LIGHTBRIDGE Corp - Quarter Report: 2008 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10−Q
(Mark
One)
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
For
the
quarterly period ended: September 30, 2008
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
For
the
transition period from ____________ to _____________
Commission
File Number: 000-28543
THORIUM
POWER, LTD.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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91-1975651
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Empl. Ident. No.)
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incorporation
or organization)
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1600
Tysons Boulevard, Suite 550
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McLean,
VA 22102
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(Address
of principal executive offices, Zip
Code)
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(571)
730-1200
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area
code)
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(Former
Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year if Changed Since Last
Report)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
Accelerated Filer ¨
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Accelerated
Filer ¨
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Non-Accelerated
Filer ¨ (Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company x
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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
o No
x
The
number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity,
as of September 30, 2008 is as follows:
Class
of Securities
|
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
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301,395,310
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Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes ¨ No
x
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
THORIUM
POWER, LTD.
UNAUDITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2008 AND 2007
Page
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Condensed
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
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2
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
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3
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
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4
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
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5
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Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
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6
-14
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1
Thorium
Power Ltd.
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
September
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December
31
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
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|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
Assets
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
10,360,068
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$
|
9,907,691
|
|||
Accounts
receivable - reimbursable project costs
|
759,929
|
—
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses & other current assets
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115,586
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204,035
|
|||||
Deferred
project costs
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—
|
371,631
|
|||||
Total
Current Assets
|
11,235,583
|
10,483,357
|
|||||
Property
Plant and Equipment -net
|
211,281
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30,676
|
|||||
Other
Assets
|
|||||||
Marketable
securities - available for sale
|
2,127,429
|
0
|
|||||
Patent
costs - net
|
217,875
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217,875
|
|||||
Security
deposits
|
140,467
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2,049
|
|||||
Total
Other Assets
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2,485,771
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219,924
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|||||
Total
Assets
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$
|
13,932,635
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$
|
10,733,957
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|||
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
3,010,118
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$
|
2,122,649
|
|||
Current
portion long term debt
|
—
|
4,651
|
|||||
Customer
deposit and other current liabilities
|
—
|
1,206,875
|
|||||
Deferred
revenue
|
3,270,000
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3,793,125
|
|||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
6,280,118
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7,127,300
|
|||||
Notes
Payable - long term
|
—
|
5,782
|
|||||
Total
Liabilities
|
6,280,118
|
7,133,082
|
|||||
Stockholders'
Equity
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 authorized shares, no shares
issued
and outstanding
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Common
stock, $0.001par value, 500,000,000 authorized, 301,395,310 shares
issued
and outstanding at September 30, 2008 and 299,014,182 shares issued
and
outstanding at December 31, 2007
|
301,395
|
299,014
|
|||||
Additional
paid in capital - stock and stock equivalents
|
46,744,676
|
41,791,735
|
|||||
Accumulated
Deficit
|
(39,563,035
|
)
|
(38,630,572
|
)
|
|||
Common
stock reserved for issuance, 484,055 shares and 2,000,000 shares
at
September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
|
114,787
|
590,000
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
463,862
|
30,143
|
|||||
Deferred
stock compensation
|
(409,168
|
)
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(479,445
|
)
|
|||
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
7,652,517
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3,600,875
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|||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
$
|
13,932,635
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$
|
10,733,957
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
2
Thorium
Power Ltd.
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
Nine
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
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September
30,
|
||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
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2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||
Revenue:
|
|
||||||||||||
Consulting
revenue
|
$
|
14,863,125
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$
|
—
|
$
|
6,746,500
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Cost
of Consulting Services Provided
|
5,246,875
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—
|
1,862,309
|
—
|
|||||||||
Gross
Margin
|
9,616,250
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—
|
4,884,191
|
—
|
|||||||||
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
5,595,881
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3,907,464
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2,478,894
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1,113,731
|
|||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
497,228
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297,064
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211,779
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141,593
|
|||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
4,172,007
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3,582,344
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1,384,828
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1,127,610
|
|||||||||
Total
Operating Expenses
|
10,265,116
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7,786,872
|
4,075,501
|
2,382,934
|
|||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
(648,866
|
)
|
(7,786,872
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)
|
808,690
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(2,382,934
|
)
|
||||||
Other
Income and (Expenses)
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
162,293
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301,824
|
19,113
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84,888
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|||||||||
Realized
loss on marketable securities
|
(438,750
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Other
expenses
|
—
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(58,600
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Total
Other Income and Expenses
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(276,457
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)
|
243,224
|
19,113
|
84,888
|
||||||||
Net
income (loss) before income taxes
|
(925,323
|
)
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(7,543,648
|
)
|
827,803
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(2,298,046
|
)
|
||||||
Income
taxes
|
7,140
|
—
|
(24,799
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
(932,463
|
)
|
(7,543,648
|
)
|
852,602
|
(2,298,046
|
)
|
||||||
Other
Comprehensive Income Unrealized gain marketable
securities
|
433,719
|
3,274
|
437,234
|
3,931
|
|||||||||
Total
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
$
|
(498,744
|
)
|
$
|
(7,540,374
|
)
|
$
|
1,289,836
|
$
|
(2,294,115
|
)
|
||
Net
Income (Loss) Per Common Share, Basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|||
Weighted
Average Number of shares outstanding for the period used to compute
per
share data
|
300,406,299
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296,297,409
|
299,615,349
|
296,170,196
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
3
Thorium
Power Ltd.
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||
September
30,
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|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Operating
Activities:
|
|||||||
Net
Loss
|
$
|
(932,463
|
)
|
$
|
(7,543,648
|
)
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss from operations to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|||||||
Shares
issued for other than cash for payment of expenses
|
4,500,411
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3,735,500
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
11,593
|
6,213
|
|||||
Amortization
of deferred revenue - net
|
(523,125
|
)
|
0
|
||||
Amortization
of deferred project costs
|
5,246,875
|
0
|
|||||
Realized
loss on marketable securities
|
433,719
|
0
|
|||||
Settlement
Expense
|
0
|
37,161
|
|||||
Changes
in non-cash operating working capital items:
|
|||||||
Accounts
receivable - reimbursable project costs
|
(759,929
|
)
|
0
|
||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
88,449
|
307,013
|
|||||
Security
deposits
|
(138,418
|
)
|
0
|
||||
Accounts
payable, accrued liabilities and other current liabilities
|
(319,406
|
)
|
(999,311
|
)
|
|||
Deferred
project costs
|
(4,875,244
|
)
|
0
|
||||
Net
Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities
|
2,732,462
|
(4,457,072
|
)
|
||||
Investing
Activities:
|
|||||||
Purchase
of office equipment
|
(192,198
|
)
|
—
|
||||
Other
|
—
|
3,274
|
|||||
Net
Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities
|
(192,198
|
)
|
3,274
|
||||
Financing
Activities:
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from issue of common shares
|
49,975
|
—
|
|||||
Payments
on notes payable and other
|
(10,433
|
)
|
(3,685
|
)
|
|||
Net
Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities
|
39,542
|
(3,685
|
)
|
||||
Net
Increase (Decrease) In Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
2,579,806
|
(4,457,483
|
)
|
||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period
|
9,907,691
|
10,927,775
|
|||||
Reclassification
of cash equivalents to marketable securities - available for
sale
|
(2,127,429
|
)
|
—
|
||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents, End of Period
|
$
|
10,360,068
|
$
|
6,470,292
|
|||
Supplemental
Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
|
|||||||
Cash
paid during the year:
|
|||||||
Interest
paid
|
$
|
40
|
$
|
524
|
|||
Income
taxes paid
|
$
|
31,939
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Non-cash
transactions:
|
|||||||
Conversion
of liabilities to equity
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
1,410,884
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
4
Thorium
Power Ltd.
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
For
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 (Unaudited) and Year Ended December 31,
2007
Stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Committed
|
Accumulated
|
Deferred
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
Stock
|
Paid-in
|
Accumulated
|
Future
|
Comprehensive
|
Stock
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Stockholders’
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Deficit
|
Issuance
|
Income
|
Compensation
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2006
|
257,291,709
|
$
|
257,292
|
$
|
23,148,560
|
$
|
(27,177,989
|
)
|
$
|
1,200,000
|
$
|
18,861
|
$
|
(285,200
|
)
|
(850,000
|
)
|
$
|
(255,850
|
)
|
$
|
(3,094,326
|
)
|
||||||||
Issuance
of stock for services
|
808,916
|
809
|
232,678
|
233,487
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of stock for payment of liabilities
|
714,120
|
714
|
277,727
|
278,441
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation - shares committed for future issuance and
issued
|
2,350,000
|
2,350
|
866,150
|
(1,200,000
|
)
|
(331,500
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
Option Expense
|
3,991,317
|
3,991,317
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the year
|
(11,452,583
|
)
|
(11,452,583
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains on marketable securities
|
11,282
|
11,282
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of deferred stock compensation costs
|
395,755
|
395,755
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reclassification
of warrant liability to additional paid in capital
|
1,132,444
|
1,132,444
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cashless
exercise of stock options and warrants
|
888,534
|
888
|
(888
|
)
|
0
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retirement
of treasury stock
|
(850,000
|
)
|
(850
|
)
|
(255,000
|
)
|
850,000
|
255,850
|
0
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
settlement - merger
|
128,139
|
128
|
37,032
|
37,160
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation - officers, directors and employees
|
1,022,927
|
1,023
|
357,002
|
358,025
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reclassification
of temporary equity to permanent equity
|
36,659,837
|
36,660
|
12,004,713
|
12,041,373
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation - shares committed for future issuance
|
590,000
|
(590,000
|
)
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2007
|
299,014,182
|
$
|
299,014
|
$
|
41,791,735
|
$
|
(38,630,572
|
)
|
$
|
590,000
|
$
|
30,143
|
$
|
(479,445
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
3,600,875
|
||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on marketable securities
|
433,719
|
433,719
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
320,350
|
320
|
49,655
|
49,975
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
option expense
|
4,009,315
|
4,009,315
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation - officers, directors and employees
|
60,778
|
61
|
305,971
|
114,787
|
(114,787
|
)
|
306,032
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of deferred stock compensation costs
|
185,064
|
185,064
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued
|
2,000,000
|
2,000
|
588,000
|
(590,000
|
)
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
|
(932,463
|
)
|
(932,463
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
September 30, 2008
|
301,395,310
|
$
|
301,395
|
$
|
46,744,676
|
$
|
(39,563,035
|
)
|
$
|
114,787
|
$
|
463,862
|
$
|
(409,168
|
)
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
7,652,517
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
5
Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
1. BASIS
OF
PRESENTATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Basis
of
presentation
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the
Company and its subsidiary have been prepared in accordance with the rules
and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) including the
instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Certain information and note
disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
have been condensed or omitted from these statements pursuant to such rules
and
regulation and, accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes
necessary for comprehensive consolidated financial statements and should be
read
in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2007, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year
ended December 31, 2007.
