MORGAN GROUP HOLDING CO - Annual Report: 2011 (Form 10-K)

FORM 10-K

For the transition period from  ____________ to ____________

Commission file number: 333-73996

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (914) 921-1877

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes [  ] No [X]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act Yes [  ] No [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [  ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulations S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K, or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. [_]

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.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes [X] No [  ]

As of February 17, 2012, the aggregate market value of the Registrant’s voting and nonvoting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $321,000, which value, solely for the purposes of this calculation, excludes shares held by the Registrant’s officers, directors, and their affiliates. Such exclusion should not be deemed a determination or an admission by the issuer that all such individuals are, in fact, affiliates of the issuer.

The number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock was 3,055,345 as of February 17, 2012

MORGAN GROUP HOLDING CO.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

Item 1. Business.

     Morgan Group Holding Co. (the “Company” or “Holding”) was incorporated in November 2001 to serve, among other business purposes, as a holding company for LICT Corporation’s (“LICT”) controlling interest in The Morgan Group, Inc. (“Morgan”). On January 24, 2002, LICT spun off all but 235,294 of its shares in the Company to its stockholders.

     On October 18, 2002, Morgan and two of its operating subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. On March 31, 2008, the bankruptcy proceeding was concluded and the bankruptcy court dismissed the proceeding. There was no appeal from the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of the proceeding, and that proceeding is now entirely ended. Morgan received no value for its equity ownership from the bankruptcy proceeding.

     We are continuing to evaluate all options available to the Company at this time. One option is to make a further distribution of any remaining cash, effectively liquidating the Company.

     At present we have no full time employees.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     We are a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K and thus are not required to report the risk factors specified in Item 503(c) of Regulation S-K.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

     None

Item 2. Properties.

     The Company does not own any property.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

     The Company is not a party to any legal proceedings.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

     None.

PART II

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     As of February 17, 2012 there were approximately 1,400 holders of record of the Company’s common stock.

     The Company has never declared a cash dividend on its common stock and its Board of Directors does not anticipate that it will pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

     During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Company did not sell any unregistered securities, and did not repurchase any of its shares from its shareholders.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

     We are a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K and thus are not required to report the selected financial data specified in Item 303 of Regulation S-K.

     Forward-Looking Statements and Uncertainty of Financial Projections

     Forward-looking statements are not based on historical information but relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control and many of which, with respect to future business decisions, are subject to change. These uncertainties and contingencies can affect actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, us.

     Overview

     As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s only assets consisted of approximately $340,000 in cash and marketable securities and a capital loss carry forward of about $4 million which it expects will expire in 2013. The ability to utilize this loss carry-forward is dependent on the Company’s ability to generate a capital gain prior to its expiration.

     The Company currently has no operating businesses and will seek acquisitions as part of its strategic alternatives. Its only costs are the administrative expenses required to make the regulatory filings needed to maintain its public status. These costs are estimated at $25,000 to $50,000 per year.

     We are evaluating all options available to the Company at this time. One option is to make a further distribution of any remaining cash effectively liquidating the company.

     Results of Operations

     For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company incurred administrative expenses of $68,000, versus $31,000 in 2010. Increased fees, in part due to our annual meeting, caused the variance.

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     During 2010, the company began to invest in marketable securities that are subject to a publicly disclosed acquisition offer but are trading below the proposed acquisition price. During the year ended December 31, 2011 the Company recorded approximately $7,000 of net realized and unrealized gains from this activity as compared to $43,000 in 2010. In addition, the company also received $876 in dividend income from these transactions in 2011 as compared to $170 in 2010. The relative amount of gains, or losses, and dividends in any period is very dependent of number and timing of the available transactions over that period. Interest income from the Company investment in a United States Treasury money market fund was $49 during the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to $176 during 2010 respectively as a result of the lower interest rates in this investment in 2011.

     Liquidity and Capital Resources

     At December 31, 2011, we had approximately $340,000 in cash and marketable securities as compared to approximately $396,000 at December 31, 2010.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Market Risk

     We are a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K and thus are not required to report the Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Market Risk specified in Item 305 of Regulation S-K.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Morgan Group Holding Co.
Rye, New York

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Morgan Group Holding Co. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the related statements of operations, shareholder’s equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free to material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Morgan Group Holding Company as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ Daszkal Bolton LLP

Boca Raton, Florida
March 27, 2012

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Morgan Group Holding Co.
Balance Sheets

See accompanying notes to financial statements

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Morgan Group Holding Co.
Statements of Operations

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Morgan Group Holding Co.
Statements of Cash Flows

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Morgan Group Holding Co.
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

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Morgan Group Holding Co.
Notes to Financial Statements

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The reconciliation of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to net loss is as follows:

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

     Not Applicable.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

     (a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

     As required by Rule 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this report, Management carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2011. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer as well as our principal financial officer, who concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

     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 Securities Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act are accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

     (b) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control of Financial Reporting.

     The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial reporting, as defined in the Rule 13a-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Management conducted an assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on the assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2011, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective.

     This annual report does not include an attestation report of a registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by a registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permits the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

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     There was no significant change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information.

     None.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

     The following table sets forth the name, business address, present principal occupation, employment history, positions, offices or employments for the past five years and ages as of February 27, 2009 for our executive officers and directors. Members of the board are elected and serve for one year terms or until their successors are elected and qualify.

