FlexShopper, Inc. - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from ____ to ___
Commission File
Number: 0-52589
ANCHOR
FUNDING
SERIVCES, INC.
Delaware |
20-545-6087
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(State of jurisdiction of |
(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation or organization) |
Identification
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10801 Johnston Road, Suite 210 | |
Charlotte,
North Carolina
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28226
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:(866)
950-6669
Securities registered
pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act: Common Stock, $.001
Par Value
Check
whether the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act. [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required
to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes X
. No ___.
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be
contained, to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K [X].
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company as
defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act: smaller reporting company
[X].
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by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes [ ] No [X]
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Issuer’s revenues for its most recent fiscal year: $1,252,476.
As of
March 25, 2009, the number of shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates was
approximately 12,940,378 shares. No market value is being supplied for the value
of the shares held by non-affiliates since trading in our Common Stock is
limited and such information would not be meaningful.
The
number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s Common Stock, as of March 25,
2009, was 12,940,378. The Registrant also has outstanding 1,314,369 shares of
Series 1 Preferred Stock convertible into 6,571,845 shares of Common
Stock.
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
We
believe this annual report contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs
and assumptions of our management, based on information currently available to
our management. When we use words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,”
“intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “should,” “likely” or similar expressions, we
are making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include
information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations set
forth under “Business” and/or “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.”
Forward-looking
statements reflect only our current expectations. We may not update these
forward-looking statements, even though our situation may change in the future.
In any forward-looking statement, where we express an expectation or belief as
to future results or events, such expectation or belief is expressed in good
faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance
that the statement of expectation or belief will be achieved or accomplished.
Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from
those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements due to a
number of uncertainties, many of which are unforeseen, including:
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the
timing and success of our acquisition strategy;
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the
timing and success of expanding our market presence in our
current locations, successfully entering into new markets, adding new
services and integrating acquired businesses;
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the
timing, magnitude and terms of a revised credit facility to accommodate
our growth;
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competition
within our industry; and
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the
availability of additional capital on terms acceptable to
us.
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In
addition, you should refer to the “Risk Factors” section of this Form 10-K under
Item 1 for a discussion of other factors that may cause our actual results to
differ materially from those implied by our forward-looking statements. As a
result of these factors, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking
statements in this Registration Statement will prove to be accurate.
Furthermore, if our forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the
inaccuracy may be material. In light of the significant uncertainties in these
forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a
representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our
objectives and plans in any specified time frame, if at all. Accordingly, you
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements.
We
qualify all the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-K by the
foregoing cautionary statements.
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PART
I
Item
1. Business
Corporate
Structure
Anchor
Funding Services, Inc. (formerly BTHC XI, Inc.) was originally organized in the
State of Texas as BTHC XI LLC. On September 29, 2004, BTHC XI LLC and its sister
companies filed an amended petition under Chapter 11 of the United States
Bankruptcy Code. On November 29, 2004, the court approved BTHC XI LLC’s Amended
Plan of Reorganization. On August 16, 2006, and in accordance with its Amended
Plan of Reorganization, BTHC XI LLC changed its state of organization from Texas
to Delaware by merging with and into BTHC XI, Inc., a Delaware corporation
formed solely for the purpose of effecting the reincorporation.
Anchor
Funding Services LLC, a limited liability company, was originally formed under
the laws of the State of South Carolina in January 2003 and later reorganized
under the laws of the State of North Carolina on August 29, 2005. Anchor Funding
Services, LLC was formed for the purposes of providing factoring and back office
services to businesses located in the United States and Canada. On
January 31, 2007, the former BTHC XI, Inc. and certain principal
stockholders entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Securities
Agreement”) with Anchor Funding Services, LLC and its members for Anchor Funding
Services, LLC to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the former BTHC XI, Inc. in
exchange for 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock of BTHC XI, Inc. (the
“Exchange”).
At the
time of the Exchange, the former BTHC XI, Inc. had limited operations and
limited assets or liabilities. Because the members of Anchor Funding Services,
LLC exchanged their equity ownership interests for an aggregate 67.7% equity
ownership interest in the former BTHC XI, Inc. (computed immediately after the
completion of the Exchange and before the consummation of a financing), this
transaction was for accounting purposes, treated as if Anchor Funding Services,
LLC was the surviving entity, as if a merger occurred between the parties.
Accordingly, for the periods prior to the Exchange, our consolidated financial
statements are based upon the consolidated financial position, results of
operations and cash flows of Anchor Funding Services LLC. The assets,
liabilities, operations and cash flows of the former BTHC XI, Inc. are included
in our consolidated financial statements from January 31, 2007, the effective
date of the Exchange, onward.
On April
4, 2007, the former BTHC XI, Inc. changed its corporate name to Anchor Funding
Services, Inc., which is currently a holding corporation for its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Anchor Funding Services, LLC. Except as otherwise provided in this
Form 10-K, unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Form 10-K
to the “Company,” “Anchor,” “we,” “us” and “our” refers collectively to the
consolidated business and operations of Anchor Funding Services, Inc. and its
wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Anchor Funding Services LLC.
Business
Overview
Our
business objective is to create a well-recognized, national financial services
firm for small businesses providing accounts receivable funding (factoring),
outsourcing of accounts receivable management including collections and the risk
of customer default and other specialty finance products including, but not
limited to trade finance and government contract funding. For certain service
businesses, Anchor also provides back office support including payroll, payroll
tax compliance and invoice processing services. We provide our services to
clients nationwide and may expand our services internationally in the future. We
plan to achieve our growth objectives as described below through a combination
of strategic and add-on acquisitions of other factoring and related specialty
finance firms that serve small businesses in the United States and Canada and
internal growth through mass media marketing initiatives. Our principal
operations are located in Charlotte, North Carolina and we maintain an executive
office in Boca Raton, Florida which includes its sales and marketing
functions.
Factoring
is the purchase of a company’s accounts receivable, which provide businesses
with critical working capital so they can meet their operational costs and
obligations while waiting to receive payment from their customers. Factoring
services also provide businesses with credit and accounts receivable management
services. Typically, these businesses do not have adequate resources to manage
internally their credit and accounts receivable functions. Factoring services
are typically a non-recourse arrangement whereby the factor takes the entire
credit risk if the customer does not pay due to insolvency for any period of
time or on a partial non-recourse basis where the factor takes the credit risk
for a period of time, which could be 30 to 90 days after the factor purchases an
account receivable such that if a client’s customer becomes insolvent during
this specific period of time, the factor bears the loss. Under partial
non-recourse factoring, after a specific period of time, if the accounts
receivable invoice is not collected, the client is required to purchase the
accounts receivable invoice back from Anchor. We typically advance our clients
75% to 95% of the face value of invoices that we approve in advance on a partial
non-recourse basis and pay them the difference less our fees when the invoice is
collected. For our year ended December 31, 2008, our fees for services averaged
approximately 3.3% of the invoice value and are tiered such that the longer it
takes us to collect on the accounts receivable invoice, the greater our fee.
Since our inception, Anchor has incurred minimal credit losses. The Company
incurred approximately $41,000 and $31,000 in 2008 and 2007, respectively. We
offer a full-non-recourse factoring product to independent truckers and trucking
companies through our transportation funding division, TruckerFunds.com.
TruckerFunds.com focuses on buying freight bills from independent, owner
operators of trucks and small fleets with less than six trucks. We typically
advance our trucking clients 90% to 95% of the invoices that we approve in
advance on a non-recourse basis and pay them the difference less our fees when
the invoice is collected.
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A summary
of some of the advantages of factoring for a small business is as
follows:
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Faster
application process since factoring is focused on credit worthiness of the
accounts receivable as security and not the financial performance of the
company;
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Unlimited
funding based on “eligible” and “credit worthy” accounts receivable;
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No
financial covenants.
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We offer
our services nationwide to any type of business where we can verify and
substantiate an accounts receivable invoice for delivery of a product or
performance of a service. Examples of current clients include a commercial
janitorial company, transportation company, medical staffing firm, IT consulting
company and a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Current clients range in size from
start-up to $10million in annual sales. Geographically, our five largest
customers that account for approximately 37.2% of our accounts receivable
portfolio at December 31, 2008 are located in the states of California,
Virginia, New Jersey and New York. We believe that this market is under served
by banks and other funding institutions that find many of these companies not
“bankable” because of their size, limited operating history, thin
capitalization, seasonality patterns or poor, inconsistent financial
performance. Anchor’s focus is providing funding based on the quality of our
clients’ customers’ ability to pay and the validity of the account receivable
invoice. Anchor utilizes credit and verification processes to assist in assuring
that customers are creditworthy and invoices are valid. We secure our funding by
having a senior first lien on all clients’ accounts receivable and other
tangible and intangible assets. We also often obtain personal and validity
guarantees from our clients’ owners.
GROWTH
OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES
Our
strategy is to become a nationally recognized brand for accounts receivable
funding and other related financial services for small businesses. This
expansion is expected to be accomplished with media marketing campaigns
targeting small businesses and through accretive acquisitions of competitive
firms and add-on purchases which broaden our mix of services, brands, customers
and geographic and economic diversity. Our focus is to increase revenues and
profits, through a combination of internal growth and acquisitions, primarily
within our core disciplines and expansion into new service offerings. The key
elements to our acquisition growth strategy include the following:
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Acquire companies that
provide factoring services to small businesses. Our primary
strategy is to increase revenues and profitability by acquiring the
accounts receivable portfolios and possibly the business development and
management teams of other local and regional factoring firms, primarily
firms in the United States with revenues of generally less than $10
million. Significant operating leverage and reduced costs are achieved by
consolidating back office support functions. Increased revenues across a
larger accounts receivable portfolio is anticipated to lead to lower costs
of capital, which may enhance profitability.. We intend to evaluate
acquisitions using numerous criteria including historical financial
performance, management strength, service quality, diversification of
customer base and operating characteristics. Our senior management team
has prior experience in other service industries in identifying and
evaluating attractive acquisition targets and integrating acquired
businesses. As of the filing date of this Form 10-K, we have not entered
into any definitive agreements to complete any mergers or
acquisitions.
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Expand our service
offerings by acquiring related specialty finance firms that serve small
businesses. These specialty firms will broaden the services that we
provide so that we can fulfill additional financial service needs of
existing clients and target additional small businesses in different
industries.. The following are types of specialty finance firms that we
will target and is not
all-inclusive:
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Import/export
financing;
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Government
contract financing
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Transportation
/ freight invoice financing
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Expand our discount
factoring business by creating a national factoring brand. Inform and
educate small businesses owners that factoring can increase cash flow and
outsource credit risk and accounts receivable management. Our
experience has been that many small businesses have limited awareness that
factoring exists and is a viable financing alternative option for them. We
have a marketing strategy that focuses on creating a national factoring
brand identity. This is expected to be accomplished through various
marketing initiatives and business alliances that will create in-bound
sales leads. These marketing strategies
include:
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Media
advertising in key metropolitan markets;
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Increase
our pay-per-click internet advertising which in the past has been a
successful strategy for Anchor; and
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Radio
- test market selective radio spot advertising on talk radio and sports
oriented programming whose primary demographic are small business
owners.
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Establish
cross-selling alliances with other small business providers
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Small
business accounting and tax preparation service firms;
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Small
business service centers, providing packing and shipping;
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Commercial
insurance brokers.
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Develop
a referral network of business brokers, consultants and accountants and
attorneys;
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Expand into the
growing Hispanic business market. We continue to seek opportunities
to expand the reach of our brands into new markets, including the Hispanic
business market. We plan to create a Spanish language version of our
website, advertise in Hispanic media publications and enter into alliances
with Hispanic commercial banks for small business referral prospects who
do not meet the banks’ suitability
requirements.
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INDUSTRY
OVERVIEW
Factoring
as it functions today has been in existence for nearly 200 years. Its historical
focus has been in the textile and apparel industries, which provides products to
major retailers. The factoring industry has expanded beyond the textile and
apparel industries into other mainstream businesses. Anchor may provide funding
to businesses where the performance of a service or the delivery of a product
can be verified. We have the ability to check a company’s credit and evaluate
its ability to pay across most industries. Hence, Anchor’s target prospects are
most small businesses.
According
to the Commercial Finance Association (CFA), an industry trade association for
asset based lending and factoring companies, factoring volume (the dollar value
of invoices purchased) in 2007 in the United States grew to $135.5 billion from
$127.1 billion in 2006, representing a 6.5% increase. The CFA survey highlights
that the growth is attributable to a number of factors including a greater
acceptance of the factoring product. Our primary strategy is to increase
revenues and profitability by acquiring the accounts receivable portfolios and
possibly the business development and management teams of other local and
regional factoring firms by primarily targeting for acquisition firms in the
United States with revenues of generally less than $10
million. Management of our company is unable to estimate the portion
of the $135.5 billion market which consists of companies in our targeted market
for acquisition. Nevertheless, Management believes that our targeted market for
acquisitions represents a small portion of the overall United States factoring
volume.
Factoring
sustained its 30 year pattern of growth in 2007.
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Management
estimates, based on examination of Dun & Bradstreet data and a market
overview provided by a merger and acquisition advisory firm, that there are
approximately 2,900 accounts receivable factoring and financing firms in the
United States with over 2,000 firms with revenues of less than $1 million.
Management believes that the fragmentation of the market among other factors,
make this industry attractive for consolidation. Driving factors for
consolidation include:
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Limited
growth capital for small factors. Small factoring firms may
have credit availability constraints limiting the business volume which
they can factor. The financial leverage that banks typically provide a
finance company is a function of the capital in the business. The
opportunity to combine their businesses with Anchor’s capital and possible
lower cost of funds, back office support and potentially a larger credit
facility are incentives to sell their business, particularly where they
would receive our capital stock in return as part or all of the
transaction price.
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Anchor would provide
an exit strategy for owners of small factoring firms who may have much of
their personal wealth tied to the business and want to retire. A
cash sale of a factoring firm would provide liquidity to the owner of a
factoring firm and the opportunity to receive a price over the factoring
firm’s book value.
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OPERATIONS
Our
executive officers, namely Morry F. Rubin, CEO and Brad Bernstein, President,
manage our day to day operations and internal growth and oversee our acquisition
strategy. We have a full-time interactive marketing manager, , four account
executives, an underwriter, a controller, three sales people, an administrative
assistant, an operations manager for our transportation division,
TruckerFunds.com, a credit manager and a collector/credit analyst
that provide daily support for our clients. Our sales personnel handle in-bound
sales calls. Our underwriter analyzes prospective funding transactions and
submits them for credit committee review. Our controller maintains our books and
records, wires funds daily to clients and provides back office
oversight. Our credit manager and collector/credit analyst make
collection calls and evaluate the credit of account debtors.
At times
in the past, we used accounting personnel from Preferred Labor, LLC, an
affiliated company principally owned by Morry F. Rubin, George Rubin and Brad
Bernstein, officers and directors of our company for certain back office
functions, including, without limitation, credit and collection, payroll and
other bookkeeping services. In the past through April 23, 2007, Preferred Labor
charged a fee of .25% of the value of accounts receivable purchased for credit
and collection services only and .5% for credit, collection, invoicing, payroll
and other bookkeeping services. The fees charged by Preferred Labor were $-0-
and $16,100 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. From
April 2007 through July 2007, Anchor paid a portion of Preferred Labor’s shared
employees salaries based upon actual time incurred. This temporary arrangement
ceased in July 2007, as we expanded our support staff and hired a full-time
credit analyst who is in charge of collections. Our transactions with
Preferred Labor have not been represented by any written agreements between the
parties. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”
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Underwriting
Process
We have
developed and utilize standard underwriting procedures, which are controlled in
a checklist format that is reviewed and approved by members of the credit
committee. The credit committee is presently comprised of our executive
officers, although these functions may be delegated to other responsible
personnel in the future as our company expands our operations. A member or
members of the credit committee approve all new accounts and conduct periodic
credit reviews of the client portfolio. Underwriting criteria include the
following:
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Background
and credit checks are performed on the owners.
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Personal
or validity guarantees are sometimes obtained from the
owners.
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We
“Notify” all accounts that are purchased. Anchor is a notification factor,
which means that we notify in writing all accounts purchased that we have
purchased the account and payments are to be made to Anchor’s central
lockbox. Our client’s invoices also provide Anchor’s lockbox as address
for payments. We also have a notification statement on our clients’
invoices that indicate we have purchased the account and payment is to be
made to Anchor.
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Initially
we attempt to verify most of a new customer’s accounts. Verification
includes review of third-party documentation and telephone discussions
with the client’s customer so that we may substantiate that invoices are
valid and without dispute.
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We
typically evaluate the creditworthiness on accounts with more than a
$2,500 balance.
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Other
standard diligence testing includes payroll tax payment verification,
company status with state of incorporation, pre and post filing lien
searches and review of prior years’ corporate tax returns. For
TruckerFunds.com accounts we do not verify payroll tax payments or review
prior years’ tax returns.
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We
require that our clients enter into a factoring and security agreement
with Anchor and file a first senior lien on purchased accounts, and on a
case-by-case basis, sometimes on all of our clients’ tangible and
intangible assets.
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Credit
Management
To
efficiently and quickly determine the credit worthiness of an account, Anchor
utilizes an instant credit checking system that we call
Creditguard. Creditguard is an in-house evaluation tool that we have
developed, but we do not claim any proprietary rights at this time. Creditguard
utilizes a proven credit formula that combines various Dun & Bradstreet
credit data elements. This formula and system provide an initial credit limit so
that accounts can be approved or rejected quickly. If additional credit is
necessary beyond the initial credit limit, we then independently check three
vendor references and a bank reference to determine if additional credit can be
extended. Collection calls are usually made in advance of their due date to
secure a commitment or estimated time to receive payment.
CLIENTS
Our
clients are all small businesses that typically range in size from start-up to
$10 million in annual sales. We provide our services to any type of business
where we can verify and substantiate an accounts receivable invoice for delivery
of a product or performance of a service. Examples of current clients include a
commercial janitorial company, transportation company, medical staffing firm, IT
consulting company and a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Anchor targets all small
businesses to educate and convert them to factoring. We believe that this small
business market is under served by banks and other funding institutions that
view many of these companies not “bankable” because of their size, limited
operating history, thin capitalization or poor / inconsistent financial
performance. Anchor’s focus is funding based on the quality of our clients’
customer’s ability to pay and the validity of the accounts receivable invoice.
Anchor has credit and verification processes to assist in assuring that
customers are creditworthy and invoices are valid. We secure our funding by
placing a senior first lien on all clients’ accounts receivable and other
tangible and intangible assets. We also often obtain personal guarantees from
our clients’ owners.
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addition, there are certain specific small business sectors that Anchor believes
also have limited working capital options and are targets for factoring.
Examples of these include:
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Not-for-profit
entities; we have factored a not-for-profit foster home’s invoices to a
local county.
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Companies
with tax liens by providing funding based upon its eligible accounts
receivable; we were successful in paying off the IRS for a client that had
tax liens by funding its accounts
receivable.
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Free
lance consultants and independent contractors that cannot wait to receive
payment from their client.
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SALES AND
MARKETING
We have a
full time interactive marketing manager to assist Anchor in creating a national
brand identity through various marketing and business alliance strategies that
will create in-bound sales leads. These marketing strategies include, without
limitation, the following:
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Media
advertising in key metropolitan markets;
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Increase
our internet advertising which in the past has been a successful strategy
for Anchor; and
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Radio
- test market selective radio spot advertising on talk radio and sports
oriented programming whose primary demographic are small business
owners.
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Establish
cross-selling alliances with other small business providers
including:
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Small
business accounting and tax preparation service firms;
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Commercial
insurance brokers; and
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Develop
a referral network of business brokers, consultants and accountants and
attorneys;
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In key
metropolitan areas, we plan on hiring business development officers to follow up
on in-bound sales leads in person and develop additional business by networking
with other small business providers including traditional bankers, accountants,
lawyers and insurance brokers.
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
We
utilize a factoring industry software program designed to effectively manage and
operate a factoring company. This system currently manages multiple functions
from purchasing invoices, advancing funds, recording collections and rebating
clients. The system generates, on demand, numerous management reports including
purchase activity, collections activity, return on capital, advances
outstanding, accounts receivable trends, and credit reports which provide us
with the ability to track, monitor and control the collateral (purchased
accounts receivable). In addition, the software integrates with our general
ledger accounting package, which enables us to meet our financial reporting
requirements. Our clients can retrieve on-line key management reports and
statements.
