DAYBREAK OIL & GAS, INC. - Quarter Report: 2008 November (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
[
X ]
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
quarterly period ended November 30, 2008
or
[
]
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from ______ to
_______
Commission
File Number: 000-50107
DAYBREAK
OIL AND GAS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
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91-0626366
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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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601
W. Main Ave., Suite 1012, Spokane, WA
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99201
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(509)
232-7674
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. þ Yes ¨ No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ¨ | Accelerated filer ¨ |
Non-accelerated filer ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company þ |
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes þ No
At
January 14, 2009 the registrant had 45,034,299 outstanding shares of $0.001 par
value common stock.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART I – FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
ITEM 1. | Financial Statements |
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Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended November 30, 2008 and 2007 and from March 1, 2005 (Date of Inception of Exploration Stage) to November 30, 2008 – (Unaudited) |
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ITEM 4T. |
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION | ||
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FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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(An
Exploration Stage Company, Date of Inception March 1, 2005)
Balance
Sheets – Unaudited
As
of November 30,
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As
of February 29,
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2008
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2008
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ASSETS
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CURRENT
ASSETS:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 3,870,233 | $ | 214,578 | ||||
Accounts
receivable:
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Oil
and gas sales
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81,540 | 311,277 | ||||||
Joint
interest participants
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275,854 | 502,420 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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- | 20,942 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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4,227,627 | 1,049,217 | ||||||
OIL
AND GAS PROPERTIES, net of accumulated depletion,
depreciation,
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amortization,
and impairment, successful efforts method
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Proved
properties
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- | 64,821 | ||||||
Unproved
properties
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278,939 | 104,700 | ||||||
VEHICLES
AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of $21,142
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and
$13,310 respectively
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10,187 | 18,019 | ||||||
ASSETS
HELD FOR SALE
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- | 1,634,471 | ||||||
JOINT
INTEREST RECEIVABLE - LONG TERM
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361,504 | 500,000 | ||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
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388,756 | 289,809 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 5,267,013 | $ | 3,661,037 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
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Accounts
payable and other accrued liabilities
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$ | 194,855 | $ | 316,253 | ||||
OTHER
LIABILITIES
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Asset
retirement obligation
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31,525 | 119,207 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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226,380 | 435,460 | ||||||
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
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STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY:
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Preferred
stock - 10,000,000 shares authorized, $0.001 par value;
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- | - | ||||||
Series
A Convertible Preferred stock - 2,400,000 shares
authorized,
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$0.001
par value, 6% cumulative dividends; 1,150,465 and
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1,297,465
shares issued and outstanding respectively
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1,151 | 1,298 | ||||||
Common
stock - 200,000,000 shares authorized; $0.001 par value,
44,794,299
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and
44,293,299 shares issued and outstanding respectively
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44,795 | 44,294 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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22,047,556 | 21,980,785 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(736,035 | ) | (736,035 | ) | ||||
Deficit
accumulated during the exploration stage
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(16,316,834 | ) | (18,064,765 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
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5,040,633 | 3,225,577 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
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$ | 5,267,013 | $ | 3,661,037 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial
statements.
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(An
Exploration Stage Company, Date of Inception March 1, 2005)
Statements
of Operations – Unaudited
From
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Inception
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Three
Months Ended,
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Nine
Months Ended,
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Through
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November
30,
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November
30,
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November
30,
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2008
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2007
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2008
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2007
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2008
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REVENUE:
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Oil
and gas sales
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$ | 56,528 | $ | 89,045 | $ | 261,392 | $ | 260,452 | $ | 783,030 | ||||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES:
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Production
costs
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78,158 | 71,451 | 213,101 | 189,317 | 647,881 | |||||||||||||||
Exploration
and drilling
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294,177 | 71,276 | 538,521 | 604,672 | 2,779,895 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation,
depletion, amortization,
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and
impairment expense
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144,801 | 48,616 | 182,000 | 170,525 | 4,913,619 | |||||||||||||||
General
and administrative
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868,413 | 390,082 | 1,719,688 | 1,281,818 | 12,280,176 | |||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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1,385,549 | 581,425 | 2,653,310 | 2,246,332 | 20,621,571 | |||||||||||||||
OPERATING
LOSS
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(1,329,021 | ) | (492,380 | ) | (2,391,918 | ) | (1,985,880 | ) | (19,838,541 | ) | ||||||||||
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE):
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Interest
income
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19,927 | 291 | 27,392 | 37,603 | 182,237 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(3 | ) | (52,612 | ) | (366 | ) | (165,391 | ) | (1,478,415 | ) | ||||||||||
Total
other income (expense)
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19,924 | (52,321 | ) | 27,026 | (127,788 | ) | (1,296,178 | ) | ||||||||||||
LOSS
FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
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(1,309,097 | ) | (544,701 | ) | (2,364,892 | ) | (2,113,668 | ) | (21,134,719 | ) | ||||||||||
DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS:
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Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
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(net
of tax)
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- | (106,902 | ) | 119,382 | (98,917 | ) | 824,444 | |||||||||||||
Gain
from sale of oil and gas properties
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(net
of tax of $ -0-)
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- | - | 3,993,441 | - | 3,993,441 | |||||||||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS)
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(1,309,097 | ) | (651,603 | ) | 1,747,931 | (2,212,585 | ) | (16,316,834 | ) | |||||||||||
Cumulative
convertible preferred stock
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dividend
requirement
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(52,421 | ) | (58,897 | ) | (160,321 | ) | (181,962 | ) | (552,039 | ) | ||||||||||
Deemed
dividend - Beneficial conversion
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feature
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- | - | - | - | (4,199,295 | ) | ||||||||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS) AVAILABLE TO
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COMMON
SHAREHOLDERS
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$ | (1,361,518 | ) | $ | (710,500 | ) | $ | 1,587,610 | $ | (2,394,547 | ) | $ | (21,068,168 | ) | ||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE
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Income
(loss) from continuing operations
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$ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.05 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) | ||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
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- | (0.00 | ) | 0.09 | (0.00 | ) | ||||||||||||||
NET
INCOME ( LOSS) PER COMMON
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SHARE
- Basic and diluted
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$ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.06 | ) | |||||||||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
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COMMON
SHARES OUTSTANDING -
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Basic
and diluted
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44,761,899 | 41,073,017 | 44,631,309 | 41,035,001 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial
statements.
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(An
Exploration Stage Company)
Statement
of Changes in Stockholders' Equity – Unaudited
For
the Period from Inception (March 1, 2005) through November 30, 2008
Deficit
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Series
A Convertible
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Accumulated
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Preferred
Stock
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Common
Stock
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Additional
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During
the
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Paid-In
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Accumulated
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Exploration
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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Capital
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Deficit
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Stage
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Total
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BALANCE,
March 1, 2005 (Exploration
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stage
date of inception)
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- | $ | - | 18,199,419 | $ | 18,199 | $ | 709,997 | $ | (736,035 | ) | $ | - | $ | (7,839 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for:
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Cash
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- | - | 4,400,000 | 4,400 | 1,083,100 | - | - | 1,087,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services
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- | - | 5,352,667 | 5,353 | 3,622,176 | - | - | 3,627,529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas properties
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- | - | 700,000 | 700 | 411,300 | - | - | 412,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of convertible debentures and interest payable
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- | - | 806,135 | 806 | 200,728 | - | - | 201,534 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discount
on convertible notes payable
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- | - | - | - | 1,240,213 | - | - | 1,240,213 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
(Loss)
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- | - | - | - | - | - | (4,472,041 | ) | (4,472,041 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
FEBRUARY 28, 2006
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- | $ | - | 29,458,221 | $ | 29,458 | $ | 7,267,514 | $ | (736,035 | ) | $ | (4,472,041 | ) | $ | 2,088,896 | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for:
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Cash
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- | - | 8,027,206 | 8,027 | 5,180,230 | - | - | 5,188,257 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services
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- | - | 1,270,000 | 1,270 | 2,606,430 | - | - | 2,607,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas properties
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- | - | 222,500 | 223 | 528,527 | - | - | 528,750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of convertible debentures
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- | - | 2,049,303 | 2,049 | 1,022,473 | - | - | 1,024,522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
and cancellation of common stock:
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- | - | (150,000 | ) | (150 | ) | (149,850 | ) | - | - | (150,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of preferred stock for:
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Cash
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1,399,765 | 1,400 | - | - | 3,624,804 | - | - | 3,626,204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discount
on convertible notes payable
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- | - | - | - | 25,000 | - | - | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extension
warrants on convertible notes
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- | - | - | - | 119,283 | - | - | 119,283 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discount
on preferred stock
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- | - | - | - | 4,199,295 | - | - | 4,199,295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deemed
dividend on preferred stock
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- | - | - | - | (4,199,295 | ) | - | - | (4,199,295 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
(Loss)
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- | - | - | - | - | - | (8,392,030 | ) | (8,392,030 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
FEBRUARY 28, 2007
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1,399,765 | $ | 1,400 | 40,877,230 | $ | 40,877 | $ | 20,224,411 | $ | (736,035 | ) | $ | (12,864,071 | ) | $ | 6,666,582 | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for:
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- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
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- | - | 3,062,000 | 3,062 | 728,754 | - | - | 731,816 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services
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- | - | 10,000 | 10 | 4,491 | - | - | 4,501 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of convertible debentures
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- | - | 37,169 | 38 | 27,840 | - | - | 27,878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extension
warrants on convertible notes
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- | - | - | - | 60,973 | - | - | 60,973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of preferred stock
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(102,300 | ) | (102 | ) | 306,900 | 307 | (205 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of goodwill warrants
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934,521 | 934,521 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
(Loss)
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- | - | - | - | - | - | (5,200,694 | ) | (5,200,694 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
FEBRUARY 29, 2008
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1,297,465 | $ | 1,298 | 44,293,299 | $ | 44,294 | $ | 21,980,785 | $ | (736,035 | ) | $ | (18,064,765 | ) | $ | 3,225,577 | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for:
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- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
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- | - | 60,000 | 60 | 14,940 | - | - | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of preferred stock
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(91,000 | ) | (91 | ) | 273,000 | 273 | (182 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
(Loss)
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- | - | - | - | - | - | (397,876 | ) | (397,876 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
MAY 31, 2008
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1,206,465 | $ | 1,207 | 44,626,299 | $ | 44,627 | $ | 21,995,543 | $ | (736,035 | ) | $ | (18,462,641 | ) | $ | 2,842,701 | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for:
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Cash
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- | - | - | - | (300 | ) | - | - | (300 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of preferred stock
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(36,000 | ) | (36 | ) | 108,000 | 108 | (72 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Income
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- | - | - | - | - | - | 3,454,904 | 3,454,904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
AUGUST 31, 2008
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1,170,465 | $ | 1,171 | 44,734,299 | $ | 44,735 | $ | 21,995,171 | $ | (736,035 | ) | $ | (15,007,737 | ) | $ | 6,297,305 | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for:
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Conversion
of preferred stock
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(20,000 | ) | (20 | ) | 60,000 | 60 | (40 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of goodwill warrants
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- | - | - | - | 52,425 | - | - | 52,425 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
(Loss)
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- | - | - | - | - | (1,309,097 | ) | (1,309,097 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
NOVEMBER 30, 2008
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1,150,465 | $ | 1,151 | 44,794,299 | $ | 44,795 | $ | 22,047,556 | $ | (736,035 | ) | $ | (16,316,834 | ) | $ | 5,040,633 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial
statements.