In
the
opinion of the management of the Company, all adjustments, which are of a normal
recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the
three-month and nine-month periods have been made. Results for the interim
periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that might
be
expected for the entire fiscal year.
Nature
of
Operations
Radkowsky
Thorium Power Corp., incorporated in the state of Delaware on January 8, 1992
(“Inception”), changed its name to Thorium Power, Inc. in Apri1 2001. On
February 14, 2006, Novastar Resources Ltd. (“Novastar”), now called Thorium
Power Ltd., entered into an Agreement and merged on October 6, 2006 with Thorium
Power, Inc. (Collectively after the merger, all entities are
referred to as the “Company" or “Thorium”). Thorium is engaged in two
business segments. The first business segment is the development, promotion
and
marketing of its patented nuclear fuel designs: (1) thorium/uranium nuclear
fuel
and (2) thorium/reactor-grade plutonium disposing fuel. The Company also has
a
conceptual design of a thorium/plutonium disposing fuel. These fuels are
designed to be used in existing light water reactors. Presently, we are focusing
most of our efforts on demonstrating and testing our nuclear fuel technology
for
the Russian designed VVER-1000 reactors. Operations to date in this business
segment have been devoted primarily to continued development of our fuel
designs, filing for certain patents related to our technology, developing
strategic relationships within the nuclear power industry, and securing
political as well as some financial support from the United States and Russian
governments.
Our
business model expanded in 2007 and our second business segment is providing
consulting and strategic advisory services to companies and governments planning
to create or expand electricity generation capabilities using nuclear power
plants. We have to date secured four contracts with successively larger values
for consulting and strategic advisory services in the United Arab Emirates
(“UAE”). We started working on our first consulting project with the Executive
Affairs Authority (“EAA”) of Abu Dhabi, one of the member Emirates of the UAE in
December 2007 and completed this first consulting project in March 2008. We
secured our second consulting project with the EAA in March 2008 and completed
our second project in June 2008. On August 1, 2008, we signed separate
consulting services agreements with two government entities to be formed by
Abu
Dhabi. Under these two new agreements, we are to provide consulting and
strategic advisory services over a contract term of five years starting from
June 23, 2008, with automatic renewals of these contracts for one year periods,
see note 2c below.
Once
our
reactor fuels are further developed and tested, we plan to license our
intellectual property rights to fuel fabricators, nuclear generators, and
governments for use in commercial light water nuclear reactors, or sell the
technology to a major nuclear company or government contractor, or some
combination of the two. We anticipate having the final design of our fuel
technology for VVER-1000 reactors and demonstration of our fuel in a VVER-1000
operating reactor to commence in the next three to five years. Presently all
our
research, testing and demonstration activities are being conducted in Russia.
Our research operations are subject to various political, economic, and other
risks and uncertainties inherent in Russia.
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Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
The
Company’s future operations and earnings will depend on the results of the
Company’s operations in foreign countries. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to successfully conduct such operations, and a failure
to
do so would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position,
results of operations, and cash flows. Also, the success of the Company’s
operations will be subject to numerous contingencies, some of which are beyond
management’s control. These contingencies include general and regional economic
conditions, prices for the Company’s services, competition, and changes in
regulations. Because the Company is dependent on international operations,
particularly in one country right now, the Company will be subject to various
additional political, economic, and other uncertainties.
We
participate in a highly regulated industry that is characterized by governmental
regulation. Our results of operations are affected by a wide variety of factors
including general economic conditions, decreases in the use or public favor
of
nuclear power, the ability of our technology, the ability to safeguard the
production of nuclear power, and safeguarding our patents and intellectual
property from competitors. Due to these factors, we may experience substantial
period-to-period fluctuations in our future operating results.
Based
on
the revenue we earned from our consulting contracts that we entered into in
2007
and 2008, we are no longer a development stage company in 2008, as we now have
our ongoing consulting and strategic advisory services business segment, having
recognized revenue earned in each of the quarters of 2008.
2. SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a)
Consolidation
These
financial statements include the accounts of Thorium Ltd. (a Nevada corporation)
and our wholly-owned subsidiary, Thorium Power, Inc. (a Delaware corporation).
All
significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in
consolidation. We anticipate forming several foreign branch offices during
the
fourth quarter of 2008, which will be consolidated in our December 31, 2008
consolidated financial statements.
b)
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, requires management to
make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of
the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
These
consolidated financial statements include some amounts that are based on
management's best estimates and judgments. The most significant estimates relate
to valuation of stock grants and stock options, the net operating loss
carry-forward, cost estimates relating to our consulting contracts, and the
valuation allowance for deferred taxes and various contingent liabilities.
These
above-mentioned estimates and others may be adjusted as more current information
becomes available, and any adjustment could be significant in future reporting
periods.
c)
Revenue Recognition
Revenue—at
the
present time we are deriving all of our revenue from our consulting and
strategic advisory services business segment, by offering services to foreign
governments planning to create or expand electricity generation capabilities
using nuclear power plants. Our fee structure for each client engagement is
dependent on a number of variables, including the size of the client, the
complexity, the level of the opportunity for us to improve the client’s
electrical generation capabilities using nuclear power plants, and other
factors. The accounting policy we use to recognize revenue depends on the terms
of the specific contract. All of our consulting contracts mentioned below are
with the EAA of Abu Dhabi, one of the member Emirates of the UAE, and the
related entities to be formed: Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (“ENEC”) and
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (“FANR”).
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Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
Revenue
Recognition – Completed Performance Model
All
of
the Company's revenues recognized for the first quarter of 2008 were recognized
under the completed performance model of revenue recognition for our first
consulting project with EAA (Road Map). The consulting fee under this contract
could have been refundable to our client, under the provisions of this contract,
if we would have breached the contract, such as not deliver the final report
to
the foreign government. We received our fee for this contract in December 2007,
in advance of our billing in March 2008. The total consulting revenue recognized
under this contract during the three months ended March 31, 2008, was
$3,793,125.
Revenue
Recognition—Fixed-Fee Consulting Services
We
recognize revenue associated with fixed-fee service contracts in accordance
with
the proportional performance method, measured by the percentage of costs
(primarily labor) incurred to date as compared to the estimated total costs
(primarily labor) for each contract. When a loss is anticipated on a contract,
the full amount of the anticipated loss is recognized immediately. Our
management uses its judgment concerning the estimation of the total costs to
complete the contract considering a number of factors, including the experience
of the personnel that are performing the services, and the overall complexity
of
the project. Should changes in management’s estimates be required, due to
business conditions that cause the actual financial results to differ
significantly from management's present estimates, revenue recognized in future
periods could be adversely affected.
All
of
the Company’s revenues for the second quarter of 2008 were derived from the
completion of the defined contract deliverables required from the second
consulting contract entered into in March 2008 with the EAA, and completed
in
June 2008. This contract called for on-going consulting services from March
2008
through June 22, 2008. We started work on this project in April 2008. All
revenue earned under this contract, $4,285,000 (which was received in April
2008), was recognized ratably during the second quarter of 2008.
Substantially
all of the Company’s revenue in the amount of $6,746,500 for the third quarter
of 2008, has been derived from the two consulting contracts we entered into
in
August 2008, for consulting services rendered and to be rendered from June
23,
2008 through December 31, 2008. These contracts provide for a total payment
of
$17.4 million, with $10 million paid by the EAA on behalf of two new
governmental agencies to be formed ($5 million paid on behalf of each entity,
a
total of $10 million received in September 2008), and the remaining total
balance of $7.4 million to be paid by each of the new governmental entities
equally, upon their formation. These new government entities will be called
the
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (“ENEC”) and the Federal Authority for
Nuclear Regulation (“FANR”). We will provide strategic advisory services to both
of these entities during the five year term of these agreements. Under these
agreements, revenue is being derived from a fixed professional fee agreement.
We
discuss our consulting work periodically with the EAA to review the work
performed to date, and to plan the scope of future work to be performed.
Once
the
company's thorium-based nuclear fuel designs have advanced to a commercially
usable stage, the company will seek to license our technology to major
government contractors or nuclear companies, working for the US and other
governments. We expect that our revenue from license fees will be recognized
on
a straight-line basis over the expected period of the related license
term.
d)
Segment Reporting
The
Company uses the “management approach” in determining reportable operating
segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and
reporting used by the Company's chief operating decision maker for making
operating decisions and assessing performance, as the source for determining
the
Company's reportable segments. The Company has determined that the Company
has
two operating segments as mentioned above and defined by SFAS 131, “Disclosures
about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”. The two reporting
business segments are our technology business and our consulting and strategic
advisory services business.
e) Deferred
Project Costs
All
costs
directly related to producing the work under the agreements with the UAE, such
as consulting costs, other professional fees and various administrative support
and other costs, are capitalized as deferred project costs (current asset on
the
accompanying balance sheet). Deferred project costs are then recognized or
amortized to an expense captioned, “cost of consulting services provided” (on
the accompanying statement of operations), when the revenue is to be recognized
or when the project is completed. Total deferred project costs that were charged
to expense or cost of consulting services provided for the three months and
nine
months ended September 30, 2008, were $1,862,309 and $5,246,875, respectively.
Indirect corporate overhead incurred that was not allocated to the consulting
and strategic advisory services business segment, is being reported as general
and administrative expenses in the financial statements and in note 4 to these
financial statements (Business Segments), as unallocated corporate overhead
costs. At September 30, 2008, and December 31, 2007, capitalized deferred
project costs totaled $0 and $371,631, respectively.