Our
current software platform can support our growth. We recently
upgraded our factoring software platform, to enable additional users access to
the system and support our growth objectives.
Hardware
redundancy, backup strategies and disaster recovery have been planned to reduce
the risk of downtime.
GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS
To
Management’s knowledge, factoring receivables is not a regulated industry, as we
do not make loans or charge clients interest. Nevertheless, if any of the
factoring transactions entered into by us are deemed to be loans or financing
transactions by a court of law instead of a true purchase of accounts
receivable, then various state laws and regulations would become applicable to
us and could limit the fees and other charges we are able to charge our
customers and may further subject us to any penalties under such state laws and
regulations. These laws would also:
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regulate
credit granting activities, including establishing licensing requirements,
if any, in various jurisdictions,
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require
disclosures to customers,
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govern
secured transactions,
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Set
collection, foreclosure, repossession and claims handling procedures and
other trade practices,
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prohibit
discrimination in the extension of credit, and
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regulate
the use and reporting of information related to a seller’s credit
experience and other data
collection.
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This
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
liquidity and results of operations. See “Risk Factors.”
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COMPETITION
The
factoring and financial service industry is highly fragmented and competitive.
Competitive factors vary depending upon financial services products offered,
customer, and geographic region. Competitive forces may limit our ability to
charge our customary fees and raise fees to our customers in the future.
Pressure on our margins is intensive and we cannot assure you that we will be
able to successfully compete with our competitors. Our competitors, of which we
are currently an insignificant competitor in our industry, include national,
regional and local independent and bank owned factoring and finance companies
and other full service factoring and financing organizations. Many of these
competitors are larger than we are and may have access to capital at a lower
cost than we do. Management estimates, based on examination of Dun &
Bradstreet data and a market overview provided by a merger and acquisition
advisory firm, that there are approximately 2,900 accounts receivable factoring
and/or business financing firms in the United States, including us, with over
2,000 with revenues of less than $1 million. To our knowledge, no single firm
dominates the small business segment of the industry.
EMPLOYEES
As of
March 10, 2009, we have 16 full-time employees.
History
of former BTHC XI, LLC
Anchor
Funding Services, Inc., formerly known as BTHC XI, Inc., was organized on August
16, 2006 as a Delaware corporation to effect the reincorporation of BTHC XI,
LLC, a Texas limited liability company, mandated by the plan of reorganization
discussed below.
In
September 1999, Ballantrae Healthcare LLC and its affiliated limited liability
companies including BTHC XI, LLC, or collectively Ballantrae, were organized for
the purpose of operating nursing homes throughout the United States. Ballantrae
did not own the nursing facilities. Instead, they operated the facilities
pursuant to management agreements and/or real property leases with the owners of
these facilities. Although Ballantrae continued to increase the number of
nursing homes it operated and in June 2000 had received a substantial equity
investment, it was unable to achieve profitability. During 2001 and 2002,
Ballantrae continued to experience severe liquidity problems and did not
generate enough revenues to cover its overhead costs. Despite obtaining
additional capital and divesting unprofitable nursing homes, by March, 2003,
Ballantrae was out of cash and unable to meet its payroll
obligations.
On March
28, 2003, Ballantrae filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
United States Bankruptcy Code. On November 29, 2004, the bankruptcy court
approved the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization, as presented by
Ballantrae, its affiliates and their creditors (the “Plan”). On August 16,
2006, pursuant to the Plan, BTHC XI, LLC was merged into BTHC XI, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, which later changed its name to Anchor Funding Services,
Inc., effective on April 4, 2007.
On
January 31, 2007, we entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement and acquired
100% of the membership (ownership) interests of Anchor Funding Services LLC in
exchange for 8,000,000 shares of our Common Stock (the “Anchor Transaction”).
The Securities Exchange Agreement was entered into by and among Anchor Funding
Services, LLC, its members, Anchor funding Services, Inc. (formerly BTHX XI,
Inc.) and certain stockholders (the “Company Stockholders”). The Anchor
Transaction was subject to our receipt in escrow of a private placement of our
Series 1 Preferred Stock of at least $2,500,000 which was successfully completed
immediately after the Exchange on January 31, 2007. The private placement
offering was terminated on April 5, 2007 after the raise of $6,712,500 in gross
proceeds from the sale of 1,342,500 shares of Series 1 Preferred
Stock.
The
Anchor Transaction
As a
result of the Anchor Transaction, Anchor became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
former BTHC XI. Prior to the completion of the Anchor Transaction, former BTHC
XI had no operations and had no material assets or liabilities.
The
Anchor Transaction was closed on January 31, 2007. The closing of the Anchor
Transaction was conditioned on, among other things: (a) the approval of Anchor’s
members, (b) the various representations and warranties of the parties being
true and correct as provided in the Securities Exchange Agreement, (c) the
parties performing their various covenants and agreements as provided in the
Securities Exchange Agreement, (d) the parties delivering certain agreements,
certificates and other instruments, (e) the Escrow Agent’s receipt of at least
$2,500,000 in cleared funds available for the initial closing of the Offering
immediately upon the effectiveness of the Securities Exchange, and (f) the entry
into 18 month lock-up agreements by members of Anchor.
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The
Securities Exchange Agreement contained various representations and warranties
and covenants of the Company and the Company Stockholders. Generally, the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Company Stockholders
survive until the first anniversary of the closing date. The Securities Exchange
Agreement provides for indemnification by Company Stockholders for breaches or
failure to perform covenants of the Company or the Company Stockholders
contained in the Securities Exchange Agreement and for any claims by brokers or
finders for fees or commissions alleged to be due in connection with the Anchor
Transaction. Additionally, certain Company Stockholders agreed to indemnify
Anchor for any damages arising from or in connection with the operation or
ownership of the Company from and including November 29, 2004, the date the Plan
was confirmed by the bankruptcy court through and including December 7, 2006.
Certain other Company Stockholders agreed to indemnify Anchor for any damages
arising from any breach of any representation or warranty of the Company, or the
Company Stockholders contained in the Securities Exchange Agreement resulting
from the operation or ownership of the Company from and including their
acquisition date of control of the Company (i.e. December 7, 2006) through and
including the January 31, 2007 closing date of the Securities
Exchange.
Item 1.A. Risk
Factors
You
should carefully consider the following risk factors, in addition to the other
information presented in this Form 10-K, in evaluating us and our
business. Any of the following risks, as well as other risks and uncertainties,
could harm our business and financial results and cause the value of our
securities to decline, which in turn could cause you to lose all or part of your
investment.
Limited operating history.
Anchor Funding Services, LLC was formed in 2003 and has only a limited operating
history upon which investors may judge our performance. Future operating results
will depend upon many factors, including, without limitation our ability to keep
credit losses to a minimum, fluctuations in the economy, the degree and nature
of competition, demand for our services, and our ability to integrate the
operations of acquired businesses, to expand into new markets and to maintain
margins in the face of pricing pressures. We can provide no assurances that our
operations will be profitable.
Our past
operating losses may occur in the future. Anchor Funding Services, LLC was
formed in 2003 and has historically operated at a loss. We can provide no
assurances that our operations and consolidations with any companies that we
acquire will result in us meeting our anticipated level of projected profitable
operations, if at all.
Competition for customers in our
industry is intense, and if we are not able to effectively compete, our
financial results could be harmed and the price of our Shares could
decline. The factoring and financial service industry is highly
competitive. There are many large full-service and specialized financing
companies, as well as local and regional companies, which compete with us in the
factoring industry. Competition in our markets is intense. These competitive
forces limit our ability to raise fees to our customers. Pressure on our margins
is intense, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully
compete with our competitors, many of whom have substantially greater resources
than we do. If we are not able to effectively compete in our targeted markets,
our operating margins and other financial results will be harmed and the market
price of our securities could decline.
If we are not able to maintain
adequate lines of credit on commercially reasonable terms, our financial
condition or results of operations could suffer. Based on numerous
covenants, we have the availability of a $15 million (expandable to $25 million)
senior credit facility through November 2011 with an institutional asset based
lender which advances funds against up to 85% of “eligible net factored accounts
receivable” (minus client reserves as lender may establish in good faith) as
defined in Anchor’s agreement with its institutional lender. This facility,
which is secured by our assets, contains certain covenants related to tangible
net worth, change in control and other matters. In the event that we fail to
comply with the covenant(s) and the lender does not waive such non-compliance,
we could be in default of our credit agreement, which could subject us to
penalty rates of interest and accelerate the maturity of the outstanding
balances. In the event we are not able to maintain adequate credit
facilities for our factoring and acquisition needs on commercially reasonable
terms, our ability to operate our business and complete one or more acquisitions
would be significantly impacted and our financial condition and results of
operations could suffer. Further, our institutional lender has announced its
intention to leave the asset based financing business and it has indicated to us
that it would abide by the terms of our senior credit facility until such time
as we obtain a new facility. We can provide no assurances that a replacement
facility will be obtained by us on terms satisfactory to us, if at all. Our two
executive officers have each personally guaranteed the indebtedness under our
existing credit facility up to $250,000 per person for a total of $500,000. We
can provide no assurances that personal guarantees will be provided by our
executive officers to a new institutional lender or how that may impact the
definitive terms of any new facility.
We may acquire companies in the
future and these acquisitions could disrupt our business or adversely affect our
earnings. Further, we may complete acquisitions without first obtaining
stockholder approval under applicable Delaware Law. We intend to acquire
small and/or medium local and/or regional factoring and financial service
businesses. Our ability to complete acquisitions in the future may be impacted
by many factors, including, without limitation, companies available for
acquisition and the ability to achieve favorable terms. Entering into an
acquisition entails many risks, any of which could harm our business, including,
without limitation, failure to successfully integrate the acquired company with
our existing business, retention of key employees, alienation or impairment of
relationships with substantial customers or key employees of the acquired
business or our existing business, and assumption of liabilities of the acquired
business. Any acquisition that we consummate also may have an adverse affect on
our liquidity or earnings and may be dilutive to our earnings. Adverse business
conditions or developments suffered by or associated with any business we
acquire additionally could result in impairment to the goodwill or intangible
assets associated with the acquired businesses, and a related write down of the
value of these assets, and adversely affect our earnings. Further, we may
complete acquisitions without first obtaining stockholder approval under
applicable Delaware Law.
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Risks Associated with our Growth
Strategy. Our plans for growth, both internal and through
acquisition of other factoring and financial service companies, are subject to
numerous and substantial risks. We can provide no assurances that we will be
able to expand our market presence in our current locations, successfully enter
new markets, add new services and/or integrate acquired businesses into our
operations. Our continued growth is dependent upon a number of factors,
including the availability of working capital to support such growth, our
response to existing and emerging competition, our ability to maintain
sufficient profit margins while experiencing pricing pressures, our efforts to
develop and maintain customer and employee relationships, and the hiring,
training and retention of qualified personnel. We can provide no assurances that
we will be able to identify acceptable acquisition candidates on terms favorable
to us in a timely manner, if at all. A substantial portion of our capital
resources is anticipated to be used primarily for these acquisitions. We expect
to require additional debt or equity financing for future acquisitions, which
additional financing may not be available on terms favorable to the Company, if
at all. We can provide no assurances that any acquired business will be
profitable.
We will seek to make acquisitions
that may prove unsuccessful or strain or divert our resources. We
intend seek to expand our business through the acquisition of competitors’
factoring and service businesses and assets. We may not be able to complete any
acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. Acquisitions present risks that
could materially and adversely affect our business and financial performance,
including:
· the
diversion of our management's attention from our everyday business
activities
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· the
contingent and latent risks associated with the past operations of, and
other unanticipated problems arising in, the acquired business;
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need to expand management, administration, and operational
systems.
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If we
make, or plan to make, such acquisitions we cannot predict whether:
· we
will be able to successfully integrate the operations and personnel of any
new businesses into our business;
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· we
will realize any anticipated benefits of completed
acquisitions;
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· there
will be substantial unanticipated costs associated with acquisitions,
including potential costs associated with liabilities undiscovered at the
time of acquisition; or
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· stockholder
approval of an acquisition will be
sought.
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In
addition, future acquisitions by us may result in:
· potentially
dilutive issuances of our equity shares;
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· the
incurrence of additional debt;
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· restructuring
charges; and
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· the
recognition of significant charges for depreciation and amortization
related to intangible assets.
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Risks Related to Our Factoring
Activities. In our history, we have not experienced material
credit losses. If we were to experience material losses on our accounts
receivable portfolio, they would have a material adverse effect on (i) our
ability to fund our business and, (ii) to the extent the losses exceed our
provision for credit losses, our revenues, net income and assets.
We purchase accounts receivable
primarily from privately owned small companies, which present a greater risk of
loss than purchasing accounts receivable from larger companies. Our
portfolio consists primarily of accounts receivable purchased from small,
privately owned businesses with annual revenues ranging from start-up to
$10 million. Compared to larger, publicly owned firms, these companies
generally have more limited access to capital and higher funding costs, may be
in a weaker financial position and may need more capital to expand or compete.
These financial challenges may make it difficult for our clients to continue as
a going concern. Accordingly, advances made to these types of clients entail
higher risks than advances made to companies who are able to access traditional
credit sources. In part because of their smaller size, our clients
may:
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experience significant variations in operating
results;
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have narrower product lines and market shares than their larger
competitors;
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be particularly vulnerable to changes in customer preferences and market
conditions;
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be more dependent than larger companies on one or more major customers,
the loss of which could materially impair their business, financial
condition and
prospects;
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face intense competition, including from companies with greater financial,
technical, managerial and marketing
resources;
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depend on the management talents and efforts of a single individual or a
small group of persons for their success, the death, disability or
resignation of whom could materially harm the client’s financial condition
or prospects;
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have less skilled or experienced management personnel than larger
companies; or
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do business in regulated industries, such as the healthcare industry, and
could be adversely affected by policy or regulatory
changes.
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Accordingly,
any of these factors could impair a client’s cash flow or result in other
events, such as bankruptcy, which could limit our ability to collect on this
client’s purchased accounts receivable, and may lead to losses in our portfolio
and a decrease in our revenues, net income and assets.
We may be adversely affected by
deteriorating economic or business conditions. Our business, financial
condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by various
economic factors, including the level of economic activity in the markets in
which we operate. Delinquencies and credit losses generally increase during
economic slowdowns or recessions. Because we fund primarily small businesses,
many of our clients may be particularly susceptible to economic slowdowns or
recessions and could impair a client’s cash flow or result in other events, such
as bankruptcy, which could limit our ability to collect on this client’s
purchased accounts receivable, and may lead to losses in our portfolio and a
decrease in our revenues, net income and assets. Unfavorable economic conditions
may also make it more difficult for us to maintain both our new business
origination volume and the credit quality of new business at levels previously
attained. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase our funding costs,
limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not
to extend credit to us. These events could significantly harm our operating
results.
Our limited operating history makes
it difficult for us to accurately judge the credit performance of our portfolio
and, as a result, increases the risk that our allowance for credit losses may
prove inadequate. Our business depends on the creditworthiness of our
clients’ customers and our clients. While we conduct due diligence and a review
of the creditworthiness of most of our clients’ customers and all of our
clients, this review requires the application of significant judgment by our
management. Our judgment may not be correct. We maintain an allowance for credit
losses on our consolidated financial statements in an amount that reflects our
judgment concerning the potential for losses inherent in our portfolio.
Management periodically reviews the appropriateness of our allowance considering
economic conditions and trends, collateral values and credit quality indicators.
We cannot assure you that our estimates and judgment with respect to the
appropriateness of our allowance for credit losses are accurate. Our allowance
may not be adequate to cover credit losses in our portfolio as a result of
unanticipated adverse changes in the economy or events adversely affecting
specific clients, industries or markets. If our allowance for credit losses is
not adequate, our net income will suffer, and our financial performance and
condition could be significantly impaired.
We may not have all of the material
information relating to a potential client at the time that we make a credit
decision with respect to that potential client or at the time we advance funds
to the client. As a result, we may suffer credit losses or make advances that we
would not have made if we had all of the material information. There is
generally no publicly available information about the privately owned companies
to which we generally purchase accounts receivable from. Therefore, we must rely
on our clients and the due diligence efforts of our employees to obtain the
information that we consider when making our credit decisions. To some extent,
our employees depend and rely upon the management of these companies to provide
full and accurate disclosure of material information concerning their business,
financial condition and prospects. If we do not have access to all of the
material information about a particular client’s business, financial condition
and prospects, or if a client’s accounting records are poorly maintained or
organized, we may not make a fully informed credit decision which may lead,
ultimately, to a failure or inability to collect our purchased accounts
receivable in their entirety.
We may make errors in evaluating
accurate information reported by our clients and, as a result, we may suffer
credit losses. We underwrite our clients and clients’ customers
based on certain financial information. Even if clients provide us with full and
accurate disclosure of all material information concerning their businesses, we
may misinterpret or incorrectly analyze this information. Mistakes by our staff
and credit committee may cause us to make advances and purchase accounts
receivable that we otherwise would not have purchased, to fund advances that we
otherwise would not have funded or result in credit losses.
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A client’s fraud could cause us to
suffer material losses. A client could defraud us by, among other
things:
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directing
the proceeds of collections of its accounts receivable to bank accounts
other than our established
lockboxes;
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failing
to accurately record accounts receivable
aging;
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overstating
or falsifying records showing accounts receivable or
inventory; or
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providing
inaccurate reporting of other financial
information.
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As of
December 31, 2008, we have two medical staffing companies located in New York
that account for a total of 14.4% of our accounts receivable portfolio and a
trucking company located in Virginia accounts for 14.6% of our accounts
receivable portfolio. A client’s fraud could cause us to suffer
material losses.
We may be unable to recognize or act
upon an operational or financial problem with a client in a timely fashion so as
to prevent a credit loss of purchased accounts receivable from that
client. Our clients may experience operational or financial problems
that, if not timely addressed by us, could result in a substantial impairment or
loss of the value of our purchased accounts receivable from the client. We may
fail to identify problems because our client did not report them in a timely
manner or, even if the client did report the problem, we may fail to address it
quickly enough or at all. As a result, we could suffer credit losses, which
could have a material adverse effect on our revenues, net income and results of
operations.
The security interest that we have
in the purchased accounts receivable may not be sufficient to protect us from a
partial or complete loss if we are required to foreclose. While we are
secured by a lien on specified collateral of the client, there is no assurance
that the collateral will protect us from suffering a partial or complete loss if
we move to foreclose on the collateral. The collateral is primarily the
purchased accounts receivable. Factors that could reduce the value of accounts
receivable that we have a security interest in include among other
things:
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problems
with the client’s underlying product or services which result in greater
than anticipated returns or disputed accounts;
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unrecorded
liabilities such as rebates, warranties or offsets;
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the
disruption or bankruptcy of key customers who are responsible for material
amounts of the accounts receivable; and
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the
client misrepresents, or does not keep adequate records of, important
information concerning the accounts
receivable.
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Any one
or more of the preceding factors could materially impair our ability to collect
all of the accounts receivable we may purchase from a client.
Errors by or dishonesty of our
employees could result in credit losses. We rely heavily on the
performance and integrity of our employees in making our initial credit decision
with respect to our clients and on-going credit decisions on our clients’
customers. Because there is generally little or no publicly available
information about our clients or clients’ customers, we cannot independently
confirm or verify the information our employees provide us for use in making our
credit and funding decisions. Errors by our employees in assembling, analyzing
or recording information concerning our clients and clients’ customers could
cause us to engage clients and purchase accounts receivable that we would not
otherwise fund or purchase. This could result in losses. Losses could also arise
if any of our employees were dishonest. A dishonest employee could collude with
our clients to misrepresent the creditworthiness of a prospective client or
client customers or to provide inaccurate reports or invoices. If, based on an
employee’s dishonesty, we may have funded a client and purchased accounts that
were not creditworthy, which could result in our suffering suffer credit
losses.
We may incur lender liability as a
result of our funding activities. In recent years, a number of judicial
decisions have upheld the right of borrowers to sue lending institutions on the
basis of various evolving legal theories, collectively termed “lender
liability.” Generally, lender liability is founded on the premise that a lender
has either violated a duty, whether implied or contractual, of good faith and
fair dealing owed to the borrower or has assumed a degree of control over the
borrower resulting in the creation of a fiduciary duty owed to the borrower or
its other creditors or shareholders. We may be subject to allegations of lender
liability if it were determined that our advances were in fact loans and the
relationship between Anchor and a client was that of lender and borrower rather
than purchaser and seller. We cannot assure you that these claims will not arise
or that we will not be subject to significant liability if a claim of this type
did arise.
