AuraSource, Inc. - Annual Report: 2010 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
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the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
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Commission
file number: 000-28585
AURASOURCE,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NEVADA
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68-0427395
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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1490 South Price Road, Suite 219, Chandler,
AZ
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85286
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
(480)
292-7179
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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The
aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates
of the registrant on September 30, 2009, the last business day of the
registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $25,377,790
(based on the closing sales price of the registrant's common stock on that
date).
At June
29, 2010, there were 28,262,190 shares of the Registrant’s common stock
outstanding.
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
report includes forward-looking statements with-in the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act (the "Securities Act") and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"). We have based these statements on our beliefs and assumptions,
based on information currently available to us. These forward-looking statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include the
information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, our
total market opportunity and our business plans and objectives set forth under
the sections entitled "Business" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of performance. Our future results and
requirements may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking
statements. Many of the factors that will determine these results and
requirements are beyond our control. In addition to the risks and uncertainties
discussed in "Business" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations," investors should consider those discussed
under "Risk Factors."
These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. We do not
intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in
our business anticipated results of our operations, strategy or planned capital
expenditures, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
PART
I
Item
1. Business
General
AuraSource,
Inc., a Nevada corporation, (“AuraSource” or the “Company”) focuses on clean
energy technology development. AuraSource developed the AuraFuelTM and
AuraCoalTM
processes. AuraSource formed AuraSource Qinzhou Co. Ltd. (“AuraSource Qinzhou
Co. Ltd.” or “AC”), a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (“WFOE”) in China to
acquire these types of Hydrocarbon Clean Fuel (“HCF”) technologies, performing
research and development related to HCF technology and products based on this
technology, licensing HCF technology to third parties and selling services and
products derived from this technology. The Company was incorporated on November
6, 1998 and started its current business in December 2008.
Through our WFOE, we will conduct
operations in China, to perform research and development related to HCF
technology, to sell services and products related to and licenses for our HCF
technology, and to possibly acquire additional HCF-related
technology.
Additionally,
we formed Qinzhou Kai Yu Yuan New Energy Co., Ltd., a joint venture between
AuraSource, Mongolia Energy, and Kaiyuyuan Mineral Investment Group (“KMIG”) to
build an AuraFuel plant. KMIG provided the full funding for this
plant. AuraSource is providing the project management expertise and
the license for the AuraFuel process. The joint venture contracted
China Shandong Metallurgical Engineering Corp. as EPC general contractor which
will provide a turnkey solution under an initial operation service
contract. The AuraFuel plant will utilize the AuraFuel process which
AuraSource licensed from China Chemical Economic Cooperation Center
(“CCECC”). CCECC is a Chinese governmental division which leads
China’s energy and environmental research and development. AuraSource obtained
the license for the Gulf of Tonkin Economic Region. The AuraFuel process
utilizes a low temperature catalytic process to convert oil shale and low
ranking coal into feedstock for the petrochemical industry.
Hydrocarbon Clean Fuel (HCF)
Technology
We
believe our HCF technology, AuraCoalTM, is
a next generation of hydrocarbon clean fuel technology. It involves grinding
coal into very fine particles, mixing it with water and selected chemicals to
make a slurry mixture and using a proprietary biological treatment of the coal
slurry mixture to reduce heavy minerals, such as sulfur. We believe
such slurry mixture will have sufficient fluidity to move through pipelines,
process delivery piping and burner injection nozzles. Our goal is to demonstrate
to power plants and similar users that our HCF technology can convert their
plants to use the technology at a lower cost than any current
alternative. Given sufficient capital and development of our HCF
technology, we plan to market it to plants in China and the United States with
the objective of having a beta demonstration site in each country.
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Given
sufficient capital, development and protection of our HCF technology, among
other factors, AuraSource plans to utilize the HCF technology as
follows:
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license
HCF technology to international clients in applicable industries, such as
coal producers and power plants;
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develop
strategic partnerships to deliver consulting services with respect to
design, engineering, procurement and construction for HCF
applications;
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enter
into joint ventures with coal producers to supply HCF treated coal to
power plants;
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process
coal using HCF technology and sell such coal to end users at a marked-up
price;
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assist
customers to convert their plants to HCF rather than oil, gas or other
natural resources in order to save energy costs;
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establish
centers for processing coal with our HCF technology to supply power plants
and other customers.
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AuraCoaltm
Clean Coal Technology
AuraCoal
is patent pending technology designed to remove sulfur and ash from coal
pre-combustion. This reduces energy costs and helps to eliminate harmful
emissions. This proprietary clean coal technology produces a coal water mixture,
which contains only trace amounts of sulfur and ash and constitutes a
superb alternative to oil or natural gas. AuraCoal can be delivered via pipeline
in a non-volatile state. The conversion to an AuraCoal system is designed to
deliver immediate and substantive reductions in harmful particle emissions
as well as savings in transportation, processing and safety costs. AuraSource
plans to construct its pilot plant in mid 2010 [any update?] and distribute
the coal based clean industrial fuel produced by this proprietary new generation
of clean coal technology in 2011.
AuraCoal
is a new generation of HCF technology. With the adoption of our proprietary
AuraCoal Clean Coal technology, we believe we will be able to convert old coal
systems into power generating systems that produce emissions containing only
trace amounts of sulfur and ash. We believe AuraCoal technology
can:
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reduce
harmful emissions and energy costs;
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reduce
and/or eliminate the need for scrubbers;
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reduce
a power plant’s need for related precipitators and/or sulfur acceptors;
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enable
a power plant to effectively manage its carbon
emissions.
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AuraFueltm
AuraSource
has also licensed another proprietary hydrocarbon clean fuel technology,
AuraFuel, which utilizes a low temperature catalytic process to convert oil
shale, asphalt shale and low-ranking coal to hydrocarbon clean fuel products in
a highly efficient manner. This technology was developed by EERI, a Chinese
government owned energy research institute. EERI patented the technology and the
production process. AuraSource licensed this technology for Guangxi province of
China and the United States. We are currently developing our own
intellectual property associated with this technology. AuraSource is
partnering with three Chinese companies and started construction on a pilot
plant in April 2010 with production anticipating to begin in 2011. In
the United States, we are currently in our planning stages and pursuing a
suitable site on public or private lands to start a pilot plant in
2011.
The
process is an above-ground retorting technology, which has a simple and robust
design, energy self-sufficiency, minimal water usage, and high oil
yields.
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The AuraFuel
process consists of the following main steps:
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Crushing.
Before retorting, raw oil shale is crushed into fine
particles.
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Retorting.
The AuraFuel process uses an annular rotary retort that heats raw oil
shale. Due to the rotating feature, the retorting is a continuous process.
The annular retort consists of several zones, including heating zone,
reaction zone and heat recovery zone. Incoming raw shale goes into the
heating zone in which the shale is heated. Then the shale enters the
reaction zone in which pyrolysis of oil shale happens. Most of the
pyrolysis is complete in the reaction zone. In the heat recovery zone, the
spent shale is cooled and waste heat is recycled. After one cycle of
motion, the retorting process is complete and spent shale is
discharged.
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Post-processing.
Produced oil vapors and gases are cleaned and delivered to a condensation
system where oil condenses and non-condensable gases are fed back to the
retort as energy sources. The oil goes through a distillation process to
produce gasoline, diesel or residual
oil.
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There can
be no assurance we will be able to carry out our development plans for our HCF
technology, including AuraCoal and AuraFuel. Our ability to pursue this strategy
is subject to the availability of additional capital and further development of
our HCF technology. We will also need to finance the cost of pursuing
a strategy to effectively protect our intellectual property rights in the United
States and abroad where we intend to market our technology and
products.
HCF
Overview
We
believe our HCF technology will provide an emerging type of energy saving and
emission reducing fuel substitute for oil. The HCF coal product appears to
exhibit fuel economy, liquidity and stability, ease of loading and unloading,
storage and transportation without precipitation of the product. It seems to be
conducive to pumping over long-distance pipelines, transport by railway and
truck tankers and maritime shipping.
Hydrocarbon
clean fuel atomization performance depends on the energy value of coal
preparation and concentration, which we believe is generally the equivalent of
half the energy value of heavy oil, industrial boilers, industrial kilns, power
generation boiler oil and coal combustion generation.
We
believe HCF has a broad range of industrial applications. Our initial
objective will be to pursue applications related to power plants and industrial
boilers, including steam and hot water boilers.
First Generation Coal-Water
Slurry (Slurry Generation)
The first
generation of HCF occurred at the U.S. Black Mesa coal slurry pipeline, which is
the only operating long-distance coal-water slurry pipeline in the world. See
www.informaworld.com/index/778734328.pdf. This
pipeline traverses 273 miles, with an annual capacity of 4,800,000
tons. See http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/68053/Black-Mesa-pipeline. The
purpose of liquefying the coal was to transport the coal
economically.
The Second Generation
Hydrocarbon clean fuel (Mixture Generation)
In the
second generation process, the coal is a coal-water slurry physically processed
with new products, consisting of approximately 65% to 70% coal and 35% to 30%
water and trace chemical additives prepared in a paste, commonly known as high
concentration coal-water slurry, or water coal slurry.
The Third Generation
Hydrocarbon clean fuel (The Ultra-Fine Coal-Water Fuel
Generation)
We
believe our technology will be the third generation of hydrocarbon clean fuel
technology. We believe the third generation of HCF will be a lower-cost and more
efficient technology that can be used in greater depth and in a wider array of
applications, and may be an alternative to oil resource
applications. We expect the third generation of HCF technology will
contain only trace amounts of sulfur and ash, in fine particle sizes, which
allows the burning of the mixture to cause minor wear and tear on equipment.
Additionally, we believe the use of ultra-fine grinding machines allows
preparation of an ultra-fine paste for a new type of fuel. We believe the HCF
technology may yield potential environmental advantages relative to heavy
oil.
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Competition
HCF
Technology
We face
heavy competition from large companies like Arch Coal, Peabody Massey Energy
Company, CONSOL Energy, Foster-Wheeler, GreatPoint Energy, Evergreen Energy,
Inc., CoalTek, Inc., Babcock & Wilcox Company, and Yanzhou Coal Mining
Company as well as numerous universities and government agencies who have
greater financial, marketing, distribution and technological resources than
we have, and they may have more well-known brand names in the
markets. They may also seek to enter and compete with us in our
market.
More
indirect competition comes from alternative low-pollution energy sources,
including: wind, bio-fuels and solar; all of which need additional technological
advancements to be able to produce power at the scale of coal-fueled plants,
which today produce 43% of world’s electricity according to U.S. Department of
Energy figures published in May 2008.
Patent
and Trademarks
The
Company currently relies on unregistered trademarks and patents, and
confidentiality of trade secrets. Our ability to compete effectively
will depend on our success in protecting the HCF proprietary technology, both in
the United States and abroad. There are numerous patents or patent
applications relating to hydrocarbon clean fuel technology. We have not filed
for patent protection or taken the steps required to obtain international patent
protection.
No
assurance can be given that any patents relating to the HCF technology will be
issued by the United States or any foreign patent offices. Further,
no assurance can be given that we will receive any patents in the future based
on the continued development of the HCF technology, or that the HCF technology
patent protection within and/or outside of the United States will be sufficient
to deter others, legally or otherwise, from developing or marketing competitive
products utilizing our HCF technology. If patent protection is not
available for the HCF technology, we plan to treat it as a trade
secret. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in this
regard.
In
addition to seeking patent protection, we will rely on trade secrets, know-how
and continuing technological advancement to seek to achieve and thereafter
maintain a competitive advantage in the HCF market. Although we have
entered into or intend to enter into confidentiality and invention agreements
with our employees, consultants and advisors, no assurance can be given that
such agreements will be honored or that we will be able to effectively protect
our rights to our unpatented trade secrets and know-how. Moreover, no
assurance can be given that others will not independently develop substantially
equivalent proprietary information and techniques or otherwise gain access to
our trade secrets and know-how.
Government
Regulations
United
States
We
believe that existing and proposed legislation and regulations could impact
fossil fuel-fired, and specifically coal-fired, power generating facilities
nationally and internationally.
The
following briefly describes the most significant existing national laws and
regulations affecting the potential market for coal processed using our
technology. State and regional policies may also impact our market.
The Clean Air Act and Acid Rain
Program. The Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended,
is currently the primary mechanism for regulating emissions of sulfur dioxide
and nitrogen oxide from coal-fired power generating facilities. A key component
of the act regulates sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. Specifically,
title IV set a goal of reducing sulfur dioxide emissions by 10 million tons
below 1980 levels and imposed a two-phased tightening of restrictions on fossil
fuel-fired power plants. Phase I began in 1995 and focused primarily on
coal-burning electric utility plants in the east and midwest. In 2000,
Phase II began and this phase tightened the annual emissions' limits on
larger higher emitting plants and set restrictions on smaller, cleaner plants
fired by coal, oil, and gas. The Acid Rain Program calls for a 2 million
ton reduction in nitrogen oxide emission and focuses on one set of sources that
emit nitrogen oxide: coal-fired electric utility boilers. Beginning in January
2000, nitrogen oxide emissions are to be reduced 900,000 tons per year beyond
the 1.2 million per year reduction set by the EPA in 1995.
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Clean Air Interstate Rule.
The Clean Air Interstate Rule was finalized by the EPA
in March 2005. Once fully implemented, this rule will reduce sulfur dioxide
emissions in 28 states and the District of Columbia by more than 70% and
nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 60% from the 2003 levels. Through the use
of a cap-and-trade approach, the rule promises to achieve
substantial
reduction of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. Reductions of nitrogen
oxide emissions began in January 2009, followed by reductions of sulfur dioxide
emissions in January 2010. The program will be fully implemented by January
2015.
