GLOBAL TECH INDUSTRIES GROUP, 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 December 31, 2008
Commission file number: 000-10210
TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
Nevada
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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511
Sixth Avenue, Suite 800, New York, New York
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10011
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(775) 261-3728
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
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Securities
Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities
Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Shares, par value $0.001 per share
(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 ¨ No x
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 ¨ No x
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 past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90
days. 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. x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company (all
as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
The
aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant
was approximately $6,200,000 as of March 31, 2009 (computed by reference to the
last sale price of a share of the registrant’s common stock on that date as
reported by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Bulletin
Board).
There
were 61,328,400 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of March
31, 2009.
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PART I | ||
Item 1. | Business |
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Item 2. | Properties |
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Item 3. | Legal Proceeding |
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Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
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PART II | ||
Item 5. | Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities |
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Item 6. | Selected Financial Data |
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Item 7. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
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PART III | ||
Item 9. | Controls and Procedures |
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Item 10. | Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant |
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Item 11. | Executive Compensation |
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Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Managment and Related Shareholder Matters |
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Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
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Item 14. | Principal Accounting Fees and Services |
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Item 15. | Exhibits, Financial Statemetns Schedules |
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Signatures |
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Certifications |
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General
Tree Top
Industries, Inc. (“TTI”, “we”, “our”, “us”, “the Company”, “management”) is a
Nevada corporation that owns 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of
NetThruster, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“NetThruster”), which was formally
known as Ludicrous, Inc. (“Ludicrous”). TTI was previously known as
GoHealth.MD, Inc. (“GoHealth.Md”). GoHealth.Md was incorporated in
Nevada in May 2000. GoHealth was a web based resource provider for
certain alternative health- care oriented professionals. In January 2002,
GoHealth.MD, Inc. ceased these operations. TTI continued to exist as a shell
company. NetThruster was formed on August 1, 2007 to engage in the
installation and build-out of its network of its proprietary technology for the
telecommunications industry. The initial principals of NetThruster spent several
years developing and designing the technology prior to NetThruster being
incorporated.
NetThruster
was formed to be a provider of high-performance content delivery
network (“CDN”) services. The technology will be designed to deliver
content for traditional and emerging media companies, or content providers,
including businesses operating in the television, music, radio, newspaper,
magazine, movie, video game and software industries. NetThruster is designing
its delivery solution specifically to handle the demanding requirements of
delivering rich media content over the Internet. This solution should enable
content providers and aggregators to provide their end-users with high-quality
experiences across any media type, library size, or audience scale without
expending the capital and developing the expertise needed to build and manage
their own networks.
This
manner of sending entertainment directly from the provider to the end-user works
well if the amount of information is relatively small (one to three minutes of
low resolution video or audio) and demand for the content is
infrequent. Under these circumstances the host website’s own servers
can service a reasonable number of end-users simultaneously. However,
even the delivery of DVD quality motion pictures cannot be supported by most
traditional server-based websites. A different strategy is needed to
cope with sending huge amounts of information, and reliably reconstituting that
information at the receiving end. There are companies that specialize
in transmission of high quality information in massive amounts such as Limelight
Networks®, which does so by utilizing a worldwide network of transmission nodes
that splits the information into several streams and reintegrates these streams
at the end-user’s destination.
NetThruster
believes it is developing the capability to rapidly and reliably send high
quality content, on demand, to any Internet destination. In addition,
the information can be safeguarded against theft through the use of
NetThruster’s own network. The information can be transmitted and
received in a manner that prohibits copying and understanding by anyone other
than the targeted recipient. As a result, when the content is entertainment,
there is a built-in safeguard against pirating the information.
History
Effective
October 19, 2007, TTI entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the
“Agreement”) with all of the stockholders of Ludicrous, (currently NetThruster),
pursuant to which TTI agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common
stock of Ludicrous from the stockholders of Ludicrous in consideration for the
issuance of a total of 68,000,000 newly issued shares of TTI’s common stock,
allocated among the stockholders of Ludicrous on a pro rata
basis. Accordingly, after the closing of the stock exchange on
November 1, 2007 as contemplated by the Agreement, Ludicrous became a wholly
owned subsidiary of TTI, and the prior shareholders of Ludicrous became the
majority shareholders of TTI. In the Agreement, the stockholders of
Ludicrous agreed to confer upon a designee of TTI, voting power over their
shares of TTI’s common stock acquired by them for a period equal to the lesser
of (i) two years or (ii) the sale of the common stock by the stockholder in
accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933. However, the
shares of the two (2) largest stockholders, James Black, and The Davis Family,
who hold an aggregate of over 80% of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock, were each required to execute a two (2) year Lock-up Agreement. The
business combination between TTI and Ludicrous closed on November 1, 2007, and
David Reichman, the Chief Executive Officer of TTI, was designated by TTI to be
the voting trustee for 68,000,000 outstanding shares of TTI currently owned by
the prior stockholders of Ludicrous.
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Net
Thruster
Purpose
NetThruster
is in the process of designing NetThruster.com® as a CDN for the distribution of
video, music, games and downloads through the Internet. NetThruster’s advanced
CDN will be designed to furnish media companies with high-performance,
cost-effective delivery of high bandwidth media and software via the
Internet. NetThruster intends to develop a scalable system for
distributing high-bandwidth media delivery to large
audiences. Management believes that the delivery solutions will be
uniquely tailored to the specific needs of those doing distributed on-demand and
live delivery of video, music, games and downloads.
NetThruster
plans to distribute massive amounts of numerous forms of digital video,
including live streaming user-generated content proliferating on popular video
sharing sites, to virtually any Internet-connected device with a
screen. NetThruster content delivery is designed to provide for the
distribution and delivery of all digital media formats, including video, music,
graphics, and software, with full fidelity (no packet loss), directly to the end
user's IP-connected computer or device.
NetThruster
streaming media will be designed to offer on-demand and/or live streaming to
customers worldwide for all major formats including Windows Media, Flash Video,
QuickTime, Real and MP3 audio. To meet the expectations of today’s users,
NetThruster’s content delivery will be designed to enable content providers to
make their entire asset libraries available for global distribution to broadband
and mobile audiences. This would allow content providers to focus on
giving their audiences what they want, without concern for their delivery
infrastructure.
The
on-demand and live streaming capabilities are being
developed and may be used by another TTI wholly-owned subsidiary,
MLN, Inc. (“MLN”), in the operation of its new website, My Lord’s Network, which
is currently under development. NetThruster also has worked out the necessary
hardware equipment designs needed to support the Internet background logistics
of the My Lord's Network website. NetThruster may be employed to implement and
maintain the website's operational equipment.
The
primary business of MLN, a Delaware corporation, will be the operation of the My
Lord's Network™ website. MLN has completed the research and planning necessary
to create the website and its supporting business. The focus of the website is
the worldwide Christian community. It will be designed with the hope
of bringing members of the Christian community together in an arena that
provides an opportunity for online social networking and interaction between
enrolled members, information about church-related events and activities, as
well as church locations. It will also be designed to provide
up-to-date information and communication from its church and ministry members to
the individual members. It plans to offer Christian-oriented
contemporary news as well. The initial enrollment plan will emphasize
initiatives in Christian communities in the United States.
The
primary business model is a content-based Internet website. Individual members
will join for free and receive the basic website services. Individual members
may enroll with optional yearly fees for additional premium website services.
Individual churches will pay a yearly membership fee for services that will
enable a church to upload and update church information including a current
event schedule and, for an additional amount, weekly videos of the pastor's
sermon. There will be several sources for the site's actual content. Some
sources are simple information pages and on-demand video downloads. The website
plans to have three basic kinds of information pages: each enrolled individual
will have his/her own page; each enrolled church will have its own page; and
each enrolled ministry will have its own page. The information contained on each
type of page is unique. If a sufficient number of people have joined, it will
become profitable to sell advertising since a guaranteed audience should exist.
Advertising may be either nationwide (or even worldwide) or local since the
website will have geographical information about its members and can target
advertising based upon that information.
MLN
also plans to offer live streaming video of selected events of particular
interest to Christians. NetThruster has already demonstrated the
capability to capture and broadcast live streaming video at high-definition
standards. Because of the costs associated with this feature, these broadcasts
will be available to members who have paid a yearly fee, and/or non-members,
using various revenue stream models.
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are also products and services that will be provided, as well as marketed, on
the site. Each church page will have location and activity information for that
church. Each church has the ability to continually update its activity or event
schedule so that when its page is visited, the information will be topical. Each
enrolled church will be able to continuously update the church's web page with
topical information. The ministry pages will be customized for each ministry and
feature information unique to each particular ministry. Many ministries sell
products such as books and videos on their own websites and MLN plans to offer
these same products on its site.
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Structure
and Method
The types
of data content related to a client vary from one client to another. For most
clients, a content delivery network maintains a pre-existing file or set of
files that is transmitted upon demand to the end-user. The NetThruster system
will be designed to maintain this information in several different formats so
that a wide variety of reception devices can be supported, including not only
individual computers but also hand-held equipment such as Personal Data
Assistants or even cellular telephones. Live video transmission is a feature
that NetThruster
will also handle as part of its capabilities.
The
technology to be implemented by NetThruster has, as one of its features, an
array of servers, each containing a copy of the client’s information, in a
manner that optimizes transmission to any single end-user, as well as dealing
with a very high volume of end-user requests. For clients with
pre-existing video content that is to be distributed, NetThruster is designing
its technology so that it can be automated to transcode the content file format.
The automation transforms the original information format into necessary formats
so the content may be viewed on personal computers, mobile phones or other media
devices. At playback time, NetThruster’s system will be designed to determine
the format needed by the requesting end-user and transmit the appropriate file
format.
The
NetThruster system should deliver the highest performance possible using
standard existing components and materials. Since it is likely that multiple
clients are simultaneously requesting the same information such as streaming
video or audio, the NetThruster system should recognize such a situation and
respond by optimizing internal server performance to cover these requests with a
minimum of actual server accesses. NetThruster shall monitor the fiber optic
providers to determine which one is currently providing the least utilized
service. Since the fiber optic providers may charge different rates based upon
criteria not under control of NetThruster, the NetThruster system allows for
internal programming to use less expensive services.