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We may incur liability under state
usury laws or other state laws and regulations if any of our factoring
arrangements are deemed to be loans or financing transactions instead of a true
purchase of accounts receivable. Various state laws and regulations
limit the interest rates, fees and other charges lenders are allowed to charge
their borrowers. If any of the factoring transactions entered into by us are
deemed to be loans or financing transactions instead of a true purchase of
accounts receivable, such laws and regulations may become applicable to us and
could limit the interest rates, fees and other charges we are able to charge our
customers and may further subject us to any penalties under such state laws and
regulations. This could have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.
We are in a highly competitive
business and may not be able to take advantage of attractive funding
opportunities. The factoring industry is highly competitive. We have
competitors who offer the same types of services to small privately owned
businesses that are our target clients. Our competitors include a variety
of:
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specialty
and commercial finance companies; and
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national
and regional banks that have factoring divisions or
subsidiaries.
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Some of
our competitors have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources
than we do. They also have greater access to capital than we do and at a lower
cost than is available to us. Furthermore, we would expect to face increased
price competition if other factors seek to expand within or enter our target
markets. Increased competition could cause us to reduce our pricing and advance
greater amounts as a percentage of a client’s eligible accounts receivable. Even
with these changes, in an increasingly competitive market, we may not be able to
attract and retain new clients. If we cannot engage new clients, our net income
could suffer, and our financial performance and condition could be significantly
impaired.
Our information and computer
processing systems are critical to the operations of our business and any
failure could cause significant problems. Our information technology
systems, located at our Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters, are essential
for data exchange and operational communications to service our clients. Any
interruption, impairment or loss of data integrity or malfunction of these
systems could severely hamper our business and could require that we commit
significant additional capital and management resources to rectify the
problem.
The loss of any of our key personnel
could harm our business. Our future financial performance will depend to
a significant extent on our ability to motivate and retain key management
personnel. Competition for qualified management personnel is intense and in the
event we experience turnover in our senior management positions, we cannot
assure you that we will be able to recruit suitable replacements. We must also
successfully integrate all new management and other key positions within our
organization to achieve our operating objectives. Even if we are successful,
turnover in key management positions may temporarily harm our financial
performance and results of operations until new management becomes familiar with
our business. At present, we do not maintain key-man life insurance on any of
our executive officers, although we entered into three-year employment contracts
with each of Morry F. Rubin, Chief Executive Officer, and Brad Bernstein,
President, on January 31, 2007. Our Board of Directors is responsible for
approval of all future employment contracts with our executive officers. We can
provide no assurances that said future employment contracts and/or their current
compensation is or will be on commercially reasonable terms to us in order to
retain our key personnel. The loss of any of our key personnel could harm
our business.
Lack of
Committees. Currently we have no audit, compensation,
nominating or other committees of the board. In the future, we may establish
committees at such time as the board deems it to be in the best interest of our
stockholders. We can provide no assurances that our lack of committees will not
continue in future operating periods. Since we have no audit committee composed
solely of independent directors, as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
as amended, our board of directors has all the responsibilities of the audit
committee.
Risks associated with intangible
assets. A substantial portion of our future assets may consist of
intangible assets including goodwill (excess of cost over fair value of net
assets acquired and other intangible assets) relating to the potential
acquisition of businesses. In the event of any sale or liquidation of us, there
can be no assurance that the value of such intangible assets will be realized.
In addition, any significant decrease in the value of such intangible assets
could have a material adverse effect on us.
We are continually subject to the
risk of new regulation, which could harm our business and/or operating
results. In recent years, a number of bills have been introduced in
Congress and/or various state legislatures that would add new regulations
governing the financial services industry. The enactment of any such new laws or
regulations may negatively impact our business, financial condition and/or our
financial results.
Control of the
Company. Our executive officers and directors beneficially own
approximately 71.7% of our outstanding Common Stock and approximately 47.2% of
the voting control of our capital stock. As a result, such persons, in the event
that they act in concert, will have the ability to affect the election of all of
our directors and the outcome of all issues submitted to our stockholders. Such
concentration of ownership could limit the price that certain investors might be
willing to pay in the future for shares of Common Stock, and could have the
effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of
discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, control of us. See “Item
12.”
Risks associated with the
development of the Company’s management information and internal control
systems. Our data processing, accounting and analysis capabilities are
important components of our business. As we make acquisitions, we will convert
certain systems of the acquired companies to our systems. These conversions and
the continued development and installation of such systems involve the risk of
unanticipated complications and expenses. We can provide no assurances that we
will be successful in this regard.
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We have no established public market
for our Securities. Our outstanding Common Stock and Series 1 Convertible
Preferred Stock (collectively the “Securities”) do not have an established
trading market in the Over-the-Counter Market or on the OTC Bulletin Board,
although our Common Stock has been quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the
symbol “AFNG.” Trading in our Common Stock has been sporadic since it began in
December 2007. The availability for sale of restricted securities pursuant to
Rule 144 or otherwise could adversely affect the market for our Common Stock, if
any. We can provide no assurances that an established public market will ever
develop or be sustained for our common stock in the future. Further, we do not
anticipate a public market will ever develop for our Series 1 Convertible
Preferred Stock.
The price of our Common Stock may
fluctuate significantly. The market price for our Common Stock, if any,
can fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors, including the factors listed
above, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include: actual or
anticipated variations in quarterly operating results; announcements of new
services by our competitors or us; announcements relating to strategic
relationships or acquisitions; changes in financial estimates or other
statements by securities analysts; and other changes in general economic
conditions. Because of this, we may fail to meet or exceed the expectations of
our shareholders or others, and the market price for our Common Stock could
fluctuate as a result.
Our Common Stock is considered to be
a “penny stock” and, as such, the market for our Common Stock should one develop
may be further limited by certain Commission rules applicable to penny
stocks. To the extent the price of our Common Stock remains below $5.00
per share or we have a net tangible assets of $2,000,000 or less, our common
shares will be subject to certain “penny stock” rules promulgated by the
Commission. Those rules impose certain sales practice requirements on brokers
who sell penny stock to persons other than established customers and accredited
investors (generally institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or
individuals with net worth in excess of $1,000,000). For transactions covered by
the penny stock rules, the broker must make a special suitability determination
for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction
prior to the sale. Furthermore, the penny stock rules generally require, among
other things, that brokers engaged in secondary trading of penny stocks provide
customers with written disclosure documents, monthly statements of the market
value of penny stocks, disclosure of the bid and asked prices and disclosure of
the compensation to the brokerage firm and disclosure of the sales person
working for the brokerage firm. These rules and regulations adversely affect the
ability of brokers to sell our common shares in the public market should one
develop and they limit the liquidity of our Shares.
An investment in the Company is
subject to dilution. We may require
substantial additional financing in order to achieve our business objectives.
The Company may generate such financing through the sale of securities
(including potentially to the owners of businesses we acquire) that would dilute
the ownership of its existing security holders. In subsequent rounds of
financing, the Company will likely issue securities that will have rights,
preferences or privileges senior to our outstanding securities and that will
include financial and other covenants that will restrict the Company’s
flexibility.
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We have never declared or paid cash
dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends
on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We have never declared or
paid cash dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying any cash
dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to
retain future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our
business. Except for the rights of holders of the shares of Series 1 Convertible
Preferred Stock as described herein, any future determination to pay dividends
will be dependent upon the our financial condition, operating results, capital
requirements, applicable contractual restrictions and other such factors as our
board of directors may deem relevant.
THE
FOREGOING RISK FACTORS DO NOT PURPORT TO BE A COMPLETE EXPLANATION OF THE RISKS
INHERENT IN AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY.
Item 2. Description of
Property
We
currently lease our principal executive office space from a non- affiliated
company located at 10801 Johnston Road, Suite 210, Charlotte, NC
28226. These facilities, which consist of approximately 2,250 square
feet of office space are leased from June 2007 for a period of 24 months at a
monthly base rent of approximately $2,250. We have also leased
approximately 2,875 square feet of office space located at 800 Yamato Road, Boca
Raton, FL, 33431 from a non-affiliated third party. The lease commenced upon the
delivery of premises to us in August 2007 and for a term of 61 months. Since
taking delivery of the premises in August 2007, we have been paying initially
approximately $8,300 per month based upon a base rent of $5,750 (plus applicable
Florida sales tax), We are also responsible for our proportionate share of real
estate taxes and assessments, operating costs and professional and other
services.
Item 3. Legal
Proceedings
We are not a party to any pending legal
proceedings. Our property is not the subject of any pending legal proceedings.
To our knowledge, no governmental authority is contemplating commencing a legal
proceeding in which we would be named as a party.
Item 4 Submission of Matters to a
Vote of Security Holders.
No
matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2008.
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PART
II
Item 5. Market for Common Equity,
Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities.
Our
Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board under the symbol
“AFNG.” No market information is provided herein as trading in our Common Stock
since quotations began in December 2007 is extremely limited and
sporadic.
As of
March 25, 2009, there were 12,940,378 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding. As of March 25, 2009, there were (i) outstanding options to
purchase 1,885,000 shares of our Common Stock, (ii) outstanding Placement Agent
Warrants to purchase 1,342,500 shares of our Common Stock, and (iii) outstanding
1,314,369 shares of our Series 1 Preferred Stock which are convertible into
6,571,845 shares of our Common Stock.
In
January 2007, we had an initial float of 525,555 shares which were issued as
free trading shares by the Bankruptcy Court under Section 1145(a)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code. Since then, our remaining outstanding equity
securities have become eligible for sale pursuant to the requirements of Rule
144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In this respect, shares of our
common stock beneficially owned by a person for at least six months (as defined
in Rule 144) are eligible for resale under Rule 144 subject to the availability
of current public information about us and, in the case of affiliated persons,
subject to certain additional volume limitations, manner of sale provisions and
notice provisions. Pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1) of the Securities Act, our
non-affiliates (who have been non-affiliates for at least three months) may sell
their common stock that they have held for one year (as defined in Rule 144)
without compliance with the availability of current information.
Holders
of Record
As of
March 25, 2009, there were 558 holders of record of shares of Common Stock and
88 holders of record of our Series 1 Preferred Stock.
Dividend
Policy
The
holders of our Series 1 Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends as
more fully described below. We have not paid or declared any cash dividends on
our Common Stock. We currently intend to retain any earnings for future growth
and, therefore, do not expect to pay cash dividends on our Common Stock in the
foreseeable future.
Cumulative
annual dividends are payable in shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock or, in
certain instances in cash, at an annual rate of 8% ($.40 per share of Series 1
Preferred Stock), on December 31 of each year commencing December 31, 2007.
Dividends payable on outstanding Shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock shall begin
to accrue on the date of each closing and shall cease to accrue and accumulate
on the earlier of December 31, 2009 or the applicable Conversion Date (the
“Final Dividend Payment Date”). Thereafter, the holders of Series 1 Preferred
Stock shall have the same dividend rights as holders of Common Stock of the
Company, as if the Series 1 Preferred Stock has been fully converted into Common
Stock. The dividend payable on December 31, 2007 was declared and paid on
January 29, 2008 to stockholders of record on January 25, 2008 prorated or
adjusted for the period from the date of issuance through December 31, 2007. The
December 31, 2008 dividend was paid on that date to stockholders of record on
December 29, 2008. Each of the 2007 and 2008 dividends were paid through the
issuance of additional shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock. For 2009, unpaid
dividends will accumulate and be payable prior to the payment of any dividends
on shares of Common Stock or any other class of Preferred Stock. Cash dividends
will only be payable from funds legally available therefore, when and as
declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, and unpaid dividends will
accumulate until the Company has the legal ability to pay the dividends. The
Company shall pay a cash dividend in lieu of a stock dividend where on the date
of declaration of the dividend, it is the Board’s determination that the
Company’s Common Stock is trading consistently at a market price below $1.00 per
share. Cash dividends shall not apply to the payment of accrued and unpaid
(undeclared) dividends which are paid on a Conversion Date. Dividends paid in
shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock shall be based upon an assumed value of $5.00
per share of Series 1 Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding anything contained herein
to the contrary, the Company’s Board of Directors shall timely declare dividends
on its Series 1 Preferred Stock each year unless the payment of such dividends
would be in violation of applicable state law.
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Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities
For the year ended
December 31, 2008 there were no sales of unregistered securities, except as
follows:
Date
of Sale
|
|
Title
of Security
|
|
Number
Sold
|
|
Consideration
Received,
Commissions
|
|
Purchasers
|
|
Exemption
from
Registration
Claimed
|
|
February
21
and
May 28,
2008
|
Common
Stock
|
Options
to
purchase
102,000
common
Shares
|
Securities
granted under Equity Compensation Plan; no cash received; no commissions
paid
|
Directors
and
Officers
|
Section
4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Rule 506
promulgated
thereunder
(6)
|
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January
2008
|
Series
1
Preferred
Stock
|
94,865
Shares
|
Annual
stock dividend; no commissions paid
|
All
Preferred
Stock
Investors
|
Section
2(3) –
No
sale
(Preferred
Stock
Dividend)
|
||||||
March
and
April
2008
|
Common
Stock
|
1,119,823
Shares
|
Conversion
of
Series
1 Preferred
Stock
into Common
Stock;
no cash received;
no
commissions paid
|
Certain
Preferred
Stock
Investors
|
Section
3(a)(9)-
Exchange
of
Securities
|
||||||
December
2008
|
Series
1
Preferred
Stock
|
97,370
Shares
|
Annual
stock dividend; no commission paid
|
All
Preferred
Stock
Investors
|
Section
2(3) –
No
sale
(Preferred
Stock
Dividend)
|
The
foregoing table and notes thereto do not reflect the following:
On
December 11, 2007, we received a signed subscription to issue and sell 25,000
shares of our Common Stock at $1.00 per share to a non-affiliated person. The
subscription price of $25,000 was paid through the issuance of a promissory note
(with full recourse) in like amount due and payable on December 31, 2008. The
25,000 shares will not be issued until the note has been fully paid. The notes
to our consolidated financial statements (note 9) treat these 25,000 shares as
if we granted the investor options to purchase 25,000 shares at $1.00 per share.
Upon issuance, exemption would have been claimed under Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act. No commissions have been paid in connection with the possible
issuance and sale of 25,000 shares. In March 2009, the Company and
the note holder agreed to cancel the subscription agreement and related
promissory note.
Recent Purchases of
Securities
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company had no repurchases of its Common
Stock.
Item 6. Selected
Financial Data
Not applicable.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The following discussion should be read
in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto
appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. All statements contained herein that are
not historical facts, including, but not limited to, statements regarding
anticipated future capital requirements, our future plan of operations, our
ability to obtain debt, equity or other financing, and our ability to generate
cash from operations, are based on current expectations. These statements are
forward-looking in nature and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that
may cause the Company’s actual results in future periods to differ materially
from forecasted results.
Executive
Overview
Our
business objective is to create a well-recognized, national financial services
firm for small businesses providing accounts receivable funding (factoring),
outsourcing of accounts receivable management including collections and the risk
of customer default and other specialty finance products including, but not
limited to trade finance and government contract funding. For certain service
businesses, Anchor also provides back office support including payroll, payroll
tax compliance and invoice processing services. We provide our services to
clients nationwide and may expand our services internationally in the future. We
plan to achieve our growth objectives as described below through a combination
of strategic and add-on acquisitions of other factoring and related specialty
finance firms that serve small businesses in the United States and Canada and
internal growth through mass media marketing initiatives. Our principal
operations are located in Charlotte, North Carolina and we maintain an executive
office in Boca Raton, Florida which includes its sales and marketing
functions.
Client
Accounts
As of
December 31, 2008, we have two medical staffing companies located in New York
that account for a total of 14.4% of our accounts receivable portfolio and a
trucking company located in Virginia accounts for 14.6% of our accounts
receivable portfolio. A client’s fraud could cause us to suffer
material losses.
Year
Ended December 31, 2008 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2007
Finance revenues
increased to $1,252,476 for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to
$423,024 for the year ended December 31, 2007, a 196.1%
increase. The change in revenue was primarily due to an
increase in the number of clients. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had
102 active clients compared to 41 clients as of December 31,
2007.
Net
interest income decreased by $142,248 for the year ended December 31, 2008 to
$30,432 compared to $172,680 for the year ended December 31,
2007. This change is primarily the result of the decrease in cash in
interest bearing accounts due to the Company’s using its cash to fund its
purchasing of clients’ accounts receivable.
The
Company had a provision for credit losses of $63,797 for the year ended December
31, 2008 compared to $30,708 for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Operating
expenses for the year ended December 31, 2008 were $2,486,719 compared to
$1,611,676 for the year ended December 31, 2007, a 54.3%
increase. This increase is primarily attributable to the Company’s
incurring additional costs for increased payroll, marketing, professional, rent,
insurance and other operating expenses to grow Anchor’s core business, build an
infrastructure to support anticipated growth and operate as a publicly reporting
company. In addition, the Company began leasing its own offices in Charlotte on
June 1, 2007 and opened an Executive and Sales office in Boca Raton, Florida in
August, 2007. Rent expense increased by $89,139 for year ended December 31, 2008
to $138,583 compared to $ 49,444 for the comparable year ended December 31,
2007.
Net Loss
for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $(1,267,608) compared to $(1,046,680)
for the year ended December 31, 2007.
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The
following table compares the operating results for the years ended December 31,
2008 and 2007:
Year
Ended December 31,
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2008
|
2007
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Finance
revenues
|
$ | 1,252,476 | $ | 423,024 | $ | 829,452 | 196.1 | |||||||||
Interest
income (expense), net
|
30,432 | 172,680 | (142,248 | ) | (82.4 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
finance revenues
|
1,282,908 | 595,704 | 687,204 | 115.4 | ||||||||||||
Provision
for credit losses
|
63,797 | 30,708 | 33,089 | 107.7 | ||||||||||||
Finance
revenues, net of interest expense and credit losses
|
1,219,111 | 564,996 | 654,115 | 115.8 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
2,486,719 | 1,611,676 | 875,043 | 54.3 | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) before income taxes
|
(1,267,608 | ) | (1,046,680 | ) | (220,928 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
tax (provision) benefit:
|
- | |||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (1,267,608 | ) | $ | (1,046,680 | ) | $ | (220,928 | ) |
Key changes in certain
selling, general and administrative expenses:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
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2008
|
|
2007
|
$
Change
|
Explanation
|
|||||||||
Payroll,
payroll taxes and benefits
|
$ | 1,102,514 | $ | 545,035 | $ | 557,479 |
Increased
payroll and health benefits for executive, sales, administrative and
operations personnel
|
||||||
Advertising
|
394,468 | 289,742 | 104,726 |
Increased
marketing and advertising
|
|||||||||
Rent
|
138,583 | 49,444 | 89,139 |
The
company incurred a full year of rent in 2008 for its Florida and North
Carolina offices which were opened in 2007
|
|||||||||
$ | 1,635,565 | $ | 884,221 | $ | 751,344 |
Client
Accounts
As of
December 31, 2008, we have 3 clients that account for an aggregate of
approximately 29% of our accounts receivable portfolio and approximately
15.2% of our revenues. The transactions and balances with these clients as of
and for the year ended December 31, 2008 are summarized below:
Percentage
of Accounts Receivable
|
Percentage
of Revenues For
|
|
Portfolio
As of
|
The
Twe;ve Months Ended
|
|
Entity
|
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2008
|
Transportation
Company in Virginia
|
14.6%
|
2.8%
|
Medical
Staffing Company in New York
|
8.7%
|
7.9%
|
Medical
Staffing Company in New York
|
5.7%
|
4.5%
|
A
client’s fraud could cause us to suffer material losses.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Cash
Flow Summary
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash
used by operating activities was $4,258,017 for the year ended December 31, 2008
and was primarily due to our net loss for the year and cash used by operating
assets, primarily to purchase accounts receivable. The net loss was $1,267,608
for the year ended December 31, 2008. Cash used by operating assets and
liabilities was primarily due to an increase of $2,853,247 in retained interest
in accounts receivable. Increases and decreases in prepaid expenses, accounts
payable, accrued payroll and accrued expenses were primarily the result of
timing of payments and receipts.
