Fuse Science, Inc. - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008
Commission
file number 814-00742
Double Eagle Holdings,
Ltd.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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87-0460247
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(State
of other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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7633 East 63rd Place, Suite 220, Tulsa,
OK 74133
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone
number 918-461-1667
Securities
registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of
each class – None
Name of
each exchange on which registered – Not applicable
Securities
registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common Stock, par value
$.001
Title of
class
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ¨ Yes
x
No.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ¨ Yes
x
No.
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
preceeding 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 pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “large
accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
accelerate filer ¨
Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer x
Smaller reporting company ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes
x
No.
State the
aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by
non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was
last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the
last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal
quarter (March 31, 2008): $1,720,499.
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date. There were 50,592,487
shares of common stock outstanding as of November 18, 2008.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: No documents are incorporated by reference
into this Report except those Exhibits so incorporated as set forth in the
Exhibit index.
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DOUBLE
EAGLE HOLDINGS, LTD.
FORM 10-K
INDEX
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Part I
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Item 1:
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Business
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Item 1A:
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Risk
Factors
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Item 2:
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Properties
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Item 3:
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Legal
proceedings
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Item 4:
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Part II
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Item 5:
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item 6:
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Selected
Financial Data
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Item 7:
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operation
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Item 7A:
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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Item 8:
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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Item 9:
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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Item 9A(T):
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Controls
and Procedures
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Item 9B:
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Other
Information
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Part III
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Item 10:
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Item 11:
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Executive
Compensation
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Item 12:
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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Item 13:
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions and Director
Independence
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Item 14:
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Principal
Accountant Fees and Services
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Part IV
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Item 15:
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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Signatures
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PART
I
FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Our
future results may differ materially from our historical results and actual
results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements as a result of certain risk factors. These factors are
described in the “Risk Factors” section below. Among the factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected are the
following: business conditions and general economic conditions; competitive
factors, such as pricing and marketing efforts; and the pace and success of
product research and development. These and other factors may cause expectations
to differ.
ITEM
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BUSINESS
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Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “Double Eagle”) filed a
notification under Form N54a with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
(the “SEC”) on April 5, 2007, indicating its election to be regulated as a
business development company (a “BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940
(the “1940 Act”). Accordingly, commencing with the Form 10-Q for June
30, 2007, the Company began filing as a BDC.
As a BDC,
we are required to invest at least 70% of our total assets in qualifying assets,
which, generally, will be privately held companies or companies with thinly
traded public securities at the time we invest in them. Qualifying assets may
also include cash, cash equivalents, U.S. Government securities or high-quality
debt investments maturing in one year or less from the date of investment. We
may invest a portion of the remaining 30% of our total assets in debt and/or
equity securities of companies that may be larger or more stable than target
portfolio companies.
Originally
incorporated in 1985, as Network Information Services, Inc., Network Systems
International, Inc. ("NESI"), a Nevada corporation, was the surviving
corporation of a reverse merger completed in April 1996 and we became a publicly
traded entity in connection with the re-organization. The securities now trade
on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol DEGH. Effective February
10, 2001, we changed our name from Network Systems International, Inc., to
Onspan Networking, Inc. ("Onspan"). On October 9, 2001, we affected a 1 for 12
reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding common stock. Prior to August
5, 2002, we were a holding company that through our wholly owned subsidiary,
InterLAN Communications, Inc. ("InterLAN"), developed data communications and
networking infrastructure solutions for business, government and education. On
August 5, 2002, we completed the sale of our operating division InterLAN and
announced a change in our strategy of business as discussed below. On April 22,
2003, we created a new subsidiary, Coventry 1 Inc., a Nevada corporation. We had
one other subsidiary, Onspan SmartHouse, Inc., a Florida
corporation.
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As of
June 21, 2006, substantially all of our debt ($709,181) was forgiven or assumed
by our former CEO and other shareholders and we sold our remaining subsidiary,
OnSpan SmartHouse, Inc. The $709,181 in obligations was recorded as a
contribution to our capital.
On
October 25, 2006, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation which authorized a one share for 11 share reverse
split of the authorized issued and unissued common shares, par value
$.012. The amendment was effective November 6, 2006, and the
authorized shares were reduced from 8,333,333 shares to 757,576 shares and the
issued shares were reduced from 1,339,219 to 121,749 shares. All
share transactions in this Form 10-K have been adjusted to reflect the reverse
split.
On
November 25, 2006, pursuant to our Articles of Incorporation, the Board of
Directors proposed and recommended to our shareholders that we change the name
of the corporation to Double Eagle Holdings, Ltd. and increase the authorized
common shares to 100,000,000 shares, par value $0.001. The Amendments
were approved by a majority of our shareholders with an effective date of
January 2, 2007.
The
Characteristics of Desirable Investments
When we
begin to look at companies, we have the option of investing in public or private
companies. We look to buy businesses with the best value
proposition. We conduct what is typically referred to as fundamental
analysis. We believe that while technical analysis, or the
examination of historical trends and demand/supply complexes, may have some
merit in the short-term, fundamental characteristics in the long-term make the
difference.
We look
for five core characteristics in our investments:
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Profitability
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Predictable
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Margin
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Strong
Future Prospects
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Reputable
Management
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We look
at these characteristics in a historical context and then assess what those
characteristics will look like in the future. We believe that the
best indication of what a company will do in the future is its past
behavior. The metrics that we examine are a blend of quantitative
factors, like return on equity and profit margin, and qualitative factors, like
management ownership and a company’s competitive advantage. By
remaining disciplined with respect to these metrics, we can be assured that we
have attempted to minimize the potential for a loss.
Portfolio
and Firm Management
The
investment portfolio of Double Eagle has several distinguishing
characteristics. First and foremost is the portion of our assets that
we are willing to commit to an idea. At the end of our search for
outstanding companies we must be willing to commit a meaningful percentage of
our assets to our best investment opportunities. Additionally, it is
very likely that the number of our holdings will be relatively
small. There are a limited number of companies that have stood the
test of our scrutiny, so we must put a significant amount of money in those few
ideas. Our portfolio of companies is focused on the best possible
ideas.
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We also
make decisions within the context of our portfolio in such a way as to minimize
its turnover. When we find good companies we will not rush to make a
change at the first indication of short-term weakness. In fact such a
time might be cause for additional investment. Understanding that
there will be occasions for change, buying and selling has the unintended
consequence of interrupting the compounding effect and any resulting superior
returns.
Over the
long-term it is our goal to provide a return superior to the return an investor
could obtain by simply investing in low-cost index funds. We believe
the philosophy presented here will, over the long-term, create wealth for our
shareholders, without significant risk exposure.
Ongoing
Relationships with Portfolio Companies
Monitoring
We
continuously monitor our portfolio companies in order to determine whether they
are meeting our investment criteria and achieving our business expectations. We
monitor the progress of each portfolio company to assess the appropriate course
of action for each company and to evaluate overall portfolio
quality.
Managerial
Assistance
As a
business development company, we are required to offer, and in some cases may
provide, significant managerial assistance to portfolio companies. This
assistance typically involves monitoring the operations of portfolio companies,
participating in their board and management meetings, consulting with and
advising their officers and providing other organizational and financial
guidance.
Other
Income
In
addition to our investment objectives, we seek to earn interest on our loans to
portfolio companies and in some cases may have management fee agreements with
the portfolio companies.
Frequently,
to minimize the cash requirements of our portfolio companies, we may receive
restricted stock in payment of our management fees and the interest owed us on
our loans to our portfolio companies. Our investment committee will
value the restricted stock, which will become the basis for a portion of our
revenue.
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Investment
Personnel
The
investment personnel of Double Eagle currently consist of its chief executive
officer, M.E. “Hank” Durschlag and one of the other members of the Board of
Directors.
Further
Regulation as a Business Development Company
We are a
BDC under the 1940 Act. The 1940 Act contains prohibitions and restrictions
relating to transactions between business development companies and their
affiliates, including any investment advisers or sub-advisers, principal
underwriters and affiliates of those affiliates or underwriters and requires
that a majority of the directors be persons other than interested persons, as
that term is defined in the 1940 Act. In addition, the 1940 Act provides that we
may not change the nature of our business so as to cease to be, or to withdraw
our election as, a business development company unless approved by a majority of
our outstanding common shareholders.
We are
permitted, under specified conditions, to issue multiple classes of indebtedness
and one class of stock senior to our common stock if our asset coverage, as
defined in the 1940 Act, is at least equal to 200% immediately after each such
issuance. In addition, while any senior securities remain outstanding, we must
make provisions to prohibit any distribution to our stockholders or the
repurchase of such securities or shares unless we meet the applicable asset
coverage ratios at the time of the distribution or repurchase. We may also
borrow amounts up to 5% of the value of our total assets for temporary or
emergency purposes. Regulations governing our operation as a BDC will affect our
ability to, and the way in which we raise additional capital, which may expose
us to risks, including the typical risks associated with leverage.
Code
of Ethics
We have
adopted a code of ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act that
establishes procedures for personal investments and restricts certain personal
securities transactions. Personnel subject to each code may invest in securities
for their personal investment accounts, including securities that may be
purchased or held by us, so long as such investments are made in accordance with
the code’s requirements.
ITEM
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RISK
FACTORS
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RISK
FACTORS
The
purchase of our securities involves significant risks and is suitable only for
investors of adequate financial means which have no need for liquidity in this
investment and who can afford to lose their entire investment. Investing
in common stock involves a high degree of risk. Certain risks relate to
investments generally, others to our Company and our investments and others
arise due to the present status of our Company but each investor should
carefully consider all of the risks described below, together with all of the
other information included herein, before you decide whether to make an
investment in our common stock. The risks set out below are not the only risks
we face. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial
condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. In
such case, our net asset value and the trading price of our common stock could
decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. The
following risks affect our business and our Company:
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GENERAL
RISK FACTORS
We may sell additional equity in our
Company in the future that may further dilute the value of your
investment.
Reductions
in the price of our stock resulting from the performance of our portfolio or
other market conditions might result in stock being sold to new investors,
including management, at prices below the price paid by you. Senior
management may be granted the right, and others may have the right, under
certain circumstances, to acquire additional shares of the Company’s Stock at a
price equal to the market price as it exists at a point in the
future. If such a grant of a right occurred at a time where the price
of the stock has fallen relative to the current market value and falls below the
price paid by you, management might be given the right to purchase stock at a
price below your cost. In either of these cases, the value of your
investment would be further diluted.
Limitation of Liability and
Indemnification of Management.
While
limitations of liability and indemnification are themselves limited, the Company
has instituted provisions in its bylaws indemnifying, to the extent permitted,
against and not making management liable for, any loss or liability incurred in
connection with the affairs of the Company, so long as such loss or liability
arose from acts performed in good faith and not involving any fraud, gross
negligence or willful misconduct. Therefore, to the extent that these provisions
provide any protection to management, that protection may limit the right of a
shareholder to collect damages from members of management. Management
is accountable to the shareholder as a fiduciary and, consequently, members of
management are required to exercise good faith and integrity in handling affairs
of the Company.
The Company’s Business May Become
Subject to More Extensive Regulation at the Federal and State
Levels. The
value of securities owned by the Company may be adversely impacted by subsequent
regulatory changes.
The
operations of the Company are and will be affected by current and future
legislation and by the policies established from time to time by various federal
and state regulatory authorities. It is not possible to predict what changes, if
any, will be made to existing federal and state legislation and regulations or
the effect that such changes may have on the future business and earnings
prospects of the Company. The Company's current investment strategy
includes the purchase of unregistered securities in both private companies as
well as private placements offered by public companies. We are able
to purchase securities pursuant to exemptions to the registration requirements
of United States Federal securities laws. Changes in such laws or their
interpretation could adversely impact the ability of the Company to resell such
securities which would have a negative effect on the value of such securities as
well as impact the Company's overall investment strategy and the liquidity of
its investments. In such an event, the Company may need to reformulate its
investment strategy or the Company may choose to liquidate.
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We cannot guarantee paying dividends
to our stockholders.
The
Company is allowed by its By-Laws to pay dividends to its stockholders. However,
there can be no guarantee the Company will have sufficient revenues to pay
dividends during any period. We intend to make distributions on a quarterly
basis to our stockholders out of assets legally available for distribution. We
cannot assure you that we will achieve investment results or maintain a tax
status that will allow or require any specified level of cash distributions or
year-to-year increases in cash distributions. In addition, due to the asset
coverage test applicable to us as a business development company, we may be
limited in our ability to make distributions. Investors in need of
liquidity through the payment of dividends should refrain from common stock
which does not have a dividend requirement.
Investing
in Our Shares May Involve a High Degree of Risk.
The
investments we make in accordance with our investment objective may result in a
higher amount of risk than alternative investment options and volatility or loss
of principal. Our investments in portfolio companies may be speculative and
aggressive, and therefore, an investment in our shares may not be suitable for
someone with low risk tolerance.
The
Market Price of Our Common Stock May Fluctuate Significantly.
The
market price and liquidity of the market for shares of our common stock may be
significantly affected by numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control
and may not be directly related to our operating performance. These factors, may
adversely affect our ability to raise capital through future equity
financings. These factors include:
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significant
volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of
business development companies or other companies in the investment
industry, which are not necessarily related to the operating performance
of these companies;
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changes
in regulatory policies or tax guidelines, particularly with respect to
RICs or business development
companies;
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our
common stock is unlikely to be followed by any market analysts, and there
may be few institutions acting as market makers for the common stock which
can adversely affect its price;
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loss
of or inability to qualify for RIC status or BDC
status;
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changes
in earnings or variations in operating
results;
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changes
in the value of our portfolio of
investments;
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any
shortfall in revenue or net income or any increase in losses from levels
expected by investors or securities
analysts;
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departure
of one or more of the Company’s key
personnel;
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operating
performance of companies comparable to
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legal and regulatory matters;
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in prevailing interest rates;
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economic trends and other external factors;
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loss
of a major funding source.
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Sales
of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market may have an
adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
Sales of
substantial amounts of our common stock or the availability of such shares for
sale could adversely affect the prevailing market price for our common
stock. If this occurs and continues it could impair our ability to
raise additional capital through the sale of equity securities should we desire
to do so.
Our Board
of Directors also has authority, without action or vote of the shareholders, to
issue all or part of the authorized but unissued shares. Any
such issuance will dilute the percentage ownership of shareholders and may,
subject to the regulations pertaining to the minimum prices for which shares may
be sold, further dilute the book value of the common
stock. These issuances may also serve to enhance existing
management's ability to maintain control of The Company.
The Company has indicated that, while
it has the right, it does not intend to issue senior securities, including
debt. If the Company were to reverse that decision and offer for sale
and/or issue senior securities, you will be exposed to additional risks,
including the typical risks associated with leverage.
You will
be exposed to increased risk of loss if we incur debt to make investments. If we
do incur debt, a decrease in the value of our investments would have a greater
negative impact on the value of our common stock than if we did not use
debt.
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Our
ability to pay dividends would be restricted if our asset coverage ratio
were not at least 200% and any amounts that we use to service our
indebtedness would not be available for dividends to our common
stockholders.
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It
is likely that any debt we incur will be governed by an indenture or other
instrument containing covenants restricting our operating
flexibility.
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The
Company and you will bear the cost of issuing and servicing our senior
securities.
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Any
convertible or exchangeable securities that we issue in the future may
have rights, preferences and privileges more favorable than those of our
common stock.
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Our
Investments May Require Us to Raise Additional Capital on Different
Terms.
We may
require additional capital in the future for continued funding of our
investments and our operating overhead. For additional requirements, we may
raise capital by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, and when we do,
the percentage ownership of our existing stockholders will be diluted. In
addition, any new securities we issue could have rights, preferences and
privileges senior to the shares offered herein (although we have indicated that
we do not intend to sell debt or preferred equity interests).
Increases
in market interest rates may both reduce the value of our portfolio investments
and increase our cost of capital.
We expect
that we may offer loans to our portfolio companies with interest at fixed rates
and the value of these investments could be negatively affected by increases in
market interest rates. In addition, an increase in interest rates
would make it more expensive to use debt to finance our
investments. As a result, a significant increase in market interest
rates could both reduce the value of our portfolio investments and increase our
cost of capital, which would reduce our net investment income.
The
lack of liquidity in our investments may adversely affect our
business.
We will
generally make investments in private companies. Substantially all of these
securities will be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or will
otherwise be less liquid than publicly traded securities. The illiquidity of our
investments may make it difficult for us to sell such investments if the need
arises. In addition, if we are required to liquidate all or a portion of our
portfolio quickly, due to changes in capital needs or otherwise, we may realize
significantly less than the value at which we have previously recorded our
investments. In addition, we may face other restrictions on our ability to
liquidate an investment in a portfolio company to the extent that we or our
investment adviser has material non-public information regarding such portfolio
company.
We
may experience fluctuations in our quarterly and annual results.
We could
experience fluctuations in our quarterly and annual operating results due to a
number of factors, including the interest or dividend rates payable on the debt
or equity securities we acquire, performance and/or default rate on securities
we acquire, the level of our expenses, variations in and the timing of the
recognition of realized and unrealized gains or losses, the degree to which we
encounter competition in our markets, and general economic conditions. As a
result of these factors, results for any period should not be relied upon as
being indicative of performance in future periods.
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We
may not realize gains or income from our investments.
We seek
to generate both current income and capital appreciation. However, the
securities, in which we invest, may not appreciate and, in fact, may decline in
value, and the issuers of debt securities, in which we invest, may default on
interest and/or principal payments. Accordingly, we may not be able to realize
gains from our investments, and any gains that we do realize may not be
sufficient to offset any losses we experience.
Your influence in matters requiring
shareholder action will be subject to the probability that most shareholders
will follow management’s direction.
While no
officer or director owns a significant amount of the issued and outstanding
shares of our voting securities (and, while there are presently no other
securities that can be exchanged, therefore, there are no classes of outstanding
stock which would affect the percentages of voting securities), there are no
consortium of shareholders that has been identified with a block
of control who would likely exercise voting control over all matters
that may be submitted for approval by our shareholders. Without such
a controlling block, management positions will be the most likely to be
presented to shareholders and more likely to influence shareholder decisions
(assuming a fact that shareholders will likely “vote with”
management). Therefore, while the number of shares controlled by the
officers and directors is less that a majority, their position of control is
material and significant.
Pursuant
to the Company’s Articles of Organization, the Company’s Board of Directors has
the authority to issue shares of stock without any further vote or action by the
stockholders. The issuance of stock under certain circumstances could have the
effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the
Company.
Pursuant
to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the Company’s Board of Directors has
the authority to issue shares of stock without any further vote or action by the
stockholders. The issuance of stock under certain circumstances could have the
effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company or may deter
takeover attempts.
Our
Articles of Incorporation contain provisions that may have the effect of
discouraging, delaying or making more difficult a change in control and
preventing the removal of incumbent directors. The existence of these provisions
may reduce any premiums over market price that a potential acquirer would offer
to shareholders for their shares of our common stock. Furthermore, we are
subject to provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes that may make it difficult
for a potential acquirer to exert control over our Board of Directors and may
discourage attempts to gain control without the consent of the Board of
Directors.
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RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES GENERALLY
BDCs generally require substantial
amounts of time to realize the benefits from investments.
