Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2013 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013
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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
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For the transition period from __________________ to ______________
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Commission file number: 1-14088
Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
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Texas
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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3515 East Silver Springs Blvd. - #243 Ocala, FL
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34470
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(877) 513-6294
(Registrant's telephone number)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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. (1) Yes x No r (2) Yes x No r
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 x No r
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer (Check one):
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Accelerated filer r
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Smaller Reporting Company x
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes r No x
APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant HAS FILED ALL DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes r No r
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS
State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common equity, as of March 31, 2013: 11,562,524.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. Financial Information
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Item 1.
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F-1
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Item 1B.
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1
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Item 2.
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1
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Item 4(T).
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5
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PART II. Other Information
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Item 5.
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6
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Item 6.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
ACACIA DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS, INC.
(Formerly Acacia Automotive, Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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March 31,
2013
(Unaudited)
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December 31,
2012
(Audited)
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ASSETS
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Current Assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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41,990
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$
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189,260
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Accounts receivable
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-
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7,500
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Deposits and prepaid expenses
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2,524
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4,107
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Total Current Assets
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44,514
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200,867
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Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $31,416 and $28,649 in 2013 and 2012, respectively
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22,971
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25,738
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Total Assets
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$
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67,485
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$
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226,605
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
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Current Liabilities
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Accounts payable
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117,015
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46,967
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Accrued liabilities
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25,456
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49,044
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Shareholder payable
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4,270
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4,270
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Capital lease obligations, current portion
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6,150
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9,234
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Note payable, current portion
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39,000
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39,000
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Total Current Liabilities
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191,891
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148,515
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Noncurrent Liabilities
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Notes payable, less current portion
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11,025
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24,025
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Total liabilities
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202,916
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172,540
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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
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Common stock, $0.001 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized; 11,562,524 shares issued and outstanding
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11,562
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11,562
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Additional paid-in capital
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11,560,539
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11,553,491
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Retained Deficit
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(11,707,532
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(11,510,988
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Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
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(135,431
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54,065
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
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$
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67,485
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$
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226,605
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
ACACIA DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS, INC.
(Formerly Acacia Automotive, Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013 AND 2012
(Unaudited)
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2013
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2012
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Revenues
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$
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-
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$
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-
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Costs and expenses
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Employee compensation
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72,931
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83,973
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General and administrative
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125,437
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91,741
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Depreciation and amortization
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2,767
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1,446
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Total costs and expenses
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201,135
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177,160
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Operating income (loss) before other income (expense) and income taxes
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$
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(201,135
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$
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(177,160
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Other income (expense)
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Other income
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7,000
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-
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Interest expense
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(2,409
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(904
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Total other income (expense)
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4,591
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(904
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Income (loss) before income taxes
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(196,544
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(178,064
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Income taxes
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-
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-
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Income (loss) from continuing operations
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$
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(196,544
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$
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(178,064
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Gain on discontinued operations
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Gain on discontinued operations
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-
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200,180
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Net income (loss)
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$
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(196,544
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$
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22,116
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Basic and diluted loss per share
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Loss from continuing operations
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$
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(0.02
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$
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(0.02
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Income from discontinued operations
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-
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0.02
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Net income (loss)
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$
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(0.02
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$
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0.00
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
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11,562,524
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11,562,524
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
ACACIA DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS, INC.
(Formerly Acacia Automotive, Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013 AND 2012
(Unaudited)
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2013
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2012
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Net income (loss)
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$
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(196,544
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$
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22,116
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Less (income) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
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-
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(200,180
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Net income (loss) before discontinued operations
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(196,544
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(178,064
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
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Depreciation and amortization
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2,767
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1,446
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Stock options and warrants issued for services
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7,048
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14,174
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities
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Accounts receivable
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7,500
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Shareholder payable
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-
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(20,326)
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Deposits and prepaid expenses
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1,583
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310
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Accounts payable
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70,048
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20,637
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Accrued liabilities
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(23,588
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56,883
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Cash flow provided by (used in) continuing activities
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(131,186
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(104,940
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Cash flow provided by (used in) discontinuing activities
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-
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117,577
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Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities
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(131,186
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12,637
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Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities
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Proceeds from sale of assets
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-
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-
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Purchase of property and equipment
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-
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-
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Cash flow provided by (used in) continuing activities
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-
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-
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Cash flow provided by (used in) discontinuing activities
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-
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-
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Net cash flows provided by (used in) from investing activities
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-
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-
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Cash flows provided by (used in) from financing activities
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Cash overdrafts
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-
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(488
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Note payable payments
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(13,000
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(3,659
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Capital lease payments
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(3,084
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(4,603
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Cash flow provided by (used in) continuing activities
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(16,084
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(8,750
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Cash flow provided by (used in) discontinuing activities
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-
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(939
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Net cash flows provided by (used in) by financing activities
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(16,084
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(9,689
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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(147,270
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2,948
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Cash, beginning of period
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189,260
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-
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Cash, end of period
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$
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41,990
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$
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2,948
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Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
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Cash paid during year for:
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Interest
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$
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2,409
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$
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904
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Income taxes
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$
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-
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$
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-
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
ACACIA DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS, INC.