5
(An
Exploration Stage Company, Date of Inception March 1, 2005)
Statements
of Cash Flows - Unaudited
From
Inception
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March
1, 2005
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Nine
Months Ended
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Nine
Months Ended
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Through
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November
30,
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November
30,
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November
30,
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2008
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2007
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2008
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CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Net
Income (Loss)
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$ | 1,747,931 | $ | (2,212,585 | ) | $ | (16,316,834 | ) | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
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used
in operating activities:
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Gain
on sale of oil and gas properties
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(3,993,441 | ) | - | (3,993,441 | ) | |||||||
Common
stock issued for services
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- | 4,500 | 6,239,729 | |||||||||
Depreciation,
depletion, amortization, and
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impairment
expense
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250,121 | 456,596 | 4,981,740 | |||||||||
Exploration
expense - Dry well
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- | 38,458 | 849,753 | |||||||||
Non
cash interest expense and accretion
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- | 147,815 | 1,470,051 | |||||||||
Non
cash interest income
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(3,729 | ) | (19,052 | ) | (60,422 | ) | ||||||
Non
cash general and administrative expense
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52,425 | - | 986,946 | |||||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable - Oil and gas sales
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(163,976 | ) | (44,161 | ) | (475,253 | ) | ||||||
Accounts
receivable - Related party participants
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- | 14,640 | - | |||||||||
Accounts
receivable -Joint interest participants
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382,169 | (134,590 | ) | (1,120,251 | ) | |||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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20,942 | 74,750 | 441 | |||||||||
Accounts
payable and other accrued liabilities
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(87,384 | ) | (599,930 | ) | 715,160 | |||||||
Joint
interest receivable - Long term
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- | - | 500,000 | |||||||||
Other
assets
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- | - | (77,177 | ) | ||||||||
Net
cash (used) in operating activities
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(1,794,942 | ) | (2,273,559 | ) | (6,299,558 | ) | ||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
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Purchase
of reclamation bond
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(100,000 | ) | (250,000 | ) | (375,000 | ) | ||||||
Purchase
of oil and gas properties
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(281,779 | ) | (1,431,872 | ) | (9,197,525 | ) | ||||||
Purchase
of fixed assets
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- | (8,930 | ) | (31,841 | ) | |||||||
Proceeds
from sale of oil and gas properties
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5,812,894 | - | 7,812,894 | |||||||||
Proceeds
(repayments) from note receivable
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- | 800,000 | - | |||||||||
Additions
(deletions) to oil and gas prepayments
|
4,782 | 32,393 | 77,175 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used) in investing activities
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5,435,897 | (858,409 | ) | (1,714,297 | ) | |||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
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Proceeds
from sales of preferred stock, net
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- | (20 | ) | 3,626,204 | ||||||||
Proceeds
from sales of common stock, net
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14,700 | 613,895 | 7,022,273 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from related party notes payable
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- | - | 200,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds
(repayments) from borrowings
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- | (200,000 | ) | 1,035,520 | ||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used) in financing activities
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14,700 | 413,875 | 11,883,997 | |||||||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND
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EQUIVALENTS
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3,655,655 | (2,718,093 | ) | 3,870,142 | ||||||||
CASH
AND EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING
|
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OF
PERIOD
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214,578 | 2,734,170 | 91 | |||||||||
CASH
AND EQUIVALENTS AT END
|
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OF
PERIOD
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$ | 3,870,233 | $ | 16,077 | $ | 3,870,233 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial
statements
6
DAYBREAK
OIL AND GAS, INC.
(An
Exploration Stage Company, Date of Inception March 1, 2005)
Statements
of Cash Flows - Unaudited (Continued)
From
Inception
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March
1, 2005
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Nine
Months Ended
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Nine
Months Ended
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Through
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November
30,
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November
30,
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November
30,
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2008
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2007
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2008
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CASH
PAID FOR:
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Interest
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$ | 366 | $ | 38,325 | $ | 55,462 | ||||||
Income
taxes
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
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Common
stock issued for services
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$ | - | $ | 4,500 | $ | 6,239,729 | ||||||
Common
stock issued for oil and gas properties
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 940,750 | ||||||
Common
stock repurchased and cancelled
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | (150,000 | ) | |||||
Common
stock issued on conversion of convertible
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debentures
and interest
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$ | - | $ | 27,878 | $ | 1,253,934 | ||||||
Discount
on convertible notes payable
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$ | - | $ | 60,973 | $ | 1,326,186 | ||||||
Extension
warrants on convertible notes payable
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 119,283 | ||||||
Conversion
of preferred stock to common stock
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$ | 441 | $ | 175 | $ | 626 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial
statements
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Organization
Daybreak
Oil and Gas, Inc. (the “Company”, “Daybreak”, “we”, “us”, “our”) was originally
incorporated on March 11, 1955 under the laws of the State of Washington as
Daybreak Uranium, Inc. Daybreak was organized to explore for,
acquire, and develop mineral properties in the Western United
States. On May 4, 1964, our shareholders approved a name change to
Daybreak Mines, Inc. On March 1, 2005, Daybreak commenced operations
as an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development
and production of oil and gas. Until we have achieved significant and
sustainable positive cash flow our financial results will be presented as an
exploration stage company. On October 25, 2005, our shareholders
approved a name change to Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited interim financial statements for Daybreak have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America for interim financial information and with the
instructions to Form 10-Q for quarterly reports under Section 13 or 15 (d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange
Act”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and
footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America for complete financial statements.
In the
opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair
presentation have been included and such adjustments are of a normal recurring
nature. Operating results for the nine months ended November 30, 2008
are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the
fiscal year ending February 28, 2009.
The
audited financial statements at February 29, 2008, which are included in
Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-KSB/A to Daybreak’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008, should be read in conjunction with
these financial statements.
Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In
October 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued FASB
Staff Position (“FSP”) FAS 157-3, Determining the Fair Value of a
Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active (FSP FAS 157-3). FSP
FAS 157-3 clarifies the application of FAS 157, Fair Value Measurements, when
a market for that financial asset is inactive. FSP FAS 157-3 became effective
for financial statements upon issuance and its adoption did not have a material
impact on the Company’s operating results, financial position or cash
flows.
In May
2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 162,
The Hierarchy of Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles, (SFAS 162), which identifies a consistent
framework for selecting accounting principles to be used in preparing financial
statements for nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with
United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The current GAAP
hierarchy was criticized due to its complexity, ranking position of FASB
Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts and the fact that it is directed at
auditors rather than entities. SFAS 162 will be effective 60 days following
the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) approval of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) amendments to AU Section 411, The
Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles. The FASB does not expect that SFAS 162 will
result in a change in current practice, and the Company does not believe that
SFAS 162 will have an impact on operating results, financial position or cash
flows.
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In
February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No.
115 (SFAS 159), which permits entities to choose to measure many
financial instruments and certain other items at fair value (the Fair Value
Option). Election of the Fair Value Option is made on an
instrument-by-instrument basis and is irrevocable. At the adoption date,
unrealized gains and losses on financial assets and liabilities for which the
Fair Value Option has been elected would be reported as a cumulative adjustment
to beginning retained earnings. If Daybreak elects the Fair Value
Option for certain financial assets and liabilities, it will report unrealized
gains and losses due to changes in fair value in earnings at each subsequent
reporting date. The provisions of SFAS 159 are effective March 1,
2008 for the Company. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have
any impact on its operating results, financial position or cash
flows.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS
157), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair
value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This
pronouncement applies to other standards that require or permit fair value
measurements. Accordingly, this statement does not require any new
fair value measurement.
