INCEPTION MINING INC. - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark
One)
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ANNUAL
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For
the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008
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TRANSITION
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from ___________ to ___________
Commission
File No. 7900
THE
GOLF ALLIANCE CORPORATION
(Name
of small business issuer in its charter)
Nevada
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35-2302128
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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12926
Morehead
Chapel
Hill, North Carolina
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27517
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(919)
969-2982
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Securities
registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
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Title
of each class registered:
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Name
of each exchange on which registered:
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None
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Securities
registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
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Common Stock, par
value $0.00001
(Title
of class)
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o
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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
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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 preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x
No o
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) 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 Part III
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and
“smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Non-accelerated
filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Act). Yes x No o
Revenues
for year ended July 31, 2008: $0
Number of
shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of July 31, 2008 was
5,800,000.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART I
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ITEM
1.
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BUSINESS
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ITEM
2.
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PROPERTIES
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6
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ITEM
3.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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6
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ITEM
4.
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SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
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6
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PART
II
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6
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ITEM
5.
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MARKET
FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY; RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
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6
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ITEM
6.
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SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
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8
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ITEM
7.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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ITEM
7A.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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ITEM
8.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
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F-
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ITEM
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CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
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ITEM
9A.
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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PART
III
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ITEM
10.
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DIRECTORS,
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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ITEM
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EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
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ITEM
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SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
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12
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ITEM
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
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13
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ITEM
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PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
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PART
IV
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13
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ITEM
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EXHIBITS,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
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SIGNATURES
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PART
I
Item
1. Business.
The Golf
Alliance Corporation was incorporated in the State of Nevada in July
2007. We are a service-based firm that hopes to provide opportunities
for golfers to play on private courses normally closed to them because of
membership requirements. Initially, we hope to focus on obtaining
agreements with private golf clubs in specified geographic regions of the
country. Eventually we hope to expand the reach of The Golf Alliance
Corporation across all regions of the United States. We are a
development stage service company, and we anticipate that our development period
will be executed in three stages. We are currently in our initial
stage. We have obtained lists of private clubs in our targeted
regions and have sent initial contact emails to the General Managers of over 20
private clubs.
Concept
Our goal
is that golfers will no longer join a single private golf country club, but
rather The Golf Alliance Corporation. The current membership system
makes multi-club membership for an individual expensive and
impractical. We hope that flexibility and variety will drive
customers from single location memberships to a multi-regional and nationwide
golf membership where we allow our members to play at numerous
courses. We hope to be a member at each different golf club and thus
so will our members. It is our intention that our initial market will
consist of current and future members of new and under-utilized private golf
clubs in our regional area. However, since we have no initial market
at this time we can not be sure what and who such market will actually consist
of once we commence operations.
Currently,
if a golfer wants to play at a private golf course, the golfer must either join
that club, or find someone to bring them on as a guest. The current
system, setup by golf club owners, allows only members or their guests to play
their respective courses. This makes it almost impossible for someone
to play a variety of private courses with any regularity, which forces golfers
to give up this desired variety and flexibility to instead play at one
particular private golf club. Public golf clubs, on the other hand,
provide the flexibility the golfers are looking for, but at the expense of
quality and membership privileges.
Our
initial entry will be in the concentrated golf course areas of Florida, New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Washington D.C. Golfers that join us will be
members at all of our member courses. It is our intention to attract private
clubs that are near one another in the geographic markets we have selected. This
will allow member golfers to play different courses near where they live. As one
of the benefits of becoming our member, golfers will also able to choose to play
other member course of interest when traveling.
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After we
have penetrated these markets our growth with turn towards the major urban and
then suburban areas of the United States. We hope clubs that are not
in participation with us will be inclined to join to gain access to our
members.
Before
golf clubs join us, club owners and club boards of directors will have to
approve the decision. In member owned clubs this will most likely require a
membership vote. Our member golfers will be limited to 10 rounds of golf per
member golf course per year. We are limiting the amount of rounds that each
member golfer can play at a certain club since we believe this will allow us get
approval to play at more clubs.
At this
time we have no facts upon which to base this limitation of 10 rounds of golf
per member golf club since it is just an estimate of what we believe the clubs
will generally allow. We are trying to limit the number of times a member
can play at any one club to 10 times per year to convince clubs to allow out
members to play on their course. We believe that this will provide
the golfers with a reasonable amount of rounds at any one club but limits the
rounds so that the club does not feel they will have too much play from our
members and which would cause issues with their own private club members.
Notwithstanding same, it is possible that we may need to increase of decrease
such amount based upon the feedback that we receive from potential members and
clubs as we proceed with out plan of operations.
The
following table summarizes the pricing structure for the Golf
Alliance:
Level
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Initiation
Fee
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Mo.
Fee
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Benefits
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Family
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10,000
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350
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Full Lifetime Family Membership for Member and Spouse plus playing option
for children under 18 years of age.
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Cart Fee only
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Maximum 10 Rounds per Club per Year
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Single
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7,000
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250
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Full Lifetime Single Membership for Member
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Cart Fee only
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Maximum 10 Rounds per Club per Year
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Uplift
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5,000
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Single
$250; Family $350
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Full Single / Lifetime Family
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Cart Fee only
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Maximum 10 Rounds per Club per Year except for any club for which the
Uplift member is also a private
member.
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Revenue
Distribution and Apportionment
As set
forth in the chart above, our members will not pay a fee to us or to the member
clubs each time they use a course. The only fees that the members
will pay and that the only fees the member clubs will receive each time one of
our members plays at a course is the cart fee. All of the fees
generated by us are the initiation fee and monthly fee as set forth
above. Rather than receiving greens fees or other fees each time a
member plays at a course, the member club will receive a portion of our annual
revenue based upon how often our members use their club. We will pay out 75% of
all the initiation fees and dues collected each year from members to each of our
member clubs. The portion that each member club will receive will be
based on the percentage of the rounds played at their club by member
golfers as a percent of all rounds played by golfers at all member
clubs.
For
example: If we generated $100,000 in revenues in 2008 and there were three
member clubs then these member clubs will receive a portion of $75,000 (75%
of $100,000). The portion they will receive will depend upon the
rounds of golf played by our members during the year. If members
played 3, 7, and 10 rounds, respectively, at those clubs for the year, the first
club would get 3/20 ($11,250 or 15% of the $75,000) of the revenue, second 7/20
($26,250 or 35% of the $75,000) and the third 1/2 ($37,500 or 50% of the
$75,000) of the revenue allocated to the clubs. The large percentage
payout of 75% of all the initiation and dues collected is intended to attract
clubs to us. We are structured to be a low overhead operation and
therefore a large percent of our revenues may be paid out to member golf clubs
and we can still show growth and profitability. The balance of the
$25,000 (25%) percent is retained by us.
