shall be included in the 2011 Proxy Statement.  

ITEM 11.  

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION  

The information required by Item 11 shall be included in the 2011 Proxy Statement.  

ITEM 12.  

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT  
AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS  

Except as set forth below, the information required by Item 12 shall be included in the 2011 Proxy Statement.  

The table below presents certain information concerning securities issuable in connection with equity compensation plans that have been 
approved by the Company's shareholders and that have not been approved by the Company's shareholders.  

Number of securities to be  
issued upon exercise of  
outstanding options,  
warrants and rights  
(a)  

Weighted-average exercise  
price of outstanding options,  
warrants and rights  
(b)  

Number of securities  
remaining available for  
issuance under equity  
compensation plans,  
excluding securities  
reflected in column (a)  
(c)  

1,101,594  

$4.57  

415,600  

____________________  

____________________  

____________________  

Plan category  

Equity compensation plans 

approved by security holders  

Equity compensation plans not 

approved by security holders  

Total  

1,101,594  

$4.57  

415,600  

ITEM 13.  

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR  
INDEPENDENCE  

The information required by Item 13 shall be included in the 2011 Proxy Statement.  

ITEM 14.  

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES  

The information required by Item 14 shall be included in the 2011 Proxy Statement.  

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ITEM 15.  

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES  

(a)  

1. and 2. Financial Statement Schedules -- See “Index to Financial Statements and Schedules” on F-1.  

PART IV  

3. See Item (b) below.  

(b)   Exhibits  

(3)(a)  

(3)(b)  

(3)(c)  

(3)(d)  

(3)(e)  

(4)(a)  

(4)(b)  

Articles of Incorporation, as amended; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1994.  

Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation; incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's Proxy 
Statement, dated February 6, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 1996.  

Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation; incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to the Registrant's Proxy 
Statement, dated February 6, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 1996.  

Amended and Restated Bylaws; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-
K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010.  

Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, dated June 9, 2010 
(filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
on June 9, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference).  

Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 11, 1996, by and between RCM Technologies, Inc. and the former 
shareholders of The Consortium; incorporated by reference to Exhibit (c)(2) to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 
8-K dated March 19, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 1996.  

Rights Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2010, between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as 
Rights Agent (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission on June 9, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference).  

* (10)(a)  

RCM Technologies, Inc. 1992 Incentive Stock Option Plan; incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's 
Proxy Statement, dated March 9, 1992, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 1992.  

(10)(b)  

RCM Technologies, Inc. 1994 Non-employee Director Stock Option Plan; incorporated by reference to the appendix to 
the Registrant's Proxy Statement, dated March 31, 1994, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 
28, 1994.  

* (10)(c)  

* (10)(d)  

RCM Technologies, Inc. 1996 Executive Stock Option Plan, dated August 15, 1996; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 
10(l) to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1996, filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 1997 (the “1996 10-K”).  

RCM Technologies, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Incentive Plan, dated January 6, 2000; incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit A to the Registrant’s Proxy Statement, dated March 3, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
on February 28, 2000.  

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EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES (CONTINUED)  

(b)   Exhibits (Continued)  

* (10)(e)  

Second Amended and Restated Termination Benefits Agreement, dated March 18, 1997, between the Registrant and 
Leon Kopyt; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC 
File No. 333-23753), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 1997.  

* (10)(f)  

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated November 30, 1996, between the Registrant, Intertec Design, Inc. 
and Leon Kopyt; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to the 1996 10-K.  

(10)(g)  

Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated May 31, 2002, between RCM Technologies, Inc. and all of 
its Subsidiaries with Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Administrative Agent and Arranger; incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2002 (the “Second Quarter 2002 10-Q”).  

* (10)(h)  

Severance Agreement, dated June 10, 2002, between RCM Technologies, Inc. and Leon Kopyt; incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 10a to the Second Quarter 2002 10-Q.  

* (10)(i)  

Exhibit A to Severance Agreement General Release; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10b to the Second Quarter 
2002 10-Q.  

(10)(j)  

(10)(k)  

(10)(l)  

(10)(m)  

(10)(n)  

Amendment and Modification to Amended and Restated  Loan and Security Agreement, dated December 30, 2002, 
between RCM Technologies, Inc. and all of its Subsidiaries and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania  as Administrative Agent 
and Arranger; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(k) to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal 
year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2003, as amended 
on March 3, 2003 (the “2002 10-K”).  

Second Amendment and Modification to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated February 26, 2003, 
between RCM Technologies, Inc. and all of its Subsidiaries and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Administrative Agent 
and Arranger; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) to 2002  10-K).  

Third Amendment and Modification to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 1, 2003, 
between RCM Technologies, Inc. and all of its Subsidiaries and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Administrative Agent 
and Arranger; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.H to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
quarter ended September 30, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2003.  

Fourth Amendment and Modification to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated July 23, 2004, 
between RCM Technologies, Inc. and all of its Subsidiaries and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Administrative Agent 
and Arranger; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a) to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
quarter ended July 3, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2004.  

Fifth Amendment and Modification to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated August 7, 2006, 
between RCM Technologies, Inc. and all of its Subsidiaries and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Administrative Agent 
and Arranger; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a) to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
quarter ended July 1, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2006.  

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EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES (CONTINUED)  

(b)   Exhibits (Continued)  

* (10)(o)  

Amendment No. 1, dated December 12, 2007, to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, entered into on 
November 30, 1996, between Leon Kopyt and RCM Technologies, Inc.; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the 
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 12, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
on December 12, 2007 (the “December 2007 8-K”).  

* (10)(p)  

Amendment No. 1, dated December 12, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Termination Benefits Agreement, 
made March 18, 1997, between Leon Kopyt and RCM Technologies, Inc.; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to 
the December 2007 8-K.  

* (10)(q)  

Amendment No. 1, dated December 12, 2007, to the Severance Agreement, entered into on June 12, 2002, between Leon 
Kopyt and RCM Technologies, Inc.; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the December 2007 8-K.  

* (10)(t)  

* (10)(u)  

(10)(v)  

The RCM Technologies, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan; incorporated by reference to Annex A to the 
Registrant’s Proxy Statement, dated April 20, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 
2007.  

Separation and Release Agreement, dated August 27, 2008; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's 
Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 21, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 
2008.  

Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of February 19, 2009, between RCM 
Technologies, Inc. and all of its Subsidiaries, Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Administrative Agent and Arranger and 
the Financial Institutions Named therein as Lenders; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Current 
Report on Form 8-K dated February 19, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2009. 

* (10)(w)  

Option Grant Agreement, dated April 21, 2010, to Richard D. Machon (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current 
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2010, and incorporated herein by 
reference).  

* (10)(x)  

Option Grant Agreement, dated April 21, 2010, to S. Gary Snodgrass (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Current 
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2010, and incorporated herein by 
reference).  

(21)  

Subsidiaries of the Registrant.  (Filed herewith)  

(23.1)  

Consent of EisnerAmper LLP.  (Filed herewith)  

(23.2)  

Consent of Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP.  (Filed herewith)  

(31.1)  

(31.2)  

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer Required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended.  (Filed herewith)  

Certifications of Chief Financial Officer Required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended.  (Filed herewith)  

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ITEM 15.  

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES (CONTINUED)  

(b)   Exhibits (Continued)  

(32.1)  

(32.2)  

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer Required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended.  (This exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.  Further, this exhibit shall not be deemed to be 
incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, as amended.)  (Filed herewith)  

Certifications of Chief Financial Officer Required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended.  (This exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.  Further, this exhibit shall not be deemed to be 
incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, as amended.)  (Filed herewith)  

* Constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.  

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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.  

SIGNATURES  

Date:  February 22, 2011  

Date:  February 22, 2011  

RCM Technologies, Inc.  

By: /s/ Leon Kopyt  
Leon Kopyt  
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director  

By: /s/ Kevin D. Miller  
Kevin D. Miller  
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the 
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.    

Date:  February 22, 2011  

Date:  February 22, 2011  

Date:  February 22, 2011  

Date:  February 22, 2011  

Date:  February 22, 2011  

Date:  February 22, 2011  

Date:  February 22, 2011  

By: /s/ Leon Kopyt  
Leon Kopyt  
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal 
Executive Officer) and Director  

By: /s/ Kevin D. Miller  
Kevin D. Miller  
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (Principal 
Financial and Accounting Officer)  

By: /s/ Norman S. Berson  
Norman S. Berson  
Director  

By: /s/ Robert B. Kerr  
Robert B. Kerr  
Director  

By: /s/ Richard D. Machon  
Richard D. Machon  
Director  

By: /s/ Lawrence Needleman  
Lawrence Needleman  
Director  

By: /s/ S. Gary Snodgrass  
S. Gary Snodgrass  
Director  

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.  