In
February 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-2, which delays the effective date of
FAS 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 for all non-financial
assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are recognized or
disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at
least annually). FSP FAS 157-2 is effective for the Company’s fiscal
year beginning March 1, 2009. The adoption of FSP FAS 157-2 is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company’s operating results, financial
position or cash flows.
Exploration
Stage Company
On March
1, 2005 (the inception of exploration stage), Daybreak commenced oil and gas
exploration and development activities. As of November 30, 2008, Daybreak has
not achieved sustainable positive cash flow from its oil and gas
operations. Accordingly, Daybreak’s activities have been accounted
for as those of an “Exploration Stage Enterprise” as set forth in SFAS No. 7,
“Accounting for Development Stage Entities.” Among the disclosures
required by SFAS No. 7 are that Daybreak’s financial statements be identified as
those of an exploration stage company. In addition, the statements of
operations, stockholders equity (deficit) and cash flows are required to
disclose all activity since Daybreak’s date of inception.
Daybreak
will continue to prepare its financial statements and related disclosures in
accordance with SFAS No. 7 until such time that Daybreak’s oil and gas
properties have generated significant and sustainable revenues.
Use
of Estimates
In
preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to
make estimates and assumptions. These estimates
and assumptions may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
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NOTE
2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Cash
equivalents include demand deposits with banks and all highly liquid investments
with original maturities of three months or less.
The
Company routinely maintains balances in financial institutions in excess of the
federally insured amount. Accounts are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000.
Oil
and Gas Properties
Daybreak
uses the successful efforts method of accounting for oil and gas property
acquisition, exploration, development, and production activities. Costs to
acquire mineral interests in oil and gas properties, to drill and equip
exploratory wells that find proved reserves, and to drill and equip development
wells are capitalized as incurred. Costs to drill exploratory wells
that are unsuccessful in finding proved reserves are expensed as
incurred. In addition, the geological and geophysical costs, and
costs of carrying and retaining unproved properties are expensed as
incurred. Costs to operate and maintain wells and field equipment are
expensed as incurred.
Capitalized
proved property acquisition costs are amortized by field using the
unit-of-production method based on proved reserves. Capitalized
exploration well costs and development cost (plus estimated future
dismantlement, surface restoration, and property abandonment costs, net of
equipment salvage values) are amortized in a similar fashion (by field) based on
their proved developed reserves. Support equipment and other property
and equipment are depreciated over their estimated useful lives.
Pursuant
to SFAS No. 144, “Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, the Company
reviews proved oil and natural gas properties and other long-lived assets for
impairment. These reviews are predicated by events and circumstances,
(such as downward revision of the reserve estimates or commodity prices), that
indicate a decline in the recoverability of the carrying value of such
properties. Daybreak estimates the future cash flows expected in
connection with the properties and compares such future cash flows to the
carrying amount of the properties to determine if the carrying amount is
recoverable. When the carrying amounts of the properties exceed their
estimated undiscounted future cash flows, the carrying amounts of the properties
are reduced to their estimated fair value. The factors used to
determine fair value include, but are not limited to, estimates of proved
reserves, future commodity prices, the timing of future production, future
capital expenditures and a risk-adjusted discount rate. For the three
months ended November 30, 2008, the Company recognized an impairment loss on its
proved oil and gas properties of $21,067.
Unproved
oil and gas properties that are individually significant are also periodically
assessed for impairment of value. An impairment loss for unproved oil
and gas properties is recognized at the time of impairment by providing an
impairment allowance. For the three months ended November 30, 2008,
the Company recognized an impairment loss on its unproved oil and gas properties
of $104,701.
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On the
retirement or sale of a partial unit of proved property, the cost is charged to
accumulated depreciation, depletion, and amortization with a resulting gain or
loss recognized in income.
Revenue
Recognition
Daybreak
uses the sales method to account for sales of crude oil and natural
gas. Under this method, revenues are recognized based on actual
volumes of oil and gas sold to purchasers. The volumes sold may
differ from the volumes to which the Company is entitled based on its interests
in the properties. These differences create imbalances, which are
recognized as a liability only when the imbalance exceeds the estimate of
remaining reserves. Daybreak had no significant imbalances as of
November 30, 2008.
Reclamation
Bonds
Included
in other assets at November 30, 2008 is $250,000 paid to U.S. Specialty
Insurance Company to act as surety in pledging a bond to the State of Alabama in
connection with asset retirement obligations for future plugging, abandonment
and site restoration.
Also,
included in other assets at November 30, 2008 is $100,000 held in the form of a
Certificate of Deposit with Bank of America for an Operator bond in the State of
California.
Reclassifications
Certain
accounts in the prior period were reclassified to conform to the current
period’s financial statement presentation.
NOTE
3 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE – JOINT INTEREST PARTICIPANTS
In June
2007, Daybreak, as operator for the drilling and completion of the KSU #59
(formerly Haas-Hirsch No. 1) well, located in the Krotz Springs Field in St.
Landry Parish, Louisiana, sent a notice of default to California Oil & Gas,
Corporation (“COGC”), one of the working interest participants, for delinquency
in meeting their financial commitments in the drilling and completion of the KSU
#59 well. COGC was responsible for twenty-five percent (25%) of the working
interest costs in the KSU #59 well. In January 2008, Daybreak filed
suit in the 19th
Judicial Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, State of Louisiana against COGC for
their default. On November 17, 2008, a hearing was held in which Daybreak
requested a summary judgment against COGC. The request was granted and on
December 9, 2008 a written order for summary judgment against COGC was entered
by the Court. As partial payment of this default, COGC has assigned their
revenue interest in the KSU # 59 to Daybreak until the default is cured. As of
November 30, 2008, Daybreak has received $158,578 representing COGC’s share of
net production revenue less monthly lease operating expenses from May 2007
through October 2008. This amount has been applied against the delinquent
receivable leaving a current balance due of $457,409 as of November 30,
2008. The long-term portion of this receivable is recognized under
Joint interest receivable – long term.
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NOTE
4 — OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES:
Oil and
gas properties at November 30 and February 29, 2008 consisted of the
following:
November
30, 2008
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February
29, 2008
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Proved
leasehold costs
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$ | 302,410 | $ | 299,571 | ||||
Unproved
leasehold costs
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104,701 | 104,700 | ||||||
Costs
of wells and development
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1,732,564 | 1,732,958 | ||||||
Unevaluated
capitalized exploratory well costs
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278,939 | - | ||||||
Capitalized
asset retirement costs
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22,740 | 22,740 | ||||||
2,441,354 | 2,159,969 | |||||||
Less
- Accumulated depletion, depreciation,
amortization and
impairment
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(2,162,415 | ) | (1,990,448 | ) | ||||
Net
Oil and Gas Properties
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$ | 278,939 | $ | 169,521 |
NOTE
5 — DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE
On June
12, 2008 Daybreak completed the sale of its Tuscaloosa project interests for $8
million in cash. The transaction closed in three tranches; the first
closing for $2 million occurred on January 18, 2008; the second closing for
$500,000 occurred on April 30, 2008; the final closing for $5.5 million occurred
on June 12, 2008 and was subject to customary closing
adjustments. The sale includes Daybreak’s interests in the Tensas
Farms et al F-1, F-3, B-1, A-1 and F-2 wells; and all of its remaining acreage
and infrastructure in the project area located in NE Louisiana. Under
terms of the purchase and sale agreement, the effective date of the sale for
each closing was January 1, 2008. The sale of the Tuscaloosa project resulted in
a gain for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 of $3,993,441, net of taxes
of $-0-. Prior period income statement amounts applicable to the
Tuscaloosa project were reclassified and included under Income (Loss) from
discontinued operations while related assets are classified as Assets Held for
Sale in the unaudited balance sheets.
The
following tables present the loss and income for the interim periods shown and
from inception.
Three
Months Ended
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November
30, 2008
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November
30, 2007
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Oil
and gas sales revenues – Tuscaloosa project
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$ | - | $ | 44,425 | ||||
Cost
and expenses
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- | (151,327 | ) | |||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
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$ | - | $ | (106,902 | ) |
Nine
Months Ended
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November
30, 2008
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November
30, 2007
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Oil
and gas sales revenues – Tuscaloosa project
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$ | 234,473 | $ | 396,611 | ||||
Cost
and expenses
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(115,091 | ) | (495,528 | ) | ||||
Income
from discontinued operations
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$ | 119,382 | $ | (98,917 | ) |
From
Inception through
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November
30, 2008
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Oil
and gas sales revenues – Tuscaloosa project
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$ | 1,317,424 | ||
Cost
and expenses
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(492,980 | ) | ||
Income
from discontinued operations
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$ | 824,444 |
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NOTE
6 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Office
Lease
Daybreak
leases offices from Terrence J. Dunne & Associates, a company owned by
Terrence J. Dunne (former Chief Financial Officer, director and current 8.9%
shareholder). This office lease is currently on a month-to-month
basis. On January 1, 2008, the monthly rent was reduced to $1,000 per month
because of a reduction in the square footage being leased.