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Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
Travel
costs and other reimbursable costs under the contract were offset, in accordance
with the consulting agreements, against the balance sheet account captioned
“customer deposit account”, until the total amount advanced by the customer for
reimbursable costs was depleted in 2008. The customer deposit account was money
advanced to us for reimbursable expenses that were incurred in accordance with
the contracts with the EAA. At December 31, 2007, the customer deposit account
was presented as a current liability on the balance sheet. The total travel
and
other reimbursable expenses charged for these consulting contracts that have
not
been reimbursed to us, are being presented on the balance sheet as accounts
receivable in the amount of $759,929 at September 30, 2008. The deferred revenue
balance at September 30, 2008 of $3,270,000 is presented separately, which
represents the unearned balance of the $10 million deposit received from the
EAA
in September 2008, for the consulting work to be performed under the ENEC and
FANR contracts mentioned above.
f)
Cash
and Cash Equivalents reclassified to Marketable Securities
Fair
Value Measurements:
We
adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” effective January 1, 2008 for
financial assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis. SFAS No. 157
applies to all financial assets and financial liabilities that are being
measured and reported on a fair value basis. In February 2008, the FASB issued
FSP No.157-2, which delayed the effective date of SFAS No. 157 by one year
for
non-financial assets and liabilities. On October 10, 2008, FSP FAS 157-3 was
issued to clarify SFAS No. 157. As defined in SFAS No. 157, fair value is the
price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability
in
an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date
(exit
price). SFAS No. 157 requires disclosure that establishes a framework for
measuring fair value and expands disclosure about fair value measurements.
The
statement requires that fair value measurements be classified and disclosed
in
one of the following categories:
Level
1:
|
Unadjusted
quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement
date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities. We consider
active
markets as those in which transactions for the assets or liabilities
occur
with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information
on an
ongoing basis.
|
|
|
|
|
Level
2:
|
Quoted
prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable,
either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of
the
asset or liability. This category includes those derivative instruments
that we value using observable market data. Substantially all of
these
inputs are observable in the marketplace throughout the full term
of the
derivative instrument, and can be derived from observable data or
supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed
in the
marketplace. Instruments in this category include non-exchange traded
derivatives such as over-the-counter commodity price swaps, investments,
and interest rate swaps.
|
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Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
Level
3:
|
|
Measured
based on prices or valuation models that require inputs that are
both
significant to the fair value measurement and less observable from
objective sources (i.e., supported by little or no market activity).
|
As
of
September 30, 2008, we continued to hold approximately $1.6 million of auction
rate
securities
that are classified at a Level 3 fair value measurement. These securities,
which
were recorded at the fair value at September 30, 2008, were subsequent to
September 30, 2008, guaranteed at face value by the financial institution
holding these securities. Based on the fact that we recovered our full cost
basis in these auction rate securities, we have accordingly reported the fair
value of these securities at their full cost basis of $2,127,429 at
September 30, 2008 believeing
that as of that
date
a knowledgeable purchaser would have anticipated the guarantee based on the
reported negotiations between the financial institution and
regulators.
Unrealized
gains and losses and the related deferred income tax effects are excluded from
earnings and reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity, other
comprehensive income (loss). Realized gains or losses are computed based on
specific identification of the securities sold. Our fourth quarter results
will
reflect the full redemption of these auction rate securities by this financial
institution, and the previous realized loss recorded on these auction rate
securities of $438,750, will be reversed through the income statement in
the fourth quarter 2008.
The
reclassification of cash to marketable securities available-for-sale was
recorded on the cash flow statement for the nine months ended September 30,
2008
in the amount of $2,127,429, due to the illiquidity of these auction rate
securities in 2008, and reduced the cash at the beginning of the period on
the
statement of cash flows from $9,907,691 to $8,232,842 (a decrease of
$1,674,849). These marketable securities have various maturities
($800,000 – mature 6/1/30, $825,000 – mature 12/15/39, and $485,000
mature 10/1/08). All of these securities have been redeemed at their full face
value or cost basis, in October 2008.
The
Company’s investments in these marketable securities are classified as
available-for-sale securities under FAS-115, Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities. The unrealized gain (loss) reported on all
securities for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2008 was
$437,234 and $433,719, respectively, which is being recorded in other
comprehensive income and loss for the three and nine months ended September
30,
2008.
3.
FINANCIAL
STATUS OF THE COMPANY – SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
The
company is currently updating its strategic plan for 2009 to determine its
future cash needs. Management anticipates, based on its current projected
working capital requirements, that it will have enough working capital funds
to
sustain its current operations at its current operating level, until sometime
in
2009. In support of the Company’s longer-term business plan, the Company will
need to raise additional capital by way of an offering of equity securities,
an
offering of debt securities, or by obtaining financing through a bank or other
entity to finance its research and development expenditures. The Company may
also need to raise additional capital sooner to support its overhead operation
if the consulting and strategic advisory services business becomes
non-sustaining.
4.
BUSINESS
SEGMENTS
The
Company has two principal operating segments, which are (1) technology and
(2)
consulting and strategic advisory services. These operating segments were
determined based on the nature of the operations and the services offered.
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which
separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by
the
chief operating decision-maker, in deciding how to allocate resources and in
assessing performance. The Company’s chief executive officer, chief operating
officer, and chief financial officer have been identified as the chief operating
decision makers. The Company’s chief operating decision makers direct the
allocation of resources to operating segments based on the profitability, the
cash flows, and the business plans of each respective segment.
The
Company evaluates performance based on several factors, of which the primary
financial measure is business segment income before taxes. The accounting
policies of the business segments are the same as those described in “Note 1:
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.” There is no allocation of corporate
level assets or certain corporate expenses even though they contribute to both
segments. The following tables show the operations of the Company’s reportable
segments for the nine months and three months ended September 30, 2008. In
2007,
the company was a development stage company, so we did not provide any
consulting services and all expenses in 2007 were considered to be corporate
expenses, other than research and development expenses of $141,593 and $297,064,
for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007.
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Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
Consulting
|
Technology
|
Corporate
and Eliminations
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2008
|
September
30, 2008
|
September
30, 2008
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
9
Months
|
3
Months
|
9
Months
|
3
Months
|
9
Months
|
3
Months
|
9
Months
|
3
Months
|
||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
14,863,125
|
6,746,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
14,863,125
|
6,746,500
|
|||||||||||||||||
Segment
Profit (Loss)- Before Tax
|
9,616,250
|
4,884,191
|
(954,365
|
)
|
(376,733
|
)
|
(9,594,348
|
)
|
(3,654,856
|
)
|
(932,463
|
)
|
852,602
|
||||||||||||
Total
Assets
|
—
|
|
217,875
|
|
13,714,760
|
|
13,932,635
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Property
Additions
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
192,198
|
192,198
|
192,198
|
192,198
|
|||||||||||||||||
Interest
Expense
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
40
|
—
|
40
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
11,593
|
8,126
|
11,593
|
8,126
|
5. RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Research
and development costs, included in the statement of operations amounted to
$211,779 and $497,228 for the three months and nine months ended September
30,
2008, respectively. Total cumulative expense has amounted to $5,180,541 from
January 8, 1992 (date of inception of Thorium Power, Inc.) to September 30,
2008. For segment reporting, the Company has included certain costs for the
technology segment that are reported in the statement of operations under
general and administrative and stock based compensation operating expenses.
These additional costs which total $164,954 and $457,138 for the three months
and nine months ended September 30, 2008 respectively are mostly related to
compensation paid to employees and consultants supporting our research and
development activities.
6. STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
Total
Common stock outstanding at September 30, 2008 was 301,395,310. At September
30,
2008, there were 52,051,764 stock options outstanding and 484,055 shares of
common stock reserved for future issuance to our new employees pursuant to
their
employment agreements, all totaling 353,931,129 of total stock and stock
equivalents outstanding at September 30, 2008.
a) Common
Stock Issuances –
On
March
14, 2008, 320,350 stock options that were assumed in the merger and held by
one
consultant were exercised at a strike price of $.156 per share for total
consideration of $49,975. Accordingly, 320,350 shares of the company’s common
stock were issued in accordance with this option agreement. On May 13, 2008,
60,778 shares were issued to our directors in accordance with their respective
director agreements for serving as directors, valued at approximately $0.33
per
share for a total value of $20,000, for services rendered. In September 2008,
a
total of 2,000,000 shares that had been reserved for future issuance to our
chief operating officer and chief financial officer were issued.
b)
Share-based Compensation
Total
stock options outstanding at September 30, 2008 were 52,051,764 of which
33,658,501 of these options were vested at September 30, 2008.
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Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and
2007
Stock
option transactions to the employees, directors, advisory board members and
consultants are summarized as follows for September 30, 2008:
|
2008
|
|||
Stock
Options Outstanding
|
||||
Beginning
of the Year
|
51,354,656
|
|||
Granted
|
1,542,458
|
|||
Exercised
|
(320,350
|
)
|
||
Forfeited
|
(525,000
|
)
|
||
Outstanding
end of the period
|
52,051,764
|
|||
Options
exercisable at the end of the period
|
33,658,501
|
The
above
table includes options issued as of September 30, 2008 as follows:
i).
|
|
A
total of 12,037,500 non-qualified 5-10 year options have been issued
by
Thorium Power, Ltd., and are outstanding, to advisory board members
at
exercise prices of $0.25 to $0.64 per share.
|
|
|
|
ii).
|
|
A
total of 32,918,662 2-10 year options have been issued to directors,
officers and employees of the Company and are outstanding, at exercise
prices of $0.156 to $0.83 per share. From this total, 18,619,906
options
are outstanding to the Chief Executive Officer who is also a director,
with remaining contractual lives of .3-9.2 years. All other options
issued
have a remaining contractual life ranging from .2 years to 9.9
years.
|
iii).
|
|
A
total of 7,095,602 non-qualified 3-10 year options have been issued
and
are outstanding to consultants of the Company, at exercise prices
of $0.16
to $0.5 per share.
|
The
following table provides certain information with respect to the
above-referenced stock options that are outstanding and exercisable at September
30, 2008:
Stock Options Outstanding
|
Stock Options Vested
|
||||||||||||
Exercise
Prices
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
-
Years
|
Number
of
Awards
|
Number
of
Awards
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||||
$0.16
- $0.29
|
4.4
|
18,221,029
|
13,787,017
|
$
|
0.18
|
||||||||
$0.30
- $0.44
|
7.1
|
7,228,555
|
3,092,799
|
$
|
0.34
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
$0.445-$0.63
|
5.5
|
17,402,180
|
9,920,344
|
$
|
0.47
|
||||||||
$0.64-$0.80
|
7.4
|
9,200,000
|
6,858,341
|
$
|
0.76
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total
|
5.7
|
52,051,764
|
33,658,501
|
$
|
0.40
|
The
aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding at September 30, 2008
was
$0 of which $0 related to vested awards. Intrinsic value is calculated based
on
the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the
quoted price of our common stock as of the reporting date ($0.15 per share
as of
September 30, 2008)
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Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and
2007
During
the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2008, $1,733,234 and
$4,500,412 respectively was recorded as stock-based compensation expense in
the
statement of operations (stock based compensation in the amount of $308,405
to
employees and others providing revenue generating services, was presented in
the
financial statements as cost of consulting services, for the quarter ended
September 30, 2008). The result of all the above stock option grants that
occurred after January 1, 2006 for Thorium Power Inc and stock option grants
for
Thorium Power Ltd that were recorded in the statement of operations totaled
$1,626,502 and $4,295,348 for the three months and nine months ended September
30, 2008 respectively (non-deductible for tax purposes, may provide a tax
deduction for the Company when exercised).