FORM 10-K  

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES  

Consolidated Balance Sheets, January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  

Consolidated Statements of Income, Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity and Consolidated  
Statements of Comprehensive Income, Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011  
and January 2, 2010  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms  

Schedule II  

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  
January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

Current assets:  
   Cash and cash equivalents  
   Accounts receivable, net  
   Prepaid expenses and other current assets  
   Deferred income tax assets  
   Assets of discontinued operations  

   Total current assets  

Property and equipment, net  

Other assets:  
   Deposits  
   Goodwill  

Intangible assets, net  
   Deferred income tax assets  
   Total other assets  

   Total assets  

Current liabilities:  
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses  
   Accrued payroll and related costs  

Income taxes payable  

   Liabilities of discontinued operations  
   Contingent consideration  

   Total current liabilities  

Contingent consideration  

Stockholders' equity:  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$24,704   
41,213   
1,841   
827   
2   
68,587   

3,295   

183   
7,319   
325   
3,303   
11,130   

$83,012   

$6,004   
6,950   
39   
45   
121   
13,159   

245   

$10,942   
44,231   
2,629   
705   
2,534   
61,041   

4,533   

184   
7,319   
464   
3,828   
11,795   

$77,369   

$6,934   
6,340   
-  
426   
-  
13,700   

366   

Preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized;  

no shares issued or outstanding  

   Common stock, $0.05 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized;  

13,220,445 shares issued and 13,171,048 shares outstanding at  
January 1, 2011 and 12,960,778 shares issued and outstanding at January 2, 2010  

   Additional paid-in capital  
   Accumulated other comprehensive income  
   Accumulated deficit  
   Treasury stock (49,397 shares, at cost)  

Stockholders' equity  

   Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity  

-  

-  

661   
107,817   
1,415   
(40,079 )  
(206 )  
69,608   

$83,012   

648   
107,262   
1,267   
(45,874 )  
-  
63,303   

$77,369   

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

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

Revenues  
Cost of services  
Gross profit  

Operating costs and expenses  

Selling, general and administrative  

   Depreciation and amortization  
   Operating cost and expenses  

Operating income  

Other (expense) income  

Interest expense and other, net  

   Gain on foreign currency transactions  

Legal settlement  
   Other (expense) income  

Income from continuing operations before  
   income taxes  
Income tax expense from continuing operations  
Income from continuing operations  

Loss from discontinued operations,  
   net of tax benefit  
Net income  

Basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per share  
   data:  

Income from continuing operations  

Loss from discontinued operations,  
   net of tax benefit  

   Net income  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$162,022   
115,835   
46,187   

$171,731   
127,173   
44,558   

35,825   
1,341   
37,166   

40,509   
1,503   
42,012   

9,021   

2,546   

(61 )  
27   
-  
(34 )  

8,987   
2,570   
6,417   

(55 )  
85   
9,750   
9,780   

12,326   
4,609   
7,717   

(622 )  
$5,795   

(795 )  
$6,922   

$0.49   

$0.60   

($0.05 )  
$0.44   

($0.06 )  
$0.54   

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

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

Common Stock  

Issued  
Shares  

   Amount  

Additional  
Paid-in  
Capital     

Accumulated  
Other  
Comprehensive  
Income  

Accumulated  
Deficit  

Treasury Stock  

Shares  

Amount  

Total  

Balance, December 27, 2008  

12,774,026   

$639   

$106,788   

$720   

Issuance of stock under  
   employee stock purchase plan  
Translation adjustment  
Stock based compensation expense  
Shares issued for acquired companies  
Net loss  

86,752   
-  
-  
100,000   
-  

4   
-  
-  
5   
-  

79   
-  
181   
214   
-  

-  
547   
-  
-  
-  

Balance, January 2, 2010  

12,960,778   

$648   

$107,262   

$1,267   

Issuance of stock under  
   employee stock purchase plan  
Translation adjustment  
Issuance of stock under stock  
   option plans  
Stock based compensation expense  
Common stock repurchase  
Net income  

Balance, January 1, 2011  

74,172   
-  

185,495   
-  
-  
-  

4   
-  

9   
-  
-  
-  

145   
-  

93   
317   
-  
-  

-  
148   

-  
-  
-  
-  

13,220,445   

$661   

$107,817   

$1,415   

($52,796 )  

-  
-  
-  
-  
6,922   

($45,874 )  

-  
-  

-  
-  
-  
5,795   

($40,079 )  

-  

-
-  
-  
-  
-  

-  

-
-  

-
-  
49,397   
-  

49,397   

$     -  

$55,351   

-
-  
-  
-  
-  

83   
547   
181   
219   
6,922   

$     -  

$63,303   

-
-  

-
-  
(206 )  
-  

($206 )  

149   
148   

102   
317   
(206 )  
5,795   

$69,608   

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME  
 Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  

Net income  
Foreign currency translation adjustment  
Comprehensive income  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$5,795   
148   
$5,943   

$6,922   
547   
$7,469   

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

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands unless otherwise indicated)  

Cash flows from operating activities:  
   Net income  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by  
  operating activities:  
   Depreciation and amortization  

Loss on disposal of fixed assets of discontinued operations  

   Gain on sale of discontinued operations  
Stock-based compensation expense  
Provision for losses on accounts receivable  

   Deferred income tax expense  
   Changes in assets and liabilities:  

   Accounts receivable  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets  
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses  
   Accrued payroll and related costs  

Income taxes payable  

Total adjustments  

   Net cash provided by operating activities  

Cash flows from investing activities:  
Property and equipment acquired  

   Decrease in deposits  
   Cash from sale of discontinued operations  
   Cash paid for acquisitions, net of working capital  
   Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  

Cash flows from financing activities:  

Sale of stock for employee stock purchase plan  
Exercise of stock options  
   Common stock repurchases  
   Net repayments on line of credit  
   Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents  
Increase in cash and cash equivalents  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period  

Supplemental cash flow information:  
   Cash paid for:  

Interest  
Income taxes  

Non-cash investing activities relating to acquisition purchase price adjustment:  
   Decrease goodwill  
   Decrease accounts payable and accrued expenses  
   Decrease contingent consideration  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$5,795   

$6,922   

1,383   
269   
(143 )  
317   
93   
403   

5,250   
782   
(1,255 )  
308   
138   
7,545   
13,340   

(101 )  
30   
400   
-  
329   

149   
102   
(206 )  
-  
45   
48   
13,762   
10,942   

$24,704   

$74   
$1,669   

$840   
$313   
$527   

1,625   
88   
-  
181   
115   
2,047   

10,173   
643   
(1,142 )  
(3,386 )  
(875 )  
9,469   
16,391   

(802 )  
52   
-  
(900 )  
(1,650 )  

83   
-  
-  
(4,900 )  
(4,817 )  
203   
10,127   
815   

$10,942   

$67   
$2,510   

$     -  
$     -  
$     -  

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

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

1. 

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  

Description of Business and Basis of Presentation  

RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “RCM”) is a premier provider of business and technology solutions designed to enhance and 
maximize the operational performance of its customers through the adaptation and deployment of advanced information technology and 
engineering services.  Additionally, the Company provides specialty staffing services through its Specialty Health Care Services 
group.  RCM’s offices are located in major metropolitan centers throughout North America.    

The consolidated financial statements are comprised of the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries.  All significant 
intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.    

Reclassifications  
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation, see Note 15.  

Cash and Cash Equivalents  

The Company considers its holdings of highly liquid money-market instruments to be cash equivalents if the securities mature within 90 
days from the date of acquisition.  These investments are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.   

The Company’s cash balances are maintained in accounts held by major banks and financial institutions.  The majority of these balances 
exceed federally insured amounts.  At January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, $0.8 million and $0.1 million, respectively, of cash and cash 
equivalents were held in Canadian banks.  At January 1, 2011, $0.2 million of cash and cash equivalents were held in Irish banks.  

Fair Value of Financial Instruments  

The Company’s carrying value of financial instruments, consisting primarily of accounts receivable, approximates fair value.  The Company 
does not have any off-balance sheet financial instruments.  The Company does not have derivative products in place to manage risks related 
to foreign currency fluctuations for its foreign operations or for interest rate changes.  

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts  

The Company’s accounts receivable are primarily due from trade customers.  Credit is extended based on evaluation of customers’ financial 
condition and, generally, collateral is not required.  Accounts receivable payment terms vary and are stated in the financial statements at 
amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts.  Accounts outstanding longer than the payment terms are considered 
past due.  The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable 
are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of 
the general economy and the industry as a whole.  The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and 
payments subsequently received on such receivables previously written off are credited to bad debt expense.  

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

1. 

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)  

Accrued and Unbilled Accounts Receivable and Work-in-Process  

Unbilled receivables primarily represent revenues earned whereby those services are ready to be billed as of the balance sheet ending 
date.  Work-in-process primarily represents revenues earned under contracts which the Company is contractually precluded from invoicing 
until future dates as project milestones are realized.  See Footnote 4 for further details.  

Property and Equipment  

Property and equipment are stated at cost net of accumulated depreciation and amortization and are depreciated on the straight-line method 
at rates calculated to provide for retirement of assets at the end of their estimated useful lives.  The Company's ERP software system, 
installed in 1999 and upgraded in 2004, is being depreciated over fifteen years.  The Company's VOIP telephone system, the installation of 
which was substantially complete at the end of 2008, is being depreciated over seven years.  All other hardware and software as well as 
furniture and office equipment is depreciated over five years.  Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated life 
of the asset or the lease term.  The Company anticipates that it will begin to upgrade its current ERP system sometime in 2011.  

Goodwill  

Goodwill represents the premium paid over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired in business combinations.  The 
Company conducts its annual goodwill impairment test as of the Saturday closest to November 30 each year, or more frequently if indicators 
of impairment exist.  The Company periodically analyzes whether any such indicators of impairment exist.  A significant amount of 
judgment is involved in determining if an indicator of impairment has occurred. Such indicators may include a sustained, significant decline 
in share price and market capitalization, a decline in expected future cash flows, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the 
business climate, unanticipated competition and/or slower expected growth rates, among others.  Further, if there is an indicator of an 
impairment, the Company compares the fair value of each of its reporting units to their respective carrying values and if the carrying amount 
of the goodwill exceeds fair value, an impairment loss is recognized.   Application of the goodwill impairment test requires significant 
judgments including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for 
the businesses, the useful life over which cash flows will occur and determination of weighted average cost of capital.  Changes in these 
estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and/or conclusions on goodwill impairment for each 
reporting unit.   The Company determined there was no impairment during the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010.  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

1. 

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)  

Long-Lived Assets  

The Company accounts for long-lived assets in accordance with “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived 
Assets.”   Management periodically reviews the carrying amounts of long-lived assets to determine whether current events or circumstances 
warrant adjustment to such carrying amounts.  Any impairment is measured by the amount that the carrying value of such assets exceeds 
their fair value, primarily based on estimated discounted cash flows.  Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate the fair 
value of assets.  Assets to be disposed of are carried at the lower of their financial statement carrying amount or fair value, less cost to sell.  