NOTE
7 – WARRANTS
Warrants
outstanding and exercisable as of November 30, 2008 are:
Exercise
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Remaining
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Exercisable
Warrants
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Description
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Warrants
|
Price
|
Life
(Years)
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Remaining
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Spring
2006 Common Stock Private Placement
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4,013,602 | $ | 2.00 | 2.5 | 4,013,602 | |||||||||||
Placement
Agent Warrants Spring 2006 PP
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802,721 | $ | 0.75 | 4.5 | 802,721 | |||||||||||
Placement
Agent Warrants Spring 2006 PP
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401,361 | $ | 2.00 | 4.5 | 401,361 | |||||||||||
July
2006 Preferred Stock Private Placement
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2,799,530 | $ | 2.00 | 2.75 | 2,799,530 | |||||||||||
Placement
Agent Warrants July 2006 PP
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419,930 | $ | 1.00 | 4.75 | 419,930 | |||||||||||
Convertible
Debenture Term Extension
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150,001 | $ | 2.00 | 3.00 | 150,001 | |||||||||||
Convertible
Debenture 2nd
Term Extension
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112,000 | $ | 0.53 | 0.75 | 112,000 | |||||||||||
Convertible
Debenture 3rd
Term Extension
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90,000 | $ | 0.25 | 1.00 | 90,000 | |||||||||||
Spring
2006 PP Goodwill Warrants
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3,182,934 | $ | 0.65 | 1.25 | 3,182,934 | |||||||||||
July
2006 PP Goodwill Warrants
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1,250,264 | $ | 0.65 | 1.25 | 1,250,264 | |||||||||||
Placement
Agent Warrants January 2008 PP
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39,550 | $ | 0.25 | 2.25 | 39,550 | |||||||||||
13,261,893 | 13,261,893 |
During
the nine months ended November 30, 2008, no warrants were exercised. For the
nine months ended November 30, 2008, there were a total of 312,997 additional
goodwill warrants issued to the participants of the Spring 2006 (184,000
warrants) and the July 2006 (128,997 warrants) private placements. As of
November 30, 2008 and February 29, 2008, there were 13,261,893 and 12,906,346
warrants issued and outstanding respectively. The intrinsic value of
all warrants at November 30, 2008 was $-0-.
NOTE
8 - INCOME TAXES
Reconciliation
between actual tax expense (benefit) and income taxes computed by applying the
U.S. federal income tax rate and state income tax rates to income from
continuing operations before income taxes is as follows:
November
30, 2008
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November
30, 2007
|
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Computed
at U.S. and State statutory rates (40%)
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$ | 699,175 | $ | (624,400 | ) | |||
Permanent
differences
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3,625 | 40,100 | ||||||
Changes
in valuation allowance
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(702,800 | ) | 584,300 | |||||
Total
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$ | - | $ | - |
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Tax
effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the
deferred tax assets and deferred liabilities are presented below:
November
30, 2008
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February
29, 2008
|
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Deferred
tax assets:
|
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Net operating loss
carryforwards
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$ | 3,126,530 | $ | 2,574,000 | ||||
Oil
and gas properties
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469,521 | 1,745,820 | ||||||
Warrant
expense
|
394,778 | 373,808 | ||||||
Less
valuation allowance
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(3,990,829 | ) | (4,693,628 | ) | ||||
Total
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$ | - | $ | - |
At
November 30, 2008, Daybreak had estimated net operating loss carryforwards for
federal and state income tax purposes of approximately $7,816,325 which will
begin to expire, if unused, beginning in 2024. Section 382 Rule will
place annual limitations on Daybreak’s net operating loss (NOL)
carryforward.
The above
estimates are based upon management’s decisions concerning certain elections
which could change the relationship between net income and taxable income.
Management decisions are made annually and could cause the estimates to vary
significantly.
NOTE
9 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Private
Placements
On May
22, 2008, Daybreak closed an unregistered offering of its common stock through a
private placement under the securities transaction exemption Regulation D Rule
506 of the Securities Act of 1933. Shares were offered at $0.25 per
share to “accredited investors” only as defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act of 1933. For the nine months ended November 30, 2008,
a total of 60,000 shares of unregistered common stock were sold directly by the
Company to two investors for $15,000 for the nine months ended November 30,
2008. Net proceeds were used to meet leasehold expenses in California and
general and administrative expenses.
Common
Stock Warrants
For the
nine months ended November 30, 2008, Daybreak issued 312,997 “goodwill” common
stock warrants valued at $52,425 to 15 participants of the Spring 2006 and July
2006 private placement offerings. The warrants were issued as a
goodwill gesture to investors in the private placements due to the inability to
complete the respective registration statements. Each participant
from both the Spring 2006 and the July 2006 private placements was offered one
“goodwill” warrant for every unit that had been purchased in exchange for
waiving their rights under the Registration Rights Agreement (“Waiver
Letter”). The warrants were recognized as a general and
administrative expense for the three months ended November 30, 2008. The
Company had received acceptance letters from 189 or approximately 84% of
the 225 participants from these two private placements as of November 30,
2008. The Company will continue to issue these goodwill warrants upon
receipt of the Waiver Letter from the private placement participants. Regardless
of when they are issued, the warrants will expire on February 14, 2010, have an
exercise price of $0.65 and contain a
cashless exercise provision. The Company has issued 4,433,198
goodwill warrants valued at $986,946 to these investors. The Company
can issue up to a total of 5,413,367 warrants. The warrants were issued at
various dates and were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model
were: a risk free interest rate ranging from 3.7% to 1.47%; a declining term
from two years; a volatility range of 123.65% to 110.63%; and dividend yield of
0.0%.
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NOTE
10 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND
Daybreak
has designated 2,400,000 shares of the authorized 10,000,000 preferred shares as
“Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (Series A Stock), with a $0.001 par
value. During the fiscal year ended February 28, 2007, Daybreak
conducted a private placement sale of the Series A Stock. A total of 1,399,765
shares of Series A Stock were sold in the private placement offering resulting
in $4,199,291 of gross proceeds. Each share of Series A Stock is
convertible into three shares of Daybreak common stock, whenever the shareholder
chooses to convert. As of November 30, 2008, there have been 249,300
shares of Series A Stock converted by 19 shareholders into 747,900 shares of
Daybreak common stock.
A
component of the Series A Stock is a 6% annual cumulative dividend based on the
original purchase price of the shares. The dividends may be paid in
cash or common stock at the discretion of the Company. Accumulations of annual
dividends do not bear interest and are not payable until a dividend is declared
by the Company. Dividends are earned until the Series A Stock is
converted to common stock.
The table
below details the cumulative dividends for each fiscal year and the interim nine
months of the current year:
Fiscal
Period
|
Shareholders
at Period End
|
Accumulated
Dividends
|
||||||
Year
Ended February 28, 2007
|
100
|
$ | 153,966 | |||||
Year
Ended February 29, 2008
|
90
|
237,752 | ||||||
Nine
Months Ended November 30, 2008
|
81
|
160,321 | ||||||
Total
Accumulated Dividends
|
$ | 552,039 |
NOTE
11 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Various
lawsuits, claims and other contingencies arise in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business activities. While the ultimate outcome of the
aforementioned contingencies are not determinable at this time, management
believes that any liability or loss resulting therefrom will not materially
affect the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the
Company.
The
Company, as an owner or lessee and operator of oil and gas properties, is
subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to
discharge of materials into, and protection of, the environment. These laws and
regulations may, among other things, impose liability on the lessee under an oil
and gas lease for the cost of pollution clean-up resulting from operations and
subject the lessee to liability for pollution damages. In some instances, the
Company may be directed to suspend or cease operations in the affected area.
Daybreak maintains insurance coverage,
that is customary in the industry, although Daybreak is not fully insured
against all environmental risks.
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The
Company is not aware of any environmental claims existing as of November 30,
2008. There can be no assurance, however that current regulatory
requirements will not change, or past non-compliance with environmental issues
will not be discovered on the Company’s properties.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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Safe Harbor
Provision
The
following Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) is management’s
assessment of the historical financial and operating results of Daybreak Oil and
Gas, Inc. during the period covered by the financial statements. All
statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this MD&A
report, including statements regarding our current expectations and projections
about future results, intentions, plans and beliefs, business strategy,
performance, prospects and opportunities, are inherently uncertain and are
“forward-looking statements” and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
“forward-looking” statements include, but are not limited to, those
relating to estimated financial results, or expected prices, production volumes,
reserve levels and number of drilling locations, expected drilling plans,
including the timing, category, number, depth, cost and/or success of wells to
be drilled, expected geologic formations or the availability of specific
services or technologies. It is important to note that actual results may
differ materially from the results predicted in any such forward-looking
statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements
involve risk and uncertainty. These risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to: the costs and accidental risks inherent in exploring and
developing new oil and natural gas reserves, the price for which such reserves
and production can be sold, environmental concerns affecting the drilling of oil
and natural gas wells, impairment of oil and gas properties due to depletion or
other causes, the uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of proved
reserves and cash flows, as well as general market conditions, competition and
pricing. For more information about forward-looking statements,
please refer the section labeled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking
Statements”.
Introduction
The
following discussion of our results of operations for the nine month periods
ended November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007 and of our financial condition as
of November 30, 2008, should be read in conjunction with the unaudited financial
statements and notes thereto included in this Form 10-Q and with the Company’s
latest audited financial statements as reported in its Amendment No. 2
on Form 10-KSB/A to its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended February 29, 2008.