Stock
compensation to two executive officers totaled $590,000, as a one-time stock
grant pursuant to employment agreements that they entered into in 2007, was
recorded to deferred stock compensation (total 2 million shares were issued
in
September 2008). The Company will issue additional shares of common stock of
127,626, which was granted in May 2008 to 3 employees that resulted in $36,373
of deferred stock compensation, and 356,429 shares granted to 8 employees in
August 2008, that resulted in $78,414 of deferred stock compensation. The
amortization of deferred stock compensation, recorded as stock based
compensation for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2008
was
$86,732 and $185,065, respectively. The remaining stock-based compensation
was
issued to two directors, as mentioned above, which resulted in recording $20,000
of director fees.
e).
Warrants
There
were 512,556 warrants outstanding as of June 30, 2008, that expired in August
2008. There no warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2008.
f).
Common Stock reserved for Future Issuance
Common
stock reserved for future issuance consists of
|
Shares
of
|
Stock
|
|
|||||||
|
Common
|
Purchase
|
|
|||||||
|
Stock
|
Warrants
|
Amount
|
|||||||
Stock-based
Compensation
|
484,055
|
0
|
$
|
114,787
|
7. INCOME
TAXES
Deferred
income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities recognized for financial reporting
and the amounts recognized for income tax purposes. The significant components
of deferred tax assets (at a 40% effective tax rate) as of September 30, 2008
are as follows:
|
Total Amount
|
Deferred Tax
Asset Amount
|
|||||
Assets
|
|
|
|||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
$
|
11,006,061
|
$
|
4,402,464
|
|||
Approximate
net operating loss carryforward
|
10,000,000
|
4,000,000
|
|||||
Less:
valuation allowance
|
(21,006,161
|
)
|
(8,402,464
|
)
|
|||
|
$ | - |
$
|
-
|
The
Company has net operating loss carry forward for federal and state tax purposes
with substantially all of the net operating losses expected to expire unused
or
not be available to offset future taxable income, due to the Internal Revenue
Code Section 382 limitation for the ownership change that occurred on October
6,
2006. As a result, the amount of the deferred tax assets considered realizable
was reduced 100% by a valuation allowance. In the near term, the company will
compute the actual Internal Revenue Code Section 382 limitation which will
change the reported net operating loss carry forward estimated at $10,000,000,
and the valuation allowance shown above. The Company has no other deferred
tax
assets or liabilities.
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Thorium
Power Ltd.
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For
the Nine Months Periods Ended September 30, 2008 and
2007
The
company had paid income taxes in the amount of $31,939 as many of the company’s
operating expenses in its 2006 tax year were classified under the internal
revenue code as start-up costs which were not deductible for tax purposes,
and
the company had interest income that was taxable for tax purposes. This tax
amount is not included in the above deferred tax asset information as it is
deemed not significant at September 30, 2008. The Company filed a refund claim
to the IRS in 2008 for the federal taxes paid.
8. RESEARCH
AGREEMENT
On
December 27, 2007, Thorium Power, Inc. (“TPI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company, entered into an agreement for ampoule irradiation testing (the
“Agreement”) with the Russian Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
(“Kurchatov”). The ampoule irradiation testing program has been ongoing since
2002 pursuant to earlier agreements between TPI and Kurchatov. Under the
Agreement TPI agreed to compensate Kurchatov for irradiation testing of TPI’s
proprietary nuclear fuel designs conducted in 2006 and 2007. Pursuant to the
Agreement, TPI is obligated to pay to Kurchatov $410,000 (liability accrued
September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007), and Kurchatov is obligated to
transfer to TPI the worldwide rights in all of the test data generated in the
course of the irradiation testing of TPI’s proprietary nuclear fuel designs in
2006 and 2007. Kurchatov agrees not to use, in any manner, the work product
associated with such testing or exercise any rights associated therewith without
the written consent of TPI. Further, Kurchatov is obligated to provide to TPI
and its affiliates specified information and documentation for audit purposes,
and to obtain any and all permits from Russian governmental entities which
may
be required in order for Kurchatov to perform under the Agreement. In addition
to this agreement, there are consulting agreements with several consultants
working on various projects for the company, which total approximately $15,000
per month.
9. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
Commitments
and Contractual Obligations
The
Company has employment agreements with its executive officers, the terms of
which expire at various times. Such agreements provide for minimum compensation
levels, as well as incentive bonuses that are payable if specified management
goals are attained. Under each of the agreements, in the event the officer's
employment is terminated (other than voluntarily by the officer or by the
Company for cause, or upon the death of the officer), the Company, if all
provisions of the employment agreements are met, is committed to pay certain
benefits, including specified monthly severance.
The
Company moved from its prior office facility and has entered into an agreement
to lease new office space, under the terms of a sublease with a term of 65
months commencing August 1, 2008. Under the terms of the sublease, the lease
payments are inclusive of pass-through costs, which include real estate taxes
and standard operating expenses. As of September 30, 2008, the Company has
paid
the security deposit related to this sublease agreement in the amount of
$120,486. The Company pays monthly rental fees in the amount of $40,162 in
the
first year of the sublease agreement, and payments increase by a factor of
4%
each year thereafter. The Company may terminate this agreement by providing
60
days notice to the Sublessor.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”). The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“project,” “target,” “optimistic,” “intend,” “aim,” “will” or similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
include, among others, those concerning our expected financial performance
and
strategic and operational plans, as well as all assumptions, expectations,
predictions, intentions or beliefs about future events. These statements are
based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to us and reflect our current view concerning
future events. As such, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among many
others: our significant operating losses; our limited operating history;
uncertainty of capital resources; the speculative nature of our business; our
ability to successfully implement new strategies; present and possible future
governmental regulations; operating hazards; competition; the loss of key
personnel; any of the factors in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K; other risks identified in this Report; and any
statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. You should also
carefully review other reports that we file with the SEC. The Company assumes
no
obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements,
except as required by law.
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ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF
OPERATION.
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial
statements, together with the notes to those statements, included elsewhere
in
this report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions such as statements of our plans,
objectives, expectations, and intentions. Our actual results may differ
materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements because
of
the risks and uncertainties inherent in future events.
General
Overview
We
are a
developer of proprietary nuclear fuel designs and a provider of nuclear energy
consulting services, each of which will be described in the following
sections.
Consulting
and Strategic Advisory Services Business Segment
For
the
nine months ended September 30, 2008, substantially all of our revenue came
from
consulting agreements, with the Executive Affairs Authority (“EAA”), a
government agency of Abu Dhabi, one of the member Emirates of the United Arab
Emirates (“UAE”). The contracts involved the evaluation of a domestic nuclear
energy program. We were first retained by the EAA on November 30, 2007 to
provide consulting services designed to produce a roadmap that would constitute
the first phase of a feasibility study (“Roadmap”) for a prospective program to
deploy civilian nuclear power plants within the UAE, by acting as strategic
advisor for the entity responsible for managing nuclear energy related
activities in the UAE. The Roadmap contract agreement called for a $5 million
upfront payment for professional fees and expenses, for a 15 week effort to
develop a roadmap with recommendations related to timelines, as well as
organizational structure and priorities for subsequent phases of the country’s
future nuclear energy program. We completed the Roadmap project in March 2008
and then entered into a larger follow-on consulting agreement (“Quickstart”).
The terms of the Quickstart project called for an upfront payment of
professional fees to Thorium Power of $4.3 million. We completed work on the
Quickstart project in June 2008. For these agreements, certain reimbursable
expenses that were repaid to us were capped at 20% of the total professional
fees and were billed separately to the EAA.
On
August
1, 2008, we entered into two separate consulting services agreements with two
governmental entities to be formed in the UAE, and a side agreement with the
EAA. The first agreement is with the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation
(“ENEC”), an Abu Dhabi entity that, upon formation, will be responsible for
implementing the country’s nuclear energy infrastructure. We provide strategic
advisory services regarding the development and management of ENEC (the “ENEC
Agreement”). Under the second agreement with the Federal Authority for Nuclear
Regulation (“FANR”), which upon formation, will be the independent nuclear
regulatory agency in the UAE, we provide strategic advisory services regarding
the development and management of FANR (the “FANR Agreement” and collectively
with the ENEC Agreement, the “Agreements”). Pursuant to the Agreements, we will
be paid $8.9 million from ENEC and $8.5 million from FANR (aggregate of $17.4
million) for professional fees related to our strategic advisory services
performed from June 23, 2008 through December 31, 2008. In addition, we will
be
compensated for expenses which are capped at 20% of professional fees. The
term
of these Agreements is five years, with automatic renewal for one year periods
unless otherwise terminated pursuant to the provisions of these Agreements.
A
Side Letter with the EAA provided that upon execution of these Agreements,
the
EAA would pay us $10 million of the aggregate $17.4 million ($10,000,000 was
received in September 2008), with the remaining $7.4 million due under both
of
these agreements to be paid equally, by ENEC and FANR upon their formation.
Of
the $10 million payment by the EAA, $5 million was deemed to be made as a
partial payment from ENEC and FANR, under each of these Agreements. Potential
adjustments to our billings for future periods under the two new Agreements
will
depend on detailed work-plans which will typically be discussed and agreed
between us and our clients on a quarterly basis during project reviews.