Software  

In accordance with “Accounting for Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use,” certain costs related to the 
development or purchase of internal-use software are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of the software.  During the 
fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, the Company capitalized approximately $16 and $244, respectively, for software 
costs.  At January 1, 2011 the net balance after accumulated depreciation for all software costs capitalized was $348.  

Income Taxes  

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with “Accounting for Income Taxes” which requires an asset and liability approach 
of accounting for income taxes.  “Accounting for Income Taxes” requires assessment of the likelihood of realizing benefits associated with 
deferred tax assets for purposes of determining whether a valuation allowance is needed for such deferred tax assets.  The Company and its 
wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries file a consolidated federal income tax return.  

The Company also follows the provisions of “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” which prescribes a model for the recognition 
and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, and provides guidance on derecognition, classification, 
interest and penalties, disclosure and transition.  At January 1, 2011 the Company did not have any significant unrecognized tax 
benefits.  The Company’s policy is to record interest and penalty, if any, as interest expense.  

Revenue Recognition  

The  Company  derives  its  revenues  from  several  sources.  The  Company’s  Engineering  Services  and  Information  Technology  Services 
segments perform consulting and project solutions services.  All of the Company’s segments perform staff augmentation services and derive 
revenue from permanent placement fees.  The majority of the Company's revenues are invoiced on a time and materials basis.  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

1. 

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)  

Revenue Recognition (Continued)  

Project Services  
The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with “Revenue Recognition” which clarifies application of U.S. generally accepted 
accounting principles to revenue transactions.  Project services are generally provided on a cost-plus, fixed-fee or time-and-material 
basis.  Typically, a customer will outsource a discrete project or activity and the Company assumes responsibility for the performance of 
such project or activity.  The Company recognizes revenues and associated costs on a gross basis as services are provided to the customer 
and costs are incurred using its employees.  The Company, from time to time, enters into contracts requiring the completion of specific 
deliverables.  The Company may recognize revenues on these deliverables at the time the client accepts and approves the deliverables.  In 
instances where project services are provided on a fixed-price basis and the contract will extend beyond a 12-month period, revenue is 
recorded in accordance with the terms of each contract.  In some instances, revenue is billed and recorded at the time certain milestones are 
reached, as defined in the contract.  In other instances, revenue is billed and recorded based upon contractual rates per hour (i.e., percentage 
of completion).  In addition, some contracts contain “Performance Fees” (bonuses) for completing a contract under budget.  Performance 
Fees, if any, are recorded when the Company is reasonably certain of collection.  Some contracts also limit revenues and billings to 
maximum amounts.  Provision for contract losses, if any, are made in the period such losses are determined.  For contracts where there is a 
deliverable, the work is not complete on a specific deliverable and the revenue is not recognized, the costs are deferred.  The associated 
costs are expensed when the related revenue is recognized.  

Consulting and Staffing Services  
Revenues derived from consulting and staffing services are recorded on a gross basis as services are performed and associated costs have 
been incurred using employees of the Company.  In these circumstances, the Company assumes the risk of acceptability of its employees to 
its customers.    

In certain cases, the Company may utilize other companies and their employees to fulfill customer requirements. In these cases, the 
Company receives an administrative fee for arranging for, billing for, and collecting the billings related to these companies.  The customer is 
typically responsible for assessing the work of these companies who have responsibility for acceptability of their personnel to the 
customer.  Under these circumstances, the Company’s reported revenues are net of associated costs (effectively recognizing the net 
administrative fee only).  

Permanent Placement Services  
The Company earns permanent placement fees from providing permanent placement services.  Fees for placements are recognized at the 
time the candidate commences employment.  The Company guarantees its permanent placements on a prorated basis for 90 days.  In the 
event a candidate is not retained for the 90-day period, the Company will provide a suitable replacement candidate.  In the event a 
replacement candidate cannot be located, the Company will provide a prorated refund to the client.  An allowance for refunds, based upon 
the Company’s historical experience, is recorded in the financial statements.  Revenues are recorded on a gross basis.  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

1. 

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)  

Concentration  

During fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, United Technologies Corporation and Bruce Power accounted for 13.3% and 10.8% of the 
Company’s revenues and as of January 1, 2011 represented 22.1% and 7.9% of the Company’s accounts receivable, respectively.  No other 
customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues. The Company's five, ten and twenty largest customers accounted for 
approximately 36.9%, 44.1% and 54.6%, respectively, of the Company's revenues for fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  

During fiscal year ended January 2, 2010, United Technologies Corporation accounted for 12.7% of the Company’s revenues and 22.2% of 
the Company’s accounts receivable.  No other customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues. The Company's five, ten 
and twenty largest customers accounted for approximately 30.0%, 36.7% and 47.3%, respectively, of the Company's revenues for fiscal year 
ended January 2, 2010.  

Foreign Currency Translation  

The functional currency of the Company’s Canadian and Ireland subsidiaries is that subsidiary’s local currency.  Assets and liabilities are 
translated at period-end exchange rates.  Income and expense items are translated at weighted average rates of exchange prevailing during 
the year.  Any translation adjustments are included in the accumulated other comprehensive income account in stockholders’ 
equity.  Transactions executed in different currencies resulting in exchange adjustments are translated at spot rates and resulting foreign 
exchange transaction gains and losses are included in the results of operations.  

Comprehensive Income  

Comprehensive income consists of net income and foreign currency translation adjustments.  

Per Share Data  

Basic net income per share is calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted net 
income per share is calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares plus dilutive potential common shares outstanding 
during the period.  Potential dilutive common shares consist of stock options and other stock-based awards under the Company's stock 
compensation plans, when their impact is dilutive.  Because of the Company’s capital structure, all reported earnings pertain to common 
shareholders and no other adjustments are necessary.    

Share - Based Compensation  

The Company recognizes share-based compensation over the vesting period of an award based on fair value at the grant date determined 
using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  Certain assumptions are used to determine the fair value of stock-based payment awards on 
the date of grant and require subjective judgment.  Because employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of 
traded options, and because changes in the input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, the existing models may not 
provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of the employee stock options.  Management assesses the assumptions and methodologies 
used to calculate estimated fair value of stock-based compensation on a regular basis.  Circumstances may change and additional data may 
become available over time, which could result in changes to these assumptions and methodologies and thereby materially impact our fair 
value determination.  See Note 11 for additional share-based compensation information.  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

1. 

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)  

Advertising Costs  

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.  Total advertising expense was $632 and $864 for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and 
January 2, 2010, respectively.  

2.     FISCAL YEAR  

The Company follows a 52/53 week fiscal reporting calendar ending on the Saturday closest to December 31.  The fiscal year ended January 
2, 2010 (fiscal 2009) was a 53-week reporting year.  The fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 (fiscal 2010) was a 52-week reporting year.    

3.     USE OF ESTIMATES AND UNCERTAINTIES  

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, revenues and expenses and 
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  

The Company uses estimates to calculate an allowance for doubtful accounts on its accounts receivables. These estimates can be significant 
to the operating results and financial position of the Company.  

The Company has risk participation arrangements with respect to workers compensation and health care insurance.  The amounts included 
in the Company’s costs related to this risk participation are estimated and can vary based on changes in assumptions, the Company’s claims 
experience or the providers included in the associated insurance programs.  

The Company can be affected by a variety of factors including uncertainty relating to the performance of the general economy, competition, 
demand for the Company’s services, adverse litigation and claims and the hiring, training and retention of key employees.  

4.    ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE  

The Company’s accounts receivable are comprised as follows:  

Billed  
Accrued and unbilled  
Work-in-progress  
Allowance for doubtful accounts  
   and sales discounts  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$31,265   
3,381   
7,858   

$35,372   
2,160   
7,887   

(1,291 )  

(1,188 )  

Accounts receivable, net  

$41,213   

$44,231   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

5.     PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT  

Property and equipment are comprised of the following:  

Equipment and furniture  
Computers and systems  
Leasehold improvements  

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization  

Property and equipment, net  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$2,734   
5,869   
1,064   
9,667   

6,372   

$3,295   

$2,929   
6,596   
1,160   
10,685   

6,152   

$4,533   

The Company writes off fully depreciated assets each year.  In fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 1010, the write-offs were 
$975 and $837, respectively.  For the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 1010, depreciation expense was $1,202 and $1,400, 
respectively.  

6.     ACQUISITIONS  

General  

In connection with certain acquisitions, the Company is obligated to pay future contingent consideration to the sellers upon the acquired 
business achieving certain earnings targets over periods ranging from two to four years following the acquisition.  In general, the future 
contingent consideration amounts fall into one of two categories: (a) Deferred Consideration - fixed amounts due if the acquisition achieves 
a base level of earnings which has been determined at the time of acquisition and (b) Earnouts – amounts payable that are not fixed and are 
based on the growth in excess of the base level earnings.    

Future Contingent Payments  

The Company has two active acquisition agreements relating to the acquisitions of the assets of NuSoft and PSG, both as defined below, 
whereby future contingent consideration may be earned and paid.  Prior to December 2007 and the NuSoft acquisition, the Financial 
Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued “Business Combinations” which did not require that the estimated fair value of contingent 
consideration be recorded as a liability.  Pursuant to accounting standards in effect at that time, the Company has not recorded any liability 
associated with the contingent consideration that may be paid in connection with its March 19, 2008 acquisition of the operating assets of 
NuSoft Solutions, Inc. (“NuSoft”).  Prior to April 2009 and the Company’s July 6, 2009 acquisition of the operating assets of Project 
Solutions Group, Inc. (“PSG”), FASB issued “Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in Business Combinations That 
Arise from Contingencies” which requires that the fair value of any future contingent consideration be recorded as a liability.  The Company 
has determined that the estimated fair value of the total future contingent consideration (Deferred Consideration and Earnouts) associated 
with the PSG acquisition is approximately $0.4 million.  The amount actually paid, if any, may substantially exceed the estimated fair 
value.  The Company has recorded this liability and increased its goodwill by a like amount.    