Business Model
NetThruster
will work with clients to provide an optimal system for delivering their
information to the end-user. NetThruster does not have a “one size fits all”
strategy for each client. NetThruster will look at a client’s individual service
needs and what is unique about the client’s information or data and then design
a solution that optimizes service performance for that client utilizing data
transmission over the Internet.
We expect
to derive income primarily from the sale of services to potential customers
executing contracts with anticipated terms of one year or longer. These
contracts are generally expected to commit that customer to a minimum monthly
level of usage with additional charges applicable for actual usage above the
monthly minimum. We intend to enter into customer contracts that have minimum
usage commitments that are based on periods longer than one year. We also intend
to realize additional synergies and income by facilitating intercompany service
agreements, both long and short term. We believe that having a
consistent and predictable base level of income is important to our financial
success. Accordingly, we must maintain a base of recurring revenue contracts and
build on that base by adding new customers, and increasing the number of
services, features and functionalities for our future customers. Accomplishing
these goals requires that we compete effectively in the marketplace on the basis
of price, quality and the attractiveness of our services and
technology. In order to establish relationships with new customers,
we may from time to time enter into month to month service agreements with them
that do not include minimum monthly usage commitments.
Consumption and Distribution of Rich
Media Content Expanding
Multiple
forces have created a need to efficiently deliver large files and
broadcast-quality media to large audiences over the Internet. These forces
include the proliferation of broadband Internet connections and increased
broadband speeds and an increase in the number of online video viewers1. Also, we
expect there will continue to be more interactive and engaging online
advertising, which, along with the rise in devices that are capable of
connecting to the Internet, will further expand the market NetThruster has
targeted.
Content
Delivery via Basic Internet Connectivity
Basic
Internet connectivity is capable of delivering media content to users, but is
ill-suited for delivering the large media files and broadcast-quality media that
are commonplace today. The Internet is a complex network of networks that was
designed principally to connect every Internet network point to every other
Internet network point via multiple, redundant paths. To reach a given user,
content from a provider’s website must normally traverse multiple networks.
These networks include those of the website’s Internet service provider, or ISP,
one or more Internet backbone carriers — each of which provides a network of
high-speed communication lines between major interconnection points — and the
user’s ISP. At any point along this path, data packets associated with the
website’s content can be lost or delayed, impeding the transfer of data to the
user. Internet protocols are designed to reliably transport data packets, but
are not designed to ensure end-to-end performance. These protocols are effective
for delivery of many types of traditional content, but are often ineffective for
delivery of rich media content. When data packets are lost or delayed during the
delivery of rich media content, the result is noticeable to users because
playback is interrupted. This interruption causes songs to skip, videos to
freeze and downloads to be slower than acceptable for demanding consumers. This
lack of performance and its dramatic effect on user experience make the delivery
of rich media content via the basic Internet extremely challenging.
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In
response, some content providers have chosen to invest significant capital to
build the infrastructure of servers, storage and networks necessary to bypass,
to the extent possible, the public Internet “cloud”. This substantial capital
outlay and the development of the expertise and other technical resources
required to manage such a complex infrastructure can be time-consuming and
prohibitively expensive for all but the largest of companies.
Content
Delivery via Content Delivery Networks
A CDN
offloads the delivery of content from a media provider’s central website
infrastructure to the CDN’s service delivery infrastructure. In general, the
infrastructure of a CDN is composed of hundreds or thousands of servers
distributed at various points around the Internet, linked together by software
that controls where media content objects are stored and how they should be
delivered to end-users. Deploying content objects in numerous, distributed
locations can reduce the network distance between users and the media content
they seek, reducing the potential for performance-inhibiting network congestion.
The architecture of early CDNs reflected the importance and prevalence, at the
time, of web page objects such as photos and graphics. Early CDNs typically
deployed small server clusters in a large number of locations, relied on the
public Internet to connect the clusters, and stored only the most popular
content objects in their local caches, which are computing resources used to
store frequently accessed data for rapid access. Because each server cluster was
small, with few servers available for the storage and delivery of content, and
with rarely more than a single network connection, some early CDNs employed
optimization algorithms in an effort to effectively manage and allocate these
relatively scarce resources.
When a
requested content object is unavailable on the server cluster, a cache miss,
which is a failed attempt to acquire a requested content object in a local
cache, occurs. To handle a cache miss, early CDNs were required to access the
missing object over the Internet from the content provider’s servers. A cache
miss, and the time required to obtain the missing object over the Internet,
degrades the end-user’s experience and increases the computing resource cost of
servicing the end-user’s request. As the consumption of rich media has grown,
the requirement to cache a sufficient number of media objects to guarantee a
high-quality end-user experience at an efficient price has strained the
architecture of early CDNs.
The
New Requirements for Delivering Rich Media Content
We
believe the unique characteristics of rich media content delivery and the rapid
growth of rich media consumption have created a new set of technical, management
and economic requirements for businesses seeking to deliver rich media content.
These requirements include the
following:
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Delivering
a consistent high-quality media experience. User experience is
critical for content providers because consumers increasingly expect a
high-quality experience, will not tolerate interruptions or inconsistency
in the delivery of content, and may never return to a particular media
provider if that provider is unable to meet their expectations. A media
stream, for example, should begin immediately and play continuously
without interruption every time a future customer accesses that
stream.
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Delivering
expansive content libraries of rich media. Consumers, particularly
those who are accustomed to broadband-enabled Internet services such as
high-quality television and radio, increasingly demand the ability to
consume any form of media content online. To meet this demand, traditional
media companies are moving their enormous libraries of content, such as
television shows and movies, online. At the same time, emerging content
businesses, such as user-generated content companies, are creating
expansive libraries of rich media. Users expect a consistent media
experience across every title in these large libraries, for each title
regardless of its popularity, each time it is viewed.
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Ability to
scale content delivery capacity to handle rapidly accelerating demand and
diversity of audience interest. Content providers also need to
scale delivery of their content smoothly as the size of their audience
increases. When a large number of users simultaneously access a particular
website, the content provider must be able to meet that surge in demand
without making users wait. Rapidly accelerating demand can be related to a
single event, such as a major news or sporting event, or can be spread
across an entire library of content, such as when a social media website
surges in popularity.
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Reliability.
Throughout the path data must traverse to reach a user, problems with the
underlying infrastructure supporting the Internet can occur. For instance,
servers can fail, or network connections can drop. Avoiding these problems
is important to content providers because network, datacenter, or service
provider outages can mean frustrated users, lost audiences and missed
revenue opportunities.
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Flexibility
and manageability. Content providers are making significant
investments in preparing their media libraries for delivery over the
Internet. Once content is ready for Internet distribution, content
providers must be able to support a wide range of formats, begin to
distribute their content quickly, and monitor their delivery
activities.
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Managing
delivery costs. Managing the cost of content delivery is important
for content providers so that they can maximize profits. As a result, the
combination of major capital outlays and operating expenditures required
to build and maintain large server clusters, peak period capacity,
extensive Internet backbone networks and multiple connections to global
broadband access networks is simply not practical for most companies. As
users increasingly demand access to large files and media streams, the
infrastructure costs associated with providing this content are
rising.
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The
capital, expertise, and other managerial effort necessary to meet these
requirements can be challenging. As demand for the delivery of rich media
content increases, these challenges will become increasingly difficult to meet.
We believe, therefore, that there is a significant opportunity for an outsourced
Internet content delivery network optimized for the delivery of rich media
content.
Sales,
Service and Marketing
NetThruster
was formed to conduct a content delivery network business that is based on the
NetThruster technology, which was in research and development for several
years. NetThruster has only recently marketed its services to prospective
customers. We have not yet hired specific marketing professionals and
personnel to design and implement a sales and marketing campaign for us, but we
plan to expand our marketing staff as awareness of our product and service
offerings increases in the marketplace through our existing relationships and
referrals. We have successfully broadcast live streaming video of events,
resulting in minimal revenue to date; however, as of December 31, 2008 we have
not yet signed a long term service agreement with a
customer.
Research
and Development
Although
our staff is limited, we continue to monitor new developments and any emerging
technologies.
Intellectual
Property
Our
success depends in part upon our ability to protect our core technology and
other intellectual capital. To accomplish this, we rely on a combination of
intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights,
trademarks, domain registrations and contractual protections.
As of
December 31, 2008, we had received no patents in the United States and no
patents in foreign jurisdictions. We have no pending patent
applications in the United States and no pending patent applications in foreign
jurisdictions. We had received no trademarks and had no pending
trademark applications in the United States. We had no pending trademark
applications in foreign countries and no non-U.S. trademark applications had
been issued.
We
generally control access to and use of our software and other confidential
information through (a) the use of internal and external controls, including
physical and electronic security, contractual protections with employees,
contractors, customers and partners, and (b) domestic and foreign copyright
laws.
Competition
The CDN
market is highly competitive and is characterized by constantly declining prices
and multiple types of vendors offering varying combinations of computing and
bandwidth to content providers. Our primary competitors include content delivery
service providers such as Limelight Networks, Akamai, Level 3 Communications and
Internap Network Services Corporation, which acquired VitalStream. More
recently, EdgeCast Networks and BitGravity have entered the marketplace. Also,
as a result of the growth of the content delivery market, a number of companies
are attempting to enter our market, either directly or indirectly, some of which
may become significant competitors in the future. Internationally, we compete
with local content delivery service providers, many of which are very well
positioned within their local markets.
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We
believe that the principal competitive factors affecting the content delivery
market include such attributes as:
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Performance,
as measured by file delivery time and end-user media consumption
rates;
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Scalability;
both in terms of average capacity and special event
capacity;
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Proprietary
software designed to efficiently locate and deliver large media
files;
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Ease
of implementation;
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Flexibility
in designing delivery systems for unique content types and
mixes;
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Reliability;
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Cost
efficiency.
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While a
few of our current competitors have longer operating histories, greater name
recognition and greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do,
we believe that we compete favorably on the basis of these factors, taken as a
whole. In particular, we believe that our core focus on solving the unique
challenges associated with the delivery of massive media files has made our
service offerings compete strongly in the areas of performance and scalability,
which are two of the most critical elements involved in the delivery of rich
media content over the Internet.