Revenue
from the Roadmap contract was recognized during our first fiscal quarter of
2008, when the work on the contract was substantially completed. We recognized
revenue related to the Quickstart project ratably over the term of the agreement
as this contract called for on-going consulting services from March 2008 through
June 2008. Under the August 1, 2008 Agreements, revenues are being derived
from
fixed professional fee agreements. Therefore, we are recognizing revenue under
the proportional performance method of revenue recognition. Going forward,
we
may enter into additional consulting contracts to provide support and assistance
to other commercial and governmental entities that are looking to develop and
expand their nuclear power industry capabilities and infrastructure. In future
consulting engagements we expect that revenues may be derived either from fixed
professional fee agreements or from fees generated through hourly rates billed
on a time and expense basis. Our current strategy in the consulting services
business is focused on the following:
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Primarily:
Further strengthening the relationship with our existing clients in the UAE
and
increasing the revenue potential by providing additional consulting and
strategic advisory services; and
Secondarily:
Expanding our client base by further penetrating our markets and attracting
new
clients with similar needs as our existing clients, and also enhancing and
extending our services, including the creation of new service offerings.
Our
most
significant expense related to our consulting and strategic advisory services
business segment is the cost of services before reimbursable expenses, which
generally relates to costs associated with generating consulting revenues,
and
includes employee payroll expenses and benefits, contractor compensation, vendor
compensation, marketing expenses, and direct costs of training and recruiting
the consulting staff. Consultant compensation consists of salaries, incentive
compensation, and benefits. As revenues are generated from services performed
by
our permanent staff and contractors, our success depends on attracting,
retaining and motivating talented, creative and experienced professionals at
all
levels.
Technology
Business Segment
For
most
of the past decade we have been engaged in the development of proprietary
nuclear fuel designs which we ultimately intend to introduce for sale into
two
markets: (1) nuclear fuel designs for use in commercial nuclear power plants
and
(2) nuclear fuel designs for reactor-grade plutonium disposition. In addition,
we have a conceptual nuclear fuel design for weapons-grade plutonium
disposition. These three types of fuel designs are primarily for use in existing
or future VVER-1000 light water reactors. We have also been conducting research
and development related to a variant of these nuclear fuel designs for use
in
existing pressurized water reactors (PWR).
Our
future customers may include nuclear fuel fabricators, nuclear power plants
and/or the U.S. or foreign governments.
To
date,
our operations have been devoted primarily to the development and demonstration
of our nuclear fuel designs, developing strategic relationships within and
outside of the nuclear power industry, securing political and financial support
from the U.S. and Russian governments, and the filing of patent applications
including related administrative functions.
While
we
do not currently have any direct revenues from our research and development
activities regarding our proprietary nuclear fuel technology, and expect that
we
will not generate licensing revenues from this business for several years,
until
our fuel designs can be fully tested and demonstrated and we obtain the proper
approvals to use our nuclear fuel designs in nuclear reactors, we are utilizing
certain common corporate capabilities in both our technology and consulting
businesses. We believe we can leverage our general nuclear technology, business
and regulatory expertise as well as industry relationships, to optimize our
technology development plans and create integrated advisory services with the
highest levels of expertise and experience in the nuclear power industry.
Additionally, our knowledge of and credibility in addressing proliferation
related issues that we have developed over many years, benefit our new
consulting business. Our advisory services include a focus on non-proliferation,
safety and operational transparency of nuclear power programs.
Material
Opportunities and Challenges
Consulting
and Strategic Advisory Services
Our
emergence in the field of nuclear energy consulting is in direct response to
the
need for independent assessments, and highly qualified and integrated strategic
advisory services for countries looking to establish nuclear energy programs,
while still providing a blueprint for safe, clean, efficient and cost-effective
non-proliferative nuclear power. We offer full-scope planning and strategic
advisory services for new and existing markets, and offer such services without
a bias towards or against any reactor vendor or fuel technology. We believe
that
there are significant opportunities available to provide services to governments
that are dedicated to non-proliferative, safe, and transparent nuclear
programs.
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Our
major
challenge in pursuing our business is that the decision making process for
nuclear power programs typically involves careful consideration by many parties,
and therefore requires significant time. Also, many of the potential clients
that could benefit from our services are in regions of the world where tensions
surrounding nuclear energy are high, or in countries where public opinion plays
an important role. Domestic and international political pressure may hinder
our
efforts to provide nuclear energy services, regardless of our focus on
non-proliferative nuclear power.
Proprietary
Nuclear Fuel Technology Development
We
believe that a major opportunity for us is the possibility that our fuel
designs, which are currently in the research and development stage, will be
used
in the manufacturing of nuclear fuel utilized in many existing light water
nuclear reactors in the future. Light water reactors are the dominant reactor
types currently in use in the world, and fuels for such reactors constitute
the
majority of the commercial market for nuclear fuel. Our focus is on two
different types, or variants, of thorium-based fuel designs. The first is
designed to provide reactor owner-operators with an economically viable
alternative fuel that will not generate weapons-usable plutonium in the spent
fuel. The second is designed to dispose of reactor-grade plutonium that has
been
extracted from spent fuel from commercial reactors and stockpiled in Russia,
Western Europe, the U.S., Japan, and other countries. We also have developed
a
conceptual design for a fuel to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium that is
stockpiled in Russia and the United States. All three of these fuel variants
are
expected to have additional benefits, including reduced volume and reduced
long-term radio-toxicity of spent fuel for the same amount of electricity
generated, as compared with the uranium fuels that are currently used in light
water reactors.
We,
through our wholly owned subsidiary Thorium Power, Inc., have been developing
relations with relevant entities within the United States and Russian
governments for over fourteen years. Thorium Power, Inc., in cooperation with
these governments, has been demonstrating its fuel designs in a research reactor
in Russia for over four years. Independent analyses of the technology have
been
performed, including a May 2005 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency
(the “IAEA”) and an April 2005 report by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
(“Westinghouse”). The IAEA and Westinghouse analyses were positive, and
management believes that they can help lead to the favorable reception of our
nuclear fuel designs in the future.
We
are
also working with Russian nuclear research institutes and Russian nuclear
regulatory authorities, to have one or more of the fuel designs demonstrated
in
a Russian VVER-1000 reactor within the next three to four years, if we are
able
to obtain necessary support and enter into agreements with the Russian
government and Russian research institutes. We believe that it will be necessary
to enter into commercial arrangements with one or more major nuclear fuel
fabricators, which in many cases are also nuclear fuel vendors, as a
prerequisite to having our fuel designs widely deployed in global
markets.
Our
nuclear fuel designs have never been demonstrated in a full-size commercial
reactor. Our planned demonstration of the fuels in a VVER-1000 reactor in Russia
would provide operating experience that is critical to reactor owners and
regulatory authorities. We believe that once the fuels have been demonstrated
in
the VVER-1000 reactor, this can help convince other light water reactor
operators around the world to accept our thorium-based fuel
designs.
We
have
also been conducting research and development related to a variant of these
nuclear fuel designs for use in existing and future Western pressurized water
reactors (PWR).
We
believe that our greatest challenge will be acceptance of these fuel designs
by
nuclear power plant operators, which have in the past been hesitant to be the
first to use a new type of nuclear fuel. In addition, our fuel designs would
require regulatory approval by relevant nuclear regulatory authorities, such
as
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the United States or its equivalent
agencies in other countries, before they can be used in commercial reactors.
The
regulatory review process, which is outside of our control, may take longer
than
expected and may delay a rollout of the fuel designs into the market. We believe
that demonstration of one of the Company’s fuel designs in a commercial nuclear
reactor would make deployment of the other designs easier, due to the many
similarities that exist among all of our fuel designs.
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Thorium
Power, Inc. has been building relationships with companies and organizations
in
the nuclear power industry for several years. We will attempt to cause some
or
all of these companies and organizations to work in a consortium or a joint
venture type arrangement with us in the future, however, we may not be able
to
develop any such consortium or arrangement in the near term or at all. The
companies that we have identified for potential relationships have existing
contracts with nuclear power plant owner-operators, under which they supply
nuclear fuel branded with their name to such nuclear power plants. We will
attempt to cause these nuclear fuel vending companies to provide their nuclear
power plant operating customers with fuels that are designed with our
technology. To do so, we will need to enter into agreements with one or more
of
these companies. Without such arrangements it would be more difficult for us
to
license our fuel designs because, in addition to the reputations, guarantees,
services, and other benefits that these nuclear fuel vendors provide when
selling fuel to nuclear power plant operators, they also often have multi-year
fuel supply contracts with the reactor operators. These multi-year fuel supply
contracts act as a barrier to entry into the market, such that it can be almost
impossible to penetrate some markets for nuclear fuel without working with
a
nuclear fuel vendor that can support long term contracts. If we are successful
in demonstrating our fuel designs in Russia and in continuing to build
relationships with nuclear fuel vendors, we believe it may lead to one or more
of these major companies in the nuclear power industry working with us in
producing and selling our nuclear fuel designs to commercial reactor operators
and governments.
Business
Segments and Periods Presented
Prior
to
January 1, 2008, we operated as a single reportable segment. As a result of
the
formation of our consulting and strategic advisory services business segment
in
December 2007, and based on a review of SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments
of an Enterprise and Related Information, we have determined that we now operate
in two business segments starting in 2008; the "technology business" and the
"consulting and strategic advisory services business." We present our segment
information along the same lines that our chief executive, chief operating
officer and chief financial officer review our operating results in assessing
performance and allocating resources.
We
have
provided a discussion of our results of operations on a consolidated basis
and
have also provided certain detailed segment information for each of our business
segments below for the nine months and three months ended September 30, 2008,
in
order to provide a meaningful discussion of our business segments.
Consulting
|
Technology
|
Corporate and Eliminations
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
September 30, 2008
|
September 30, 2008
|
September 30, 2008
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
9 Months
|
3 Months
|
9 Months
|
3 Months
|
9 Months
|
3 Months
|
9 Months
|
3 Months
|
|||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
14,863,125
|
6,746,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
14,863,125
|
6,746,500
|
|||||||||||||||||
Segment
Profit (Loss)- Before Tax
|
9,616,250
|
4,884,191
|
(954,365
|
)
|
(376,733
|
)
|
(9,594,348
|
)
|
(3,654,856
|
)
|
(932,463
|
)
|
852,602
|
||||||||||||
Total
Assets
|
—
|
|
217,875
|
|
13,714,760
|
|
13,932,635
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Property
Additions
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
192,198
|
192,198
|
192,198
|
192,198
|
|||||||||||||||||
Interest
Expense
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
40
|
—
|
40
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
11,593
|
8,126
|
11,593
|
8,126
|
Factors
Affecting the Comparability of Business Segment Results
As
discussed above, the formation of our consulting and strategic advisory services
business segment at the end of 2007 (December 2007), impacts the comparability
of our results of segment operations for the three months and nine months ended
September 30, 2008 versus the three months and nine months ended September
30,
2007, as we were not performing consulting services during the three months
and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, therefore we are not showing comparative
2007 figures in the business segment information above.