Clean Air Mercury Rule.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA,
finalized the Clean Air Mercury Rule, or CAMR, on March 15, 2005 to reduce
mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. Phase 1 of CAMR was set to
go into effect on January 1, 2010. However, on February 8, 2008, the
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated the rule,
requiring EPA to draft a new regulation. As a result of this ruling, it is
likely that individual coal-fired boilers and power plants will be held to
stringent levels of mercury emission reductions instead of averaging mercury
emissions across multiple plants and across the country.
China
The Environmental Protection Law
(“EPL”) of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) governs us and our HCF
products. The EPL, promulgated by the National People’s Congress on
December 26, 1989, is the cardinal law for environmental protection in
China. The law establishes the basic principle for coordinated advancement of
economic growth, social progress and environmental protection, and defines the
rights and duties of governments at all levels. Local environmental protection
bureaus may set stricter local standards than the national standards and
enterprises are required to comply with the stricter of the two sets of
standards. The EPL requires any entity operating a facility that produces
pollutants or other hazards to incorporate environmental protection measures
into its operations and to establish an environmental protection responsibility
system, which must adopt effective measures to control and properly dispose of
waste gases, waste water, waste residue, dust or other waste
materials.
Violators
of the EPL and various environmental regulations may be subject to warnings,
payment of damages and fines. Any entity undertaking construction work or
manufacturing activities before the pollution and waste control and processing
facilities are inspected and approved by the relevant environmental protection
bureau may be ordered to suspend production or operations and may be fined. The
violators of relevant environment protection laws and regulations may be exposed
to criminal liability if violations result in severe loss of property, personal
injuries or death.
In
addition, China is a signatory to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which are intended to limit
emissions of greenhouse gases. Efforts to control greenhouse gas
emission in China could result in reduced use of coal if power generators switch
to sources of fuel with lower carbon dioxide emissions, which in turn could
reduce the revenues of our business and have a material adverse effect on
our results of operations.
The
Company endeavors to ensure the safe and lawful operation of its facilities in
manufacturing and distribution of HCF and believes it is in compliance in all
material respects with applicable PRC laws and regulations.
No
enterprise may start production at its facilities until it receives approval
from the Ministry of Commerce to begin operations.
Other
Any
international plants will also be subject to various permitting and operational
regulations specific to each country. International initiatives, such as the
Kyoto Protocol, are expected to create increasing pressures on the electric
power generation industry on a world-wide basis to reduce emissions of various
pollutants, which management expects will create additional demand for our
technology.
Employees
The
Company currently has fourteen employees. The Company engages the services
of independent consultants to assist it with management and business
development. We plan to engage additional full-time employees as our
business expands.
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
The
following important factors, and the important factors described elsewhere in
this report or in our other filings with the SEC, could affect (and in some
cases have affected) our results and could cause our results to be materially
different from estimates or expectations. Other risks and
uncertainties may also affect our results or operations
adversely. The following and these other risks could materially and
adversely affect our business, operations, results or financial
condition.
Risks
Related to the Company
We
are a development stage company, have a history of operating losses and we may
never achieve or maintain profitability.
We are a
development stage company. Thus, we have a limited operating history
upon which investors may rely to evaluate our prospects and have only a
preliminary business plan upon which investors may consider to evaluate our
prospects. Such prospects must be considered in light of the
problems, expenses, delays and complications associated with a business that
seeks to commence more significant revenue operations. We have a history of
incurring losses from operations. As of March 31, 2010, we had an accumulated
deficit of $2,864,811. We expect to continue to incur operating losses until
such time, if ever, as we achieve sufficient levels of revenue from
operations. We anticipate our existing cash and cash equivalents will
not be sufficient to fund our business needs. Our ability to commence revenue
operations and achieve profitability will depend on our obtaining additional
capital, entering into satisfactory agreements with strategic partners,
acquiring the HCF technology and finding customers for such
technology. There can be no assurance that we will ever generate
revenues or achieve profitability. Accordingly, we cannot predict the extent of
future losses and the time required to achieve profitability, if
ever.
Investors
may lose all of their investment in us.
Investment
in us involves a high degree of risk. Investors may never recoup all
or part of or realized any return on their investment. Accordingly,
investors may lose all of their investment and must be prepared to do
so.
We
have no revenue and cannot assure that we will have revenue or profits in the
future.
We have
not and currently do not generate any revenue while in our development stage. We
are incurring operating losses and cannot assure investors that we will generate
revenue or be profitable in the future. Continued losses could cause
us to limit our operations in order to preserve working capital.
We
will need additional financing.
Our cash
requirements may vary materially from those now planned depending on numerous
factors, including our ability to obtain the HCF technology, finding customers
to use such technology and competition. We may not have sufficient funds to
institute our business plan set forth in this report. We therefore
would need to raise additional funds to finance our capital requirements through
new financings to achieve the level of operations we anticipate. Such
financings could include equity financing, which may be dilutive to
stockholders, or debt financing, which would likely restrict our ability to
borrow from other sources. In addition, such securities may contain
rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the rights of our current
stockholders. We do not have any commitments for additional
financing. There can be no assurance that additional funds will be
available on terms attractive to us, or at all. If adequate funds are
not available, we may be required to curtail our development of the HCF
technology and/or otherwise materially curtail or reduce our
operations. Alternatively, we may be forced to sell or dispose of our
right or assets. Any inability to raise adequate funds on
commercially viable terms could have a material adverse effect on our business,
results of operation and financial condition.
Substantially
all of our business activities will be overseas and we will be subject to all of
the risks of international operations.
We expect
that substantially all of our operations will involve performing research and
development related to HCF in China and selling services and products related to
and licenses for this technology to buyers in China and other international
markets. Thus, substantially all of our business operations will be subject to
the risks of international operations. Our business, financial
condition, and results of operations could be materially adversely affected by
changes or uncertainties in the political or economic climates, laws,
regulations, tariffs, duties, import quotas, or other trade, intellectual
property or tax policies in China and possibly other foreign
countries. We will also be subject to adverse exchange rate
fluctuations among Chinese currency and the U.S. dollar since we anticipate that
any revenue generated as well as and costs and expenses for our operations in
China will be paid in the Chinese RMB.
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We
will continue to incur the expenses of complying with public company reporting
requirements.
We
have an obligation to continue to comply with the applicable reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act, as amended, even though compliance with such
reporting requirements is economically burdensome.
We
may experience difficulties in the future in complying with Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
As a
public company, we will be required to evaluate our internal controls under
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In this regard, we
will be required to comply with the internal control requirements of Section 404
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for each fiscal year ending on or after March 31,
2011. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls,
we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny, civil or criminal penalties and/or
stockholder litigation. Any inability to provide reliable financial
reports could harm our business. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act also requires our independent registered public accounting firm report on
management’s evaluation of our system of internal
controls. Furthermore, any failure to implement required new or
improved controls, or difficulties encountered in the implementation of adequate
controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future, could harm
our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting
obligations.
If
we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls in future periods, it
could adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and our
ability to run our business effectively and could cause investors to lose
confidence in our financial reporting.
We
may be unable to continue as a going concern if we do not successfully raise
additional capital or if we fail to generate sufficient revenue from
operations.
Primarily
as a result of our recurring losses and our lack of liquidity, in connection
with our fourth quarter ended March 31, 2010 we received a report from our
independent auditors that includes an explanatory paragraph describing the
substantial uncertainty as to our ability to continue as a going
concern.
Reliance
on and experience of our officers and directors.
Our
officers and directors will be responsible for the management and control of the
Company. Our success will, to a large extent, depend on the quality
of the management provided by the officers and directors. Although
our officers and directors believe they have the ability to manage the Company,
they can give no assurance that their efforts will result in
success. The officers and directors have no experience in performing
research and development activities in foreign countries and no experience in
selling services and products related to and licenses for this technology in
foreign countries. Stockholders have no right or power to take part
in the management of the Company. Accordingly, no person should
purchase any of the Shares offered hereby unless he is willing to entrust all
aspects of the management of the Company to the officers and
directors.
We
may have difficulty managing growth in our business.
Assuming
we are successful in commencing revenue generating activities, because of our
small size and the relatively large scale of operations required for our
business to yield revenue, growth in accordance with our business plan, if
achieved, will place a significant strain on our financial, technical,
operational and management resources. As we expand our activities, there will be
additional demands on these resources. The failure to continue to
upgrade our technical, administrative, operating and financial control systems
or the occurrence of unexpected expansion difficulties, including issues
relating to our performance of research and development activities related to
HCF and retention of experienced scientists, managers and engineers, could have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations and our ability to timely execute our business plan. If we
are unable to implement these actions in a timely manner, our results may be
adversely affected.
If
we borrow money to expand our business, we will face the risks of
leverage.
We
anticipate that we may in the future incur debt to finance our
growth. Our ability to borrow funds will depend upon a number of
factors, including the condition of the financial markets. The risk
of loss in such circumstances is increased because we would be obligated to meet
fixed payment obligations on specified dates regardless of our
revenue. If we do not meet our debt service payments when due, we may
sustain the loss of our equity investment in any of our assets securing such
debt upon the foreclosure on such debt by a secured lender.
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Our
stock price is likely to be highly volatile because of several factors,
including a limited public float.
The
market price of our stock is likely to be highly volatile because there has been
a relatively thin trading market for our stock, which causes trades of small
blocks of stock to have a significant impact on our stock price. You may not be
able to resell our common stock following periods of volatility because of the
market’s adverse reaction to volatility.
Other
factors that could cause such volatility may include, among other
things:
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announcements
concerning our strategy;
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litigation;
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general
market conditions.
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Our
common stock is considered a “penny stock,” any investment in our shares is
considered to be a high-risk investment and is subject to restrictions on
marketability
Our
common stock is considered a “penny stock” because it is quoted and traded on
the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) and it trades for less than $5.00 per
share. The OTCBB is generally regarded as a less efficient trading
market than the NASDAQ Capital or Global Markets or the New York Stock
Exchange.
The SEC
has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with
transactions in “penny stocks.” Penny stocks generally are equity
securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on
certain national securities exchanges or quoted on the NASDAQ system, provided
that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such
securities is provided by the exchange or system). The penny stock
rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not
otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure
document prepared by the SEC, which specifies information about penny stocks and
the nature and significance of risks of the penny stock market. The
broker-dealer also must provide the customer with bid and offer quotations for
the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and any salesperson in
the transaction, and monthly account statements indicating the market value of
each penny stock held in the customer’s account. In addition, the
penny stock rules require that, prior to effecting a transaction in a penny
stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, the broker-dealer must make a
special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for
the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the
transaction. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of
reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for our common
stock.
Since our
common stock is subject to the regulations applicable to penny stocks, the
market liquidity for our common stock could be adversely affected because the
regulations on penny stocks could limit the ability of broker-dealers to sell
our common stock and thus your ability to sell our common stock in the secondary
market in the future. We can provide no assurance that our common stock will be
quoted or listed on the OTC Bulletin Board, NASDAQ or any exchange, even if
eligible in the future.
We
have additional securities available for issuance, including preferred stock,
which if issued could adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common
stock.
Our
articles of incorporation authorize issuance of 150,000,000 shares of common
stock and 10,000 shares of preferred stock. The common stock and preferred stock
can be issued by our Board of Directors (“BOD”) without stockholder approval.
Accordingly, our stockholders will be dependent upon the judgment of our
management in connection with the future issuance and sale of shares of our
common and preferred stock, in the event that buyers can be found. Any future
issuances of common stock would further dilute the percentage ownership of our
Company held by the public stockholders.
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Risks
Related to Doing Business in China
Most,
if not all, of our sales may be in China.
China
is a developing country and has only a limited history of trade practices as a
nation. Because we will likely direct a substantial amount of our
sales efforts to customers in China, we will be subject to the laws, rules,
regulations, and political authority of the government of the PRC. We
may encounter material problems while doing business in China, such as in
interactions with the Chinese government and the uncertainty of foreign legal
precedent pertaining to our HCF business in China. Risks inherent in
international operations also include the following:
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local
currency instability;
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inflation;
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the
risk of realizing economic currency exchange losses when transactions are
completed in the Chinese RMB and other
currencies;
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the
ability to repatriate earnings under existing exchange control laws;
and
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political
unrest.
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Changes
in import and export laws and tariffs can also materially impact international
operations. In addition, international operations involve political,
as well as economic risks, including:
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nationalization;
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expropriation;
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contract
renegotiations; and
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changes
in laws resulting from governmental
changes.
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In
addition, we may be subject to rules and regulations of the PRC or the
jurisdiction of other governmental agencies in the PRC that may adversely affect
our ability to perform under, or our rights and obligations in, our contracts
with Chinese companies or government entities. In the event of a
dispute, we will likely be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of foreign
courts. We may also be hindered or prevented from enforcing our
rights with respect to a governmental instrumentality because of the doctrine of
sovereign immunity.
Adverse
changes in political and economic policies of the PRC government could have a
material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of China, which could
reduce the demand for our products and materially and adversely affect our
competitive position.
Some
or all of our sales may be made in China. Accordingly, our business, financial
condition, results of operations and prospects are affected significantly by
economic, political and legal developments in China. The Chinese economy differs
from the economies of most developed countries in many respects,
including:
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the
amount of government involvement;
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the
level of development;
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the
growth rate;
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the
control of foreign exchange; and
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the
allocation of resources.