Government
Regulation
We are
subject to various federal, state and local laws affecting the
telecommunications and Internet industries. Laws and regulations that
apply to communications and commerce conducted over the Internet are becoming
more prevalent, both in the United States and internationally, and may impose
additional burdens on companies conducting business online or providing
Internet-related services such as ours The laws relating to the liability of
private network operators for information carried on or disseminated through
their networks are unsettled, both in the United States and abroad. Network
operators have been sued in the past, sometimes successfully, based on the
content of material disseminated through their networks. The Federal Trade
Commission and equivalent state agencies regulate advertising and
representations made by businesses in the sale of their products, which apply to
us. Our business is also subject to government laws and regulations
governing health, safety, working conditions, employee relations, wrongful
termination, wages, taxes and other matters applicable to businesses in
general.
Employees
As of
December 31, 2008, we employed two people on a full-time basis. Of
those two full-time employees, one is employed in an administrative, position,
and one is in a technical position. We project that during the next
12 months, our workforce is likely to increase. To support our need
for technical staffing, we have established relationships with technical
staffing organizations that continuously offer qualified personnel to meet our
needs, both locally and from out of the area.
Seasonality
Our
operations are not expected to be affected by seasonal fluctuations, although
our cash flow may be affected by fluctuations in the timing of cash receipts
from our future customers.
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TTII current leases
approximately 1,250 square feet of office space in Los Angeles, California at a
base rate of approximately $3,882 per month pursuant to a lease ending June 30th
2009.
There are no pending
legal proceedings to which we are a party or in which any of our directors,
officers or affiliates, any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of
any class of our voting securities, or other security holder is a party adverse
to us or has a material interest adverse to us.
No matters were
submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal
year covered by this report.
TTI’s common stock is
quoted through the over-the-counter market on the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority Bulletin Board (“OTC Bulletin Board”) under the symbol
“TTII.” Limited trading has occurred over the past several
years. The following table sets forth high and low sales prices of
TTI common stock for each fiscal quarter for the last two fiscal years as
reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, based on closing prices. The
prices in the table reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, markdown
or commission and may not represent actual transactions.
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Year
Ended December 31, 2007
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Quarter ended March 31, 2007
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Second
Quarter ended June 30, 2007
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Third
Quarter ended September 30, 2007
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2.50
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1.50
|
||||
Fourth
Quarter ended December 31, 2007
|
$
|
4.50
|
$
|
0.55
|
||||
High
|
Low
|
|||||||
Year
Ended December 31, 2008
|
||||||||
First
Quarter ended March 31, 2008
|
$
|
14.35
|
$
|
5.25
|
||||
Second
Quarter ended June 30, 2008
|
$
|
15.00
|
$
|
2.00
|
||||
Third
Quarter ended September 30, 2008
|
$
|
4.00
|
$
|
2.00
|
||||
Fourth
Quarter ended December 31, 2008
|
$
|
4.00
|
$
|
0.27
|
||||
As of
March 31, 2009, there were approximately 798 record holders of TTI’s common
stock, not including shares held in “street name” in brokerage accounts which is
unknown. As of March 31, 2009, there were approximately 61,328,400 shares of
TTI’s common stock outstanding on record.
Dividends
TTI has
not declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock and do not
anticipate paying dividends for the foreseeable future.
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Transfer
Agent and Registrar
The
transfer agent and registrar for TTI’s common stock is ComputerShare Trust, 350
Indiana Street, Suite 800, Golden, Colorado 80401, telephone 303-262-0600
extension 5723.
Repurchases
of Our Securities
None of
the shares of our common stock were repurchased by during the fiscal quarter
ended December 31, 2008.
Sales
of Our Unregistered Securities During 2008 Not Previously Disclosed
None.
Balance
Sheet
8
December
31,
2008
|
December
31,
2007
|
Change
|
||||||||||
Current
Assets
|
$ | 5,827 | $ | 442,258 | $ | (436,431 | ) | |||||
Property
and Equipment
|
134,075 | 71,973 | 62,102 | |||||||||
Other
Assets
|
- | 12,424 | (12,424 | ) | ||||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 139,902 | $ | 526,655 | $ | (386,753 | ) | |||||
Current
Liabilities
|
$ | 1,140,246 | $ | 1,036,969 | $ | 103,277 | ||||||
Stockholders’
(Deficit)
|
$ | (1,000,344 | ) | $ | (510,314 | ) | $ | (490,030 | ) | |||
Statement of
Operations
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 2,967 | $ | - | $ | 2,967 | ||||||
Operating
Expenses
|
4,136,423 | 5,656,553 | (1,520,130 | ) | ||||||||
Other
Income (Expenses)
|
(7,353 | ) | (769 | ) | (6,584 | ) | ||||||
Net
Loss
|
$ | (4,140,809 | ) | $ | (5,657,322 | ) | $ | (1,516,513 | ) | |||
Basic
Loss Per Share
|
$ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | 0.01 |
Cautionary
Statements
This Form 10-K may contain
“forward-looking statements,” as that term is used in federal securities laws,
aboutNetThruster’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations and
business. These statements include, among others:
·
|
statements
concerning the potential benefits that may be experienced from business
activities and certain transactions contemplated or completed;
and
|
·
|
statements
of our expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated
developments and other matters that are not historical
facts. These statements may be made expressly in this Form
10-K. You can find many of these statements by looking for
words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “opines,”
or similar expressions used in this Form 10-K. These
forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and
uncertainties that may cause our actual results to be materially different
from any future results expressed or implied in those
statements. The most important facts that could prevent us from
achieving its stated goals include, but are not limited to, the
following:
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(a)
|
volatility
or decline of TTI’s stock price;
|
(b)
|
potential
fluctuation of quarterly results;
|
(c)
|
failure
to earn revenues or profits;
|
|
(d)
|
inadequate
capital to continue or expand its business, and inability to raise
additional capital or financing to implement its business
plans;
|
(e)
|
failure
to commercialize our technology or to make
sales;
|
(f)
|
decline
in demand for our products and
services;
|
(g)
|
rapid
adverse changes in markets;
|
(h)
|
litigation
with or legal claims and allegations by outside parties against TTI or
Ludicrous, including but not limited to challenges to intellectual
property rights;
|
(i)
|
insufficient
revenues to cover operating costs;
|
(j)
|
failure
of the NetThruster.com® content delivery network to function properly;
and
|
(k)
|
competition
from other content delivery networks and technologies that materially
adversely impacts our operations, financial condition and business
performance.
|
There is
no assurance that we will be profitable, we may not be able to successfully
develop, manage or market our products and services, we may not be able to
attract and retain qualified executives and technology personnel, we may not be
able to obtain customers for our products or services, our products and services
may become obsolete, government regulation may hinder our business, additional
dilution in outstanding stock ownership may be incurred due to the issuance of
more shares, warrants and stock options, or the exercise of outstanding warrants
and stock options, and other risks inherent in our businesses.
Because
the statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ
materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance on the
statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. The
cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section should be
considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking
statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. We do
not undertake any obligation to review or confirm analysts’ expectations or
estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements
to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 10-K, or to
reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
We realized our first revenues of
$2,967during the year ended December 31, 2008. We presently do not have a steady
source of revenue. Our operating expenses decreased from $5,656,553 in 2007 to
$4,136,423 in 2008. The decrease was primarily the result of decreased general
and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses decreased from
$2,621,096 to $1,512,222 or 42% because of a decrease in shares of common stock
used to pay for services. Professional fees and officer compensation decreased
by $306,005 and $129,736, respectively for the same reason. Depreciation expense
increased from $1,609 to $26,094 because of the purchase of office equipment in
2008.
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Our net loss decreased by $1,519,513 or
27% from $5,657,322 in 2007 to $4,140,809 in 2008. This translates to a $0.01
decrease in loss per share in 2008 from $0.08 in 2007 to $0.07. Included in our
net loss was $2,925,779 and $4,322,008 for the value of common stock and common
stock purchase warrants and options which were issued in 2008 and 2007
respectively. Excluding these non cash expenses, our net loss would have been
$1,215,030 and $1,335,314, respectively. We expect that our losses will continue
to be approximately $100,000 per month until we are able to establish a reliable
revenue flow.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
At December 31, 2008 we had cash on
hand of $663 compared to $435,858 at December 31, 2007. We used cash in our
operations of $1,233,124 in 2008 compared to $697,792 in 2007. We also used cash
of $88,196 in 2008 in our investing activities compared to net cash used of
$29,279 in 2007. The cash came from related party loans and issuance of our
common stock. We raised $725,000 and $825,000 from the sale of our common stock
or exercises of stock options in 2008 and 2007, respectively. Similarly, we
raised $155,000 and $397,684 from related party loans. We anticipate that we
will continue to have a negative cash flow from operations of approximately
$100,000 per month for 2009. We do not have sufficient cash on hand at December
31, 2008 to cover that negative cash flow. We will attempt to raise capital
through the sale of our common stock or through debt financing.
OFF-BALANCE
SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
None.
CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGATIONS
None.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are
based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These principles
require us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, cash flow and related disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities. Our estimates include those related to
revenue recognition, accounts receivable reserves, income and other taxes,
stock-based compensation and equipment and contingent obligations. We base our
estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we
believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from
these estimates. To the extent that there are material differences between these
estimates and our actual results, our future financial statements will be
affected.
We define
our “critical accounting policies” as those U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles that require us to make subjective estimates about matters that are
uncertain and are likely to have a material impact on our financial condition
and results of operations as well as the specific manner in which we apply those
principles. Our estimates are based upon assumptions and judgments about matters
that are highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate is made and
applied and require us to continually assess a range of potential
outcomes.
Revenue
Recognition
We
recognize service revenues in accordance with the SEC’s Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 104, Revenue
Recognition, and the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s
(FASB) Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple
Deliverables. Revenue is recognized when the price is fixed
or determinable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the service is
performed and collectability of the resulting receivable is reasonably
assured.
At the
inception of a customer contract for service, we make an assessment as to that
customer’s ability to pay for the services provided. If we subsequently
determine that collection from that customer is not reasonably assured, we
record an allowance for doubtful accounts and bad debt expense for all of that
customer’s unpaid invoices and ceases recognizing revenue for continued services
provided until cash is received.
For the
CDN services, we expect to recognize the monthly minimum as revenue each month
provided that an enforceable contract has been signed by both parties, the
service has been delivered to the customer, the fee for the service is fixed or
determinable and collection is reasonably assured. Should a customer’s usage of
our services exceed the monthly minimum, we expect to recognize revenue for such
excess in the period of the usage. Any installation fees would be recorded as
deferred revenue and recognized as revenue ratably over the estimated life of
the customer arrangement.