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Net cash
used by operating activities was $1,904,101 for the year ended December 31, 2007
and was primarily due to our net loss for the year and cash used by operating
assets, primarily to purchase accounts receivable. The net loss was $1,046,680
for the year ended December 31, 2007. Cash used by operating assets and
liabilities was primarily due to an increase of $1,091,668 in retained interest
in accounts receivable. Increases and decreases in prepaid expenses, accounts
payable, accrued payroll and accrued expenses were primarily the result of
timing of payments and receipts.
Cash
Flows from Investing Activities
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, net cash used in investing activities was $27,147
for the purchase of property and equipment.
For the
year ended December 31, 2007, net cash used in investing activities was $111,060
for the purchase of property and equipment.
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities
Net
cash provided by financing activities was $1,187,224 for the year ended December
31, 2008. This was the result of $1,187,224 of proceeds from the Company’s
senior credit facility.
Net cash
provided by financing activities was $5,458,434 for the year ended December 31,
2007. This was primarily the result of $6,712,500 of proceeds from the sale of
Preferred Stock offset by $1,209,383 of payments related to costs of the
sale.
Between
January 31, 2007 and April 5, 2007, we raised $6,712,500 in gross proceeds from
the sale of 1,342,500 shares of our Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock to
expand our operations both internally and through possible acquisitions as more
fully described under “Description of Business.”
Capital
Resources
Based on
numerous financial covenants, we have the availability to borrow up to $15
million (expandable to $25 million) senior credit facility through November 2011
with an institutional asset based lender which advanced funds against up to 85%
of “eligible net factored accounts receivable” (minus client reserves as lender
may establish in good faith) as defined in Anchor’s agreement with its
institutional lender. This facility, which is secured by our assets, contains
certain covenants related to tangible net worth, change in control and other
matters. In the event that we fail to comply with the covenant(s) and the lender
does not waive such non-compliance, we could be in default of our credit
agreement, which could subject us to penalty rates of interest and accelerate
the maturity of the outstanding balances. In the event we are not
able to maintain adequate credit facilities for our factoring and acquisition
needs on commercially reasonable terms, our ability to operate our business and
complete one or more acquisitions would be significantly impacted and our
financial condition and results of operations could suffer. Further, our
institutional lender has announced its intention to leave the asset based
financing business and it has indicated to us that it would abide by the terms
of our senior credit facility until such time as we obtain a new facility. We
can provide no assurances that a replacement facility will be obtained by us on
terms satisfactory to us, if at all. Our two executive officers have each
personally guaranteed the indebtedness under our existing credit facility up to
$250,000 per person for a total of $500,000. We can provide no assurances that
personal guarantees will be provided by our executive officers to a new
institutional lender or how that may impact the definitive terms of any new
facility.
Based on
our current cash position and our Senior Credit Facility, we believe can meet
our cash needs for the next 12 to 18 months and support our anticipated organic
growth. In the event we acquire another company, we may need additional equity
or subordinated debt financing and/or a new credit facility to complete the
transaction and our daily cash needs and liquidity could change based on the
needs of the combined companies. At that time, in the event we
are not able to obtain adequate new facilities and/or financing to complete the
acquisition (if needed) and to operate the combined companies financing needs on
commercially reasonable terms, our ability to operate and expand our business
would be significantly impacted and our financial condition and results of
operations could suffer.
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Summary
of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
|
Estimates – The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
|
|
Revenue Recognition –
The Company charges fees to its customers in one of two ways as
follows:
|
1)
|
Fixed
Transaction Fee. Fixed transaction fees are a fixed percentage of
the purchased invoice. This percentage does not change from the
date the purchased invoice is funded until the date the purchased invoice
is collected.
|
2)
|
Variable
Transaction Fee. Variable transaction fees are variable
based on the length of time the purchased invoice is
outstanding. As specified in its contract with the
client, the Company charges variable increasing percentages of the
purchased invoice as time elapses from the purchase date to the collection
date.
|
|
For
both Fixed and Variable Transaction fees, the Company recognizes revenue
by using one of two methods depending on the type of
customer. For new customers the Company recognizes revenue
using the cost recovery method. For established customers the
Company recognizes revenue using the accrual
method.
|
|
Under
the cost recovery method, all revenue is recognized upon collection of the
entire amount of purchased accounts
receivable.
|
|
The
Company considers new customers to be accounts whose initial funding has
been within the last three months or less. Management believes
it needs three months of history to reasonably estimate a customer’s
collection period and accrued revenues. If three months of
history has a limited number of transactions, the cost recovery method
will continue to be used until a reasonable revenue estimate can be
made. Once the Company obtains sufficient historical
experience, it will begin using the accrual method to recognize
revenue.
|
|
For
established customers the Company uses the accrual method of
accounting. The Company applies this method by multiplying the
historical yield, for each customer, times the amount advanced on each
purchased invoice outstanding for that customer, times the portion of a
year that the advance is outstanding. The customers’ historical
yield is based on the Company’s last six months of experience with the
customer along with the Company’s experience in the customer’s industry,
if applicable.
|
|
The
amounts recorded as revenue under the accrual method described above are
estimates. As purchased invoices are collected, the Company
records the appropriate adjustments to revenue earned on each purchased
invoice. Adjustments from estimated to actual revenue have not been
material.
|
|
Retained Interest in Purchased
Accounts Receivable – Retained interest in purchased accounts
receivable represents the gross amount of invoices purchased from
factoring customers less amounts maintained in a reserve
account. The Company purchases a customer’s accounts receivable
and advances them a percentage of the invoice total. The
difference between the purchase price and amount advanced is maintained in
a reserve account. The reserve account is used to offset any
potential losses the Company may have related to the purchased accounts
receivable. Upon collection, the retained interest is refunded
back to the client.
|
|
The
Company’s factoring and security agreements with their customers include
various recourse provisions requiring the customers to repurchase accounts
receivable if certain conditions, as defined in the factoring and security
agreement, are met.
|
|
Senior
management reviews the status of uncollected purchased accounts receivable
monthly to determine if any are uncollectible. The Company has
a security interest in the accounts receivable purchased and, on a
case-by-case basis, may have additional collateral. The Company
files security interests in the property securing their
advances. Access to this collateral is dependent upon the laws
and regulations in each state where the security interest is
filed. Additionally, the Company has varying types of personal
guarantees from their factoring customers relating to the purchased
accounts receivable.
|
|
Management
considered approximately $94,000 of their December 31, 2008 and $31,000 of
their December 31, 2007 retained interest in purchased accounts receivable
to be uncollectible.
|
|
Management
believes the fair value of the retained interest in purchased accounts
receivable approximates its recorded value because of the relatively short
term nature of the purchased receivable and the fact that the majority of
these invoices have been subsequently
collected.
|
|
Property and Equipment –
Property and equipment, consisting of furniture and fixtures and computers
and software, are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided over
the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets using the
straight-line method. Estimated useful lives range from 2 to 7
years.
|
|
Deferred Financing Costs
– Costs incurred to obtain financing are capitalized and amortized
over the term of the debt using the straight-line method, which
approximates the effective interest method. As of
December 31, 2008, the total amount capitalized of $246,634 is reduced by
the 2008 amortization expense of $5,431. The net amount of
$241,203 is classified in the balance sheet based on future expected
amortization as follows:
|
Current
|
$ | 85,130 | ||
Non-current
|
156,073 | |||
$ | 241,203 | |||
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The loan agreement required $100,000 of these
costs to be paid as follows:
2009
|
$ | 50,000 | ||
2010
|
50,000 | |||
$ | 100,000 | |||
Advertising Costs – The
Company charges advertising costs to expense as incurred. Total
advertising costs were approximately:
For
the years ending December 31,
|
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2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ |
391,000
|
$ | 289,700 |
|
|
Earnings per Share –
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing the net income for the
period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during
the period. Dilutive earnings per share includes the potential
impact of dilutive securities, such as convertible preferred stock, stock
options and stock warrants. The dilutive effect of stock
options and warrants is computed using the treasury stock method, which
assumes the repurchase of common shares at the average market
price.
|
|
Under
the treasury stock method, options and warrants will have dilutive effect
when the average price of common stock during the period exceeds the
exercise price of options or warrants. For the years ending
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the average price of common stock was less
than the exercise price of the options and
warrants.
|
|
Also
when there is a year-to-date loss from continuing operations, potential
common shares should not be included in the computation of diluted
earnings per share. For the years ending December 31, 2008 and
2007, there was a year-to-date loss from continuing
operations.
|
|
Stock Based Compensation
- The
fair value of transactions in which the Company exchanges its equity
instruments for employee services (share-based payment transactions) must
be recognized as an expense in the financial statements as services are
performed.
|
|
See
Note 9 for the impact on the operating results for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007.
|
|
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments – The carrying value of cash equivalents, retained
interest in purchased accounts receivable, due to financial institution,
accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximates their fair
value.
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
– Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of highly liquid cash
investment funds with original maturities of three months or less when
acquired.
|
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|
Income Taxes – Effective
January 31, 2007, the Company became a “C” corporation for income tax
purposes. In a “C” corporation income taxes are provided for
the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements plus
deferred income taxes related to the differences between financial
statement and taxable income.
|
|
The
primary differences between financial statement and taxable income for the
Company are as follows:
|
·
|
Compensation
costs related to the issuance of stock
options
|
·
|
Use
of the reserve method of accounting for bad
debts
|
·
|
Differences
in bases of property and equipment between financial and income tax
reporting
|
·
|
Net
operating loss carryforwards.
|
The
deferred tax asset represents the future tax return consequences of utilizing
these items. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation
reserve, when management is uncertain if the net deferred tax assets will ever
be realized.
In July
2006, FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes—an interpretation of SFAS No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the
accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation
requires that the Company recognize in its consolidated financial statements,
the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being
sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the
position. The provisions of FIN 48 became effective for the Company
on January 1, 2007.
The
Company applied FIN 48 to all its tax positions, including tax positions taken
and those expected to be taken, under the transition provision of the
interpretation. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the
Company recognized no increases or decreases in its recorded tax liabilities or
the December 31, 2006 retained earnings.
For the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company recognized no liability for
uncertain tax positions.
The
Company classifies interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits with interest
expense. Penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits are
classified with operating expenses.
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Recent
Accounting Pronouncements –
|
In March
2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No.
161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an
amendment to FASB No. 133” (SFAS 161). SFAS 161 requires expanded
qualitative, quantitative and credit-risk disclosures about derivatives and
hedging activities and their effects on the Company’s financial position,
financial performance and cash flows. SFAS 161 also clarifies that
derivatives are subject to credit risk disclosures as required by SFAS 107,
“Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Statements.” SFAS 161 is
effective for the year beginning January 1, 2009. The adoption of
SFAS 161 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial
condition and results of operations.
In
February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 140-3,
“Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets and Repurchase Financing
Transactions.” FSP No. FAS 140-3 requires an initial transfer of a
financial asset and a repurchase financing that was entered into
contemporaneously or in contemplation of the initial transfer to be evaluated as
a linked transaction under SFAS No. 140 unless certain criteria are met,
including that the transferred asset must be readily obtainable in the
marketplace. FSP No. FAS 140-3 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2008, and is applicable to new transactions entered
into after the date of adoption. Early adoption is
prohibited. The adoption of FSP No. 140-3 is not expected to have a
material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of
operations.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141(R) “Business
Combinations”. SFAS 141R modifies the accounting for business
combinations and requires, with limited exceptions, the acquiring entity in a
business combination to recognize 100 percent of the assets acquired,
liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the
acquisition date fair value. In addition, SFAS 141R limits the
recognition of acquisition-related restructuring liabilities and requires the
following: the expense of acquisition-related and restructuring costs and the
acquirer to record contingent consideration measured at the acquisition date at
fair value. SFAS 141R is effective for new acquisitions consummated
on or after January 1, 2009. Early adoption is not
permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this
standard.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements” (SFAS 160). SFAS 160 requires all
entities to report noncontrolling (i.e. minority interests) in subsidiaries as
equity in the Consolidated Financial Statements and to account for transactions
between an entity and noncontrolling owners as equity transactions if the parent
retains its controlling financial interest in the subsidiary. SFAS
160 also requires expanded disclosure that distinguishes between the interests
of a parent’s owners and the interests of a noncontrolling owners of a
subsidiary. SFAS 160 is effective for the Company’s financial
statements for the year beginning January 1, 2009 and early adoption is not
permitted. The adoption of SFAS 160 is not expected to have a
material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of
operations.
Forward-Looking
Statements
The Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 (the Act) provides a safe harbor for forward-looking
statements made by or on behalf of our Company. Our Company and its
representatives may from time to time make written or verbal forward-looking
statements, including statements contained in this report and other Company
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in our reports to
stockholders. Statements that relate to other than strictly historical facts,
such as statements about the Company's plans and strategies and expectations for
future financial performance are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Act. Generally, the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,”
“anticipate,” “will” and other similar expressions identify forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements are and will be based on management's
then current views and assumptions regarding future events and operating
performance, and speak only as of their dates. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. See “Risk Factors”
for a discussion of events and circumstances that could affect our financial
performance or cause actual results to differ materially from estimates
contained in or underlying our forward-looking statements.
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Item 8. Consolidated Financial
Statements
Consolidated Financial
Statements
The report of the Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm, Consolidated Financial Statements and
Schedules are set forth beginning on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K
following this page.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements
with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Not applicable.
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ANCHOR
FUNDING
SERVICES,
INC.
CONTENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007 |
PAGES
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-1
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Balance
Sheets
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F-2
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Statements
of Operations
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F-3
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Statement
of Stockholders' Equity
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F-4
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Statements
of Cash Flows
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F-5
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Notes
to Financial Statements
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F-6
- F-22
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERD PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The
Stockholders and Board of Directors
Anchor
Funding Services, Inc.
Charlotte,
North Carolina
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Anchor Funding Services,
Inc. and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2008.
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated
financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Anchor Funding Services,
Inc. and subsidiary at December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period
ended December 31, 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
/s/
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.
Charlotte,
North Carolina
March 27,
2008
F-1
ANCHOR
FUNDING SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
December
31, 2008 and 2007
ASSETS
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2008
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2007
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CURRENT
ASSETS:
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Cash
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$ | 401,104 | $ | 3,499,044 | ||||
Retained
interest in purchased accounts receivable, net
|
4,292,366 | 1,502,215 | ||||||
Earned
but uncollected fee income
|
87,529 | 25,742 | ||||||
Deferred
financing costs, current
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85,130 | - | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
116,950 | 65,016 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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4,983,079 | 5,092,017 | ||||||
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
|
70,181 | 89,044 | ||||||
DEFERRED
FINANCING COSTS, non-current
|
156,073 | - | ||||||
SECURITY
DEPOSITS
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19,500 | 20,216 | ||||||
$ | 5,228,833 | $ | 5,201,277 | |||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
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Due
to financial institution
|
$ | 1,187,224 | $ | - | ||||
Accounts
payable
|
122,900 | 68,728 | ||||||
Loan
fees payable
|
50,000 | - | ||||||
Accrued
payroll and related taxes
|
35,067 | 101,248 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
45,141 | 73,201 | ||||||
Collected
but unearned fee income
|
58,707 | 30,748 | ||||||
Preferred
dividends payable
|
- | 405,995 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
1,499,039 | 679,920 | ||||||
LOAN
FEES PAYABLE, non-current
|
50,000 | - | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
|
1,549,039 | 679,920 | ||||||
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
||||||||
PREFERRED
STOCK, net of issuance costs of
|
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$1,209,383
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5,361,512 | 5,503,117 | ||||||
COMMON
STOCK
|
12,941 | 11,821 | ||||||
ADDITIONAL
PAID IN CAPITAL
|
1,660,516 | 536,199 | ||||||
ACCUMULATED
DEFICIT
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(3,355,175 | ) | (1,529,780 | ) | ||||
3,679,794 | 4,521,357 | |||||||
$ | 5,228,833 | $ | 5,201,277 |
The
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these statements.
F-2
ANCHOR
FUNDING SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For
the years ended December 31,
2008
|
2007
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FINANCE
REVENUES
|
$ | 1,252,476 | $ | 423,024 | ||||
INTEREST
EXPENSE, net - financial institution
|
(9,664 | ) | (27,285 | ) | ||||
INTEREST
INCOME
|
40,096 | 199,965 | ||||||
NET
FINANCE REVENUES
|
1,282,908 | 595,704 | ||||||
PROVISION
FOR CREDIT LOSSES
|
(63,797 | ) | (30,708 | ) | ||||
FINANCE
REVENUES, NET OF INTEREST EXPENSE
|
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AND
CREDIT LOSSES
|
1,219,111 | 564,996 | ||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
(2,486,719 | ) | (1,611,676 | ) | ||||
LOSS
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
(1,267,608 | ) | (1,046,680 | ) | ||||
INCOME
TAXES
|
- | - | ||||||
NET
LOSS
|
(1,267,608 | ) | (1,046,680 | ) | ||||
DEEMED
DIVIDEND ON CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
|
(486,800 | ) | (405,995 | ) | ||||
NET
LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON
|
||||||||
SHAREHOLDER
|
$ | (1,754,408 | ) | $ | (1,452,675 | ) | ||
NET
LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON
|
||||||||
SHAREHOLDER,
per share
|
||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.13 | ) | ||
Dilutive
|
$ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.13 | ) | ||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
|
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Basic
and dilutive
|
12,718,636 | 11,141,103 |
The
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these statements.
F-3
ANCHOR
FUNDING SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
For
the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
Members'
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Preferred
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Common
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Additional
|
Accumulated
|
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Equity
|
Stock
|
Stock
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Paid
in Capital
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2007
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$ | 391,800 | $ | - | $ | 3,821 | $ | 79,554 | $ | (77,105 | ) | |||||||||
To
record the exchange of 8,000,000 common shares of BTHC XI,
Inc.
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stock
for 100,000 membership units of Anchor Funding Services,
LLC
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(391,800 | ) | - | 8,000 | 383,800 | - | ||||||||||||||
To
record issuance of 1,342,500 shares of convertible preferred
stock
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and
related costs of raising this capital of $1,209,383 and
issuance
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of
1,342,500 warrants
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- | 5,503,117 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
To
record issuance of 1,970,000 stock options
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- | - | - | 72,678 | - | |||||||||||||||
To
record award of 25,000 shares of common stock
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- | - | - | 167 | - | |||||||||||||||
Preferred
stock dividends
|
- | - | - | - | (405,995 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net
loss, year ended December 31, 2007
|
- | - | - | - | (1,046,680 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
- | 5,503,117 | 11,821 | 536,199 | (1,529,780 | ) | ||||||||||||||
To
record the issuance of 94,865 preferred shares in connection with
the
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payment
of the accrued preferred dividend liability as of December 31,
2007
|
- | 473,425 | - | - | (67,429 | ) | ||||||||||||||
To
record conversion of 220,366 preferred shares, plus accrued
and
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declared
dividends, to 1,119,823 common shares
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- | (1,101,830 | ) | 1,120 | 1,104,267 | (3,558 | ) | |||||||||||||
To
record the issuance of 97,360 preferred shares in connection with
the
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payment
of the accrued preferred dividend liability as of December 31,
2008
|
- | 486,800 | - | - | (486,800 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Provision
for compensation expense related to stock options issued
|
- | - | - | 20,050 | - | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss, year ended December 31, 2008
|
- | - | - | - | (1,267,608 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
$ | - | $ | 5,361,512 | $ | 12,941 | $ | 1,660,516 | $ | (3,355,175 | ) |
The
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these statements.