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

6.      ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)  

Future Contingent Payments (Continued)  

The Company’s outstanding Deferred Consideration obligations potentially due after January 1, 2011, which relate to the NuSoft and PSG 
acquisitions, could result in the following maximum Deferred Consideration payments:  

Fiscal Year Ending  
December 31, 2011  
December 29, 2012  
December 28, 2013  
Maximum deferred consideration  

    Amount 
$944 
164 
184 
$1,292 

The Company cannot estimate future Deferred Consideration payments with any certainty.  However, the Company does not believe that the 
Deferred Consideration earned and payable in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 will exceed $144.  Earnouts, if any, cannot be 
estimated with any certainty and as such are not included above.  Earnouts paid, if any, are not likely to be material.  

Project Solutions Group, Inc.  

On July 6, 2009, the Company purchased the operating assets of PSG.  PSG is a specialty provider of information technology services.  PSG 
provides expert project management and training services to a diverse client base.  PSG helps clients deploy Microsoft's project management 
tools to streamline and coordinate project-based initiatives across their organizations.    

The acquisition was effective as of June 28, 2009 and has been accounted for in accordance with “Business Combinations” and “Accounting 
for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in Business Combinations that Arise from Contingencies.”  Accordingly, the results of 
operations of the acquired company have been included in the consolidated results of operations of the Company from the effective date and 
are included in the Information Technology segment.    

The PSG purchase consideration consisted of $0.5 million in cash and 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock, valued at $0.2 
million.  The fair value of the common shares issued was determined based on the closing market price of the Company's common stock on 
the last trading day prior to the effective date of the acquisition.  Post closing consideration consists of potential Deferred Consideration 
payments up to $0.5 million and additional Earnout payments, with both amounts contingent upon PSG achieving certain base levels of 
operating income for certain post closing periods following the purchase.  Additionally, the Company recorded a liability of approximately 
$0.4 million for the estimated net preset value of future contingent consideration potentially due in connection with the PSG 
acquisition.  During fiscal 2010, the Company amended certain terms of the PSG purchase agreement which had the net effect of reducing a 
portion of the initial cash price and corresponding goodwill.  Since this adjustment to the provisional amounts was identified during the 
measurement period as defined in authoritative accounting literature, the Company recognized the adjustment as if the amendment for the 
business combination had been completed as of the acquisition date (i.e., via retrospective adjustment).  Accordingly, liability accounts and 
goodwill were reduced by $840 as of both January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010.  The effect of these adjustments on the Company's 
consolidated financial statements is not material.    

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

6.     ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)  

Project Solutions Group, Inc. (Continued)  

The acquisition has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The amended purchase price of approximately $0.7 
million has been allocated as follows:  

Customer relationships  
Restricted covenants  
Goodwill  

$253 
38 
416 
$707 

Pro Forma Results of Operations  

The following (unaudited) results of operations have been prepared assuming the PSG acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of the 
periods presented.  Those results are not necessarily indicative of results of future operations or of results that would have occurred had the 
acquisition occurred as of the beginning of the periods presented.    

Revenues  
Operating income from continuing operations  
Income from continuing operations  
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations  

7.     GOODWILL  

Fiscal Years Ended  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$162,022   
$9,021   
$6,417   
$0.49   

$174,319   
$2,746   
$7,837   
$0.60   

As of November 27, 2010, the Company conducted its annual assessment of goodwill for impairment.  To assess goodwill for impairment, 
the Company first compares the fair value of its reporting units with their net book value.  The fair value of the reporting units is estimated 
using discounted expected future cash flows. If the fair value of the reporting units exceeds their net book value, goodwill is not impaired, 
and no further testing is necessary. If the net book value of the reporting units exceeds their fair value, a second test is performed to measure 
the amount of impairment loss, if any. To measure the amount of any impairment loss, the Company determines the implied fair value of 
goodwill in the same manner as if the reporting units were being acquired in a business combination. Specifically, the fair value of the 
reporting units is allocated to all of the assets and liabilities of that unit, including any unrecognized intangible assets, in a hypothetical 
calculation that would yield the implied fair value of goodwill. If the implied fair value of goodwill is less than the goodwill recorded on the 
balance sheet, an impairment charge for the difference is recorded.  

Based on the results of the annual assessment of goodwill for impairment, the fair value of all reporting units exceed ed net book value as of 
November 2 7 , 20 10 and, there fore,   there was no impairment of goodwill.   Due to the thin trading of the Company stock in the public 
marketplace and the impact of the control premium held by a relatively few shareholders, the Company does not consider the market 
capitalization of the Company the most appropriate measure of fair value of goodwill for our reporting units.  We look to earnings/revenue 
multiples of similar companies recently completing acquisitions and the ability of our reporting units to generate cash flows as better 
measures of the fair value of our reporting units, and under such calculations the fair value exceeded the recorded goodwill by at least 25% 
for each of the reporting units.  Accordingly, the Company has determined it is not necessary to disclose detailed assumptions or estimates 
used in its impairment test.  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

7.  GOODWILL (CONTINUED)  

The determination of the fair value of the reporting units requires the Company to make significant estimates and assumptions that affect the 
reporting unit’s expected future cash flows. These estimates and assumptions primarily include, but are not limited to, the discount rate, 
terminal growth rates, operating income before depreciation and amortization and capital expenditures forecasts. Due to the inherent 
uncertainty involved in making these estimates, actual results could differ from those estimates. In addition, changes in underlying 
assumptions would have a significant impact on either the fair value of the reporting units or the goodwill impairment charge, if any.  

The allocation of the fair value of the reporting units to individual assets and liabilities within reporting units also requires the Company to 
make significant estimates and assumptions. The allocation requires several analyses to determine fair value of assets and liabilities 
including, among others, customer relationships, non-competition agreements and current replacement costs for certain property, plant and 
equipment.  

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 as amended are as follows:  

Balance as of December 27, 2008  

   Goodwill acquired during 2009  

   Contingent consideration recorded  

Balance as of January 1, 2011 and  
   January 2, 2010     

Information  
Technology  

Engineering  

$     -  

100   

-  

$100   

$4,734   

416   

366   

$5,516   

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Specialty  
Health Care  

$1,703   

-  

-  

Total  

$6,437   

516   

366   

$1,703   

$7,319   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

8.    INTANGIBLE ASSETS  

The changes in the carrying amount of intangible assets for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 are as follows:  

Balance as of December 27, 2008  

   Intangibles acquired during fiscal 2009  

   Amortization of intangibles during  
   fiscal 2009  

Balance as of January 2, 2010  

   Amortization of intangibles during  
   fiscal 2010  

Balance as of January 1, 2011  

Schedule Intangible Asset Classes  

Balance as of January 1, 2011  

   Restricted covenants  

   Customer relationships  

Expected Future Amortization Expense  

Fiscal Year  
2011  

2012  

2013  

Information  
Technology  

Engineering  

$197   

291   

(68 )  

420   

(105 )  

$315   

$79   

-  

(35 )  

44   

(34 )  

$10   

Specialty  
Health Care  

$     -  

-  

-  

Total  

$276   

291   

(103 )  

     -  

464   

$     -  

(139 )  

$325   

Information  
Technology  

Engineering  

Specialty  
Health Care  
Services  

Total  

$24   

291   

$315   

$2   

8   

$10   

$     -  

-  

$     -  

$26   

$299   

$325   

Information  
Technology  

Engineering  

Specialty  
Health Care  
Services  

$10   

-  

-  

$10   

$     -  

-  

-  

$     -  

$105   

105   

105   

$315   

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Total  

$115   

105   

105   

$325   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

  9.  LINE OF CREDIT  

The  Company  and  its  subsidiaries  are  party  to  a  loan  agreement  with  Citizens  Bank  of  Pennsylvania,  amended  and  restated  effective 
February 20, 2009, which provides for a $15 million revolving credit facility and includes a sub-limit of $5.0 million for letters of credit (the 
“Revolving Credit Facility”).  Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at one of two alternative rates, as selected by the 
Company at each incremental borrowing.  These alternatives are: (i) LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), plus applicable margin, or 
(ii) the agent bank's prime rate.  The Company also pays unused line fees based on the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility that is not 
drawn.  

All borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are collateralized by all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries and a pledge of 
the stock of its subsidiaries.  The Revolving Credit Facility also contains various financial and non-financial covenants, such as restrictions 
on the Company’s ability to pay dividends.  The Revolving Credit Facility expires in August 2011.  We intend to seek to extend or replace 
the Revolving Credit Facility prior to such time if we determine that doing so would be in alignment with our financing needs.  

There  were  no  borrowings  during  the  fiscal  year  ended  January  1,  2011.  During  the  fiscal  year  ended  January  2,  2010,  the  Company’s 
outstanding borrowings ranged from $-0- million to $4.9 million.  The majority of borrowings during the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010 
were subject to alternative (i) LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), plus applicable margin on contracts of 30 days or more.  At January 
1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, there were letters of credit outstanding for $0.9 million and $1.6 million, respectively.  At January 1, 2011, the 
Company had availability for additional borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility of $14.1 million.  

10.  PER SHARE DATA  

The number of common shares used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share for fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 
2010 was determined as follows:  

Basic shares outstanding  
Dilutive effect of stock options  

Dilutive shares  

Fiscal Years Ended  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
 2010  

13,053,593   
148,842   

13,202,435   

12,888,539   
3,991   

12,892,530   

For the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, there were 660,900 options not included in the calculation of common stock equivalents because 
the exercise price of the options exceeded the average market price during the year.    