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From time
to time, we may enter into contracts to sell services to unrelated companies at
or about the same time we enter into contracts to purchase products or services
from the same companies. If we conclude that these contracts were negotiated
concurrently, we expect to record as revenue only the net cash received from the
vendor. For certain non-cash arrangements whereby we provide rack space and
bandwidth services to several companies in exchange for advertising, we record
barter revenue and expense if the services are objectively measurable. The
various types of advertising include radio, Website, print and
signage.
We may
from time to time resell licenses or services of third parties. Revenue for
these transactions would be recorded when we have risk of loss related to the
amounts purchased from the third party and we add value to the license or
service, such as by providing maintenance or support for such license or
service. If these conditions are present, we recognize revenue when all other
revenue recognition criteria are satisfied.
Accounts
Receivable and Related Reserves
Trade
accounts receivable are expected to be recorded at the invoiced amounts and
would not bear interest. We expect to record reserves as a reduction of our
accounts receivable balance. Estimates would be used in determining these
reserves and would be based upon our review of outstanding balances on a
customer-specific, account-by-account basis. These estimates could change
significantly if our future customers’ financial condition changes or if the
economy in general deteriorates. The allowance for doubtful accounts would be
based upon a review of customer receivables from prior sales with collection
issues where we no longer believe that such customer has the ability to pay for
prior services provided. We expect to perform on-going credit evaluations of our
future customers primarily related to monitoring payment history and the
accounts receivable aging. If such an evaluation indicates that payment is no
longer reasonably assured for current services provided, any future services
provided to that customer will result in the deferral of revenue until payment
is made or we determine payment is reasonably assured. In addition, we expect to
record a reserve for service credits. Reserves for service credits are measured
based on an analysis of credits to be issued after the month of billing related
to management’s estimate of the resolution of customer disputes and billing
adjustments.
Compensation
We expect
to account for our share-based compensation pursuant to SFAS No. 123
(revised 2004) Share-Based
Payment, or SFAS No. 123R. SFAS No. 123R requires measurement
of all employee share-based payments awards using a fair-value method. The grant
date fair value was determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model. The
Black-Scholes-Merton valuation calculation requires us to make key assumptions
such as future stock price volatility, expected terms, risk-free rates and
dividend yield. The weighted-average expected term for stock options granted was
calculated using the simplified method in accordance with the provisions of
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, Share-Based Payment.
The simplified method defines the expected term as the average of
the contractual term and the vesting period of the stock option. We have
estimated the volatility rates used as inputs to the model based on an analysis
of the most similar public companies for which we have data. We have used
judgment in selecting these companies, as well as in evaluating the available
historical volatility data for these companies.
SFAS
No. 123R requires us to develop an estimate of the number of share-based
awards which will be forfeited due to employee turnover. Annual changes in the
estimated forfeiture rate may have a significant effect on share-based payments
expense, as the effect of adjusting the rate for all expense amortization after
January 1, 2006 is recognized in the period the forfeiture estimate is
changed. If the actual forfeiture rate is higher than the estimated forfeiture
rate, then an adjustment is made to increase the estimated forfeiture rate,
which will result in a decrease to the expense recognized in the financial
statements. If the actual forfeiture rate is lower than the estimated forfeiture
rate, then an adjustment is made to decrease the estimated forfeiture rate,
which will result in an increase to the expense recognized in the financial
statements. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in
effect at the time of grant. We have never paid cash dividends, and do not
currently intend to pay cash dividends, and thus have assumed a 0% dividend
yield.
We will
continue to use judgment in evaluating the expected term, volatility and
forfeiture rate related to our own stock-based awards on a prospective basis,
and in incorporating these factors into the model. If our actual experience
differs significantly from the assumptions used to compute our stock-based
compensation cost, or if different assumptions had been used, we may have
recorded too much or too little share-based compensation cost. We
recognize expense using the straight-line attribution method.
Contingencies
We record
contingent liabilities resulting from asserted and unasserted claims against us,
when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the
loss is reasonably estimable. We disclose contingent liabilities when there is a
reasonable possibility that the ultimate loss will exceed the recorded
liability. Estimating probable losses requires analysis of multiple factors, in
some cases including judgments about the potential actions of third-party
claimants and courts. Therefore, actual losses in any future period are
inherently uncertain. We would record additional accrual amounts to the extent
we determine amounts are probable of being paid and also reasonably estimable.
Such amounts could be, but are not limited to post-judgment lost profits, price
erosion, royalties and interest.
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Deferred
Taxes and Uncertain Tax Positions
We
utilize the liability method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in SFAS
No. 109, Accounting for
Income Taxes . We record net deferred tax assets to the extent we believe
these assets will more likely than not be realized. In making such
determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence,
including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future
taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent financial performance. SFAS
109 states that forming a conclusion that a valuation allowance is not required
is difficult when there is negative evidence such as cumulative losses in recent
years. As a result of our recent cumulative losses, we have concluded that a
full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets is appropriate. In
the event we were to determine that we would be able to realize our deferred
income tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, we would
make an adjustment to the valuation allowance which would reduce the provision
for income taxes in the period of such realization.
We follow
the recognition threshold and measurement parameters of FIN 48 for financial
statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be
taken in a tax return, and related guidance on de-recognition, classification,
interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and
transition. Our effective tax rate is influenced by the recognition and
de-recognition of tax positions pursuant to the more likely than not standard
established by FIN 48 that such positions will be sustained by the taxing
authority. In addition, other factors such as changes in tax laws, rulings by
taxing authorities and court decisions, and significant changes in our
operations through acquisitions or divestitures can have a material impact on
the effective tax rate. Differences between our estimated and actual effective
income tax rates and related liabilities are recorded in the period they become
known.
The
application of tax laws and regulations is subject to legal and factual
interpretation, judgment and uncertainty. Tax laws and regulations themselves
are subject to change as a result of changes in fiscal policy, changes in
legislation, the evolution of regulations and court rulings. Therefore, the
actual liability for U.S. or foreign taxes may be materially different from our
estimates, which could result in the need to record additional tax liabilities
or potentially reverse previously recorded tax liabilities.
13
/Letterhead/
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Tree Top
Industries, Inc.
We have
audited the accompanying balance sheet of Tree Top Industries, Inc. as of
December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2008
and the periods from inception on August 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 and
2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the PCAOB (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. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to
perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits
included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis
for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but
not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no
such opinion. 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 referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Tree Top Industries, Inc. at
December 31, 2008 and 2007 , and the results of its operations and cash flows
for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the period from
inception on August 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 and 2008, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that Tree Top
Industries, Inc. will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the
financial statements, Tree Top Industries, Inc. has suffered recurring losses
from operations, has a working capital deficit and is dependent of financing to
continue operations. These
issues raise substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a
going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described
in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might
result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Chisholm,
Bierwolf, Nilson & Morrill, LLC
Chisholm,
Bierwolf, Nilson & Morrill, LLC
Bountiful,
UT
April 11,
2009
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Tree
Top Industries, Inc.
|
||||||||
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
||||||||
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
||||||||
ASSETS
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 663 | $ | 435,858 | ||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
5,164 | 6,400 | ||||||
Total
Current Assets
|
5,827 | 442,258 | ||||||
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, NET
|
134,075 | 71,973 | ||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Security
deposit
|
- | 12,424 | ||||||
Total
Other Assets
|
- | 12,424 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$ | 139,902 | $ | 526,655 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
(DEFICIT)
|
||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$ | 385,102 | $ | 405,541 | ||||
Bank
overdraft
|
6,125 | - | ||||||
Accrued
interest payable
|
52,490 | 45,560 | ||||||
Due
to officers and directors
|
583,529 | 472,868 | ||||||
Notes
payable
|
113,000 | 113,000 | ||||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
1,140,246 | 1,036,969 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
1,140,246 | 1,036,969 | ||||||
STOCKHOLDERS'
(DEFICIT)
|
||||||||
Preferred
stock, $0.0001 par value, 50,000 shares authorized, -0- shares
issued and outstanding
|
- | - | ||||||
Common
stock, $0.001 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 48,828,400
and 72,327,791 shares issued and outstanding
|
4,883 | 7,233 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
8,792,904 | 5,139,775 | ||||||
Deficit
accumulated during the development stage
|
(9,798,131 | ) | (5,657,322 | ) | ||||
Total
Stockholders' (Deficit)
|
(1,000,344 | ) | (510,314 | ) | ||||
|
||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)
|
$ | 139,902 | $ | 526,655 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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Tree
Top Industries, Inc.
|
||||||||||||
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
||||||||||||
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
|
||||||||||||
From
Inception
|
||||||||||||
For
the
|
For
the
|
on
August 1,
|
||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
2007
through
|
||||||||||
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||
REVENUES,
net
|
$ | 2,967 | $ | - | $ | 2,967 | ||||||
COST
OF SALES, net
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
GROSS
PROFIT
|
2,967 | - | 2,967 | |||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
1,512,222 | 2,621,096 | 4,133,318 | |||||||||
Officer
compensation
|
2,397,974 | 2,527,710 | 4,925,684 | |||||||||
Professional
fees
|
200,133 | 506,138 | 706,271 | |||||||||
Depreciation
|
26,094 | 1,609 | 27,703 | |||||||||
Total
Operating Expenses
|
4,136,423 | 5,656,553 | 9,792,976 | |||||||||
OPERATING
LOSS
|
(4,133,456 | ) | (5,656,553 | ) | (9,790,009 | ) | ||||||
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSES)
|
||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
9 | - | 9 | |||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(7,362 | ) | (769 | ) | (8,131 | ) | ||||||
Total
Other Income (Expenses)
|
(7,353 | ) | (769 | ) | (8,122 | ) | ||||||
LOSS
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
(4,140,809 | ) | (5,657,322 | ) | (9,798,131 | ) | ||||||
INCOME
TAX EXPENSE
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
NET
LOSS
|
$ | (4,140,809 | ) | $ | (5,657,322 | ) | $ | (9,798,131 | ) | |||
BASIC
LOSS PER SHARE
|
$ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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Tree
Top Industries, Inc.