Venture
capital investments typically take from four to eight years from the date of
initial investment to reach a state of maturity at which liquidation can be
considered practical. We have not completed funding of some of
our portfolio companies and we anticipate that there may be an additional period
of time ranging from six months to one year before the Company has obtained
funding and completed investing that funding in our portfolio companies for our
first round of equity investments. In light of the foregoing,
it is unlikely that any significant distributions of the proceeds from the
liquidation of equity investments will be made for several years after
inception, if at all.
Our
present senior management team has limited experience managing a business
development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The
1940 Act imposes numerous constraints on the operations of business development
companies. For example, business development companies are required
to invest at least 70% of their total assets primarily in securities of
privately held or thinly traded U.S. public companies, cash, cash equivalents,
U.S. government securities and other high quality debt investments that mature
in one year or less. The lack of experience of our senior management
team in managing a portfolio of assets under such constraints may hinder their
ability to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities and, as a
result, achieve our investment objective. Within the BDC format, the
information about deals and deal flow generated by our senior management in
connection with their investment and portfolio management activities will have a
significant impact on our future success as a BDC. The senior
management team will evaluate, structure, negotiate terms and close investments
on those terms, monitor and service our investments and their abilities to
perform these functions as members of a BDC will also have a significant impact
on our future success as a BDC.
We will
be wholly dependent for the selection, structuring, closing and monitoring of
all of our investments on the diligence and skill of our management, acting
under the supervision of the Company's Board of Directors. None
of these individuals has substantial experience (based on an assumption for
purposes of this paragraph as experience resulting from practice for more than a
few years) within or under a BDC investment and management format, in acquiring
and investing in growth stage companies, the negotiation of the terms of such
investments and the monitoring of such investments after they are
made. In addition, we may engage outside consultants and
professionals known to management to assist in evaluating and monitoring
portfolio companies and maintaining regulatory compliance.
While we
believe that our management possesses certain fundamental business skills that
will increase the likelihood, on the part of the Company, to succeed, our
management team does not have “years of experience” working together in the
operation and management of a BDC and might be considered as inexperienced when
it comes to both the day to day operations of an investment company and the
management of investments. The Company intends to rely on the general
skills and business acumen of its management team as well as engaging other
professionals and consultants from time to time to insure that it gains the
expertise to manage a BDC.
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We
May Change Our Investment Policies Without Further Shareholder
Approval.
Although
we are limited by the 1940 Act with respect to the percentage of our assets that
must be invested in qualified portfolio companies, we are not limited with
respect to the minimum standard that any investment company must meet, nor the
industries in which those investment companies must operate. We may
make investments without shareholder approval and such investments may deviate
significantly from our historic operations. Any change in our
investment policy or selection of investments could adversely affect our stock
price, liquidity, and the ability of our shareholders to sell their
stock. Additionally, to the extent that we invest in other investment
companies, while this may be limited to the extent that such investment
companies are not “qualifying assets” limiting the percentage of our assets
which may be invested in such investment companies, an investment in another
investment company might result in duplication of services, including management
and administration relating to holding of assets, which duplication could result
in expenditures and costs incurred without any value to the portfolio companies,
the result of which would be reduced value to our shareholders.
We may allocate our available funds
in ways with which you may not agree.
We will
have significant flexibility in investing our available funds. We may
use these funds in ways with which you may not agree or for investments other
than those contemplated at the time of the offering, unless such change in the
use of proceeds is subject to stockholders' approval or prohibited by
law.
We
will have broad discretion in using available funds
Although
we have identified generally the manner in which we expect to utilize our
available funds, our management has broad discretion with respect to the
specific application of the net proceeds of any funding that we
obtain. We will have broad discretion in determining the
specific uses of the available funds. While our corporate governance
resolutions require the Board of Directors and Investment Committee to adhere to
certain standards, even acting in compliance with those guidelines, our Board of
Directors and Investment Committee have discretion. The Company does
not permit the Board of Directors and Investment Committee to use proceeds in a
manner inconsistent with the operation of a BDC. However, a portion
of the proceeds may be used to engage the services of professionals or
consultants to the Company, however, no such contracts have been signed at this
time. Although substantially all of the net proceeds from any
offering is intended to be applied for investments in eligible portfolio
companies which satisfy the Company's investment criteria, we may invest some of
the proceeds in the provision of services to our portfolio companies rather than
invest directly. Therefore, the Company can not accurately predict
costs associated with such professionals and consultants. For that
reason, the use of proceeds can not be determined with absolute
certainty. You will not have an opportunity to evaluate the basis for
our decisions on the use of the proceeds, and will not be able to participate in
such decisions.
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Our
Investments May Not Generate Sufficient Income to Cover Our
Operations.
While we
intend to make investments into those qualified companies that will provide the
greatest overall return on our investment, we are required to make investments
into those companies which, whether due to lack of experience or financial
instability (including insolvency), may present the greatest
risk. This is in conformity with the Small Business Investment
Incentive Act of 1980 which amended the 1940 Act and permitted the creation of
BDC’s. However, certain of those investments may fail, in which case
we will not receive any return on our investment. In addition, our
investments may not generate income, either in the immediate future, or at
all. As a result, we may have to sell additional stock, or borrow
money, to cover our operating expenses. The effect of such actions
could cause our stock price to decline or, if we are not successful in raising
additional capital, we could cease to continue as a going concern. It
should be noted that our operational costs are higher as a result of our having
elected to be governed as a BDC.
We cannot
assure you that we will attain our investment objective.
Shares in a BDC Will Likely Trade at
a Discount.
Shares of
many closed-end investment companies and most BDC’s frequently trade at a
discount to their net asset value. This characteristic is separate and distinct
from the risk that the net asset value of the Company could decrease as a result
of investment activities. This likely discount in share pricing in
the market may pose a greater risk to investors expecting to sell their shares
in a relatively short period following completion of this offering. We cannot
predict whether our shares will trade at prices above, at or below our net asset
value.
Regulations
governing our operation as a business development company affect our ability to
raise, and the way in which we raise, additional capital.
We have
the right to issue debt securities or preferred stock and/or borrow money from
banks or other financial institutions, which we refer to collectively as “senior
securities,” only in amounts such that our asset coverage, as defined in the
1940 Act, equals at least 200% after each issuance of senior securities, the
maximum amount permitted by the 1940 Act. If the value of our assets
declines, we may be unable to satisfy this test. If that happens, we may be
required to sell a portion of our investments or sell additional shares of
common stock and, depending on the nature of our leverage, to repay a portion of
our indebtedness at a time when such sales may be disadvantageous. In
addition, any future issuance of additional shares of our common stock could
dilute the percentage ownership of our current stockholders in
us.
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As a
business development company regulated under provisions of the 1940 Act, we are
not generally able to issue and sell our common stock at a price below net asset
value per share. We may, however, sell our common stock, or warrants,
options or rights to acquire our common stock, at a price below the current net
asset value of our common stock (1) if our Board of Directors determines
that such sale is in the best interests of us and our stockholders, and
(2) if our stockholders approve such sale. In any such case, the
price at which our securities are to be issued and sold may not be less than a
price which, in the determination of our Board of Directors, closely
approximates the market value of such securities (less any sales
load).
In
addition, we may in the future seek to securitize or hypothecate loans
previously made by the Company to generate cash for funding new investments. To
securitize or hypothecate these loans, we may contribute a pool of such loans to
a wholly-owned subsidiary. This could include the sale of interests
in the subsidiary on a non-recourse basis to purchasers who we would expect to
be willing to accept a lower interest rate to invest in investment grade loan
pools although we would expect to retain a portion of the equity in the
securitized pool of loans. An inability to successfully securitize
and sell all of part of such a loan portfolio could limit our ability to grow
our business, fully execute our business strategy and decrease our earnings, if
any. Moreover, the successful securitization of our loan portfolio might expose
us to losses because the residual loans in which we do not sell interests will
tend to be those that are riskier and more likely to generate
losses.
Our
election to be governed as a BDC will require us to comply with significant
regulatory requirements.
The
Company elected to be regulated as a Business Development Company under the 1940
Act and be subject to Sections 54 through 65 of said Act. As a result
of this election, the Company is subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act as it
applies to BDC’s as of the date of such election. Being subject
to the BDC provisions requires us to meet significant numbers of regulatory and
financial requirements. Compliance with these regulations is
expensive and may create financial problems for us in the
future. These laws and regulations, as well as their
interpretation, may be changed from time to time. Accordingly,
any change in these laws or regulations could have a material adverse effect on
our business.
Specifically,
it must be noted that there are increased costs associated with compliance with
the 1940 Act as a result of our election to become a BDC. These costs
include costs associated with the increased demand for compliance including
oversight by our Chief Compliance Officer and counsel to the Company as well as
increased costs due to accounting methodology and valuations which increase the
time and work required of both our accounting service providers and independent
auditors. These costs require us to expend capital and resources that
might otherwise be used to meet the needs or opportunities relating to
investments and/or our portfolio companies or other income-producing
assets.
If we do
not remain a business development company, we might continue to be regulated as
a closed-end investment company under the 1940 Act, which would decrease our
operating flexibility. We cannot assure you that we will
successfully retain our BDC status.
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If
our primary investments are deemed not to be qualifying assets, we could lose
our status as a business development company or be precluded from investing
according to our current business plan.
Under the
1940 Act, in order to maintain our status as a business development company, we
must not acquire any assets other than "qualifying assets" unless, at the time
of and after giving effect to such acquisition, at least 70% of our total assets
are qualifying assets. If we acquire mezzanine loans or
dividend-paying equity securities from an issuer that has outstanding marginable
securities at the time we make an investment, these acquired assets cannot be
treated as qualifying assets since the issuer might not be consider an “eligible
portfolio company” under the 1940 Act. “Marginable securities”
include any non-equity security, pursuant to certain 1998 amendments to
Regulation T under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which
raises the question as to whether a private company that has outstanding debt
securities would qualify as an eligible portfolio company.
We
operate in a highly competitive market for investment
opportunities.
A large
number of entities will compete with us to make the types of investments that we
plan to make in target portfolio companies. We will compete with other business
development companies, public and private funds, commercial and investment banks
and commercial financing companies. Many of our competitors are substantially
larger and have considerably greater financial, technical and marketing
resources than we do. For example, some competitors may have a lower cost of
funds and access to funding sources that are not available to us. In addition,
some of our competitors may have higher risk tolerances or different risk
assessments, which could allow them to consider a wider variety of investments
and establish more relationships than us. Furthermore, many of our competitors
are not subject to the regulatory restrictions that the 1940 Act imposes on us
as a business development company. We cannot assure you that the competitive
pressures we face will not have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition and results of operations. Also, as a result of this
competition, we may not be able to take advantage of attractive investment
opportunities from time to time, and we can offer no assurance that we will be
able to identify and make investments that are consistent with our investment
objective.
We
may never be able to qualify for the income tax benefits offered to
RICs.
We will
be classified as a non-diversified investment company under the 1940
Act. Until we achieve a threshold level of diversification, we
will not be subject to the applicable provisions for RICs under the Internal
Revenue Code. Therefore, we will not receive favorable pass
through tax treatment on distributions to our
shareholders. This means that we will be taxed as an ordinary
corporation on our taxable income even if that income is distributed to
shareholders, and all distributions out of our earnings and profits will be
taxable to shareholders as dividends. Thus, this income will be
subject to a double layer of taxation. In the event that the Company
does not qualify for RIC status, it will incur tax liabilities which might have
to be paid using cash that could otherwise be used to make investments, pay
expenses or dividends. The creation of tax liabilities will also
require the Company to adjust its accounting to include a reserve or allocation
for such tax as anticipated to be due. This can result in reduced
earnings or cash positions which can have an adverse impact on the financial
condition as shown by the financial statements.
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RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH INVESTMENTS AND PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
There are costs associated with the
purchase and sale of securities.
While the
general approach of a BDC may suggest a long-term holding position of the
securities of its portfolio companies, some of the strategies of the Company may
include purchases of different classes of securities or frequent trading to
maximize profits and, as a consequence, risks related to turnover and costs such
as brokerage commissions may be greater than that of an investment in a single
entity for a single class of security held for a longer period of
time. The operating expenses of the Company, including, but not
limited to, fees paid to accountants, attorneys, fees to execute trades, manage
investments and fees paid to any investment advisor may, in the aggregate,
constitute a greater amount of costs relative to the expenses and fees that
would be associated with an investment in a single entity for a single class of
security held for a longer period of time.
There are numerous risks arising from
investing in securities.
The
securities industry is generally competitive. The various methods of
investment strategy each involve a degree of risk. The Company will compete with
firms, including many of the larger securities and investment banking firms,
which have substantially greater financial resources and research
staffs. While the Company purchases securities in portfolio companies
for appreciation, the profitability of the Company substantially depends upon
its ability to correctly assess the future price movements of those stocks. The
performance of securities in which the Company may invest are subject to
numerous factors which are neither within the control of nor predictable by the
Company. Such factors can include a wide range of economic,
political, competitive and other conditions which may affect investments in
general or specific industries or companies. In recent years, the securities
markets have become increasingly volatile and this volatility has increased the
degree of risk. There can be no assurance that the Company will be
able to accurately predict price movements of securities purchased.
Our
investments in prospective portfolio companies may be risky and you could lose
all or part of your investment.
We will
invest primarily in companies which have relatively short or no operating
histories. These companies will be subject to all of the business risk and
uncertainties associated with any new business enterprise, including the risk
that these companies may not reach their investment objective and the value of
our investment in them may decline substantially or fall to
zero. Most of the portfolio companies into which we intend to invest
will be considered “growth stage” companies.
Investments
in growth stage companies offer the opportunity for significant
gains. However, each investment involves a high degree of business
and financial risk that can result in substantial losses. Among
these are the risks associated with:
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companies may have limited financial resources and may be unable to meet
their obligations under their securities that we hold, which may be
accompanied by a deterioration in the value of their equity securities or
of any collateral with respect to debt securities and a reduction in the
likelihood of us realizing on any guarantees we may have obtained in
connection with our
investment;
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they
may have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller
market shares than larger businesses, which tend to render them more
vulnerable to competitors' actions and market conditions, as well as
general economic downturns;
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many of these companies are privately held companies, public information
is generally not available about these companies. As a result, we will
depend on the ability of our investment adviser to obtain adequate
information to evaluate these companies in making investment decisions. If
our investment adviser is unable to uncover all material information about
these companies, it may not make a fully informed investment decision, and
we may lose money on our
investments;
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they
are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small
group of persons; therefore, the death, disability, resignation or
termination of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse
impact on our portfolio company and, in turn, on
us;
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companies
operating at a loss or with substantial variations in operating results
from period to period, with the need for, but generally limited ability to
provide for internally, substantial additional capital to support
expansion or to achieve or maintain a competitive
position;
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companies may face intense competition, including competition from
companies with greater financial resources, more extensive development,
manufacturing, marketing, and service capabilities, and larger number of
qualified managerial and technical personnel;
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may have less predictable operating results, may from time to time be
parties to litigation, may be engaged in changing businesses with products
subject to a risk of obsolescence and may require substantial additional
capital to support their operations, finance expansion or maintain their
competitive position. In addition, our executive officers, directors and
our investment adviser could, in the ordinary course of business, be named
as defendants in litigation arising from our investments in the portfolio
companies.
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Economic recessions or downturns
could impair our portfolio companies and harm our operating
results.
Our
portfolio companies will generally be affected by the conditions and overall
strength of the national, regional and local economies, including interest rate
fluctuations, changes in markets and changes in the prices of their primary
commodities and products. These factors also impact the amount of growth in
their respective industries. Additionally, these factors could
adversely impact the customer base of our portfolio companies. As a
result, many of our portfolio companies may be susceptible to economic slowdowns
or recessions and may be unable to repay loans or meet other obligations during
these periods. Therefore, our non-performing assets are likely to increase, and
the value of our portfolio is likely to decrease, during these periods. Adverse
economic conditions also may decrease the value of collateral securing some of
our loans and the value of our equity investments. Economic slowdowns or
recessions could lead to financial losses in our portfolio and a decrease in
revenues, net income and assets. 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 prevent us
from increasing investments and harm our operating results.
A
portfolio company's failure to satisfy financial or operating covenants imposed
by us or other investors or lenders could lead to defaults and, potentially,
termination of loans and foreclosure on secured assets, which could trigger
cross-defaults under other agreements and jeopardize our portfolio company's
ability to meet its obligations under the debt or equity securities that we
hold. We may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon
default or to negotiate new terms, which may include the waiver of certain
financial covenants, with a defaulting portfolio company. In addition, if one of
our portfolio companies were to go bankrupt, even though we may have structured
our interest as senior debt or preferred equity, depending on the facts and
circumstances, including the extent to which we actually provided managerial
assistance to that portfolio company, a bankruptcy court might re-characterize
our debt or equity holding and subordinate all, or a portion of our claim to
those of other creditors.
Our
portfolio companies may incur debt or issue equity securities that rank equally
with, or senior to, our investments in such companies.
We intend
to invest primarily in mezzanine debt and dividend-paying equity securities
issued by our portfolio companies. Our portfolio companies usually will have, or
may be permitted to incur, other debt, or issue other equity securities, that
rank equally with, or senior to, the securities in which we invest. By their
terms, such instruments may provide that the holders are entitled to receive
payment of dividends, interest or principal on or before the dates on which we
are entitled to receive payments in respect of the securities in which we
invest. Also, in the event of insolvency, liquidation, dissolution,
reorganization or bankruptcy of a portfolio company, holders of securities
ranking senior to our investment in that portfolio company would typically be
entitled to receive payment in full before we receive any distribution in
respect to our investment. After repaying the senior security holders, the
portfolio company may not have any remaining assets to use for repaying its
obligation to us. In the case of securities ranking equally with securities in
which we invest, we would have to share on an equal basis any distributions with
other security holders in the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution,
reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant portfolio company. In addition, we
may not be in a position to control any portfolio company in which we invest. As
a result, we are subject to the risk that a portfolio company in which we invest
may make business decisions with which we disagree and the management of such
company, as representatives of the holders of their common equity, may take
risks or otherwise act in ways that do not serve our interests as debt or
preferred equity investors.
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We
may not be able to fully realize the value of any collateral securing any debt
investments made into portfolio companies.
Although
we expect that a substantial amount of our debt investments will be protected by
holding security interests in the assets of the portfolio companies, we may not
be able to fully realize the value of the collateral securing any such
investments due to one or more of the following factors:
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these debt investments will be primarily made in the form of unsecured or
wrap-loans, the liens on the collateral, if any, will be subordinated to
those of the senior secured debt of the portfolio companies, if
any. As a result, we may not be able to control remedies with
respect to the collateral;
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collateral may not be valuable enough to satisfy all of the obligations
under our secured loan, particularly after giving effect to the repayment
of secured debt of the portfolio company that ranks senior to our
loan;
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bankruptcy
laws may limit our ability to realize value from the collateral and may
delay the realization process;
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rights in the collateral may be adversely affected by the failure to
perfect security interests in the
collateral;
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effectively the collateral would be liquidated and the value received
could be impaired or impeded by the need to obtain regulatory and
contractual consents; and
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by
its nature, some or all of the collateral may be illiquid and may have no
readily ascertainable market value. The liquidity and value of the
collateral could be impaired as a result of changing economic conditions,
competition, and other factors, including the availability of suitable
buyers.
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Our success will depend upon the
success of the portfolio companies and, in great part, upon the abilities of
their management.