Industry
Customer and End
User
We
project that our customer base will be comprised of two types of
customers: corporate and individual members. These
customer types will have different influencers and motivating factors that drive
their desire to join us.
The
corporate customer can be defined as those businesses that rely heavily on sales
people who entertain their clients often and which have executives who are
dispersed across the country. They have largely been shut out of many
private clubs due to the inflexibility that they provide to the
corporation. Corporations often can not afford to provide
entertainment facilities for their executives and sales people at reasonable
prices due to the vast number of employees that many of these corporations
employ. Our services will provide these executives and sales people
access to numerous golf club facilities in different regional
areas. Multiple players could be added to one corporate
membership.
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We hope
the individual customer is willing to pay a premium for added flexibility and
would enjoy being a member of multiple clubs due to variety of
play. Current members of clubs would be given the option to upgrade
their current membership into our alliance for an additional
fee. These members would then no longer pay their club’s monthly
dues, but would instead pay us directly and gain access to the rest of the clubs
in our alliance.
Retention
of members will be driven be the desire for continued variety and future growth
in the number of our participating golf clubs. Our business plan hopes to
retain golf clubs by fees paid and continued revenue brought to the clubs by our
services.
Our most
important attribute rests in the additional private clubs and quality golf
courses that would now be available to those who could not previously enjoy
them. We offer the value of flexibility and variety to golfers. Joining a
private golf club requires both ample funds and commitment. The golfer is not
only committing a large amount of money to a particular club, but also
committing to playing the same golf course. This commitment to a particular golf
course can be increased with the monthly dues and restaurant minimums that are
required for golf club membership. The more commitments that are made to a
particular club the less flexibility and variety are available to that golfer.
Our service eliminates the need to make a financial commitment to any one
particular club and by doing so we open the doors to numerous courses golfers
would not otherwise have the means to patron.
Competition
Our
competitors can be categorized into three major groups and they are (i)
individual golf courses (“IGCs”) and country clubs, (ii) IGCs and country clubs
with reciprocity agreements, and (iii) other golf alliances. The IGCs
and country clubs are competitors because to entice individuals or corporations
(“customers”) to join us there must be a perception of value received by the
customer. IGCs with reciprocity agreements are more direct
competitors than the former because these organizations offer the customer to
play at more than one golf course, albeit on a much more limited basis than we
offer. Other alliances are our direct competitors. These
organizations can be divided into two principal groups; nationwide and regional
competitors.
The
current companies in competition with The Golf Alliance are limited to private
regional providers, incentive programs or corporate owned
properties. The most notable regional provider is the Georgia
Alliance of Private Clubs. This alliance is a partnership between 26
business, golf and tennis, and athletic clubs in the Atlanta area. It
is a private alliance built between the different clubs that allows its members
to enjoy slight discounts outside their home club. Membership in the
club is an option to members of the 26 member clubs and is an extra
charge. The services provided by the Georgia Alliance are very
similar to that of the Golf Alliance but on a much smaller and limited regional
scale.
ClubCorp
is a well known golf club membership company that owns and runs over 170 courses
in the United States, mostly located in Texas, Florida and
California. Their membership package allows for shared membership in
all ClubCorp courses, but only at ClubCorp courses. ClubCorp has
built few courses over the past 5 years and it seems their expansions have
stalled. Additionally, ClubCorp Inc., the entity that created ClubCorp, was
recently purchased by KSL Capital Partners, LLC. Their future plans
for expansion are unknown.
Perhaps
the most notable competitor is InVicta, the only major nationwide group. InVicta
has club affiliation in 36 states and claims to have 1,000 club affiliations,
but has limited services. They primarily offer their member a 20-30% price
reduction on golf rounds off guest rates. This operates more as a
quasi-membership organization, as InVicta members have limited access to private
clubs and pay higher prices. Members have some ability to play a variety of
courses, but are never truly members of the affiliated clubs. In general,
InVicta offers price reductions at public courses and access to few private
courses.
Marketing
Awareness Plan
Target
Audience
Our goal
is to become the premiere membership golf community; offering the most courses,
providing the best service, and making the consumer’s golf experience the best
and most affordable it can possibly be. Our objective and philosophy is to
attract new member golf clubs and core golfers to join the ever-expanding web of
private golf clubs across the United States and eventually abroad. The more
private clubs that join, the more appeal we will have and the more resources the
company will have at hand which will help to lower operating costs and thus
reduce membership fees, thereby attracting more and more avid golfers.
Ultimately, we hope to expand oversees as well as target the top tier private
golf course community in the U.S.
Our
primary target audience four our marketing effort consists of separate groups,
each of which we hope to market to in vastly different ways. The first group
includes the new and up-and-coming private golf courses in the Northeast and
Southeast United States . These are clubs that are not considered top tier. They
are struggling to attract members and thus would benefit greatly from an
alliance like the one proposed. They may be located in regions where there is
already one or more established private clubs and therefore members are
reluctant to make the switch – golfers are content with their current situation.
They may also be located in relatively remote, unpopulated areas where it is
difficult to generate new members.
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The next
group consists of already established private golf clubs across Northeast and
Southeast United Statesthat see the potential benefit of joining such an
alliance – increased membership. These clubs have been in existence
more than two years but may be searching for additional members due to low
current numbers or expansion of their facility (adding a second 18 holes,
etc.).
Once
these two groups are recognized, the next step is to target the end users, the
golfers themselves. This group can not be targeted prematurely or
they will not be enticed to join due to too few course options. A
solid number of the private clubs must be established prior to marketing to the
core golfers.
Specific
Customer: New and under-member private golf clubs in the Northeast
and Southeast U.S.
End
User:
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Primary
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Core male golfers, age 45-54, with household income over
$75,000.
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Secondary
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Core male golfers, age 55-74, with household income over
$75,000.
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Roll-Out
Strategy
Phase
I – Personal Selling Effort to Initial Private Club Targets
Our first
step in the marketing plan is to contact private clubs in the two selected
regions to provide information to them about the benefits of joining our
alliance. Because most of these private clubs will not be familiar with the
concept of an alliance of private golf clubs, a professional and informative
fact sheet will be developed to send to the selected target private clubs once
contacted. A web site with more detailed information for both golf clubs and
prospective individual members has been created. We plan to contact 100 selected
private clubs in the two markets once the materials and website have been
developed. To date we have made initial contact with 20 private clubs. Our
President and CEO, John Fahlberg, will handle all duties associated with this
phase. It is expected that this initial selling process will be time consuming
and will require multiple contacts with each prospective club. It is expected
that this phase will take approximately one year, however, to date this phase
has not commenced yet.