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While it
is our understanding that the economy in China has grown significantly in the
past 20 years, the growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various
economic sectors. The government of the PRC has implemented various measures to
encourage or control economic growth and guide the allocation of
resources. Some of these measures benefit the overall Chinese
economy, but may also have a negative effect on us. For example, our
financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by
government control over capital investments or changes in tax regulations that
are applicable to us.
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The
Chinese economy has been transitioning from a planned economy to a more
market-oriented economy. Although in recent years the PRC government has
implemented measures emphasizing the utilization of market forces for economic
reform, the reduction of state ownership of productive assets and the
establishment of sound corporate governance in business enterprises, a
substantial portion of the productive assets in China is still owned by the PRC
government. The continued control of these assets and other aspects of the
national economy by the PRC government could materially and adversely affect our
business. The PRC government also exercises significant control over
Chinese economic growth through the allocation of resources, controlling payment
of foreign currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy and
providing preferential treatment to particular industries or
companies. Efforts by the PRC government to slow the pace of growth
of the Chinese economy could result in decreased capital expenditure by power
plants, which in turn could reduce demand for our products and
services.
We
risk the effects of general economic conditions in China.
Sales we
secure in China could be adversely affected by a sustained economic recession in
China. Therefore, a sustained economic recession in that country
could result in lower demand or lower prices for the use of our HCF
technology.
Uncertainties
with respect to the Chinese legal system could have a material adverse effect on
us.
We plan
to conduct some of our sales and substantially all of our administrative
activities in China. We will be generally subject to laws and
regulations applicable to foreign investment in China. The PRC legal
system is based, at least in part, on written statutes. Prior court
decisions may be cited for reference but may have limited precedential
value. It is our understanding that since 1979, PRC legislation and
regulations have significantly enhanced the protections afforded to various
forms of foreign investments in China. However, since these laws and
regulations are relatively new and the PRC legal system continues to rapidly
evolve, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always
uniform and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involves
uncertainties. We cannot predict the effect of future developments in
the PRC legal system, including the promulgation of new laws, changes to
existing laws or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, the preemption of
local regulations by national laws, or the overturn of local government’s
decisions by the superior government. These uncertainties may limit
legal protections available to us. In addition, any litigation in
China may be protracted and result in substantial costs and diversion of
resources and management attention.
Risks
Related to HCF Technology
Our
business venture into the HCF business is subject to a high risk of
failure.
Our
business venture into the HCF technology business through our investment in AC
and the HCF technology is at a very early stage and is subject to a high risk of
failure. The HCF fuel technology has not been proven by us to be a commercially
viable fuel alternative. In order to establish commercial viability, we will
have to either undertake the construction and operation of the contemplated
demonstration facility or convert an existing facility to be compatible with our
HCF technology, both of which would be very costly. Even if the demonstration
facility were constructed or an existing facility converted and operational,
there is no assurance that the commercial viability of this HCF process would be
established or that we would be able to expand the facility into a commercially
viable operation or to generate revenues from this technology.
We
are uncertain of our ability to protect technology through patents.
Our
ability to compete effectively will depend on the success of AC in protecting
its proprietary technology, both in the United States and abroad. We
believe that many patents have already been issued in the area of HCF, both in
the United States and abroad, although to date we have not conducted a patent
search. AC directly, or through us, plans to file for patent protection in the
United States and possibly outside the United States after it acquires the HCF
technology. No assurances can be given that any patents will be
issued to AC or to us.
No
assurance can be given that any patents relating to the existing HCF technology
will be issued by the United States or any foreign patent offices, that it will
directly or through us receive any patents in the future based on its continued
development of the HCF technology, or that our HCF patent protection within
and/or outside of the United States will be sufficient to deter others, legally
or otherwise, from developing or marketing competitive products utilizing AC’s
HCF technologies.
If
AC directly, or through us, obtains patents, there can be no assurance that they
will be enforceable to prevent others from developing and marketing competitive
products or methods. If AC directly, or through us, brings an
infringement action relating to any future patents, it may require the diversion
of substantial funds from its or our operations and may require management to
expend efforts that might otherwise be devoted to its or our
operations. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that AC or us will
be successful in enforcing our HCF patent rights.
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Further,
if any patents issue, there can be no assurance that patent infringement claims
in the United States or in other countries will not be asserted against AC or us
by a competitor or others, or if asserted, that we will be successful in
defending against such claims. If one of our products is adjudged to
infringe patents of others with the likely consequence of a damage award, we may
be enjoined from using and selling such product or be required to obtain a
royalty-bearing license, if available on acceptable
terms. Alternatively, in the event a license is not offered, we or AC
might be required, if possible, to redesign those aspects of the product held to
infringe so as to avoid infringement liability. Any redesign efforts
undertaken by AC or us might be expensive, could delay the introduction or the
re-introduction of our products into certain markets, or may be so significant
as to be impractical.
We
are uncertain of our ability to protect the HCF proprietary technology and
information.
In
addition to seeking patent protection, we will rely on trade secrets, know-how
and continuing technological advancement to achieve and thereafter maintain a
competitive advantage with respect to the HCF technology. Although we
have entered into and AC intends to enter into confidentiality and invention
agreements with employees, consultants, certain potential customers and
advisors, no assurance can be given that such agreements will be honored or that
we or AC will be able to effectively protect our rights to our unpatented trade
secrets and know-how. Moreover, no assurance can be given that others
will not independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary information
and techniques or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets and
know-how.
Risk
Related to the Alternative Energy Industry
A
drop in the retail price of conventional energy or other alternative energy may
have a negative effect on our business.
A
customer's decision to purchase HCF will be primarily driven by the return on
investment resulting from the energy savings from HCF. Any fluctuations in
economic and market conditions that impact the viability of conventional and
other alternative energy sources, such as decreases in the prices of oil and
other fossil fuels could cause the demand for HCF to decline. Although we
believe current levels of retail energy prices support a reasonable return on
investment for HCF, there can be no assurance that future retail pricing of
conventional energy and other alternative energy will remain at such
levels.
Existing
regulations and changes to such regulations may present technical, regulatory
and economic barriers to the purchase and use of HCF, which may significantly
affect the demand for our products.
HCF is
subject to oversight and regulations in accordance with national and local
ordinances and regulations relating to safety, environmental protection, and
related matters. We are responsible for knowing such ordinances and regulations,
and must comply with these varying standards. Any new government regulations or
utility policies pertaining to our product may result in significant additional
expenses to us and our customers and, as a result, could cause a significant
reduction in demand for our product.
The
market for HCF is emerging and rapidly evolving, and its future success remains
uncertain. If HCF is not suitable for widespread adoption or sufficient demand
for HCF does not develop or takes longer to develop than we anticipate, we would
be unable to generate revenue or to achieve or sustain profitability. In
addition, demand for HCF in the markets and geographic regions where we operate
may not develop or may develop more slowly than we anticipate. Many factors will
influence the widespread adoption of HCF and demand for our products,
including:
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cost-effectiveness
of HCF as compared with conventional and other alternative energy products
and technologies;
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performance
and reliability of HCF as compared with conventional and other alternative
energy products and technologies;
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capital
expenditures by customers that tend to decrease if the PRC or global
economy slows down; and
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availability
of government subsidies and
incentives.
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Our
limited marketing capability limits our ability to generate
revenue.
We
have limited marketing capabilities and resources to expend on marketing HCF
technology. To achieve market penetration we will have to undertake
significant efforts and expenditures to create awareness of, and demand for, our
HCF technology and products. Our ability to penetrate the market and
build our customer base will be substantially dependent on our marketing
efforts, including our ability to encourage power plants to convert the plants
to be compatible with our HCF technology. No assurance can be given
that we will succeed. Our failure to successfully develop our marketing
capabilities, both internally and through third-party joint ventures, would
negatively impact our ability to generate revenue and have a material adverse
effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
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We
are dependent on key personnel and the loss of the services of these personnel
could harm our business.
Our
success in the HCF technology business largely depends upon the efforts of our
executive officers and those who are developing the HCF technology and the
employees hired by AC or by us to assist such principals in developing such
technology. The loss of the services of any of these individuals
could have a material adverse effect on our HCF business and
prospects. There can be no assurance that we will be able to retain
the services of such individuals in the future. Our success will be
dependent upon our ability to hire and retain qualified technical, research,
management, marketing and financial personnel. We will compete with other
companies with greater financial and other resources for such
personnel. Although AC has not to date experienced difficulty in
attracting qualified personnel, there can be no assurance that it will be able
to retain the personnel it hires or acquire additional qualified personnel as
and when needed.
Risks
Related to an Investment in Our Securities
To
date, we have not paid any cash dividends and no cash dividends are expected to
be paid in the foreseeable future.
We do not
anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future
and we may not have sufficient funds legally available to pay dividends. Even if
the funds are legally available for distribution, we may nevertheless decide not
to pay any dividends. We intend to retain all earnings for our
operations.
The
application of the “penny stock” rules could adversely affect the market price
of our common stock and increase your transaction costs to sell those
shares.
As long
as the trading price of our common shares is below $5 per share, the open-market
trading of our common shares will be subject to the “penny stock” rules. The
“penny stock” rules impose additional sales practice requirements on
broker-dealers who sell securities to persons other than established customers
and accredited investors (generally those with assets in excess of $1,000,000 or
annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 together with their spouse). For
transactions covered by these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special
suitability determination for the purchase of securities and have received the
purchaser’s written consent to the transaction before the purchase.
Additionally, for any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the
broker-dealer must deliver, before the transaction, a disclosure schedule
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to the
penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable
to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current
quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements must be sent
disclosing recent price information on the limited market in penny stocks. These
additional burdens imposed on broker-dealers may restrict the ability or
decrease the willingness of broker-dealers to sell our common shares, and may
result in decreased liquidity for our common shares and increased transaction
costs for sales and purchases of our common shares as compared to other
securities.
Our
common shares are thinly traded and, you may be unable to sell at or near ask
prices or at all if you need to sell your shares to raise money or otherwise
desire to liquidate your shares.
The
Company cannot predict the extent to which an active public market for its
common stock will develop or be sustained. However, the Company does not rule
out the possibility of applying for listing on the Nasdaq National Market or
other exchanges.
Our
common shares have historically been sporadically or "thinly-traded" on the
OTCBB, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common
shares at or near bid prices at any given time may be relatively small or
non-existent. This situation is attributable to a number of factors,
including the fact that we are a small company which is relatively unknown to
stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the
investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if
we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would
be reluctant to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend
the purchase of our shares until such time as we became more seasoned and
viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or
more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared
to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity
that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share
price. We cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active
public trading market for our common stock will develop or be sustained, or
that current trading levels will be sustained.
The
market price for our common stock is particularly volatile given our status as a
relatively small company with a small and thinly traded “float” and lack of
current revenues that could lead to wide fluctuations in our share
price. The price at which you purchase our common stock may not
be indicative of the price that will prevail in the trading
market. You may be unable to sell your common stock at or above your
purchase price if at all, which may result in substantial losses to
you.
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The
market for our common stock is characterized by significant price volatility
when compared with seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will
continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite
future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number
of factors. First, as noted above, our common shares are sporadically
and/or thinly traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the
trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our shareholders may
disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either
direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline
precipitously in the event that a large number of our common shares are sold on
the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer
which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share
price. Secondly, we are a speculative or "risky" investment due to
our lack of revenues or profits to date and uncertainty of future market
acceptance for our current and potential products. As a consequence
of this enhanced risk, more risk-adverse investors may, under the fear of losing
all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of
progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and
at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a seasoned
issuer. The following factors may add to the volatility in the price
of our common shares: actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly or
annual operating results; adverse outcomes; and additions or departures of our
key personnel, as well as other items discussed under this "Risk
Factors" section, as well as elsewhere in this annual
report.
Many of
these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our
common shares, regardless of our operating performance. We cannot
make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for
our common shares will be at any time, including as to whether our common shares
will sustain their current market prices, or as to what effect that the sale of
shares or the availability of common shares for sale at any time will have on
the prevailing market price. However, we do not rule out the
possibility of applying for listing on the Nasdaq National Market or other
exchanges.
Stockholders
should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, the market for
penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such
patterns include (1) control of the market for the security by one or a few
broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (2)
manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and
false and misleading press releases; (3) boiler room practices involving
high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced
sales persons; (4) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differential and markups by
selling broker-dealers; and (5) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by
promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired
level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with
consequent investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses
that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although
we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of
broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the
confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being
established with respect to our securities. The occurrence of these
patterns or practices could increase the volatility of our share
price.
Our corporate
actions are substantially controlled by our principal shareholders and
affiliated entities.
As of
June 29, 2010, our principal stockholders and their affiliated entities own
34.06% of our outstanding common shares, representing 34.06% of our voting
power. These stockholders, acting individually or as a group, could exert
substantial influence over matters such as electing directors and approving
mergers or other business combination transactions. In addition, because of the
percentage of ownership and voting concentration in these principal stockholders
and their affiliated entities, elections of our BOD will generally be within the
control of these stockholders and their affiliated entities. While all of our
stockholders are entitled to vote on matters submitted to our stockholders for
approval, the concentration of shares and voting control presently lies with
these principal stockholders and their affiliated entities. As such, it would be
difficult for stockholders to propose and have approved proposals not supported
by management. There can be no assurance that matters voted upon by our officers
and directors in their capacity as stockholders will be viewed favorably by all
stockholders of the company.
The
elimination of monetary liability against our directors, officers and employees
under Nevada law and the existence of indemnification rights to our directors,
officers and employees may result in substantial expenditures by our company and
may discourage lawsuits against our directors, officers and
employees.