|
||||||||||||||
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
||||||||||||||
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders' Equity
(Deficit)
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid-In
|
Deficit
Accumulated
During
the
Development
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
|
Amount
|
Stock
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
August 1, 2007
(inception)
|
- | $ | - | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of founder shares
at
inception at $0.007 per share
|
- | - | 68,000,000 | 68,000 | 432,000 | - | 500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued in recapitalization
|
- | - | 987,791 | 988 | (988 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
options issued for
services at
$0.74 per share
|
- | - | - | - | 1,494,298 | - | 1,494,298 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
options issued for cash at
$0.10
per share
|
- | - | - | - | 200,000 | - | 200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
options issued for
services at
$0.85 per share
|
- | - | - | - | 126,210 | - | 126,210 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options at
$0.25
per share
|
- | - | 500,000 | 500 | 124,500 | - | 125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for services at
$0.85
per share
|
- | - | 2,590,000 | 2,590 | 2,198,910 | - | 2,201,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for services at
$2.00
per share
|
- | - | 250,000 | 250 | 499,750 | - | 500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in par value to $0.001
|
- | - | - | (65,095 | ) | 65,095 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the year
ended December
31, 2007
|
- | - | - | - | - | (5,657,322 | ) | (5,657,322 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
- | - | 72,327,791 | 7,233 | 5,139,775 | (5,657,322 | ) | (510,314 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Fractional
shares
|
- | - | 609 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
Value
of stock options vested
|
- | - | - | - | 504,839 | - | 504,839 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options at
$0.25
per share
|
- | - | 1,100,000 | 110 | 724,890 | - | 725,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock cancelled
|
- | - | (24,600,000 | ) | (2,460 | ) | 2,460 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Stock
options granted for
services
|
- | - | - | - | 1,893,135 | - | 1,893,135 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Value
of options granted
|
- | - | - | - | 527,805 | - | 527,805 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the year ended
December
31, 2008
|
- | - | - | - | - | (4,140,809 | ) | (4,140,809 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
- | $ | - | 48,828,400 | $ | 4,883 | $ | 8,792,904 | $ | (9,798,131 | ) | $ | (1,000,344 | ) |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
17
Tree
Top Industries, Inc.
|
||||||||||||
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
||||||||||||
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
||||||||||||
From
Inception
|
||||||||||||
For
the
|
For
the
|
on
August 1,
|
||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
2007
through
|
||||||||||
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||
OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (4,140,809 | ) | $ | (5,657,322 | ) | $ | (9,798,131 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net used by operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
26,094 | 1,609 | 27,703 | |||||||||
Stock options and warrants granted for services rendered
|
2,925,779 | 1,620,508 | 4,546,287 | |||||||||
Common
stock issued for services rendered
|
- | 2,701,500 | 2,701,500 | |||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
(Increase)
decrease in prepaid expenses
|
1,236 | (6,400 | ) | (5,164 | ) | |||||||
(Increase)
decrease in security deposits
|
12,424 | (12,424 | ) | - | ||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
(57,848 | ) | 654,737 | 596,889 | ||||||||
Net
Cash Used in Operating Activities
|
(1,233,124 | ) | (697,792 | ) | (1,930,916 | ) | ||||||
INVESTING
ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||
Cash
received in acquisition
|
- | 44,303 | 44,303 | |||||||||
Cash
paid for property and equipment
|
(88,196 | ) | (73,582 | ) | (161,778 | ) | ||||||
Net
Cash Used in Investing Activities
|
(88,196 | ) | (29,279 | ) | (117,475 | ) | ||||||
FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||
Repayment
of related party loans
|
- | (59,755 | ) | (59,755 | ) | |||||||
Bank overdraft
|
6,125 | - | 6,125 | |||||||||
Cash
received from exercise of common stock options
|
725,000 | 825,000 | 1,550,000 | |||||||||
Cash
received from related party loans
|
155,000 | 397,684 | 552,684 | |||||||||
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
886,125 | 1,162,929 | 2,049,054 | |||||||||
NET
DECREASE IN CASH
|
(435,195 | ) | 435,858 | 663 | ||||||||
CASH
AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
435,858 | - | - | |||||||||
CASH
AT END OF PERIOD
|
$ | 663 | $ | 435,858 | $ | 663 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
18
Tree
Top Industries, Inc.
|
||||||||||||
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
||||||||||||
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)
|
||||||||||||
From
Inception
|
||||||||||||
For
the
|
For
the
|
on
August 1,
|
||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
2007
through
|
||||||||||
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
||||||||||||
CASH
PAID FOR:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Income
Taxes
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
NON-CASH
TRANSACTIONS
|
||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for services
|
$ | - | $ | 2,701,500 | $ | 2,701,500 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
19
TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS
A)
HISTORY
On
November 10, 1999, Nugget Holding Company (the Company), a Nevada Corporation
formed on July 24, 1980, merged into Tree Top Industries, Inc. (a Delaware
corporation formed on February 23, 1999). As a result of this business
combination, Tree Top Industries, Inc became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nugget
Exploration, Inc., but since its shareholders took control of Nugget
Explorations, Inc., Tree Top Industries, Inc. was considered the accounting
acquirer. On January 19, 2000, Nugget Exploration Inc. changed its name to
GoHealth.MD, Inc. and then subsequently to Tree Top Industries,
Inc.
Effective
November 1, 2007, the Company closed its Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
with the Ludicrous Inc., (the Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Company acquired
all of the issued and outstanding shares of Ludicrous, Inc. At closing, the
stockholders of Ludicrous, Inc received 68 million shares of the Company's
common stock which represented 98.6% of the outstanding post-agreement common
stock of the Company. Accordingly, Ludicrous, Inc. was considered the accounting
acquirer and the business combination is accounted for as a reverse acquisition.
All financial history prior to the reverse acquisition is that of the accounting
acquirer, Ludicrous, Inc.
The
Company has not realized significant revenues as of December 31, 2008 and is
classified as a development stage enterprise in accordance with SFAS No.
7.
B) GOING
CONCERN
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company
will continue as a going concern. The Company incurred a net loss of $4,140,809
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and has an accumulated deficit of
$9,798,131. During 2007 the Company incurred losses totaling $5,657,322 and is
in default on several notes payable (see Note 6). The Company also has negative
working capital $1,134,419 and $594,711 and negative cash flow from operations
of $1,233,124 and $697,792 as of and for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively.
Since
inception (August 1, 2007) through December 31, 2008, the Company has not
generated any significant business. Through the date of these financial
statements viable operations have not been achieved and Tree Top has been
unsuccessful in raising all the capital that it requires. Tree Top has had no
revenues and requires substantial financing. Most of the financing has been
provided by David Reichman, the present Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and
President. Tree Top is dependent upon his ability and willingness to continue to
provide such financing which is required to meet reporting and filing
requirements of a public company.
In order
for the Company to remain a going concern, it will need to continue to receive
funds from the exercise of outstanding warrants and options or through other
equity or debt financing. There can be no assurance that Tree Top will continue
to receive any proceeds from the exercise of warrants or options or that Tree
Top will be able to obtain the necessary funds to finance its operations. These
conditions raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going
concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might
result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE
2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
A) PRINCIPLES
OF CONSOLIDATION
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ludicrous, Inc. All significant
inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.
20
TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
B) USE OF
MANAGEMENT'S ESTIMATES
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
C) CASH
EQUIVALENTS
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of
three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are
maintained with major financial institutions in the United States. Deposits held
with these banks at times exceed the amount of insurance provided on such
deposits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and
believes that it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash
equivalents. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, amounts in excess of insurance
equaled approximately $-0- and $186,000, respectively.
D) FIXED
ASSETS
Property,
plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets,
ranging from 3 to 7 years for furniture, fixtures, machinery and
equipment.
Leasehold
improvements are amortized over the lesser of the term of the lease or the
economic life of the asset.
E) INCOME
TAXES
Tree Top
follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting for
Income Taxes" ("SFAS 109"). SFAS 109 requires the recognition of deferred tax
liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that
have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this
method, deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the
difference between the financial statement carrying amounts and tax bases of
assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which
the differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are established
when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be
realized.
The
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued Financial Interpretation
No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-An Interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 109 (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in
income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance
with FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 requires a
company to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will
be sustained upon examination based upon the technical merits of the position.
If the more-likely-than-not threshold is met, a company must measure the tax
position to determine the amount to recognize in the financial statements. As a
result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company performed a review of its
material tax positions. At the adoption date of January 1, 2007, the Company had
no unrecognized tax benefit which would affect the effective tax
rate. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had no accrued interest
and penalties related to uncertain tax positions. Net deferred tax assets
consist of the following components as of December 31, 2008 and
2007:
F) REVENUE
RECOGNITION
We
recognize service revenues in accordance with the SEC's Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition, and the Financial Accounting Standards
Board's (FASB) Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21, Revenue Arrangements
with Multiple Deliverables. Revenue is recognized when the price is fixed or
determinable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the service is
performed and collectability of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.
At the inception of a customer contract for service, we make an assessment as to
that customer's ability to pay for the services provided. If we subsequently
determine that collection from that customer is not reasonably assured, we
record an allowance for doubtful accounts and bad debt expense for all of that
customer's unpaid invoices and ceases recognizing revenue for continued services
provided until cash is received.
21
TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
G) STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION
Tree Top
accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the provisions of SFAS
No. 123R, "Share-Based Payment" ("SFAS 123R"). SFAS 123R requires all
share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options,
to be recognized in the financial statements based on grant-date fair value of
the award. That cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee
is required to provide service in exchange for the reward- known as the
requisite service period. No compensation cost is recognized for equity
instruments for which employees do not render the requisite service. The
grant-date fair value of employee share options and similar instruments are
estimated using option-pricing models adjusted for the unique characteristics of
those instruments.
Equity
instruments issued to non-employees are recorded at their fair values as
determined in accordance with SFAS No. 123R and Emerging Issues Task Force
(EITF) 96-18, "Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than
Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling Goods and Services", and
are periodically revalued as the stock options vest and are recognized as
expense over the related service period.
H) FAIR
VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
On
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements. SFAS
No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for
disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements for
fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follows:
·
|
Level
1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
·
|
Level
2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
·
|
Level
3 inputs to valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the
fair measurement.
|
The
carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for the cash and cash
equivalents, receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial
instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short
period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected
realization and their current market rate of interest. The carrying value of
notes payable approximates fair value because negotiated terms and conditions
are consistent with current market rates as of December 31, 2008 and
2007.