We are an
early stage oil and gas exploration company with a limited operating history and
minimal proven reserves, production and cash flow. To date, we have
had limited revenues and have not been able to generate sustainable positive
earnings. Our management cannot provide any assurances that Daybreak
will ever operate profitably. As a result of our limited operating
history, we are more susceptible to the numerous business, investment and
industry risks that have been described in Amendment No. 2 our most recent
report on Form 10-KSB/A to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended February 29, 2008 (Item 1. Description of Business – “Risk
Factors”).
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Plan
of Operation
As an
exploration stage energy company concentrating on oil and gas exploration,
development and production; our expenditures consist primarily of costs of
geological and engineering services, mineral lease acquisition costs,
exploration and drilling costs and travel expenses. Our expenses also
consist of consulting and professional services expenses, compensation, legal
and accounting expenses and general and administrative expenses which we have
incurred in order to address necessary organizational activities.
Our
longer-term success depends on, among many other factors, the acquisition and
drilling of commercial grade oil and gas properties and the prevailing prices of
oil and natural gas. Oil and natural gas prices have been extremely
volatile in recent years and are affected by many factors outside our
control. This volatile nature of the energy markets makes it
difficult to estimate future prices of oil and natural gas; however, any
prolonged period of depressed prices would have a material adverse effect on our
results of operations and financial condition.
Our
operations are focused on identifying and evaluating prospective oil and gas
properties and funding projects that we believe have the potential to produce
oil or gas in commercial quantities. We currently have projects
underway in Alabama, California, Louisiana and Texas. In January
2007, drilling began on the Krotz Springs project in Louisiana. Daybreak was the
operator of record for the drilling and completion phases of this project. In
Alabama, we have been operator of the East Gilbertown Field since June 2007. In
November 2008, drilling operations began on a multi-well program in
California. To date in California, we have drilled three exploratory
wells and are completing one of these wells.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our
working capital and current ratio (current assets divided by current
liabilities) are as follows.
November
30, 2008
|
February
29, 2008
|
|||||||
Current
Assets
|
$ | 4,227,627 | $ | 1,049,217 | ||||
Current
Liabilities
|
194,855 | 316,253 | ||||||
Working
Capital
|
$ | 4,032,772 | $ | 732,964 | ||||
Current
Ratio
|
21.69 | 3.32 |
While
these two ratios are important for financial analysis, other numerous factors
may also affect the liquidity and capital resources of
Daybreak. Working capital increased from $732,964 as of February 29,
2008, to $4,032,772 as of November 30, 2008, an increase of
$3,299,808. This increase was due to the receipt of $5,500,000 on
June 12, 2008, from the third and final closing for the sale of our interest in
the Tuscaloosa project in NE Louisiana.
Cash
Flow Used in Operating Activities
Substantially
all of our cash flow from operating activities is derived from the production of
our oil and gas reserves. In the second quarter of the current fiscal
year, we realized a net gain of $3,993,441
on the sale of our Tuscaloosa asset in Louisiana. Variations in cash
flow from operating activities may impact our level of exploration and
development expenditures.
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Cash flow
used in operating activities for the nine months ended November 30, 2008
decreased by $478,617, or 21.1% as compared to the period ended November 30,
2007. The decrease in operating cash flows was derived primarily from
the gain on the sale of our Tuscaloosa property.
Cash
Flow Provided by Investing Activities
Cash
provided by investing activities increased by $6,294,306, or 733.2%, for the
nine months ended November 30, 2008, when compared to the period ended November
30, 2007. This increase came from the sale of our Tuscaloosa project in
Louisiana for $8 million.
Cash
Flow Provided by Financing Activities
Cash
provided by financing activities decreased by $399,175, or 96.4%, for the nine
months ended November 30, 2008, when compared to the period ended November 30,
2007. There was no financing activity that occurred in the third quarter of the
current fiscal year, whereas we conducted sales of our common stock through
private placements in the third and fourth quarters of the prior fiscal
year.
Our
business is capital intensive. Our ability to grow is dependent upon
our ability to obtain outside capital and generate cash flows from operating
activities to fund our investment activities. At this time, we have
not yet demonstrated the ability to generate significant and sustainable cash
flow from producing wells developed as a result of our prior exploration and
development activities.
A major
source of funds for Daybreak in the past has been through the debt or equity
markets. Since we have currently been unable to establish sustained,
profitable oil and gas operations this may also have to be a source of funds in
the future along with the sale of possible oil and gas assets as deemed
appropriate. Our business model is focused on acquiring exploration
and developmental properties as well as existing production. Our
ability to generate future revenues and operating cash flow will depend on
successful exploration, and/or acquisition of profitable oil and gas producing
properties, which will very likely require us to continue to raise equity or
debt capital from sources outside of the Company.
Daybreak
has ongoing capital commitments to develop certain leases pursuant to their
underlying terms. Failure to meet such ongoing commitments may result
in the loss of the right to participate in future drilling on certain leases or
the loss of the lease itself. These ongoing capital commitments may
also cause us to seek additional capital from sources outside of the
Company. The current uncertainty in the credit and capital markets,
and the potential economic downturn, may restrict our ability to obtain needed
capital.
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Results
of Operations
Since our
future operations will continue to be heavily dependent on our ability to seek
and secure capital from exterior sources, and should we be unable to continue to
find new capital from such sources, any equity investment could become
worthless.
Since our
inception, we have incurred losses from operations with resulting negative cash
flow and have depended on external financing to sustain our
operations. During the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008, we
reported losses from operations of $5.6 million. An operating loss of
$1,329,021 was reported for the three months ended November 30, 2008, as
compared to an operating loss of $492,380 from the same period of the prior
year. This increase of $836,641 in the operating loss was due to: (1)
an increase in exploration and drilling expenses; (2) the additional impairment
of both proved and unproved properties because of lower oil and gas prices and
(3) the timing of some general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses from both
the current and comparative fiscal years.
The
operating loss for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 was $2,391,918, a
20.4% increase over the operating loss of $1,985,880 for the nine months ended
November 30, 2007. The Company has undertaken an aggressive program to control
both production and G&A costs and we anticipate a year end operating loss
that is less than the $5,612,012 operating loss from the prior fiscal year.
There is no assurance that we can ever achieve sustained
profitability. Failure to achieve sustained profitability could cause
any equity investment in the Company to become substantially impaired in
value.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Refer to
Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-KSB/A to Daybreak’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008.
Three
Months Ended November 30, 2008 compared to the Three Months Ended November 30,
2007 - Continuing Operations
The
following discussion compares our results for the three month periods ended
November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007. These results cover our
continuing operations at East Gilbertown Field in Alabama, East Slopes
project in California, Krotz Springs Field project in Louisiana and Saxet Deep
Field in Texas.
Revenues. Our
revenues are derived entirely from the sale of our share of oil and gas
production from our producing wells. We realized our first revenues
from producing wells in August 2006. Prior to that date, we had no
revenues from continuing operations.
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For the
three months ended November 30, 2008, total oil and gas revenues from
continuing operations decreased by $32,517, or 36.5%, compared to the three
months ended November 30, 2007. This decrease in revenue was caused
by lower average oil prices combined with decreased production. Overall
production on a BOE (Barrel of Oil Equivalent) basis decreased by 1,352 barrels
or 51.4% as compared to the same period from the prior year. We recorded
revenues from our interests in 12 producing wells for the three
months ended November 30, 2008. A table of our revenues for the
three months ended November 30, 2008 compared to the three months ended
November 30, 2007 follows:
Quarter
Ended
|
Quarter
Ended
|
|||||||
November
30, 2008
|
November
30, 2007
|
|||||||
Alabama
– East Gilbertown Field
|
$ | 32,017 | $ | 37,740 | ||||
Louisiana
– Krotz Springs Field
|
12,383 | 18,801 | ||||||
Texas
– Saxet Deep Field
|
12,128 | 32,504 | ||||||
Total
Revenues
|
$ | 56,528 | $ | 89,045 |
East
Gilbertown Field is the oldest commercial producing field in Alabama having been
in production since the 1940’s. There are additional opportunities in
at least 11 existing well bores that can be re-entered in potential sands of the
Eutaw zones and Selma Chalk Formations at depths of 2,500 to 3,500
feet. The principal producing zone is the multiple sand horizons in
the Lower Cretaceous Eutaw sands. Production is relatively heavy oil
(approximately 18º API). For the three months ended November 30, 2008, East
Gilbertown Field revenues decreased by $5,723, or 15.2% compared to the three
months ended November 30, 2007. The average sale price for heavy
crude was $56.27, which was $1.96, or 3.4%, lower than for the three months
ended November 30, 2007. Production decreased by 41 barrels, or 6.7%, and this
decrease in production plus lower oil prices accounted for the decrease in
revenue compared with the same period in the prior fiscal year. East
Gilbertown Field revenues represented 56.6% of total revenues from
continuing operations for the three months ended November 30, 2008.