(Formerly Acacia Automotive, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2013 and 2012
NOTE 1 – THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Acacia Automotive, Inc., (“Acacia” or the “Company”) is engaged in acquiring and operating businesses, having operated automotive auctions from July 2007 through July 2012.
In June of 2007 the Company raised capital through a private placement offering that enabled it to acquire for common stock in July of that same year the assets and business of Augusta Auto Auction, Inc, in North Augusta, South Carolina. This wholly owned subsidiary, doing business as Acacia Augusta Vehicle Auction, Inc., became the first operations of Acacia Automotive, Inc.
In December of 2009, the Company acquired the assets and business of Chattanooga Auto Auction Limited Liability Company in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This wholly owned subsidiary, doing business as Acacia Chattanooga Vehicle Auction, Inc., became the second operations of Acacia Automotive, Inc. On August 31, 2010, the Company discontinued operations at its Chattanooga auction, first accounting for those operations as discontinued in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010.
On July 31, 2012, the Company sold its Augusta auction business, first accounting for those operations as discontinued effective with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. As of July 31, 2012, the Company is without revenue-producing operations, and is evaluating opportunities for new mergers, acquisitions, or business combinations.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION - The Company has elected to prepare its financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) with December 31, as its year-end. The consolidated financial statements and notes are representations of the Company’s management who are responsible for their integrity and objectivity.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation SX. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim period have been included. All such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. These interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in connection with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.
CONSOLIDATION – In 2012, the Company had one wholly owned subsidiary, Acacia Augusta Vehicle Auction, Inc., that was sold on July 31, 2012, and has been reported as discontinued operations beginning with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. All significant intercompany accounts are eliminated in consolidation. The Company currently has no subsidiaries.
NOTE 2 – GOING CONCERN
On July 31, 2012, the Company sold the Augusta Auto Auction, its only operations. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had limited liquid assets and no revenues. As a result, without finding new sources of revenue, the Company may not be able to meet its future obligations as they come due and will have difficulties meeting expenses relating to the expansion of the Company. These factors raise substantial doubt as to the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
Management’s plans include attempting to find new acquisition, merger, or other business combination prospects. The Company may have to raise capital from the public through a stock offering or find capital from other sources. There can be no assurance that Management’s plans will be successful and should they not be, the Company may be compelled to cease operations.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The Company sold its Augusta auction on July 31, 2012, and has accounted for those operations as discontinued effective with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Accordingly, the Company will provide only limited components of its operational information in this Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and has elected to eliminate certain information and comparative results to prior periods in this report, as they would not be reflective of similar results or provide a proper basis for review.
Forward-Looking Information
The Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other sections of the Form 10-Q contain forward-looking information. The forward-looking information involves risks and uncertainties that are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections about the Company's business, management's beliefs, and assumptions made by management. Words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates", and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking information. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking information due to numerous factors, including, but not limited to, availability of financing for operations, successful performance of internal operations, impact of competition and other risks detailed below as well as those discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, general economic and market conditions and growth rates could affect such statements.
General
The Company sold its Augusta auction on July 31, 2012, and currently has no operating revenues after that date. As such, the Company will need to find new sources of revenues to support its expenses in order to continue as a going concern. The Company changed its name from Acacia Automotive, Inc. to Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc. effective October 18, 2012, to reflect the Company’s determination to employ a broader scope and direction in expanding its business model into more diversified service and product offerings, and is preparing to evaluate other merger, acquisition, or business combination opportunities in any industry. Accordingly, the Company is now seeking new opportunities for acquisitions, mergers, or other business combinations. The Company may have to raise additional capital to meet its plans, and there can be no assurance it will be successful in its attempts.