Phase
II – Building private club base
Once we
have signed up 20 private clubs we hope to launch an expanded marketing program
to the remaining private clubs. When we have 20 clubs signed up it
should make it easier to attract additional clubs. The following
marketing programs will be launched to attract additional private
clubs:
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Press
releases through local news publications touting our services and our
private club members.
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Direct
mail to the remaining clubs in the target markets indicating that 20 clubs
have joined us, along with information about the benefits of joining our
alliance.
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E-mails
to the General Managers and Presidents of the Boards of Directors of the
targeted clubs with similar information contained in the direct mail
piece.
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Follow-up
telephone call to each club two weeks after the direct mail drop and email
to assess interest. Once a club expresses interest, it is expected
that the selling process will be similar to Phase I
efforts. The time frame may be shortened as prospective new
clubs will be able to call clubs that already joined to get their advice
and to ask why they joined and how they obtained board and membership
approval. We estimate that this effort will last approximately six
to nine months with the goal of gaining an additional 20 clubs to the
Alliance.
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Phase
III – Sales Promotion and Advertising to Core Golfers (End Users)
With an
established member base, the next phase is to begin targeting the end user, the
core golfer. We believe that through a targeted marketing effort to
this segment can not only gain new members but also generate interest for our
alliance through the power of word of mouth. It is believed that those who hear
our message will mention it to friends and family while playing
golf. The more interest that can be created among core golfers, the
more private clubs will want to sign on to accommodate these
golfers. The marketing plan to attract golfers includes the
following:
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Purchase
a mailing list from Golf Digest, Golf Magazine or Golf Travel &
Leisure. Based upon conversations between our management and a
broker we believe that this list will cost $2,750 for a list of 50,000
golfers in our targeted states.
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Direct
mail postcards to potential golfers with information on our alliance and a
postage paid response for those wanting more information. We
believe that this will cost about $13,000 based upon direct mail to 50,000
golfers at a bulk mail rate of $.24 each plus a prepaid return card from
approximately six (6%) percent or 3,000 golfers at $.24
each.
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Make
phone calls to those golfers that requested further
information. We expect that this will require hiring and
training telesales individuals to make the calls. We expect that sales
calls to the 3,000 responding golfers by two telesales people at 20 calls
per sales person per day would take about 75 business days or 4
months. We anticipate the cost to be approximately $12 per hour
for telesales person for approximately 4 months for a total of about
$16,600.
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Update
our web site to show the private clubs that have joined our alliance and
to allow golfers to join us via the website. We believe that
this will be a minimal cost to us.
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Product
Design
Model
We hope
to target middle tier regional private golf clubs that are under subscribed or
new. These courses will likely be more open to joining The Golf
Alliance than long standing, higher end private clubs that are more likely to
have full memberships. Our initiation fee and dues structure was developed based
on targeting these types of private clubs. Since golfers that are not private
club members can’t play these middle tier clubs currently, we believe they will
be inclined to join to gain access to private clubs that they couldn’t afford to
play before. We hope to avoid the competitive upper tier golf club market that
is dominated by our competition. Our positioning strategy is first to
sign on an adequate number of targeted private golf clubs as members into the
alliance and then to target the core golfer market and obtain golf
members. Once an established number of golf clubs and core golfers
are obtained, we expect that it will become easier to continue to sign on new
member clubs and golfers.
Before we
can become fully operational we must first collect marketing data and produce
materials. Our President, John Fahlberg, will lead the effort to
develop marketing and sales materials necessary to begin approaching golf
clubs. During our first year, it is expected that John Fahlberg will
focus upon signing golf clubs into the alliance and achieving a solid membership
of 10 courses in each of two regions. Upon completion of these goals
in the first year, it is expected that he will change focus from signing new
clubs to signing golfers. The new golf members will pay the
Initiation Fee and Monthly Fees according to the level of membership the golfer
decides.
Our main
headquarters and operations department in Chapel Hill, NC. However, we are truly
run by the individual private golf club members. We expect that our corporate
office will be responsible for financial matters including generating fee
structure and income. Our business plan expects the core golfer to pay their
entire membership dues directly to the Company and then we would then pay the
individual private clubs their portion. We expect that the core golfers will pay
cart fees, restaurant minimums and any additional club benefits directly to the
private clubs.
We expect
the corporate office to also be responsible for all of our marketing efforts and
new business generation, including direct sales, advertising, public relations
and promotion. We expect the initial sales effort will be conducted by our
President and CEO. He will be solely responsible for Golf Alliance operations
and sales through Phase I and II. Mr. Fahlberg will continue to handle most of
the efforts of Phase III. He will be responsible for obtaining mailing lists,
directing the development of marketing materials and getting direct marketing
materials disseminated to potential members. Additional support will be hired on
a part time basis during Phase III to make telesales to prospective
members.
We are
designed to be a central entity with direct contact with both private clubs in
its membership and the core golfers that have joined. Both target groups will
have access to all services we provide and are expected to direct all inquiries
to corporate. We are strictly a service-oriented company, with no
bricks-and-mortar features other than the corporate office. We expect the
corporate office will be staffed with a 1-800 call center responsible for all
payment transactions and any inquiries that either the private clubs or the
individual golfers may have. However, the call center is not responsible for
making tee times or any other type of event scheduling for individual golfers.
Should a member be unable to play one of our participating golf courses at a
certain time due to overbooking, it is the private club’s responsibility to deal
with the situation.
In order
to obtain exclusivity, we hope to contractually prohibit all member golf clubs
from joining any other golf management system. All private clubs we
target will not have any other current relationships with golf management
companies. Our objective is to differentiate ourselves from all other
management systems through the courses it chooses and its
clientele.
Operations and Supply
Chain
We have
been constructed to provide a maximum amount of value to golf clubs and golfers
at a minimum cost. By not actually owning the golf courses, clubs or
any significant assets, we hope to be able to limit total
costs.
Our model
is essentially a service based model that links the needs and desires of both
golf courses and golfers with each other for mutual
benefit.
By doing
this, we expect to be able to take a percentage of total revenue (Initiation and
Monthly Fees) while delivering the majority of the revenue to the golf
clubs. We expect our major cost outlays to be our
marketing/advertising budget.