The Krotz
Springs Field project in Louisiana began commercial production in May 2007. The
KSU # 59 (KZU SU; KU No. 59 [formerly Haas-Hirsch #1]) has
hydrocarbon production of both oil and gas. A portion of the raw
gas production from the KSU #59 well is converted into natural gas liquids by
the Field Operator. For the three months ended November 30, 2008,
Krotz Springs Field revenues decreased by $6,418, or 34.1%, compared to the
three months ended November 30, 2007. Higher gas prices were offset
by lower oil prices and a decline in production of 64% on a BOE basis resulting
in lower revenue levels. The production decline was due to both reservoir
depletion in the current productive zone and intermittent production issues. The
average sale price on a BOE basis was $28.02, which was $9.01, or 47.4%, higher
than for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Krotz Springs Field
revenue represented 21.9% of total revenues from continuing operations for the
three months ended November 30, 2008.
The Saxet
Deep Field in Texas has been producing since the 1940’s. The field currently
produces oil and gas from three wells. For the three months ended
November 30, 2008, Saxet Deep Field revenues decreased $20,376, or 62.7%,
compared to the three months ended November 30, 2007. This revenue
decrease was due to an inability to return to prior period production levels
after the wells were shut in for pipeline maintenance. On a BOE
basis, production decreased by 529 barrels or 66.5%, for the three months ended
November 30, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior fiscal
year. The average sale price on a BOE basis was $45.42, which was
$4.06, or 9.8%, higher than for the same period in the prior fiscal year.
Saxet Deep Field revenues represented 21.5% of total revenues from
continuing operations for the three months ended November 30,
2008.
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Costs and
Expenses. Total operating expenses increased by $804,124,
or 138.3%, compared to the three months ended November 30,
2007. Significant increases occurred in the exploration and drilling,
the DD&A and impairment and general and administrative expense categories.
Operating expenses incurred by the Company include production costs associated
directly with the generation of oil and gas revenues, severance taxes; well
workover projects; exploration costs including geological and geophysical costs
as well as leasehold maintenance costs and dry hole expenses; depreciation,
depletion, amortization and impairment of equipment costs, proven reserves and
property costs; and general and administrative expenses, including legal and
accounting expenses, director and management fees, investor relations and travel
expenses. A table of our costs and expenses for the three
months ended November 30, 2008 compared to the three months ended November
30, 2007 follows:
Quarter
Ended
|
Quarter
Ended
|
|||||||
November
30, 2008
|
November
30, 2007
|
|||||||
Production
Costs
|
$ | 78,158 | $ | 71,451 | ||||
Exploration
Costs
|
294,177 | 71,276 | ||||||
Depreciation,
Depletion, Amortization & Impairment
|
144,801 | 48,616 | ||||||
General
& Administrative
|
868,413 | 390,082 | ||||||
Total
Operating Expenses
|
$ | 1,385,549 | $ | 581,425 |
Production
costs increased $6,707, or 9.41%, compared to the three months ended
November 30, 2007. The increase in costs relates directly to the ongoing efforts
to increase production volume in the Saxet Deep Field and
maintain current production levels in East Gilbertown Field. Because of the age
of the equipment in East Gilbertown Field, the production costs, which included
equipment repair and maintenance, increase over time. These costs
represented 5.6% of total operating expenses from continuing operations for
the three months ended November 30, 2008.
Exploration
expenses increased $222,901, or 312.7%, compared to the three months ended
November 30, 2007. This increase relates directly to the dry hole expenses
incurred in the drilling program in the East Slopes project in
California. For the three months ended November 30, 2008, we
drilled three wells including one dry hole compared with no drilling
activity from the same quarter in the prior year. These costs
represented 21.2% of total operating expenses from continuing operations
for the three months ended November 30, 2008.
Depreciation,
depletion, amortization and impairment expenses increased $96,185, or 197.9%,
compared to the three months ended November 30, 2007. This increase
relates directly to the impairment of our unproved properties, the North
Shuteston and Avoyelles Parish projects, which we no longer intend to
participate in developing, and the lower average prices of oil and gas which
caused us to impair the remaining value of our proved properties in the Krotz
Springs Field and Saxet Deep Field. These costs
represented 10.5% of total operating expenses from continuing operations
for the three months ended November 30, 2008.
General
and administrative (“G&A”) costs increased $478,331, or 122.6%, compared to
the three months ended November 30, 2007. Legal costs increased
$56,080, or 553.7%, because of general corporate
matters and responding to SEC comments regarding our Amendment No. 1 on Form
10-KSB/A to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
February 29, 2008. Management compensation increased by $330,203, or
235%, due to one-time charges associated with services provided by both our
former interim President and Chief Executive Officer and our current
President and Chief Executive Officer. Insurance costs increased by $37,645, or
65.6%, because of the timing for the payment of policy renewals. The goodwill
warrants previously described in this 10-Q and valued at $52,425 were recorded
as a part of the third quarter G&A costs. General and
administrative costs represented 62.7% of total operating costs for the
three months ended November 30, 2008.
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Interest
and dividend income increased $19,636, compared to the three months ended
November 30, 2007, due to higher average cash and cash equivalent and marketable
securities balances.
Interest
expense decreased by $52,609, or 99%, compared to the three months ended
November 30, 2007, due to an aggressive program to eliminate existing debt
in the form of convertible debentures.
Due to
the nature of our business, as well as the relative immaturity of our business,
we expect that revenues, as well as all categories of expenses, will continue to
fluctuate substantially quarter to quarter and year to
year. Production costs will fluctuate according to the number and
percentage ownership of producing wells, as well as the amount of revenues being
contributed by such wells. Exploration and drilling expenses will be dependent
upon the amount of capital that we have to invest in future development
projects, as well as the success or failure of such
projects. Likewise, the amount of depreciation, depletion,
amortization expense and impairment costs will depend upon the factors cited
above. General and administrative costs will also fluctuate based on
our current requirements, but will generally tend to increase as we expand the
business operations of the Company.
Alabama
(East Gilbertown Field)
Choctaw
County. In December 2006, we acquired a working interest in
the East Gilbertown Field in Choctaw County, Alabama, an existing oilfield
project. From December 2006 through March 2007, we incrementally
increased our working interest from 2.5% to 12.5% in this project. On
June 1, 2007, we became the operator of the East Gilbertown Field. We plan to
continue to increase production in the field by bringing more non-producing
wellbores back into production and drilling new wells. As of November
30, 2008, we have spent $467,974 in leasehold, production and workover costs
associated with this field. We plan to spend approximately $200,000
in capital repairs and new investments within the field in the next twelve
months based on our current working interest percentage. Because of the current
low prices for oil, we have fully impaired our capitalized cost in this
property.
California
(East Slopes and Expanded AMI Projects)
Kern and
Tulare Counties. In May 2005, we agreed to jointly explore an
area of mutual interest (an “AMI”) in the southeastern part of the San Joaquin
Basin near Bakersfield, California. As our exploration work has
continued; this project has been divided into two major areas referred to as the
“East Slopes” project (Kern County) and the Expanded AMI project (Tulare
County). We and our partners have now jointly leased about 21,575
undeveloped acres in the two AMI’s. Drilling targets are porous and
permeable sandstone reservoirs at depths of 1,200 feet to 4,000
feet.
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East Slopes
Project. In
June 2007, Daybreak and its partners (“Daybreak et al”), entered into a Seismic
Option Farmout Agreement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (“Chevron”), for a seismic and
drilling program in the East Slopes (Kern County) project area.
By contributing 3,658 acres and paying the full cost of a 35
square mile, high resolution, 3-D seismic survey program over the entire acreage
block, referred to herein as the “Seismic Option Area”, Chevron has earned a 50%
working interest in the Seismic Option Area. After paying 50% of the
cost for drilling the first four initial test wells, Daybreak will earn a
25% interest in the Seismic Option Area. Multiple potential drilling
locations have already been identified through the ongoing interpretation
of the seismic data. To date, we have drilled two wells; one
successful well and one dry hole. A completion rig has been scheduled to
begin completion work for the first well in early January 2009. A
third well began drilling in December 2008 and encountered mechanical
difficulties as a result of unexpected geological abnormalities. After
numerous attempts to correct the problems the well was temporarily abandoned.
The well will be re-entered in early 2009 and sidetracked to the
prospective bottom hole location. We plan to spend approximately
$2,000,000 in new capital investments within the AMI covering the Seismic Option
area in the upcoming twelve months.
Expanded
AMI Project. Two
prospect areas to the north of the East Slopes project and outside the Seismic
Option Area have been identified and we are reviewing lands in this area, which
we refer to as the Expanded AMI project area. Daybreak has a 50% of the working
interest in this area, which is not in the Chevron partnered East Slopes project
area. We plan to spend approximately $50,000 in the upcoming twelve months in
the Expanded AMI project areas.
As of
November 30, 2008, we have spent $1,471,494 in drilling, leasehold and geologic
and geophysical costs associated with these two prospect areas.
Louisiana
(Krotz Springs and North Shuteston Projects)
St. Landry
Parish.
The Krotz
Springs Field Project. The Krotz Springs Field project is a deep gas play
with current production from a Cockfield Sands reservoir. Daybreak was the
operator for this project during the drilling and completion phases of this
single well. When production commenced in May of 2007, the unitized field
operator of the Krotz Springs Field became the operator for this well. Total
project drilling and completion costs were approximately $9.2 million. We have a
12.5% working interest in this project, with a net revenue interest of 9.125%.
As of November 30, 2008, we have spent $1.27 million in leasehold, drilling,
completion and production costs associated with this project. In December 2008,
we participated in the installation of a gas lift system in the well to assist
in moving more fluid out of the well bore. The gas lift system should increase
the gas production from the current producing reservoir. We will evaluate other
prospective producing zones once the current reservoir is depleted. Because of
the current low prices for gas and oil, we have fully impaired our capitalized
cost in this property.