Our
articles of incorporation contains a provision that eliminates the liability of
our directors for monetary damages to our company and shareholders to the extent
allowed under Nevada law and we are prepared to give such indemnification to our
directors and officers to the extent provided by Nevada law. The
foregoing indemnification obligations could result in our company incurring
substantial expenditures to cover the cost of settlement or damage awards
against directors and officers, which we may be unable to
recoup. These provisions and resultant costs may also discourage our
company from bringing a lawsuit against directors and officers for breaches of
their fiduciary duties, and may similarly discourage the filing of derivative
litigation by our shareholders against our directors and officers even though
such actions, if successful, might otherwise benefit our company and
shareholders.
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Legislative
actions, higher insurance costs and potential new accounting pronouncements may
impact our future financial position and results of operations.
There
have been regulatory changes, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and
there may potentially be new accounting pronouncements or additional regulatory
rulings that will have an impact on our future financial position and results of
operations. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other similar rule changes are
likely to increase general and administrative costs and expenses. Additionally,
there could be changes in certain accounting rules. These and other potential
changes could materially increase the expenses we report under generally
accepted accounting principles, and adversely affect our operating
results.
The
market price for our stock may be volatile which may place downward pressure on
our stock price.
The
market price for our stock may be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in
response to factors including the following:
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actual
or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly operating
results;
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changes
in financial estimates by securities research
analysts;
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conditions
in alternative energy and coal-based product
markets;
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changes
in the economic performance or market valuations of other alternative
energy and coal-based products
companies;
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announcements
by us or our competitors of new products, acquisitions, strategic
partnerships, joint ventures or capital
commitments;
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addition
or departure of key personnel;
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intellectual
property litigation; and
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general
economic or political conditions in
China.
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In
addition, the securities market has from time to time experienced significant
price and volume fluctuations that are not related to the operating performance
of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and
adversely affect the market price of our stock.
We
may need additional capital, and the sale of additional shares or other equity
securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders.
We may
require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other
future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to
pursue. If our resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash
requirements, we may seek to sell equity or debt securities or obtain a credit
facility. The sale of equity securities could result in dilution to
our shareholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in
increased debt service obligations and could result in operating and financing
covenants that would restrict our operations. We cannot assure you
that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at
all.
Shares
eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market.
From time
to time, certain of our stockholders may be eligible to sell all or some of
their shares of common stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the
open market pursuant to Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act, subject
to certain limitations. In general, pursuant to amended Rule 144, non-affiliate
stockholders may sell freely after six months subject only to the current public
information requirement (which disappears after one year). Affiliates may sell
after six months subject to the Rule 144 volume, manner of sale (for equity
securities), current public information and notice requirements.
We
will incur increased costs as a result of being a public company.
As a
public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses
that we did not incur as a private company. In addition, the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as new rules subsequently implemented by SEC, has
required changes in corporate governance practices of public
companies. We expect these new rules and regulations to increase our
legal, accounting and financial compliance costs and to make certain corporate
activities more time-consuming and costly. In addition, we will incur additional
costs associated with our public company reporting requirements. We are
currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these new
rules, and we cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may
incur or the timing of such costs.
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None.
Item
2. Properties.
We are
currently not obligated under any leases.
Item
3. Legal Proceedings.
We are
not a party to any current or pending legal proceedings that, if decided
adversely to us, would have a material adverse effect upon our business, results
of operations, or financial condition, and we are not aware of any threatened or
contemplated proceeding by any governmental authority against us. To
our knowledge, we are not a party to any threatened civil or criminal action or
investigation.
Item
4. (Removed
and Reserved)
Item
5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market
Prices
The
shares of our common stock have been listed and principally quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board under the trading symbol “ARAO.OB”.
The
following table sets forth, for the fiscal quarters indicated, the high and low
bid information for our common stock, as reported on the OTC Bulletin
Board. The following quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without
retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not represent actual
transactions.
Quarterly period
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Fiscal
year ended March 31, 2009:
|
||||||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
1.01
|
$
|
0.35
|
||||
Second
Quarter
|
$
|
3.00
|
$
|
1.01
|
||||
Third
Quarter
|
$
|
4.25
|
$
|
2.00
|
||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
$
|
3.50
|
$
|
2.25
|
||||
Fiscal
year ended March 31, 2010:
|
||||||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
3.50
|
$
|
3.00
|
||||
Second
Quarter
|
$
|
3.00
|
$
|
2.00
|
||||
Third
Quarter
|
$
|
10.01
|
$
|
1.50
|
||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
$
|
2.00
|
$
|
0.40
|
Holders
On June 28, 2010, the closing sales
price of our common stock as reported on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board was
$1.15 per share. As of
June 29, 2010, there were approximately 1,087 record holders of the Company's
Common Stock. Our transfer agent is Empire Stock Transfer
Inc.
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17 -
Dividends
Holders
of common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as the BOD may from time
to time declare out of funds legally available for the payment of
dividends. No dividends have been paid on our common stock, and we do
not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable
future.
Recent
Sale of Unregistered Securities.
During
the year ended March 31, 2010, we sold 5,279,693 shares of common stock for
$0.50 per share.
Not
Applicable
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18 -
Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations.
The
following discussion should be read in
conjunction with the Financial Statements and
notes thereto included in Item 8 of Part II of this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
AuraSource
focuses on clean energy technology development. AuraSource developed
the AuraFuelTM and
AuraCoalTM
processes. AuraSource formed AuraSource Qinzhou Co. Ltd., a WFOE in China to
acquire these types of HCF technologies, performing research and development
related to HCF technology and products based on this technology, licensing HCF
technology to third parties and selling services and products derived from this
technology.
Through our wholly owned subsidiary, we
will conduct operations in China, to perform research and development related to
HCF technology, to sell services and products related to and licenses for our
HCF technology, and to possibly acquire additional HCF-related
technology.
Additionally,
we formed Qinzhou Kai Yu Yuan New Energy Co., Ltd., a joint venture between
AuraSource, Mongolia Energy, and KMIG to build an AuraFuel plant. Kaiyuyuan
Mineral provided the full funding for this plant. AuraSource is
providing the project management expertise and the license for the AuraFuel
process. The joint venture contracted China Shandong Metallurgical
Engineering Corp. as EPC general contractor which will provide a turnkey
solution under an initial operation service contract. The AuraFuel
plant will utilize the AuraFuel process which AuraSource licensed from
CCECC. CCECC is a Chinese governmental division which leads China’s
energy and environmental research and development. AuraSource obtained the
license for the Gulf of Tonkin Economic Region. The AuraFuel process utilizes a
low temperature catalytic process to convert oil shale and low ranking coal into
feedstock for the petrochemical industry.
Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements
Refer to
the notes to the consolidated financial statements for a complete description of
recent accounting standards which we have not yet been required to implement and
may be applicable to our operation, as well as those significant accounting
standards that have been adopted during the current year.
Critical Accounting
Policies
The preparation
of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("USGAAP")
requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the
reported amount of expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we
evaluate our estimates which are based on historical experience and on various
other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
The result of these evaluations forms the basis for making judgments about the
carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported amount of expenses
that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from
these estimates under different assumptions. The following accounting policies
require significant management judgments and estimates:
We
account for our business acquisitions under the purchase method of accounting in
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Codification Topic
805, "Business Combinations." The total cost of acquisitions is allocated to the
underlying net assets, based on their respective estimated fair values. The
excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the tangible net
assets acquired is recorded as intangibles. Determining the fair value of assets
acquired and liabilities assumed requires management's judgment and often
involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including assumptions
with respect to future cash inflows and outflows, discount rates, asset lives,
and market multiples, among other items.
We base
our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we
believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the
basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities
that are not readily apparent from other sources. There can be no assurance that
actual results will not differ from these estimates.
Certain
reclassifications have been made to the prior fiscal year amounts disclosed in
the consolidated financial statements to conform to the presentation for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. These reclassifications had no effect on the
reported net loss or stockholders’ equity.
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19 -
Fiscal Year 2010 Compared to
Fiscal Year 2009
Results
from Operations
Revenues
Revenues
were zero for the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009. Upon
completion of our AuraFuel and AuraCoal plants, we expect to begin
generating revenues. We expect this to occur in
2011.
Cost
of Sales
Cost of
sales was zero for the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
Selling,
general and administrative expenses were $2,241,383 and $197,655 for the years
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The increase in selling,
general and administrative expenses was due to commencing business operations in
China and the hiring of additional employees. We expect this to increase as we
expand our operations.
Interest
Income and Other, Net
Interest
income/(expense) and other, net was $1,098 and $(18,209) in the years ended
March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in expense is
principally due to the reduction in the Company’s indebtedness for the year
ended March 31, 2010 as further described in Note 2 to our Consolidated
Financial Statements appearing elsewhere in this report.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
Net
cash used in operating activities was $826,607 and $202,657 in the years ended
March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The increase was primarily due
to the commencement of operations and stock based compensation.
Net
cash used in investing activities was $125,467 and $2,058 in the years ended
March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The increase was due to the transferring
of all rights and ownership interests in assets relating to the exploration and
development of mineral resources to Mongsource and the purchase of capital
equipment in China.
Net
cash provided by in financing activities was $2,448,644 and $341,465 in 2010 and
2009, respectively. The increase in cash provided by financing
activities was primarily due to approximately $2,600,000 received for the
issuance of common stock and $205,725 received for the issuance of
debt. This was offset by offering costs of approximately
$358,000.
On July
11, 2008, we entered into a Revolving Promissory Note (the “Note”) with
Mongsource USA, LLC, the majority stockholder of the Company.
Through June 11, 2009, Mongsource USA, LLC had advanced us approximately
$475,000. Additionally, on September 6, 2008, we entered into an
Exploration Licenses Transfer Agreement, with Mongsource USA, LLC, under which
Mongsource USA agreed to transfer to the Company three mineral exploration
licenses in Mongolia.
On June
11, 2009, we entered into an agreement with MongSource USA, LLC whereby we
transferred all rights and ownership interests in our assets relating to the
exploration and development of mineral resources which includes all assets of
AuraSourse LLC, a Mongolian subsidiary, in exchange for the forgiveness of the
Note and all amounts due under the Note. We recorded a capital
contribution of $386,578 to additional paid in capital to account for this
agreement.
The Company suffered recurring
losses from operations and has an accumulated deficit of $2,864,811 at March 31,
2010. Currently, we have not generated any revenues and as of March
31, 2010, had a cash balance of approximately $1.6 million. The Company is
seeking various forms of financing. While we believe we have
sufficient cash resources for the next twelve months, in order to meet our
business goals we will need to seek additional funding or enter into strategic
partnerships.
Going Concern
Uncertainties
As of the
date of this annual report, there is doubt regarding our ability to continue as
a going concern as we have not generated sufficient cash flow to fund our
business operations and loan commitments. Our future success and
viability, therefore, are dependent upon our ability to generate capital
financing. The failure to generate sufficient revenues or raise
additional capital may have a material and adverse effect upon the Company and
our shareholders.
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20 -
Capital
Expenditures
We have
not incurred any material capital expenditures for the year ended March 31, 2010
and 2009.
Commitments and Contractual
Obligations
Effective
August 1, 2009, we entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Employment
Agreement”) with Philip Liu, the Company’s CEO. Under the Employment
Agreement, Mr. Liu will receive a base salary of $240,000 per year and a
guaranteed bonus of $40,000 per year. Mr. Liu will be eligible for an
incentive bonus based on his performance. Additionally, Mr. Liu will
receive a car allowance of $500 per month and an office allowance of $500 per
month.
We
currently do not have any other material commitments and contractual
obligations.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
As of
March 31, 2010, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in
Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
Risk.
Not
Applicable
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21 -
Item
8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
AURASOURCE,
INC.
(a
development stage company)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PAGE
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
|
23 | |||
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED March 31, 2010 and
2009
|
||||
Balance
Sheets
|
24 | |||
Statements
of Operations
|
25 | |||
Statements
of Stockholders' Deficit
|
26 | |||
Statements
of Cash Flows
|
27 | |||
Notes
to Consolidated financial statements
|
28-34 |
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22 -
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors
AuraSource, Inc and
Subsidiary
Chandler,
Arizona
We have
audited the consolidated balance sheets of AuraSource, Inc. and Subsidiary, a
development stage company, (the “Company”), as of March 31, 2010 and 2009, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
(deficit) and cash flows for the years then ended. The statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows included in the
cumulative information from inception (March 15, 1990) to March 31, 2008 have
been audited by other auditors whose report is presented separately in the
Company’s 10-K filing. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits 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. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our
opinion, based on our audits, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of
March 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for the years then ended. Further, in our opinion, based on our
audits and the report of other auditors’ as referred to above, the financial
statements fairly present in all material respects, the results of the Company’s
operations and cash flows for the period from inception (March 15, 1990) to
March 31, 2010 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the
consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred significant losses
from operations and has an accumulated deficit of $2,864,811 as of March 31,
2010. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from such uncertainty.
/s/
Goldman Kurland and Mohidin, LLP
Encino,
California
June 29,
2010
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23 -
AURASOURCE,
INC.