Background
Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Acacia Automotive, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “Acacia”, or the “Company”) was incorporated in Texas on October 1, 1984 as Gibbs Construction, Inc. (“Gibbs”). In the following years, Gibbs grew to a full service, national commercial construction company and completed an initial public offering of its common stock pursuant to a registration thereof on Form S-1 in January of 1996. In April of 2000, following the filing of bankruptcy by its largest client which left Gibbs in an untenable financial posture and absent the ability to obtain bonding for new construction projects, Gibbs sought bankruptcy protection in April of 2000. Failing attempts implement various plans over the next six years, Harry K. Myers, Jr., a principal of the entity controlling Gibbs, contacted Steven L. Sample, the current CEO of Acacia, who agreed to assist with the restructuring of Gibbs. Mr. Sample paid the legal costs and other costs of bringing the Company out of bankruptcy and the costs of bringing Gibbs current in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On August 15, 2006, following those actions, Mr. Sample acquired from Mr. Myers, for the sum of $50,000 cash, 4,000,000 shares, or 46.7%, of the 8,561,000 issued and outstanding shares of the common stock of Gibbs.
As consideration for the payment of these expenses by Mr. Sample, and in order to further restructure and rehabilitate the Company and to satisfy its obligations to Mr. Sample, Gibbs’ board of directors also recommended: (i) that its stockholders amend the Articles of Incorporation to effect a one for eight reverse stock split and increase the number of authorized shares of common stock to 150,000,000; (ii) that its shareholders authorize 2,000,000 shares of a series of preferred stock; (iii) that the Company issue to Mr. Sample an additional 8,117,500 shares of common stock and 500,000 shares of preferred stock; and, (iv) for the assistance of Mr. Myers in these transactions, to issue to him 450,000 new shares of common stock and 25,000 new shares of preferred stock of the Company.
Following the submission of a proxy statement by the Company and thereafter holding its First Special Meeting of Shareholders on February 1, 2007, Gibbs’ shareholders approved the foregoing actions and also approved changing the Company’s name from Gibbs Construction, Inc. to Acacia Automotive, Inc. These amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation were effective February 20, 2007. Immediately following the approval of these amendments, the Company also adopted a stock option plan which was ratified by the Company’s stockholders in November 2007, reserving 1,000,000 shares thereunder. Following that first Special Meeting of Shareholders in February of 2007, the Company set out to raise over $1,000,000 in capital, which it accomplished in a private placement offering that closed in June of that same year.
On July 10, 2007, the Company acquired for common stock the assets and the associated business of Augusta Auto Auction, Inc. in North Augusta, South Carolina, becoming the Company’s first operations under the management of Acacia. The Company conducted its first weekly auction at Augusta on July 11, 2007. Acacia’s management sold the assets of this auction on July 31, 2012. The details of this transaction were reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 27, 2012, which includes a full detail of the actions taken. The Company first accounted for those operations as discontinued on its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
On December 26, 2009, the Company acquired its second auto auction located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Following disputes with the seller of those operations and certain related parties, the Company discontinued operations at that location effective August 31, 2010, after which the Company and its CEO, the Seller of the Chattanooga auction, and its related parties entered into litigation in September of that same year. The ongoing litigation between the parties was settled on February 28, 2012. The Company first accounted for those operations as discontinued in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010.
In 2012, the Company’s only revenue-producing operations were its Augusta auction operations. As further detailed herein, the Company would divest its interest in the Augusta auction in July, 2012, leaving the Company with no operating or revenue-producing assets.
Business of the Auction
The Company’s Augusta auction subsidiary sold cars and other vehicles from the time it was acquired on July 10, 2007, until its sale July 31, 2012. On November 6, 2011, the Company identified a potential candidate for sale of its Augusta auction, and entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent for that purpose. That letter of Intent was dependent upon the buyers finding success in obtaining financing and other factors. Following protracted delays in the buyers finding suitable financing, a change in the structure of the buyer’s group, and changes in the original terms of the sale, the buyer’s group completed the purchase on July 31, 2012. Following the sale of those assets, the Company was left without any operating or revenue-producing assets. As such, the Company will seek to identify new sources of revenues in an effort to generate profit and support its expenses. Management believes that the Company must be successful in its efforts to identify such opportunities in order to continue as a going concern.
Discussion Regarding the Company’s Operations
The Company sold its Augusta auction operations in the Augusta, Georgia, area on July 31, 2012, and has accounted for those operations as discontinued effective with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Accordingly, the Company will provide only limited components of its discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, and has elected to eliminate certain information and comparative results to prior periods in this report, as they would not be reflective of similar results or provide a proper basis for review. Readers are encouraged to reference the aforementioned Annual Report on Form 10-K for a comprehensive discussion of the transaction concerning the Augusta auction.