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The goal
of our model is to keep the current player/golf course relationship
intact. The golfer will continue to call the desired course for tee
times and general availability times. Each member will be given a
membership number which will be required when making tee times or dinner
reservations. We expect this process to allow us to limit the total
cost incurred in providing services, and to track the number of rounds played by
each member at each golf club. This information will be used when
calculating the payment to each golf course each month.
We have
essentially adopted an outsourcing model where the actual golf course ownership
and maintenance is done through the privately owned golf
courses. This design allows for little upfront and ongoing
costs. We hope to bring the value of new members to our member golf
courses. We expect the value brought to the golfers will be the
flexibility and variety of play that was not previously available through the
traditional golf course membership system.
We hope
to receive revenue through Initiation and Monthly Fees. Since most
golf members prefer to join in the spring time, we hope to see a significant
jump in revenue during the second quarter of each year. We expect
that the Monthly Fees paid by the members will provide a steady stream of
revenue and cash flow throughout each year.
We expect
that our success will depend on the number and quality of golf courses that we
sign. Our first year is the most pivotal to our overall
success.
Membership
will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the membership
contracts. These contracts will be drawn up during our first year of operations.
In short, the member golf courses will be signed up for a predetermined amount
of time, as negotiated with the golf courses. Golf members will be granted a
lifetime membership, as long as Monthly Fees are paid. Withdrawal by golf
members is permitted at anytime, but the Initiation Fee is
nonrefundable.
Because
the Company is still in its initial development stages the Company’s operating
expenses largely consist of professional fees. For the first year of the
Alliance, there will be no revenue generated and therefore the Company will
operate at a loss. The Company has successfully raised $80,000 through its
private placement and expects that this will be sufficient for the Company to
proceed through Phase I and Phase II of the Company’s Plan of Operations. If the
Company is able to complete the first two phases of its Plan of Operations
within the estimated cost ranges as outlined in the Plan of Operations, the
Company expects that it will only require an additional funding of $50,000 to
complete Phase III. Therefore, funding will be necessary for the Company to
complete Phase III of the Company Plan of Operations.
Item
2. Description
of Property.
Our
principal executive office location and mailing address is 12926 Morehead,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27517. Currently, this space is sufficient to meet
our needs; however, if we expand our business to a significant degree, we will
have to find a larger space.
Item
3. Legal
Proceedings.
There are
no legal proceedings pending or threatened against us.
Item
4. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
PART
II
Item
5. Market
for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases
of Equity Securities.
Public Market for Common
Stock
Our
common stock has been quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol
"GOFA.OB" since 2008. The following table sets forth the range of
quarterly high and sales prices of the common stock as reported on March 24,
2008 for the periods indicated:
Price
Information*
|
||
Financial
Quarter Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
April
31, 2008
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
July
31, 2008
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
* The
quotations do not reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down
or commission and may not represent actual transactions.
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The
source of the high and low sales price information is Nasdaq.com.
The
Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule 15g-9 which establishes the
definition of a “penny stock,” for purposes relevant to us, as any equity
security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an
exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. For
any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require: (i)
that a broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny
stocks and (ii) the broker or dealer receive from the investor a written
agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the
penny stock to be purchased. In order to approve a person’s account for
transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must (i) obtain financial
information and investment experience and objectives of the person; and (ii)
make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are
suitable for that person and that person has sufficient knowledge and experience
in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in
penny stocks. The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction
in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prepared by the Commission relating to
the penny stock market, which, in highlight form, (i) sets forth the basis on
which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination and (ii) that the
broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to
the transaction. Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in
penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading, and about
commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative,
current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies available to
an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly
statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny
stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny
stocks.
Holders
As of
July 31, 2008, 5,800,000 shares of common stock were issued and
outstanding. There are approximately 41 shareholders of our common
stock and each shareholder of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each
share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote.
Holders
of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights.
Therefore,
holders of a majority of the shares of common stock voting for the election of
directors can elect all of the directors. Holders of our common stock
representing a majority of the voting power of our capital stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, are
necessary to constitute a quorum at any meeting of our stockholders. A vote by
the holders of a majority of our outstanding shares is required to effectuate
certain fundamental corporate changes such as liquidation, merger or an
amendment to our Articles of Incorporation.
Although
there are no provisions in our charter or by-laws that may delay, defer or
prevent a change in control, we are authorized, without shareholder approval, to
issue shares of preferred stock that may contain rights or restrictions that
could have this effect.
Holders
of common stock are entitled to share in all dividends that the board of
directors, in its discretion, declares from legally available funds. In the
event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up, each outstanding share entitles
its holder to participate pro rata in all assets that remain after payment of
liabilities and after providing for each class of stock, if any, having
preference over the common stock. Holders of our common stock have no
pre-emptive rights, no conversion rights and there are no redemption provisions
applicable to our common stock.
Dividends
Since
inception we have not paid any dividends on our common stock. We currently do
not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future on our common
stock, when issued pursuant to this offering. Although we intend to retain our
earnings, if any, to finance the exploration and growth of our business, our
Board of Directors will have the discretion to declare and pay dividends in the
future.
Payment
of dividends in the future will depend upon our earnings, capital requirements,
and other factors, which our Board of Directors may deem relevant.
Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities
None
Equity Compensation Plan
Information
The
following table sets forth certain information as of October 2, 2008, with
respect to compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized
for issuance:
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
||
_________________
|
_________________
|
_________________
|
||
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants
and rights
|
Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
|
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
|
||
Equity
compensation
|
None
|
|||
Plans
approved by
|
||||
Security
holders
|
||||
Equity
compensation
|
None
|
|||
Plans
not approved
|
||||
By
security holders
|
||||
Total
|
7
Item
6. Selected
Financial Data.
Not
applicable.
Item
7. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
This
section of the Annual Report includes a number of forward-looking
statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and
financial performance. Forward-looking statements are often identified by words
like believe, expect, estimate, anticipate, intend, project and similar
expressions, or words which, by their nature, refer to future events. You should
not place undue certainty on these forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from our
predictions.
Plan
of Operation
We raised
$80,000 through our private placement. We need to
raise additional funds in order to continue to implement our plan to
provide opportunities for golfers to play private courses normally closed to
them because of membership requirements. We hope to focus on
obtaining agreements with private golf clubs in two specific regions of the
country. Eventually, we hope to expand across the country. We
expect all business functions will be coordinated and managed by our founder,
John Fahlberg. He will be the sole employee through the early stages
of the company and will conduct all administrative, marketing, sales and
operations functions. He plans to devote about 25% of his time
to us. Our first goal is to enroll 20 private golf clubs. The
initial task was to contact 100 private golf clubs in the northeast and
southeast sections of the country to determine interest in joining our
alliance. The list of 100 private clubs was developed by purchasing
and researching the private club data base developed by the National Golf
Foundation. This has been completed and cost us $298 to acquire the lists from
the National Golf Foundation. Now that the initial list has been
acquired, we have emailed General Mangers at 20 private clubs. Mr.