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
March
31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,642,006
|
$
|
145,436
|
||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
4,294
|
-
|
||||||
TOTAL
CURRENT ASSETS
|
1,646,300
|
145,436
|
||||||
Fixed
assets, net of accumulated depreciation
|
31,074
|
1,716
|
||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
1,677,374
|
$
|
147,152
|
||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
32,008
|
$
|
10,734
|
||||
Accrued
liabilities
|
30,000
|
-
|
||||||
Accrued
interest payable, related party
|
-
|
10,447
|
||||||
Note
payable, related party
|
-
|
253,965
|
||||||
TOTAL
CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
62,008
|
275,146
|
||||||
Preferred
stock, 10,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding, no
rights or privileges designated
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Common
stock, $.001 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized, 28,262,190 and
20,350,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively.
|
28,262
|
20,350
|
||||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
4,451,915
|
476,182
|
||||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(2,864,811
|
)
|
(624,526
|
)
|
||||
Total
stockholders' equity (deficit)
|
1,615,366
|
(127,994
|
)
|
|||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
$
|
1,677,374
|
$
|
147,152
|
||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
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24 -
AURASOURCE,
INC.
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEARS
ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009
AND
FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 15, 1990 (INCEPTION)
THROUGH
MARCH 31, 2010
2010
|
2009
|
Cumulative
from Inception through March 31, 2010
|
||||||||||
REVENUES
|
||||||||||||
Product
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||
Software
support
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Total
revenues
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
COST
OF SALES
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
GROSS
PROFIT
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
2,241,383
|
197,655
|
2,868,061
|
|||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
2,241,383
|
197,655
|
2,868,061
|
|||||||||
LOSS
FROM OPERATIONS
|
(2,241,383
|
)
|
(197,655
|
)
|
(2,868,061
|
)
|
||||||
Merger
fee, net
|
—
|
—
|
80,000
|
|||||||||
Interest
income/(expense) and other, net
|
1,098
|
(18,209
|
)
|
(76,750
|
)
|
|||||||
NET
(LOSS) APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
$
|
(2,240,285
|
)
|
$
|
(215,864
|
)
|
$
|
(2,864,811
|
)
|
|||
NET
(LOSS) PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK—Basic and diluted
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
||||||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING—Basic and diluted
|
24,253,931
|
14,930,347
|
||||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
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25 -
AURASOURCE,
INC.
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
FOR
THE PERIOD MARCH 15, 1990 (INCEPTION)
THROUGH
MARCH 31, 2010
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
APIC
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at March 15, 1990
|
$
|
40
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
370
|
$
|
(295
|
)
|
$
|
75
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for services
|
352
|
2,424
|
2,424
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquire
oil and gas properties
|
7,000
|
280,000
|
493
|
1
|
82,807,828
|
83,087,829
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
capital contributed
|
22,286
|
22,286
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair
value of salaries donated
|
151,500
|
151,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reclassify
common stock for repurchase obligation
|
(1
|
)
|
(212,500
|
)
|
(212,500
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Rescission
of oil and gas purchase:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock shares not returned in lieu of services
|
(7,000
|
)
|
(280,000
|
)
|
(82,804,200
|
)
|
(83,084,200
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Cancellation
of repurchase obligation
|
1
|
212,500
|
212,500
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of preferred stock for services
|
1,100,000
|
2,200
|
2,200
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock for services
|
27,741
|
28
|
9,972
|
10,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of preferred stock
|
(1,100,000
|
)
|
(2,200
|
)
|
44,874
|
45
|
2,155
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Stockholder
advances contributed as additional paid in capital
|
22,725
|
22,725
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for acquisition of Mobile Nation, Inc.
|
3,520,000
|
3,520
|
31,680
|
35,200
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock for services
|
480,000
|
480
|
4,320
|
4,800
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
returned to treasury
|
(3,520,000
|
)
|
(3,520
|
)
|
(31,680
|
)
|
(35,200
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock for services
|
20,000
|
20
|
1,980
|
2,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
capital contributed
|
600
|
600
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(450,598
|
)
|
(450,598
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
42,231
|
42,231
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2008
|
-
|
573,500
|
574
|
221,960
|
(408,662
|
)
|
(186,128
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares, July 2008
|
19,426,500
|
19,426
|
188,074
|
207,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
compensation
|
300,000
|
300
|
2,791
|
3,091
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of options
|
13,407
|
13,407
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares, March 2009
|
50,000
|
50
|
49,950
|
50,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(215,864
|
)
|
(215,864
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2009
|
-
|
20,350,000
|
20,350
|
476,182
|
(624,526
|
)
|
(127,994
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Capital
contribution
|
386,578
|
386,578
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for services, May 2009
|
1,350,000
|
1,350
|
648,650
|
650,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares, September 2009
|
3,095,000
|
3,095
|
1,545,017
|
1,548,112
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares, October 2009
|
2,084,000
|
2,084
|
1,049,641
|
1,051,725
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for services, November 2009
|
1,100,000
|
1,100
|
448,900
|
450,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for services, March 2010
|
283,190
|
283
|
198,078
|
198,361
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of options
|
56,887
|
56,887
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offering
costs related to share issuance
|
(358,018)
|
(358,018)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(2,240,285)
|
(2,240,285)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
$
|
-
|
28,262,190
|
$
|
28,262
|
$
|
4,451,915
|
$
|
(2,864,811)
|
$
|
1,615,366
|
||||||||||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
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26 -
AURASOURCE,
INC.
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009
AND
FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 15, 1990 (INCEPTION)
THROUGH
MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009
2010
|
2009
|
Cumulative
from Inception to March 31, 2010
|
||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(2,240,285
|
)
|
$
|
(215,864)
|
$
|
(2,864,811
|
)
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Fair
value of salaries donated as capital
|
—
|
—
|
151,500
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
expense
|
5,990
|
342
|
6,332
|
|||||||||
Options
issued for services rendered
|
56,887
|
13,407
|
70,294
|
|||||||||
Stock
issued for services rendered
|
1,298,361
|
3,091
|
1,326,504
|
|||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
|
(4,293)
|
—
|
(4,293
|
)
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
51,724
|
10,735
|
62,459
|
|||||||||
Accrued
interest payable – related parties
|
5,009
|
(14,368
|
)
|
15,456
|
||||||||
Non-refundable
deposits
|
—
|
—
|
(100,000
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(826,607
|
)
|
(202,657
|
)
|
(1,336,559
|
)
|
||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||
Advances
to former stockholders
|
—
|
—
|
(14,018
|
)
|
||||||||
Repayment
of advances from former stockholders
|
—
|
—
|
14,018
|
|||||||||
Advances
from stockholders, net
|
—
|
—
|
22,725
|
|||||||||
Sale
of assets to MongSource, net of cash on hand
|
(90,119
|
)
|
—
|
(90,119
|
)
|
|||||||
Capital
equipment purchases
|
(35,348
|
)
|
(2,058
|
)
|
(37,406
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(125,467
|
)
|
(2,058
|
)
|
(104,800
|
)
|
||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
2,600,937
|
250,000
|
3,144,193
|
|||||||||
Offering
costs
|
(358,018
|
)
|
7,500
|
(350,518
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
proceeds from issuance of note payable
|
205,725
|
253,965
|
459,690
|
|||||||||
Repayment
of debt
|
—
|
(170,000
|
)
|
(170,000
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
2,448,644
|
341,465
|
3,083,365
|
|||||||||
NET
INCREASE IN CASH
|
1,496,570
|
136,750
|
1,642,006
|
|||||||||
CASH,
Beginning of period
|
145,436
|
8,686
|
—
|
|||||||||
CASH,
End of period
|
$
|
1,642,006
|
$
|
145,436
|
$
|
1,642,006
|
2010
|
2009
|
Cumulative
from Inception to March 31, 2010
|
||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH
FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||||||
Cash
paid during the period for:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||
Income
taxes
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Stockholder
advances forgiven and converted to additional paid-in
capital
|
—
|
—
|
22,725
|
NON-CASH
FINANCING ACTIVITY:
Forgiveness
of debt in exchange for all ownership interest in AuraSource, LLC, a
Mongolian subsidiary
|
$
|
386,578
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
386,578
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
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AURASOURCE,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 and 2009
NOTE
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
Current
Operations and Background — AuraSource focuses on clean energy
technology development. AuraSource developed the AuraFuelTM and
AuraCoalTM
processes. AuraSource formed AuraSource Qinzhou Co. Ltd., a WFOE in China to
acquire these types of HCF technologies, performing research and development
related to HCF technology and products based on this technology, licensing HCF
technology to third parties and selling services and products derived from this
technology.
Through
our wholly owned subsidiary, we will conduct operations in China, to perform
research and development related to HCF technology, to sell services and
products related to and licenses for our HCF technology, and to possibly acquire
additional HCF-related technology.
Additionally,
we formed Qinzhou Kai Yu Yuan New Energy Co., Ltd., a joint venture between
AuraSource, Mongolia Energy, and KMIG to build an AuraFuel plant. KMIG provided
the full funding for this plant. AuraSource is providing the project
management expertise and the license for the AuraFuel process. The
joint venture contracted China Shandong Metallurgical Engineering Corp. as EPC
general contractor which will provide a turnkey solution under an initial
operation service contract. The AuraFuel plant will utilize the
AuraFuel process which AuraSource licensed from CCECC. CCECC is a
Chinese governmental division which leads China’s energy and environmental
research and development. AuraSource obtained the license for the Gulf of Tonkin
Economic Region. The AuraFuel process utilizes a low temperature catalytic
process to convert oil shale and low ranking coal into feedstock for the
petrochemical industry.
There can
be no assurance we will be able to carry out our development plans for our HCF
technology, including AuraCoal and AuraFuel. Our ability to pursue this strategy
is subject to the availability of additional capital and further development of
our HCF technology. We will also need to finance the cost of pursuing
a strategy to effectively protect our intellectual property rights in the United
States and abroad where we intend to market our technology and
products.
Going
Concern — The accompanying consolidated financial statements were
prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The
Company has suffered recurring losses from operations since its inception and
has an accumulated deficit of $2,864,811 at March 31, 2010. The
consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the
recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and
classifications of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be
unable to continue its existence. The recovery of the Company’s
assets is dependent upon continued operations of the Company.
In
addition, the Company's recovery is dependent upon future events, the outcome of
which is undetermined. The Company intends to continue to attempt to
raise additional capital, but there can be no certainty that such efforts will
be successful.
Basis of
Presentation and Principles of Consolidation — The accompanying
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US
GAAP”).
Use of
Estimates —The preparation of consolidated financial statements in
conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents — The Company considers investments with original maturities
of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents.
Income
Taxes — The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC
Topic 740. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized to reflect
the estimated future tax effects, calculated at currently effective tax rates,
of future deductible or taxable amounts attributable to events that have been
recognized on a cumulative basis in the financial statements. A valuation
allowance related to a deferred tax asset is recorded when it is more likely
than not that some portion of the deferred tax asset will not be
realized.
Stock-Based
Compensation — The Company recognizes the cost of employee services
received in exchange for an award of equity instruments in the consolidated
financial statements over the period the employee is required to perform the
services in exchange for the award.
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Net Income (Loss)
Per Share — The Company computes basic and diluted net loss per share by
dividing the net loss available to common stockholders for the period by the
weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the
period. Common equivalent shares related to stock options and warrants
were excluded from the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for
the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 because their effect is
anti-dilutive.
Concentration of
Credit Risk — Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company
to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash. The Company
maintains its cash with high credit quality financial institutions; at times,
such balances with any one financial institution may exceed FDIC insured
limits.
Financial
Instruments and Fair Value of Financial Instruments — Our financial
instruments consist of cash and accounts payable. The carrying values
of cash, accounts payable, and notes payable are representative of their fair
values due to their short-term maturities. We measure the fair value of
financial assets and liabilities on a recurring basis. Fair value is defined as
the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a
liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the
measurement date. Fair value measurements are to be considered from the
perspective of a market participant that holds the asset or owes the liability.
We also establish a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize
the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when
measuring fair value.
The
standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair
value:
Level 1:
|
|
Quoted
prices in active markets for identical or similar assets and
liabilities.
|
Level 2:
|
|
Quoted
prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are
not active or observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets
for identical or similar assets and liabilities.
|
Level 3:
|
|
Unobservable
inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are
significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
|
The
carrying amount of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, including
cash and accrued expenses, approximate fair value without being discounted, due
to the short-term maturities during which these amounts are
outstanding.
Reclassifications
— Certain reclassifications were made to the 2009 financial statements to
conform to the 2010 financial presentation
Recently Issued
Accounting Pronouncements —
In
February 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2010-09, "Subsequent Events (Topic
855)—Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements" ("ASU
2010-09"). ASU 2010-09 was issued to change certain guidance in the original
codification and to clarify other portions. All of the amendments in ASU 2010-09
are effective upon issuance of the final ASU 2010-09, except for the use of the
issued date for conduit debt obligors. That amendment is effective for interim
or annual periods ending after June 15, 2010. The Company determined that
this updated guidance has no impact on its consolidated financial position or
results of operations.
In
January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06, "Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures (Topic 820)—Improving Disclosures about Fair Value
Measurements" ("ASU 2010-06"). ASU 2010-06 provides amended disclosure
requirements related to fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 is effective for
interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009,
except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in
the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those
disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is
permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2010-06 with no impact on disclosures.
In
September 2009, the FASB issued updated guidance of Accounting Standards
Codification ("ASC") 605, "Revenue Recognition," for establishing the criteria
for separating consideration in multiple-element arrangements. The updated
guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010
and requires companies allocating the overall consideration to each deliverable
to use an estimated selling price of individual deliverables in the arrangement
in the absence of vendor-specific evidence or other third-party evidence of the
selling price for the deliverables. The updated guidance also provides
additional factors that should be considered when determining whether software
in a tangible product is essential to its functionality. The Company determined
that this updated guidance has no impact on its consolidated financial position
or results of operations.