I) BASIC AND
DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE
The
Company calculates earnings per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128,
"Computation of Earnings Per Share." Basic loss per share are computed by
dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of common
stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share give
effect to dilutive convertible securities, options, warrants and other potential
common stock outstanding during the period; only in periods in which such effect
is dilutive. For 2008 and 2007, 3,875,000, common equivalent shares were
considered are excluded from the calculation as their effects are
anti-dilutive.
December 31,
2008
|
December 31,
2007
|
|||||||
Basic and Diluted Loss per share: | ||||||||
Loss
(numerator)
|
$ | (4,140,809 | ) | $ | (5,657,322 | ) | ||
Shares
(denominator)
|
|
56,600,297 | 68,699,446 | |||||
Per Share
Amount
|
$ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) |
22
TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
J) RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In June
2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether Instruments
Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities,
(“FSP EITF 03-6-1”). FSP EITF 03-6-1 addresses whether instruments granted in
share-based payment transactions are participating securities prior to vesting,
and therefore need to be included in the computation of earnings per share under
the two-class method as described in FASB Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 128, “Earnings per Share.” FSP EITF 03-6-1 is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15,
2008 and earlier adoption is prohibited. We are not required to adopt FSP EITF
03-6-1; neither do we believe that FSP EITF 03-6-1 would have material effect on
our consolidated financial position and results of
operations if adopted.
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.
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
23
TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
J) RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
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 (that is, January 1, 2009, for entities with calendar year-ends). 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 March 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 March 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 entities 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 adopted SFAS No. 159 beginning March 1, 2008. The adoption of this
pronouncement did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position,
results of operations or cash flows.
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 adopted this statement March 1,
2008. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have an impact on the Company’s
financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE
3 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Due to
officers and directors as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 consists of net cash
advances, bonuses, unpaid wages and unpaid expense reimbursements from David
Reichman of $583,529 and $472,868, respectively. Mr. Reichman was also owed
$192,140 from Ludicrous on the date of acquisition (November 1, 2007). The
Company received cash advances of $155,000 and $397,684 from Mr. Reichman during
the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The Company repaid
cash advances to Mr. Reichman of $0 and $59,755 during the years ended December
31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The advances are due on demand and do not bear
interest.
24
TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
4 - FIXED ASSETS
Fixed
assets consist of the following:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Computer
equipment
|
$ | 126,278 | $ | 57,935 | ||||
Office
equipment
|
22,600 | 2,600 | ||||||
Telephone
equipment
|
12,900 | 12,900 | ||||||
161,778 | 73,435 | |||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(27,703 | ) | (1,462 | ) | ||||
$ | 134,075 | $ | 71,973 |
Depreciation expense was $26,094 and $1,609 during the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
NOTE
5 - NOTES PAYABLE
Notes
payable consist of various notes bearing interest at rates from 5% to 7%, all
with original due dates between August 2000 and September 2002. All of the notes
are unpaid to date and are in default. At December 31, 2008, notes payable
amounted to $113,000. The notes payable were assumed in the reverse
acquisition.
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, accrued interest on the notes was $52,490 and
$45,560, respectively. Interest expense on the notes amounted to $6,930 for the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.
NOTE
6 - INCOME TAXES
Tree Top
has adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 "Accounting for
Income Taxes" and has applied the provisions of the statement to the current
year which resulted in no significant adjustment.
Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 "Accounting for Income Taxes" requires
an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting for
income tax purposes. This statement recognizes (a) the amount of taxes payable
or refundable for the current year and (b) deferred tax liabilities and assets
for future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the financial
statements or tax returns.
Deferred
income taxes result from temporary differences in the recognition of accounting
transactions for tax and financial reporting purposes. There were no temporary
differences at December 31, 2008 and earlier years; accordingly, no deferred tax
liabilities have been recognized for all years.
Tree Top
has cumulative net operating loss carry-forwards of $16,906,074 at December 31,
2008. No effect has been shown in the financial statements for the net operating
loss carry-forwards as the likelihood of future tax benefit from such net
operating loss carry-forwards is not presently determinable. Accordingly, the
potential tax benefits of the net operating loss carry-forwards and other
deferred tax asset items, estimated based upon current tax rates at December 31,
2008 have been offset by valuation reserves in the same amount. The net
operating losses originated in Tree Top, are subject to annual limitations due
the change in control and begin to expire in 2019.
The
income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by
applying the U.S. federal and state income tax rates of 39% to pretax income
from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 due to
the following:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Net
operating loss
|
$ | (1,614,916 | ) | $ | (2,206,356 | ) | ||
Stock
based compensation
|
1,141,054 | 1,685,583 | ||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
474,862 | 520,773 | ||||||
Income
Tax Expense
|
$ | - | $ | - |
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TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
6 - INCOME TAXES (Continued)
The
deferred tax asset and the valuation account is as follows at December
31:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Net
Operating Loss Carryforward
|
$ | 995,635 | $ | 520,773 | ||||
Valuation
Allowance
|
(995,635 | ) | (520,773 | ) | ||||
Net
deferred tax asset
|
$ | - | $ | - |
NOTE
7 - STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
A) NUMBER OF
SHARES AUTHORIZED
Under
Tree Top's charter, 75,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value common stock were
authorized as of December 31, 2006. On November 28, 2007, the stockholders
approved the increase in Tree Top's authorized shares of common stock from 75
million to 350 million shares, changed the par value to $0.0001 and to authorize
50,000 shares of $0.0001 par value "blank check" preferred stock. As of December
31, 2008, 48,828,400 shares of common stock are issued and outstanding. There
are no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.
B) PREFERRED
STOCK
As
described above, the stockholders voted to authorize 50,000 shares of "blank
check" preferred stock. The terms, rights and features of the preferred stock
will be determined by the board of directors upon issuance. Subject to the
provisions of Tree Top's certificate of amendment to the articles of
incorporation and the limitations prescribed by law, the board of directors
would be expressly authorized, at its discretion, to adopt resolutions to issue
shares, to fix the number of shares and to change the number of shares
constituting any series and to provide for or change the voting powers,
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional of other special
rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including dividend
rights (including whether the dividends are cumulative), dividend rates, terms
of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption prices, conversion
rights and liquidation preferences of the shares constituting any series of the
preferred stock, in each case without any further action or vote by the
stockholders. The board of directors would be required to make any determination
to issue shares of preferred stock based on its judgment as to the best
interests of Tree Top Industries.
C) ISSUANCES
OF COMMON STOCK
Effective
January 1, 2008, the board of directors authorized the issuance of stock options
valued at $3,787,174 in exchange for services rendered to the Company which vest
over a two year period. The Company recorded an expense of $1,893,135 for the
year ended December 31, 2008 for the value of the options vested.
On
January 16, 2008, the board of directors authorized the grant of 250,000 shares
of common stock relating to the exercise of 250,000 options. The Company
received proceeds totaling $62,500.
On March
26, 2008, the board of directors authorized the issuance of 850,000 shares of
common stock relating to the exercise of 850,000 options. The Company received
proceeds totaling $662,500.
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company authorized the grant of 1,000,000
of stock options. The Company recorded an expense of $527,805 at the date of
grant.
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company authorized the cancellation of
24,600,000 shares with a par value of $0.0001.
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TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
7 - STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT (Continued)
Effective November 1, 2007, the Company closed
its Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization with Ludicrous and the stockholders of Ludicrous received
68,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The disclosure of shares issued
and outstanding for the Company has been restated to inception as though a
forward stock split had occurred.
On
December 6, 2007, the board of directors authorized the issuance of 200,000
shares of common stock to its directors, valued at $400,000, for services
rendered to the Company.
On
September 24, 2007, the board of directors authorized the issuance of 2.55
million shares of common stock to David Reichman, valued at $2,167,500, for
services rendered to the Company. The shares were issued on November 1,
2007.
On
September 24, 2007, the board of directors authorized the issuance of 40,000
shares of common stock to its directors, valued at $34,000, for services
rendered to the Company. The shares were issued on November 1,
2007.
On
December 6, 2007, the board of
directors authorized the issuance of 50,000
shares of common stock to
its attorney, valued
at $100,000, for services rendered to the
Company.
On
December 17, 2007, the Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock relating to
the exercise of 500,000 options. The Company received proceeds
totaling $125,000.
D) 2007
OMNIBUS STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN
On
September 24, 2007, the board of directors authorized the creation of the 2007
Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the "2007 Plan"). The 2007 Plan was approved
by the stockholders on November 28, 2007. An aggregate of 6 million shares of
common stock are reserved for issuance and available for awards under the 2007
Plan.
Awards
under the 2007 Plan may include non-qualified stock options, incentive stock
options, stock appreciation rights ("SARs"), restricted shares of common stock,
restricted units and performance awards. For a complete description of the Plan,
see Tree Top's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 7, 2007.
E) OTHER
STOCK OPTIONS
The stock
options authorized by the Company prior to the acquisition of Ludicrous, Inc.
are accepted by the combined company and included in the following disclosure.
On October 1, 2007, the Company issued three-year options to purchase a total of
2 million shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $.25 per share to
two outside consultants. Each stock option was sold for a price of $.10 per
option for a total of $200,000. The options expire on September 30, 2010. The
term of the options is divided into two periods, the Primary Option Period which
is from October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008 and the Secondary Option
Period which is from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2010. The exercise of
the options has been restricted during the Primary Option Period. The option
holders can only exercise a maximum of 250,000 shares during any calendar
quarter through September 30, 2008. Therefore, during the entire Primary Option
Period, the option holders can each exercise a maximum of 1 million shares of
common stock. There are no restrictions during the Secondary Option period. The
fair value of the options as calculated under the Black-Scholes model totaled
$1,694,298. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recognized
$1,494,298 of compensation expense related to these options.
On
October 1, 2007, pursuant to his employment agreement, the Company issued five
year options to David Reichman to purchase 1.2 million shares of its common
stock at an exercise price of $.55 per share. The shares vest in 24 equal
installments of 50,000 stock options each, commencing on October 1, 2007. The
fair value of the options as calculated under the Black-Scholes model totaled
$1,009,678. For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company Top
recognized $504,839 and $126,210 of compensation expense,
respectively.
The fair
values of the 2007 options issued were determined using the following
assumptions: risk free rate of 3.71% to 4.05%, no dividend yield, an expected
life of three years and a volatility factor of 312.9% to 285.7%.