Fahlberg plans to continue contacting clubs and following up with them to gauge
their interest in joining The Golf Alliance Corporation.
By the
end of second quarter of 2009, marketing materials regarding us will be
developed to inform the private clubs about the merits of joining our
alliance. We expect this to cost $1,000 to $3,000 and take 30 to 60
days. We have developed a website, www.golfalliancecorporation.com. This
cost $1,000 to develop.
We hope
to develop a detailed information package explaining how private clubs would
operate within our system. This should take 30 to 60 days. We
hope to mail marketing materials to the selected clubs. This should
cost less than $200 and take less than 30 days. Follow up phone calls and
emails will be sent to assess interest of the 100 selected clubs once they have
received the marketing materials. This should take 60 to 90
days. We expect to send information packages to those clubs that have
expressed interest in joining our alliance. This should cost less
than $200 and will take less than 30 days.
Follow up
phone calls and emails will be sent to the clubs once they have received the
information packages to determine if they have decided to join the
alliance. This should take 30 to 60 days. An enrollment package will
be sent to those clubs that have indicated they would join. This will
cost less than $200 and take less than 30 days. Follow ups will continue
to those clubs to get the enrollment packages completed and
returned.
The goal
is to get at least 20 private clubs enrolled during this process. The
contacting and follow up process will continue until that goal has been reached
or determined that it is not feasible. If getting 20 private clubs to join
proves to not be feasible we must either cease operations or attempt to raise
more money to develop and execute a more feasible business
strategy.
8
Once the
initial 20+ clubs have enrolled, a marketing program will be developed to
attract 20 more clubs into the alliance. This program will include
sending information to private clubs informing them which clubs have joined,
providing names, phone numbers and email addresses of Club Presidents and
General Managers of those clubs that have joined for their follow up. We will
also request that Club Presidents and General Managers of clubs that have joined
the alliance to contact other private clubs in their areas to promote the
concept. This process cost less than $500 and will take 90 to 120
days.
Once 40+
clubs have joined our alliance a marketing program will be developed to attract
golfers to the alliance. This will include purchasing a mailing list
from Golf Digest, Golf Magazine or Golf Travel & leisure, direct mailing
postcards to golfers, following up on responses to the mailing and enrolling
golfers in the alliance. This will require hiring some part-time
telesales people to follow up on respondents and to contact others on the
mailing list. The initial goal will be to attract 1000 golfers to the
alliance. This process should take 6 to 9 months and cost $30,000 to
$50,000.
Limited
Operating History
We have
generated one full year of financial information and have not previously
demonstrated that we will be able to expand our business through an increased
investment in our product line and/or marketing efforts. We cannot guarantee
that the expansion efforts described in this quarterly report will be
successful. Our business is subject to risks inherent in growing an enterprise,
including limited capital resources and possible rejection of our new products
and/or sales methods.
If
financing is not available on satisfactory terms, we may be unable to continue
expanding our operations. Equity financing will result in a dilution to existing
shareholders.
Results
of Operations for the Year Ended July 31, 2008 Compared to the Year Ended July
31, 2007.
For the
year from inception through July 31, 2008, we had no revenue. We had
a loss of $75,434 on operating expenses of $75,374 for the year from
inception through July 31, 2008.
Capital
Resources and Liquidity
As of
July 31, 2008 we had $7,690 in cash.
We
believe we cannot satisfy our cash requirements for the next twelve months with
our current cash. However, completion of our plan of operation is subject to
attaining adequate revenue. We cannot assure investors that adequate revenues
will be generated. In the absence of our projected revenues, we may be unable to
proceed with our plan of operations. Even without adequate revenues within the
next twelve months, we still anticipate being able to continue with our present
activities, but we may require financing to potentially achieve our profit,
revenue, and growth goals.
We
anticipate that our operational, and general and administrative expenses for the
next 12 months will total approximately $50,000. We do not anticipate the
purchase or sale of any significant equipment. We also do not expect any
significant additions to the number of employees. The foregoing represents our
best estimate of our cash needs based on current planning and business
conditions. The exact allocation, purposes and timing of any monies raised in
subsequent private financings may vary significantly depending upon the exact
amount of funds raised and our progress with the execution of our business plan.
In the
event we are not successful in reaching our initial revenue targets, additional
funds may be required, and we may not be able to proceed with our business plan
for the development and marketing of our core services. Should this occur, we
would likely seek additional financing to support the continued operation of our
business. We anticipate that depending on market conditions and our plan of
operations, we may incur operating losses in the foreseeable future. Therefore,
our auditors have raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a
going concern.
There is
no assurance that the Company will be successful in continuing to raise
additional capital. These financial statements do not include any adjustments
that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties. If we are
unable to raise a sufficient amount of capital to continue to implement our
business plan, we may be forced to pursue a definitive agreement for
the acquisition of our Company through a reverse merger.
Item
7A. Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Market
risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest
rates. The Company does not have substantial operations at this time so they are
not susceptible to these market risks. If, however, they begin to
generate revenue, their operations will be materially impacted by interest rates
and market prices.
9
Item
8. Financial
Statements.
THE
GOLF ALLIANCE CORPORATION
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
CONTENTS
PAGE
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1
|
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
|
PAGE
|
2
|
BALANCE
SHEETS AS OF JULY 31, 2008 AND 2007.
|
PAGE
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3
|
STATEMENT
OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2008, FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY
2, 2007 (INCEPTION) TO JULY 31, 2007 AND FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY 2, 2007
(INCEPTION) TO JULY 31, 2008.
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PAGE
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4
|
STATEMENT
OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY/ (DEFICIENCY) FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY
2, 2007 (INCEPTION) TO JULY 31, 2008.
|
PAGE
|
5
|
STATEMENT
OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2008, FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY
2, 2007 (INCEPTION) TO JULY 31, 2007 AND FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY 2, 2007
(INCEPTION) TO JULY 31, 2008.
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PAGES
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6 -
10
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NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Webb &
Company, PA.