Three months ended March 31, 2012
Consolidated Operating Results of the Company
After selling its Augusta auction, the Company’s only remaining revenue-producing operations, in July of 2012, the Company accounted for those operations as discontinued beginning with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2011. As a result of accounting for its operations as discontinued, the Company does not report revenues or costs of fees earned in its current financial reports, but does report certain other operating expenses associated with the Parent Company.
The Parent Company incurs expenses at the corporate level. In the three month period ended March 31, 2013. In the three month period ended March 31, 2013, the Company generated a consolidated net loss of approximately $197,000, all of which resulted from continuing operations. That loss had several components, including: (i) about $73,000 for employee compensation; (ii) about $3,000 for amortization and depreciation expenses; and, (iii) about $125,000 in general and administrative expense, which included a charge for legal and accounting fees of about $101,000, office rental costs of approximately $2,000, a charge of about $7,000 for Q1 2013 representing the ratable non-cash operating expenses for options and warrants issued under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan for options and warrants issued from 2007 through 2012 but not yet fully vested or exercised, and other traditional expenses for travel, convention expenses, equipment lease/rental, postage and shipping, printing and office supplies, insurance, telephone, light, heat, power, etc.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our accountants have issued, in their prior audit report, a going concern opinion reflecting a conclusion that our operations may not be able to continue because of a lack of financial resources.
Until July 31, 2012, the Company looked to its operations to provide cash flow and cash return on its investment. Our operations in the first quarter of 2013 did not provide sufficient cash flow to cover our corporate activity on an ongoing basis, essentially our administrative overhead, executive officers, and overhead that includes the cost of lawyers and accountants required to be publicly held. During the first three months of 2013, the Company did not generate cash flow from operations, having sold its Augusta auction subsidiary July 31, 2012. Following the divestiture of its remaining auction operations after that sale, the Company no longer has any operating or revenue-producing assets. As a result of that divestiture and the lack of its revenue-producing operations, the Company will have to raise capital through the sale of its debt or equity securities in an effort to institute or acquire additional operating assets with revenues sufficient to cover the Company’s operating expenses. The Company is currently evaluating opportunities for business combinations or acquisitions. There can be no assurances that any such opportunities will present viable revenue-producing assets for the Company, or that the Company will be able to raise sufficient capital to acquire or combine with any such opportunity.
The Company’s liquidity through July 31, 2012, was provided by management fee revenues assessed to the Company's Augusta Auto Auction operations and by personal financial support from the Company’s CEO. The Company’s liquidity during the last five months of 2012 and the first three months of 2013 was provided by capital generated from the sale of the Augusta auction assets.
As of March 31, 2013, the Company had negative consolidated cash flows of $147,270 for the year to date. This resulted from negative net cash flows of $131,186 used in operating activities, and negative net cash flows of $16,084 used in financing activities as payments on notes and capital leases.
Cash Balances
The Company will require substantial infusions of working capital or a substantial increase in the cash generated from new operations to insure long-term liquidity, and may seek infusions of working capital in the form of equity or debt capital, the former being considered most beneficial to the Company. There can be no assurance the Company will be successful in obtaining infusions of capital for any purposes.
Financing of Planned Expansions and Other Expenditures
The Company plans to grow through acquisitions, mergers, or other business combinations, and anticipates that it will need to raise additional capital through the sale of its debt or equity securities to do so, probably through a private placement exempt offering of the same. However, Management believes that the current economic climate is not conducive to raising capital. Accordingly, the Company does not believe that a substantial opportunity for success in raising capital exists unless the Company were to identify a suitable combination for its business interests.
Dependence on Key Personnel
Our future performance depends in significant part upon the continued service of our Chief Executive Officer, Steven L. Sample. The loss of his services could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. The Company does not presently maintain key man life insurance on Mr. Sample, but may obtain such insurance at the discretion of its board of directors for such term as it may deem suitable or desirable. Our future success may depend on our ability to attract and retain highly qualified technical, sales and managerial personnel. The competition for such personnel can be intense, and there can be no assurance that we can attract, assimilate or retain highly qualified technical, sales and managerial personnel for favorable compensations in the future.
Contemplated Business
While the Company heretofore considered its automobile auctions as indicative of the basis of services rendered by the Company, it now believes there are suitable opportunities for success in diverse industries and business models. Accordingly, the Company changed its name from Acacia Automotive, Inc. to Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc. effective October 18, 2012, to better reflect its determination to employ a broader scope and direction in expanding its business model into more diversified service and product offerings, and is evaluating merger, acquisition, or business combination opportunities in other industries, including the automotive industry.