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TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE
7 - STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT (Continued)
F) STOCK
BASED COMPENSATION
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors approved for issuance 250,000
stock options to each of its four directors, to be issued effective January 1,
2008, with an exercise price of $4.50 per share, expiring in 2018. The options
vest 1/24th upon grant and then 1/24th each subsequent month. The fair value of
the options as calculated under the Black-Scholes model totaled $3,787,174 which
vested over a 2 year period. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company
recognized $1,893,587 of compensation expense related to these options. The fair
value of these options was determined using the following assumptions: risk free
rate of 3%, no dividend yield, an expected life of five years and a volatility
factor of 202%.
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recorded the value of 1,000,000
stock options issued to a shareholder with an exercise price of $1.00 per share,
expiring in 2018. The fair value of the options as calculated under the
Black-Scholes model totaled $527,805 which was recorded as compensation expense.
The fair value of these options was determined using the following assumptions:
risk free rate of 3.48%, no dividend yield, an expected life of five years and a
volatility factor of 191%.
A summary
of our stock option activity is as follows for the years ended December 31, 2008
and 2007:
Shares
|
Range
of
Exercise
Per
Share
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Remaining
Life
(Years)
|
|||||||||||||
Options
outstanding at December 31, 2006
|
275,000 | $ | 0.50-$2.00 | $ | 0.98 | 4.96 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
3,200,000 | - | - | |||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(500,000 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||||
Expired
|
- | - | $ | 0.98 | ||||||||||||
Options
outstanding at December 31, 2007
|
2,975,000 | $ | 1.00-$2.00 | 1.00 | 3.96 | |||||||||||
Granted
|
2,000,000 | 1.00-4.75 | 2.75 | |||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(1,100,000 | ) | 0.25-100 | 0.66 | ||||||||||||
Expired
|
- | - | - | |||||||||||||
Options
outstanding at December 31, 2008
|
3,875,000 | $ | 0.25-$2.00 | $ | 0.68 | 7.07 |
Information
with respect to stock options outstanding at December 31, 2008 is as
follows:
Range
of
Exercise
|
Number
Outstanding
|
Number
Exercisable
|
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(Years)
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||
$ | 0.25-$0.55 | 275,000 | 275,000 | 0.6 | $ | 1.36 | 862,500 | |||||||||||||||
$ | 1.00-$2.00 | 2,100,000 | 2,100,000 | 2.64 | $ | 0.38 | 1,115,000 | |||||||||||||||
$ | 1.00 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 9.25 | $ | 1.00 | 500,000 | |||||||||||||||
$ | 4.50 | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | 9.25 | $ | 4.50 | 4,500,000 | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
3,875,000 | 3,375,000 | 6,977,500 |
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TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Financial Statements
December
31, 2008 and 2007
NOTE 8 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
A) LEASE
From
January through July of 2008 the Company leased office space on a month to month
basis at a monthly rate of $6,212. Since August 2008, the Company leases office
space in Los Angeles, California on a month to month basis at a base rental rate
of $3,882 per month. Rent expense for 2008 was $68,361 and $14,786 in
2007.
B) LITIGATION
The
Company was a defendant in a lawsuit from another supplier that is also alleging
nonpayment of amounts owed for services rendered. The amount asserted was
$54,712, and a judgment was entered in this matter for $55,512. Tree Top has
included this amount in accounts payable at December 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007.
The
Company was a defendant in a lawsuit from another supplier that also alleging
nonpayment of amounts owed for services rendered. The amount asserted was
$4,298. A judgment was entered for $4,352 and the Company has included this
amount in accounts payable at December 31, 2008 and 2007.
The
Company was a defendant in a lawsuit from a fourth supplier also alleging
nonpayment of amounts owed for services rendered. The amount asserted was
$9,675. Management has included this amount in accounts payable at December 31,
2008 and December 31, 2007.
C) EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
Effective
October 1, 2007, Tree Top entered into a two-year employment agreement with
David Reichman, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to which Mr. Reichman will be
paid an annual salary of $250,000, payable in semi-monthly installments of
$10,417. In addition, Mr. Reichman may be paid a bonus or bonuses during each
year, as determined at the sole discretion of the board of directors and
received stock options to purchase 1.2 million shares of common stock as
discussed above.
NOTE
9 – NOTES PAYABLE
The
Company was a defendant in a lawsuit from a supplier alleging nonpayment of
amounts owed for services rendered. Management settled this lawsuit on November
30, 2001 and issued a note payable for $18,000 due September 1, 2002 with
interest at 6% per annum in full settlement of this claim. As reflected in Notes
Payable, the amount due on this note remains unpaid, and management has
indicated that it has received no demand for payment from this note
holder.
The
Company was a defendant in a lawsuit from another supplier also alleging
nonpayment of amounts owed for services rendered. This lawsuit was settled on
May 1, 2002 by issuing a non interest bearing note payable for $25,000 due on
September 12, 2002. The Company defaulted on this note, has not paid it to date
and received a notice of motion dated October 22, 2002, seeking entry of a
judgment for $30,000 plus interest effective December 6, 2002. The Company
adjusted the note balance to $30,000 and has recorded interest expense at 6% per
annum from May 1, 2002, the date of settlement, through the end of
2008.
The
Company was a defendant in another lawsuit from a former consultant alleging
nonpayment of amounts owed for services rendered. Management has executed a note
payable to this plaintiff for $40,000 which was due on July 10, 2002 and remains
unpaid. Pursuant to the terms of this note, the Company has recorded interest
payable at 7% for the period July 10, 2002 through December 31,
2008.
The
Company has a note payable for $25,000 which is delinquent. The note is
unsecured and bears interest at 7% per annum.
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Disclosure
controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to
ensure that information we are required to disclose is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and
forms of the Commission. David Reichman, our Chief Executive Officer
and our Principal Accounting Officer, is responsible for establishing and
maintaining our disclosure controls and procedures.
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief
Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, we have evaluated the
effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule
13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period
covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer has concluded that, as of December 31,
2008, these disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that all
information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we
file or submit under the Exchange Act is: (i) recorded, processed, summarized
and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rule and
forms; and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our
Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
The term
“internal control over financial reporting” is defined as a process designed by,
or under the supervision of, the registrant’s principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the
registrant’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 and includes those policies and
procedures that:
·
|
pertain
to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
registrant;
|
·
|
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
registrant are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the registrant;
and
|
·
|
provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the registrant’s assets
that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
|
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Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Chief Executive Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer and effected by our 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.
Based on
our evaluation under the frameworks described above, our management has
concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective as
of December 31, 2008.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered
public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s report was not subject to attestation requirements by the company’s
registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only management’s
report in this annual report.
Changes
in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
We have
changed our internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal year
covered by this Form 10-K by establishing a system of external verification of
our interpretations of GAAP with respect to all of our financial reporting
obligations. We have done so by retaining and conferring with
our private certified public accountant, who is now an outside consultant
to the Company. This is done in conjunction with an ongoing
consultation by our independent certified public accounting firm
that performs the audit of our financial statements.
Inherent
Limitations over Internal Controls
TTI’s
management does not expect that its disclosure controls or its internal control
over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all
fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated,
can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s
objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact
that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be
considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent
limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide
absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or
that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within TTI have been
detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that
judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because
of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual
acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or management override
of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in
part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can
be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under
all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls
effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time,
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration
in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.
Our
disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance
of that our reports will be accurate. Our Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer concludes that our disclosure controls and procedures were
effective at that reasonable assurance level, as of the end of the period
covered by this Form 10-K. Our future reports shall also indicate
that our disclosure controls and procedures are designed for this reason and
shall indicate the related conclusion by the Chief Executive Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer as to their effectiveness.
The Board
of Directors consists of five directors. The Board of Directors has determined
that each of the directors, with the exception of Mr. Reichman and Mr.
Cecil, qualify as “independent” as defined by SEC rules. In making this
determination, the Board has concluded that none of these members has a
relationship which, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the
exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a
director.
During
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, the Board of Directors held a
total of 9 meetings. Each director attended at least 75% of the total number of
meetings of the Board of Directors and at least 75% of the meetings of all
committees on which he served.
The Board
of Directors is comprised as follows:
David
Reichman is the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President of
the Company and has been an executive officer for more than five years.
Previously, for more than 27 years Mr. Reichman, who has an MBA, maintained a
Business Management and Tax Law consulting practice. In addition, Mr.
Reichman was involved with the creation of “recycling equipment” for recycling
of non-biodegradable Styrofoam, and was a General Partner in Harrison Recycling
Associates. Prior to that Mr. Reichman was employed by The American
Express Company from February 1970 through April 1975. Mr. Reichman held
several different positions during his tenure and left after serving over two
years as Manager- Budget & Cost.
Frank
Benintendo, Secretary, age 61, has been a Director and Secretary of TTI since
2004. Mr. Benintendo has spent over 40 years in the graphic arts/communication
field. Mr. Benintendo is currently the Chief Creative Director of Dale &
Thomas Popcorn Inc. From 1999-2000, he was the director of Internet development
at ProTeam.Com and from 1998 to 1999 he was responsible for the
creative/marketing of a brand driven company to transform each of the company’s
niche-market catalog businesses into an e-commerce retailer.
Don
Gilbert, Treasurer, age 71, has been a Director of TTI since November 2006 and a
member of the Audit Committee since November 1, 2007. Since 1995, Mr. Gilbert
has been an Enrolled Agent, licensed to practice before the U.S. Treasury
Department and Department of Taxation for all 50 States. Mr. Gilbert worked with
the U.S. Treasury Department from 1960 to 1994 in various capacities. Mr.
Gilbert is a member of the New York State Society of Enrolled
Agents
Chris
Cecil, Assistant Secretary, age 26, has been the Chief Executive Officer and a
Director of NetThruster since November 30, 2007, and a Director and
Assistant Secretary of TTI since December 18, 2007. Prior to joining
TTI and NetThruster, Mr. Cecil was an independent consultant specializing in
telecommunications technology. He earned an Associates of Science
degree in Computer Science from UCLA in 2001.
Michael
Valle, Assistant Treasury, age 51, has been a Director of TTI since September
2004. Since 1998, Mr. Valle has been a sales executive with Mercedes Benz USA.
From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Valle was a Vice President in charge of Investment at
Paine Webber.