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Consulting
and Strategic Advisory Services Business
At
the
present time, all of our $6,746,500 of revenue for the three months ended
September 30, 2008 and $14,863,125 for the nine months ended September 30,
2008
is derived from our consulting and strategic advisory services business segment,
by offering services to foreign governments planning to create or expand
electricity generation capabilities using nuclear power plants benefiting from
thorium-based or other nuclear fuels. Our fee type and structure that we offer
for each client engagement is dependent on a number of variables, including
the
complexity, the level of the opportunity for us to improve the client’s
electricity generation capabilities using nuclear power plants, and other
factors. All of the Company's revenues for the three months and nine months
ended September 30, 2008, have been derived from the completion of the Roadmap
and Quickstart projects and our continuing work under the August 1 Agreements,
with the EAA, and upon formation, the ENEC and FANR. The cost of consulting
services provided are $1,862,309 for the three months ended September 30, 2008
and $5,246,875 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, which consists
primarily of direct labor consulting expenses and other labor support costs
incurred. Other indirect corporate overhead incurred was not allocated to the
consulting and strategic advisory services business segment, and is reported
above in the business segment information chart as unallocated corporate
overhead costs.
Based
on
the completion of the Roadmap and Quickstart projects and the August 1, 2008
Agreements, we are no longer a development stage company in 2008.
Technology
Business
Over
the
next 12 to 18 months we expect to incur approximately $3-5 million in research
and development expenses related to the development of our proprietary nuclear
fuel designs. We expect to incur these expenses after we have entered into
formal agreements with Russian nuclear entities that will grant us licensing
and
other rights to use such technologies or intellectual property developed by
the
Russian entities. Any such agreement would require formal review and approval
by
the Russian Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (RosAtom). We have spent
approximately $497,228 for research and development so far in 2008, and a
cumulative amount from the date of our inception (January 8, 1992, date of
inception of Thorium Power Inc.) to September 30, 2008 of $5,180,541. In
addition we incurred approximately $457,000 in salary, benefits and other
general and administrative support costs for the nine months ended September
30,
2008. We have established an office in Moscow and leased office space to support
our research and development activities in Russia, as of May 1,
2008.
Over
the
next several years, we expect that our research and development activities
will
increase and will be primarily focused on testing and demonstration of our
thorium/uranium and thorium/reactor-grade plutonium disposing fuel designs.
The
main objective of this research and development phase is to prepare for
full-scale demonstration of our nuclear fuel technology in an operating
commercial VVER-1000 reactor in Russia. Key research and development activities
will include: (1) Scaling up the fuel fabrication process to full length (10
feet) rods used in commercial VVER-1000 reactors, (2) Validating thermal
hydraulic performance of full size (10 feet) seed and blanket fuel assembly,
(3)
Continuing capsule irradiation testing of seed and blanket fuel samples in
a
research reactor, and performing post-irradiation examination of fuel samples
that have reached the target burn-up level to confirm fuel performance, and
(4)
Obtaining final regulatory approvals for insertion of fuel in VVER-1000
commercial reactors. As this research and development program relates to
commercial applications of our fuel technology, and retaining ownership or
control over as much key intellectual property as we possibly can is critical
to
the long-term success of our licensing business model, our plan is to fully
fund
these research and development activities ourselves. At the same time, we do
not
currently plan to fund research, testing and demonstration of our
thorium/weapons-grade plutonium disposing fuel, which can only be used in the
U.S.-Russia government-to-government weapons-grade plutonium disposition program
and has no commercial applications. Hence, funding for any future research
and
development activities on this fuel design would have to be provided by the
U.S.
government or other stakeholders.
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Financial
Status
At
September 30, 2008, our total assets were approximately $13.9 million and total
liabilities as of September 30, 2008, were approximately $6.3 million. We had
a
working capital surplus of approximately $5 million at September 30, 2008.
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities balance as of September 30, 2008
equaled $3,010,118, an increase of approximately $887,000 since December 31,
2007. These liabilities have increased due to the increased volume caused
principally by the growth of our consulting and strategic advisory services
business.
Since
the
year ended December 31, 2007, our consulting revenues have improved our total
cash plus marketable securities available for sale substantially to $12.5
million as of September 30, 2008, due to the $4.3 million received in April
2008
as pre-payment for the Quickstart consulting contract that we entered into
in
March 2008, and the $10 million received in September 2008, per the terms of
the
Side Agreement to the August 1, 2008 Agreements, as mentioned above. Pursuant
to
the August 1, 2008 Agreements, the Company is being paid a total of $8.9 million
from ENEC and $8.5 million from FANR (aggregate amount of $17.4 million, of
which we received $10,000,000 in September 2008), for professional fees and
services performed during the period from June 23, 2008 through December 31,
2008. The remaining $7.4 million that is due under the Agreements will be paid,
equally, by ENEC and FANR upon their formation.
In
support of our longer-term business plan for our technology business segment,
we
will need to raise additional capital by way of an offering of equity
securities, an offering of debt securities, or by obtaining financing through
a
bank or other entity to finance our overhead and research and development
expenditures. We will also need to raise capital to support our technology
business if the consulting and strategic advisory services business becomes
non-sustaining. Our current average monthly projected working capital
requirements for the company, excluding the $3-5 million of research and
development expenses we expect to incur in Russia over the next 12–18 months is
approximately $1,000,000 per month. This financing will need to take place
in
2009, to ensure that we have the necessary working capital to continue our
business operations through 2009 and beyond. It is important to note that
financing may not be available or we may not be able to obtain that financing
on
terms acceptable to us. If additional funds are raised through the issuance
of
equity securities, there may be a significant dilution in the value of our
outstanding common stock. To support this financing activity, we are exploring
transaction opportunities that could simultaneously create strategic industry
and market alliances for the company, to support our operations in 2009 and
beyond.
Consolidated
Results of Operations
Comparison
of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008 to September 30,
2007
The
following table summarizes certain aspects of the Company’s consolidated results
of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the
three months ended September 30, 2007.
Three Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||
September 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change $
|
Change %
|
||||||||||
Consulting
Revenues
|
$
|
6,746,500
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
6,746,500
|
N/A
|
||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
of services provided
|
|||||||||||||
Consulting
expenses
|
1,553,904
|
—
|
1,553,904
|
N/A
|
|||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
23
|
%
|
|
||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
308,405
|
—
|
308,405
|
N/A
|
|||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
5
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
4,884,191
|
—
|
4,884,191
|
N/A
|
|||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
72
|
%
|
|
||||||||||
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
2,478,894
|
1,113,731
|
1,365,163
|
123
|
%
|
||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
37
|
%
|
N/A
|
|
|||||||||
Research
and development
|
211,779
|
141,593
|
70,186
|
50
|
%
|
||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
3
|
%
|
N/A
|
||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
1,384,828
|
1,127,610
|
257,218
|
23
|
%
|
||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
21
|
%
|
N/A
|
||||||||||
Total
Operating Income/(Loss)
|
808,690
|
(2,382,934
|
)
|
3,191,624
|
134
|
%
|
|||||||
%
of total revenues
|
12
|
%
|
N/A
|
||||||||||
Other
Income and (Expenses)
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
income/expense, other
|
19,113
|
84,888
|
(65,775
|
)
|
(77
|
)%
|
|||||||
%
of total revenues
|
0
|
%
|
N/A
|
||||||||||
Net
Income/(Loss)-before income taxes
|
$
|
827,803
|
$
|
(2,298,046
|
)
|
$
|
3,125,849
|
136
|
%
|
||||
%
of total revenues
|
12
|
%
|
N/A
|
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Revenues
The
increase in revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2008, as compared
to the same period in 2007, is primarily due to us coming out of the development
stage with our consulting and strategic advisory services business segment.
We
earned revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2008, and we will earn
additional consulting revenues in the final quarter of 2008 from the August
1,
2008 consulting contracts, mentioned above.
Cost
of Services Provided
The
increase in the cost of services for the three months ended September 30, 2008
is due to expenses related to the consulting, professional, administrative
and
other costs that were incurred to perform work on our consulting projects in
Abu
Dhabi. We will incur additional consulting and other support expenses related
to
the August 1, 2008 Agreements.
General
and Administrative Expenses
The
increase in the general and administrative expenses for the three months ended
September 30, 2008 is primarily due to an increase in corporate consulting
costs
that are recorded as administrative expenses of approximately $234,000, (from
$107,829 in 2007 to $341,806 in 2008) and an increase of approximately $728,000
in employee wages and benefits due to the increase in wages, and also the
increase in the number of employees hired. We have also increased expenses
for
rent, computer equipment and office supplies, by approximately $255,000, as
we
have moved to a larger office space and provided computer equipment and other
supplies to new employees. We expect our general and administrative expenses
to
increase in future periods due to the expansion of our consulting and strategic
advisory services business segment and the hiring of new officers, employees
and
consultants to help further develop and support our (1) consulting and strategic
advisory services and (2) technology business segments.
Research
and Development Costs
The
increase in research and development costs for the nine months ended September
30, 2008 is due to the increase in the scope of work for our research and
development activities in Russia. We expect that our research and development
expenses will increase in the future periods.
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Stock-Based
Compensation
The
increase in stock based compensation for the three months ended September 30,
2008, is due to the long-term incentive stock options and stock that were
granted under our stock plan to our executives, directors, advisors and
employees at the end of 2007,which are now being expensed as these grants are
vesting in 2008 and in future years. Stock based incentives have also been
offered to attract new employees in 2008, due to our expansion to meet the
demands of contracts with our current customer, and anticipated future business
with new customers.
Other
Income and Expense
The
decrease in other income and expense for the three months ended September 30,
2008 is due to the decrease in interest income earned on our idle
cash.