Although
our management expects to provide portfolio companies with assistance,
(particularly with regard to capital formation, major personnel decisions, and
strategic planning), the day-to-day operations will be controlled by the
management of the portfolio companies. As the portfolio
companies have yet to be identified, investors must rely upon our management to
select portfolio companies that have, or can obtain, the necessary management
resources. We will depend on the diligence, skill and network
of business contacts of the senior management of each of the portfolio companies
in which the Company invests and the professionals chosen by them, subject to
the oversight of our senior management, and the information and interaction
between management of the portfolio companies and our Company. Our
future success will depend to a significant extent on the continued service of
the senior management team of each portfolio company, the departure of any of
whom, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our
investment objective. Problems may arise at portfolio companies that
local management do not recognize or cannot resolve. In
addition, the management of portfolio companies may conceal the existence of
problems from us.
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Many
of our portfolio investments will be recorded at fair value as determined in
good faith by our Board of Directors and, as a result, there will be uncertainty
as to the value of our portfolio investments.
A large
percentage of our portfolio investments will consist of securities of privately
held or thinly traded public companies. The fair value of these securities may
not be readily determinable. We will value these securities quarterly at fair
value as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors based on input from
our audit committee with or without the benefit of an opinion from a third party
independent valuation firm. We may also be required to value any publicly traded
securities at fair value as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors
to the extent necessary to reflect significant events affecting the value of
those securities. Our Board of Directors may, to the extent circumstances
warrant it, utilize the services of an independent valuation firm to aid it in
determining the fair value of any securities. The types of factors that may be
considered in fair value pricing of our investments include the nature and
realizable value of any collateral, the portfolio company's ability to make
payments and its earnings, the markets in which the portfolio company does
business, comparison to publicly traded companies, discounted cash flow and
other relevant factors. Because such valuations, and particularly valuations of
private securities and private companies, are inherently uncertain, may
fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on estimates, the
determinations of fair value by our Board of Directors may differ materially
from the values that would have been used if a ready market for these securities
existed. Our net asset value could be adversely affected if the determinations
regarding the fair value of our investments were materially higher than the
values that we ultimately realize upon the disposal of such
securities.
Limitations on availability of
investment capital may adversely affect other investments.
The
Company may be reliant on the availability of capital to generate profits under
its investment strategy and such availability will depend, in part, on the
Company's ability to timely liquidate existing positions in order to reinvest
the proceeds thereof. To the extent that the Company owns securities
which are not subject to a valid registration statement or otherwise available
for trading under applicable securities laws, the ability of the Company to
liquidate its position in such securities may be limited. The Company
intends to require some of its portfolio companies to use their best efforts to
cause a registration statement covering the resale of the securities purchased
by the Company to be filed and declared effective by the SEC or become otherwise
freely tradeable. However, there can be no guarantee that the SEC or other
regulating body will declare such a registration statement effective or permit
such security to become free of restrictions within such period and, until such
securities become freely tradable, the Company will likely be unable to freely
liquidate such interests in restricted securities in the manner and at the
prices desired. This resulting lack of liquidity could impair the
ability of the Company to generate cash flow from these positions to timely pay
its liabilities or obtain funds for the purpose of reinvestment. Although the
Company intends to maintain adequate liquidity to achieve its future investment
objectives, there can be no assurance this can be accomplished in all
circumstances.
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Portfolio companies are likely to
need additional funding.
We expect
that many portfolio companies will require additional financing to satisfy their
working capital requirements. The amount of additional
financing needed will depend upon the maturity and objectives of the particular
company. Each round of venture financing, whether from the
Company or other investors is typically intended to provide a portfolio company
with enough capital to reach the next major valuation
milestone. If the funds provided are not sufficient, a
portfolio company may have to raise additional capital at a price unfavorable to
the existing investors, including the Company. The availability
of capital is generally a function of capital market conditions that are beyond
the control of the Company or any portfolio company. We cannot
assure you that the Company's management or the management of portfolio
companies will be able to predict accurately the future capital requirements
necessary for success or that additional funds will be available to portfolio
companies from any source. If funding is not available, some
portfolio companies may be forced to cease operations.
BDC investments are generally
illiquid.
We
anticipate that most of our holdings in portfolio companies will be securities
that are subject to restrictions on resale. Generally, unless
the securities are subsequently registered under the 1933 Act, the Company will
not be able to sell these securities unless all of the conditions of Rule 144
are met or another rule under the 1933 Act that permits limited sales under
specified conditions. When restricted securities are sold to
the public, the Company may be deemed an underwriter, or possibly a controlling
person, with respect thereto for the purpose of the Securities Act and may be
subject to liability as such under the 1933 Act. These
restrictions could require us to hold securities or refrain from sale and be
unable to liquidate a position even at a loss.
Even if
we meet all of the conditions of the 1933 Act, there may be no market for the
securities that we hold. These limitations on liquidity of a
BDC's investments could prevent a successful sale thereof, result in delay of
any sale, or substantially reduce the amount of proceeds that might otherwise be
realized. It is possible that one or more of the portfolio
companies may not qualify to rely on such exemptions or to use a registration
statement. In such event, the Company would end up owning "restricted"
securities subject to resale under Rule 144
There are risks which result from the
inherent concentration of investments prior to
diversification.
While the
Company intends to allocate its investments among different portfolio companies,
it is possible that, prior to our achieving diversification, a significant
amount of or all of the Company's investments and, hence, our Net Asset Value
could, at any one time, be invested in the securities of just a few portfolio
companies. Thus, the success of the Company and its Net Asset Value
would be dependent on the success of just a few portfolio companies and all of
the risks associated with ownership of such portfolio companies including
success dependent on management, success dependent on market conditions within
the industry or field of such portfolio companies, success dependent on
achieving the business objectives of such portfolio companies and success
dependent on economic conditions and other conditions relative to the operation
of such portfolio companies, would become risks borne by the
Company.
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There are risks associated with
investments in companies with small capitalization.
The
portfolio companies that the Company expects to trade in are thinly capitalized
and generally will have a market capitalization below $100 million (and
frequently below $25 million). These companies generally do not have
experience, market awareness, tracking by analysts, institutional investors and
other benefits of larger companies that result in more marketability and more
stability pricing of their securities. This impacts the liquidity of
securities issued by those portfolio companies. It is expected that
the securities of most, if not all, of the portfolio companies will be thinly
traded. This could present a problem when the Company determines to liquidate
its position if it determines that it is in the best interest of the Company to
liquidate such investment. The Company may not be able to sell the securities in
the time frame and at the price it would like. Furthermore, in certain
situations, as a result of a security being thinly traded, the Company could
experience a significant loss in value should the Company be forced to liquidate
its investment as a result of rapidly changing market conditions or other
factors.
There
are risks associated with investments in companies with securities that are not
readily marketable.
The
Company may invest in securities that are initially, or that later become, not
readily marketable. For example, the Company may acquire restricted securities
of an issuer in a private placement pursuant to an arrangement whereby the
issuer agrees to register the resale of those securities, or, in the case of an
investment in convertible or exchangeable securities, the securities underlying
such securities, within a certain period of time. Such registration requires
compliance with United States Federal and state securities laws and the approval
of the SEC. Unless and until such registration or compliance with applicable
regulation occurs, there is likely to be no market for the restricted
securities. No assurance can be given that issuers will not breach their
obligation to obtain or meet such registration or other compliance obligation.
Similarly, securities that are at one time marketable may become unmarketable
(or more difficult to market) for a number of reasons. For example, securities
traded on a securities exchange or quotation system may become unmarketable if
desisted from such exchange or quotation system for among other reasons, failing
to satisfy the requirements for continued listing, which may include minimum
price requirements. In addition, the Company may acquire restricted securities,
for which no market exists, which are convertible or exchangeable into common
stock of the issuer. No assurances can be given that a portfolio
company which has sold a convertible security requiring exchange or conversion,
will not breach its obligation to convert or exchange such securities upon
demand, in which case the Company's liquidity may be adversely affected. In
general, the stability and liquidity of the securities in which the Company
invests will depend in large part on the creditworthiness of the
issuers. Issuers' creditworthiness will be monitored on an ongoing
basis by the Company. If there is a default by the issuer, the
Company may have contractual remedies under the applicable transaction
documents. However, exercising such contractual rights may involve
delays in liquidating the Company's position and the incurrence of additional
costs.
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Portfolio
companies in which investments are made may have publicly-traded securities but
those companies or their securities may become subject to restrictions due to
non-compliance. The ability of the Company to generate profits from its
investment activities may be adversely affected by a failure of portfolio
companies to comply with registration, conversion, exchange or other obligations
under the agreements pursuant to which such securities have been sold to the
Company. The failure of an issuer to register the resale of its
securities sold to the Company may decrease the amount of available capital with
which the Company may pursue other investment opportunities or meet current
liabilities, such as the timely payment of redemptions. The Company may invest
in securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for common stock of the
issuer, the resale of which by the Company is (or is to be)
registered. If an issuer refuses, is unable to, or delays in timely
honoring its obligation to issue conversion or exchange securities, the ability
of the Company to liquidate its position will be adversely affected, and the
profits of the Company may be adversely affected.
We
have not yet identified all of the potential investments for our
portfolio.
We have
not yet identified all of the potential investments for our portfolio, and,
thus, potential investors will not be able to evaluate all of our potential
investments prior to purchasing shares of our common stock. This factor will
increase the uncertainty, and thus the risk, of investing in our
shares.
We
cannot assure you that we will be successful in selling the common shares or, if
sold, at what price. This affects our ability to make investments and
follow-through with contemplated investment opportunities.
Therefore,
the Company has not entered into binding commitments to invest proceeds and may,
after completion or lack of completion of this Offering, withdraw from letters
of intent and contemplated transactions and/or seek new investment
opportunities. In that event, investors will not have an opportunity
to carefully evaluate any of the portfolio companies that we may eventually
invest in and such evaluation will be entirely dependent upon our management for
selecting and negotiating with these portfolio companies. We
cannot assure you that we will locate or successfully negotiate a transaction
with a portfolio company. We are likely to incur substantial losses in the first
years of operations awaiting profitability.
If
funding is obtained, it is anticipated that most of such funding, except for
operating cash reserves and funds set aside for follow-on investments in
then-existing portfolio companies, will be expended or committed within two
years, which is expected to be prior to the receipt of any substantial realized
gains by the Company. Our management anticipates that we and a
number of the portfolio companies will sustain substantial losses in the initial
years of operation. It is possible that these losses may never be recovered. We
cannot assure you that we will ever be profitable.
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The
Company may sustain losses from fraud within its portfolio
companies.
The risk
of fraud losses on Company assets varies with, among other things, the
effectiveness of security procedures utilized. Management anticipates that fraud
losses, if any, will be unlikely as controls and other security measures will
have been adopted by each portfolio company as a condition of our investment to
protect against fraudulent misappropriation of cash and other
assets. However, although the Company’s management believes that any
loss due to fraud will be unlikely, there can be no assurance that fraud loss
experience will not become material in amount. Fraud at the BDC level
is far less likely and BDC’s are required to have and to have tested controls to
limit this possibility. It must be noted that, in addition to basic
controls as to financial data, BDC’s are required to have in place certain
safeguards which may render risks to investment assets from fraud to be nominal
but these risks do exist and even requirements such as holding physical
certificates of shares in portfolio companies in a safe do not, in and of
themselves, eliminate the possibility of fraud.
Potential
future investments in foreign securities may involve significant risks in
addition to the risks inherent in U.S. investments.
Our
investment strategy contemplates potential investments in U.S. companies which
hold a substantial amount of their assets or operations in foreign
countries. While we will not likely invest in securities of foreign
companies, such U.S. companies with substantially all of their assets or
operations outside of the United States may be subject to the same risks as
foreign companies. Investing in these companies or foreign companies
may expose us to additional risks not typically associated with investing in
U.S. companies. These risks include changes in exchange control regulations,
political and social instability, expropriation, imposition of foreign taxes,
less liquid markets and less available information than is generally the case in
the U.S., higher transaction costs, less government supervision of exchanges,
brokers and issuers, less developed bankruptcy laws, difficulty in enforcing
contractual obligations, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards and
greater price volatility. Although we expect that most of our
investments will be U.S. dollar-denominated, our investments that are
denominated in a foreign currency will be subject to the risk that the value of
a particular currency will change in relation to one or more other currencies.
Among the factors that may affect currency values are trade balances, the level
of short-term interest rates, differences in relative values of similar assets
in different currencies, long-term opportunities for investment and capital
appreciation, and political developments.
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Although
it is not Company policy, we may employ hedging techniques to minimize these
risks, but we can offer no assurance that such strategies will be effective. If
we engage in hedging transactions, we may expose ourselves to risks associated
with such transactions. We may utilize instruments such as forward contracts,
currency options and interest rate swaps, caps, collars and floors to seek to
hedge against fluctuations in the relative values of our portfolio positions
from changes in currency exchange rates and market interest rates. Hedging
against a decline in the values of our portfolio positions does not eliminate
the possibility of fluctuations in the values of such positions or prevent
losses if the values of such positions decline. However, such hedging can
establish other positions designed to gain from those same developments, thereby
offsetting the decline in the value of such portfolio positions. Such hedging
transactions may also limit the opportunity for gain if the values of the
portfolio positions should increase. Moreover, it may not be possible to hedge
against an exchange rate or interest rate fluctuation that is so generally
anticipated that we are not able to enter into a hedging transaction at an
acceptable price. The success of our hedging transactions will depend
on our ability to correctly predict movements, currencies and interest rates.
Therefore, while we may enter into such transactions to seek to reduce currency
exchange rate and interest rate risks, unanticipated changes in currency
exchange rates or interest rates may result in poorer overall investment
performance than if we had not engaged in any such hedging transactions. In
addition, the degree of correlation between price movements of the instruments
used in a hedging strategy and price movements in the portfolio positions being
hedged may vary. Moreover, for a variety of reasons, we may not seek to
establish a perfect correlation between such hedging instruments and the
portfolio holdings being hedged. Any such imperfect correlation may prevent us
from achieving the intended hedge and expose us to risk of loss. In addition, it
may not be possible to hedge fully or perfectly against currency fluctuations
affecting the value of securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies because the
value of those securities is likely to fluctuate as a result of factors not
related to currency fluctuations.
Lack of diversity of investments by a
BDC presents risks associated with specific industries.
We have
indicated that we do not anticipate that we will be able to diversify our
investments during in the early years of our Company’s pursuit of its investment
strategy and, as a result, we will not gain the benefit of diversification which
is the balancing of adverse economic conditions. Most of our holdings
in portfolio companies will be securities that are subject to restrictions on
resale. Because our investments will be limited to a few
portfolio companies, we will be subjected to the specific risks associated with
operating businesses within those few industries.
The businesses in which we plan to
invest are materially affected by competition.
The
portfolio companies of the Company will likely face competition on a nationwide
basis. Competition for their products and services may come from companies with
more widespread distribution and more established brands. We believe that the
ability of our portfolio companies to each compete successfully depends upon a
number of factors, including: market presence; customer service and
satisfaction; the capacity, reliability and security of a delivery network;
convenience; the pricing policies of our portfolio companies and their
competitors; and, the introduction of new products and services by our portfolio
companies and their competitors.
The
businesses in which the Company intends to invest are subject to macro and micro
trends in business, finance, politics, and law.
The
Company’s potential customers are located nationwide. Future unfavorable
economic conditions, including those resulting from further or protracted
economic instability or down turns cannot be estimated at this time due to the
uncertainties associated with such economic conditions, and the extent to which
the sale of Company products will be affected thereby.
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RISKS
OF THE COMPANY AT ITS PRESENT STAGE
The
Company has a limited operating history as a BDC. We are a relatively
new business development company with limited resources and sources of
revenues.
We were
incorporated in 1985 and we have commenced investment operations but the extent
of our investment activities may characterize us as a newer investment
company. We became a BDC by electing to be governed as a BDC on April
5, 2007. As we have made an investment in only a limited number of
portfolio companies, we have limited experience relating to the identification,
evaluation and acquisition of target businesses and, accordingly, there is only
a limited basis upon which to evaluate our prospects for achieving our intended
business objectives. We have limited resources and have realized
limited revenues to date. In addition, we may not achieve any
significant revenues until, at the earliest, we are able to obtain funding, make
investments and sell our position of securities in an underlying portfolio
company for a profit. The Company will be wholly dependent for the
selection, structuring, closing and monitoring of all of its investments on the
diligence and skill of its management, acting under the supervision of the
Company's Board of Directors. None of these individuals has
substantial experience (as a matter of years), within the BDC business format,
in acquiring and investing in growth stage companies, the negotiation of the
terms of such investments and the monitoring of such investments after they are
made. We cannot assure you that the Company will attain its
investment objective.
We are
subject to all of the business risks and uncertainties associated with any new
business enterprise, including the risk that we will not achieve our investment
objective and that the value of your investment with the Company could decline
substantially or fall to zero. We anticipate that it may take us up
to 6 months to invest substantially all of the net proceeds of this
offering. During this period, we will invest in temporary
investments, such as short term securities, cash and cash
equivalents. We expect such investments may earn nominal
yields. As a result, we may not be able to pay any dividends
during this period. If we do not realize yields in excess of our
expenses, we may incur operating losses and the market price of our shares may
decline.
Our
common stock has a limited trading market and liquidity, and we cannot assure
you that a significant liquid trading market will develop.
Prior to
the date of this offering, there has been a limited established trading market
for our common stock. We cannot predict the extent to which future investor
interest in the Company will lead to the development of an active, liquid
trading market. Active trading markets generally result in
lower price volatility and more efficient execution of buy and sell orders for
investors. In addition, our common stock is unlikely to be followed
by any market analysts, and there may be few institutions acting as market
makers for the common stock. Either of these factors could
adversely affect the liquidity and trading price of our common
stock. Also, the stock market in general has experienced
extreme price and volume volatility that has especially affected the market
prices of securities of many companies. At times, this
volatility has been unrelated to the operating performance of particular
companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations may
adversely affect the trading price of the common stock, regardless of our actual
operating performance.
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We will be confronted by competition
from entities having substantially greater resources and
experience.
Other
entities and individuals compete for investments similar to those proposed to be
made by the Company, many of whom will have greater financial and management
resources than the Company. Furthermore, the Company must
comply with provisions of the 1940 Act pertaining to BDCs and, if the Company
qualifies as a RIC, provisions of the Internal Revenue Code pertaining to RICs
might restrict the Company's flexibility as compared with its
competitors. The need to compete for investment opportunities
may make it necessary for us to offer portfolio companies more attractive
transaction terms than otherwise might be the case. These
factors may prevent us from ever becoming profitable.
Distributions to shareholders may
never equal the amount invested by the shareholders.
We cannot
assure you that any distributions to shareholders will be made by the Company or
that aggregate distributions, if any, will equal or exceed the shareholders'
investment in the Company. Sales of portfolio company securities will
be a principal source of distributable cash to shareholders. The
directors have absolute discretion in the timing of distributions to
shareholders. Securities acquired by the Company through equity
investments will be held by the Company and will be sold or distributed at the
sole discretion of the directors.