Implementation of Business Plan
The Company currently does not have sufficient working capital to pursue its business plans. The Company’s ability to implement its business plans will depend on its ability to find new mergers, acquisitions, or business combinations or to obtain sufficient working capital to execute its business plans. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional capital, or, if available, that such capital will be available at terms acceptable to us, or that we will be able to generate profit from new operations, or if profits are generated, that they will be sufficient to carry out our business plans, or that the plans will not be modified.
Conflicts of Interest.
The Company is or may be subject to various conflicts of interest. The Company does not have a fully independent management staff, and will be relying on its management for the day-to-day management and operations of the Company and the Company’s assets. As such, certain employees may have conflicts of interest in allocating time, services and functions to the Company in deference to their other activities.
The Company’s Secretary, a non-salaried position with the Company, is employed full-time in Nashville, Tennessee in a diverse business. The Company does not make heavy demands on its Secretary, who is not expected to give substantial time to the affairs of the Company.
The Company has no full-time corporate officer serving as managerial staff except for its President and CEO, who devotes the majority of his business time and efforts to the management and direction of the Company. As such, there is not now, nor has there previously been considered to be, any material conflict of interest on his part.
The CEO of the company has served as a director of the Company as well as an officer and director of the Company’s previously-owned subsidiary corporations. Service in those capacities with subsidiaries and related businesses was not considered in itself to constitute a conflict of interest on the part of our employees or directors.
Investment in the Company will not carry with it the right to invest in any other property or venture of the CEO or other officers, employees, and directors of the Company.
Item 4T. Controls and Procedures
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As is typical with most smaller enterprises, our control processes are oriented toward operations, and production of financial statements reflects an outgrowth of operations and results of those operations. Internally, financial statements are a management tool to evaluate the operations and not an end of those operations. We closely monitor the daily results of our cash position and make certain that our cash position is adequate for the foreseeable future. Our financial statements are generated as part of the reporting on our operations, one metric of our operations, and as part of our obligations as a public entity.
Management, including our Chief Executive Officer who acts as our Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and fraud, and our present efforts are oriented on improving the availability and thoroughness of information to management and its efficient reduction to generate financial statements. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management’s override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports, such as this report on Form 10-K, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, particularly our Chief Executive Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding operations and required disclosure.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, particularly our chief executive officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework set forth in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's Securities Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer who acts as our Chief Financial Officer to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the 90-day period prior to the date of this report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objective pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2013.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the first quarter of 2013 the Company did not make changes in its internal control.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5. Other Information.
Limited Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The Company sold its Augusta auction operations in North Augusta, South Carolina on July 31, 2012, and first accounted for those operations as discontinued effective with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Accordingly, the Company has provide only limited components of its operational information in this report’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and has elected to eliminate certain information and comparative results to prior periods in this report, as they would not be reflective of similar results or provide a proper basis for review.
Legal Proceedings
The Company acquired its second auto auction in December 2009, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Following disputes with the seller of those operations and certain related parties, the Company discontinued operations at that location effective August 31, 2010, after which the Company and its CEO, the Seller of the Chattanooga auction, and its related parties entered into litigation in September of that same year. The ongoing litigation between the parties was settled on February 28, 2012. Accordingly, the Company considered those operations as discontinued effective August 31, 2010, as first accounted for in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010. These events were further reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2012, its Amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the period ended December 31, 2009, and its Annual Reports on Forms 10-K for the periods ended December 31, 2010, 2011, and 2012, which described those events in detail, all of which reports are incorporated herein by reference. All the parties to the Settlement Agreement agreed to a mutual non-disparagement agreement and release from any liabilities or future litigations seeking damages therefor. The Settlement Agreement and Release did not constitute an admission by any party of any liability or violation of law.
The Company has had no other legal proceedings, and none since February of 2012 as described above.
Discontinued Operations
In November of 2011, the management of the Company determined that it was in the best interests of the Company to sell its Augusta auction. The Company sold the auction effective July 31, 2012. Those events were first reported on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference. As such, the Company began accounting for those operations as discontinued in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
As of July 31, 2012, the Company is without revenue-producing operations, and is now evaluating opportunities for new mergers, acquisitions, or business combinations. There can be no assurance the Company can be successful in identifying any such opportunities, or if it does identify any opportunities, that it can be successful in completing any acquisition or merger.
Item 6. Exhibits
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Exhibit Description
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31.1
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32.1
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101.INS
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XBRL Instance Document
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101.SCH
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Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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101.CAL
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Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
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101.DEF
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Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
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101.LAB
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Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
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101.PRE
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Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities exchange Act of 1934, registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned.
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Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc.
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Date: May 10, 2013
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By:
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/s/ Steven L. Sample
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Steven L. Sample
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Chief Executive Officer and
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Principal Financial Officer
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