In August
2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-05, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures
(Topic 820)—Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value an Update 2009-05" ("ASU
2009-05"). ASU 2009-05 amends subtopic 820-10, "Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures—Overall" and provides clarification for the fair value measurement
of liabilities in circumstances where quoted prices for an identical liability
in an active market are not available. ASU 2009-05 is effective for the first
reporting period beginning after issuance. The Company adopted ASU 2009-05 with
no impact on its consolidated financial position or results of
operations.
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Effective
July 1, 2009, the Company adopted the FASB ASC 105, "Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles—Overall" ("ASC 105"). ASC 105 establishes the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification (the "Codification") as the source of
authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by
nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") under authority of federal securities laws are also
sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. All guidance contained in the
Codification carries an equal level of authority. The Codification superseded
all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other
non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature not included in the
Codification is non-authoritative. The FASB will not issue any new standards in
the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions or Emerging Issues Task Force
Abstracts. Instead, it will issue ASUs. The FASB will not consider ASUs as
authoritative in their own right. ASUs will serve only to update the
Codification, provide background information about the guidance and provide the
bases for conclusions on the change(s) in the Codification. References made to
FASB guidance throughout this document have been updated for the
Codification.
In May 2009, the FASB issued ASC 855,
"Subsequent Events" ("ASC 855"). This should not result in significant changes
in the subsequent events that an entity reports. Rather, ASC 855 introduces the
concept of financial statements being available to be issued. Financial
statements are considered available to be issued when they are complete in a
form and format that complies with GAAP and all approvals necessary for issuance
have been obtained. The Company adopted ASC 855 with no impact on its
consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In April
2009, the FASB issued updated guidance of ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurements."
The updated guidance is effective for interim and annual periods ending after
June 15, 2009 and provides guidance on how to determine the fair value of
assets and liabilities in the current economic environment and reemphasizes that
the objective of a fair value measurement remains an exit price. If the Company
were to conclude that there has been a significant decrease in the volume and
level of activity of the asset or liability in relation to normal market
activities, quoted market values may not be representative of fair value and the
Company may conclude that a change in valuation technique or the use of multiple
valuation techniques may be appropriate. The updated guidance modifies the
requirements for recognizing other-than-temporarily impaired debt securities and
revises the existing impairment model for such securities by modifying the
current intent and ability indicator in determining whether a debt security is
other-than-temporarily impaired. The updated guidance also enhances the
disclosure of instruments for both interim and annual periods. The Company
adopted this updated guidance with no impact on its consolidated financial
position or results of operations.
In June
2008, the FASB issued updated guidance of ASC 815, "Derivatives and
Hedging" ("ASC 815"), that is effective for financial statements issued for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within
those fiscal years. Early application is not permitted. The updated guidance
specifies that a contract that would otherwise meet the definition of a
derivative but is both (a) indexed to the Company's own stock and
(b) classified in stockholders' equity in the statement of financial
position would not be considered a derivative financial instrument. The updated
guidance provides a new two-step model to be applied in determining whether a
financial instrument or an embedded feature is indexed to an issuer's own stock
and is able to qualify for the scope exception. The Company determined that this
updated guidance has no impact on its consolidated financial position or results
of operations.
In April 2008, the FASB issued updated
guidance of ASC 350, "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other," removing the requirement
for an entity to consider, when determining the useful life of an acquired
intangible asset, whether the intangible asset can be renewed without
substantial cost or material modifications to the existing terms and conditions
associated with the intangible asset. The intent of the updated guidance is to
improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset
and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the
asset under ASC 805, "Business Combinations," and other U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles. The updated guidance replaces the previous useful-life
assessment criteria with a requirement that an entity considers its own experience in
renewing similar arrangements. This updated guidance applies to all intangible
assets, whether acquired in a business combination or otherwise and shall be
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years and
applied prospectively to intangible assets acquired after the effective date.
The Company determined that this updated guidance has no impact on its
consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued updated guidance of ASC 810, "Consolidation."
This updated guidance establishes accounting and reporting standards for
ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the
amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the
noncontrolling interest, changes in a parent's ownership interest and the
valuation of retained noncontrolling equity investments when a subsidiary is
deconsolidated. The updated guidance also establishes reporting requirements
that provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish
between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling
owners. This updated guidance was effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2008. The Company determined that this updated guidance has no
impact on its consolidated financial position or results of
operations.
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NOTE
2 – NOTE PAYABLE.
On July
8, 2008, all debts and accrued interest were satisfied with C.W. Gilluly and
Affinity Financial Group, Inc. (“AFG”).
On July
11, 2008, we entered into a Revolving Promissory Note (the “Note”) with
Mongsource USA, LLC, the majority stockholder of the Company.
Through June 11, 2009, Mongsource USA, LLC had advanced us approximately
$475,000. Additionally, on September 6, 2008, we entered into an
Exploration Licenses Transfer Agreement, with Mongsource USA, LLC. , under which
Mongsource USA agreed to transfer to the Company three mineral exploration
licenses in Mongolia.
On June
11, 2009, we entered into an agreement with MongSource USA, LLC whereby we
transferred all rights and ownership interests in our assets relating to the
exploration and development of mineral resources which includes all assets of
AuraSourse LLC, a Mongolian subsidiary, in exchange for the forgiveness of the
Note and all amounts due under the Note. We recorded a capital
contribution of $386,578 to account for this agreement.
NOTE
3 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
As
explained in Note 2, on June 11, 2009, we entered into an agreement with
MongSource USA, LLC whereby we transferred all rights and ownership interests in
our assets relating to the exploration and development of mineral resources
which includes all assets of AuraSourse LLC, a Mongolian subsidiary, in exchange
for the forgiveness of the Note and all amounts due under the Note.
NOTE
4 – STOCK ISSUANCE
On May
28, 2009, the BOD granted Mr. Liu 1,000,000 restricted shares for his services
as CEO and President from July 8, 2008 until May 31, 2009. During
such time, Mr. Liu received no other compensation. Additionally, the BOD granted
Mr. Liu, Mr. Kohler and Mr. Stoppenhagen, each a director of the Company,
100,000 shares of restricted stock on May 28, 2009 for their board services
which vests the earlier of two years from date of grant or termination from the
board. The Company recorded stock compensation arising from the
grants of $650,000 during the year ended March 31, 2010.
On
October 22, 2009, the Company completed a private placement to certain
institutional and accredited investors (“Investors”) pursuant to which the
Company sold 5,279,693 shares of the Company’s common stock resulting in gross
proceeds of $2,639,847. The Company intends to use proceeds of the offering for
working capital and to develop a pilot plant in the Gulf of Tonkin Economic and
Development Area which utilizes a low temperature catalytic process to reform
oil shale, asphalt shale and low-ranking coal to hydrocarbon clean fuel products
in a highly-efficient manner. The Company has no material relationship with any
of the institutional and accredited investors participating in the private
placement offering other than in respect of the Subscription
Agreements.
In
connection with the closing of the private placement offering, the Company paid
a commission of $316,781 to Source Capital Group, Inc. as exclusive agents for
the private placement offering and issued to Source Capital Group, Inc. a three
year warrant to purchase 527,969 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $0.55.
On
November 2, 2009, the BOD granted Mr. Liu, Mr. Kohler and Mr. Stoppenhagen
100,000 shares of restricted stock which vests the earlier of two years or
termination from the board. The Company recorded stock compensation
arising from the grants of $150,000 during the year ended March 31,
2010.
On
December 18, 2009, the BOD granted two consultants 800,000 shares of restricted
stock, 600,000 of which vested immediately and 200,000 of which vest quarterly
over three years. The Company recorded stock compensation arising
from the grants of $300,000 during the year ended March 31, 2010.
On March
1, 2010, the BOD granted two consultants 283,000 shares of common
stock. The Company recorded stock compensation arising from the
grants of approximately $198,000 during the year ended March 31,
2010.
NOTE
5 - STOCK OPTIONS
In
January 2009, we granted 60,000 options to purchase shares of our common stock
at an exercise price of $3.50 to members of our BOD. The options vest quarterly
starting January 1, 2009 and expire ten years after the date of grant. We
will record compensation expense of $53,628 in the quarters in which the options
vest. The Company has assumed all stock options issued during the
quarter will vest. Though these expenses will result in a deferred
tax benefit, we have a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax
benefit.
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The
Company adopted the detailed method provided in ASC 718 for calculating the
beginning balance of the additional paid-in capital pool (“APIC pool”) related
to the tax effects of employee stock-based compensation, and to determine the
subsequent impact on the APIC pool and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of
the income tax effects of employee stock-based compensation awards that are
outstanding.
The fair
value of each stock option granted is estimated on the date of the grant using
the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option
pricing model has assumptions for risk free interest rates, dividends, stock
volatility and expected life of an option grant. The risk free
interest rate is based upon market yields for United States Treasury debt
securities at a 7-year constant maturity. Dividend rates are based on
the Company’s dividend history. The stock volatility factor is based
on the last 60 days of market prices prior to the grant date. The
expected life of an option grant is based on management’s
estimate. The fair value of each option grant, as calculated by the
Black-Scholes method, is recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line
basis over the vesting period of each stock option award.
The
following assumptions were used to determine the fair value of stock options
granted using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model:
Dividend
yield
|
0.0
|
%
|
||
Volatility
|
25
|
%
|
||
Average
expected option life
|
5.00
years
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
1.76
|
%
|
The
following table summarizes activity in the Company's stock option grants during
2010:
Number
of
Shares
|
Weighted
Average Price Per Share
|
|||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2009
|
60,000
|
$
|
3.50
|
|||||
Granted
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
60,000
|
$
|
3.50
|
The
following summarizes pricing and term information for options issued to
employees and directors which are outstanding as of March 31, 2010:
Options
Outstanding
|
Options
Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||
Range of Exercise Prices
|
Number
Outstanding at March 31, 2010
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual
Life
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
Exercisable at March 31, 2010
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|||||||||||
$3.50
|
60,000
|
9.75
|
$3.50
|
15,000
|
$3.50
|
NOTE
6 - EARNINGS PER SHARE
The
following table sets forth common stock equivalents (potential common stock) for
the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 that are not included in the loss per
share calculation above because their effect would be anti-dilutive for the
periods indicated:
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Weighted
average common stock equivalents:
|
||||||||
Non-Plan
Stock Options
|
60,000
|
60,000
|
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NOTE
7 - INCOME TAX
The
deferred tax asset for the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 consisted of the
following:
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
$
|
761,670
|
$
|
73,394
|
||||
Less
valuation allowance
|
(761,670
|
)
|
(73,394
|
)
|
||||
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
Management
provided a deferred tax asset valuation allowance equal to the potential benefit
due to the Company’s loss. When the Company demonstrates the ability to generate
taxable income, management will re-evaluate the allowance.
As of
March 31, 2010, the Company has a federal and state net operating loss
carry-forward of approximately $2,456,000 which is available to offset future
taxable income that expires as follows:
Reconciliation
between the provision for income taxes and the expected tax benefit using the
federal statutory rate of 34% for 2010 and 2009 is as follows:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Income
tax benefit at federal statutory rate
|
$
|
587,059
|
$
|
63,215
|
||||
State
income tax benefit, net of effect on federal taxes
|
101,217
|
10,179
|
||||||
(Increase)
in valuation allowance
|
(688,276
|
)
|
(73,394
|
)
|
||||
Income
tax expenses (benefit)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
NOTE
8 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases
—The Company currently is not party to any leases and rent expense for the years
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was zero.
Litigation
— The Company is currently not a party to any legal proceedings.
Employment
Agreement - Effective August 1, 2009, we entered into an Employment
Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Philip Liu, the Company’s
CEO. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Liu will receive a base
salary of $240,000 per year and a guaranteed bonus of $40,000 per
year. Mr. Liu will be eligible for an incentive bonus based on his
performance. Additionally, Mr. Liu will receive a car allowance of
$500 per month and an office allowance of $500 per month. The term of the
contract is from August 1, 2009 to March 31, 2014.
NOTE
9 - CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
We
maintain our cash balances in various financial institutions that from time to
time exceed amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (up to
$250,000, per financial institution as of March 31, 2010). As of March 31, 2010,
our deposits exceeded insured amounts by $751,110. We have not
experienced any losses in such accounts and we believe we are not exposed to any
significant credit risk on cash.
Currently,
we maintain a bank account in China. As of March 31, 2010, we had a
balance of $619,282 in this account. This account is not insured and
we believe is exposed to significant credit risk on cash.
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NOTE
10 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On
July 11, 2008, we entered into a Revolving Promissory Note with Mongsource, our
majority stockholder. Under the terms of the Note, Mongsource agreed to advance
to the Company, from time to time and upon request of the Company, amounts up to
$500,000 during the commitment period, commencing July 11, 2008 and expiring
December 31, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”). The Note accrues interest at 10%. All
advances made under the Note and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon due and
payable on the Expiration Date. The Note included customary default provisions
and provides that all obligations under the Note will accelerate and become
immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of an event of default,
including default in payment, breach by the Company of any material provisions
of the Note, or the commencement and continuation of a bankruptcy proceeding.
The Note provided that upon the occurrence of an event of default, Mongsource
will hold a first credit position on the entire amount owed on the Note,
including the all unpaid principal and interest and interest will continue to
accrue after the event of default at 10% or the legal rate of interest,
whichever is lower.
We paid
Source Capital Group, Inc., a firm affiliated with Mr. John P. Boesel, III, who
is a Senior Vice President and Branch Manager of Source Capital Group, a
commission of $263,985 to Source Capital Group, Inc., $52,797 for unaccountable
expenses and was issued 527,969 three year warrants to purchase 527,969 shares
of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.55. Mr.