There
are significant potential conflicts of interest, which could impact our
investment returns
Our
executive officer(s) and director(s) serve or may serve as officers and
directors of entities who operate in the same or related line of business as we
do. Accordingly, they may have obligations to investors in those entities, the
fulfillment of which might not be in the best interests of the Company or our
stockholders. It is possible that new investment opportunities that
would otherwise meet our investment objective may come to the attention of one
these entities, and, if so, such opportunity might not be offered, or otherwise
made available, to us. However, our executive officer(s) and director(s) do have
fiduciary obligations to act in the best interests of the Company and must, in
such a circumstance or conflict, endeavor to allocate investment opportunities
in a fair and equitable manner over time so as not to discriminate one company
against another, where equal fiduciary obligations are owed. In
addition, they may not be available to us if there are time conflicts involving
other entities.
Our common stock
is subject to
the "Penny Stock" rules of the SEC and the
trading market in our securities is limited, which
makes transactions in our stock cumbersome and may reduce
the value of an investment in our stock.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule
15g-9 which establishes the definition of a "penny stock," for the
purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a
market price of less than $5.00 per share or option to acquire any equity
security with an exercise price of
less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain
exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless
exempt, the rules require:
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a broker or dealer approve a person's account for transactions
in penny stocks; and
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the
broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement
to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny
stock to be purchased.
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to approve a person's account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or
dealer must:
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financial information and investment experience objectives of the person;
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make
a reasonable determination that the transactions in
penny stocks are suitable for that person and the
person has sufficient
knowledge and experience in financial matters to
be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny
stocks.
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The
broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a
disclosure schedule prescribed by the Commission relating to the penny stock
market, which, in highlight form:
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sets forth the basis
on which the broker or dealer made
the suitability determination; and
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that
the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from
the investor prior to the
transaction.
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Generally,
brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the
"penny stock" rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to
dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of our
stock.
Disclosure also
has to be made about the risks
of investing in penny
stocks in both public offerings and
in secondary trading and about the
commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative,
current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies
available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny
stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be
sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account
and information on the limited market in penny stocks.
We
have limited operating history upon which to base your investment
decision.
We have a
limited operating history available to evaluate the likelihood of the success of
our business. Our prospects should be considered in light of the risks, expenses
and uncertainties that may be encountered by development stage companies. Among
other things, we must build our customer base, respond to competitive
developments, attract, retain and motivate qualified employees and establish and
maintain our technologies, products, and services on an ongoing basis. There can
be no assurance that we will be successful in addressing such risks and
implementing our business strategy.
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As a
result of our lack of operating history, and the other risks described in this
Memorandum, we are unable to accurately forecast our revenues. Our future
expense levels are based predominately on our operating plans and estimates of
future revenues, and to a large extent are fixed. We may be unable to adjust
spending in a timely manner to compensate for revenues that do not materialize.
Accordingly, any significant shortfall in revenues or lack of revenue would
likely have an immediate material adverse effect on our business, operating
results and financial condition.
Our
ability to generate revenues will depend upon many factors. We will
be required to build our business by implementing operational systems, hiring
additional employees, developing and implementing a marketing and sales strategy
and implementing our technology applications. Our expenses will
initially exceed our revenues and no assurances can be made that we will become
profitable or provide positive cash flows.
Restrictions imposed upon the resale
of our capital stock may require you to hold your stock for an indefinite period
of time.
None of
the securities to be issued in this Offering will be registered under the
Securities Act. The common stock being sold pursuant to this Offering is
intended to be exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation E which permits,
in conformity therewith, issuance of shares without restriction on further
transfer. While we do not anticipate such an adverse decision or
determination on the part of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC has
the right, even after permitting the offering to become effective, to enjoin the
sale of securities or determine that such sales are not exempt under Regulation
E. While the Company will make every effort to insure its compliance
with the requirements under Regulation E, there can be no assurance of such
exemption as the SEC does not, as a matter of policy, affirmatively indicate the
effectiveness of the notification under Regulation E.
ITEM
2:
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PROPERTIES
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Our
corporate office is currently maintained in the office of our accountant at no
charge.
ITEM
3:
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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We are
not currently subject to any legal proceedings, nor, to our knowledge, is any
legal proceeding threatened against us. From time to time, we may be a party to
certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including
proceedings relating to the enforcement of our rights under contracts with our
portfolio companies.
ITEM
4:
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SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS
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There
were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth
quarter.
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Part
II
ITEM
5:
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MARKET
FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
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Our
common stock is currently listed on the electronic quotation and reporting
service maintained by the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”)
and known as the “OTC Bulletin Board” or “OTCBB” system and trades under the
symbol "DEGH".
The
market closing, high and low prices during each quarter for the last two years
are as follows:
QUARTER
ENDED
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CLOSING
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HIGH
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LOW
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December
31, 2007
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.23 | .25 | .09 | |||||||||
March
31, 2008
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.04 | .25 | .04 | |||||||||
June
30, 2008
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.04 | .07 | .03 | |||||||||
September
30, 2008
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.04 | .06 | .02 | |||||||||
December
31, 2006
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2.97 | 27.50 | 2.97 | |||||||||
March
31, 2007
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1.32 | 6.60 | 1.10 | |||||||||
June
30, 2007
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.10 | .90 | .10 | |||||||||
September
30, 2007
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.12 | .35 | .08 |
Number
of Shareholders and Total Outstanding Shares
As of
November 18, 2008, there were 50,592,487 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding, held by approximately 87 shareholders of record, an undetermined
number of which represent more than one individual participant in securities
positions with us.
Dividends
on Common Stock
We have
not previously declared a cash dividend on our common stock and we do not
anticipate the payment of dividends in the near future.
Options
None.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
Recent
sales of Unregistered Securities
Sales
during the first three quarters of the fiscal year were reported in Item 2 of
Part II of the Form 10-Q filed for each quarter.
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On July
11, 2008, the Company issued 500,000 shares of its restricted common stock in
exchange for an investment. The issued shares were sold pursuant to
an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
ITEM
6:
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SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
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The
following table represents our selected financial and other data and has been
derived from our audited financial statements for the years ended September 30,
2008, 2007 and 2006. The information below should be read in
conjunction with Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and the notes
thereto included in Item 8 herein.
2008
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2007
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2006
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Statements
of Operations Data:
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Income
from operations
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$ | 64,402 | $ | 318 | $ | - | ||||||
Expenses
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226,039 | 44,054 | 404,668 | |||||||||
Net
loss from operations
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(161,637 | ) | (43,736 | ) | (404,668 | ) | ||||||
Net
realized and unrealized gains (losses)
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97,970 | (50,000 | ) | - | ||||||||
Preferred
dividends
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(162,780 | ) |
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Net
decrease in net assets from operations
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$ | (226,447 | ) | $ | (93,736 | ) | $ | (404,668 | ) | |||
Net
decrease in net assets from operations
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per
share, basic and diluted
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$ | (0.0059 | ) | $ | (0.0342 | ) | $ | (4.0867 | ) | |||
Weighted
average shares, basic and diluted
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38,155,238 | 2,739,989 | 99,020 |
**
Includes $7,535, $404,668 and $433,492 in net expenses from discontinued
operations for the years ended September 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
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2008
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2007
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2006
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Statements
of Net Assets (Liabilities) Data:
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Investments
at fair value
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$ | 944,345 | $ | 114,500 | $ | - | ||||||
Investments
at cost
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901,375 | 164,500 | - | |||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
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10,570 | 8,350 | - | |||||||||
Total
assets
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1,012,885 | 123,169 | - | |||||||||
Total
liabilities
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(42,005 | ) | (37,151 | ) | (37,946 | ) | ||||||
Total
preferred stock at liquidation value
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- | (271,300 | ) | (271,300 | ) | |||||||
Net
assets (liabilities)
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$ | 970,880 | $ | (185,282 | ) | $ | (309,246 | ) | ||||
Net
asset (liability) value per share
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$ | 0.0192 | $ | (0.0291 | ) | $ | (3.1231 | ) | ||||
Common
stock outstanding at year end
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50,592,487 | 6,375,821 | 99,020 |
ITEM
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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The
Company
We filed
a notification under Form N54a with the SEC on April 5, 2007, indicating our
election to be regulated as a BDC under the 1940 Act. Accordingly,
commencing with the Form 10-Q for June 30, 2007, we began filing as a
BDC.
As a BDC,
we are required to invest at least 70% of our total assets in qualifying assets,
which, generally, will be privately held companies or companies with thinly
traded public securities at the time we invest in them. Qualifying assets may
also include cash, cash equivalents, U.S. Government securities or high-quality
debt investments maturing in one year or less from the date of investment. We
may invest a portion of the remaining 30% of our total assets in debt and/or
equity securities of companies that may be larger or more stable than target
portfolio companies.
On May 3,
2007, we filed an Offering Circular under Regulation E promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933 to sell from 4,000,000 to 50,000,000 shares of our common
stock and raise up to $5,000,000 at prices ranging from $0.05 to $1.25 per
share. The Company sold a total of $14,920,666 shares for proceeds of
$773,283 ($629,583 during 2008) pursuant to its 1-E which was completed on May
3, 2008.
On
September 30, 2008, we filed a new Offering Circular under Regulation E to sell
from 25,000,000 to 49,000,000 shares of our common stock and raise up to
$5,000,000 at prices ranging from $0.0215 and $0.20 per share. No
sales have been made pursuant to this 1-E as of November 18,
2008.
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Management’s
Analysis of Business
We have
significant relative flexibility in selecting and structuring our
investments. We are not subject to many of the regulatory limitations
that govern traditional lending institutions such as banks. We seek
to structure our investments so as to take into account the uncertain and
potentially variable financial performance of our portfolio
companies. This should enable our portfolio companies to retain
access to committed capital at different stages in their development and
eliminate some of the uncertainty surrounding their capital allocation
decisions. We calculate rates of return on invested capital based on
a combination of up-front commitment fees, current and deferred interest rates
and residual values, which may take the form of common stock, warrants, equity
appreciation rights or future contract payments. We believe that this
flexible approach to structuring investments will facilitate positive, long-term
relationships with our portfolio companies and enable us to become a preferred
source of capital to them. We also believe our approach should
enable debt financing to develop into a viable alternative capital source for
funding the growth of target companies that wish to avoid the dilutive effects
of equity financings for existing equity holders.
Longer
Investment Horizon - We are not subject to periodic capital return
requirements. These requirements, which are standard for most
private equity and venture capital funds, typically require that these funds
return to investors the initial capital investment after a pre-agreed time,
together with any capital gains on such capital investment. These
provisions often force such funds to seek the return of their investments in
portfolio companies through mergers, public equity offerings or other liquidity
events more quickly than they otherwise might, which can result in a lower
overall return to investors and adversely affect the ultimate viability of the
affected portfolio companies. Because we may invest in the same
portfolio companies as these funds, we are subject to these risks if these funds
demand a return on their investments in the portfolio companies. We
believe that our flexibility to take a longer-term view should help us to
maximize returns on our invested capital while still meeting the needs of our
portfolio companies.
Established
Deal Sourcing Network - We believe that, through our management and directors,
we have solid contacts and sources from which to generate investment
opportunities. These contacts and sources include:
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and private companies,
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investment
bankers,
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attorneys,
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accountants,
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consultants,
and
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commercial
bankers.
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However,
we cannot assure you that such relationships will lead to the origination of
debt or other investments.
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Investment
Criteria
As a
matter of policy, we will not purchase or sell real estate or interests in real
estate or real estate investment trusts except that we may:
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purchase
and sell real estate or interests in real estate in connection with the
orderly liquidation of investments, or in connection with foreclosure on
collateral;
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own
the securities of companies that are in the business of buying, selling or
developing real estate; or
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finance
the purchase of real estate by our portfolio
companies.
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We limit
our investments in more traditional securities (stock and debt instruments) and
will not, as a matter of policy:
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sell
securities short except with regard to managing the risks associated with
publicly-traded securities issued by our portfolio
companies;
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purchase
securities on margin (except to the extent that we may purchase securities
with borrowed money); or
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engage
in the purchase or sale of commodities or commodity contracts, including
futures contracts except where necessary in working out distressed
loans.
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Prospective
Portfolio Company Characteristics - We have identified several criteria that we
believe prove important in seeking our investment objective with respect to
target companies. These criteria provide general guidelines for
our investment decisions; however, we caution readers that not all of these
criteria are satisfied by each prospective portfolio company in which we choose
to invest.
Experienced
Management - We generally require that our portfolio companies have an
experienced president or management team. We also require the
portfolio companies to have in place proper incentives to induce management to
succeed and to act in concert with our interests as investors, including having
significant equity interests. We provide assistance in this area by
either consulting with management or by providing management for our portfolio
companies.
Products
or Services - We seek companies that are involved in products or services that
do not require significant additional capital or research
expenditures. In general, we seek target companies that make
innovative use of proven technologies or methods.
Proprietary
Advantage - We favor companies that can demonstrate some kind of proprietary
sustainable advantage with respect to their competition. Proprietary
advantages include, but are not limited to:
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patents
or trade secrets with respect to owning or manufacturing its products,
and
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a
demonstrable and sustainable marketing advantage over its
competition.
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Marketing
strategies impose unusual burdens on management to be continuously ahead of its
competition, either through some kind of technological advantage or by being
continuously more creative than its competition.
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Profitable
or Nearly Profitable Operations Based on Cash Flow from Operations - We focus on
target companies that are profitable or nearly profitable on an operating cash
flow basis. Typically, we would not expect to invest in start-up companies
unless there is a clear exit strategy in place.
Potential
for Future Growth - We generally require that a prospective target company, in
addition to generating sufficient cash flow to cover its operating costs and
service its debt, demonstrate an ability to increase its revenues and operating
cash flow over time. The anticipated growth rate of a
prospective target company will be a key factor in determining the value that we
ascribe to any warrants or other equity securities that we may acquire in
connection with an investment in debt securities.
Exit
Strategy - Prior to making an investment in a portfolio company, we analyze the
potential for that company to increase the liquidity of its common equity
through a future event that would enable us to realize appreciation, if any, in
the value of our equity interest. Liquidity events may
include:
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an
initial public offering,
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a
private sale of our equity interest to a third
party,
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a
merger or an acquisition of the portfolio company,
or
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a
purchase of our equity position by the portfolio company or one of its
stockholders.
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We may
acquire warrants to purchase equity securities and/or convertible preferred
stock of the eligible portfolio companies in connection with providing
financing. The terms of the warrants, including the expiration date,
exercise price and terms of the equity security for which the warrant may be
exercised, will be negotiated individually with each eligible portfolio company,
and will likely be affected by the price and terms of securities issued by the
eligible portfolio company to other venture capitalists and other
holders. We anticipate that most warrants will be for a term of five
to ten years, and will have an exercise price based upon the price at which the
eligible portfolio company most recently issued equity securities or, if a new
equity offering is imminent, equity securities. The equity securities
for which the warrant will be exercised generally will be common stock of which
there may be one or more classes of convertible preferred stock. Substantially
all the warrants and underlying equity securities will be restricted securities
under the 1933 Act at the time of the issuance. We will
generally negotiate for registration rights with the issuer that may
provide:
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“piggyback"
registration rights, which will permit us under certain circumstances, to
include some or all of the securities owned by us in a registration
statement filed by the eligible portfolio company,
or
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in
some circumstances, "demand" registration rights permitting us under
certain circumstances, to require the eligible portfolio company to
register the securities under the 1933 Act, in some cases at our
expense. We will generally negotiate net issuance
provisions in the warrants, which will allow us to receive upon exercise
of the warrants without payment of any cash a net amount of shares
determined by the increase in the value of the issuer's stock above the
exercise price stated in the
warrant.
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Liquidation
Value of Assets - Although we do not intend to operate as an asset-based lender,
the prospective liquidation value of the assets, if any, collateralizing any
debt securities that we hold will be an important factor in our credit
analysis. We will emphasize both tangible assets, such
as:
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accounts
receivable,
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inventory,
and
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equipment,
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and
intangible assets, such as:
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intellectual
property,
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customer
lists,
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networks,
and
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databases.
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Investment
Process
Due
Diligence - If a target company generally meets the characteristics described
above, we will perform initial due diligence, including:
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company
and technology assessments,
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existing
management team,
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market
analysis,
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competitive
analysis,
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evaluation
of management, risk analysis and transaction
size,
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pricing,
and
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structure
analysis.
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Much of
this work will be done by management and professionals who are well known by
management. The criteria delineated above provide general parameters
for our investment decisions. We intend to pursue an investment
strategy by further imposing such criteria and reviews that best insures the
value of our investments. As unique circumstances may arise or be
uncovered, not all of such criteria will be satisfied in each instance but the
process provides a guideline by which investments can be prudently made and
managed. Upon successful completion of the preliminary evaluation, we will
decide whether to deliver a non-binding letter of intent and move forward
towards the completion of a transaction.
In our
review of the management team, we look at the following:
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Interviews
with management and significant shareholders, including any financial or
strategic sponsor;
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Review
of financing history;
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Review
of management's track record with respect
to:
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product
development and marketing,
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mergers
and acquisitions,
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alliances,
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collaborations,
and
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research
and development outsourcing and other strategic
activities;
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Assessment
of competition; and
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Review
of exit strategies.
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In our
review of the financial conditions, we look at the following:
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Evaluation
of future financing needs and
plans;
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Detailed
analysis of financial performance;
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Development
of pro forma financial projections;
and
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Review
of assets and liabilities, including contingent liabilities, if any, and
legal and regulatory risks.
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In our
review of the products and services of the portfolio company, we look at the
following:
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Evaluation
of intellectual property position;
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Review
of existing customer or similar agreements and
arrangements;
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Analysis
of core technology;
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Assessment
of collaborations;
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Review
of sales and marketing procedures;
and
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Assessment
of market and growth potential.
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Upon
completion of these analyses, we will conduct on-site visits with the target
company's management team. Also, in cases in which a target
company is at a mature stage of development and if other matters warrant such an
evaluation, we will obtain an independent appraisal of the target
company.
Ongoing
Relationships with Portfolio Companies
Monitoring
- We continuously monitor our portfolio companies in order to determine whether
they are meeting our financing criteria and their respective business
plans. We may decline to make additional investments in
portfolio companies that do not continue to meet our financing
criteria. However, we may choose to make additional investments
in portfolio companies that do not do so, if we believe they will perform well
in the future.
We
monitor the financial trends of each portfolio company to assess the appropriate
course of action for each company and to evaluate overall portfolio
quality. Our management team and consulting professionals closely
monitor the status and performance of each individual company on at least a
quarterly and, in some cases, a monthly basis.
We use
several methods of evaluating and monitoring the performance and fair value of
our debt and equity positions, including but not limited to the
following:
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Assessment
of business development success, including product development,
financings, profitability and the portfolio company's overall adherence to
its business plan;
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Periodic
and regular contact with portfolio company management to discuss financial
position, requirements and
accomplishments;
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Periodic
and regular formal update interviews with portfolio company management
and, if appropriate, the financial or strategic
sponsor;
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Attendance
at and participation in board meetings;
and
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Review
of monthly and quarterly financial statements and financial projections
for portfolio companies.
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Managerial
Assistance - As a business development company, we offer, and in many cases
provide, significant managerial assistance to our portfolio
companies. This assistance will typically involve:
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monitoring
the operations of our portfolio
companies,
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participating
in their board and management
meetings,
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consulting
with and advising their officers,
and
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providing
other organizational and financial
guidance.