For the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010, there were 1,289,594 options not included in the calculation of common stock equivalents 
because the exercise price of the options exceeded the average market price during the year.    

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

10.  PER SHARE DATA (CONTINUED)  

Unissued shares of common stock were reserved for the following purposes:  

Exercise of options outstanding  
Future grants of options or shares  
Shares reserved for employee stock purchase plan  

Total  

11.   SHARE BASED COMPENSATION  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

1,101,594   
415,600   
320,364   

1,837,558   

1,564,594   
426,100   
394,536   

2,385,230   

At January 1, 2011, the Company had five share-based employee compensation plans.  The Company measures the fair value of stock 
options, if and when granted, based on the Black-Scholes method and using the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on 
the date of grant.  Grants vest over periods ranging from one to three years and expire within 10 years of issuance. Share-based 
compensation expense related to awards is amortized in accordance with applicable vesting periods using the straight-line method.  

Share-based compensation expense of $317 and $181 was recognized for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, 
respectively.  

The risk-free rate of return is based on the yield of U.S. Treasury Strips with terms equal to the expected life of the options as of the grant 
date.  The expected term of option is based on historical stock option exercise experience.  The Company used its historical stock price 
volatility to compute the expected stock price volatility.  The expected dividend yield is based on the Company’s practice of not paying 
dividends.  The annual forfeiture rate is based on the Company’s historical experience.  The Black-Scholes option weighted average 
assumptions used in the valuation of stock options for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 were as follows:  

Weighted average risk-free interest rate  
Expected term of option  
Expected stock price volatility  
Expected dividend yield  
Annual forfeiture rate  
Weighted-average grant date fair value  

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Fiscal Years Ended  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

2.52%   
5 years   
65%   
$0.0   
6.12%   
$1.99   

2.23%   
5 years   
67%   
$0.0   
12.9%   
$1.05   

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

11.   SHARE BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)  

1992 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the 1992 Plan)  

The 1992 Plan, approved by the Company’s stockholders in April 1992 and amended in April 1998, provided for the issuance of up to 
500,000 shares of common stock per individual to officers, directors, and key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries through 
February 13, 2002, at which time the 1992 Plan expired. The options issued were intended to be incentive stock options pursuant to Section 
422A of the Internal Revenue Code.  The option terms were not to exceed 10 years and the exercise price was not to be less than the fair 
market value of the shares at the time of grant.  The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors determined the vesting period at the 
time of grant for each of these options. As of January 1, 2011, options to purchase 57,455 shares of common stock granted under the 1992 
Plan were outstanding.  

1994 Non-employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the 1994 Plan)  

The 1994 Plan, approved by the Company’s stockholders in May 1994 and amended in April 1998, provided for the issuance of up to 
110,000 shares of common stock to non-employee directors of the Company through February 19, 2004, at which time the 1994 Plan 
expired.  Options granted under the 1994 Plan were granted at fair market value at the date of grant, and the exercise of options is contingent 
upon service as a director for a period of one year.  Options granted under the 1994 Plan terminate when an optionee ceases to be a director 
of the Company.  As of January 1, 2011, options to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock granted under the 1994 Plan were outstanding.  

1996 Executive Stock Option Plan (the 1996 Plan)  

The 1996 Plan, approved by the Company’s stockholders in August 1996 and amended in April 1999, provided for the issuance of up to 
1,250,000 shares of common stock to officers and key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries through January 1, 2006, at which 
time the 1996 Plan expired.  Options are generally granted at fair market value at the date of grant.  The Compensation Committee of the 
Board of Directors determined the vesting period at the time of grant.  As of January 1, 2011, options to purchase 598,545 shares of 
common stock granted under the 1996 Plan were outstanding.  

2000 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (the 2000 Plan)  

The 2000 Plan, approved by the Company’s stockholders in April 2001, provides for the issuance of up to 1,500,000 shares of the 
Company’s common stock to officers and key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries or to consultants and advisors utilized by the 
Company.  The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors could award incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options, as 
well as stock appreciation rights, and determined the vesting period at the time of grant.  As of January 1, 2011, options to purchase 276,194 
shares of common stock granted under the 2000 Plan were outstanding.  

The 1992 Plan, 1994 Plan, 1996 Plan and 2000 Plan are expired and therefore no shares are available for issuance.  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

11.   SHARE BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)  

2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the 2007 Plan)  

The 2007 Plan, approved by the Company’s stockholders in June 2007, provides for the issuance of up to 700,000 shares of the Company’s 
common stock to officers, non-employee directors, employees of the Company and its subsidiaries or to consultants and advisors utilized by 
the Company.  The maximum aggregate number of shares of our common stock with respect to which all grants may be made under the 
Plan to any individual during any fiscal year is 300,000 shares.  The maximum aggregate number of shares of our common stock that may 
be subject to grants of stock units, performance shares, stock awards and other stock-based awards made under the Plan to any individual 
during any calendar year is 350,000 shares.  The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors determines the vesting period at the 
time of grant.  As of January 1, 2011, 415,600 shares of common stock were available for future grants under the 2007 Plan, and options to 
purchase 149,400 shares of common stock granted under the 2007 Plan were outstanding.  

As of January 1, 2011, the Company had approximately $136 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested awards granted 
under the Company’s various share-based plans, which the Company expects to recognize over approximately a three-year period.  These 
amounts do not include the cost of any additional options that may be granted in future periods or reflect any potential changes in the 
Company’s forfeiture rate.  

Transactions related to all stock options are as follows:  

All Stock Options Outstanding  

Shares  

Weighted Average  
Exercise Price  

Options outstanding as of December 27, 2008  
Options granted  
Options exercised  
Options forfeited/cancelled  

Options outstanding as of January 2, 2010  

Options exercisable as of January 2, 2010  

Intrinsic value of outstanding stock options as of January 2, 2010  

Options outstanding as of January 2, 2010  
Options granted  
Options exercised, net  
Options forfeited in cashless exercises  
Options forfeited/cancelled  

Options outstanding as of January 1, 2011  

Options exercisable as of January 1, 2011  

Intrinsic value of outstanding stock options as of January 1, 2011  

Weighted average grant date fair value of stock options issued during fiscal year ended 
January 1, 2011  

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1,293,900    
365,194   
0   
(94,500 )  

1,564,594   

1,162,400   

$231      

1,564,594   
20,000   
(185,495 )  
(226,505 )  
(71,000 )  

1,101,594   

887,400   

$845      

$1.99      

$4.48   
$1.84   
-  
$4.45   

$3.87   

$4.32   

$3.87   
$3.48   
$2.64   
$3.32   
$5.07   

$4.10   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

11.   SHARE BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)  

A summary of the status of our nonvested stock options outstanding as of January 1, 2011, and changes during the year then ended is 
presented as follows:  

Nonvested Stock Options  
Nonvested at January 2, 2010  
Granted  
Vested  
Forfeited  
Nonvested at January 1, 2011  

Shares  

402,194   
20,000   
(193,500 )  
(14,500 )  
214,194   

Weighed-Average  
Grant-Date  
Fair Value  
$1.41  
$1.99  
$1.75  
$1.05  
$1.17  

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at January 1, 2011:  

Range of  
Exercise Prices  

Number of  
Outstanding Options  

Outstanding  

Vested  

$0.95 - $0.95  
$1.73 - $2.50  
$3.06 - $4.40  
$4.70 - $6.91  
$9.16 - $9.81  

20,000 
183,694 
646,500 
216,400 
35,000 
1,101,594 

0   
14,500   
626,500   
211,400   
35,000   
887,400   

Employee Stock Purchase Plan  

Weighted-Average  
Remaining  
Contractual Life  

Outstanding  
8.18  
8.35  
3.89  
3.92  
6.54  

Vested  
0  
6.69  
3.72  
3.85  
6.54  

Weighted-Average  
Exercise Price  

Outstanding  
$0.95  
$2.03  
$4.18  
$5.03  
$9.62  

Vested  
$0.00  
$2.10  
$4.20  
$5.02  
$9.62  

The Company implemented the 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) with shareholder approval, effective January 1, 
2001.  Under the Purchase Plan, employees meeting certain specific employment qualifications are eligible to participate and can purchase 
shares of common stock semi-annually through payroll deductions at the lower of 85% of the fair market value of the stock at the 
commencement or end of the offering period.  The purchase plan permits eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock through 
payroll deductions for up to 10% of qualified compensation.  During the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, there were 74,172 shares issued 
under the Purchase Plan for net proceeds of $149.  As of January 1, 2011, there were 320,364 shares available for issuance under the 
Purchase Plan.  Compensation expense, representing the discount to the quoted market price, for the Purchase Plan for the fiscal years ended 
January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 was $60 and $48, respectively.  

On June 18, 2009, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Purchase Plan increasing the total number of shares of 
common stock authorized for purchase by 300,000 (from 500,000 to 800,000 shares) and to extend the term of the Purchase Plan such that it 
will terminate on December 31, 2018.  

12.  TREASURY STOCK TRANSACTIONS  

Our Board of Directors instituted a share repurchase program in February 2010, which authorized the repurchase of up to $7.5 million of the 
Company’s outstanding shares of our common stock at prevailing market prices, from time to time over the subsequent 12 months. During 
the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, the Company repurchased 49,397 shares at a total cost of approximately $206, or an average price of 
$4.17 per share.    

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
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13.   NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS  

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-17, Topic 605 – Revenue Recognition – Milestone Method (“USA 2010-17”), which 
provides guidance on defining a milestone and determining when it may be appropriate to apply the milestone method of revenue 
recognition for research or development transactions.  The amendments in ASU 2010-17 are effective on a prospective basis for milestones 
achieved in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, and interim periods within those years.  Early adoption is permitted; however, 
if a Company elects to early adopt, the amendment must be applied retrospectively from the beginning of the year of adoption.  The 
Company has adopted ASU 2010-17 effective as of the beginning of the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 but due to nonactivity of any 
applicable transactions, it did not impact its consolidated results of operations.  