Comparison
of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 to September 30,
2007
The
following table summarizes certain aspects of the Company’s consolidated results
of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the
nine
months ended September 30, 2007:
Nine Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||
September 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Change $
|
Change %
|
||||||||||
Consulting
Revenues
|
$
|
14,863,125
|
$
|
$14,863,125
|
N/A
|
||||||||
Cost
of services provided
|
|||||||||||||
Consulting
expenses
|
4,938,470
|
|
4,938,470
|
N/A
|
|||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
33
|
%
|
|
||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
308,405
|
|
308,405
|
N/A
|
|||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
2
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
9,616,250
|
|
9,616,250
|
N/A
|
|||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
65
|
%
|
|
||||||||||
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
5,595,881
|
3,907,464
|
1,688,417
|
43
|
%
|
||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
38
|
%
|
N/A
|
|
|||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
497,228
|
297,064
|
200,164
|
67
|
%
|
||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
3
|
%
|
N/A
|
|
|||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
4,172,007
|
3,582,344
|
589,663
|
16
|
%
|
||||||||
%
of total revenues
|
28
|
%
|
N/A
|
|
|||||||||
Total
Operating Loss
|
(648,866
|
)
|
(7,786,872
|
)
|
7,138,006
|
(92
|
)%
|
||||||
%
of total revenues
|
4
|
%
|
N/A
|
|
|||||||||
Other
Income and (Expenses)
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
income/expense, other
|
(276,457
|
)
|
243,224
|
(519,681
|
)
|
(212
|
)%
|
||||||
%
of total revenues
|
(2
|
)%
|
N/A
|
|
|||||||||
Net
loss - before income taxes
|
$
|
(925,323
|
)
|
$
|
(7,543,648
|
)
|
$
|
6,618,325
|
(88
|
)%
|
|||
%
of total revenues
|
(6
|
)%
|
N/A
|
|
The
increase in revenues in the amount of $14,863,125 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008, as compared to the same period in 2007, is primarily due
to
us coming out of the development stage with our consulting and strategic
advisory services business segment by completing the Roadmap and Quickstart
projects, and by providing consulting and strategic advisory services under
the
August 1 Agreements. The term of the August 1 Agreements is five years, with
automatic renewals of these contracts for one year periods.
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Cost
of Services Provided
The
increase in the cost of services for the nine months ended September 30, 2008
is
due to the expenses related to the consulting, professional, administrative
and
other costs that were incurred to complete the work performed on our Roadmap
and
Quickstart consulting projects, and to provide consulting and strategic advisory
services under the August 1 Agreements. We will incur additional consulting
and
other support expenses as we continue working on the consulting agreements
that
we entered into on August 1, 2008.
General
and Administrative Expenses
The
increase in the general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 is primarily due to an increase in corporate consulting
costs
and professional fees of approximately $542,000, (from $1,439,190 in 2007 to
$1,980,831 in 2008) and an increase of approximately $902,000 in employee wages
and benefits, due to the increase in wages and also the increase in the number
of employees hired to support both business segments. Rental expense has
increased by approximately $196,000, as we moved to larger office facilities
to
accommodate our growth. We expect our general and administrative expenses to
increase in future periods due to the expansion of our consulting and strategic
advisory services business segment and the hiring of new officers, employees
and
consultants to help further develop and support both our (1) consulting and
strategic advisory services and (2) technology business segments.
Research
and Development Costs
The
increase in research and development costs for the nine months ended September
30, 2008 is due to the increase in the scope of work for our research and
development activities both in Russia and elsewhere. We expect that our research
and development expenses will increase in the future periods.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
increase in stock based compensation for the nine months ended September 30,
2008 is due to the long-term incentive stock options and stock that were granted
under our stock plan to our executives, directors, advisors and employees at
the
end of 2007, which is now being expensed as these grants are vesting in 2008
and
in future years. Additional stock based incentives have been offered to attract
new employees in 2008, due to expansion to meet the demands of contracts with
our current customer, and anticipated future business with new customers. We
expect that our stock based compensation will increase in future periods due
to
the granting of additional stock options and stock to attract new executives
and
consultants, as well as granting stock options and stock to our current
executives, directors, consultants and other support staff.
Other
Income and Expense
The
decrease in other income and expense for the nine months ended September 30,
2008, is due to the decrease in interest income earned on our idle cash balances
and the realized loss on marketable securities. Due to the lack of liquidity
in
2008 for auction rate securities held by the Company, we concluded that the
carrying value of these investments was higher than its fair value as of
September 30, 2008. Accordingly, these auction rate securities were recorded
at
their estimated fair value of $1,674,849 (total realized loss of $438,750 for
the nine months ended September 30, 2008). The Company considered this to be
an
other-than-temporary reduction in the carrying value of these auction rate
securities at June 30, 2008. Accordingly, the loss associated with these auction
rate securities of $438,750 was recorded as a recognized loss on investments
in
the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and we classified these
investments as a non-current asset on its consolidated balance sheet. The
financial institution that sold these securities and was holding the securities
on our behalf, informed us that it would redeem these securities at their full
face value, and did redeem these securities in October 2008. As such, the
realized loss of $438,750 will be reversed in the fourth quarter financial
statements.
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Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of
September 30, 2008, we had a total of cash and cash equivalents of $10,360,068.
The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for
all financial statements periods presented in this Report.
Cash
Flow
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by(used in) operating activities
|
$
|
2,732,462
|
$
|
(4,457,072
|
)
|
||
Net
cash provided by(used in) investing activities
|
(192,198
|
)
|
3,274
|
||||
Net
cash provided by(used in) financing activities
|
39,542
|
(3,685
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash inflow (outflow)
|
$
|
2,579,806
|
$
|
(4,457,483
|
)
|
Operating
Activities
Net
cash
provided by operating activities was $2,732,462 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008, compared to $4,457,072 net cash used in operating activities
for the same period in 2007. This increase in funds provided by our operating
activities was primarily due to (1) the cash received from the Quickstart
consulting agreement of $4,285,000, received in April 2008, and (2) the
$10,000,000 advance payment received in September 2008 under the August 1
Agreements. The cash received of $3,793,125 for fees earned from our first
consulting agreement, the Roadmap consulting agreement that was completed in
March 2008, was received in December 2007 as a full prepayment prior to the
start of the Roadmap consulting contract, and this amount (recorded as deferred
revenue at December 31, 2007) was recorded as cash received in the our statement
of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2007 (and is not included in
the
statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 nor in
the
above liquidity chart for the nine months ended September 30, 2008). This
increase in the cash provided by operation activities was offset by an increase
in our cost of services provided to perform these contracts, which was paid
to
our employees and consultants in order to provide the necessary services related
to these consulting projects. The other changes to the operating activities
cash
flows are mentioned above in the consolidated results of operations section
regarding expenses incurred for general and administrative expenses, and items
mentioned in the other income and expense.
Financing
Activities
Net
cash
provided by financing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2008
totaled $39,542, as compared to cash used of $3,685 in the same period of 2007.
This increase in the cash provided by financing activities was mainly
attributable to money received from the exercise of stock options in the amount
of $49,975. This increase in cash provided by our financing activities was
offset by an increase in our payments of our notes payable in the amount of
$10,433.
Management
expects that the proceeds from our consulting agreements that have been received
to date, as well as the expected proceeds in the amount of $7.4 million,
remaining under the two new consulting agreements we entered into in August
2008, will meet our foreseeable working capital needs for our current operations
until sometime in 2009. However, we will need to raise additional capital by
way
of an offering of equity securities, an offering of debt securities, or by
obtaining financing through a bank or other entity to support our longer term
business plan. We will also need to raise capital to support our overhead
operation if the consulting and strategic advisory services business becomes
non-sustaining. If we need to obtain additional financing, that financing may
not be available or we may not be able to obtain that financing on terms
acceptable to us. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of equity
securities, there may be a significant dilution in the value of our outstanding
common stock.
Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements
We
do not
have any off balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely
to
have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial
condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity or capital
expenditures or capital resources that is material to an investor in our
securities.
24
Seasonality
Our
business has not been subject to any material seasonal variations in operations,
although this may change in the future.
Inflation
Our
business, revenues and operating results have not been affected in any material
way by inflation.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The
SEC
issued Financial Reporting Release No. 60, "Cautionary Advice Regarding
Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policies" suggesting that companies provide
additional disclosure and commentary on their most critical accounting policies.
In Financial Reporting Release No. 60, the SEC has defined the most critical
accounting policies as the ones that are most important to the portrayal of
a
company's financial condition and operating results, and require management
to
make its most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the
need
to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. Based on this
definition, we have identified the following significant policies as critical
to
the understanding of our financial statements.
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make a variety of estimates and
assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial
statements and (ii) the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting periods covered by the financial statements.
Our
management expects to make judgments and estimates about the effect of matters
that are inherently uncertain. As the number of variables and assumptions
affecting the future resolution of the uncertainties increase, these judgments
become even more subjective and complex. Although we believe that our estimates
and assumptions are reasonable, actual results may differ significantly from
these estimates. Changes in estimates and assumptions based upon actual results
may have a material impact on our results of operation and/or financial
condition. We have identified certain accounting policies that we believe are
most important to the portrayal of our current financial condition and results
of operations. Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2
to
the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form
10-K
filed with the Commission on March 27, 2008.
Accounting
for Stock Based Compensation, Stock Options and Warrants Granted to Employees
and Non-employees
We
adopted SFAS 123(R), as of January 1, 2006. SFAS 123(R) replaced the existing
requirements under SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation, and
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock-based
Compensation to Employees, or APB 25. According to SFAS 123(R), all forms of
share-based payments to employees, including employee stock options and employee
stock purchase plans, are treated the same as any other form of compensation
by
recognizing the related cost in the statement of income.
Under
SFAS 123(R), stock-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date
based on the fair value of the award, and the expense is recognized ratably
over
the award's vesting period. For all grants made, we recognize compensation
cost
under the straight-line method.
We
measure the fair value of stock options on the date of grant using a
Black-Scholes option-pricing model which requires the use of several estimates,
including:
•
the
volatility of our stock price;
•
the
expected life of the option;
•
risk
free interest rates; and
•
expected dividend yield.
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Prior
to
the completion of our merger in October 2006, we had limited historical
information on the price of our stock as well as employees' stock option
exercise behavior for stock options issued prior to the merger. As a result,
we
could not rely on historical experience alone to develop assumptions for stock
price volatility and the expected life of options. As such, our stock price
volatility was estimated with reference to our historical stock price for the
time period before the merger, from the date the announcement of the merger
was
made. We utilized the closing prices of our publicly-traded stock from the
announcement date in January 2006 to determine our volatility and will continue
to use our historical stock price closing prices to determine our volatility
in
2008.
The
expected life of options is based on internal studies of historical experience
and projected exercise behavior. We estimate expected forfeitures of stock-based
awards at the grant date and recognize compensation cost only for those awards
expected to vest. The forfeiture assumption is ultimately adjusted to the actual
forfeiture rate. Estimated forfeitures are reassessed in subsequent periods
and
may change based on new facts and circumstances. We utilize a risk-free interest
rate, which is based on the yield of U.S. treasury securities with a maturity
equal to the expected life of the options. We have not and do not expect to
pay
dividends on our common shares.