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Investment
Amounts
The
amount of funds committed to a portfolio company and the ownership percentage
received will vary depending on the maturity of the portfolio company, the
quality and completeness of the portfolio company's management team, the
perceived business opportunity, the capital required compared to existing
capital, and the potential return. Although investment amounts
will vary considerably, we expect that the average investment, including
follow-on investments, will be between $25,000 and $1,000,000.
Competition
Our
primary competitors that provide financing to target companies include private
equity and venture capital funds, other equity and non-equity based investment
funds and investment banks and other sources of financing, including traditional
financial services companies such as commercial banks and specialty finance
companies. Many of these entities have substantially greater
financial and managerial resources than we have. We believe that our
competitive advantage with regard to quality target companies relates to our
ability to negotiate flexible terms and to complete our review process on a
timely basis. We cannot assure you that we will be successful
in implementing our strategies.
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Certain
statements contained in this report that are not historical fact are
"forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words or phrases "will likely result," "are
expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "believes," "estimates,"
"projects" or similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking
statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties beyond our
reasonable control that could cause our actual business and results of
operations to differ materially from those reflected in our forward-looking
statements. The safe harbor provisions provided in the Securities Litigation
Reform Act do not apply to forward-looking statements we make in this report.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Our
forward-looking statements are based on trends which we anticipate in our
industry and our good faith estimate of the effect on these trends of such
factors as industry capacity, product demand and product pricing. The inclusion
of projections and other forward-looking statements should not be regarded a
representation by us or any other person that we will realize our projections or
that any of the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus will
prove to be accurate.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
At
September 30, 2008, we had a cash balance of $10,570 and current liabilities of
$42,005. We have received short-term loans from a shareholder and
expect to commence selling shares of our common stock pursuant to an amended 1-E
by early December 2008.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
REVENUES
– We began operating as a BDC on April 5, 2007. In 2008, we had
management income from two portfolio companies of $45,000 and interest income
from loan investments of $19,402. Of this amount, $6,432 has been
collected and $57,970 is included in accounts receivable. Our only
income in 2007 was interest income of $318 from our loan
investments. As of September 30, 2007, we had raised $207,700 in cash
from sale of our common stock ($25,000 in a private transaction and $182,700
pursuant to our Form 1-E) and have made investments of $164,500. In
2008, we raised $635,583 from sale of our common stock and collected $5,000 on a
stock subscription receivable.
EXPENSES
–
Salaries
and wages amounted to $43,000 in 2008 and $3,000 in 2007. The 2008
amount includes compensation to our CEO in the amount of $19,500 and $24,000 to
a consultant who was terminated in July 2008.
Legal and
accounting fees amounted to $143,940 in 2008 and $24,250 in
2007. Legal fees increased from $10,500 in 2007 to $96,440 in 2008,
primarily for ongoing assistance with portfolio companies and the time spent
converting all of the preferred stock outstanding to common stock.
Director
fees commenced in December 2007 and include $1,000 per month to Dr. Silvey for
his work as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Other
general and administrative expense amounted to $12,042 in 2008 and $750 in
2007. The 2008 amount included $6,103 in costs associated with our
web site. Other miscellaneous cost increases are primarily due to
operating for the full year in 2008 as compared to less than one-half of
2007.
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DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS – When we filed a notification on Form N54a to become a BDC, we
discontinued all prior operations. Losses from discontinued
operations amounted to $7,535 and $404,668 in the years ended September 30, 2007
and 2006, respectively.
NET
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) IN NON-CONTROLLED, NON-AFFILIATED
INVESTMENTS
As an
investment company under the 1940 Act, all of our investments must be carried at
market value or fair value as determined by management for investments which do
not have readily determinable market values. Prior to this conversion, only
marketable debt and equity securities and certain derivative securities were
required to be carried at market value.
Beginning
April 5, 2007, portfolio assets for which market prices are available are valued
at those prices. Securities that are traded in the over-the-counter market or on
a stock exchange generally will be valued at the prevailing bid price on the
valuation date. However, some of our current investments were
acquired in privately negotiated transactions and may have no readily
determinable market values. These securities are carried at fair value as
determined by management and outside professionals as necessary under our
valuation policy. Currently, the valuation policy provides for management’s
review of the management team, financial conditions, and products and services
of the portfolio company. In situations that warrant such an
evaluation, an independent business valuation may be obtained.
Value, as
defined in Section 2(a)(41) of the 1940 Act, is (i) the market price for those
securities for which a market quotation is readily available and (ii) for all
other securities and assets, fair value as determined in good faith by
management. There is no single standard for determining fair value in good
faith. As a result, determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to
the specific facts and circumstances of each portfolio investment. We must
determine the fair value of each individual investment on a quarterly basis. We
will record unrealized depreciation on investments when we believe that an
investment has become impaired, including where realization of an equity
security is doubtful. Conversely, we will record unrealized appreciation if we
believe that the underlying portfolio company has appreciated in value and,
therefore, its investment has also appreciated in value, where
appropriate.
As an
investment company, we invest primarily in illiquid securities including equity
securities of private companies. The structure of each equity security is
specifically negotiated to enable us to protect our investment and maximize our
returns. We generally include many terms governing ownership parameters,
dilution parameters, liquidation preferences, voting rights, and put or call
rights. Our investments are generally subject to some restrictions on resale and
generally have no established trading market. Because of the type of investments
that we make and the nature of our business, our valuation process requires an
analysis of various factors. Our fair value methodology includes the examination
of, among other things, the underlying investment performance, financial
condition and market changing events that impact valuation.
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Investment
activity since we became a BDC may be summarized as follows:
2008
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2007
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Market
value, beginning of year
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$ | 114,500 | $ | - | ||||
Acquisition
of investments, for cash
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442,375 | 164,500 | ||||||
Acquisition
of investments with common stock
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344,500 | - | ||||||
Sale
of investments
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(50,000 | ) | - | |||||
Unrealized
appreciation (depreciation)
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92,970 | (50,000 | ) | |||||
Market
value, end of year
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$ | 944,345 | $ | 114,500 |
Our
valuation processes and the results of our individual investments are included
in note 3 to the financial statements.
OFF-BALANCE
SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
We have
no significant off-balance sheet arrangements.
NET
ASSET VALUE
As a BDC,
certain of our activities and disclosures are made in reference to NAV which is
the value of our portfolio assets less debt and preferred stock. This
may be viewed, simply and generalized, as the value of our assets to our common
shareholders. As of the date of the financial information in this
report, the value of our portfolio of assets including investments in equity
securities and cash is $1,012,885 and from this, are subtracted liabilities and
debts of $42,005. There are no shares of preferred stock
outstanding. The rights of preferred stockholders (at liquidation
value) would be included as a deduction if there were any preferred shares
outstanding. The NAV is therefore $970,880. The NAV per Share is
$0.0192.
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RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
NEW
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
There are
several new accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) which are not yet effective. Each of these
pronouncements, as applicable, has been or will be adopted by the
Company. Management does not believe any of these accounting
pronouncements has had or will have a material impact on the Company’s financial
position or operating results.
In May
2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 163,
“Accounting for Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts-and interpretation of
FASB Statement No. 60”. SFAS No. 163 clarifies how Statement 60
applies to financial guarantee insurance contracts, including the recognition
and measurement of premium revenue and claims liabilities. This statement also
requires expanded disclosures about financial guarantee insurance contracts.
SFAS No. 163 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15,
2008, and interim periods within those years. SFAS No. 163 has no effect on the
Company’s financial position, statements of operations, or cash flows at this
time.
In May
2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 162,
“The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”. SFAS No.
162 sets forth the level of authority to a given accounting pronouncement or
document by category. Where there might be conflicting guidance between two
categories, the more authoritative category will prevail. SFAS No. 162 will
become effective 60 days after the SEC approves the PCAOB’s amendments to AU
Section 411 of the AICPA Professional Standards. SFAS No. 162 has no effect on
the Company’s financial position, statements of operations, or cash flows at
this time.
In March
2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued SFAS No. 161,
Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of
FASB Statement No. 133. This standard requires companies to provide
enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative
instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are
accounted for under Statement 133 and its related interpretations, and (c) how
derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows. This Statement is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after
November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The Company has not yet
adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 161, but does not expect it to have a
material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
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In
December 2007, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 110 regarding
the use of a "simplified" method, as discussed in SAB No. 107 (SAB 107), in
developing an estimate of expected term of "plain vanilla" share options in
accordance with SFAS No. 123 (R), Share-Based Payment. In particular,
the staff indicated in SAB 107 that it will accept a company's election to use
the simplified method, regardless of whether the company has sufficient
information to make more refined estimates of expected term. At the time SAB 107
was issued, the staff believed that more detailed external information about
employee exercise behavior (e.g., employee exercise patterns by industry and/or
other categories of companies) would, over time, become readily available to
companies. Therefore, the staff stated in SAB 107 that it would not expect a
company to use the simplified method for share option grants after December 31,
2007. The staff understands that such detailed information about employee
exercise behavior may not be widely available by December 31, 2007. Accordingly,
the staff will continue to accept, under certain circumstances, the use of the
simplified method beyond December 31, 2007. The Company currently uses the
simplified method for “plain vanilla” share options and warrants, and will
assess the impact of SAB 110 for fiscal year 2009. It is not believed that this
will have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations
or cash flows.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB No. 51. This
statement amends ARB 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a
subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an
ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity
in the consolidated financial statements. Before this statement was issued,
limited guidance existed for reporting noncontrolling interests. As a result,
considerable diversity in practice existed. So-called minority interests were
reported in the consolidated statement of financial position as liabilities or
in the mezzanine section between liabilities and equity. This statement improves
comparability by eliminating that diversity. This statement is effective for
fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or
after December 15, 2008. Earlier adoption is prohibited. The effective date of
this statement is the same as that of the related Statement 141 (revised 2007).
The Company will adopt this Statement beginning October 1, 2009. It is not
believed that this will have an impact on the Company’s financial position,
results of operations or cash flows.
In
December 2007, the FASB, issued FAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business
Combinations. This Statement replaces FASB Statement No. 141,
Business Combinations, but retains the fundamental requirements in
Statement 141. This Statement establishes principles and
requirements for how the acquirer: (a) recognizes and measures in its financial
statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree; (b) recognizes and measures the
goodwill acquired in the business combination or a gain from a bargain purchase;
and (c) determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial
statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business
combination. This statement applies prospectively to business combinations for
which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual
reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. An entity may not
apply it before that date. The effective date of this statement is the same as
that of the related FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company will adopt this
statement beginning October 1, 2009. This statement will not have an impact on
the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
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In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Liabilities—Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No.
115. This standard permits an entity to choose to measure many
financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. This option is
available to all entities. Most of the provisions in FAS 159 are elective;
however, an amendment to FAS 115 Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and
Equity Securities applies to all entities with available for sale or trading
securities. Some requirements apply differently to entities that do not report
net income. SFAS No. 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first
fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. Early adoption is permitted as
of the beginning of the previous fiscal year provided that the entity makes that
choice in the first 120 days of that fiscal year and also elects to apply the
provisions of SFAS No. 157 Fair Value Measurements. The Company will
adopt SFAS No. 159 beginning October 1, 2008 and is currently evaluating the
potential impact the adoption of this pronouncement will have on its financial
statements.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP), and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement
applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements, the Board having previously concluded in those accounting
pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement attribute.
Accordingly, this statement does not require any new fair value measurements.
However, for some entities, the application of this statement will change
current practice. This statement is effective for financial statements issued
for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within
those fiscal years. Earlier application is encouraged, provided that the
reporting entity has not yet issued financial statements for that fiscal year,
including financial statements for an interim period within that fiscal year.
The Company will adopt this statement October 1, 2008, and it is not believed
that this will have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The SEC
issued Financial Reporting Release No. 60, “Cautionary Advice Regarding
Disclosure about Critical Accounting Policies” (“FRR 60”), suggesting companies
provide additional disclosure and commentary on their most critical accounting
policies. In FRR 60, the SEC defined the most critical accounting
policies as the ones that are most important to the portrayal of a company’s
financial condition and operating results, and require management to make its
most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make
estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. Based on this
definition our most critical accounting policy is the valuation of our
investments. The methods, estimates and judgments we use in applying
this accounting policy has a significant impact on the results we report in our
financial statements.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the 1940 Act, our Board of Directors is responsible for
determining in good faith the fair value of our investments for which market
quotations are not readily available.
We
determine fair value to be the amount for which an investment could be exchanged
in an orderly disposition over a reasonable period of time between willing
parties other than in a forced or liquidation sale. Our valuation
process is intended to provide a consistent basis for determining the fair value
of the portfolio. We will record unrealized depreciation on
investments when we believe that an investment has become impaired, including
where realization of an equity security is doubtful. We will record
unrealized appreciation if we believe that the underlying portfolio company has
appreciated in value and, therefore, our equity security has also appreciated in
value.
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Our
equity interest in portfolio companies for which there is no liquid public
market are valued using industry valuation benchmarks, and then the value is
assigned a discount reflecting the illiquid nature of the investment as well as
our minority, non-control position. When an external event such as a
purchase transaction, public offering, or subsequent equity sale occurs, the
pricing indicated by the external event is used to corroborate our
valuation. The determined values are generally discounted to account
for restrictions on resale and minority ownership positions, if
applicable.
ITEM
7A:
|
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
|
Market
risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and
prices. We are primarily exposed to equity price risk. The
following is a discussion of our equity price risk.
Equity
price risk arises from exposure to securities that represent an ownership
interest in our portfolio companies. The value of our equity
securities and our other investments are based on quoted market prices or our
Board of Directors’ good faith determination of their fair value (which may be
based, in part, on quoted market prices). Market prices of common
equity securities, in general, are subject to fluctuations, which could cause
the amount to be realized upon sale or exercise of the instruments to differ
significantly from the current reported value. The fluctuations may
result from perceived changes in the underlying economic characteristics of our
portfolio companies, the relative price of alternative investments, general
market conditions and supply and demand imbalances for a particular
security.
47
ITEM
8:
|
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
|
DOUBLE
EAGLE HOLDINGS, LTD.
INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES
Page
|
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
49
|
Statements
of Net Assets (Liabilities) at September 30, 2008 and 2007
|
50
|
Statements
of Operations for the Years Ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and
2006
|
51
|
Statements
of Cash Flows for the Years Ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and
2006
|
52
|
Statements
of Changes in Net Assets (Liabilities) for the Years Ended September 30,
2008, 2007 and 2006
|
53
|
Schedules
of Investments at September 30, 2008 and 2007
|
54
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Notes
to Financial Statements
|
56
|
Financial
Highlights for the Years Ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and
2006
|
71
|
48
MOORE
& ASSOCIATES, CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANTS AND
ADVISORS
PCAOB
REGISTERED
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
We have
audited the accompanying statements of net assets (liabilities), including
schedules of investments, of Double Eagle Holdings, Ltd. a business development
company (BDC) as of September 30, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of
operations, cash flows, changes in net assets (liabilities) and financial
highlights for the years ended September 30, 2008, 2007, and 2006. These
financial statements and schedules of investments are the responsibility of the
Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements and schedules of investments based on our
audits.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements and schedules of investments referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Double Eagle
Holdings, Ltd. a business development company (BDC) as of September 30, 2008 and
2007, and the related statements of operations, cash flows, changes in net
assets (liabilities) and financial highlights for the years ended September 30,
2008, 2007, and 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company
will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note b. to the
financial statements, the Company has incurred a loss of $161,637 from
operations, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a
going concern. Management’s plans concerning these matters are also
described in Note b. The financial statements do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/
Moore & Associates, Chartered
Moore
& Associates Chartered
Las
Vegas, Nevada
December
22, 2008
6490 West Desert Inn Rd, Las
Vegas, NV 89146 (702) 253-7499 Fax (702) 253-7501
49
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
Statements
of Net Assets (Liabilities)
September
30, 2008 and 2007
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Non-affiliate
investments (cost: 2008 - $404,953, 2007 - $164,500)
|
$ | 575,923 | $ | 114,500 | ||||
Affiliate
investments (cost: 2008 - $496,422, 2007 - 0)
|
368,422 | - | ||||||
944,345 | 114,500 | |||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
10,570 | 8,351 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable - portfolio companies
|
57,970 | 318 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
1,012,885 | 123,169 | ||||||
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
21,839 | 6,039 | ||||||
Advance
from shareholder
|
20,000 | - | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
166 | 166 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
42,005 | 6,205 | ||||||
Dividends
payable
|
- | 30,946 | ||||||
Preferred
stock: $0.001 par value; 12,500 shares authorized; 0 and
2713
|
||||||||
shares
issued and outstanding at September 30, 2008 and 2007,
|
||||||||
respectively;
liquidation preference $271,300 in 2007
|
- | 271,300 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
|
42,005 | 308,451 | ||||||
NET
ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
|
$ | 970,880 | $ | (185,282 | ) | |||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
||||||||
COMPOSITION
OF NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
|
||||||||
Common
stock: $0.001 par value; authorized 100,000,000 shares;
|
||||||||
issued
and outstanding 50,592,487 shares and 6,375,821 shares at
|
||||||||
September
30, 2008 and 2007, respectively
|
50,592 | 6,376 | ||||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
9,936,356 | 8,602,963 | ||||||
Stock
subscription receivable
|
- | (5,000 | ) | |||||
Accumulated
deficit:
|
||||||||
Accumulated
net operating loss
|
(9,064,038 | ) | (8,739,621 | ) | ||||
Net
realized gain (loss) on investments
|
5,000 | - | ||||||
Net
unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
|
42,970 | (50,000 | ) | |||||
NET
ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
|
$ | 970,880 | $ | (185,282 | ) | |||
NET
ASSET (LIABILITY) VALUE PER SHARE
|
$ | 0.0192 | $ | (0.0291 | ) |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
50
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
Statements
of Operations
For
the Years Ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Income
from operations:
|
||||||||||||
Management
income - non-affiliated portfolio companies
|
$ | 15,000 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Management
income - affiliated portfolio companies
|
30,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Interest
income from non-affiliated portfolio companies
|
19,402 | 318 | - | |||||||||
64,402 | 318 | - | ||||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Salaries
and wages
|
43,000 | 3,000 | - | |||||||||
Legal
and accounting fees
|
143,940 | 24,250 | - | |||||||||
Director
fees
|
10,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Stock
transfer and Edgar filing
|
11,926 | 3,761 | - | |||||||||
Travel
and entertainment
|
5,131 | 4,758 | - | |||||||||
Other
general and administrative expense
|
12,042 | 750 | - | |||||||||
226,039 | 36,519 | - | ||||||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(161,637 | ) | (36,201 | ) | - | |||||||
Income
taxes
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Net
loss from operations
|
(161,637 | ) | (36,201 | ) | - | |||||||
Net
realized and unrealized gains (losses) in
|
||||||||||||
non-controlled
non-affiliated investments:
|
||||||||||||
Net
realized gain (loss) on investment, net of income
|
||||||||||||
tax
benefit of $0
|
5,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
|
||||||||||||
investments,
net of deferred tax expense of $0
|
92,970 | (50,000 | ) | - | ||||||||
Net
realized and unrealized gains (losses)
|
97,970 | (50,000 | ) | - | ||||||||
Net
decrease in net assets from continuing operations
|
(63,667 | ) | (86,201 | ) | - | |||||||
Discontinued
operations:
|
||||||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of deferred tax
|
||||||||||||
tax
expense of $0
|
- | (7,535 | ) | (404,668 | ) | |||||||
Available
to common shareholders
|
(63,667 | ) | (93,736 | ) | (404,668 | ) | ||||||
Preferred
dividends
|
162,780 | - | - | |||||||||
Net
decrease in net assets from operations
|
$ | (226,447 | ) | $ | (93,736 | ) | $ | (404,668 | ) | |||
Net
decrease in net assets per share, basic and diluted:
|
||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$ | (0.0059 | ) | $ | (0.0315 | ) | $ | - | ||||
Discontinued
operations
|
- | (0.0028 | ) | (4.0867 | ) | |||||||
Net
decrease in net assets per share
|
$ | (0.0059 | ) | $ | (0.0342 | ) | $ | (4.0867 | ) | |||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
38,155,238 | 2,739,989 | 99,020 |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
51
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
Statements
of Cash Flows
For
the Years Ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
decrease in net assets from operations
|
$ | (226,447 | ) | $ | (93,736 | ) | $ | (404,668 | ) | |||
Net
decrease in net assets from discontinued operations
|
- | (7,535 | ) | (404,668 | ) | |||||||
Net
decrease in net assets from continuing operations
|
(226,447 | ) | (86,201 | ) | - | |||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net decrease in net assets
|
||||||||||||
from
operations to net cash used in operating
|
||||||||||||
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized depreciation of investments
|
(92,970 | ) | 50,000 | - | ||||||||
Purchase
of investments
|
(442,374 | ) | (164,500 | ) | - | |||||||
Proceeds
from sale of investment
|
55,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Gain
on sale of investment
|
(5,000 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Increase
in accounts receivable - portfolio companies
|
(57,652 | ) | (318 | ) | - | |||||||
Preferred
dividends declared
|
162,780 | - | - | |||||||||
Increase
in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
15,799 | 314 | - | |||||||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(590,864 | ) | (200,705 | ) | - | |||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Cash
from discontinued operations
|
- | 1,356 | - | |||||||||
Net
cash used by investing activities
|
- | 1,356 | - | |||||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Collection
of stock subscription receivable
|
5,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Loan
from stockholder
|
20,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Payment
of preferred dividends
|
(67,500 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of common stock
|
635,583 | 207,700 | - | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
593,083 | 207,700 | - | |||||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
2,219 | 8,351 | - | |||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of year
|
8,351 | - | - | |||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of year
|
$ | 10,570 | $ | 8,351 | $ | - | ||||||
Supplemental
cash flow information:
|
||||||||||||
Cash
paid for interest and income taxes:
|
- | |||||||||||
Interest
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Income
taxes
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Investments
acquired for common stock
|
344,500 | - | - | |||||||||
Common
stock exchanged for preferred stock and accrued
|
||||||||||||
dividends
|
397,526 | - | - |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
52
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
Statements
of Changes in Net Assets (Liabilities)
For
the Years Ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Changes
in net assets from operations:
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
$ | (324,417 | ) | $ | (36,201 | ) | $ | - | ||||
Net
loss from discontinued operations
|
- | (7,535 | ) | (404,668 | ) | |||||||
Net
realized gain (loss) on sale of investments, net
|
5,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Change
in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
||||||||||||
of
investments, net
|
92,970 | (50,000 | ) | - | ||||||||
Net
decrease in net assets from operations
|
(226,447 | ) | (93,736 | ) | (404,668 | ) | ||||||
Capital
stock transactions
|
||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for cash
|
635,583 | 207,700 | - | |||||||||
Common
stock issued for cash - discontinued operations
|
- | 10,000 | - | |||||||||
Common
stock issued for investments
|
344,500 | - | - | |||||||||
Common
stock issued for preferred stock and
|
||||||||||||
accumulated
dividends
|
397,526 | - | - | |||||||||
Collection
of stock subscription receivable
|
5,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Liabilities
forgiven by the former officers and
|
||||||||||||
shareholders
|
- | - | 709,181 | |||||||||
Legal
expenses contributed by the former CEO of the
|
||||||||||||
Company
|
- | - | 26,840 | |||||||||
Available
for sale securities
|
- | - | (74,470 | ) | ||||||||
Net
increase in net assets from stock transactions
|
1,382,609 | 217,700 | 661,551 | |||||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in net assets
|
1,156,162 | 123,964 | 256,883 | |||||||||
Net
assets (liabilities) at beginning of year
|
(185,282 | ) | (309,246 | ) | (566,129 | ) | ||||||
Net
assets (liabilities) at end of year
|
$ | 970,880 | $ | (185,282 | ) | $ | (309,246 | ) |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
53
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
Schedules
of Investments
As
of September 30, 2008
Percent
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares/
|
Quarter
|
Original
|
Fair
|
Net
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
Acquired
|
Cost
|
Value
|
Assets
|
||||||||||||
UNAFFILIATED
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||||||||||
NON-INCOME
PRODUCING INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||||||||||
750,000 |
Mar-07
|
EffTec
International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EFFI);
|
$ | 125,000 | $ | 16,500 | 2 | % | ||||||||
Jun-07
|
EffTec
has developed an Internet-based chiller
|
|||||||||||||||
tool
which it is installing and selling to its customer
|
||||||||||||||||
base
|
||||||||||||||||
500 |
Jul-08
|
Alt
Energy, Inc. (private) oil and gas development and
|
||||||||||||||
production
company
|
24,500 | 24,500 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||
150,000 |
Jul-08
|
North
American Energy Resources, Inc. (OTCBB:NAEN)
|
||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas development and production company
|
35,529 | 315,000 | 32 | % | ||||||||||||
185,029 | 356,000 | 37 | % | |||||||||||||
LOAN
INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||||||||||
Loan
|
Sep-07
|
Line
of credit with EffTec International, Inc. with
|
51,500 | 51,500 | 5 | % | ||||||||||
Dec-07
|
interest
at 12%; due September 30, 2008; EffTec has
|
|||||||||||||||
developed
and sells an Internet-based chiller tool
|
||||||||||||||||
Loan
|
Dec-07
|
Line
of credit with ZATSO, LLC (private) with interest
|
||||||||||||||
at
6%; due September 30, 2009; Zatso is an Internet
|
||||||||||||||||
based
game developer
|
168,423 | 168,423 | 17 | % | ||||||||||||
219,923 | 219,923 | 22 | % | |||||||||||||
Total
unaffiliated portfolio investments
|
404,952 | 575,923 | 59 | % | ||||||||||||
AFFILIATED
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||||||||||
Dec-07
|
Ultimate
Social Network, Inc. (private); Ultimate owns
|
|||||||||||||||
The
Ultimate College Model contest website. The
|
||||||||||||||||
contest
allows men and women enrolled in college to
|
||||||||||||||||
post
their pictures and enter a weekly modeling
|
||||||||||||||||
contest. Members
participate by rating contestants.
|
||||||||||||||||
60,000 [60%] |
Stock
investment
|
320,000 | 192,000 | 20 | % | |||||||||||
Loan
|
6%
line-of-credit due September 30, 2009
|
176,422 | 176,422 | 18 | % | |||||||||||
Total
affiliated portfolio investments
|
496,422 | 368,422 | 38 | % | ||||||||||||
Total
investments at September 30, 2008
|
$ | 901,374 | 944,345 | 97 | % | |||||||||||
Cash
and other assets, less liabilities
|
26,535 | 3 | % | |||||||||||||
Net
assets at September 30, 2008
|
$ | 970,880 | 100 | % |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
54
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
Schedules
of Investments
As
of September 30, 2007
Percent
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares/
|
Quarter
|
Original
|
Fair
|
Net
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
Acquired
|
Cost
|
Value
|
Assets
|
||||||||||||
NON-INCOME
PRODUCING INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||||||||||
750,000 |
Mar-07
|
EffTec
International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EFFI);
|
$ | 125,000 | $ | 75,000 | 87 | % | ||||||||
Jun-07
|
EffTec
has developed an Internet-based chiller
|
|||||||||||||||
tool
which it is installing and selling to its customer
|
||||||||||||||||
base
|
||||||||||||||||
125,000 | 75,000 | 87 | % | |||||||||||||
LOAN
INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||||||||||
Loan
|
Sep-07
|
Line
of credit with Signature Energy, Inc. (prrivate)
|
14,500 | 14,500 | 17 | % | ||||||||||
with
interest at 8%; due August 2008; Signature is an
|
||||||||||||||||
oil
and gas development and production company
|
||||||||||||||||
Loan
|
Sep-07
|
Line
of credit with EffTec International, Inc. with
|
25,000 | 25,000 | 29 | % | ||||||||||
interest
at 8%; due August 2008; EffTec has
|
||||||||||||||||
developed
and sells an Internet-based chiller tool
|
||||||||||||||||
39,500 | 39,500 | 46 | % | |||||||||||||
Total
investments at September 30, 2007
|
$ | 164,500 | 114,500 | 133 | % | |||||||||||
Cash
and other assets, less liabilities
|
(28,482 | ) | -33 | % | ||||||||||||
Net
assets at September 30, 2007
|
$ | 86,018 | 100 | % |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
55
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
Notes
to Financial Statements
1.
|
NATURE
OF BUSINESS
|
|
a.
|
ORGANIZATION
|
Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “Double Eagle”) filed a
notification under Form N54a with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
(the “SEC”) on April 5, 2007, indicating its election to be regulated as a
business development company (a “BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940
(the “1940 Act”). Accordingly, commencing with the Form 10-Q for June
30, 2007, the Company began filing as a BDC.
As a BDC,
the Company is required to invest at least 70% of its total assets in qualifying
assets, which, generally, will be privately held companies or companies with
thinly traded public securities at the time we invest in them. Qualifying assets
may also include cash, cash equivalents, U.S. Government securities or
high-quality debt investments maturing in one year or less from the date of
investment. The Company may invest a portion of the remaining 30% of its total
assets in debt and/or equity securities of companies that may be larger or more
stable than target portfolio companies.
Originally
incorporated in 1985, as Network Information Services, Inc., Network Systems
International, Inc. ("NESI"), a Nevada corporation, was the surviving
corporation of a reverse merger completed in April 1996. The Company became a
publicly traded entity in connection with the re-organization. The
Company's common stock now trades on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under
the symbol DEGH. Effective February 10, 2001, the Company changed its name from
Network Systems International, Inc., to Onspan Networking, Inc.
("Onspan").
As of
June 21, 2006, substantially all of the Company’s debt ($709,181) was forgiven
or assumed by the Company’s former CEO and other shareholders and the Company
sold its remaining subsidiary, OnSpan SmartHouse, Inc. The $709,181
in obligations was recorded as a contribution to capital of the
Company.
On
October 25, 2006, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation which authorized a one share for 11 share reverse
split of the authorized issued and unissued common shares, par value
$0.012. The amendment was effective November 6, 2006, and the
authorized shares were reduced from 8,333,333 shares to 757,576 shares and the
issued shares were reduced from 1,339,219 to 121,749 shares (99,020 shares at
September 30, 2006). All share transactions in this Form 10-K have
been adjusted to reflect the reverse split.
On
November 25, 2006, pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the
Board of Directors proposed and recommended to the shareholders of the Company
that the Company change the name of the corporation to Double Eagle Holdings,
Ltd. (the “Company”) and increase the authorized common shares to 100,000,000
shares, par value $0.001. The Amendments were approved by a majority
of the shareholders of the Company with an effective date of January 2,
2007.
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|
b.
|
GOING
CONCERN
|
The
Company has not established sources of revenue sufficient to fund the
development of business, projected operating expenses and commitments for the
next twelve months. The Company incurred a loss from operations of
$161,637, realized a gain of $5,000, declared all undeclared preferred dividends
of $162,780, and recognized an unrealized gain on investments of $92,970 during
the year ended September 30, 2008. At September 30, 2008, current
assets, excluding investments, are $68,540, of which $57,970 is accounts
receivable for management fees and accrued interest from portfolio
companies. Current liabilities are $42,005.
The
Company can raise up to $5,000,000 pursuant to its Form 1-E each year and could
raise this amount before the September 2009 expiration of the current Form
1-E. The Company has demonstrated an ability to raise funds as needed
to fund operations and investments to complete its business
plan. However, there can be no assurance that the planned sale of
common stock will provide sufficient funding to develop the Company’s current
business plan.
These
conditions raise some doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern. However, the funds raised to date substantially eliminate
the likelihood that the Company will not continue as a going
concern.
|
c.
|
INVESTMENT
COMPANY
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On April
5, 2007, the Company filed a notification on Form N54a with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) indicating its election to be regulated as a
business development company (a “BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940
(the “1940 Act”). In connection with this election, the Company has
adopted corporate resolutions and currently operates as a closed-end management
investment company as a BDC. Under this recent election, the Company
has been organized to provide investors with an opportunity to participate, with
a modest amount in venture capital, in investments that are generally not
available to the public and that typically require substantially larger
financial commitments. In addition, the Company will provide
professional management and administration that might otherwise be unavailable
to investors if they were to engage directly in venture capital
investing. The Company has decided to be regulated as a BDC under the
1940 Act, and currently operates as a non-diversified company as that term is
defined in Section 5(b)(2) of the 1940 Act. The Company will at all
times conduct its business so as to retain its status as a BDC. The
Company may not change the nature of its business so as to cease to be, or
withdraw its election as, a BDC without the approval of the holders of a
majority of its outstanding voting stock as defined under the 1940
Act.
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As a BDC,
the Company is required to invest at least 70% of its total assets in qualifying
assets, which generally, are securities of private companies or securities of
public companies whose securities are not eligible for purchase on margin (which
includes many companies with thinly traded securities that are quoted in the
pink sheets or the NASD Electronic Quotation Service.) The Company
must also offer to provide significant managerial assistance to these portfolio
companies. Qualifying assets may also include:
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debt investments maturing in one year or less from the date of
investment.
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eligible portfolio company generally is a United States company that is not an
investment company and that:
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not have a class of securities registered on an exchange or included in
the Federal Reserve Board’s over-the-counter margin
list;
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actively controlled by a BDC and has an affiliate of a BDC on its board of
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SEC.
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The
Company may invest a portion of the remaining 30% of its total assets in debt
and/or equity securities of companies that may be larger or more stable than our
targeted portfolio companies.
BDC’s are
required to implement certain accounting provisions that are different from
those to which other reporting companies are required to
comply. These requirements may result in presentation of financial
information in a manner that is more or less favorable than the manner permitted
by other reporting companies. In connection with the implementation
of accounting changes to comply with the required reporting of financial
information, we must also comply with SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and
Error Corrections” (“SFAS 154”).
Prior to
April 5, 2007, the date the Company began operating as a BDC, the Company’s
operations included those discussed above, all of which were discontinued upon
finalizing the settlement in September 2006. The Company had only
nominal assets and liabilities, accordingly, there is no cumulative effect
recognition in the accompanying financial statements upon becoming an investment
company. The Company has prepared its financial statements as if it
had been a BDC since April 5, 2007 and all prior operations have been included
in discontinued operations.
BDC’s, as
governed under the 1940 Act may not avail themselves of any of the provisions of
Regulation S-B, including any of the streamlined reporting permitted
thereunder.
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2. SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
USE
OF ESTIMATES
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial
statements and accompanying notes. Significant estimates include the
valuation of the investments in portfolio companies and deferred tax asset
valuation allowances. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
VALUATION
OF INVESTMENTS (AS AN INVESTMENT COMPANY)
As an
investment company under the 1940 Act, all of the Company’s investments must be
carried at market value or fair value as determined by management for
investments which do not have readily determinable market values. Prior to this
conversion, only marketable debt and equity securities and certain derivative
securities were required to be carried at market value.
Beginning
April 5, 2007, portfolio assets for which market prices are available are valued
at those prices. Securities that are traded in the over-the-counter market or on
a stock exchange generally will be valued at the prevailing bid price on the
valuation date. However, some of the Company’s current investments
were acquired in privately negotiated transactions and have no readily
determinable market values. These securities are carried at fair value as
determined by management and outside professionals as necessary under the
Company’s valuation policy. Currently, the valuation policy provides for
management’s review of the management team, financial conditions, and products
and services of the portfolio company. In situations that warrant
such an evaluation, an independent business valuation may be
obtained.
Value, as
defined in Section 2(a)(41) of 1940 Act, is (i) the market price for those
securities for which a market quotation is readily available and (ii) for all
other securities and assets, fair value is as determined in good faith by
management. There is no single standard for determining fair value in good
faith. As a result, determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to
the specific facts and circumstances of each portfolio investment. The Company
must determine the fair value of each individual investment on a quarterly
basis. The Company records unrealized depreciation on investments when it
believes that an investment has become impaired, including where realization of
an equity security is doubtful. Conversely, the Company records unrealized
appreciation if the Company believes that the underlying portfolio company has
appreciated in value and, therefore, its investment has also appreciated in
value, where appropriate.
As an
investment company, the Company invests primarily in illiquid securities
including equity securities of private companies. The structure of each equity
security is specifically negotiated to enable the Company to protect its
investment and maximize its returns. The Company generally includes many terms
governing ownership parameters, dilution parameters, liquidation preferences,
voting rights, and put or call rights. The Company’s investments are generally
subject to some restrictions on resale and generally have no established trading
market. Because of the type of investments that the Company makes and the nature
of its business, the Company’s valuation process requires an analysis of various
factors. The Company’s fair value methodology includes the examination of, among
other things, the underlying investment performance, financial condition and
market changing events that impact valuation.
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CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
For
purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Company considers all highly
liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less
to be cash equivalents.
REVENUE
RECOGNITION
The
Company’s current sources of revenue include management fees and interest income
earned from cash investments and loans, payment of which is made in
cash. In the future, the Company expects to earn additional revenue
for management and other technical services provided to its portfolio investment
companies. Payment for these services may be in the form of
unregistered shares of common stock of the portfolio company, which will be
recorded based on the fair value determination of our Board of
Directors.
FAIR
VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
SFAS 107,
“Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” requires disclosure of
fair value information about financial instruments when it is practicable to
estimate that value. The carrying amounts of the Company’s cash,
accounts receivable, accounts payable and notes payable approximate their
estimated fair value due to the short-term maturities of these financial
instruments and because related interest rates offered to the Company
approximate current rates.
INCOME
TAXES
The
Company has not elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Accordingly, the Company will
be subject to U.S. federal income taxes on sales of investments for which the
fair values are in excess of their tax basis.
The
Company accounts for income taxes under SFAS 109, “Accounting for Income
Taxes.” Under the asset and liability method of SFAS 109, deferred
income taxes are provided on the liability method whereby deferred tax assets
are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax
credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable
temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences
between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax
basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when,
in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or
all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and
rates on the date of enactment. Due to its limited operations, the
Company has provided a valuation allowance for the full amount of the deferred
tax assets.
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STOCK
OPTION PLAN
Prior to
January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for options granted under its employee
compensation plan using the intrinsic value method prescribed in Accounting
Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees” (“APB 25”) and related interpretations including Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain
Transactions involving Stock Compensation, an interpretation of APB Opinion No.
25.” Under APB 25, compensation expense was recognized for the
difference between the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of
grant and the exercise price. As permitted by Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”
(“SFAS 123”), stock-based compensation was included as a pro forma disclosure in
the notes to the financial statements.
Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R (Revised
2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”) using the modified prospective
transition method for all stock options issued. SFAS 123R requires
measurement of compensation cost for all options granted based on fair value on
the date of grant and recognition of compensation over the service period for
those options expected to vest. The Company did not grant any options
during the years ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
The
Company currently fully reserves all of its tax
benefits. Accordingly, the adoption of SFAS 123R, which requires the
benefits of tax deduction in excess of the compensation cost recognized for
those options to be classified as financing cash inflows rather than operating
cash inflows, on a prospective basis, will have no current impact on the
Company.
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS PER SHARE
Basic net
increase (decrease) in net assets from operations per share is computed by
dividing the net income (loss) amount adjusted for cumulative dividends on
preferred stock (numerator) by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the period (denominator). Diluted net increase (decrease) in
net assets from operations per share amounts reflect the maximum dilution that
would have resulted from the assumed exercise of stock options, if any, and from
the assumed conversion of convertible securities, if any. Diluted net
increase (decrease) in net assets from operations per share is computed by
dividing the net income (loss) amount adjusted for cumulative dividends on
preferred stock by the weighted average number of common and potentially
dilutive securities outstanding during the period. For all periods
presented there are no potentially dilutive securities so basic and diluted net
increase (decrease) in net asset from operation per share is the
same.
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COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
SFAS No.
130, Reporting Comprehensive
Income, establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive
income and its components (revenues, expenses, gains and losses) in a full set
of general-purpose financial statements. It requires that all items that are
required to be recognized under accounting standards as components of
comprehensive income be reported in a financial statement that is displayed with
the same prominence as other financial statements. SFAS No. 130 requires that an
enterprise (a) classify items of other comprehensive income by their nature in
financial statements, and (b) display the accumulated balance of other
comprehensive income separately in the equity section of the balance sheet for
all periods presented. The Company’s comprehensive income (loss) does not differ
from its reported net income (loss).
As an
investment company, the Company must report changes in the fair value of its
investments outside of its operating income on its statement of operations and
reflect the accumulated appreciation or depreciation in the fair value of its
investments as a separate component of its stockholders’ deficit. This treatment
is similar to the treatment required by SFAS No. 130.
CONCENTRATION
OF CREDIT RISK
Cash is
maintained at financial institutions. The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (“FDIC”) insures accounts at each institution for up to
$100,000. At times, cash balances may exceed the FDIC insurance limit
of $100,000.
RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
There are
several new accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) which are not yet effective. Each of these
pronouncements, as applicable, has been or will be adopted by the
Company. Management does not believe any of these accounting
pronouncements has had or will have a material impact on the Company’s financial
position or operating results.
In May
2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 163,
“Accounting for Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts-and interpretation of
FASB Statement No. 60”. SFAS No. 163 clarifies how Statement 60
applies to financial guarantee insurance contracts, including the recognition
and measurement of premium revenue and claims liabilities. This statement also
requires expanded disclosures about financial guarantee insurance contracts.
SFAS No. 163 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15,
2008, and interim periods within those years. SFAS No. 163 has no effect on the
Company’s financial position, statements of operations, or cash flows at this
time.
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In May
2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 162,
“The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”. SFAS No.
162 sets forth the level of authority to a given accounting pronouncement or
document by category. Where there might be conflicting guidance between two
categories, the more authoritative category will prevail. SFAS No. 162 will
become effective 60 days after the SEC approves the PCAOB’s amendments to AU
Section 411 of the AICPA Professional Standards. SFAS No. 162 has no effect on
the Company’s financial position, statements of operations, or cash flows at
this time.
In March
2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued SFAS No. 161,
Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of
FASB Statement No. 133. This standard requires companies to provide
enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative
instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are
accounted for under Statement 133 and its related interpretations, and (c) how
derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows. This Statement is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after
November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The Company has not yet
adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 161, but does not expect it to have a
material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
In
December 2007, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 110 regarding
the use of a "simplified" method, as discussed in SAB No. 107 (SAB 107), in
developing an estimate of expected term of "plain vanilla" share options in
accordance with SFAS No. 123 (R), Share-Based Payment. In particular,
the staff indicated in SAB 107 that it will accept a company's election to use
the simplified method, regardless of whether the company has sufficient
information to make more refined estimates of expected term. At the time SAB 107
was issued, the staff believed that more detailed external information about
employee exercise behavior (e.g., employee exercise patterns by industry and/or
other categories of companies) would, over time, become readily available to
companies. Therefore, the staff stated in SAB 107 that it would not expect a
company to use the simplified method for share option grants after December 31,
2007. The staff understands that such detailed information about employee
exercise behavior may not be widely available by December 31, 2007. Accordingly,
the staff will continue to accept, under certain circumstances, the use of the
simplified method beyond December 31, 2007. The Company currently uses the
simplified method for “plain vanilla” share options and warrants, and will
assess the impact of SAB 110 for fiscal year 2009. It is not believed that this
will have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations
or cash flows.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB No. 51. This
statement amends ARB 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a
subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an
ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity
in the consolidated financial statements. Before this statement was issued,
limited guidance existed for reporting noncontrolling interests. As a result,
considerable diversity in practice existed. So-called minority interests were
reported in the consolidated statement of financial position as liabilities or
in the mezzanine section between liabilities and equity. This statement improves
comparability by eliminating that diversity. This statement is effective for
fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or
after December 15, 2008. Earlier adoption is prohibited. The effective date of
this statement is the same as that of the related Statement 141 (revised 2007).
The Company will adopt this Statement beginning October 1, 2009. It is not
believed that this will have an impact on the Company’s financial position,
results of operations or cash flows.
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In
December 2007, the FASB, issued FAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business
Combinations. This Statement replaces FASB Statement No. 141,
Business Combinations, but retains the fundamental requirements in
Statement 141. This Statement establishes principles and
requirements for how the acquirer: (a) recognizes and measures in its financial
statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree; (b) recognizes and measures the
goodwill acquired in the business combination or a gain from a bargain purchase;
and (c) determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial
statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business
combination. This statement applies prospectively to business combinations for
which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual
reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. An entity may not
apply it before that date. The effective date of this statement is the same as
that of the related FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company will adopt this
statement beginning October 1, 2009. It is not believed that this will have an
impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Liabilities—Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No.
115. This standard permits an entity to choose to measure many
financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. This option is
available to all entities. Most of the provisions in FAS 159 are elective;
however, an amendment to FAS 115 Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and
Equity Securities applies to all entities with available for sale or trading
securities. Some requirements apply differently to entities that do not report
net income. SFAS No. 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first
fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. Early adoption is permitted as
of the beginning of the previous fiscal year provided that the entity makes that
choice in the first 120 days of that fiscal year and also elects to apply the
provisions of SFAS No. 157 Fair Value Measurements. The Company will
adopt SFAS No. 159 beginning October 1, 2008 and is currently evaluating the
potential impact the adoption of this pronouncement will have on its financial
statements.
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In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP), and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement
applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements, the Board having previously concluded in those accounting
pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement attribute.
Accordingly, this statement does not require any new fair value measurements.
However, for some entities, the application of this statement will change
current practice. This statement is effective for financial statements issued
for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within
those fiscal years. Earlier application is encouraged, provided that the
reporting entity has not yet issued financial statements for that fiscal year,
including financial statements for an interim period within that fiscal year.
The Company will adopt this statement October 1, 2008, and it is not believed
that this will have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position,
results of operations or cash flows.
3.
INVESTMENTS
VALUATION
OF INVESTMENTS
As
required by the SEC's Accounting Series Release ("ASR") 118, the investment
committee of the Company is required to assign a fair value to all investments.
To comply with Section 2(a) (41) and Rule 2a-4 under the 1940 Act, it is
incumbent upon the Board of Directors to satisfy themselves that all appropriate
factors relevant to the value of securities for which market quotations are not
readily available have been considered and to determine the method of arriving
at the fair value of each such security. To the extent considered necessary, the
Board of Directors may appoint persons to assist them in the determination of
such value and to make the actual calculations pursuant to the Board of
Directors’ direction. The Board of Directors must also, consistent with this
responsibility, continuously review the appropriateness of the method used in
valuing each issue of security in the Company's portfolio. The Directors must
recognize their responsibilities in this matter and whenever technical
assistance is requested from individuals who are not Directors, the findings of
such individuals must be carefully reviewed by the Directors in order to satisfy
themselves that the resulting valuations are fair.
No single
standard for determining "fair value in good faith" can be established, since
fair value depends upon the circumstances of each individual case. As
a general principle, the current "fair value" of an issue of securities being
valued by the Board of Directors would appear to be the amount that the owner
might reasonably expect to receive for them upon their current sale. Methods
that use this principle may, for example, be based on a multiple of earnings, or
a discount from market of a similar freely traded security, or yield to maturity
with respect to debt issues, or a combination of these and other
methods. Some of the general factors that the Board of Directors
should consider in determining a valuation method for an individual issue of
securities include: 1) the fundamental analytical data relating to
the investment, 2) the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the
securities, and 3) an evaluation of the forces which influence the market in
which these securities are purchased and sold. Among the more
specific factors which are to be considered are: type of security, financial
statements, cost at date of purchase, size of holding, discount from market
value of unrestricted securities of the same class at time of purchase, special
reports prepared by analysts, information as to any transactions or offers with
respect to the security, existence of merger proposals or tender offers
affecting the securities, price and extent of public trading in similar
securities of the issuer or comparable companies and other relevant
matters.
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The Board
of Directors has arrived at the following valuation method for its
investments. Where there is not a readily available source for
determining the market value of any investment, either because the investment is
not publicly traded or is thinly traded and in absence of a recent appraisal,
the value of the investment shall be based on the following
criteria:
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amount of the Company's actual investment. This amount shall include all
loans, purchase price of securities and fair value of securities given at
the time of exchange;
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revenues for the preceding twelve
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estimated value of each investment shall be determined as follows:
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no or limited revenues or earnings are present, then the value shall be
the greater of net assets, estimated sales price, or total cost for each
investment;
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revenues and/or earnings are present, then the value shall be the greater
of one-times (1x) revenues or three-times (3x) earnings, plus the greater
of the net assets of the investment or the total amount of the actual
investment; or
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both scenarios, the value of the investment shall be adjusted down if
there is a reasonable expectation that the Company will not be able to
recoup the investment or if there is reasonable doubt about the
investment’s ability to continue as a going
concern.
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the foregoing method, the Company has valued its investments as
follows:
UNAFFILIATED
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
EffTec International, Inc.
(Pink Sheets:EFFI) has developed an Internet-based chiller tool that
collects, stores and analyzes chiller operating data; calculates and trends
chiller performance; diagnoses the cause of chiller inefficiencies; recommends
corrective action; measures the results of corrective actions; and provides cost
benefit analysis of operational improvements.
The Board
of Directors has valued the 750,000 shares of common stock at the closing price
on September 30, 2008 and has valued the investment at $16,500. In
addition, the Company has a secured line of credit loan due from EffTec in the
amount of $51,500 with interest at 12%, which is due on September 30,
2009. The loan is convertible into borrowers common stock based on a
conversion rate of $0.05 per share. The Board of Directors has valued
the loan at its balance of $51,500 at September 30, 2008.
Alt Energy, Inc.
(Private) is an oil and gas development and production company with
operations in northeastern Oklahoma. The Company issued 500,000
shares of its common stock to acquire 500 shares (5%) of Alt. At the
time of the transaction, the Company’s shares were valued at
$24,500. The Board of Directors has valued this recent investment at
its cost of $24,500 at September 30, 2008.
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North American Energy
Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: NAEN) is an oil and gas development and
production company with operations in northeastern Oklahoma. Our
investment came from converting our note receivable and accrued interest in the
total amount of $35,529 from Signature Energy, Inc. into 150,000 shares of
NAEN. NAEN acquired Signature at the end of July 2008. The
Board of Directors has valued the stock at the closing price on September 30,
2008 of $315,000.
ZATSO, LLC (private)
is an Internet based game developer, which is still in the development
stage. The Company has a 6% line of credit due from ZATSO on
September 30, 2009. The Board of Directors has valued this loan at
its book value of $168,423 at September 30, 2008.
AFFILIATED
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
The
Company acquired 60,000 shares (60%) of Ultimate Social Network, Inc. (“USN”) in
December 2007 in exchange for 6,400,000 shares of its common
stock. The investment was valued at the price at which the Company
was selling its shares pursuant to its 1-E of $0.05 per share. In
addition the Company has a 6% line-of-credit with USN with a balance of $176,422
at September 30, 2008. USN presently owns “The Ultimate College
Model” contest website which has been operating on a test basis since March
2007. The Ultimate College Model contest allows men and women that
are enrolled in any college or university to post their pictures and enter into
the weekly modeling contest. People that join as members of the
website participate by rating the contestants and voting for their
favorites. The website also allows for online chatting between
members and contestants. The Board of Directors valued the stock at
$192,000, a 40% discount to the initial cost, which is based on recent market
activity, and the loan at its book value of $145,522, at September 30,
2008.
4.
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Discontinued
operations include the results of operations for the Company and Onspan
SmartHouse, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary until September 2006, prior to the
Company electing to become a BDC. Results of discontinued operations
are as follows:
2007
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Net
loss from operations
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loss per share, basic and diluted
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5.
INCOME
TAXES
During
the years ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006, the provision for income
taxes (all deferred) differs from the amounts computed by applying the U.S.
Federal income tax rate of 34% to income before provision for income taxes as a
result of the following:
2008
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"expected" income tax (benefit)
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income taxes, net of federal benefit
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Travel
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for sale securities
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Valuation
allowance
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Significant
components of deferred income tax assets are as follows:
2008
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operating loss carryforwards
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loss carryforwards
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Investments
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deferred tax assets
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Valuation
allowance
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Net
deferred tax assets
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The
Company has a net operating loss carryforward of approximately $2,205,000, which
will expire at various dates beginning in 2022 through 2027, if not
utilized. The Company has a capital loss carryforward of $16,148
which expires in 2011.
6.
PREFERRED STOCK
At
December 31, 2007, the Company had 2,713 shares outstanding of its Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series A"). Series A had a stated liquidation
preference value of $100 per share redeemable at the Company's option, had no
voting rights, and each preferred share was convertible into one share of the
Company's common stock as adjusted for stock splits. Dividends on the
Series A were to be paid monthly in cash at a rate of 12% of the original issue.
The Company's Board of Directors, elected to suspend the payment of Series A
dividends. This decision was made in light of the general economic conditions
and to preserve the Company's working capital in order to help maintain the
continued viability of the Company. As of December 31, 2007 the amount of
accumulated unpaid dividends on the preferred stock was approximately $193,726
of which $162,780 had not been declared.
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In
January 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors declared all prior undeclared
preferred dividends in the amount of $162,780. The Company redeemed
the preferred stock at its liquidation value of $271,300 and paid all
accumulated dividends of $193,726 with $67,500 in cash and 25,150,000 shares of
its restricted common stock.
7.
|
COMPOSITION
OF NET ASSETS LIABILITIES - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(DEFICIT)
|
At
September 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company had 100,000,000 shares authorized and
50,592,487 and 6,375,821 shares issued and outstanding, respectively, of its
$0.001 par value common stock.
On
October 25, 2006, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation which authorized a one share for 11 share reverse
split of the authorized issued and unissued common shares, par value
$0.012. The amendment was effective November 6, 2006, and the
authorized shares were reduced from 8,333,333 shares to 757,576 shares and the
issued shares were reduced from 1,339,219 to 121,749 shares. All
share transactions in this Form 10-K have been adjusted to reflect the reverse
split.
On
November 25, 2006, pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the
Board of Directors proposed and recommended to the shareholders of the Company
that the Company change the name of the corporation to Double Eagle Holdings,
Ltd. (the “Company”) and increase the authorized common shares to 100,000,000
shares, par value $0.001. The Amendments were approved by a majority
of the shareholders of the Company with an effective date of January 2,
2007.
8.
|
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
The
Company’s CEO was paid $19,500 and $3,000 in consulting fees in 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
A
shareholder has made a non-interest bearing loan to the Company of $20,000 at
September 30, 2008.
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9.
|
EMPLOYEE
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS
|
During
1999, the Company adopted the Onspan Networking, Inc. f/k/a Network Systems
International, Inc. "1999 Long Term Stock Incentive Plan." The maximum number of
shares authorized and available under the plan was amended to be increased from
41,667 to 500,000 shares and this amendment was approved at the annual
shareholder meeting held December 31, 2001. Under the terms of the plan, the
options expire after 10 years, as long as the employees remain employed with the
Company. The Company initially reserved 500,000 shares of common stock for the
grant of qualified incentive options or non-qualified options to employees and
directors of the Company or its parents or subsidiaries, and to non-employee
directors, consultants and advisors and other persons who may perform
significant services for or on behalf of the Company under the Plan. Prices for
incentive stock options must provide for an exercise price of not less than 100%
of the fair market value of the common stock on the date the options are granted
unless the eligible employee owns more than 10% of the Company's common stock
for which the exercise price must be at least 110% of such fair market value.
Non-statutory options must provide for an exercise price of not less than 85% of
the fair market value.
Options
to purchase 378,000 shares are available at September 30, 2008. There
has been no option activity during the two years ended September 30,
2008.
10. SUBSEQUENT
EVENT
On
December 18, 2008, the Company filed a preliminary information statement on Form
14C which is notification that the board of directors (“Board”) has recommended
and a majority of the shareholders of the Company have voted to approve an
authorization for the Board to withdraw the Company’s election to be treated as
a BDC under the 1940 Act. The Company expects to file Form N-54C with
the SEC and withdraw its election to be registered as a BDC at such time as the
Board determines that it is in the best interest of the Company and its
shareholders to do so.
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Double
Eagle Holdings, Ltd.
Financial
Highlights
For
the Years Ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006
2007
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
PER
SHARE INFORMATION
|
||||||||||||
Net
asset value, beginning of year
|
$ | (0.0291 | ) | $ | (3.1231 | ) | $ | (5.7173 | ) | |||
Net
decrease from operations (a)
|
(0.0085 | ) | (0.0160 | ) | (4.0867 | ) | ||||||
Liabilities
forgiven by former officer and
|
||||||||||||
shareholders
|
- | - | 7.4331 | |||||||||
Net
change in realized gain (loss) and unrealized
|
||||||||||||
appreciation
(depreciation) of investments, net
|
0.0026 | (0.0182 | ) | - | ||||||||
Net
increase from stock transactions
|
0.0542 | 3.1282 | (0.7522 | ) | ||||||||
Net
asset value, end of year
|
$ | 0.0192 | $ | (0.0291 | ) | $ | (3.1231 | ) | ||||
Per
share market value:
|
||||||||||||
Beginning
of period
|
$ | 0.12 | $ | 4.44 | $ | 1.78 | ||||||
End
of period
|
$ | 0.04 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 4.44 | ||||||
Investment
return, based on market prices
|
||||||||||||
at
end of period
|
-67 | % | -97 | % | 149 | % | ||||||
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
||||||||||||
Net
assets, end of year
|
970,880 | (185,282 | ) | (309,246 | ) | |||||||
Average
net assets
|
545,806 | (206,030 | ) | (677,729 | ) | |||||||
Annualized
ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
41 | % | -18 | % |
(b)
|
|||||||
Annualized
ratio of net decrease in net assets
|
||||||||||||
from
operations to average net assets
|
-41 | % | 45 | % |
(b)
|
|||||||
Common
stock outstanding at end of year
|
50,592,487 | 6,375,821 | 99,020 | |||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding during year
|
38,155,238 | 2,739,989 | 99,020 |
(a) Includes
discontinued operations and preferred dividends
(b) Discontinued
operations only
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
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ITEM
9:
|
CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
|
None.