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB and SEC and/or other standards-setting bodies that do not 
require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.  

14.   SEGMENT INFORMATION – CONTINUING OPERATIONS  

The Company follows “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” which establishes standards for companies 
to report information about operating segments, geographic areas and major customers.  The accounting policies of each segment are the 
same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies (see Note 1).  

Segment operating income includes selling, general and administrative expenses directly attributable to that segment as well as charges for 
allocating corporate costs to each of the operating segments.  The following tables reflect the results of the segments consistent with the 
Company’s management system:  

Fiscal Year Ended  
January 1, 2011  

Revenue  

Cost of services  

Selling, general and administrative  

Depreciation and amortization  

Operating income  

Total assets  
Capital expenditures  

Information  
Technology  

Engineering  

Specialty Health 
Care  

Corporate  

Total  

$71,597   

$64,558   

$25,867   

$   -  

$162,022   

51,316   

18,213   

511   

$1,557   

$16,226   
$12   

47,669   

10,732   

697   

$5,460   

$25,382   
$48   

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16,850   

6,880   

133   

$2,004   

$9,218   
$   -  

-  

-  

-  

115,835   

35,825   

1,341   

$   -  

$9,021   

$32,186   
$41   

$83,012   
$101   

 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

14.   SEGMENT INFORMATION – CONTINUING OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)  

Fiscal Year Ended  
January 2, 2010  

Revenue  

Cost of services  

Selling, general and administrative  

Depreciation and amortization  

Information  
Technology  

Engineering  

Specialty  
Health Care  

Corporate  

Total  

$83,991   

$62,220   

$25,520   

$   -  

$171,731   

62,676   

21,963   

659   

48,033   

11,204   

701   

16,464   

7,342   

143   

$1,571   

$8,165   
$2   

-  

-  

-  

127,173   

40,509   

1,503   

$   -  

$2,546   

$24,210   
$304   

$77,369   
$802   

Operating (loss) income  

($1,307 )  

$2,282   

Total assets  
Capital expenditures  

$20,074   
$63   

$24,920   
$433   

The Company derives a majority of its revenue from companies headquartered in the United States.  Revenues reported for each operating 
segment are all from external customers.  The Company is domiciled in the United States and its segments operate in the United States, 
Canada, Puerto Rico and Ireland.  Revenues and total assets by geographic area for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 
2010 are as follows:  

Revenues  
   United States  
   Canada  

Puerto Rico  
Ireland  

Total Assets  
   United States  
   Canada  

Puerto Rico  
Ireland  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$131,899   
26,850   
3,153   
120   
$162,022   

$69,931   
11,734   
1,010   
337   
$83,012   

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$145,910   
22,540   
3,281   
-  
$171,731   

$65,180   
10,852   
1,337   
-  
$77,369   

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

15.   DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS    

In September 2010, the Company sold the fixed and intangible assets associated with its light industrial and clerical staffing business located 
in southern California and doing business under the name Intertec.  Accounts receivable and certain short term liabilities of this business 
unit were retained by the Company.  The Company received cash of $400 and recognized a gain of $143 on the sale of Intertec.  The Intertec 
business unit was grouped with its Specialty Health Care business unit in the Company’s formerly named Commercial Services segment.  

In March 2010, the Company closed its Oracle business unit located in southern California.  The closed business unit, included in the 
Company’s Information Technology segment, sold Oracle software applications and provided implementation, hosting and maintenance 
services for the suite of Oracle and related software applications.  The Company may experience continued operation losses in its Oracle 
business unit as a result of representations and warranties made in association with certain completed projects but the Company does not 
anticipate any material losses, if any.  

Assets and liabilities of Intertec and the Oracle business unit have been classified as assets and liabilities of discontinued 
operations.  Intertec and the Oracle business unit results of operations for fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 have been accounted for as 
discontinued operations.  Consolidated Balance Sheet as of, and Consolidated Statement of Income for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010 
have been reclassified to be consistent with the current year presentation.  

The net assets and liabilities of discontinued operations consist of:  

Assets:  
   Accounts receivable, net  
   Prepaid expenses and other current assets  
   Property and equipment, net  
   Deposits  
   Goodwill  

Total assets  

Liabilities:  
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses  
   Accrued payroll and related costs  

Total liabilities  

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January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$2   
-  
-  
-  
-  

$2   

$45   
-  

$45   

$2,122   
48   
235   
28   
101   

$2,534   

$254   
172   

$426   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

15.   DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS   (CONTINUED)  

The loss from discontinued operations consists of:  

Revenues  
Cost of services  
Gross profit  

Operating costs and expenses  

Selling, general and administrative  
Depreciation and amortization  
Loss on disposal of fixed assets  

Operating loss from discontinued operations  

Income tax benefit  

Net operating loss from discontinued operations  

Gain on sale of discontinued operations,  
   net of tax expense of $65  

Net loss from discontinued operations  

Fiscal Years Ended  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$11,689   
10,734   
955   

$17,662   
15,385   
2,277   

1,825   
41   
269   
2,135   

(1,180 )  

480   

(700 )  

78   

($622 )  

3,377   
118   
-  
3,495   

(1,218 )  

423   

(795 )  

-  

($795 )  

16.   INCOME TAXES  

The components of income tax expense from continuing operations are as follows:  

Current  

Federal  
State and local  
Foreign  

Deferred  

Federal  
State  

Total  

Fiscal Years Ended  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

$57   
990   
1,120   

2,167   

312   
91   

403   

$2,570   

F-25  

$818   
945   
799   

2,562   

2,083   
(36 )  

2,047   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

16.   INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)  

The income tax provisions for continuing operations reconciled to the tax computed at the statutory Federal rate was:  

Tax at statutory rate (credit)  
State income taxes, net of Federal  
  income tax benefit  
Goodwill and intangible asset tax deduction  
Permanent differences  
Foreign income tax effect  
Other, net  
Total income tax expense  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

34.0 %  

8.0   
(14.9 )  
2.0   
(0.7 )  
0.2   
28.6 %  

34.0 %  

4.1   
-  
1.3   
(1.7 )  
(0.3 )  
37.4 %  

At January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:  

Deferred tax assets:  
Loss carryforwards  
Allowance for doubtful accounts  
Acquisition amortization, net  
Reserves and accruals  
Other  
Valuation allowance  
Net  

Deferred tax liabilities:  
Prepaid expense deferral  

Net deferred tax assets  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

January 1,  
2011  

January 2,  
2010  

Current  

Long Term  

$      -  
516   
-  
622   
22   
-  
1,160   

(333 )  
(333 )  
$827   

$208   
479   
-  
639   
-  
(208 )  
1,118   

(413 )  
(413 )  
$705   

$         -  
-  
3,303   
-  
-  
-  
3,303   

-  

$3,303   

$         -  
-  
3,828   
-  
-  
-  
3,828   

-  
-  
$3,828   

The Company recognized a nonrecurring current tax benefit of approximately $1.6 million due to the discrete nature of the first quarter 
fiscal 2010 goodwill and intangible asset tax deduction for the liquidation of its Oracle business unit subsidiary described in Note 15 to the 
Consolidated Financial Statements.  A permanent tax difference was recognized in the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 because the 
Company recognized an impairment of the same goodwill and intangible assets associated with the Oracle business unit for book purposes 
in fiscal 2008.  The nonrecurring current tax benefit of $1.6 million was offset by regular tax expense of $4.2 million on current taxable 
income from continuing operations, resulting in a cumulative income tax expense of approximately $2.6 million (not including the tax 
benefit from discontinued operations) for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010. The Company also experienced an approximate loss of $0.5 
million in Ireland whereby the net effect of a full valuation allowance yielded no tax benefit and increased the Company’s consolidated 
effective tax rate.    

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
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16.   INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)  

The Company conducts its operations in multiple tax jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Puerto Rico.  The Company and 
its subsidiaries file a consolidated U.S. Federal income tax return and file in various states. The Company’s federal income tax returns have 
been examined through 2007.  With limited exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to audits by state and local tax authorities for tax 
years prior to 2007.    

The Company did not have any liabilities for uncertain tax positions or any known unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2011 or January 
2, 2010.    

17.    CONTINGENCIES  

The Company is party to an agreement of indemnity related to the performance of a construction project that was managed by a former 
customer prior to November 2008 when the initial contract was transferred to the Company as the general contractor.  The contract price 
was approximately $6.2 million and the project was complete as of January 1, 2011.  In the event of non-performance on the construction 
project, the Company may be obligated to indemnify the project owners for warranty claims.  Management believes that any indemnity 
claims, if any, would not have a significant adverse financial impact to the financial position of the Company and its results of operations.  

From time to time, the Company is a defendant or plaintiff in various legal actions which arise in the normal course of business.  As such, 
the Company is required to assess the likelihood of any adverse outcomes to these matters as well as potential ranges of losses and possible 
recoveries.  The Company may not be covered by insurance as it pertains to some or all of these matters.  A determination of the amount of 
the provision required for these commitments and contingencies, if any, which would be charged to earnings, is made after careful analysis 
of each matter.  Once established, a provision may change in the future due to new developments or changes in circumstances, and could 
increase or decrease the Company’s earnings in the period that the changes are made.  Included in the Company’s accounts payable and 
accrued expenses is a provision for losses from legal matters aggregating approximately $0.6 million and $0.7 million as of January 1, 2011 
and January 2, 2010, respectively.  Asserted claims in these matters seek approximately $6.8 million in damages as of January 1, 2011.   

The  Company  is  also  subject  to  other  pending  legal  proceedings  and  claims  that  arise  from  time  to  time  in  the  ordinary  course  of  its 
business, which may not be covered by insurance.  