Certified Public Accountants |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors of:
The Golf
Alliance Corporation
(A
Development Stage Company)
We have
audited the accompanying balance sheets of The Golf Alliance Corporation (A
Development Stage Company) as of July 31, 2008 and 2007 and the related
statements of operations and changes in shareholders' equity (deficiency) and
cash flows for the year ended July 31, 2008, for the period from July 2, 2007
(Inception) to July 31, 2007 and for the period July 2, 2007 (Inception) to July
31, 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 the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement, An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial
statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects, the
financial position of The Golf Alliance Corporation (a Development Stage
Company) as of July 31, 2008 and 2007 and the results of its operations, and its
cash flows for the year ended July 31, 2008, for the period from July 2, 2007
(Inception) to July 31, 2007 and for the period July 2. 2007 (Inception) to July
31. 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company
will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 4 to the financial
statements, the Company is in the development stage with no operations has a net
loss from inception of $75,434 and used cash in operations of 572,360. This
raises substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern. Management's plans concerning this matter are also described in Note 4.
The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might
result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/
Webb & Company, P.A.
WEBB
& COMPANY, P.A
Certified
Public Accountants.
Boynton
Beach, Florida
September
9, 2008
1501 Corporate Drive. Suite 150
• Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Telephone:
(561) 752-1721 • Fox: (561) 734-8562
www.cpawebb.com
F-1
The
Golf Alliance Corporation
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||||||||
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
||||||||
Balance
Sheets
|
||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
July
31, 2008
|
July
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Current
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 7,690 | $ | 150 | ||||
Prepaid
Expense
|
5,151 | - | ||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 12,841 | $ | 150 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY/(DEFICIENCY)
|
||||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts
Payable and accrued expenses
|
$ | 1,385 | $ | 799 | ||||
Loans
payable - related party
|
- | 3,100 | ||||||
Total Liabilities
|
1,385 | 3,899 | ||||||
Stockholders' Equity/(Deficiency)
|
||||||||
Preferred
stock, $0.00001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized,
|
||||||||
none
issued and outstanding
|
- | - | ||||||
Common
stock, $0.00001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 5,800,000
and
|
||||||||
5,000,000
issued and outstanding, respectively
|
58 | 50 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
86,832 | 1,080 | ||||||
Deficit
accumulated during the development stage
|
(75,434 | ) | (4,879 | ) | ||||
Total
Stockholders' Equity/(Deficiency)
|
11,456 | (3,749 | ) | |||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity/(Deficiency)
|
$ | 12,841 | $ | 150 | ||||
F-2
The
Golf Alliance Corporation
|
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(A
Development Stage Company)
|
||||||||||||
Statement
of Operations
|
||||||||||||
For
the Period
|
||||||||||||
For
the Year Ended
|
For
the Period July 2, 2007 to
|
From
July 2, 2007 (Inception) to
|
||||||||||
July
31, 2008
|
July
31, 2007
|
July
31, 2008
|
||||||||||
Operating
Expenses
|
||||||||||||
Professional
fees
|
$ | 51,990 | $ | 3,780 | $ | 55,770 | ||||||
General
and administrative
|
18,524 | 1,080 | 19,604 | |||||||||
Total
Operating Expenses
|
70,514 | 4,860 | 75,374 | |||||||||
Loss
from Operations
|
(70,514 | ) | (4,860 | ) | (75,374 | ) | ||||||
Other
Expenses
|
||||||||||||
Interest
Expense
|
(41 | ) | (19 | ) | (60 | ) | ||||||
LOSS
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
(70,555 | ) | (4,879 | ) | (75,434 | ) | ||||||
Provision
for Income Taxes
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
NET
LOSS
|
$ | (70,555 | ) | $ | (4,879 | ) | $ | (75,434 | ) | |||
Net
Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted
|
$ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | ||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
||||||||||||
during
the period - Basic and Diluted
|
5,704,548 | 1,206,896 | ||||||||||
F-3
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
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Statement
of Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For
the period from July 2, 2007 (Inception) to July 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
stock
|
Additional
|
accumulated
during
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
paid-in
|
development
|
Stockholder's
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
capital
|
stage
|
Equity
(Deficiency)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
July 2, 2007
|
- | $ | - | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for services to founder ($0.00001)
|
- | - | 5,000,000 | 50 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In
kind contribution of services
|
1,080 | 1,080 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period July 2, 2007 (inception) to July 31,
2007
|
- | - | - | - | - | (4,879 | ) | (4,879 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
July 31, 2007
|
- | - | 5,000,000 | 50 | 1,080 | (4,879 | ) | (3,749 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for cash ($0.10 per share)
|
- | - | 800,000 | 8 | 79,992 | - | 80,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
In
kind contribution of services
|
- | - | - | - | 5,760 | - | 5,760 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the year ended July 31, 2008
|
- | - | - | - | - | (70,555 | ) | (70,555 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance
for the year ended July 31, 2008
|
- | $ | - | 5,800,000 | $ | 58 | $ | 86,832 | $ | (75,434 | ) | $ | 11,456 | |||||||||||||||
F-4
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
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Statement
of Cash Flows
|
||||||||||||
For
the
|
For
the Period From
|
For
the Period from
|
||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
July
2, 2007 to
|
July
2, 2007 (Inception) to
|
||||||||||
July
31, 2008
|
July
31, 2007
|
July
31, 2008
|
||||||||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
Loss
|
$ | (70,555 | ) | $ | (4,879 | ) | $ | (75,434 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations
|
||||||||||||
In-kind
contribution of services
|
5,760 | 1,080 | 6,840 | |||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Increase
in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
586 | 799 | 1,385 | |||||||||
(Increase)
in prepaid expenses
|
(5,151 | ) | - | (5,151 | ) | |||||||
Net
Cash Used In Operating Activities
|
(69,360 | ) | (3,000 | ) | (72,360 | ) | ||||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
||||||||||||
Repayment
of loan payable- related party
|
(3,100 | ) | - | (3,100 | ) | |||||||
Proceeds
from loan payable-related party
|
- | 3,100 | 3,100 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
80,000 | 50 | 80,050 | |||||||||
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
76,900 | 3,150 | 80,050 | |||||||||
Net
Increase in Cash
|
7,540 | 150 | 7,690 | |||||||||
Cash
at Beginning of Period
|
150 | - | - | |||||||||
Cash
at End of Period
|
$ | 7,690 | $ | 150 | $ | 7,690 | ||||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
||||||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$ | 60 | $ | - | $ | 60 | ||||||
Cash
paid for taxes
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
F-5
THE
GOLF ALLIANCE CORPORATION
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF JULY 31, 2008 AND
2007
NOTE
1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ORGANIZATION
(A)
Organization
The Golf
Alliance Corporation (a development stage company) (the "Company") was
incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on July 2,
2007. The Golf Alliance Corporation is a service-based firm that will
provide opportunities for golfers to play on private golf courses normally
closed to them due to the membership requirements of the private
clubs.