The North
Shuteston Project. The North Shuteston Project is an unproved
property located in St. Landry Parish. It is a 3-D seismic objective
supported by a shallow amplitude anomaly at a depth of 2,300
feet. This anomaly is related to Miocene age sand. On
April 23, 2008, we assigned our interest in this project to another oil and gas
company in exchange for a two percent (2.0%) ORRI (overriding royalty interest)
in the revenue from production. Daybreak no longer has a working
interest in this project, and therefore will not incur any more capital
investment costs. We have fully impaired our capitalized costs in
this project.
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Avoyelles
Parish. The Avoyelles Parish project, another unproved
property, is a Cretaceous target positioned beneath an existing oilfield
that has produced over 28 million barrels of oil. The project is
focused on the broad northeast flank of the Cretaceous structure, targeting the
Lower Tuscaloosa Formation and the fractured Lower (Austin)
Chalk. Plans call for a 3-D seismic survey covering about 36 square
miles. This is primarily a deep gas play. Gross project costs
are estimated to be $1,000,000 for land, $3,000,000 for 3-D seismic and
$6,000,000 for drilling the first well. We have jointly acquired leases or
permits on approximately 2,002 gross undeveloped acres within the project.
Daybreak has a 35% working interest in this project. We have no plans
for further capital expenditures within the field in the next twelve months and
are planning to farm-out all or part of our interest in this
project to an industry partner. We have fully impaired our
capitalized costs in this project.
Texas
(Saxet Deep Field)
Nueces
County. In November 2005, we agreed to jointly participate in
a five well re-entry project in the Saxet Deep Field a previously produced
oilfield, on a developed 320 acre lease. The project is located
within the city limits of Corpus Christi, Texas. We currently have a
23.6363% working interest with a 14.25% net revenue interest in this
project.
In May
2006, we completed a workover of the Weil 8-C well in the Saxet Deep Field,
which was placed into production in August 2006. In August and
September 2006, we completed successful workovers on both the Weil 3-C and Weil
7-C wells in the Saxet Deep Field. Two other wells in the field, the
Weil 2-C and the Weil 6-C were re-entered in September and October of 2006 and
are now being used as salt water disposal wells.
As of
November 30, 2008, we have spent $851,695 in leasehold, workover, production,
pipeline and production facility costs associated with this
project.
Daybreak
is evaluating its participation in any further activities in this
field. Because of the current low prices for oil, we have fully
impaired our capitalized cost in this property.
Nine
Months Ended November 30, 2008 compared to the Nine Months Ended November 30,
2007 - Continuing Operations
The
following discussion compares our results for the nine month periods ended
November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007. These results cover our continuing
operations in East Gilbertown Field in Alabama, Krotz Springs Field project in
Louisiana and Saxet Deep Field in Texas.
Revenues. Our
revenues are derived entirely from the sale of our share of oil and gas
production from our producing wells. We realized our first revenues
from producing wells in August 2006. Prior to that date, we had no
revenues from continuing operations.
For the
nine months ended November 30, 2008, total revenues from continuing operations
were relatively unchanged with a $940, or 0.4%, increase from the nine
months ended November 30, 2007. Higher oil and gas prices in the
first part of 2008 accounted for all of this increase as overall production
decreased by 2,325 barrels or 32.1% on a BOE basis. We recorded
revenues from our interests in 12 producing wells for the nine months ended
November 30, 2008. A table of our revenues for the nine months ended
November 30, 2008 compared to the nine months ended November 30, 2007
follows:
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Nine
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||
November
30, 2008
|
November
30, 2007
|
|||||||
Alabama
– East Gilbertown Field
|
$ | 134,177 | $ | 81,499 | ||||
Louisiana
– Krotz Springs Field
|
52,119 | 48,229 | ||||||
Texas
– Saxet Deep Field
|
75,096 | 130,724 | ||||||
Total
Revenues
|
$ | 261,392 | $ | 260,452 |
For the
nine months ended November 30, 2008, East Gilbertown Field revenues increased
$52,678, or 64.6%, compared to the nine months ended November 30,
2007. This increase was due to an increase in production volume of
281 barrels or 18.4%, and higher oil prices. The average sale price
on a BOE basis was $74.13, which was $20.83, or 39%, higher than the same
period in the prior fiscal year. These revenues
represented 51.4% of total revenues from continuing
operations.
For the
nine months ended November 30, 2008, Krotz Springs Field revenues increased
$3,890, or 8.1%, compared to the same nine months ended November 30,
2007. On a BOE basis, production volume decreased 628 barrels or
23.1%, although higher average liquids and oil prices resulted in an overall
increase in revenue over the same period in the prior fiscal
year. The production decline was due to reservoir depletion in the
current productive zone and existing production issues. The average
sale price on a BOE basis was $24.87, which was $7.16, or 40.4%, higher than for
the same period in the prior fiscal year. These revenues represented
19.9% of total revenues from continuing operations.
For the
nine months ended November 30, 2008, Saxet Deep Field revenues decreased
$55,628, or 42.6%, compared to the same nine months ended November 30,
2007. On a BOE basis, production volume decreased 1,977 barrels or
66.4%, compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The
decline in production was due to an inability to resume production at prior
levels once the pipeline maintenance program was completed in the second quarter
of the current fiscal year. The average sale price on a BOE basis was
$75.02, which was $31.12, or 70.9%, higher than the same period in the prior
fiscal year. These revenues represented 28.7% of total revenues from continuing
operations.
Costs and
Expenses. Total operating expenses increased by $406,978, or
18.1%, compared to the nine months ended November 30, 2007. A table of our
costs and expenses for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 compared to the
nine months ended November 30, 2007 follows:
Nine
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||
November
30, 2008
|
November
30, 2007
|
|||||||
Production
Costs
|
$ | 213,101 | $ | 189,317 | ||||
Exploration
Costs
|
538,521 | 604,672 | ||||||
Depreciation,
Depletion, Amortization & Impairment
|
182,000 | 170,525 | ||||||
General
& Administrative
|
1,719,688 | 1,281,818 | ||||||
Total
Operating Expenses
|
$ | 2,653,310 | $ | 2,246,332 |
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Production
costs increased by $23,784, or 12.6%, compared to the same nine months ended
November 30, 2007, even though overall production was down 2,325 barrels or
32.1% on a BOE basis. The increase was primarily caused by continuing
maintenance required in both the East Gilbertown and Saxet Deep
Fields. Production costs represented 8.0% of total operating
expenses for the nine months ended November 30, 2008.
Exploration
expenses decreased $66,151, or 11%, compared to the same nine months ended
November 30, 2007. This decrease relates directly to lower geological
and geophysical costs, and dry hole expenses in comparison to the prior
year. We drilled one dry hole in each of the nine months ended
November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007. These costs
represented 20.3% of total operating expenses from continuing operations
for the nine months ended November 30, 2008.
Depreciation,
depletion, amortization and impairment expenses increased $11,475, or 6.7%,
compared to the same nine months ended November 30, 2007. This
increase related directly to the impairment of the North Shuteston and Avoyelles
Parish properties, which we no longer intend to develop, and the lower price of
oil and gas, which caused us to impair the remaining value of our producing
properties; Gilbertown, Krotz Springs Field and Saxet Deep Field during the nine
months ended November 30, 2008. These costs represented 6.9% of
total operating expenses from continuing operations for the nine months ended
November 30, 2008.
General
and administrative costs increased $437,870, or 34.2%, compared to the same nine
months ended November 30, 2007. Legal costs increased $110,588, or
315.9%, due to work done to improve our corporate governance policies and
procedures, the sale of our Tuscaloosa project in Louisiana, preparation for our
annual meeting and responding to SEC comments about our Amendment No. 1 on Form
10-KSB/A to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
February 29, 2008. Accounting costs decreased $68,323, or 23.8%, as
we implemented improved financial reporting procedures. Management
compensation increased by $254,207, or 57.6%, mainly due to one-time charges
associated with services provided by both our former interim President and Chief
Executive Officer and our current President and Chief Executive
Officer. These general and administrative costs represented
64.8% of total operating costs for the nine months ended November 30,
2008.
Interest
and dividend income decreased $10,211, or 27.2%, compared to the same nine
months ended November 30, 2007, due to lower average cash and marketable
securities balances.
Interest
expense decreased by $165,025, or 99.8% compared to the same nine months ended
November 30, 2007, due to an aggressive program to eliminate existing debt in
the form of convertible debentures.
Due to
the nature of our business, as well as the relative immaturity of our business,
we expect that revenues, as well as all categories of expenses, will continue to
fluctuate substantially quarter to quarter and year to year. The
revenues we receive are extremely sensitive to changes in the market price of
oil and gas. Production costs will fluctuate according to the number and
percentage ownership of producing wells, as well as the amount of revenues being
contributed by such wells. Exploration and drilling expenses will be
dependent upon the amount of capital that we have to invest in future
exploration and development projects, as well as the success or failure of these
projects. Likewise, the amount of depreciation, depletion,
amortization expense and impairment costs will depend upon the factors cited
above. General and administrative costs will also fluctuate based on
our current requirements, but will generally tend to increase as we expand the
business operations of the Company.