18.   LEGAL SETTLEMENT  

In 2002, the Company recorded a charge of $7.6 million relating to a lawsuit with two former officers and directors who joined the 
Company through an acquisition in 1996.  The Company filed suit on professional liability claims against the attorneys and law firms who 
had served as its counsel in the acquisition transaction and in connection with its subsequent dealings with the plaintiffs concerning their 
various relationships with the Company resulting from that transaction.  In 2007, the Company reached a settlement with one of the law firm 
defendants resulting in the recovery of $0.8 million.  In March 2009, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the remaining 
defendants in this lawsuit.  The Company received $9.8 million on March 27, 2009.  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

  19. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN  

On June 8, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a stockholder rights plan and declared a dividend distribution of one 
Right for each outstanding share of Common Stock of the Company.  Each Right entitles the holder to purchase from the Company a unit 
consisting of one one-hundredth of a share (a “Unit”) of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares of the Company.  The dividend 
was declared on June 8, 2010 (the “Rights Dividend Declaration Date”) to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 21, 
2010 (the “Record Date”).   Each Right will entitle the holder to purchase from the Company, upon the occurrence of certain events, one 
Unit at a purchase price of $13.50.  

Generally, if any person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Company's outstanding Common Stock (“Stock 
Acquisition”), each Right (other than Rights held by such acquiring person or group) will be exercisable at the $13.50 purchase price.  Upon 
the acquisition of 50% of the Company, the Board may exchange all or part of the Rights for Common Shares having a value equal to the 
spread between the value of the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of a Right and the exercise price.  At any time until ten days 
following the Stock Acquisition date, the Company may redeem the Rights at a price of $.001 per Right. The Rights will expire on June 21, 
2011, unless extended by the Board.  

20.    RETIREMENT PLANS  

Profit Sharing Plan  

The Company maintains a 401(k) profit sharing plan for the benefit of eligible employees in the United States and other similar plans in 
Canada and Puerto Rico (the “Retirement Plans”).  The 401(k) plan includes a cash or deferred arrangement pursuant to Section 401(k) of 
the Internal Revenue Code sponsored by the Company to provide eligible employees an opportunity to defer compensation and have such 
deferred amounts contributed to the 401(k) plan on a pre-tax basis, subject to certain limitations.  The Company, at the discretion of the 
Board of Directors, may make contributions of cash to match deferrals of compensation by participants in the Retirement 
Plans.  Contributions to the Retirement Plans charged to operations by the Company for fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 
2010 were $395 and $545, respectively.  

21.    COMMITMENTS  

Employment Agreement  

The Company has an employment agreement with its Chief Executive Officer and President, Leon Kopyt (“Mr. Kopyt”), which currently 
provides for an annual base salary of $660 and other customary benefits.  In addition, the agreement provides that Mr. Kopyt’s annual bonus 
is based on EBITDA, defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.  The agreement is for a rolling term of three 
years, which automatically extends each year for an additional one-year period on February 28 of each year.  The agreement expires on 
February 28, 2014.  The employment agreement is terminable by the Company upon Mr. Kopyt’s death or disability, or for “good and 
sufficient cause,” as defined in the agreement.  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

21.    COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED)  

Termination Benefits Agreement  

The Company is party to a Termination Benefits Agreement with Mr. Kopyt, amended on December 12, 2007 to comply with the 
requirements of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Benefits Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Benefits Agreement, 
following a Change in Control (as defined therein), the remaining term of Mr. Kopyt's employment is extended for five years (the “Extended 
Term”).  If Mr. Kopyt's employment is terminated thereafter by the Company other than for cause, or by Mr. Kopyt for good reason 
(including, among other things, a material change in Mr. Kopyt's salary, title, reporting responsibilities or a change in office location which 
requires Mr. Kopyt to relocate), then the following provisions take effect: the Company is obligated to pay Mr. Kopyt a lump sum equal to 
his salary and bonus for the remainder of the Extended Term; and the Company shall be obligated to pay to Mr. Kopyt the amount of any 
excise tax associated with the benefits provided to Mr. Kopyt under the Benefits Agreement. If such a termination had taken place as of 
January 1, 2011, Mr. Kopyt would have been entitled to cash payments of approximately $5.9 million (representing salary and excise tax 
payments).  

Severance Agreement  

The Company is party to a Severance Agreement with Mr. Kopyt,  amended on December 12, 2007 to comply with the requirements of 
section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Severance Agreement”).  The agreement provides for certain payments to be made 
to Mr. Kopyt and for the continuation of Mr. Kopyt’s employee benefits for a specified time after his service with the Company is 
terminated other than “for cause,” as defined in the Severance Agreement.  Amounts payable to Mr. Kopyt under the Severance Agreement 
would be offset and reduced by any amounts received by Mr. Kopyt after his termination of employment under his current employment and 
termination benefits agreements, which are supplemented and not superseded by the Severance Agreement.  If Mr. Kopyt had been 
terminated as of January 1, 2011, then under the terms of the Severance Agreement, and after offsetting any amounts that would have been 
received under his current employment and termination benefits agreements, he would have been entitled to cash payments of 
approximately $4.0 million, inclusive of employee benefits.  

Operating Leases  

The Company leases office facilities and various equipment under non-cancelable leases expiring at various dates through September 
2015.  Certain leases are subject to escalation clauses based upon changes in various factors.  The minimum future annual operating lease 
commitments for leases with non-cancelable terms in excess of one year, exclusive of operating escalation charges, are as follows:  

Fiscal Years  
2011  
2012  
2013  
2014  
2015  
Total  

Amount  

$3,534 
2,320 
853 
159 
96 
$6,962 

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RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

21.    COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED)  

Operating Leases (Continued)  

Rent expense for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 was $2,843 and $3,408, respectively.    

The Company subleases space to other tenants at various office locations under cancelable lease agreements.  During the fiscal years ended 
January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 revenues of approximately $340 and $343, respectively, were recognized under these leasing 
arrangements.    

22.    RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  

A director of the Company is a shareholder in a law firm that has rendered various legal services to the Company.  Fees paid to the law firm 
have not been significant.  

23.    SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)  

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2011  

1st Quarter  
2nd Quarter  
3rd Quarter  
4th Quarter  

Total  

Sales  

$45,329   
42,811   
37,489   
36,393   

$162,022   

Gross  
Profit  

Operating  
Income  

$12,345   
12,457   
10,623   
10,762   

$46,187   

$2,088   
2,770   
1,882   
2,281   

$9,021   

Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2010  

1st Quarter  
2nd Quarter  
3rd Quarter  
4th Quarter  

Total  

Sales  

$43,318   
42,856   
40,429   
45,128   

$171,731   

Gross  
Profit  

Operating  
Income  

$10,165   
11,136   
11,333   
11,924   

$44,558   

($311 ) 
685   
945   
1,227   

$2,546   

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Income  
from  
Continuing  
Operations  

$2,427   
1,650   
1,171   
1,169   

$6,417   

Income  
from  
Continuing  
Operations  

$5,634   
572   
586   
925   

$7,717   

Diluted  
Income from 
Continuing  
Operations  
 Per Share  

$0.19   
$0.12   
$0.09   
$0.09   

$0.49   

Diluted  
Income from 
Continuing  
Operations  
 Per Share  

$0.44   
0.04   
0.05   
0.07   

$0.60   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
  
  
   
   
  
   
  
   
   
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
   
   
     
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  

Board of Directors  
RCM Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries  

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of RCM Technologies, Inc. (a Nevada corporation) and Subsidiaries (the 
Company) as of January 1, 2011 and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, comprehensive income and 
cash flows for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  Our audit also included the financial statement Schedule II for the fiscal year ended 
January 1, 2011 listed in the index at Part IV, Item 15.  These consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are the 
responsibility of the Company's management.   Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and 
financial statement schedule based on our audit.  

We conducted our audit in accordance with the 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.   The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.   
Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the 
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.   
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.   An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in 
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the 
overall financial statement presentation.   We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.  

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial 
position of RCM Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of January 1, 2011, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for 
the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Also, in our 
opinion, the related financial statement schedule for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated 
financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.  

We have also audited the adjustments to the January 2, 2010 consolidated financial statements to retrospectively apply the reporting of 

discontinued operations, as described in Note 15.  In our opinion, such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied.  We were not 
engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the January 2, 2010 consolidated financial statements of the company other than with 
respect to the adjustments and accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the January 2, 2010 consolidated 
financial statements taken as a whole.  

/s/ EisnerAmper LLP  
EisnerAmper LLP  
Edison, New Jersey  
February 22, 2011  

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  

Board of Directors  
RCM Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries  

We have audited, before the effects of the adjustments to retrospectively apply the reporting of discontinued operations described in 

Note 15, the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of RCM Technologies, Inc. (a Nevada corporation) and Subsidiaries (the Company) as of 
January 2, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, comprehensive income and cash flows for 
the year then ended (the January 2, 2010 financial statements before the effects of the adjustments discussed in Note 15 are not presented 
herein) .  These consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management.   Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audit.  

We conducted our audit in accordance with the 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.   The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.   
Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the 
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.   
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.   An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in 
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the 
overall financial statement presentation.   We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.  

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above, before the effects of the adjustments to retrospectively apply the 

reporting of discontinued operations described in Note 15, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of RCM 
Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of January 2, 2010, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended 
January 2, 2010, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  

We have also audited the Consolidated Financial Statement Schedule, Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves 
for the year ended January 2, 2010.  In our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial 
statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.  

We were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the adjustments to retrospectively apply the reporting of discontinued 

operations described in Note 15, and accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance about whether such adjustments 
are appropriate and have been properly applied.  Those adjustments were audited by EisnerAmper LLP.  