Boesel is also a founding investor and director of Mongsource BVI and a member,
manager and founding investor of Mongsource.
On June
11, 2009, we entered into an agreement with MongSource USA, LLC whereby we
transferred all rights and ownership interests in our assets relating to the
exploration and development of mineral resources which includes all assets of
AuraSourse LLC, a Mongolian subsidiary, in exchange for the forgiveness of the
Note and all amounts due under the Note. We recorded a capital contribution of
$386,578 to additional paid in capital as of the result of this
agreement.
Effective
August 1, 2009, we entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Employment
Agreement”) with Philip Liu, the Company’s CEO. Under the Employment
Agreement, Mr. Liu will receive a base salary of $240,000 per year and a
guaranteed bonus of $40,000 per year. Mr. Liu will be eligible for an
incentive bonus based on his performance. Additionally, Mr. Liu will
receive a car allowance of $500 per month and an office allowance of $500 per
month. The term of the contract is from August 1, 2009 to March 31,
2014. For the year ended March 31, 2010, Mr. Liu received $194,667
as
total compensation pursuant to this Employment Agreement.
.
NOTE
11 – SUBSEQUENT EVENT
In
preparing these financial statements, the Company has evaluated events and
transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through June 29, 2010, the
date the financial statements were issued.
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Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure.
Not
applicable
Item
9A(T). Controls and Procedures.
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the
Exchange Act 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 our management,
including our President, who serves as our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
Our
principal executive officer and principal financial officer reviewed and
evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined by Rule 240.13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) of the
Exchange Act Rule 13a-15 as of the end of the period covered by this
report. Based upon this evaluation, our interim President concluded that,
as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures are
effective as of the end of the
fiscal year covered
by this Form 10-K.
(b)
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
The
Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act and for assessing the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting.
Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. In addition, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting to future periods are
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
Management
has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of March 31, 2010. In making its assessment of internal
control over financial reporting, management used the criteria established in
Internal Control — Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. This assessment
included an evaluation of the design of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of those
controls. Based on the results of this assessment, management has
concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was
effective as of March 31, 2010.
This
Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of the
Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over
financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to
attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to
temporary rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only management’s
report in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(c)
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the fourth quarter of the year ended March 31, 2010 that have
materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other Information.
None
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PART
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate
Governance.
Directors
and Executive Officers
The names
and ages of the directors and executive officers of the Company as of March 31,
2010, and their positions with the Company, are as follows:
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Philip
Liu
|
46
|
Chief
Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board
|
Lawrence
Kohler
|
64
|
Secretary
and a Director
|
Eric
Stoppenhagen
|
36
|
Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and a
Director
|
Directors
are elected for a period of one year and until their successors are duly
elected. Executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors.
There are no family relationships between our executive officers and
directors.
Philip Liu
was appointed Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board in
July 2008. Mr. Liu has served as a director of the Company since July 2008. Mr.
Liu has 24 years of experience in international trade, business development,
investment banking and financial services, as well as entrepreneurial ventures.
He has worked both in China and in the United States and has led a number of
entrepreneurial ventures, including two medical device distribution ventures, in
China. Since founding the company in 2005, Mr. Liu has served as the managing
director of Timeway International Ltd, a Hong Kong company. Through Mr. Liu,
Timeway International Ltd. has provided investment banking advisory services to
clients such as BOT Capital, Okay Airways, Rothschild China, Sunray Group, iKang
Group and Arrail Dental. Mr. Liu is also a director of MyOEM Inc., a private
corporation which he co-founded in 2000. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Liu was the Asia
Business Venture Partner of the Phoenix, Arizona based investment-banking firm,
Yee, Desmond, Schroeder & Allan Inc. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Liu worked as a
project manager with China Kanghua Development Corp., one of the Chinese State
Council direct controlled investment firms located in Beijing,
China.. While at China Kanghua Development Corp., Mr. Liu served on
the negotiation team with multinational investment banking firms in a major
industrial joint venture project. From 1987 to 1988, Mr. Liu worked as a project
manager in China Ningbo Import & Export Corp. From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Liu
worked as a research fellow at the Economic Research Institute of Wuhan Iron
& Steel Group under the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry of China. Mr. Liu
was born and raised in China. He graduated from Hubei Business School in 1984,
after he visited the United States as an exchange student. Mr. Liu attended
North Carolina State University and Campbell University (North Carolina) between
1990 and 1993. Mr. Liu obtained a MBA in corporate finance from Campbell
University. Mr. Lui is a resident of Phoenix, Arizona and is a U.S.
Citizen.
Lawrence
Kohler was appointed Secretary in July 2008. He has served as a director
of the Company since July 2008. Mr. Kohler has served as the managing director
of Global Capital Management, LLC, which provides investment planning, since
1998. Mr. Kohler held vice president positions with E.F. Hutton,
Kidder Peabody and Smith Barney. Mr. Kohler founded Capital West Investment
Group, a NASD member broker dealer. Mr. Kohler received a business degree from
Mercyhurst College in 1979. In 2000,
Mr. Kohler declared personal bankruptcy, but we do not believe this impacts Mr.
Kohler’s service to the Company.
Eric
Stoppenhagen was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in July
2008. He has served as a director of the Company since July 2008. Mr.
Stoppenhagen through his consulting company, Venor, Inc., provides financial and
management services to small to medium-sized companies that either are public or
desire to become public. He provides CFO services to these companies, which
includes as transaction advice, preparation of security filings and advice
regarding compliance with corporate governance requirements. Mr.
Stoppenhagen has more than ten years of financial experience having served in an
executive capacity for several public and private companies, including as Vice
President of Finance and subsequently Interim President of Trestle Holdings,
Inc. from 2003 to 2009; Interim President of WoozyFly Inc. from 2009 to 2010;
Interim President of Trist Holdings, Inc. from 2007 to 2010; CFO and Director of
AuraSource, Inc. from 2008 to 2010; President of Catalyst Lighting Group, Inc.
in 2010; and, CFO of Jardinier Corp. from 2007 to 2008. Mr.
Stoppenhagen is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Juris Doctorate and
Masters of Business Administration both from George Washington
University. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance
and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting both from Indiana
University.
All
directors hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Company and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The
Company’s Bylaws provide that the Board of Directors will consist of no less
than three members. Officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of the
Board of Directors.
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Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our executive officers and
directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of
our equity securities, file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with
the SEC. Executive officers, directors and greater-than-ten percent
stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with all Section
16(a) forms they file. During the year ended March 31, 2010, none of
our executive officers, directors and greater-than-ten percent stockholders have
complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements and such individuals intend
to file these reports.
Code
of Ethics
The
Company has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to its principal executive
officers, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or
controller, or persons performing similar functions. A copy of the Company’s
Code of Ethics may be obtained free of charge by contacting the Company at the
address or telephone number listed on the cover page hereof.
Audit
Committee
Although
we are not a “listed company” under SEC rules and are therefore not required to
have an audit committee comprised of independent directors, we have formed an
Audit Committee that is currently comprised of two members: Lawrence Kohler and
Philip Liu, with Mr. Kohler serving as Chairman of the committee.
The Audit
Committee pre-approves the performance of audit and non-audit services by the
Company’s accountants and reviews the Company’s internal control systems,
financial reporting procedures, the general scope of the Company’s annual audit,
the fees charged by the independent accountants, and the fairness of any
proposed transaction between any officer, director or other affiliate of the
Company and the Company. With respect to the foregoing, the Audit Committee
makes recommendations to the full Board and performs such further functions as
may be required or delegated to the Committee by the BOD. The BOD has
adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee. A copy of the Company’s Audit
Committee Charter may be obtained free of charge by contacting the Company at
the address or telephone number listed on the cover page hereof.
Director
Independence
Our BOD
currently consists of three members: Philip Liu, Eric Stoppenhagen, and Lawrence
Kohler.
We do not
have a separately designated compensation or nominating committee of our BOD and
the functions customarily delegated to these committees are performed by our
full BOD. We are not a “listed company” under SEC rules and are
therefore not required to have separate committees comprised of independent
directors. We have, however, determined that Mr. Kohler is
“independent” as that term is defined in Section 5605 of the NASDAQ Listing
Rules as required by the NASDAQ Stock Market.
Item
11. Executive Compensation
The
following table and related footnotes show the compensation paid during the
fiscal years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 and to the Company's executive
officers.
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
Name and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Salary ($)
|
Bonus ($)
|
Stock Awards ($)
|
Option Awards ($)
|
All Other Compensation ($)
|
Total ($)
|
|||||||
Philip
Liu
Chief
Executive Officer
|
2010
2009
|
$160,000
-
|
$26,666
-
|
$600,000
(3)
$1,030(2)
|
$10,750(1)
$1,250(1)
|
$797,416
$1,250
|
||||||||
Eric
Stoppenhagen
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2010
2009
|
-
-
|
-
-
|
$100,000
(3)
$1,030(2)
|
$110,345(4)
$44,500(4)
|
$210,345
$45,530
|
__________________________
(1)
|
Mr.
Liu received $1,250 in 2009 and $2,750 in 2010 as a director for attending
board meetings and $8,000 for car and office allowances.
|
(2)
|
In
September 2008, Mr. Liu and Mr. Stoppenhagen were issued 100,000 shares
for joining the BOD.
|
(3)
|
On
May 28, 2009, the BOD granted Mr. Liu 1,000,000 restricted shares for his
services as an officer of the Company from July 8, 2008 until May 31,
2009. Additionally, on May 28, 2009 the BOD granted Mr. Liu and Mr.
Stoppenhagen 100,000 shares of restricted stock which vests the earlier of
two years from the date of grant or termination from the board for their
service as board members. On November 2, 2009, the BOD granted
Mr. Liu and Mr. Stoppenhagen an additional 100,000 shares of restricted
stock which vests the earlier of two years from the date of grant or
termination from the board for their service as board
members.
|
(4)
|
This
represents amounts paid to Venor, Inc. for Eric Stoppenhagen to provide
financial consulting services at a rate of $175 per hour.
Additionally, Mr. Stoppenhagen received $3,000 for attending board
meetings.
|
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Narrative
Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table
Effective
August 1, 2009, we entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Employment
Agreement”) with Philip Liu, the Company’s CEO. Under the Employment
Agreement, Mr. Liu will receive a base salary of $240,000 per year and a
guaranteed bonus of $40,000 per year. Mr. Liu will be eligible for an
incentive bonus based on his performance. Additionally, Mr. Liu will
receive a car allowance of $500 per month and an office allowance of $500 per
month. The term of the contract is from August 1, 2009 to March 31,
2014. If the
contract is terminated without cause, Mr. Liu shall be paid through March 31,
2014. For the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, Mr. Liu received
$194,667 and zero, respectively. The $194,667 consisted of $160,000
for salary, $26,666 for bonuses, $8,000 for car and office
allowances. Mr. Liu received $1,250 in 2009 and $2,750 in 2010 as a
director for attending board meetings. We recorded a stock
compensation expense of $1,030 in 2009 for 100,000 shares received for joining
the BOD and $600,000 in 2010 for 1,000,000 shares issued for Mr. Liu’s executive
services from July 8, 2008 until May 31, 2009 and 200,000 shares for servicing
on the BOD.
We pay
Mr. Stoppenhagen $175 per hour to provide financial consulting
services. For the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, Mr.
Stoppenhagen received $110,345 and $43,000, respectively. Additionally, we
recorded a compensation expense of $1,030 in 2009 for 100,000 shares received
for joining the BOD and $100,000 in 2010 for 200,000 shares for servicing on the
BOD.
In our fiscal year ending March 31,
2010, the company did not retain outside consultants to provide advice in
relation to executive compensation.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End March 31, 2010
The
following table provides information with respect to stock option and restricted
stock awards held by each of our executive officers as of March 31,
2010.
Option Awards
|
Stock Awards
|
||||||
Name
|
Grant
Date
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options
|
Option
Exercise Price ($)
|
Option
Expiration Date
|
Number
of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not
Vested (#)
|
Market
Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)(2)
|
|
Exercisable(#)
|
Unexercisable(#)(1)
|
||||||
Philip
Liu
|
1/1/2009
|
20,000
|
0
|
$3.50
|
12/31/2019
|
||
Eric
Stoppenhagen
|
1/1/2009
|
20,000
|
0
|
$3.50
|
12/31/2019
|
||
Philip
Liu
|
5/28/2009
|
1,000,000(1)
|
1,250,000
|
||||
Philip
Liu
|
5/28/2009
|
100,000(1)
|
125,000
|
||||
Eric
Stoppenhagen
|
5/28/2009
|
100,000(1)
|
125,000
|
||||
Philip
Liu
|
11/2/2009
|
100,000(1)
|
125,000
|
||||
Eric
Stoppenhagen
|
11/2/2009
|
100,000(1)
|
125,000
|
||||
(1) These
stock option awards vest the earlier of two years from grant date or termination
from the Company.
(2) The
market value of the restricted stock awards is based on the closing market price
of our common stock as of June 28, 2010, which was $1.25 per share.
Options
Exercised and Year-End Option Values
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the value of
unexercised options held by the named executive officer and directors as of
March 31, 2010.
Name
|
Number
of Securities
Underlying
Options
and
Warrants Granted
|
Percent
of Total
Options
and Warrants
Granted
in Fiscal Year
|
Exercise
or Base
Price($/Share)
|
|||||||||
Philip
Liu
|
20,000
|
100
|
%
|
$
|
3.50
|
|||||||
Eric
Stoppenhagen
|
20,000
|
100
|
%
|
$
|
3.50
|
|||||||
Larry
Kohler
|
20,000
|
100
|
%
|
$
|
3.50
|
Aggregated
Option and Warrant Exercises in the Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option
and Warrant Values
The
following table and related footnotes set forth option exercises in 2010 and
year-end option values for the Company's Executive Officers.