F-4
ANCHOR
FUNDING SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For
the years ended December 31,
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net
loss:
|
$ | (1,267,608 | ) | $ | (1,046,680 | ) | ||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash
|
||||||||
used
in operating activities:
|
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Depreciation
and amortization
|
46,010 | 26,026 | ||||||
Provision
for uncollectible accounts
|
63,096 | 30,708 | ||||||
Compensation
expense related to issuance of stock options
|
20,050 | 72,845 | ||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
Increase
in retained interest in purchased
|
||||||||
accounts
receivable
|
(2,853,247 | ) | (1,091,668 | ) | ||||
Increase
in earned but uncollected fee income
|
(61,787 | ) | (14,943 | ) | ||||
Increase
in prepaid expenses and other
|
(51,934 | ) | (23,882 | ) | ||||
Increase
in loan fees
|
(241,203 | ) | - | |||||
Decrease
(increase) in security deposits
|
716 | (20,216 | ) | |||||
Increase
in accounts payable
|
54,172 | 29,510 | ||||||
Increase
in loan fees payable
|
100,000 | - | ||||||
Increase
in collected but unearned fee income
|
27,959 | 19,018 | ||||||
(Decrease)
increase in accrued payroll and related taxes
|
(66,181 | ) | 63,452 | |||||
(Decrease)
increase in accrued expenses
|
(28,060 | ) | 73,201 | |||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(4,258,017 | ) | (1,882,629 | ) | ||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(27,147 | ) | (111,060 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(27,147 | ) | (111,060 | ) | ||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from (payments to) financial institution, net
|
1,187,224 | (44,683 | ) | |||||
Payments
to from related company
|
- | (21,472 | ) | |||||
Proceeds
from sale of preferred stock
|
- | 6,712,500 | ||||||
Payments
made related to sale of preferred stock
|
- | (1,209,383 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
1,187,224 | 5,436,962 | ||||||
(DECREASE)
INCREASE IN CASH
|
(3,097,940 | ) | 3,443,273 | |||||
CASH,
beginning of period
|
3,499,044 | 55,771 | ||||||
CASH,
end of period
|
$ | 401,104 | $ | 3,499,044 |
The
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these statements.
F-5
ANCHOR
FUNDING SERVICES, INC
Notes
To Consolidated Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
1. BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF
BUSINESS:
|
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Anchor Funding
Services, Inc. (formerly BTHC XI, Inc.) and its wholly owned subsidiary,
Anchor Funding Services, LLC (“the Company”). In April of 2007,
BTHC XI, Inc. changed its name to Anchor Funding Services,
Inc. All significant intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated in
consolidation.
|
|
Anchor
Funding Services, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. Anchor
Funding Services, Inc. has no operations; substantially all operations of
the Company are the responsibility of Anchor Funding Services,
LLC.
|
|
Anchor
Funding Services, LLC is a North Carolina limited liability
company. Anchor Funding Services, LLC was formed
for the purpose of providing factoring and back office services to
businesses located throughout the United States of
America.
|
|
On
January 31, 2007, BTHC XI, Inc acquired Anchor Funding Services, LLC by
exchanging shares in BTHC XI, Inc. for all the outstanding membership
units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC (See Note
8). Anchor Funding Services, LLC is considered the
surviving entity therefore these financial statements include the accounts
of BTHC XI, Inc. and Anchor Funding Services, LLC since January 1,
2007.
|
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES:
|
Estimates – The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
|
|
Revenue Recognition –
The Company charges fees to its customers in one of two ways as
follows:
|
1)
|
Fixed
Transaction Fee. Fixed transaction fees are a fixed percentage of
the purchased invoice. This percentage does not change from the
date the purchased invoice is funded until the date the purchased invoice
is collected.
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F-6
2)
|
Variable
Transaction Fee. Variable transaction fees are variable
based on the length of time the purchased invoice is
outstanding. As specified in its contract with the
client, the Company charges variable increasing percentages of the
purchased invoice as time elapses from the purchase date to the collection
date.
|
|
For
both Fixed and Variable Transaction fees, the Company recognizes revenue
by using one of two methods depending on the type of
customer. For new customers the Company recognizes revenue
using the cost recovery method. For established customers the
Company recognizes revenue using the accrual
method.
|
|
Under
the cost recovery method, all revenue is recognized upon collection of the
entire amount of purchased accounts
receivable.
|
|
The
Company considers new customers to be accounts whose initial funding has
been within the last three months or less. Management believes
it needs three months of history to reasonably estimate a customer’s
collection period and accrued revenues. If three months of
history has a limited number of transactions, the cost recovery method
will continue to be used until a reasonable revenue estimate can be
made. Once the Company obtains sufficient historical
experience, it will begin using the accrual method to recognize
revenue.
|
|
For
established customers the Company uses the accrual method of
accounting. The Company applies this method by multiplying the
historical yield, for each customer, times the amount advanced on each
purchased invoice outstanding for that customer, times the portion of a
year that the advance is outstanding. The customers’ historical
yield is based on the Company’s last six months of experience with the
customer along with the Company’s experience in the customer’s industry,
if applicable.
|
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The
amounts recorded as revenue under the accrual method described above are
estimates. As purchased invoices are collected, the Company
records the appropriate adjustments to revenue earned on each purchased
invoice. Adjustments from estimated to actual revenue have not been
material.
|
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Retained Interest in Purchased
Accounts Receivable – Retained interest in purchased accounts
receivable represents the gross amount of invoices purchased from
factoring customers less amounts maintained in a reserve
account. The Company purchases a customer’s accounts receivable
and advances them a percentage of the invoice total. The
difference between the purchase price and amount advanced is maintained in
a reserve account. The reserve account is used to offset any
potential losses the Company may have related to the purchased accounts
receivable. Upon collection, the retained interest is refunded
back to the client.
|
|
The
Company’s factoring and security agreements with their customers include
various recourse provisions requiring the customers to repurchase accounts
receivable if certain conditions, as defined in the factoring and security
agreement, are met.
|
|
Senior
management reviews the status of uncollected purchased accounts receivable
monthly to determine if any are uncollectible. The Company has
a security interest in the accounts receivable purchased and, on a
case-by-case basis, may have additional collateral. The Company
files security interests in the property securing their
advances. Access to this collateral is dependent upon the laws
and regulations in each state where the security interest is
filed. Additionally, the Company has varying types of personal
guarantees from their factoring customers relating to the purchased
accounts receivable.
|
F-7
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Management
considered approximately $94,000 of their December 31, 2008 and $31,000 of
their December 31, 2007 retained interest in purchased accounts receivable
to be uncollectible.
|
|
Management
believes the fair value of the retained interest in purchased accounts
receivable approximates its recorded value because of the relatively short
term nature of the purchased receivable and the fact that the majority of
these invoices have been subsequently
collected.
|
|
Property and Equipment –
Property and equipment, consisting of furniture and fixtures and computers
and software, are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided over
the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets using the
straight-line method. Estimated useful lives range from 2 to 7
years.
|
|
Deferred Financing Costs
– Costs incurred to obtain financing are capitalized and amortized
over the term of the debt using the straight-line method, which
approximates the effective interest method. As of
December 31, 2008, the total amount capitalized of $246,634 is reduced by
the 2008 amortization expense of $5,431. The net amount of
$241,203 is classified in the balance sheet based on future expected
amortization as follows:
|
Current
|
$ | 85,130 | ||
Non-current
|
156,073 | |||
$ | 241,203 |
|
The
loan agreement required $100,000 of these costs to be paid as
follows:
|
2009
|
$ | 50,000 | ||
2010
|
50,000 | |||
$ | 100,000 |
|
Advertising Costs – The
Company charges advertising costs to expense as incurred. Total
advertising costs were
approximately:
|
For
the years ending December 31,
|
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2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ | 391,000 | $ | 289,700 |
F-8
|
Earnings per Share –
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing the net income for the
period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during
the period. Dilutive earnings per share includes the potential
impact of dilutive securities, such as convertible preferred stock, stock
options and stock warrants. The dilutive effect of stock
options and warrants is computed using the treasury stock method, which
assumes the repurchase of common shares at the average market
price.
|
|
Under
the treasury stock method, options and warrants will have dilutive effect
when the average price of common stock during the period exceeds the
exercise price of options or warrants. For the years ending
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the average price of common stock was less
than the exercise price of the options and
warrants.
|
|
Also
when there is a year-to-date loss from continuing operations, potential
common shares should not be included in the computation of diluted
earnings per share. For the years ending December 31, 2008 and
2007, there was a year-to-date loss from continuing
operations.
|
|
Stock Based Compensation
- The
fair value of transactions in which the Company exchanges its equity
instruments for employee services (share-based payment transactions) must
be recognized as an expense in the financial statements as services are
performed.
|
|
See
Note 9 for the impact on the operating results for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007.
|
|
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments – The carrying value of cash equivalents, retained
interest in purchased accounts receivable, due to financial institution,
accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximates their fair
value.
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
– Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of highly liquid cash
investment funds with original maturities of three months or less when
acquired.
|
|
Income Taxes – Effective
January 31, 2007, the Company became a “C” corporation for income tax
purposes. In a “C” corporation income taxes are provided for
the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements plus
deferred income taxes related to the differences between financial
statement and taxable income.
|
|
The
primary differences between financial statement and taxable income for the
Company are as follows:
|
·
|
Compensation
costs related to the issuance of stock
options
|
·
|
Use
of the reserve method of accounting for bad
debts
|
·
|
Differences
in bases of property and equipment between financial and income tax
reporting
|
·
|
Net
operating loss carryforwards.
|
F-9
The
deferred tax asset represents the future tax return consequences of utilizing
these items. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation
reserve, when management is uncertain if the net deferred tax assets will ever
be realized.
In July
2006, FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes—an interpretation of SFAS No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the
accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation
requires that the Company recognize in its consolidated financial statements,
the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being
sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the
position. The provisions of FIN 48 became effective for the Company
on January 1, 2007.
The
Company applied FIN 48 to all its tax positions, including tax positions taken
and those expected to be taken, under the transition provision of the
interpretation. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the
Company recognized no increases or decreases in its recorded tax liabilities or
the December 31, 2006 retained earnings.
For the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company recognized no liability for
uncertain tax positions.
The
Company classifies interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits with interest
expense. Penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits are
classified with operating expenses.
|
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements –
|
In March
2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No.
161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an
amendment to FASB No. 133” (SFAS 161). SFAS 161 requires expanded
qualitative, quantitative and credit-risk disclosures about derivatives and
hedging activities and their effects on the Company’s financial position,
financial performance and cash flows. SFAS 161 also clarifies that
derivatives are subject to credit risk disclosures as required by SFAS 107,
“Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Statements.” SFAS 161 is
effective for the year beginning January 1, 2009. The adoption of
SFAS 161 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial
condition and results of operations.
In
February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 140-3,
“Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets and Repurchase Financing
Transactions.” FSP No. FAS 140-3 requires an initial transfer of a
financial asset and a repurchase financing that was entered into
contemporaneously or in contemplation of the initial transfer to be evaluated as
a linked transaction under SFAS No. 140 unless certain criteria are met,
including that the transferred asset must be readily obtainable in the
marketplace. FSP No. FAS 140-3 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2008, and is applicable to new transactions entered
into after the date of adoption. Early adoption is
prohibited. The adoption of FSP No. 140-3 is not expected to have a
material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of
operations.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141(R) “Business
Combinations”. SFAS 141R modifies the accounting for business
combinations and requires, with limited exceptions, the acquiring entity in a
business combination to recognize 100 percent of the assets acquired,
liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the
acquisition date fair value. In addition, SFAS 141R limits the
recognition of acquisition-related restructuring liabilities and requires the
following: the expense of acquisition-related and restructuring costs and the
acquirer to record contingent consideration measured at the acquisition date at
fair value. SFAS 141R is effective for new acquisitions consummated
on or after January 1, 2009. Early adoption is not
permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this
standard.
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In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements” (SFAS 160). SFAS 160 requires all
entities to report noncontrolling (i.e. minority interests) in subsidiaries as
equity in the Consolidated Financial Statements and to account for transactions
between an entity and noncontrolling owners as equity transactions if the parent
retains its controlling financial interest in the subsidiary. SFAS
160 also requires expanded disclosure that distinguishes between the interests
of a parent’s owners and the interests of a noncontrolling owners of a
subsidiary. SFAS 160 is effective for the Company’s financial
statements for the year beginning January 1, 2009 and early adoption is not
permitted. The adoption of SFAS 160 is not expected to have a
material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of
operations.
3. RETAINED INTEREST IN PURCHASED
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE:
Retained
interest in purchased accounts receivable consists of the
following:
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Purchased
accounts receivable outstanding
|
$ | 5,340,975 | $ | 1,841,539 | ||||
Reserve
account
|
(954,104 | ) | (308,616 | ) | ||||
Allowance
for uncollectible invoices
|
(94,505 | ) | (30,708 | ) | ||||
$ | 4,292,366 | $ | 1,502,215 |
Retained
interest in purchased accounts receivable consists, excluding amounts recorded
asuncollectible, of United States companies in the following
industries:
For
the years ending December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ | 38,048,000 | $ | 11,579,000 |
Total
accounts receivable purchased were as follows:
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Staffing
|
$ | 1,049,623 | $ | 656,020 | ||||
Transportation
|
1,666,895 | 218,264 | ||||||
Publishing
|
2,664 | 6,000 | ||||||
Construction
|
5,218 | 8,291 | ||||||
Service
|
1,417,615 | 498,614 | ||||||
Other
|
244,856 | 145,734 | ||||||
$ | 4,386,871 | $ | 1,532,923 |
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4. PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT:
|
Property
and equipment consist of the
following:
|
Estimated
|
|||||||||
Useful
Lives
|
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Furniture
and fixtures
|
2-5
years
|
$ | 33,960 | $ | 33,960 | ||||
Computers
and software
|
3-7
years
|
121,012 | 93,866 | ||||||
154,972 | 127,826 | ||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(84,791 | ) | (38,782 | ) | |||||
$ | 70,181 | $ | 89,044 |
5. DUE
TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION:
|
In
November 2008, the Company entered into an agreement with a financial
institution to finance the factoring of receivables and to provide ongoing
working capital. The agreement is a revolving credit facility
that allows the Company to borrow up to $15,000,000. This
agreement expires in November 2011.
|
|
Borrowings
are made at the request of the Company. The amount eligible to
be borrowed is based on a borrowing base formula as defined in the
agreement. The interest on borrowings is paid monthly at LIBOR
rate plus 4%. In addition to interest, the Company pays the
financial institution various monthly fees as defined in the
agreement.
|
|
The
agreement is collateralized by a first lien on all Company
assets. Borrowings on this agreement are partially guaranteed
by the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The
partial guarantee is $250,000 each.
|
|
The
agreement, among other covenants, requires the Company to maintain certain
financial ratios. As of December 31, 2008, the Company was in
compliance with, or obtained waivers for, all provisions of this
agreement.
|
6. CAPITAL
STRUCTURE:
|
The
Company’s capital structure consists of preferred and common stock as
described below:
|
|
Preferred Stock – The
Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of $.001 par value
preferred stock. The Company’s Board of Directors determines
the rights and preferences of its preferred
stock.
|
|
On
January 31, 2007, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation with the
Secretary of State of Delaware. Effective with this filing,
2,000,000 preferred shares became Series 1 Convertible Preferred
Stock. Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock will rank senior to
Common Stock.
|
|
Series
1 Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into 5 shares of the
Company’s Common Stock. The holder of the Series 1 Convertible
Preferred Stock has the option to convert the shares to Common Stock at
any time. Upon conversion all accumulated and unpaid dividends
will be paid as additional shares of Common
Stock.
|
|
The
dividend rate on Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock is
8%. Dividends are paid annually on December 31st in the form of
additional Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock unless the Board of
Directors approves a cash dividend. Dividends on Series 1
Convertible Preferred Stock shall cease to accrue on the earlier of
December 31, 2009, or on the date they are converted to Common
Shares. Thereafter, the holders of Series 1 Convertible
Preferred Stock have the same dividend rights as holders of Common Stock,
as if the Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock had been converted to
Common Stock. Accrued dividends at December 31, 2008 and
December 30, 2007 were $0 and $405,995
respectively.
|
|
Common Stock – The
Company is authorized to issue 40,000,000 shares of $.001 par value Common
Stock. Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder to one
vote at all stockholder meetings. Dividends on Common Stock
will be determined annually by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
|
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|
The
changes in Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock shares
for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 is summarized as
follows:
|
Series
1 Convertible
|
Common
|
|||||||
Preferred
Stock
|
Stock
|
|||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2007
|
- | 3,820,555 | ||||||
Shares
issued in exchange for
|
||||||||
the
membership units of
|
||||||||
Anchor
Funding Services, LLC
|
- | 8,000,000 | ||||||
Shares
issued in connection
|
||||||||
with
sale of Series 1 Convertible
|
||||||||
Preferred
Stock
|
1,342,500 | - | ||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
1,342,500 | 11,820,555 | ||||||
Shares
issued as payment for the
|
||||||||
2007
preferred stock dividend
|
94,865 | - | ||||||
Shares
issued (redeemed) related
|
||||||||
to
the conversion of preferred shares
|
||||||||
to
common shares
|
(220,366 | ) | 1,119,823 | |||||
Shares
issued as payment for the
|
||||||||
2008
preferred stock dividend
|
97,360 | - | ||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
1,314,359 | 12,940,378 |
7. RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTION:
|
The
Company used the administrative staff and facilities of a limited
liability Company (LLC) related through common ownership. The
services provided by the LLC consisted primarily of rent, credit,
collection, invoicing, payroll and bookkeeping. The Company
paid the LLC a fee for these services. The fee was computed as
a percentage of accounts receivable purchased by the
Company. The administrative fee charged by the LLC was as
follows:
|
For
the years ending December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ | - | $ | 16,100 |
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The
Company’s ceased using these services in August 2007.
8. EXCHANGE
TRANSACTION:
|
On
January 31, 2007, Anchor Funding Services, LLC and its members entered
into a Securities Exchange Agreement with BTHC XI, Inc. The
members namely, George Rubin, Morry Rubin (“M. Rubin”) and Ilissa
Bernstein exchanged their units in Anchor Funding Services, LLC for an
aggregate of 8,000,000 common shares of BTHC XI, Inc. issued to George
Rubin (2,400,000 shares), M. Rubin (3,600,000 shares) and Ilissa Bernstein
(2,000,000 shares). Upon the closing of this transaction Anchor
Funding Services, LLC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of BTHC XI,
Inc.
|
|
At
the time of this transaction, BTHC XI, Inc. had no operations and no
assets or liabilities. After this transaction the former members of Anchor
Funding Services, LLC owned approximately 67.7% of the outstanding common
stock of BTHC XI, Inc.
|
|
This
transaction was accounted for as a purchase. There was no
market value for the common shares of BTHC XI, Inc. or the membership
units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC at the transaction
date. Accordingly, BTHC XI, Inc. recorded the membership units
received in Anchor Funding Services, LLC at Anchor Funding Service LLC’s
net asset value as of the transaction
date.
|
9.
EMPLOYMENT AND STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS:
|
At
closing of the exchange transaction described above, M. Rubin and Brad
Bernstein (“B. Bernstein”), the husband of Ilissa Bernstein and President
of the Company, entered into employment contracts and stock option
agreements. Additionally, at closing two non-employee directors
entered into stock option
agreements.
|
|
.
|
|
The
following summarizes M. Rubin’s employment agreement and stock
options:
|
·
|
The
employment agreement with M. Rubin retains his services as Co-chairman and
Chief Executive Officer for a three-year
period.
|
·
|
An
annual salary of $1 until, the first day of the first month following such
time as the Company, shall have, within any period beginning on January 1
and ending not more than 12 months thereafter, earned pre-tax net income
exceeding $1,000,000, M. Rubin’s base salary shall be adjusted to an
amount, to be mutually agreed upon between M. Rubin and the Company,
reflecting the fair value of the services provided, and to be provided, by
M. Rubin taking into account (i) his position, responsibilities and
performance, (ii) the Company’s industry, size and performance,
and (iii) other relevant factors. M. Rubin is eligible to receive annual
bonuses as determined by the Company’s compensation
committee. M. Rubin shall be entitled to a monthly automobile
allowance of $1,500.
|
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·
|
10-year
options to purchase 650,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share,
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting
of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third on
February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009, provided that in the
event of a change in control or M. Rubin is terminated without cause or M.