The
options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The
assumptions used were as follows: volatility of 96% to 284%, a risk-free
interest rate of 3.4% to 5.24%, dividend yield of 0% and an exercise term of
two
to ten years.
Income
Taxes
We
account for income taxes using the liability method in accordance with SFAS
No.109 Accounting for Income Taxes, which requires the recognition of deferred
tax assets or liabilities for the tax-effected temporary differences between
the
financial reporting and tax bases of our assets and liabilities and for net
operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. The tax expense or benefit for
unusual items, prior year tax exposure items or certain adjustments to valuation
allowances are treated as discrete items in the interim period in which the
events occur.
On
January 1, 2007, we adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, or FIN
48. FIN 48 addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or
expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial
statements. Under FIN 48, we may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain
tax
position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be
sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical
merits of the position. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, we did
not
recognize any current tax liability for unrecognized tax benefits. We do not
believe that there are any unrecognized tax positions that would have a material
effect on the net operating losses disclosed. We have estimated the amount
of
our net operating loss carry-forwards and we currently have engaged tax
professionals to evaluate the amount of net operating loss carry-forward
available to us to offset future taxable income, under Internal Revenue Code
Section 382.
Revenue
Recognition from Consulting Contracts
We
believe one of our critical accounting policies is revenue recognition from
our
consulting contracts. We are currently primarily deriving our revenue from
fees
by offering consulting and strategic advisory services to foreign commercial
and
government owned entities planning to create or expand electricity generation
capabilities, using nuclear power plants. Our fee type and structure for each
client engagement depend on a number of variables, including the size of the
client, the complexity, the level of the opportunity for us to improve the
client’s electricity generation capabilities using nuclear power plants, and
other factors.
We
recognized the revenues for our first consulting project which we completed
in
March 2008, using the completed performance model. We recognized the revenues
from our second consulting contract in our second fiscal quarter of 2008 as
the
consulting services were performed. The two consulting agreements that we
entered into in August 2008 are fixed fee service contracts. We recognize
revenue associated with fixed-fee service contracts in accordance with the
proportional performance method, measured by the percentage of costs (primarily
labor) incurred to date as compared to the estimated total costs (primarily
labor) for each contract. When a loss is anticipated on a contract, the full
amount of the anticipated loss is recognized immediately. Our management uses
its judgment concerning the estimation of the total costs to complete the
contract considering a number of factors, including the experience of the
personnel that are performing the services, and the overall complexity of the
project. Should changes in management’s estimates be required, due to business
conditions that cause the actual financial results to differ significantly
from
management's present estimates, revenue recognized in future periods could
be
adversely affected.
26
We
recognize revenue in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin or SAB,
No. 104, Revenue Recognition. We recognize revenue when all of the
following conditions are met:
1. There
is
persuasive evidence of an arrangement;
2. The
service has been provided to the customer;
3. The
collection of the fees is reasonably assured; and
4. The
amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable.
In
situations where contracts include client acceptance provisions, we do not
recognize revenue until such time as the client has confirmed its acceptance.
Intangibles
As
presented on the accompanying balance sheet, we had patents with a net book
value of $217,875 as of September 30, 2008. There are many assumptions and
estimates that may directly impact the results of impairment testing, including
an estimate of future expected revenues, earnings and cash flows, and discount
rates applied to such expected cash flows in order to estimate fair value.
We
have the ability to influence the outcome and ultimate results based on the
assumptions and estimates we choose for testing. To mitigate undue influence,
we
set criteria that are reviewed and approved
by various levels of management. The determination of whether or not intangible
assets have become impaired involves a significant level of judgment in the
assumptions. Changes in our strategy or market conditions could significantly
impact these judgments and require adjustments to recorded amounts of intangible
assets.
Marketable
Securities
The
Company’s investments in auction rate marketable securities are classified as
available-for-sale securities under FAS-115, Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities. These securities are reported at their fair
market value, with unrealized holding gains and losses reported in other
comprehensive income. Due to the lack of liquidity for auction rate securities
held by the Company in 2008, we concluded that the carrying value of these
investments was higher than its fair value as of September 30, 2008.
Accordingly, these auction rate securities were recorded at their estimated
fair
value, based on the criteria provided by SFAS 157, Fair Value
Measurements.
In
October 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FSP FAS 157-3,
Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset
is Not Active, in order to clarify SFAS 157. FSP FAS 157-3 was issued due to
charges that SFAS 157 is at least at part responsible for the crisis in the
U.S.
and world economies. FSP FAS 157-3 re-asserts that when a market is inactive,
management is not required to use distressed prices as the basis for fair value
measurement and should apply the income approach to fair value, which discounts
estimated cash flows considering credit and default risk, and results in a
Level
3 classification, as the inputs are not observable. In October 2008, the auction
rate securities held by the Company were redeemed at face value by the financial
institution that had sold the securities, and the losses reported in the
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the
nine months ended September 30, 2008, will be reversed in the fourth
quarter 2008. Based
on
the fact that we recovered our full cost basis in these auction rate securities,
we have accordingly reported the fair value of these securities at their full
cost basis at September 30, 2008, believing that as of that date a knowledgeable
purchaser would have anticipated the guarantee based on the reported
negotiations between the financial institution and
regulators
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
As
required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, we carried out an evaluation
of
the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report on Form 10-Q.
This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation
of our management, including our President and Chief Executive Officer, and
our
Chief Financial Officer. Based upon that evaluation, management concluded that
our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management (including the chief
executive officer and chief financial officer) to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure and that our disclosure controls and procedures
are effective to give reasonable assurance that the information required to
be
disclosed by us in reports that we file under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
rules and forms of the SEC.
27
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified
in
connection with the evaluation performed that occurred during the period covered
by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Disclosure
controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed
to
ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or
submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and
procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in
our
reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to
management, including the Company’s Chief Executive and acting Chief Financial
Officer as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Internal
Controls Over Financial Reporting
Section
404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that management document and
test
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and include in this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q a report on management’s assessment of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f)
of
the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting based upon the framework in Internal Control—Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (“COSO”). Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our
internal control over financial reporting is effective, as of September 30,
2008, and was effective during the entire quarter ended September 30,
2008.
PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From
time
to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which
arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to
inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may
arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware
of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material
adverse affect on our business, financial condition or operating
results.
ITEM
1A. Risk Factors
Risk
factors are normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
but have been omitted from these statements pursuant to such rules and
regulation and, accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes
necessary for comprehensive consolidated financial statements and should be
read
in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2007, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year
ended December 31, 2007.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES OR USE OF
PROCEEDS
There
were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2008.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
There
were no defaults upon senior securities during the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2008.
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No
matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2008.
ITEM
5. OTHER INFORMATION
N/A
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
The
following exhibits are filed with this report, except those indicated as having
previously been filed with the SEC and are incorporated by reference to another
report, registration statement or form. As to any shareholder of record
requesting a copy of this report, we will furnish any exhibit indicated in
the
list below as filed with this report upon payment to us of our expenses in
furnishing the information.
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on December 17,
1999).
|
|
3.2
|
By-laws
(incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on September 18, 2006).
|
|
4.1
|
2005
Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of Custom Brand Networks,
Inc.
dated March 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 10,
2005).
|
|
4.2
|
2005
Augmented Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of the Company
dated
August 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 19, 2005).
|
|
4.3
|
2006
Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current
report of the Company on Form 8-K filed February 21,
2006)
|
|
10.1
|
Nuclear
Energy Program Consulting and Strategic Advisory Agreement by and
between
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and Thorium Power, Ltd., dated
August
1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current
report
of the Company on Form 8-K filed August 1, 2008).
|
|
10.2
|
Nuclear
Regulatory Consulting and Strategic Advisory Agreement by and between
the
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation and Thorium Power, Ltd.,
dated
August 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the
current
report of the Company on Form 8-K filed August 1,
2008).
|
|
10.3
|
Side
Letter by and between the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority and
Thorium Power, Ltd., dated August 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.3 of the current report of the Company on Form 8-K filed
August
1, 2008).
|
|
10.4
|
Amendment
No.1 to Agreement for Ampoule Irradiation Testing in 2006-2007, dated
July
31, 2008, between Thorium Power, Inc. and Russian Research Centre
Kurchatov Institute. (English Translation) (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.1 of the current report of the Company on Form 8-K filed
August
4, 2008).
|
|
31.1*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Executive
Officer
|
|
31.2*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Accounting
Officer
|
|
32*
|
Section
1350 Certifications
|
______________
*
Filed
Herewith
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SIGNATURES
In
accordance with section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the
Registrant caused this Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized individual.
Date:
November 13, 2008
THORIUM
POWER, LTD.
By:
|
/s/
Seth Grae
|
Seth
Grae
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer,
|
|
President
and Director
|
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on December 17,
1999).
|
|
3.2
|
By-laws
(incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on September 18, 2006).
|
|
4.1
|
2005
Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of Custom Brand Networks,
Inc.
dated March 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 10,
2005).
|
|
4.2
|
2005
Augmented Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of the Company
dated
August 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 19, 2005).
|
|
4.3
|
2006
Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current
report of the Company on Form 8-K filed February 21,
2006)
|
|
10.1
|
Nuclear
Energy Program Consulting and Strategic Advisory Agreement by and
between
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and Thorium Power, Ltd., dated
August
1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current
report
of the Company on Form 8-K filed August 1, 2008).
|
|
10.2
|
Nuclear
Regulatory Consulting and Strategic Advisory Agreement by and between
the
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation and Thorium Power, Ltd.,
dated
August 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the
current
report of the Company on Form 8-K filed August 1,
2008).
|
|
10.3
|
Side
Letter by and between the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority and
Thorium Power, Ltd., dated August 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.3 of the current report of the Company on Form 8-K filed
August
1, 2008).
|
|
10.4
|
Amendment
No.1 to Agreement for Ampoule Irradiation Testing in 2006-2007, dated
July
31, 2008, between Thorium Power, Inc. and Russian Research Centre
Kurchatov Institute. (English Translation) (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.1 of the current report of the Company on Form 8-K filed
August
4, 2008).
|
|
31.1*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Executive
Officer
|
|
31.2*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Accounting
Officer
|
|
32*
|
Section
1350 Certifications
|
______________
*Filed
Herewith
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