/s/ Amper, Politziner and Mattia LLP  
Amper, Politziner and Mattia LLP  
Edison, New Jersey  
March 11, 2010  

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SCHEDULE II  

RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES  
Fiscal Years Ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010  
 (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated)  

Column A  

Description  

Fiscal Year Ended  
January 1, 2011  

Allowance for doubtful  
  accounts on trade receivables  

Provision for contingencies for  
  legal matters  

Fiscal Year Ended  
January 2, 2010  

Allowance for doubtful  
  accounts on trade receivables  

Provision for contingencies for  
  legal matters  

Column B  
Balance at  
Beginning  
of Period  

Column C  
Charged to  
Costs and  
Expenses  

Column D  

Deduction  

Column E  
Balance at  
End of  
Period  

$1,188   

$725   

$319   

$101   

$216   

$188   

$1,291 

$638 

$1,072   

$1,140   

$1,024   

$1,188 

$585   

$265   

$125   

$725 

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EXHIBIT INDEX  

(21)  

Subsidiaries of the Registrant.  

(23.1)   Consent of EisnerAmper LLP.  

(23.2)   Consent of Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP.  

(31.1)   Certification of Chief Executive Officer Required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  

(31.2)   Certification of Chief Financial Officer Required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  

(32.1)   Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant To Section 906 of The  

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  

(32.2)   Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant To Section 906 of The  

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
EXHIBIT 21  

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT  

Business Support Group of Michigan, Inc.  
Cataract, Inc.  
Programming Alternatives of Minnesota, Inc.  
RCM Technologies Canada Corp.  
RCM Technologies Ireland Ltd.  
RCM Technologies Ireland Holding Ltd.  
RCM Technologies Services Company, Inc.  
RCM Technologies (USA), Inc.  
RCMT Delaware, Inc.  

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
EXHIBIT 23.1  

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  

Board of Directors  
RCM Technologies, Inc.  

We have issued our report dated February 22, 2011 with respect to the January 1, 2011 consolidated financial statements and related 

schedules and the adjustments to the January 2, 2010 financial statements to retrospectively apply the reporting of discontinued operations which 

are included in the Annual Report of RCM Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  We 
hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of RCM Technologies, Inc. on Forms S-8 (File No. 

333-165482, effective March 15, 2010, File No. 333-145904, effective September 6, 2007, File No. 333-61306, effective April 21, 1993, File 

No. 333-80590, effective June 22, 1994, File No. 333-48089, effective March 17, 1998, File No. 333-52206, effective December 19, 2000 and 

File No. 333-52480, effective December 21, 2000).  

/s/ EisnerAmper LLP  
EisnerAmper LLP  
Edison, New Jersey  
February 22, 2011  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
EXHIBIT 23.2  

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  

Board of Directors  
RCM Technologies, Inc.  

We have issued our report dated March 11, 2010 with respect to the January 2, 2010 consolidated financial statements and related 

schedules, before the effects of the adjustments to retrospectively apply the reporting of discontinued operations which are included in the 

Annual Report of RCM Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  We hereby consent to the 
incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of RCM Technologies, Inc. on Forms S-8 (File No. 333-165482, 

effective March 15, 2010, File No. 333-145904, effective September 6, 2007, File No. 333-61306, effective April 21, 1993, File No. 333-80590, 

effective June 22, 1994, File No. 333-48089, effective March 17, 1998, File No. 333-52206, effective December 19, 2000 and File No. 333-

52480, effective December 21, 2000).  

/s/ Amper, Politziner and Mattia LLP  
Amper, Politziner and Mattia LLP  
Edison, New Jersey  
February 22, 2011  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
EXHIBIT 31.1  

CERTIFICATION  

I, Leon Kopyt, certify that:  

1. 

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “registrant”);  

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to 
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period 
covered by this report;  

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material 
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;  

4. 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as 
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15
(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:  

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our 
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by 
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;  

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed 
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial 
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;  

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this  report our conclusions 
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such 
evaluation; and  

(d)  Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the 
registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, 
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and  

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial 

5. 
reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent 
function):  

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which 
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and  

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s 
internal control over financial reporting.  

Date: February 22, 2011  

/s/ Leon Kopyt  
Leon Kopyt  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
  
  
  
  
  
EXHIBIT 31.2  

CERTIFICATION  

I, Kevin D. Miller, certify that:  

1. 

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “registrant”);  

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to 
make  the  statements  made,  in  light  of  the  circumstances  under  which  such  statements  were  made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to  the  period 
covered by this report;  

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material 
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;  

4. 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as 
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15
(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:  

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our 
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by 
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;  

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed 
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial 
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;  

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions 
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such 
evaluation; and  

(d)  Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the 
registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, 
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and  

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial 

5. 
reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent 
function):  

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which 
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and  

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s 
internal control over financial reporting.  

Date: February 22, 2011  

/s/ Kevin D. Miller  
Kevin D. Miller  
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
  
  
  
  
EXHIBIT 32.1  

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO  
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,  
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002  

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, as 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Leon Kopyt, President & Chief Executive Officer of the 
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, 
that:  

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. section 
78m (a)); and  

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the 
Company.  

/s/ Leon Kopyt  
Leon Kopyt  
Chief Executive Officer  
February 22, 2011  

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to RCM Technologies, Inc. and will be retained by RCM 
Technologies, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
  
  
  
  
EXHIBIT 32.2  

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO  
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,  
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002  

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, as 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Kevin D. Miller, Chief Financial Officer of the 
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, 
that:  

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. section 
78m (a)); and  

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the 
Company.  

/s/ Kevin D. Miller  
Kevin D. Miller  
Chief Financial Officer  
February 22, 2011  

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to RCM Technologies, Inc. and will be retained by RCM 
Technologies, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
  
EXHIBIT 21  

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT  

Business Support Group of Michigan, Inc.  
Cataract, Inc.  
Programming Alternatives of Minnesota, Inc.  
RCM Technologies Canada Corp.  
RCM Technologies Ireland Ltd.  
RCM Technologies Ireland Holding Ltd.  
RCM Technologies Services Company, Inc.  
RCM Technologies (USA), Inc.  
RCMT Delaware, Inc.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT 23.1  

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  

Board of Directors  
RCM Technologies, Inc.  

We have issued our report dated February 22, 2011 with respect to the January 1, 2011 consolidated financial statements and related 

schedules and the adjustments to the January 2, 2010 financial statements to retrospectively apply the reporting of discontinued operations which 

are included in the Annual Report of RCM Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  We 
hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of RCM Technologies, Inc. on Forms S-8 (File No. 

333-165482, effective March 15, 2010, File No. 333-145904, effective September 6, 2007, File No. 333-61306, effective April 21, 1993, File 

No. 333-80590, effective June 22, 1994, File No. 333-48089, effective March 17, 1998, File No. 333-52206, effective December 19, 2000 and 

File No. 333-52480, effective December 21, 2000).  

/s/ EisnerAmper LLP  
EisnerAmper LLP  
Edison, New Jersey  
February 22, 2011  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
EXHIBIT 23.2  

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  

Board of Directors  
RCM Technologies, Inc.  

We have issued our report dated March 11, 2010 with respect to the January 2, 2010 consolidated financial statements and related 

schedules, before the effects of the adjustments to retrospectively apply the reporting of discontinued operations which are included in the 

Annual Report of RCM Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011.  We hereby consent to the 
incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of RCM Technologies, Inc. on Forms S-8 (File No. 333-165482, 

effective March 15, 2010, File No. 333-145904, effective September 6, 2007, File No. 333-61306, effective April 21, 1993, File No. 333-80590, 

effective June 22, 1994, File No. 333-48089, effective March 17, 1998, File No. 333-52206, effective December 19, 2000 and File No. 333-

52480, effective December 21, 2000).  

/s/ Amper, Politziner and Mattia LLP  
Amper, Politziner and Mattia LLP  
Edison, New Jersey  
February 22, 2011  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT 31.1  

CERTIFICATION  

I, Leon Kopyt, certify that:  

1. 

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “registrant”);  

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to 
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period 
covered by this report;  

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material 
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;  

4. 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as 
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15
(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:  

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our 
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by 
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;  

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed 
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial 
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;  

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this  report our conclusions 
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such 
evaluation; and  

(d)  Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the 
registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, 
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and  

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial 

5. 
reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent 
function):  

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which 
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and  

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s 
internal control over financial reporting.  

Date: February 22, 2011  

/s/ Leon Kopyt  
Leon Kopyt  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
EXHIBIT 31.2  

CERTIFICATION  

I, Kevin D. Miller, certify that:  

1. 

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “registrant”);  

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to 
make  the  statements  made,  in  light  of  the  circumstances  under  which  such  statements  were  made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to  the  period 
covered by this report;  

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material 
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;  

4. 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as 
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15
(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:  

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our 
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by 
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;  

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed 
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial 
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;  

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions 
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such 
evaluation; and  

(d)  Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the 
registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, 
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and  

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial 

5. 
reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent 
function):  

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which 
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and  

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s 
internal control over financial reporting.  

Date: February 22, 2011  

/s/ Kevin D. Miller  
Kevin D. Miller  
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
EXHIBIT 32.1  

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO  
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,  
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002  

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, as 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Leon Kopyt, President & Chief Executive Officer of the 
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, 
that:  

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. section 
78m (a)); and  

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the 
Company.  

/s/ Leon Kopyt  
Leon Kopyt  
Chief Executive Officer  
February 22, 2011  

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to RCM Technologies, Inc. and will be retained by RCM 
Technologies, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
  
EXHIBIT 32.2  

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO  
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,  
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002  

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of RCM Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, as 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Kevin D. Miller, Chief Financial Officer of the 
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, 
that:  

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. section 
78m (a)); and  

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the 
Company.  

/s/ Kevin D. Miller  
Kevin D. Miller  
Chief Financial Officer  
February 22, 2011  

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to RCM Technologies, Inc. and will be retained by RCM 
Technologies, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.