     Mario J. Gabelli has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since November 2001. Mr. Gabelli has also served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer –Value Portfolios and a director of GAMCO Investors Inc. (“GAMCO”), a publicly traded company in the asset management business, since November 1976. He serves as director or trustee of registered investment companies managed by GAMCO and its affiliates (“Gabelli Funds”). Mr. Gabelli also has been a portfolio manager of Teton Advisors, Inc., a publicly traded company in the asset management business since 1993. Teton was spun-off from GAMCO on March 2009. Mr. Gabelli has also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LICT Corporation (formerly known as Lynch Interactive Corporation), a public company engaged in multimedia and other services. He has served as Chairman since December 2004 (and also from September 1999 to December 2002), as Vice Chairman from December 2002 to December 2004 and as Chief Executive Officer from December 6, 2010 (and also from September 1999 to November 2005). Mr. Gabelli has served as a director of CIBL, Inc. from November 2007, a public company with operations in broadcasting, and wireless communications. Mr. Gabelli has been a director of RLJ Acquisition, Inc., since November 2010, a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. In addition, Mr. Gabelli is the Chief Executive Officer, a director and the controlling shareholder of GGCP, Inc., a private company which owns a majority of GAMCO’s Class B Stock, and the Chairman of MJG Associates, Inc., which acts as a investment manager of various investment funds and other accounts. He also serves as an Overseer of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business; Associate Trustee of Boston College and Trustee of Roger Williams University and Director of Winston Churchill Foundation; The E. L. Wiegand Foundation; The National Italian American Foundation, The American-Italian Cancer Foundation, The Foundation for Italian Art & Culture and the Mentor/National Mentoring Partnership; and the Patron’s Committee for the Immaculate Conception School. He is also Chairman of the Gabelli Foundation, Inc., a Nevada private charitable trust.

     Robert E. Dolan has served as our Chief Financial Officer since November 2001. Mr. Dolan has also served in the following capacities at LICT Corporation: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from December 6, 2010, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer from May 1, 2006 to December 6, 2010, Chief Financial Officer from September 1999 and Controller from September 1999 to January 2004. In addition, Mr. Dolan was, until September 14, 2009 is the Assistant Secretary and director of Sunshine PCS Corporation, a public holding company, and has served in these capacities since November 2000. Also from November 17, 2007, Mr. Dolan is also the Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of CIBL, Inc.

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Committees of the Board of Directors

     We presently do not have an audit committee, compensation committee, nominating committee, an executive committee of our board of directors, stock plan committee or any other committees. Currently, our full board of serves as the audit committee and approves, when applicable, the appointment of auditors and the inclusion of financial statements in our periodic reports. Mr. Dolan is deemed to be an “audit committee financial expert.”

     We have not made any changes to the process by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the board of directors since our last annual report.

Code of Ethics

     We have not yet adopted a corporate code of ethics. Our board of directors is considering whether in light of the nature of our company and its lack on any operations, it is necessary or appropriate to adopt a formal corporate code of ethics. If it determined that such a code would be necessary or appropriate, it will then consider establishing, over the next year, a code of ethics to deter wrongdoing and promote honest and ethical conduct; provide full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in public reports; comply with applicable laws; ensure prompt internal reporting of code violations; and provide accountability for adherence to the code.

Legal Proceedings

     Neither of our directors and executive officers has been involved in legal proceedings that would be material to an evaluation of our management.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such capacities. The Company’s certificate of incorporation provides that its directors and officers shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The certificate of incorporation also provides that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as amended from time to time, indemnify and advance expenses to each of its currently acting and former directors, officers, employees and agents.

     Delaware law provides that a corporation may limit the liability of each director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages except for liability:

• for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,
• for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
• in respect of certain unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases and
• for any transaction which the director derives an improper personal benefit.

     The Company’s certificate of incorporation provides for the elimination and limitation of the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, the certificate of incorporation provides that if Delaware law is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of our directors shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as amended. The effect of this provision is to eliminate the Company’s rights and its stockholders rights, through stockholders’ derivative suits, to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director, except in the situations described above. This provision does not limit or eliminate the Company’s rights or its stockholders’ rights to seek non-monetary relief such as an injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s duty of care.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted for its directors, officers, and controlling persons, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission this sort of indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is therefore unenforceable.

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     At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers, employees or agents where indemnification will be required or permitted.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

     To our knowledge, based solely upon our review of copies of reports received by us pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we believe that all of our directors, officers and beneficial owners of more than 10 percent of our common stock filed all such reports on a timely basis during 2011.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

     The Company has not paid any compensation to any person, including its directors and executive officers, since inception. The Company does not have any employment contracts with either of its executive officers.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

     The following table sets forth information concerning ownership of our common stock as of February 17, 2012 by each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the common stock, each director, each executive officer, and by all directors and executive officers as a group. We believe that each stockholder has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to the shares beneficially owned by him. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person listed below is 401 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, New York 10580.

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

     None.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Audit Fees

     The aggregate fees billed by Daszkal Bolton LLP for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s financial statements for 2011 and 2010 were $14,000 annually. For 2011 and 2010, Daszkal Bolton LLP billed the Company an aggregate of $9,000 annually for reviews of the financial statements included in its quarterly Form 10-Q.

Audit-Related Fees

     No audit-related fees were billed by Daszkal Bolton LLP for 2011 or 2010.

Tax Fees

     No tax fees were billed by Daszkal Bolton LLP for 2011 or 2010.

All Other Fees

     No other fees were billed by Daszkal Bolton LLP for 2011 or 2010 for services other than as set forth above.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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