Rubin terminates for good reason, all unvested options shall accelerate
and immediately vest and become exercisable in full on the earliest of the
date of change in control or date of M. Rubin’s voluntary termination or
by the Company without cause.
|
|
The
following summarizes B. Bernstein’s employment agreement and stock
options:
|
·
|
The
employment agreement with B. Bernstein retains his services as President
for a three-year period.
|
·
|
An
annual salary of $205,000 during the first year, $220,000 during the
second year and
$240,000 during the third year and any additional year of
employment. The Board may periodically review B. Bernstein’s
base salary and may determine to increase (but not decrease) the base
salary in accordance with such policies as the Company may hereafter adopt
from time to time. B. Bernstein is eligible to receive annual
bonuses as determined by the Company’s compensation
committee. B. Bernstein shall be entitled to a monthly
automobile allowance of $1,000.
|
·
|
10-year
options to purchase 950,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share,
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting
of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third on
February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009, provided that in the
event of a change in control or B. Bernstein is terminated without cause
or B. Bernstein terminates for good reason, all unvested options shall
accelerate and immediately vest and become exercisable in full on the
earliest of the date of change in control or date of B. Bernstein’s
voluntary termination or by the Company without
cause.
|
|
The
following summarizes the stock option agreements entered into with three
directors:
|
·
|
10-year
options to purchase 460,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share,
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting
of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third one
year from the grant date and the remainder 2 years from grant
date. If any director ceases serving the Company for any
reason, all unvested options shall terminate immediately and all vested
options must be exercised within 90 days after the director ceases serving
as a director.
|
|
The
following summarizes employee stock option agreements entered into with
three managerial employees:
|
·
|
10-year
options to purchase 14,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share, pursuant
to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. The grant dates
range from September 28, 2007 to February 21, 2008. Vesting
periods range from one to four years. If any employee ceases being
employed by the Company for any reason, all vested and unvested options
shall terminate immediately.
|
F-15
|
The
following table summarizes information about stock options as of December
31, 2008:
|
Weighted
Average
|
|||||||||||
Exercise
|
Number
|
Remaining
|
Number
|
||||||||
Price
|
Outstanding
|
Contractual
Life
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||
$ | 1.25 | 2,074,000 |
10
years
|
1,369,501 |
The
Company recorded the issuance of these optionsin
accordance with SFAS No. 123(R). The following information was input
into a Black Scholes option pricing model to compute a per option price of
$.0468:
Exercise
price
|
$ | 1.25 | ||
Term
|
10
years
|
|||
Volatility
|
2.5 | |||
Dividends
|
0 | % | ||
Discount
rate
|
4.75 | % |
|
The
financial effect of these options to record over their life is as
follows:
|
Options
to value
|
2,074,000 | |||
Option
price
|
$ | 0.0468 | ||
Total
expense to recognize over
|
||||
life
of options
|
$ | 97,063 |
|
The
fair value amounts recorded for these options in the statement of
operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $20,050 and December
31, 2007 was $72,845.
|
|
The
pre-tax fair value effect recorded for these options in the statement of
operations for the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2007 was as
follows:
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Fully
vested stock options
|
$ | 8,108 | $ | 30,576 | ||||
Unvested
portion of stock options
|
11,942 | 42,269 | ||||||
$ | 20,050 | $ | 72,845 |
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10.
SALE OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK:
From
February 1, 2007 to April 5, 2007 the Company sold 1,342,500 shares of
convertible preferred stock to accredited investors. The gross
proceeds, transaction expenses and net proceeds of these transactions were as
follows:
Gross
proceeds
|
$ | 6,712,500 | ||
Cash
fees:
|
||||
Placement
agent
|
(951,483 | ) | ||
Legal
and accounting
|
(218,552 | ) | ||
Blue
sky
|
(39,348 | ) | ||
Net
cash proceeds
|
$ | 5,503,117 | ||
Non-cash
fees:
|
||||
Placement
agents fees - warrants
|
(62,695 | ) | ||
Net
proceeds
|
$ | 5,440,422 |
|
The
placement agent was issued warrants to purchase 1,342,500 shares of the
Company’s common stock. The following information was input
into a Black Scholes option pricing model to compute a per warrant price
of $.0462:
|
Exercise
price
|
$ | 1.10 | ||
Term
|
5
years
|
|||
Volatility
|
2.5 | |||
Dividends
|
0 | % | ||
Discount
rate
|
4.70 | % |
The
following table summarizes information about stock warrants as of December 31,
2008:
Weighted
Average
|
|||||||||||
Exercise
|
Number
|
Remaining
|
Number
|
||||||||
Price
|
Outstanding
|
Contractual
Life
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||
$ | 1.10 | 1,342,500 |
5
years
|
1,342,500 |
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11. CONCENTRATIONS:
|
Revenues – The Company
recorded revenues from United States companies in the following industries
as follows:
|
Industry
|
For
the year ending December 31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Staffing
|
$ | 270,732 | $ | 284,568 | ||||
Transportation
|
532,657 | 14,975 | ||||||
Publishing
|
0 | 3,173 | ||||||
Construction
|
5,725 | 8,460 | ||||||
Service
|
388,494 | 100,849 | ||||||
Other
|
54,868 | 10,999 | ||||||
$ | 1,252,476 | $ | 423,024 |
|
Major Customers – The
Company had the following transactions and balances with unrelated
customers for the year ending December 31, 2007 which represent 10 percent
or more of its revenues for the year ending December 31, 2007 as
follows:
|
For
the year ending December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 69,500 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 43,500 | ||||||
As
of December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||
Purchased
accounts
|
||||||||||||
receivable
outstanding
|
$ | 174,000 | $ | 140,000 | $ | 211,500 |
|
The
Company had no major customers as of, and for the year ended, December 31,
2008, as defined above.
|
|
Cash – The Company
places its cash and cash equivalents on deposit with a North Carolina
financial institution. In October and November, 2008 the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) temporarily increased coverage to $250,000
for substantially all depository accounts and temporarily provides
unlimited coverage for certain qualifying and participating non-interest
bearing transaction accounts. The increased coverage is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2009, at which time it is anticipated amounts
insured by the FDIC will return to $100,000. During the year, the
Company from time to time may have had amounts on deposit in excess of the
insured limits.
|
F-18
12. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH
FLOW:
|
Cash
paid for interest was as follows:
|
For
the year ending December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ | 9,500 | $ | 27,300 |
|
Non-cash
financing and investing activities consisted of the
following:
|
|
For the year ending
2008 -
|
|
94,685
preferred shares were issued in satisfaction of the accrued dividend
obligation as of December 31, 2007.
|
|
Exchange
of 220,366 preferred shares for 1,119,613 common
shares.
|
|
97,360
preferred shares were issued in satisfaction of the dividend obligation
for the year ended December 31,
2008.
|
|
104,000
stock options were issued to directors and
employees
|
|
For the year ending
2007 -
|
|
8,000,000
shares of common stock were issued in exchange for 100,000 membership
units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC (see Note 8). In
connection with this exchange, the Company acquired cash of
$6,270.
|
|
1,970,000
stock options were issued to the Company’s President, CEO, two managerial
employees and two non-employee directors (see Note
9).
|
|
1,342,500
stock warrants were issued to the placement agent handling the sale of the
Company’s convertible preferred stock (see Note
10).
|
|
25,000
shares of common stock awarded in exchange for a promissory note of
$25,000 (See Note 9).
|
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13. INCOME TAXES:
|
The
current and deferred income tax provision for the years ending December
31, 2008 and 2007 consists of the
following:
|
For
the Year
|
For
the Year
|
|||||||
Ending
|
Ending
|
|||||||
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Current
provision
|
$ | - | $ | - | ||||
Deferred
benefit
|
452,000 | 409,000 | ||||||
$ | 452,000 | $ | 409,000 | |||||
Valuation
reserve
|
(452,000 | ) | (409,000 | ) | ||||
$ | - | $ | - |
|
The
following table reconciles the total provision for income taxes recorded
in the consolidated statement of operations with the amounts computed at
the statutory federal tax rate of
34%:
|
For
the Year
|
For
the Year
|
|||||||
Ending
|
Ending
|
|||||||
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Tax
at statutory rate
|
$ | 431,000 | $ | 356,000 | ||||
Compensation costs
related to issuance of
|
||||||||
stock
options
|
(6,800 | ) | (25,000 | ) | ||||
Reserve
method of accounting for bad debts
|
(22,000 | ) | (11,000 | ) | ||||
State
taxes
|
49,000 | 91,000 | ||||||
Other
|
800 | (2,000 | ) | |||||
$ | 452,000 | $ | 409,000 |
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|
The
deferred tax assets related to the differences between financial statement
and taxable income as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 are as
follows:
|
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Compensation costs
related to issuance of
|
||||||||
stock
options
|
$ | 37,000 | $ | 29,000 | ||||
Reserve
method of accounting for bad debts
|
38,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
Basis
differences in property and equipment
|
- | (6,000 | ) | |||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
786,000 | 374,000 | ||||||
861,000 | 409,000 | |||||||
Valuation
reserve
|
(861,000 | ) | (409,000 | ) | ||||
$ | - | $ | - |
|
Management
is uncertain if these deferred tax assets will ever be realized, therefore
they have been fully reserved. The increase in the valuation
reserve equals the deferred tax
benefit.
|
The net operating loss
carryforward generated in the year ending December 31, 2008 wasapproximately
$1,185,000.
|
The
Company has the following net operating loss carryforwards available to
offset future taxable income:
|
Amount
|
Expiration
|
|||||||
Federal
|
$ | 2,068,000 | 2021 - 2023 | |||||
State
|
$ | 2,066,000 | 2021 - 2023 |
|
The
Company files tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various
states. Currently, none of the Company’s open tax returns are
being examined by the taxing
authorities.
|
F-21
14.
FACILITY LEASES:
|
In
2007, the Company executed lease agreements for office space in Charlotte,
NC and Boca Raton, FL. All lease agreements are with unrelated
parties.
|
|
The
Charlotte lease is effective on August 15, 2007, is for a twenty-four
month term and includes an option to renew for an additional three year
term at substantially the same terms. On November 1, 2007, the
Company entered into a lease for additional space adjoining its Charlotte
office. The lease is for 19 months and includes a two year
renewal option at substantially the same terms. The monthly
rent for the combined space is approximately
$2,250
|
|
The
Boca Raton lease was effective on August 20, 2007 and is for a sixty-one
month term. The monthly rental is approximately
$8,300.
|
|
The
rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was
approximately $137,000 and $44,000, respectively. The future
minimum lease payments are as
follows:
|
2009
|
$ | 117,500 | ||
2010
|
99,500 | |||
2011
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99,500 | |||
2012
|
74,500 | |||
$ | 391,000 |
15. SUBSEQUENT
EVENT:
|
In
March 2009, the board of directors granted stock options to Morry Rubin,
Brad Bernstein and to two managerial employees. The following
is a summary of these options:
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Optionee
|
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Morry
Rubin
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Brad
Bernstein
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Managerial
Employees
|
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No.
of Options
|
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Issued
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250,000 | 250,000 | 55,000 | |||||||||
Exercise
|
||||||||||||
Price
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$ | 0.62 | $ | 0.62 | $ | 1.00 | ||||||
Vesting
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One-third
in March
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Period
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100%
upon grant date
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100%
upon grant date
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2010,
2011 and 2012
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Exercise
|
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Period
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Until
March 2019
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Until
March 2019
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Until
March 2019
|
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These
stock options will be accounted for as described in the “Stock Based
Compensation” section of Note 2.
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Item
9.A.(T) Controls and Procedures.
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we have evaluated the
effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as required by Exchange
Act Rule 13a-15(b) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on
that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have
concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
Report
of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting for the company. Internal control over
financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of our financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Internal control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that in
reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; providing
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation
of our financial statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and
expenditures of company assets are made in accordance with management
authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition,
use or disposition of company assets that could have a material effect on our
financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not
intended to provide absolute assurance that a misstatement of our financial
statements would be prevented or detected.
Management
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control – Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the
company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of
December 31, 2008. There were no changes in our internal control over
financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2008 that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting. Our independent auditors have not audited and
are not required to audit this assessment of our internal control over financial
reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
Item
9.B. Other Information.
Not Applicable.
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PART
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate
Governance
The
names, ages and principal occupations of the Company's present officers and
directors are listed below.
Name (1)
|
Age
|
Position
|
George
Rubin*
|
79
|
Co-Chairman
of the Board and Co-Founder
|
Morry
Rubin*
|
48
|
Co-Chairman,
CEO, Director, Co-Founder
|
Brad
Bernstein
|
43
|
President,
CFO and Co-Founder
|
Kenneth
Smalley
|
45
|
Director
|
E.
Anthony Woods
|
68
|
Director
|
__________________
|
*
George Rubin is the father of Morry F.
Rubin.
|
(1)
|
Directors
are elected at the annual meeting of stockholders and hold office until
the following annual meeting. We currently have a vacancy on
the Board of Directors due to the December 2, 2008 resignation of Frank M.
DeLape.
|
The terms
of all officers expire at the annual meeting of directors following the annual
stockholders meeting. Officers serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be
removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, and a
successor elected by a majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time,
subject to their rights under employment agreements.
George Rubin has been a
director of the Company since January 31, 2007. He served as Co-Chairman of
Anchor Funding Services, LLC since its formation in 2003. Since October, 1998,
George Rubin has been a director and a principal owner of Preferred Labor LLC,
which completed the sale if its business on April 23, 2007. Mr. Rubin devotes to
Anchor such time as is necessary for the performance of his duties. George Rubin
was Chairman of the Board of ATC Group Services, Inc., a publicly held Company,
from 1988 to 1998. ATC was sold to a financial investor group for approximately
$160 million. From 1961 to 1987, Mr. Rubin served as President, Treasurer and
Director of Staff Builders, Inc. During that time, Staff Builders, Inc. was a
publicly held corporation engaged in providing temporary personnel in the
healthcare, light industrial and clerical fields. While he served as President,
Staff Builders, Inc. operated through approximately 100 offices and generated
revenues in excess of $100 million.
Morry F. Rubin has been a
director and executive officer of the Company since January 31, 2007. He served
as Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Anchor funding Services, LLC since
its formation in 2003. Since 1998, Morry F. Rubin also has been Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and principal owner of Preferred Labor LLC which completed the
sale if its business on April 23, 2007. On January 31, 2007, Mr. Rubin became a
full-time employee of our company. Prior to his involvement with Preferred
Labor, Mr. Rubin was President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and a
director of ATC Group Services, Inc. (“ATC”), a publicly held company, from 1988
to 1998. In January 1998, ATC was sold to a financial investor group for
approximately $160 million. Mr. Rubin was also President, Chief Executive
Officer and Treasurer of Aurora Environmental, Inc. from May 1985 to June 1995,
and was a director of Aurora from September 1983 to June 1995. In 1995, Morry
Rubin was selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the
Year under 40 Award for the New York City Region. From 1981 to 1987, Mr. Rubin
was employed in sales and as director of acquisitions for Staff Builders, Inc.,
a publicly held company engaged in providing temporary personnel in the
healthcare, light industrial and clerical fields.
Brad Bernstein has been a
director and executive officer of the Company since January 31, 2007. He served
as President and Chief Financial Officer of Anchor Funding Services, LLC since
its formation in 2003. Mr. Bernstein was employed by Preferred Labor LLC from
March 1999 through January, 2007. Mr. Bernstein served Preferred as its Chief
Financial officer and later as its President. On January 31, 2007, Mr. Bernstein
became a full-time employee of our company. Before joining Preferred Labor he
was a partner of Miller, Ellin Consulting Group, LLP. Mr. Bernstein advised
companies in many areas to improve their operations and increase their
profitability. Mr. Bernstein’s clients also included major commercial and
investment banks, asset based lenders and factoring companies. These
institutions relied on his ability to oversee due diligence engagements and
evaluate a Company’s financial performance, its internal control structure and
the quality of its assets before making investments or loans. Mr. Bernstein has
used his banking relationships to raise debt and negotiate and structure
financing for companies. Mr. Bernstein received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Columbia University.
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Kenneth D. Smalley C.F.A. was
the director of the High Yield Portfolio Group at The Dreyfus Corporation from
May of 2001 through February of 2005. As Dreyfus’s high yield portfolio manager,
he was responsible for the performance of over $1.5 billion in mutual fund
assets. Prior to joining Dreyfus, Mr. Smalley was a high-yield portfolio manager
and analyst with the Alliance Capital Management Corporation (January 1999
through May 2001). Prior to joining Alliance Capital, he was a high-yield bond
trader and analyst at, the PaineWebber Group Inc. (July 1996 through December
1998), NatWest Securities from March 1994 through December 1995, and Nomura
Securities from April of 1993 to March of 1994. Mr. Smalley was a credit analyst
at Teacher Insurance and Annuity Association from July of 1989 through April of
1993 and began his career in 1985 as a financial analyst at General Electric
Co.’s Aircraft Engine Business Group. Mr. Smalley received his M.B.A. from the
Stern School in 1989, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Smalley has also
been involved in the Legal Finance Industry, specially the Pre-Settlement Legal
Financing Sector, as one of the original founders of the Cambridge Management
Group and as a leading consultant (March 2005 through September 2006) to the
industry. Mr. Smalley recently joined the Bridgehead Group (September 2006) as
its Chief Financial Officer.
E. Anthony Woods has served
as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Support Source, a limited liability
investing/consulting company, providing financial, management and marketing
expertise to the healthcare industry since 2003. From 1987 through
2002, Mr. Woods served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Deaconess
Association, Inc., a large Cincinnati based diversified healthcare holding
company operating for profit and not for profit health services corporations.
Since 2007, Mr. Woods serves as a director of Critical Homecare Solutions, an
equity-fund owned company and leading provider of homecare services and products
currently serving 15,000 patients in 14 states. Since 2006, Mr. Woods serves as
a director of Phoenix Health Systems, a national provider of healthcare
information technology outsourcing solutions. Since 2004, Mr. Woods has served
as a director (and as Chairman since 2006) of LCA-Vision, a leading provider of
laser vision correction services which owns and operates over 70 fixed-site
centers in the United States and through a joint venture in
Canada. Since 2003, Mr. Woods is also active as Chairman of the Board
of Deaconess Association, Inc. and he is currently serving as interim Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of said company. Since
1998, he has also served as a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, a
Standard & Poors 500 company which serves as a holding company with
subsidiaries which underwrite fire, auto, casualty and other related forms of
insurance. Mr. Woods is 67 years of age. He received his M.B.A. in Finance and
Marketing from Samford University and a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from the
University of Tennessee.
Limitation
of Directors’ Liability and Indemnification
Our
directors are not personally liable to us or to any of our stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability
(i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders,
(ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) for any transaction from which
the director derived any improper personal benefit. If the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware or any other statute of the State of Delaware is
amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of
our directors, then the liability of our directors will be limited to the
fullest extent permitted by the statutes of the State of Delaware, as so
amended, and such elimination or limitation of liability shall be in addition
to, and not in lieu of, the provided limitation on the liability of a director.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we fully indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative) by reason of the fact that such person is or was our director or
officer, or is or was serving at our request as a director or officer of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding. To the extent permitted by law,
we may fully indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact
that such person is or was our employee or agent, or is or was serving at our
request as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding. We will, if so requested by a director or officer, advance
expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by such director or officer in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon the
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer
is not entitled to indemnification. We may advance expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) incurred by an employee or agent in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon such terms and conditions,
if any, as our Board deems appropriate.
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Committees
Currently the Company has no audit,
compensation, corporate governance, nominating or other committee of the Board
of Directors. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, required
each corporation to have an audit committee consisting solely of independent
directors and to identify the independent directors who are considered to be a
“financial expert.” Under the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotations definition, an “independent director means a person other
than an officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries or any other
individuals having a relationship that, in the opinion of the Company’s board of
directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying
out the responsibilities of the director. The board’s discretion in determining
director independence is not completely unfettered. Further, under the NASDAQ
definition, an independent director is a person who (1) is not currently (or
whose immediate family members are not currently), and has not been over the
past three years (or whose immediate family members have not been over the past
three years), employed by the company; (2) has not (or whose immediate family
members have not) been paid more than $60,000 during the current or past three
fiscal years; (3) has not (or whose immediately family has not) been a
partner in or controlling shareholder or executive officer of an organization
which the company made, or from which the company received, payments in excess
of the greater of $200,000 or 5% of that organizations consolidated gross
revenues, in any of the most recent three fiscal years; (4) has not (or whose
immediate family members have not), over the past three years been employed as
an executive officer of a company in which an executive officer of Anchor has
served on that company’s compensation committee; or (5) is not currently (or
whose immediate family members are not currently), and has not been over the
past three years (or whose immediate family members have not been over the past
three years) a partner of Anchor’s outside auditor.