Activities
during the development stage include developing the business plan and raising
capital.
(B) Use of
Estimates
In
preparing financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and
expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
(C) Cash and Cash
Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid temporary cash investments with an original
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At July 31,
2008 and 2007 the Company had no cash equivalents.
(D) Loss Per
Share
Basic and
diluted net loss per common share is computed based upon the weighted average
common shares outstanding as defined by Financial Accounting Standards No. 128,
“Earnings Per Share.” As of July 31, 2008 and 2007 there were no
common share equivalents outstanding.
(E) Fair Value of Financial
Instruments
The
carrying amounts of the company’s financial instruments including accounts
payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair value due to the
relatively short period to maturity for these instruments.
F-6
THE
GOLF ALLIANCE CORPORATION
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF JULY 31, 2008 AND
2007
(F) Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 109, “Accounting
for Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”). Under SFAS 109, deferred tax
assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences
attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of
existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax
bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted
tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those
temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Under
SFAS 109, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment
date.
As of
July 31, 2008 and 2007 the Company has a net operating loss carryforward
of approximately $63,715 and $4,879, respectively,
available to offset future taxable income through 2028. The valuation allowance
at July 31, 2008 was $26,443. The valuation allowance at July 31,
2007 was $1,659. The net change in the valuation allowance for the year ended
July 31, 2008 and 2007 was an increase of $24,784 and $1,659,
respectively.
(G) Business
Segments
The
Company operates in one segment and therefore segment information is not
presented.
(H) Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”. The
objective of SFAS 157 is to increase consistency and comparability in fair value
measurements and to expand disclosures about fair value
measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework
for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and
expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other
accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements and
does not require any new fair value measurements. The provisions of SFAS No. 157
are effective for fair value measurements made in fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007. The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a
material effect on the Company's future reported financial position or results
of operations.
In
February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No.
159, “The Fair Value Option
for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an Amendment of FASB
Statement No. 115”. This statement permits entities to choose
to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.
Most of the provisions of SFAS No. 159 apply only to entities that elect the
fair value option. However, the amendment to SFAS No. 115 “Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities” applies to all entities with
available-for-sale and trading securities. SFAS No. 159 is effective as of the
beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007.
Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of a fiscal year that begins on
or before November 15, 2007, provided the entity also elects to apply the
provision of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”. The
adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material effect on the
Company's financial statements.
F-7
THE
GOLF ALLIANCE CORPORATION
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF JULY 31, 2008 AND
2007
In
December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No.
160, “Noncontrolling Interests
in Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No.
51”. This statement improves the relevance, comparability, and
transparency of the financial information that a reporting entity provides in
its consolidated financial statements by establishing accounting and reporting
standards that require; the ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties
other than the parent and the amount of consolidated net income attributable to
the parent and to the noncontrolling interest be clearly identified and
presented on the face of the consolidated statement of income, changes in a
parent’s ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial
interest in its subsidiary be accounted for consistently, when a subsidiary is
deconsolidated, any retained noncontrolling equity investment in the former
subsidiary be initially measured at fair value, entities provide sufficient
disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the
parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. SFAS No. 160
affects those entities that have an outstanding noncontrolling interest in one
or more subsidiaries or that deconsolidate a subsidiary. SFAS No. 160
is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years,
beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. The
adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material effect on the
Company's financial statements.
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about
DerivativeInstruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement
No. 133” (SFAS 161). This
statement is intended to improve transparency in financial reporting by
requiring enhanced disclosures of an entity’s derivative instruments and hedging
activities and their effects on the entity’s financial position, financial
performance, and cash flows. SFAS 161 applies to all derivative instruments within the scope of
SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (SFAS
133) as well as related hedged items, bifurcated derivatives, and nonderivative
instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments. Entities
with instruments subject to SFAS 161 must provide more robust qualitative disclosures and
expanded quantitative disclosures. SFAS 161 is effective prospectively for financial statements issued
for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008,
with early application permitted. We are currently evaluating the disclosure
implications of this statement.
Accounting
Principles.” SFAS No. 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles and
provides entities with a framework for selecting the principles used in
preparation of financial statements that are presented in conformity with GAAP.
The current GAAP hierarchy has been criticized because it is directed to the
auditor rather than the entity, it is complex, and it ranks FASB Statements of
Financial Accounting Concepts, which are subject to the same level of due
process as FASB Statements of Financial Accounting Standards, below industry
practices that are widely recognized as generally accepted but that are not
subject to due process. The Board believes the GAAP hierarchy should be directed
to entities because it is the entity (not its auditors) that is responsible for
selecting accounting principles for financial statements that are presented in
conformity with GAAP. The adoption of FASB 162 is not expected to have a
material impact on the Company’s financial position.
F-8
THE
GOLF ALLIANCE CORPORATION
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF JULY 31, 2008 AND
2007
In May
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 163, “Accounting for Financial Guarantee
Insurance Contracts-an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 60.” Diversity
exists in practice in accounting for financial guarantee insurance contracts by
insurance enterprises under FASB Statement No. 60, Accounting and Reporting by
Insurance Enterprises. This results in inconsistencies in the recognition and
measurement of claim liabilities. This Statement requires that an insurance
enterprise recognize a claim liability prior to an event of default (insured
event) when there is evidence that credit deterioration has occurred in an
insured financial obligation. This Statement requires expanded disclosures about
financial guarantee insurance contracts. The accounting and disclosure
requirements of the Statement will improve the quality of information provided
to users of financial statements. The adoption of FASB 163 is not expected to
have a material impact on the Company’s financial position.
NOTE
2 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(DEFICIENCY)
(A) Common Stock Issued for
Cash
During
2008, the Company entered into stock purchase agreements to issue 800,000 shares
of common stock for cash of $80,000 ($0.10/share).
On July
24, 2007, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of common stock for $50
($0.00001/sh).
(B) In-Kind
Contribution
During
2008, the shareholder of the Company contributed $5,760 of services on behalf of
the Company (See Note 3).
During
2007, the shareholder of the Company contributed $1,080 of services on behalf of
the Company (See Note 3).
(C) Amendment to Articles of
Incorporation
On July
6, 2007 the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to decrease the par
value to $0.00001 per share from $0.001 par value.