ITEM
9A(T): CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a)
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed in the reports that are filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified
in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and
forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without
limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required
to be disclosed in the reports that are filed under the Exchange Act is
accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive
officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. Under the supervision of and with the participation of
management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial
officer, the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation
of its disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2008, and, based
on its evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial
officer have concluded that these controls and procedures are effective as of
September 30, 2008.
(b) Changes
in Internal Controls
During
the fourth quarter of our fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, there was no
change in our internal control and procedures over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
(c)
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting
The
management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting and for the assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. As
defined by the SEC, internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule
13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed
by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal
financial officers and effected by the Company’s board of directors, management
and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting
is supported by written policies and procedures that: (1) pertain to
the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are
being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management
and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the
Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
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The
Company’s internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance
to the Company’s management and board of directors regarding the preparation and
fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal
control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations which
may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those
systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with
respect to financial statement preparation and
presentation. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to
future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting as of September 30, 2008. In making this
assessment, management used the framework set forth in the report entitled
“Internal Control-Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission, or COSO. The COSO framework
summarizes each of the components of a company’s internal control system,
including (i) the control environment, (ii) risk assessment, (iii) control
activities, (iv) information and communication, and (v)
monitoring. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of
September 30, 2008, due primarily to a lack of segregation of
duties.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public
accounting firm regarding internal control over financial
reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our
registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission that permits us to provide only management’s report in
this annual report.
ITEM
9B: OTHER INFORMATION
Pursuant
to General Instruction B of Form 8-K, any reports previously or in the future
submitted under Item 2.02 (Results of Operations and Financial Condition) are
not deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the Company is not subject to the liabilities of that
section, unless the Company specifically states that the information is to be
considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a
filing under the Securities Act or Exchange Act. If a report on Form
8-K contains disclosures under Item 2.02, whether or not the report contains
disclosures regarding other items, all exhibits to such report relating to Item
2.02 will be deemed furnished, and not filed, unless the registrant specifies,
under Item 9.01 (Financial Statements and Exhibits), which exhibits, or portions
of exhibits, are intended to be deemed filed rather than furnished pursuant to
this instruction. The Company is not incorporating, and will not
incorporate, by reference these reports into a filing under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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PART
III
ITEM
10:
|
DIRECTORS
AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE
REGISTRANT
|
The
following section sets forth the names, ages and current positions with the
Company held by the Directors, Executive Officers and Significant Employees as
of September 30, 2008 together with the year such positions were
assumed. There is no immediate family relationship between or among
any of the Directors, Executive Officers or Significant Employees, and the
Company is not aware of any arrangement or understanding between any Director or
Executive Officer and any other person pursuant to which he was elected to his
current position. Each Executive Officer will serve until he or she
resigns or is removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or until his or her
successor is elected and qualified.
Each
Director will serve until he or she resigns or is removed or otherwise
disqualified to serve or until his or her successor is elected. The
Company currently has four Directors. The Board of Directors does not
expect to appoint additional Directors until a potential acquisition is
identified.
NAME
|
AGE
|
POSITION
|
||
M.E.
“Hank” Durschlag
|
45
|
President,
CEO and Director since March 30, 2007
|
||
Ross
E. Silvey
|
79
|
Independent
Director since March 30, 2007
|
||
Erik
S. Phillips
|
38
|
Independent
Director since December
2007
|
M.E.
“Hank” Durschlag
Mr.
Durschlag became a Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on March
30, 2007. Mr. Durschlag was appointed a Director of HealthSport, Inc.
on September 11, 2006. Mr. Durschlag is the co-developer of the
Enlyten electrolyte sports strips and co-authored the patent, “Edible Film for
Transmucosal Delivery of Nutritional Supplements”. Mr. Durschlag has
extensive experience in the fields of healthcare and sports medicine, with
specific emphasis on novel drug delivery systems. In addition, Mr.
Durschlag is a partner in Greenville, South Carolina based GlucoTec, Inc., a
developer and manufacturer of an FDA Class II Medical Device designed to
regulate blood glucose levels in an acute care setting via both intravenous and
subcutaneous delivery of insulin and other fluids. Mr. Durschlag has
also co-authored patents in this area. Previously, Mr. Durschlag
served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Diabetes Management
Services, Inc., a durable medical equipment distributor with specific treatment
modules in women’s health and pregnancy. Mr. Durschlag holds a
bachelors degree from California University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from
Clemson University.
Ross
E. Silvey
Dr.
Silvey was elected as an outside Director of the Company on March 30,
2007. Dr. Silvey has owned and operated franchised automobile
businesses, finance companies and insurance companies for over thirty
years. Dr. Silvey has taught as an adjunct or full-time professor
most of the courses in the upper division and MBA programs at the University of
Tulsa, Oral Roberts University, Langston University and Southern Nazarene
University. His formal education is an MBA from the Harvard Business
School. He has also been awarded the Ph.D. degree from the Walden
Institute of Advance Studies. Dr. Silvey serves as Chairman of the
Audit Committee. Dr. Silvey is also a director of Global Beverage
Solutions, Inc.
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Erik
S. Phillips
Erik
Phillips has spent over 15 years in the fields of corporate logistics and
distribution management. Mr. Phillips is currently employed by
Clarion Technologies as Manager of logistical operations. During his
career he has managed distribution operations well in excess of one hundred
million dollars for companies such as RoadWay Express, Intex Corporation,
Jacobson Companies, and Confluence Watersports. Mr. Phillips also
consults with companies with regard to computerized inventory control and
distribution, and distribution personnel staffing and
management. Erik Phillips is a graduate of Clemson University,
Clemson, South Carolina, where he received a Bachelors of Science Degree in
Business and Operations Management Mr. Phillips was a member of
the Clemson University Football Team (1988-92), and is a member of the Clemson
University Letterman's Club.
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
The Board
of Directors has determined that Ross E. Silvey meets the requirements of a
financial expert and serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Dr.
Silvey is independent as specified in Item 7 (d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A under
the Exchange Act.
We have a
separately designated standing audit committee established in accordance with
Section 3 (a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act, which is currently made up of Dr.
Silvey.
The
primary responsibility of the Audit Committee is to oversee our financial
reporting process on behalf of the Board of Directors and report the result of
their activities to the Board. Such responsibilities shall include, but shall
not be limited to, the selection and, if necessary, the replacement of our
independent auditors and review and discussion with such independent auditors of
(i) the overall scope and plans for the audit, (ii) the adequacy and
effectiveness of the accounting and financial controls, including our system to
monitor and manage business risks, and legal and ethical programs, and (iii) the
results of the annual audit, including the financial statements to be included
in our annual report on Form 10-K.
COMPLIANCE
WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our executive
officers, directors and persons who own more than ten percent of our common
stock to file initial reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the
SEC. Additionally, SEC regulations require that we identify any
individuals for whom one of the referenced reports was not filed on a timely
basis during the most recent fiscal year or prior fiscal years. To
the best of our knowledge, based solely on a review of reports furnished to us,
there were no delinquent filings during the year.
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CODE
OF ETHICS
The Board
of Directors of the Company initially adopted a Code of Ethics which was
effective November 1, 2003, which has now been updated to include the
requirements of a BDC.
The Code
of Ethics in general prohibits any officer, director or advisory person
(collectively, "Access Person") of the Company from acquiring any interest in
any security which we (i) are considering a purchase or sale thereof, (ii) are
being purchased or sold by us, or (iii) are being sold short by us. The Access
Person is required to advise us in writing of his or her acquisition or sale of
any such security.
INVESTMENT
COMMITTEE
The Board
of Directors of the Company adopted an Investment Committee Charter which was
effective April 5, 2007.
The
Investment Committee shall have oversight responsibility with respect to
reviewing and overseeing our contemplated investments and portfolio companies
and investments on behalf of the Board and shall report the results of their
activities to the Board. Such Investment Committee shall (i) have the
ultimate authority for and responsibility to evaluate and recommend investments,
and (ii) review and discuss with management (a) the performance of portfolio
companies, (b) the diversity and risk of our investment portfolio, and, where
appropriate, make recommendations respecting the role or addition of portfolio
investments and (c) all solicited and unsolicited offers to purchase portfolio
companies.
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE
We do not
currently have a standing nominating committee, or a committee performing
similar functions. The full Board of Directors currently serves this
function.
ITEM
11:
|
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
|
The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors deliberates executive
compensation matters to the extent they are not delegated to the Chief Executive
Officer.
a.
|
Summary
Compensation Table
|
The
following table shows the compensation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
and each executive officer whose total cash compensation exceeded $100,000 for
the three years ended September 30, 2008.
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ANNUAL
COMPENSATION
Name and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
|
Total
|
||||||||||
M.E.
“Hank” Durschlag
|
2008
|
$ | 19,500 |
None
|
$ | 19,500 | ||||||||
Chairman
of the Board,
|
2007
|
$ | 3,000 | N/A | $ | 3,000 | ||||||||
President,
CEO and CFO
|
2006
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
Since
March 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||
Michael
D. Pruitt
|
2008
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
Chairman
of the Board,
|
2007
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
||||||||||
President,
CEO and CFO
|
2006
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
||||||||||
Since
September 22, 2006
|
||||||||||||||
Until
March 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||
Herbert
Tabin
|
2008
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
Chairman
of the Board
|
2007
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
And
CEO from July 25,
|
2006
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
||||||||||
2000
until September
|
||||||||||||||
22, 2006 | ||||||||||||||
Marissa
Dermer
|
2008
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
CFO
from September
|
2007
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
2000
until September
|
2006
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
||||||||||
21, 2006 |
There is
no immediate family relationship between or among the current Director and
Executive Officer. Previously, Ms. Dermer who was CFO is the
sister-in-law of Mr. Tabin who was CEO. Compensation accrued for Mr.
Tabin and Ms. Dermer was not paid and was forgiven as a part of the Release and
Settlement Agreement discussed in Note 1 to the financial
statements.
Required
columns for stock awards, option awards, non-entity incentive plan compensation,
change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings and all
other compensation are omitted from the table above as the amounts are all
zero.
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENTS
The
Company does not have any current employment agreements with its officers and
directors. The company intends to pay its Executives and Directors salaries,
wages, or fees commensurate with experience and industry standards in
relationship to the success of the company.
b.
|
Grants
of plan-based awards table
|
There
were no grants of plan-based awards during the year for the named
individuals.
c.
|
Outstanding
equity awards at fiscal year-end
table
|
There
were no outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end for the named
individuals.
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d.
|
Option
exercises and stock vested table
|
There
were no option exercises during the year and no stock vested at fiscal year-end
for the named individuals.
e.
|
Pension
benefits
|
There are
no pension plans.
f.
|
Nonqualified
defined contribution and other nonqualified deferred compensation
plans
|
There are
no nonqualified defined contribution or other nonqualified deferred compensation
plans.
g.
|
Potential
payments upon termination or
changes-in-control
|
There are
no potential payments upon termination or changes-in-control for the named
individuals.
h.
|
Compensation
of directors
|
Directors Fee
|
||||
Earned or Paid
|
||||
Name
|
In Cash ($)
|
|||
M.E.
“Hank” Durschlag
|
$ | - | ||
Ross
E. Silvey
|
10,000 | |||
Erik
S. Phillips
|
- |
Director
compensation commenced in December 2007. Dr. Silvey receives $1,000
per month as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
The
columns for stock awards, option awards, non-equity incentive plan compensation,
change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings and all
other compensation are omitted as there was no other form of compensation for
the directors.
i.
|
Compensation
committee interlocks and insider
participation
|
The
outside Directors serve on the compensation committee.
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j.
|
Compensation
committee report
|
Based on
the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) between the
compensation committee and management, the compensation committee recommended to
the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included
in the 10-K.
ITEM
12:
|
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
|
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
The
following table indicates all persons who, as of November 18, 2008, the most
recent practicable date, are known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of any
class of our outstanding voting securities. As of November 18, 2008, there were
50,592,487 shares of our common stock outstanding. Except as otherwise indicated
below, to the best of our knowledge, each person named in the table has sole
voting and investment power with respect to the securities beneficially owned by
them as set forth opposite their name.
Name and Address of
|
Amount and Nature of
|
|||||||||
Title of Class
|
Beneficial Owner *
|
Beneficial Owner
|
% of Class
|
|||||||
Common
|
Adam Adler
|
4,000,000 | 7.91 | % | ||||||
Common
|
Avenel Financial Group, Inc.
|
2,580,000 | 5.10 | % |
* The
address for each beneficial owner is in care of Double Eagle Holdings, Ltd.,
7633 E 63rd Place,
Suite 220, Tulsa, OK 74133.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
The
following table indicates the beneficial ownership of our voting securities of
all Directors of the Company and all Executive Officers who are not Directors of
the Company, and all officers and directors as a group, as of November 18, 2008,
the most recent practicable date. As of November 18, 2008, there were
50,592,487 shares of our common stock outstanding. Except as otherwise indicated
below, to the best of our knowledge, each person named in the table has sole
voting and investment power with respect to the securities beneficially owned by
them as set forth opposite their name. The address of all officers
and directors is in care of the Company at 7633 E 63rd Place,
Suite 220, Tulsa, OK 74133.
Name and Address of
|
Amount and Nature of
|
|||||||||
Title of Class
|
Beneficial Owner
|
Beneficial Owner
|
% of Class
|
|||||||
Common
|
M.E. “Hank” Durschlag
|
1,000,000 | 1.98 | % | ||||||
Common
|
Ross E. Silvey
|
- | * | |||||||
Common
|
Erik S. Phillips
|
- | * | |||||||
Common
|
All officers and directors as a
|
1,000,000 | 1.98 | % | ||||||
Group (3 persons)
|
|
*
|
Less
than 1%.
|
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EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
LONG-TERM
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
In April
1999, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted, subject to stockholder
approval, the Company's Stock Incentive Plan (the "Stock Incentive Plan"). The
purposes of the Stock Incentive Plan are to closely associate the interests of
the key associates (management and certain other employees) of the Company and
its adopting subsidiaries with the stockholders by reinforcing the relationship
between participants' rewards and stockholder gains, to provide key associates
with an equity ownership in the Company commensurate with Company performance,
as reflected in increased stockholder value, to maintain competitive
compensation levels, and to provide an incentive to key associates for
continuous employment with the Company.
Under the
Stock Incentive Plan, the Company may grant (i) incentive stock options intended
to qualify under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), and (ii) options that are not qualified as incentive stock options
("nonqualified stock options"). Executive officers, management and other
employees of the Company capable of making a substantial contribution to the
success of the Company are eligible to participate in the Stock Incentive
Plan.
The Stock
Incentive Plan is administered by a Committee consisting of members appointed by
the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Committee"). The Committee is
currently comprised of Mr. Pruitt, currently the sole Director. The Committee,
in its sole discretion, has the authority to: (i) designate the key associates
or classes of key associates eligible to participate in the Stock Incentive
Plan; (ii) to grant awards provided in the Stock Incentive Plan in the form and
amount determined by the Committee; (iii) to impose such limitations,
restrictions and conditions upon any such award as the Committee shall deem
appropriate; and (iv) to interpret the Stock Incentive Plan.
The
maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock available for issuance under
the Stock Incentive Plan is 378,000 shares. At September 30, 2006, all options
to purchase shares of the Company's common stock outstanding under the Stock
Incentive Plan were cancelled pursuant to the Release and Settlement Agreement
discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements. The shares of common stock
available for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan are subject to adjustment
for any stock dividend or distribution, recapitalization, merger, consolidation,
split-up, combination, exchange of shares or the like. Shares issued may consist
in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares. Shares
tendered by a participant as payment for shares issued upon exercise of an
option shall be available for issuance under the Stock Incentive
Plan.
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Any
shares of common stock subject to an option, which for any reason is terminated
unexercised or expires shall again be available for issuance under the Stock
Incentive Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Stock Incentive Plan, the
Committee may award incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options and
determine the number of shares to be covered by each option, the option price
therefore and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercises of the
option. Each option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms
and conditions as the Committee may specify in the applicable award or
thereafter.
Incentive
stock options granted under the Stock Incentive Plan are intended to qualify as
such under section 422 of the Code. No incentive stock option granted under the
Stock Incentive Plan may be exercisable more than 10 years from the date of
grant.
The
option price per share for nonqualified stock options and incentive stock
options must at least equal the fair market value of the common stock on the
date the option is granted. For a 10% shareholder must equal at least 110%. Each
option shall be evidenced by a written stock option agreement, in such form as
the Committee may from time to time determine, executed by the Company and the
grantee, stating the number of shares of common stock subject to the option. The
Committee may at any time and from time to time terminate or modify or amend the
Stock
Incentive Plan in any respect, except that without stockholder approval the
Committee may not (i) increase the maximum number of shares of common stock
which may be issued under the Stock Incentive Plan, (ii) extend the period
during which any award may be granted or exercised, (iii) extend the term of the
Stock Incentive Plan, or (iv) change the associates/employees or group of
associates/employees eligible to receive incentive stock
options.
ITEM
13:
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS
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The
Company’s CEO was paid $19,500 and $3,000 in 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
A
stockholder made a non-interest bearing loan to the Company at September 30,
2008 in the amount of $20,000.
ITEM
14:
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PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
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AUDIT
FEES:
The
aggregate audit fees billed by Moore & Associates, Chartered for
professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements
and the review of our quarterly financial statements for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 2008 and 2007 was $7,500 and $5,250, respectively.
AUDIT
RELATED FEES: None.
TAX FEES:
Not applicable.
OTHER
FEES: None.
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PART
IV
ITEM
15:
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EXHIBITS
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
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(a)
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The
following documents are filed as part of this
report:
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1.
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Financial
Statements – The following financial statements of Double Eagle Holdings,
Ltd. are contained in Item 8 of this Form
10-K:
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·
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Report
of Independent Registered Public
Accountant
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·
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Statements
of Net Assets (Liabilities) at September 30, 2008 and
2007
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·
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Statements
of Operations – For the years ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and
2006
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·
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Statements
of Cash Flows – For the years ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and
2006
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·
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Statements
of Changes in Net Assets (Liabilities) – For the years ended September 30,
2008, 2007 and 2006
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·
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Schedule
of Investments – At September 30, 2008 and
2007
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·
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Notes
to the Financial Statements
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·
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Financial
Highlights - For the years ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and
2006
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2.
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Financial
Statement Schedules were omitted, as they are not required or are not
applicable, or the required information is included in the Financial
Statements.
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3.
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Exhibits
– The following exhibits are filed with this report or are incorporated
herein by reference to a prior filing, in accordance with Rule 12b-32
under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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Exhibit
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Description
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31.1
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Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant
to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.1
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Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on December 29, 2008.
DOUBLE
EAGLE HOLDINGS, LTD.
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By:
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/s/
M.E. “Hank”
Durschlag
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M.E.
“Hank” Durschlag, Chairman,
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Chief
Executive Officer and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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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 in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Title (Capacity)
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Signature
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December 29, 2008
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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/s/ M.E. “Hank” Durschlag
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and Chief Financial Officer
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M.E. “Hank” Durschlag
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Director
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/s/ Ross E. Silvey
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Ross E. Silvey
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December 29, 2008
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Director
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/s/ Erik S. Phillips
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Erik S. Phillips
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