The term
“Financial Expert” is defined as a person who has the following attributes: an
understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial
statements; has the ability to assess the general application of such principles
in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves;
experience preparing, auditing, analyzing or evaluating financial statements
that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are
generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably
be expected to be raised by the company’s financial statements, or experience
actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities; an
understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and
an understanding of audit committee functions.
Board
Members Who Are Deemed Independent
Our board
of directors has determined that Kenneth Smalley and E. Anthony Woods are each
an “independent director” as that term is defined by the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”). Kenneth Smalley
is not a “financial expert.” However, Management considers Anthony Woods a
“financial expert.” See “Committees” for a description of the definition of
“Independent Director” and “Financial Expert.”
Code of
Ethics
|
Effective March 3, 2003, the Securities
& Exchange Commission requires registrants like the Company to either adopt
a code of ethics that applies to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer or explain why the Company has not adopted such a code of
ethics. For purposes of item 406 of Regulation S-K, the term “code of ethics”
means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to
promote:
·
|
Honest
and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent
conflicts of interest between personal and professional
relationships;
|
·
|
Full,
fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and
documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities &
Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by the
Company;
|
·
|
Compliance
with applicable governmental law, rules and
regulations;
|
·
|
The
prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate
person or persons identified in the code;
and
|
·
|
Accountability
for adherence to the code.
|
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As of the
date of this Form 10-K, we have not adopted a code of ethics and none is
anticipated until an audit committee is appointed to oversee its anticipated
provisions.
Compliance with Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our officers
and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class
of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”). Officers, directors and greater than ten percent
stockholders are required by the Commission's regulations to furnish us with
copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. During fiscal 2008, none of our
officers, directors or 10% or greater stockholders are believed to have filed
any forms late to the best of our knowledge, other than a Form 3 for E. Anthony
Woods., which form was filed late due to difficulty in obtaining Edgar codes
necessary to file same.
Item
11. Compensation of Directors and Executive
Officers.
The
following table sets forth the overall compensation earned over the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 by (1) each person who served as the principal
executive officer of the Company or its subsidiary during fiscal year 2008; (2)
our most highly compensated (up to a maximum of two) executive officers as of
December 31, 2008 with compensation during fiscal year ended 2008 of $100,000 or
more; and (3) those two individuals, if any, who would have otherwise been in
included in section (2) above but for the fact that they were not serving as an
executive of us as of December 31, 2008.
Fiscal
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Options
Awards
($)(1)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compen-
sation
($)
|
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($)
|
All Other
Compen-
sation
($) (2)(3)
|
Total ($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morry
F. Rubin
|
2007
|
$ | 1.00 | $ | 28,976 | $ | -0- | $ | 24,084 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 16,500 | $ | 69,561 | ||||||||||||||||
Chief
Executive
|
2008
|
$ | 1.00 | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 5,910 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 18,000 | $ | 23,911 | |||||||||||||||||
Officer(4)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brad
Bernstein
|
2007
|
$ | 187,654 | $ | 644 | $ | -0- | $ | 35,199 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 11,000 | $ | 234,497 | ||||||||||||||||
President(4)
|
2008
|
$ | 223,338 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 8,641 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 12,000 | $ | 243,979 |
________________
(1)
|
Reflects
dollar amount expensed by us during applicable fiscal year for financial
statement reporting purposes pursuant to FAS 123R. FAS 123R requires
the company to determine the overall value of the restricted stock awards
and options as of the date of grant based upon the Black-Scholes method of
valuation, and to then expense that value over the service period over
which the restricted stock awards and options become vested. As a
general rule, for time-in-service-based restricted stock awards and
options, the company will immediately expense any restricted stock awards
and option or portion thereof which is vested upon grant, while expensing
the balance on a pro rata basis over the remaining vesting term of the
restricted stock awards and options. For a description FAS 123R and
the assumptions used in determining the value of the restricted stock
awards and options under the Black-Scholes model of valuation, see the
notes to the consolidated financial statements included with this Form
10-K.
|
(2)
|
Includes
all other compensation not reported in the preceding columns, including
(i) perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the
aggregate amount of such compensation is less than $10,000; (ii) any
“gross-ups” or other amounts reimbursed during the fiscal year for the
payment of taxes; (iii) discounts from market price with respect to
securities purchased from the company except to the extent available
generally to all security holders or to all salaried employees; (iv) any
amounts paid or accrued in connection with any termination (including
without limitation through retirement, resignation, severance or
constructive termination, including change of responsibilities) or change
in control; (v) contributions to vested and unvested defined contribution
plans; (vi) any insurance premiums paid by, or on behalf of, the company
relating to life insurance for the benefit of the named executive officer;
and (vii) any dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards
that are not factored into the grant date fair value required to be
reported in a preceding column.
|
(3)
|
Includes
compensation for service as a director described under Director
Compensation, below.
|
(4)
|
Does
not include any value for stock paid to Mr. Rubin or Mr. Bernstein’s wife
in connection with our acquisition of Anchor Funding Services, LLC. See
“Items 1 and 12.”
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For a
description of the material terms of each named executive officers’ employment
agreement, including the terms of any contract, agreement, plan or other
arrangement that provides for any payment to a named executive officer in
connection with his or her resignation, retirement or other termination, or a
change in control of the company see section below entitled “Employment
Agreements.”
No
outstanding common share purchase option or other equity-based award granted to
or held by any named executive officer in 2008 were repriced or otherwise
materially modified, including extension of exercise periods, the change of
vesting or forfeiture conditions, the change or elimination of applicable
performance criteria, or the change of the bases upon which returns are
determined, nor was there any waiver or modification of any specified
performance target, goal or condition to payout.
Executive
Officer Outstanding Equity Awards At Fiscal Year-End
The
following table provides certain information concerning any common share
purchase options, stock awards or equity incentive plan awards held by each of
our named executive officers that were outstanding, exercisable and/or vested as
of December 31, 2008.
Option Awards
|
Stock Awards
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options(#)
Exercisable
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options(#)
Unexercisable
|
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options (#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price ($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested (#)
|
Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That Have
Not
Vested
|
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout Value of
Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morry
F. Rubin
|
433,334 | 216,666 | -0- | 1.25 |
01/31/2017
|
-0- | N/A | -0- | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brad
Bernstein
|
633,334 | 316,666 | -0- | 1.25 |
01/31/2017
|
-0- | N/A | -0- | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
N/A
– Not applicable.
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Employment
Agreements
Each of
the following executive officers is a party to an employment agreement with the
Company.
Name
|
Position
|
2009
Annual Salary(1)
|
Bonus (2)
|
|||||
Morry
F. Rubin
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
$
|
1
(1)
|
Annual
bonuses at the discretion of the Board in an amount determined by the
compensation committee.
|
||||
Brad
Bernstein
|
President
|
$
|
240,000
(2)
|
Annual
bonuses at the discretion of the Board in an amount determined by the
compensation committee.
|
____________
|
N/A
– Not applicable.
|
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(1)
|
Effective
commencing on the first day of the first month following such time as the
Company shall have, within any period beginning on January 1 and ending
not more than 12 months thereafter, earned pre-tax net income exceeding
$1,000,000, Mr. Rubin’s Base Salary shall be adjusted to an amount, to be
mutually agreed upon between Employee and the Company, reflecting the fair
value of the services provided, and to be provided, by Employee taking
into account (i) Employee’s position, responsibilities and performance,
(ii) the Company’s industry, size and performance, and (iii) other
relevant factors.
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(2)
|
The
Company shall pay Mr. Bernstein a fixed base salary of $205,000 during the
first year of the Employment Term (commencing January 31, 2007), $220,000
during the second year of the Employment Term and $240,000 during the
Third Year and any additional year of the Employment Term. The Board may
periodically review Mr. Bernstein’s Base Salary and may determine to
increase (but not decrease) the Base Salary, in accordance with such
policies as the Company may hereafter adopt from time to time, if it deems
appropriate.
|
On
January 31, 2007, we entered into a three-year employment agreement with Morry
F. Rubin (“M. Rubin”) to retain his services as Co-chairman and Chief Executive
Officer. We entered into a three-year employment agreement to retain the
services of Brad Bernstein (“Bernstein”) as President. The following summarizes
the employment agreements of M. Rubin and Bernstein, who are individually
referred to as “Executive” and collectively as “Executives.”
· Each
Executive shall receive a base salary and bonuses as described above. M.
Rubin and Bernstein shall be entitled to a monthly automobile allowance of
$1,500 and $1,000, respectively;
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· M.
Rubin and Bernstein were granted on January 31, 2007 10-year options to
purchase 650,000 and 950,000 shares, respectively, exercisable at $1.25
per share, pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation
Plan. Vesting of the options is one-third immediately, one-third on
February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009, provided that in the
event of a change in control or Executive is terminated without cause or
Executive terminates for good reason, all unvested options shall
accelerate and immediately vest and become exercisable in full on the
earliest of the date of change in control or date of Executive’s
termination for good reason by Executive or by the Company without
cause;
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· The
Agreement shall be automatically renewed for additional one year terms
unless either party notifies the other, in writing, at least 60 days prior
to the expiration of the term, of such party’s intention not to renew the
Agreement;
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· Each
Executive shall be required to devote his full business time and efforts
to the business and affairs of the Company. Each executive shall be
entitled to indemnification to the full extent permitted by law. Each
executive is subject to provisions relating to non-compete,
non-solicitation of employees and customers during the term of the
Agreement and for a specified period thereafter (other than for
termination without cause or by the Executive for good
reason.
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· Each
Executive shall be entitled to participate in such Executive benefit and
other compensatory or non-compensatory plans that are available to
similarly situated executives of the Company and shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for up to $25,000 of medical costs not covered by the Company’s
health insurance per year.
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· Bernstein
shall be entitled to reimbursement for out-of-pocket moving costs incurred
in connection with the relocation of the Company’s Executive offices to
Boca Raton, FL;
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· The
Company shall, to the extent such benefits can be obtained at a reasonable
cost, provide the Executive with disability insurance benefits of at least
60% of his gross Base Salary per month; provided that for purposes of the
foregoing, prior to the date on which M. Rubin’s Base Salary is adjusted
above $1.00 as described above, M. Rubin’s Base Salary shall be deemed to
be $300,000. In the event of the Executive’s Disability, the Executive and
his family shall continue to be covered by all of the Company’s Executive
welfare benefit plans at the Company’s expense, to the extent such
benefits may, by law, be provided, for the lesser of the term of such
Disability and 24 months, in accordance with the terms of such plans;
and
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· The
Company shall, to the extent such benefits can be obtained at a reasonable
cost, provide the Executive with life insurance benefits in the amount of
at least $500,000. In the event of the Executive’s death, the Executive’s
family shall continue to be covered by all of the Company’s Executive
welfare benefit plans, at the Company’s expense, to the extent such
benefits may, by law, be provided, for 12 months following the Executive’s
death in accordance with the terms of such
plans.
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Termination
of Employment.
Each
Executive’s employment with the Company may be terminated by mutual agreement.
The following description summarizes the severance pay (exclusive of base
salary, car allowances and benefits due up to the date of termination), if any,
of each Executive in the event of termination (other than by mutual agreement)
and the treatment of each Executive’s options:
Termination for
Cause. In the event of any termination for cause (as defined
in the agreement), the Executive shall not receive any severance pay and any and
all stock options granted to the Executive shall terminate according to their
terms of grant with any such vested options being exercisable for the shorter of
(i) 90 days from the date of termination and (ii) the exercise term of each
relevant option grant.
Termination for Disability
or Death. In the event of termination for disability (as
defined in the agreement) or death, Executive shall receive all bonuses then
earned, six months severance pay in the case of death, and the acceleration of
certain options. Such options may be exercised for the longer of (i)
12 months from the date of the date of termination and (ii) the exercise term of
each relevant option grant.
Termination without
Cause. The Executive's employment with the Company may be terminated by
the Company, in the absence of Cause and by Executive for Good Reason (as
defined in the agreement). In such event, Executive shall receive 12 months
severance pay, targeted bonuses, continuation of certain benefits and full
vesting of all options. Such options may be exercised for the longer of (i) 12
months from the date of termination and (ii) the exercise term of each relevant
option grant.
Voluntary
Resignation. The Executive’s employment with the Company may be
terminated by the Executive without Good Reason. In such event, the Executive
shall not receive any severance pay and unless termination occurs in the first
year of employment, all vested options shall be retained by the Executive for
the full exercise term of each relevant option.
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
Cash Fees
and Options
Currently
the Company has no audit, compensation, corporate governance, nominating or
other committee of the Board of Directors, although it intends to establish an
audit, compensation and corporate governance committee in the near future. The
chairman of each committee that is formed by us at a later date will be entitled
to an annual fee of $6,500 and each non-executive director will receive an
annual fee of $6,500 as a member of the Board, a fee of $1,000 per Board or
Committee meeting (or consent in lieu of a meeting), and an activity fee of
$1,000 per day for services rendered by the Board member. George Rubin is
receiving the same health and dental insurance benefits as those provided to our
executive officers to the extent permitted by the rules and regulations
applicable thereto and an additional medical reimbursement of up to $25,000 per
annum. Members of the Board of Directors are eligible to participate under one
or more of our company’s stock option plan(s). On January 31, 2007, we
established a stock option plan covering 2,100,000 shares and granted
non-statutory stock options to purchase 950,000, shares and 650,000 shares to
Brad Bernstein and Morry F. Rubin, respectively, exercisable at $1.25 per share.
On the same date, we also granted non-statutory stock options to purchase
180,000 shares to each of Kenneth Smalley and Frank Delape, exercisable at $1.25
per share. These options have a term of ten years and vest one-third on the date
of grant, one-third on February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009. On
December 2, 2008, Mr. DeLape resigned from the Board. He had a period of 90 days
to exercise his vested options, which options expired unexercised on March 2,
2009. On May 28, 2008, we granted E. Anthony Woods options to purchase 100,000
shares, exercisable at $1.25 per share from the vesting date through May 28,
2018, with one-third vesting on May 28, 2008, one third vesting on May 28,
2009 and the remaining one-third vesting on May 28, 2010. Equity
incentive awards and cash payments to directors will be determined in the sole
discretion of the Board and/or compensation committee of the Board at such times
and in such amounts as the Board or a committee thereof determines to make such
awards.
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Travel
Expenses
All
directors shall be reimbursed for their reasonable out of pocket expenses
associated with attending the meeting.
2008
Compensation
The
following table shows the overall compensation earned for the 2008 fiscal year
with respect to each non-employee and non-executive directors of the Company as
of December 31, 2008.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
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Name and
Principal
Position
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Fees
Earned
or Paid
in Cash
($)
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Stock
Awards
($)
(1)
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Option
Awards ($)
(1)
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Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($) (2)
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Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($)
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All Other
Compensation
($)
(3)(5)
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Total ($)
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KennethSmalley,
Director
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$ | 8,500 | $ | -0- | $ | 1,287 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 9,787 | |||||||||||||||
Frank
DeLape, Former Director (4)
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$ | 6,500 | $ | -0- | $ | 1,287 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 7,787 | |||||||||||||||
George
Rubin, Director (5)
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$ | 8,500 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 8,572 | $ | 17,072 | |||||||||||||||
E.
Anthony Woods,
Director
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$ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 2,730 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 2,730 |
(1)
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Reflects
dollar amount expensed by the company during applicable fiscal year for
financial statement reporting purposes pursuant to FAS 123R. FAS
123R requires the company to determine the overall value of the restricted
stock awards and the options as of the date of grant based upon the
Black-Scholes method of valuation, and to then expense that value over the
service period over which the restricted stock awards and the options
become exercisable vested. As a general rule, for
time-in-service-based restricted stock awards and options, the company
will immediately expense any restricted stock award or option or portion
thereof which is vested upon grant, while expensing the balance on a pro
rata basis over the remaining vesting term of the restricted stock award
and option. For a description FAS 123 R and the assumptions used in
determining the value of the restricted stock awards and options under the
Black-Scholes model of valuation, see the notes to the financial
statements included with this Form
10-SB/A.
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(2)
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Excludes
awards or earnings reported in preceding
columns.
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(3)
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Includes
all other compensation not reported in the preceding columns, including
(i) perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the
aggregate amount of such compensation is less than $10,000; (ii) any
“gross-ups” or other amounts reimbursed during the fiscal year for the
payment of taxes; (iii) discounts from market price with respect to
securities purchased from the company except to the extent available
generally to all security holders or to all salaried employees; (iv) any
amounts paid or accrued in connection with any termination (including
without limitation through retirement, resignation, severance or
constructive termination, including change of responsibilities) or change
in control; (v) contributions to vested and unvested defined contribution
plans; (vi) any insurance premiums paid by, or on behalf of, the company
relating to life insurance for the benefit of the director; (vii) any
consulting fees earned, or paid or payable; (viii) any annual costs of
payments and promises of payments pursuant to a director legacy program
and similar charitable awards program; and (ix) any dividends or other
earnings paid on stock or option awards that are not factored into the
grant date fair value required to be reported in a preceding
column.
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(4)
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Mr.
DeLape resigned from the Board of Directors on December 2, 2008. On
December 2, 2008, Mr. DeLape’s unvested shares terminated and he had until
the close of business on March 2, 2009 to exercise his vested options
totaling 120,000 shares. On March 2, 2009, Mr. DeLape’s vested options
terminated due to his failure to exercise such
options.
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(5)
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All
other compensation includes the payment of health insurance which is not
provided to other non-employee
directors.
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Indemnification;
Director and Officer Liability Insurance.
The
Company has agreed to indemnify (and advance the costs of defense of) each
director (and his legal representatives) to the fullest extent permitted by the
laws of the state in which the Company is incorporated, as in effect at the time
of the subject act or omission, or by the Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws of the Company, whichever affords greater protection to each director,
and both during and after termination (for any reason). The Company shall cause
each director to be covered under a directors and officers' liability insurance
policy for his acts (or non-acts) as an officer or director of the Company or
any of its affiliates. Such policy shall be maintained by the Company at its
expense in an amount of at least $5 million during the term each director serves
the Company (including the time period of coverage after each director’s service
terminates for any reason whatsoever).
In the
event of any litigation or other proceeding between the Company and a director
with respect to enforcement of a director’s rights to indemnification and
director and officer liability insurance and such litigation or proceeding
results in final judgment or order in favor of the Director, which judgment or
order is substantially inconsistent with the positions asserted by the Company
in such litigation or proceeding, the losing party shall reimburse the
prevailing party for all of his/its reasonable costs and expenses relating to
such litigation or other proceeding, including, without limitation, his/its
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses.
2007
Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
On
January 31, 2007, the Board adopted our 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
(the “Plan”), with 2,100,000 common shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan.
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The
following table shows the amounts that have been granted under the Plan as of
December 31, 2008:
2007
Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
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Name
and Position
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Dollar
Value ($)
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Number
of Options
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Morry
R. Rubin, Chief Executive Officer (2)
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-0-
(1)
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650,000
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Brad
Bernstein, President (2)
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-0-
(1)
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950,000
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Executive
Group (2)
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-0-
(1)
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1,600,000
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Non-Executive
Director Group (two persons) (2)
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-0-
(1)
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280,000
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Non-Executive
Officer Employee Group
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-0-
(1)
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5,000
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(1)
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On
January 31, 2007, we issued stock options to the Chief Executive Officer
(650,000), President (950,000) and two directors (360,000). The
fair value of these options ($.0468 each) was computed using the
Black Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the vested number of
these options has been recorded. The dollar value of these options is zero
because the exercise price of each option exceeded the fair value of our
common stock as of the close of business on December 31,
2008.
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(2)
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On
January 31, 2007, we established a stock option plan covering 2,100,000
shares and granted non-statutory stock options to purchase 950,000, shares
and 650,000 shares to Brad Bernstein and Morry F. Rubin, respectively,
exercisable at $1.25 per share and granted non-statutory stock options to
purchase 180,000 shares to each of Kenneth Smalley and Frank DeLape,
exercisable at $1.25 per share. These options have a term of ten years and
vest one-third on the date of grant, one-third on February 29, 2008 and
one-third on February 28, 2009. On December 2, 2008, Mr. DeLape resigned
from the Board. He had a period of 90 days to exercise his vested options,
which options expired unexercised on March 2, 2009. On May 28, 2008, we
granted E. Anthony Woods options to purchase 100,000 shares, exercisable
at $1.25 per share from the vesting date through May 28, 2018, with
one-third vesting on May 28, 2008, one third vesting on May 28, 2009 and
the remaining one-third vesting on May 28,
2010.