F-9
THE
GOLF ALLIANCE CORPORATION
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF JULY 31, 2008 AND
2007
NOTE
3 RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS
During
the period ended October 31, 2007 the Company received $3,100 from a principal
stockholder. Pursuant to the terms of the loan, the loan bears interest at 8%,
is unsecured and matures on July 31, 2008. The Company repaid $3,100
of a stockholder loan and $60 of accrued interest as of October 31,
2007.
During
the periods ended July 31, 2008 and 2007, the shareholder of the Company
contributed $5,760 and $1,080, respectively, of services on behalf of the
Company (See Note 2 (B)).
NOTE
4 GOING
CONCERN
As
reflected in the accompanying financial statements, the Company is in the
development stage with no operations and has a net loss since inception of
$75,434 and used cash in operations of $72,360 for the period from July 2, 2007
(inception) to July 31, 2008. This raises substantial doubt about its
ability to continue as a going concern. The ability of the Company to
continue as a going concern is dependent on the Company’s ability to raise
additional capital and implement its business plan. The financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company
is unable to continue as a going concern.
Management
believes that actions presently being taken to obtain additional funding and
implement its strategic plans provide the opportunity for the Company to
continue as a going concern.
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Item
9. Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financing
Disclosure.
Our
accountant is Webb & Company, P.A., independent certified public
accountants. We do not presently intend to change accountants. At no time have
there been any disagreements with such accountants regarding any matter of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing
scope or procedure.
Item
9A. Controls
and Procedures.
Evaluation of disclosure
controls and
procedures
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including our
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an
evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined
under Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), as of July 31, 2008. Based
on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial
officers have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the
reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that our disclosure and controls are
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the
reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and
communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems
determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to
financial statement preparation and presentation.
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 by our 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
We have
not made any changes to our internal controls subsequent to the Evaluation Date.
We have not identified any deficiencies or material weaknesses or other factors
that could significantly affect these controls, and therefore, no corrective
action was taken.
PART
III
Item
10. Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Our
executive officer’s and director’s and their respective ages as of October 3,
2008 are as follows:
NAME
|
AGE
|
POSITION
|
John
Fahlberg
|
62
|
Chairman
of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and
Secretary
|
Set forth
below is a brief description of the background and business experience of our
executive officers and directors for the past five years.
John
Fahlberg, C.P.A.
Mr.
Fahlberg owns and operates Fahlberg Consulting & Coaching which is a
consulting service firm. Fahlberg Consulting & Coaching provides
consulting services to development stage companies. Mr. Fahlberg has been
President of Fahlberg Consulting & Coaching for six years. Mr. Fahlberg
has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Golf Alliance since
the Company’s inception in July of 2007. He plans to devote 25% of his time
to the startup and operation of The Golf Alliance
Corporation.
Term of
Office
Our
directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office until the next annual
general meeting of our shareholders or until removed from office in accordance
with our bylaws. Our officers are appointed by our board of directors and hold
office until removed by the board.
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Item
11. Executive
Compensation.
Summary Compensation
Table
The
following summary compensation table sets forth all compensation awarded to,
earned by, or paid to the named executive officers paid by us during the period
ended July 31, 2008 and 2007 in all capacities for the accounts of our
executives, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO):
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation
($)
|
Non-Qualified
Deferred Compensation Earnings
($)
|
All
Other Compensation
($)
|
Totals
($)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
John
Fahlberg
President,
Chief
Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director
|
2008
|
$
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
$
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
Option Grants Table.
There were no individual grants of stock options to purchase our common
stock made to the executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table
through July 31, 2008.
Aggregated Option Exercises and
Fiscal Year-End Option Value Table. There were no stock options
exercised during period ending July 31, 2008, by the executive officer named in
the Summary Compensation Table.
Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”)
Awards Table. There were no awards made to a named executive officer in
the last completed fiscal year under any LTIP
Compensation of
Directors
Directors
are permitted to receive fixed fees and other compensation for their services as
directors. The Board of Directors has the authority to fix the compensation of
directors. No amounts have been paid to, or accrued to, directors in such
capacity.
Employment
Agreements
We do not
have any employment agreements in place with our sole officer and
director.
Item
12. Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters.
The
following table provides the names and addresses of each person known to us to
own more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of July 31, 2008
and by the officers and directors, individually and as a group. Except as
otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly.
Title
of Class
|
Name
and Address
of
Beneficial Owner
|
Amount
and Nature
of
Beneficial Owner
|
Percent
of
Class (1)
|
Common
Stock
|
John
Fahlberg
12926
Morehead, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
|
5,000,000(1)
|
86.21%
|
(1)
|
The
percent of class is based on 5,800,000 shares of our common stock issued
and outstanding as of October 3,
2008.
|
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Item
13. Certain
Relationships and Related Transaction, and Director Independence
In July
2007, 5,000,000 restricted shares of common stock were sold to our founder,
John Fahlberg. The shares were sold pursuant to the exemption from registration
contained in Section 4(2) of the Act. No commission was paid to anyone in
connection with the sale of shares to Mr. Fahlberg.
Our
business office is located at 12926 Morehead, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
27517. This location is the home of our president, John Fahlberg, who supplies
this office space to us rent free.
Item
14. Principal
Accounting Fees and Services.
Years Ended
|
||||||||
|
July 31, 2008
|
July 31, 2007
|
||||||
Audit
Fees
|
$ | 9,740 | $ | 0 | ||||
Audit
Related Fees
|
0 | 0 | ||||||
Tax
Fees
|
0 | 0 | ||||||
All
Other Fees
|
0 | 0 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 9,740 | $ | 0 |
Our board
of directors pre-approves all services provided by our independent auditors. All
of the above services and fees were reviewed and approved by the board of
directors either before or after the respective services were
rendered.
Our board
of directors has considered the nature and amount of fees billed by our
independent auditors and believes that the provision of services for activities
unrelated to the audit is compatible with maintaining our independent auditors’
independence.
PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) Financial
Statements
(1) Financial statements for
our company are listed in the index under Item 8 of this document
(b) Exhibits
EXHIBIT
|
|
NUMBER
|
DESCRIPTION
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation*
|
3.2
|
By-Laws*
|
31.1
|
Section
302 Certification
|
32.1
|
Section
906 Certification
|
* Incorporated
herein by reference to Form SB-2 filed on October 31, 2007.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
THE
GOLF ALLIANCE CORPORATION
By:
|
/s/ John
Fahlberg
|
JOHN
FAHLBERG
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer,
Chief
Financial Officer,
Principal
Accounting Officer,
President,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
|
October
3, 2008
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