The
executive officers of TTI are as follows:
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position
|
David
Reichman
|
|
64
|
|
Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, and President
|
Chris
Cecil
|
|
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|
|
Chief
Executive Officer of NetThruster
|
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David
Reichman is the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President of
the Company and has been an executive officer for more than five years.
Previously, for more than 27 years Mr. Reichman, who has an MBA, maintained a
Business Management and Tax Law consulting practice. In addition, Mr.
Reichman was involved with the creation of “recycling equipment” for recycling
of non-biodegradable Styrofoam, and was a General Partner in Harrison Recycling
Associates. Prior to that Mr. Reichman was employed by The American
Express Company from February 1970 through April 1975. Mr. Reichman held
several different positions during his tenure and left after serving over two
years as Manager- Budget & Cost.
Chris
Cecil, has been the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of NetThruster since
November 30, 2007, and a Director and Assistant Secretary of TTI since December
18, 2007. Prior to joining TTI and NetThruster, Mr. Cecil was an
independent consultant specializing in telecommunications
technology. He earned an Associates of Science degree in Computer
Science from UCLA in 2001.
Committees
of the Board of Directors
The Board
of Directors currently has four standing committees: the Audit Committee, the
Compensation Committee, Outside Advisory Committee, and the Science &
Technology Committee.
Code of
Conduct
We have
adopted a Code of Conduct that governs the required ethical conduct of our
directors, officers and employees. The text of the Code of Conduct
has been posted on TTI’s website and can be viewed at
www.TreeTopIndustriesInc.com. Any waiver of the provisions of the
Code of Conduct for executive officers and directors may be made only by the
Audit Committee and, in the case of a waiver for members of the Audit Committee,
by the Board of Directors. Any such waivers will be promptly disclosed to our
shareholders.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers and persons
who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities, to file
with the SEC and the OTCBB initial reports of ownership and reports of changes
in ownership of shares of common stock of TTI. Officers, directors and greater
than 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies
of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
To TTI’s
knowledge, based solely on Forms 3 and 4 provided to TTI by its Directors and
executive officers and greater than 10% stockholders during 2008, it appears
that all such required reports were timely filed.
Board
Vacancies
In the
event of a vacancy on the Board, the Board will seek to identify and evaluate
director candidates. Such evaluation involves (i) soliciting recommendations,
(ii) meetings and background material relating to potential candidates and (iii)
interviews of selected potential candidates by members of the
Board.
In
considering whether to recommend any particular candidate for inclusion in the
Board of Directors’ slate of recommended director nominees, the Board reviews
each potential candidate’s integrity, business acumen, knowledge of our business
and industry, experience, diligence, absence of conflicts of interest and the
ability to act in the interest of all stockholders. We believe that the
backgrounds and qualifications of our directors, considered as a group, should
provide a composite mix of experience, knowledge and abilities that will best
allow the Board to fulfill its responsibilities.
Stockholders
may recommend individuals to the Board for consideration as potential
director candidates by submitting their names, together with appropriate
biographical information and background materials and a statement as to whether
the stockholder or group of stockholders making the recommendation has
beneficially owned more than 5% of our common shares for at least a year as of
the date such recommendation is made. The recommendation should be sent to the
Board of Directors, c/o Frank Benintendo, Secretary, Tree Top Industries, Inc.
511 Sixth Avenue, Suite 800, New York, N.Y. 10011. Assuming that appropriate
biographical and background material has been provided on a timely basis, the
committee will evaluate stockholder-recommended candidates by following
substantially the same process, and applying substantially the same criteria, as
it follows for candidates recommended by our Board or others. If the Board of
Directors determines to nominate a stockholder-recommended candidate and
recommends his or her election, then his or her name will be included in the
proxy card for the next annual meeting.
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Nominating
Committee
We do not
currently have a nominating committee. We feel this is appropriate due to the
small size of our company. Therefore, this function is handled directly by the
Board of Directors.
Audit
Committee
Our Audit
Committee was established in accordance with section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange
Act. It is chaired by Donald Gilbert, a former US Treasury/IRS executive.
Our Audit Committee does not have charter. Our Audit Committee has
reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with
management, and has discussed with the independent auditors the matters
required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as
amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, Vol. 1, AU section 380),1 as adopted by
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T;
The Audit
Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the
independent accountant required by the applicable requirements of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant's
communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has
discussed with the independent accountant the independent accountant's
independence; and
The Audit
Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial
statements be included in TTI's annual report on Form 10-K.
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
The
following table sets forth the aggregate compensation earned by our Chief
Executive Officer and the Chief Executive Officer of NetThruster during 2008 and
2007.
Name
and Principal Position
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary ($)
|
|
Bonus
($)
|
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
|
Change
in
Pension
Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
|
All
other
compensation
(in
excess of
$10,000)
($)
|
|
Total
($)
|
||||
David
Reichman,
CEO
of TTI
|
|
2007
|
|
250,000
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
250,000
|
||||||||
|
2008
|
|
250,000
|
|
240,000(1)
|
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
490,000
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Chris
Cecil,
CEO
of NetThruster
|
|
2007
|
|
60,000
|
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
60,000
|
|||||||||
|
2008
|
|
60,000
|
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
60,000
|
||||||||||
(1)
|
Cash
bonus awarded for 2007 performance and paid in 2008.
|
The Board
determined the compensation for David Reichman, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer for 2008. While recognizing the Chief Executive Officer’s leadership in
building a highly talented management team and in driving TTI forward,
Mr. Reichman’s salary was maintained at $250,000 for 2008 and a bonus of
$240,000 was paid. Mr. Reichman received no bonus in 2007. This is less
than the competitive labor market median for someone with his skills and
talents, but reflective of our current cash position. TTI has entered into an
employment agreement with Mr. Reichman regarding his responsibility for
implementing the policies adopted by the Board of Directors.
Mr.
Reichman’s employment agreement provides for:
-
a twelve month term through December 31, 2009 at an annual base salary of $500,000;
-
at least one annual salary review by the Board of Directors;
-
participation in any discretaionary bonus plan established for senior executives;
-
retirement and medical plans, customary fringe benefits, vacation and sick leave, and
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Director
Compensation
The
members of the Board of Directors are compensated by grants of stock in lieu of
cash payments, as well as provided with such further payments by grants of
options, etc. The directors were not compensated in either stock or cash payment
this year due to our financial circumstances.
Director
Summary Compensation Table
2008
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
and Principal Position
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary ($)
|
|
Bonus
($)
|
|
Stock
Awards
(Shares)
|
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
|
Change
in
Pension
Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
|
All
other
compensation
(in
excess of
$10,000)
($)
|
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
David
Reichman, Chairman/Director
|
|
2008
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Frank
Benintendo, Treasurer/Director
|
|
2008
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Don
Gilbert, Secretary/Director
|
|
2008
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
0
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Michael
Valle, Ass’t Treasurer/Director
|
2008
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chris
Cecil, Ass’t Secretary/Director
|
2008
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
(1)
Title of class
|
(2)
Name and address of beneficial owner
|
(3)
Amount of Shares
|
(4)Nature
of beneficial ownership
|
(5)
Percent of class
|
||||||
Common
Stock
|
David
Reichman(i)
|
7,118,245 |
Direct
|
11.61 | % | |||||
Common
Stock
|
Chris
Cecil(i)
|
1,500,000 |
Direct
|
2.45 | % | |||||
Common
Stock
|
Michael
Valle(i)
|
1,090,000 |
Direct
|
1.78 | % | |||||
Common
Stock
|
Frank
Benintendo(i)
|
1,090,000 |
Direct
|
1.78 | % | |||||
Common
Stock
|
Don
Gilbert(i)
|
1,070,000 |
Direct
|
1.74 | % | |||||
Common
Stock
|
Justine
Reichman(i)
|
8,600,000 |
Direct
|
14.02 | % |
(i) In care of Tree Top
Indutries, Inc. 511 Sixth Ave., Suite 800 New York, NY 10011
(5) Calulated from the
total of outstanding shares of common stock as of March 31st, 2009
(61,328,400).
The
Company may from time to time provide business services to executives of the
Company or their family members. These transactions are conducted at arms length
and do not represent a material portion of the Company’s revenues.
The
Company’s Code of Conduct provides that when any potential conflict exists, it
must be properly disclosed and an appropriate determination made by the Company.
The Chairman and CEO is ultimately responsible for the determination. The
Company’s policies and procedures were followed in connection with all of the
above.
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Chisholm,
Beirwolf, Nilson and Morrill, LLC have served as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the years ended December 31, 2007 and
December 31, 2008.
Fees for
professional services rendered to the Company during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008 were as follows:
Audit
Fees
|
$ | 31,600 | ||
Audit
Related Fees
|
2,300 | |||
All
Other Fees
|
- | |||
Total
Fees
|
$ | 33,900 |
Fees for
professional services rendered to the Company by during the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2007 were as follows:
Audit
Fees
|
$ | 13,500 | ||
Audit
Related Fees
|
- | |||
All
Other Fees
|
- | |||
Total
Fees
|
$ | 13,500 |
Audit
Fees: The audit fees for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
were for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of the
Company’s annual financial statements, assistance with review of documents filed
with the SEC, consents and other services required to be performed by our
independent registered public accounting firm.
Audit-Related
Fees: The audit-related fees during the fiscal years ended December 31,
2008 were for assurance and related services associated with the audit in
connection with adoption of SFAS 159 and a change in accounting
principle.
Tax Fees:
No fees were billed to the Company by Chisholm, Beirwolf, Nilson and Morrill LLC
during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 for professional
services rendered in connection with tax compliance, tax advice, and tax
planning.
All Other
Fees:
None.
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Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April
15, 2009
|
TREE
TOP INDUSTRIES, INC.
|
By: \s\ David
Reichman
|
|
David
Reichman, Chairman of the Board,
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer, President, and Chief Financial
Officer
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: \s\ David
Reichman
|
Dated:
April 15, 2009
|
||||
David Reichman, Chairman of the Board, | |||||
Chief Executive Officer, President | |||||
Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary |
By: \s\ Frank
Benintendo
|
Dated:
April 15, 2009
|
||
Frank Benintendo, Director |
By: \s\ Michael
Valle
|
Dated: April
15, 2009
|
||
Michael Valle, Director |
By: \s\ Don
Gilbert
|
Dated: April
15, 2009
|
||
Don Gilbert, Director |
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