Name
|
Shares
Acquired
on
Exercise (#)
|
Value
Realized ($)
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
and
Warrants
at
3/31/2010
|
Value
of Unexercised
In-the-Money
Options
and
Warrants
at
3/31/2010
|
||||||||||||
Philip
Liu
|
0
|
N/A
|
20,000
|
0
|
||||||||||||
Eric
Stoppenhagen
|
0
|
N/A
|
20,000
|
0
|
||||||||||||
Larry
Kohler
|
0
|
N/A
|
20,000
|
0
|
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Compensation
of Directors
The
following table details the total compensation earned by the company’s
non-employee directors in our fiscal year ending March 31, 2010:
Director
Compensation
|
||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Fees
Earned or
Paid
in Cash(1)
($)
|
Option
Awards(2)
($)
|
All
Other Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
||||||||||||
Larry
Kohler
|
$ |
2,750
|
$ |
100,000
|
-
|
$ |
102,750
|
|||||||||
Our BOD
approved a compensation plan for the BOD. Under such plan, current members of
the Company’s BOD including
our employee directors) earn $500 for every meeting attended in person
and $250 for every meeting attended telephonically. Additionally, the Company
will grant each director 20,000 stock options on the first business day of each
calendar year, at the closing market price on the day of grant. At
the end of each fiscal quarter, 5,000 of the 20,000 stock options granted will
vest. The Company will issue new members of the BOD 100,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock on the date of appointment.
Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
and Related Stockholder Matters
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of
our common stock as of June 29,
2010 by (i) each person who " beneficially " owns more than
5% of all outstanding shares of our common stock, (ii) each director and the
executive officer identified above, and (iii) all directors and executive
officers as a group. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the
rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect
to securities. Unless otherwise indicated below, to our knowledge,
the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment
power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to community
property laws where applicable. Shares of our common stock subject to
options and warrants from the Company that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2010 are deemed to be outstanding and to
be beneficially owned by the person holding the options or warrants for the
purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated
as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any
other person.
The
information presented in this table is based on 28,262,190 shares of our common
stock outstanding on June 29, 2010. Unless otherwise indicated, the
address of each of the executive officers and directors and 5% or more
shareholders named below is c/o 1490 South Price Road, Suite
219, Chandler, AZ 85286.
Name
of Beneficial Owner
|
Amount
and Nature of Beneficial Ownership
|
Percentage
Ownership of Common Stock (1)
|
|||||||||
Mongolia
Natural Resource Investment Group
|
9,625,000
|
34.06
|
%
|
||||||||
%
|
|||||||||||
Philip
Liu (2)
|
2,671,275
|
9.45
|
%
|
||||||||
Lawrence
Kohler(2)
|
525,423
|
1.86
|
%
|
||||||||
Eric
Stoppenhagen(2)
|
328,333
|
1.16
|
%
|
||||||||
All
officers and directors
|
|||||||||||
as
a group (three persons)
|
3,525,031
|
12.47
|
%
|
||||||||
13,150,031
|
46.53
|
%
|
|||||||||
(1)
|
The
percent of common stock owned is calculated using the sum of (A) the
number of shares of common stock owned and (B) the number of warrants and
options of the Beneficial Owner that are exercisable within 60 days, as
the numerator, and the sum of (Y) the total number of shares of common
stock outstanding (28,262,190) and the number of warrants and options of
the Beneficial Owner that are exercisable within 60 days, as the
denominator.
|
(2)
|
Officer
and director of the Company.
|
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Equity
Compensation Plan Information
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the Company’s equity
compensation plans as of March 31, 2010.
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 future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
(c)
|
||||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
60,000 | $ | 3.50 | 0 | ||||||||
Total
|
60,000 | $ | 3.50 | 0 |
These
optioned were issued under the board compensation plan. Under the plan each
board member receives 20,000 stock options per year which vest 25% at the end of
each fiscal quarter.
Changes in Control
Arrangements
There
existed no change in control arrangements at March 31, 2010.
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence.
Other
than the employment arrangements described above in “Executive Compensation” and
the transactions described below, since April 1, 2008, there has not been, nor
is there currently proposed, any transaction or series of similar transactions
to which we were or will be a party:
·
|
in
which the amount involved exceeds $120,000;
and
|
·
|
in
which any director, executive officer, shareholder who beneficially owns
5% or more of our common stock or any member of their immediate family had
or will have a direct or indirect material
interest.
|
On July
11, 2008, we entered into a Revolving Promissory Note with Mongsource, our
majority stockholder. Under the terms of the Note, Mongsource agreed to advance
to the Company, from time to time and upon request of the Company, amounts up to
an aggregate of $500,000 during the commitment period, commencing on July 11,
2008 and expiring on June 30, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”). The Note accrues
interest at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, compounded annually. All
advances made under the Note and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon will
become due and payable on the Expiration Date. The Note includes customary
default provisions and provides that all obligations under the Note will
accelerate and become immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of an
event of default, including default in payment, breach by the Company of any
material provisions of the Note, or the commencement and continuation of a
bankruptcy proceeding. The Note provides that upon the occurrence of an event of
default, Mongsource will hold a first credit position on the entire amount owed
on the Note, including the all unpaid principal and interest and interest will
continue to accrue after the event of default at an interest rate of ten percent
(10%) per annum or the legal rate of interest, whichever is lower.
On
September 6, 2008, we entered into an Exploration Licenses Transfer Agreement
(“Mongolia Licenses Transfer Agreement”), with Mongsource USA, our controlling
stockholder, under which Mongsource USA agreed to transfer to the Company three
mineral exploration licenses in Mongolia (“Mongolia Exploration Licenses”) in
exchange for 30,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Mongsource
License Shares”). Under the terms of the Mongolia Licenses Transfer Agreement,
if certain conditions are satisfied and we issue the Mongsource License Shares
to Mongsource USA, then such shares will be held in escrow by the
Company until additional conditions are satisfied, including the issuance of
direct exploration licenses to the Company by the Mongolian governmental
authorities, the satisfactory completion of the Company’s due diligence
investigation, receipt of certain instruments and certificates from governmental
authorities evidencing the Company’s ownership of licenses and exploration
rights and the Company’s receipt of a legal opinion in respect of certain
matters. If any of these and other conditions specified in the Mongolia License
Transfer Agreement is neither satisfied nor waived by the Company, the License
Transfer Agreement will be terminated and the Mongsource License Shares will be
released from escrow and returned to the Company. The agreement also provides
for termination of the Mongolia Licenses Transfer Agreement by either party due
to a breach of the agreement or if the conditions specified therein have not
been either satisfied or waived by the parties by December 31, 2008. As of the
date of this filing, the conditions necessary to transfer the Mongsource License
Shares have not been satisfied.
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On June
11, 2009, we entered into an agreement with MongSource USA, LLC whereby we would
transfer all rights and ownership interests in our assets relating to the
exploration and development of mineral resources which includes all assets of
AuraSourse LLC, a Mongolian subsidiary, in exchange for the forgiveness of the
Note and all amounts due under the Note.
We paid
Source Capital Group, Inc., a firm affiliated with Mr. John P. Boesel, III, who
is a Senior Vice President and Branch Manager of Source Capital Group, a
commission of $263,985 to Source Capital Group, Inc., $52,797 for unaccountable
expenses and was issued 527,969 three year warrants to purchase 527,969 shares
of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.55. Mr.
Boesel is also a founding investor and director of Mongsource BVI and a member,
manager and founding investor of Mongsource.
Effective
August 1, 2009, we entered into an Employment Agreement with Philip Liu, the
Company’s CEO. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Liu will receive a
base salary of $240,000 per year and a guaranteed bonus of $40,000 per
year. Mr. Liu will be eligible for an incentive bonus based on his
performance. Additionally, Mr. Liu will receive a car allowance of
$500 per month and an office allowance of $500 per month. The term of the
contract is from August 1, 2009 to March 31, 2014. For the year ended
March 31, 2010, Mr. Liu received $194,667 under the Employment Agreement.
Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Independent
Public Accountants
The
Company engaged GPKM as its new independent registered public accounting firm as
of July 14, 2008. During The Company’s two most recent fiscal years and the
subsequent interim period through June 17, 2010, neither the Company nor anyone
on its behalf has consulted with GPKM regarding either (i) the application of
accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed;
or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial
statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor oral
advice was provided by GPKM that was an important factor considered by the
Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial
reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement, as
that term is defined in Item 304 (a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related
instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K, or a reportable event, as that term
is defined in Item 304 (a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Audit
Fees
The
aggregate fees billed by GPKM for the audit of the Company’s consolidated
financial statements in the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the reviews of
the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the same fiscal years and statutory and
regulatory filings were $26,500 for 2010 and $16,500 for 2009.
Audit-Related
Fees
There
were no fees billed by GPKM for audit-related services for the years ended March
31, 2010 and 2009.
Tax
Fees
The
aggregate fees billed by GPKM for tax-related services for the years ended March
31, 2010 and 2009 were $900 and zero, respectively.
All
Other Fees
There
were no fees billed by GPKM for other services not described above for the years
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of
Audit and Permissible Non-audit Services of Independent Auditors
The
Board’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services
provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. These services
may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other
services. Pre-approval is generally detailed as to the particular service or
category of services and is generally subject to a specific budget. The
independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to
periodically report to the Board regarding the extent of services provided by
the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this
pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date. The Board may
also pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis. No services were
approved by the Board of Directors in accordance with Item 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of
Regulation S-X.
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The Board
has determined that the rendering of the services other than audit services by
GPKM is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s
independence.
1. Audit
services include audit work performed in the preparation of consolidated
financial statements, as well as work that generally only the independent
auditor can reasonably be expected to provide, including comfort letters,
statutory audits, and attest services and consultation regarding financial
accounting and/or reporting standards.
2. Audit-Related
services are for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to
the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements.
3. Tax
services include all services performed by the independent auditor’s tax
personnel except those services specifically related to the audit of the
consolidated financial statements, and includes fees in the areas of tax
compliance, tax planning, and tax advice.
4. Other Fees
are those associated with products or services not captured in the other
categories.
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PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
(a) Documents
filed as part of this report
1. Financial
Statements.
See Index
to Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
2. Financial Statement
Schedules.
All
financial statement schedules are omitted because the information is
inapplicable or presented in the Notes to Financial Statements.
3. Exhibits. See Item
15(b) below.
(b)
Exhibits. We have filed, or incorporated into this Form 10-K by reference, the
exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits immediately following the
signature page of this Form 10-K.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date:
June 29, 2010
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By:
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/s/
PHILIP LIU
-----------------------------------------------------------
Name:
Philip Liu
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
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Date:
June 29, 2010
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By:
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/s/
ERIC STOPPENHAGEN
-----------------------------------------------------------
Name:
Eric Stoppenhagen
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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The
undersigned directors and officers of AuraSource, Inc. do hereby constitute and
appoint Eric Stoppenhagen with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as
their true and lawful attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts and things in
our name and behalf in our capacities as directors and officer and to execute
any and all instruments for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, which said attorney and agent, may deem necessary or advisable to enable
said corporation to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, in connection with this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including
specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or any
of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all
amendments hereto, and we do hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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.
SIGNATURE
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TITLE
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DATE
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||||
/s/
PHILIP LIU
------------------------------------
Philip
Liu
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Chief
Executive Officer
(
Principal Executive
Officer )
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June
29, 2010
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/s/
ERIC STOPPENHAGEN
------------------------------------
Eric
Stoppenhagen
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Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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June
29, 2010
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/s/
PHILIP LIU
------------------------------------
Philip
Liu
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Chairman
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June
29, 2010
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/s/
ERIC STOPPENHAGEN
-------------------------------------
Eric
Stoppenhagen
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Director
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June
29, 2010
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||||
/s/
LARRY KOHLER
------------------------------------
Larry
Kohler
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Director
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June
29, 2010
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Index
to Exhibits:
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
of Exhibit
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*3.1
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Articles
of Incorporation effective as of November 6, 1998 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Form 10SB12G filed
December 21, 1999)
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*3.2
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Certificate
of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation effective as of August 18,
2008 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Company's
Form 10-Q dated September 30, 2008)
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*3.3
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By-laws
of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the
Company’s Form 10SB12G filed December 21, 1999)
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*10.1
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Share
Purchase Agreement. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of
Company's Form 8-k dated May 20, 2008)
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*10.2
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Revolving
Promissory Note dated July 11, 2008 by and among Mobile Nation, Inc. and
Mongsource USA LLC. . (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of
Company's Form 8-k dated July 8, 2008)
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*10.3
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Compensation
Plan for Members of the Board of Directors (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Company's Form 8-K dated September 12,
2008)**
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*10.4
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Charter
of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Company's Form 10-Q dated September 30,
2008)
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*10.5
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Employment
Agreement between AuraSource, Inc. and Philip Liu dated August 1, 2009
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Company's
Form 8-K dated September 1, 2009)**
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*14.1
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Code
of Business Ethics and Conduct (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 14.1 of Company's Form 10-Q dated September 30,
2008)
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21.1
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List
of subsidiaries
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney. Included on signature page.
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31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) and
15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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31.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) and
15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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32.1
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Certification
of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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* Previously
filed.
** Each
a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed
as an exhibit to this annual report on Form
10-K.