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The
following is a summary of the material features of the Plan:
Shares
Subject to the Plan
The
maximum number of shares of common stock with respect to which awards may be
made under the Plan is 2,100,000. In the event of any stock split, reverse stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event
or transaction, the Compensation Committee will make such equitable adjustments
to the number, kind and price of shares subject to outstanding grants and to the
number of shares available for issuance under the Plan as it deems necessary or
appropriate. Shares subject to forfeiture, cancelled or expired awards granted
under the Plan will again become available for issuance under the Plan. In
addition, shares surrendered in payment of any exercise price or in satisfaction
of any withholding obligation arising in connection with an award granted under
the Plan will again become available for issuance under the Plan.
Administration
A
committee of two or more directors appointed by the Board will administer the
Plan (the “Committee”); however, until the Committee is appointed, the Board
administers the Plan. The Committee interprets the Plan, selects award
recipients, determines the number of shares subject to each award and
establishes the price, vesting and other terms of each award. While there are no
predetermined performance formulas or measures or other specific criteria used
to determine recipients of awards under the Plan, awards are based generally
upon consideration of the grantee's position and responsibilities, the nature of
services provided, the value of the services to us, the present and potential
contribution of the grantee to our success, the anticipated number of years of
service remaining and other factors which the Board or the Committee deems
relevant.
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Eligibility
Employees,
directors, consultants and other service providers of our Company and its
affiliates are eligible to participate in the Plan, provided; however, that only
employees of our Company are eligible to receive incentive stock options. Other
than consultants and other service providers, the number of currently eligible
employees in the Plan is five. The maximum number of shares that are the subject
of grants made under the Plan to any individual during any calendar year may not
exceed 1,000,000 shares, subject to certain adjustments. A participant in the
Plan may not accrue dividend equivalents during any calendar year in excess of
$500,000.
Amendment
and Termination of Plan
The
Board may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan at any time; provided, however,
that the Board may not amend the Plan without stockholder approval if such
approval is required in order to comply with the Code or applicable laws or to
comply with applicable stock exchange requirements. The Plan will terminate on
the day immediately preceding the tenth anniversary of the Plan’s effective
date, unless the Plan is terminated earlier by the Board or is extended by the
Board with the approval of the stockholders.
Grants
Grants
made under the Plan may consist of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock
options, stock appreciation rights or “SARs”, stock awards, stock unit awards,
dividend equivalents and other stock-based awards. Each grant is subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and to those other terms and
conditions specified by the Committee and memorialized in a written grant
agreement between our Company and grant recipient (the “Grant
Instrument”).
Stock
Options
The Plan
permits the grant of incentive stock options (“ISOs”) to our employees and the
employees of our subsidiaries. The Plan also provides for the grant of
non-qualified stock options (“NQSOs”) to our employees, directors, and
consultants and other individuals who perform services for us (as well as to
employees, directors, consultants and service providers of our subsidiaries).
The exercise price of any stock option granted under the Plan will be equal to
or greater than the fair market value of such stock on the date the option is
granted, provided, however, that the exercise price of any incentive stock
options granted under the Plan to an employee who, at the time of grant, owns
stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes
of our stock or any parent or subsidiary of us, may not be less than 110% of the
fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. Generally, payment
of the option price may be made (i) in cash, (ii) with the Committee’s consent,
by approval of the Committee, by delivering shares of Company Stock owned by the
Optionee (including Company Stock acquired in connection with the exercise of an
Option, subject to such restrictions as the Committee deems appropriate) and
having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price
or by attestation (on a form prescribed by the Committee) to ownership of shares
of Company Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the
Exercise Price, (iii) through a broker in accordance with applicable laws, or
(iv) with a combination of cash and shares. The participant must pay the option
price and the amount of withholding tax due, if any, at the time of exercise.
Shares of common stock will not be issued or transferred upon exercise of the
option until the option price and the withholding obligation are fully
paid.
Under
the Plan, each option is exercisable at such time and to such extent as
specified in the pertinent Grant Instrument between our Company and the option
recipient. However, no option shall be exercisable with respect to any shares of
common stock more than ten years after the date of grant of such award (except
as otherwise determined by the Committee with respect to non-incentive options)
and no incentive stock option that is granted to an employee, who at the time of
grant, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock of our Company, or any parent or subsidiary of ours, may be
exercised more than five years from the date of grant. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Committee may provide, in a Grant Instrument, that a Grantee may
transfer Nonqualified Stock Options to family members, or one or more trusts or
other entities for the benefit of or owned by family members, consistent with
the applicable securities laws, according to such terms as the Committee may
determine; provided that the Grantee receives no consideration for the transfer
of an Option and the transferred Option shall continue to be subject to the same
terms and conditions as were applicable to the Option immediately before the
transfer.
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Effects
of Termination of Service with our Company
Generally,
unless provided otherwise in the Grant Instrument, the right to exercise any
option or SAR (described below) terminates ninety (90) days following
termination of the participant’s relationship with the Company for reasons other
than death, disability or termination for “cause” as defined in the Plan. If the
participant’s relationship with us terminates due to death or disability, unless
provided otherwise in the Grant Instrument, the right to exercise an option or
SAR will terminate the earlier of one year following such termination or the
original expiration date. If the participant’s relationship with us is
terminated for “cause”, any option or SAR not already exercised will
automatically be forfeited as of the date such termination.
Stock
Awards
We
may issue awards of our common stock pursuant to the terms of the Plan. A stock
award may be issued for consideration or for no consideration and may be subject
to certain restrictions and risk of forfeiture (such as the completion of a
period of service or attainment of a performance goal) as determined by the
Committee and set forth in the Grant Instrument governing the stock award. If a
participant’s employment terminates before the vesting condition is fulfilled,
the shares will be forfeited. While the shares remain unvested, a participant
may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a stock award entitles the
participant to all of the rights of a stockholder of our Company, including the
right to vote the shares and the right to receive any dividends
thereon.
Stock
Units
The
Plan provides for the grant of stock units to employees, non-employee directors,
or consultants or other individuals who perform services for us, subject to any
terms and conditions, including the fulfillment of specified performance goals
or other conditions, as may be established by the Committee. Each stock unit
represents one hypothetical share of common stock and the right of the grantee
to receive an amount based on the value of a share of our common stock. Payments
with respect to stock units may be made in cash or in shares of common stock, or
in combination of the two as determined by the appointed committee.
Stock
Appreciation Rights
The
Plan also provides for the grant of SARs, either alone or in tandem with stock
options. An SAR entitles its holder to a cash payment of the excess of the fair
market value of our common stock on the date of exercise, over the fair market
value of our common stock on the date of grant. An SAR issued in tandem with a
stock option will have the same terms as the stock option. The terms of an SAR
granted alone, without an option, will be established by the Committee, in the
Grant Instrument governing the SAR.
Other
Stock-Based Award
The
Committee may grant other stock-based awards, other than those described herein,
that are based on, measured by or payable in shares of common stock on such
terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. Such awards may be subject
to the achievement of performance goals or other conditions and may be payable
in cash, shares of common stock or any combination of cash and shares of common
stock as the Committee shall determine.
Dividend
Equivalents
The
Committee may grant dividend equivalents in connection with grants under the
Plan. Dividend equivalents may be paid currently or accrued as contingent cash
obligations and may be payable in cash or shares of common stock, and upon such
terms as the appointed committee may establish, including the achievement of
specific performance goals.
Change of
Control of the Company
In
the event of a Change of Control, as that term is defined in the Plan, of our
Company, the Committee has discretion to, among other things, accelerate the
vesting of outstanding grants, cashout outstanding grants or exchange
outstanding grants for similar grants of a successor company. A Change of
Control of our Company will be deemed to have taken place upon the:
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•
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the
acquisition by any person of direct or indirect ownership of securities
representing more than 50% of the voting power of our then outstanding
stock;
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•
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a
consolidation or merger of our Company resulting in the stockholders of
the Company immediately prior to such event not owning at least a majority
of the voting power of the resulting entity’s securities outstanding
immediately following such event;
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•
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the
sale of substantially all of our assets; or
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•
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The
liquidation or dissolution of our Company.
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Item 12. Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters.
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each
of our stockholders who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of
our common stock;
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each
of our executive officers; and
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each
of our directors.
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Beneficial
ownership is determined based on the rules and regulations of the Commission. A
person has beneficial ownership of shares if the individual has the power to
vote and/or dispose of shares. This power can be sole or shared, and direct or
indirect. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and
the percentage ownership of that person, shares of common stock subject to
options held by that person are counted as outstanding in such cases where the
option holder may exercise the options within 60 days of the date hereof. These
shares, however, are not counted as outstanding for the purposes of computing
the percentage ownership of any other person. Except as indicated in the
footnotes to the table below, each person named in the table has sole voting and
dispositive power with respect to the shares set forth opposite that person’s
name.
Name
of Beneficial Owner
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Shares
of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
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%
of Shares of Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned
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Shares
of Series 1
Preferred
Stock
Beneficially
Owned
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%
of Shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned
(8)
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%
of Shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned (9)
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Morry
F. Rubin (1)
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4,737,500 | 34.9 | % | -0- | -0- | 22.3 | % | |||||||||||||
George
Rubin (1)
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2,964,500 | 22.9 | % | -0- | -0- | 14.4 | % | |||||||||||||
Ilissa
and Brad Bernstein (2)
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2,900,000 | 21.0 | % | -0- | -0- | 13.5 | % | |||||||||||||
E.
Anthony Woods (4)
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33,333 | * | -0- | -0- | * | |||||||||||||||
Kenneth
Smalley (3)
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180,000 | 1.4 | % | -0- | -0- | * | ||||||||||||||
All
officers and directors as a group (five persons) (5)
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10,553,333 | 71.7 | % | -0- | -0- | 47.2 | % | |||||||||||||
William
Baquet(6)
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2,178,944 | 16.8 | % | -0- | -0- | 10.6 | % | |||||||||||||
Buechel
Family Ltd Partnership (7)
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1,159,050 | 7.4 | % | 231,810 | 17.6 | 6.5 | % | |||||||||||||
Buechel
Patient Care Research & Education Fund (7)
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1,159,050 | 7.4 | % | 231,810 | 17.6 | 6.5 | % |
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*
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Represents
less than 1% of the outstanding
shares.
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_____________________
(1)
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Morry
Rubin’s beneficial ownership includes options to purchase 650,000 shares
of Common Stock granted to him and 262,000 shares in which Morry
Rubin’s wife and George Rubin are co-trustees of certain family trusts.
George Rubin’s beneficial ownership includes 262,000 shares in which Morry
Rubin’s wife and George Rubin are co-trustees of certain family
trusts.
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(2)
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Of
the 2,900,000 shares beneficially owned by them, 2,000,000 common are
owned by Illissa Bernstein, Brad Bernstein’s wife. The remaining 900,000
shares represent vested options to purchase a like amount of shares of
Common Stock granted to Brad
Bernstein.
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(3)
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Includes
options to purchase 180,000 shares of Common
Stock.
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(4)
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Includes
options to purchase 33,333 shares of the 100,000 options granted to Mr.
Woods.
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(5)
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Includes
all options referenced above.
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(6)
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The
shares held by William Baquet include 1,500,000 shares which are directly
beneficially owned by him and warrants to purchase 678,944 shares of our
Common Stock, exercisable at a purchase price of $1.10 per share through
January 31, 2012, which warrants were issued to Fordham Financial
Management, Inc. in connection with the completion of our recent private
placement of Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock. William Baquet is an
executive officer, director and principal of Fordham Financial Management,
Inc.
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(7)
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This
person beneficially owns 231,812 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock
convertible into 1,159,050 shares of Common Stock. Each beneficial owner
has the right to vote at each stockholder meeting the equivalent of
1,341,658 shares of Common Stock. These beneficial owners are under common
control of Frederick Buechel.
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(8)
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Based
upon 1,314,369 outstanding shares of Series 1 Preferred
Stock.
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(9)
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Based
upon 20,547,551 shares outstanding voting stock (as adjusted based upon
the beneficial ownership rules and
regulations).
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Securities Authorized for
Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans.
The following summary information is as
of December 31, 2008 and relates to our 2007 Plan described elsewhere herein
pursuant to which we have granted options to purchase our common
stock:
(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Plan
category
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Number
of shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise
Of
outstanding options
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Weighted
average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options
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Number
of securities
remaining
available for
future
issuance under
equity
compensation plans
(excluding
shares
reflected
in column (a)
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Equity
Compensation
Plans
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1,885,000 | $ | 1.25 | 210,000 |
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Item 13. Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions and Director
Independence.
Anchor
Funding Services, LLC was founded in 2003 by George Rubin, Morry F. Rubin and
Brad Bernstein. Since its formation, Anchor’s operations were funded through
loans from George Rubin and Morry F. Rubin. Effective November 30, 2006, George
Rubin and Morry F. Rubin converted the principal amount of $253,000 and
$203,000, respectively, into membership interests of Anchor. George Rubin, Morry
F. Rubin and Illissa Bernstein, Brad Bernstein’s wife beneficially owned 30%,
45% and 25%, respectively of the membership interests of Anchor up until the
closing of the Anchor Transaction on January 31, 2007. At closing, Morry F.
Rubin, Illissa Bernstein and George Rubin received 3,600,000 shares, 2,000,000
shares and 2,400,000 shares, respectively, of our common Stock in exchange for
their entire membership interests in Anchor Funding Services, LLC.
George
Rubin and Morry F. Rubin beneficially own approximately 96% and Brad Bernstein
beneficially owns approximately 2% of Preferred Labor, which completed the sale
of its business on April 23, 2007. At times in the past, we used accounting
personnel from Preferred Labor, LLC, an affiliated company principally owned by
Morry F. Rubin, George Rubin and Brad Bernstein, officers and directors of our
company for certain back office functions, including, without limitation, credit
and collection, payroll and other bookkeeping services. In the past through
April 23, 2007, Preferred Labor charged a fee of .25% of the value of accounts
receivable purchased for credit and collection services only and .5% for credit,
collection, invoicing, payroll and other bookkeeping services. The fees charged
by Preferred Labor were $16,100 and $28,668 for the years ended December 31,
2007 and 2006, respectively. Since April 23, 2007, Anchor pays a portion of
Preferred Labor’s shared employees salaries based upon actual time incurred.
This temporary arrangement ceased in July 2007, as we expanded our support staff
and hired a full-time credit analyst who is in charge of
collections. Our transactions with Preferred labor have not been
represented by any written agreements between the parties.
From time
to time Anchor has borrowed money from Preferred on a short-term basis at a 10%
interest rate for the services mentioned above which are charged to an
intercompany account. All loans between the companies were paid and
it is not anticipated that there will be any further transactions between the
companies.
Independent
Directors
Currently
the Company has no audit, compensation, corporate governance, nominating or
other committee of the Board of Directors. Under the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotations definition, an “independent director
means a person other than an officer or employee of the Company or its
subsidiaries or any other individuals having a relationship that, in the opinion
of the Company’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of
independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of the director. The
board’s discretion in determining director independence is not completely
unfettered. Further, under the NASDAQ definition, an independent director is a
person who (1) is not currently (or whose immediate family members are not
currently), and has not been over the past three years (or whose immediate
family members have not been over the past three years), employed by the
company; (2) has not (or whose immediate family members have not) been paid more
than $60,000 during the current or past three fiscal years; (3) has not
(or whose immediately family has not) been a partner in or controlling
shareholder or executive officer of an organization which the company made, or
from which the company received, payments in excess of the greater of $200,000
or 5% of that organizations consolidated gross revenues, in any of the most
recent three fiscal years; (4) has not (or whose immediate family members have
not), over the past three years been employed as an executive officer of a
company in which an executive officer of Anchor has served on that company’s
compensation committee; or (5) is not currently (or whose immediate family
members are not currently), and has not been over the past three years (or whose
immediate family members have not been over the past three years) a partner of
Anchor’s outside auditor. Currently, Kenneth Smalley and E. Anthony Woods are
deemed by management to be independent directors of Anchor.
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Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and
Services.
Audit
Fees
During
fiscal 2008 and 2007, the aggregate fees billed for professional services
rendered by Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP (the “Independent Auditors”) for
the 2008 and 2007 audit of the Company's annual consolidated
financial statements totaled approximately $55,000 and $50,000,
respectively.
Financial
Information Systems Design and Implementation Fees
During
2008 and 2007, there were $-0- in fees billed for professional services by
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP , rendered in connection with, directly or
indirectly, operating or supervising the operation of its information system or
managing its local area network.
All
Other Fees
During
2008 and 2007, there were $21,300 and $28,000 in fees billed for professional
services rendered by Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP, respectively, for
review of the Company’s quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The foregoing fees exclude expense reimbursements of approximately
$-0-.
Item 15.
Exhibits and Financial
Statement Schedules
(a)
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Financial
Statements
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The
following documents are filed under “Item 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data,” pages F-1 through F-22 and are included as part of
this Form 10-K as the financial statements of the Company for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007:
Reports
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
Balance
Sheets
Statements
of Operations
Statement
of Stockholders’ Equity
Notes to
Financial Statements
(b)
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Exhibits
|
The
following exhibits are all previously filed in connection with our Form 10-SB,
as amended, unless otherwise noted.
2.1
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Exchange
Agreement
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3.1
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Certificate of
Incorporation-BTHC,INC.
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3.2
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Certificate
of Merger of BTHC XI, LLC into BTHC XI,
Inc.
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3.3
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Certificate
of Amendment
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3.4
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Designation
of Rights and Preferences-Series 1 Convertible Preferred
Stock
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3.5
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Amended
and Restated By-laws
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4.1
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Form
of Placement Agent Warrant issued to Fordham Financial
Management
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10.1
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Directors’
Compensation Agreement-George
Rubin
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10.2
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Employment
Contract-Morry F. Rubin
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10.3
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Employment
Contract-Brad Bernstein
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10.4
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Agreement-Line
of Credit
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10.5
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Fordham
Financial Management-Consulting
Agreement
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10.6
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Facilities
Lease – Florida
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10.7
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Facilities
Lease – North Carolina
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10.8
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Loan
and Security Agreement (1)
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10.9
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Revolving
Note (1)
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10.10
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Debt
Subordination Agreement (1)
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10.11
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Guaranty
Agreement (Morry Rubin) (1)
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10.12
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Guaranty
Agreement (Brad Bernstein)(1)
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10.13
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Continuing
Guaranty Agreement (1)
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10.14
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Pledge
Agreement (1)
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21.1
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Subsidiaries
of Registrant listing state of incorporation*
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31(a)
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification – Chief Executive Officer *
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31(b)
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification – Chief Financial Officer *
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32(a)
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Section
1350 Certification – Chief Executive Officer *
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32(b)
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Section
1350 Certification – Chief Financial Officer *
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99.1
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2007
Omnibus Equity Compensation
Plan
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99.2
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Form
of Non-Qualified Option under 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation
Plan
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99.3
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Press
Release – 2008 Results of
Operations*
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____________
* Filed
herewith.
(1)
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Incorporated
by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed November 24, 2008 (date of
earliest event November 21, 2008).
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(c)
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Financial
Statement Schedules
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We are not filing any financial
statement schedules as part of this Form 10-K because such schedules are either
not applicable or the required information is included in the financial
statements or notes thereto.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
ANCHOR FUNDING SERVICES, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Brad Bernstein | |
Brad Bernstein, President | |||
and Chief Financial Officer | |||
Dated: Boca
Raton, Florida
March 27,
2009
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Brad Bernstein
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President,
Chief Financial Officer and Director
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March
27, 2009
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Brad Bernstein | ||||
/s/
Morry F. Rubin
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Chief
Executive Officer Director and Co-Chairman
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March 27, 2009 | ||
Morry F. Rubin | of the Board | |||
/s/
George Rubin
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Co-Chairman
of the Board
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March
27, 2009
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George
Rubin
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/s/ E. Anthony Woods | Director | March 27, 2009 | ||
E/ Anthony Woods | ||||
/s/ Kenneth Smalley | Director | March 27, 2009 | ||
Kenneth Smalley |
Morry F.
Rubin, Brad Bernstein, George Rubin, E. Anthony Woods and Kenneth Smalley
represent all the current members of the Board of Directors.
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