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Gain/Loss
on Sales of Property and Equipment
On June
12, 2008, we completed the sale of our Tuscaloosa project interests in
Louisiana for $8 million in cash. The transaction closed in
three tranches, all subject to customary closing adjustments; the first closing
for $2 million occurred on January 18, 2008; the second closing for $500,000
occurred on April 30, 2008; and the final closing for $5.5 million occurred on
June 12, 2008. The sale included Daybreak’s interests in the Tensas
Farms et al F-1, F-3, B-1, A-1 and F-2 wells; and all of its remaining acreage
and infrastructure in the project area. Under terms of the purchase
and sale agreement, the effective date of the sale for each closing was January
1, 2008. We recorded a net gain of $3,993,441 on the sale of this
property. Depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment
expense was $62,118 for the nine months ended November 30, 2008.
Summary
We may
obtain the funds for any future development activities through various methods,
including selling of oil and gas assets, bank debt, issuing of equity or debt
securities or obtaining joint venture partners. Raising additional
funds by issuing common or preferred stock would further dilute our existing
stockholder base. No assurances can be given that we will be able to
obtain any additional financing on favorable terms, if at all.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
As of
November 30, 2008, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements or
relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partners that have been,
or are reasonably likely to have, a material effect on our financial position or
results of operations.
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CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements
in this Form 10-Q which are not historical in nature, including statements of
management’s expectations, intentions, plans and beliefs, are inherently
uncertain and are “forward-looking statements” and are made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Such statements include , but are not limited to, those relating to
estimated financial results, or expected prices, production volumes, reserve
levels and number of drilling locations, expected drilling plans, including the
timing, category, number, depth, cost and/or success of wells to be drilled,
expected geologic formations or the availability of specific services or
technologies. It is important to note that actual results may differ
materially from the results predicted in any such forward-looking statements.
Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements involve risk
and uncertainty. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to: the costs and accidental risks inherent in exploring and developing
new oil and natural gas reserves, the price for which such reserves and
production can be sold, environmental concerns affecting the drilling of oil and
natural gas wells, impairment of oil and gas properties due to depletion or
other causes, the uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of proved
reserves and cash flows, as well as general market conditions, competition and
pricing. For a discussion on risk factors affecting our business, please
see the “Risk Factors” section of our Amendment
No. 2 on our Form 10-KSB/A to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended February 29, 2008. This and all our previously
filed documents are on file at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and can be viewed on our website at
www.daybreakoilandgas.com. Copies of the filings are available from
our corporate office without charge.
Additional
information relating to Daybreak is available on EDGAR at www.edgar-online.com
or our website at www.daybreakoilandgas.com. Our stock is quoted on
the NASDAQ over the counter (OTC.BB) market under the symbol
DBRM.OB.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
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Our
business is impacted by fluctuations in commodity prices (oil and gas) and the
availability of purchasers of our oil and gas production. The following
discussion is intended to identify the nature of these market risks, describe
our strategy for managing such risks, and to quantify the potential effect of
market volatility on our financial condition and results of
operations.
Oil
and Gas Prices
Our
financial condition, results of operations, and capital resources are highly
dependent upon the prevailing market prices of, and demand for, oil and natural
gas. These commodity prices are subject to wide fluctuations and
market uncertainties due to a variety of factors that are beyond our
control. These factors include the level of global demand for
petroleum products, foreign supply of oil and gas, the establishment of and
compliance with production quotas by oil-exporting countries, weather
conditions, the price and availability of alternative fuels, and overall
economic conditions, both foreign and domestic.
We cannot
predict future oil and gas prices with any degree of
certainty. Sustained weakness in oil and gas prices may adversely
affect our financial condition and results of operations, and may also reduce
the amount of net oil and gas reserves that we can produce
economically. Any reduction in reserves, including reductions due to
price fluctuations, can adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to obtain
capital for our exploration and development activities. Similarly,
any improvements in oil and gas prices can have a favorable impact on our
financial condition, results of operations and capital resources.
Significant
Customers
At each
of our property locations in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, we have oil and gas
sales contracts with one dominant purchaser in each respective area for each
product. Due to the scarcity of distribution pipelines or
distributors, we do not have many options for choosing to whom we will sell our
oil and gas. If these purchasers are unable to resell their products
or if they lose a significant sales contract, we may incur difficulties in
selling our oil and gas.
As of
November 30, 2008, five customers represented 100% of crude oil and natural gas
sales receivable from all projects in aggregate.
In
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 (“SFAS
131”), a table disclosing the total amount of revenues from each major customer
by product type follows:
For
the nine months ended November 30, 2008
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For
the nine months ended November 30, 2007
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Project
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Location
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Product
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Customer
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Revenue
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Percentage
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Revenue
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Percentage
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Gilbertown
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Alabama
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Oil
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Hunt
Crude Oil Supply
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$ | 134,177 | 51 | % | $ | 81,499 | 12 | % | ||||||||
Saxet
Field
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Texas
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Gas
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Gulf
Coast Gas Gathering
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70,202 | 27 | % | 120,490 | 18 | % |
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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(a) Evaluation of
Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
As of the
end of the reporting period, November 30, 2008, an evaluation was conducted by
Daybreak management as to the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Such disclosure controls
and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by a company in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within required time periods specified by the
Securities & Exchange Commission rules and forms. Additionally,
it is vital that such information is accumulated and communicated to our
management in a manner to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Based
upon that evaluation, our management concluded that our disclosure controls were
effective as of November 30, 2008.
(b) Changes in
Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
In
December 2008, the audit committee of the board of directors of Daybreak
determined that it was necessary to restate its financial statements for the
fiscal year ended February 29, 2008, included in our Annual Report as filed on
Form 10-KSB filed on May 27, 2008 (the “Restated Period”).
This
determination was made after consideration was given to a series of comments
made by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
regarding certain financial valuation and disclosure items in our Amendment No.
1 on Form 10-KSB/A to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
February 29, 2008. In response to comments and a review by the SEC,
the Company determined that it should follow the guidance of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R (“FAS 123R”) Share-Based Payment and FSP
EITF 00-19-2 Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements in its accounting
treatment of warrants offered by the Company in February 2008 to participants of
certain private placement offerings (the “Warrants”) and recognize a non-cash
expense for the recordable valuation of the Warrants. The Warrants
were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and were accounted for
as a $934,521 increase to the net loss on the Statement of Operations for the
fiscal year ended February 29, 2008.
Because
of the restatement described above, we have concluded that, as of November 30,
2008, the Company had a material weakness in its internal controls over
financial reporting, as defined in the standards established by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board. To address this material
weakness, we have developed an additional level of authoritative accounting
resource and review to be used in the recognition of extraordinary non-cash
transactions. We believe these revised controls operated effectively
during the preparation of our interim financial statements for the period ended
November 30, 2008, and that the material weakness has been
remediated.
Other
than the change described above, which occurred subsequent to the end of the
most recently completed fiscal quarter, there have not been any changes in our
internal control over financial reporting during the most recently completed
fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
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(c) Limitations.
Our
management does not expect that our disclosure controls or internal controls
over financial reporting will prevent all errors or all instances of
fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated,
can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s
objectives will be met.
Further,
the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource
constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their
costs.
Because
of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls
can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud,
if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent
limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be
faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or
mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of
some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of
the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part
upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and any design
may not succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future
conditions.
Over
time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or
deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or
procedures. Because of the inherent limitation of a cost-effective
control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be
detected.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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In a
lawsuit filed on January 12, 2008, in East Baton Rouge Parish, State of
Louisiana, entitled, “Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. v. California Oil & Gas
Corporation, Suit No. 562933, Section 24, 19th
Judicial District Court,” Daybreak sought judgment for the full balance of
$587,465 owed under a joint operating agreement for the Krotz Springs Field
project, together with legal interest thereon from the date of judicial demand
until paid, for reasonable attorney fees on both principal and interest, and all
costs of the proceedings.
Under the
Krotz Springs Field joint operating agreement, California Oil & Gas
Corporation (“COGC”) was responsible for twenty-five percent (25%) of the
working interest costs of the drilling and completion of the KSU # 59 ( formerly
Haas-Hirsch #1) well in the Krotz Springs Field project. As part of
the drilling and completion of the KSU # 59 well, Daybreak incurred certain
costs and expenses on behalf of the various working interests associated with
the well. COGC was periodically sent invoices for its 25% share of
these costs. COGC has made partial payments pursuant to these
periodic invoices, but has not made full payment.
As a
result, Daybreak has instituted this lawsuit. Service of this lawsuit
was perfected on COGC in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. On November 17,
2008, a hearing was held in which Daybreak requested a summary judgment against
COGC. The request was granted and on December 9, 2008, a written order for
summary judgment against COGC was entered by the court. We are currently in
discussions with COGC to determine how the summary judgment will be
satisfied.
In
partial payment of its amounts owed, COGC has assigned its revenue interest in
the production revenue from the KSU #59 well to Daybreak. As of
November 30, 2008, Daybreak has received $158,578 in net production revenue less
monthly lease operating expenses for the months of May 2007 through September
2008. These funds have been applied against the delinquent receivable
balance leaving an outstanding balance of $ 457,409 as of November 30,
2008.
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EXHIBITS
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The
following Exhibits are filed as part of the report:
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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31.1
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32.1
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Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ JAMES F. WESTMORELAND | |
James F. Westmoreland, its | |||
President, Chief Executive Officer and interim principal finance and accounting officer | |||
Date: January 14, 2009 |
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