PRINCETON CAPITAL CORP - Annual Report: 2007 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the
transition period from
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Commission
File Number 814-00710
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida
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95-4158065
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(I.R.S.
employer identification No.)
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11300
West Olympic Blvd, Suite 800,
Los
Angeles, CA
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90064
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (310) 312-6888
SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
Title
of Each Class
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Name
of Each Exchange on
Which
Registered
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Common
Stock
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Indicate
by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined
in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o
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 o
No x
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x
No
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Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K (Sec. 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and
will
not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
accelerated filer o Accelerated
filer o Non-accelerated
filer x
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No x
The
aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
Registrant (based on the closing price of its common stock on the OTCBB) on
March 12, 2008 was approximately $400,000.
As
of
March 12, 2008 there were: (i) 3,633,067 shares of common stock, $.001 par
value, issued and outstanding; and 100,000 shares of Series B convertible
preferred stock outstanding. The outstanding Series B convertible preferred
stock is convertible into an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of common stock.
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Subsequent
Event
Disclosure
with regard to Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
Richard
Hull has tendered his resigned as Company President. His resignation is
effective on March 31, 2008.
PART
I
FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS
In
this
annual report we make a number of statements, referred to as “forward-looking
statements”, which are intended to convey our expectations or predictions
regarding the occurrence of possible future events or the existence of trends
and factors that may impact our future plans and operating results. These
forward-looking statements are derived, in part, from various assumptions and
analyses we have made in the context of our current business plan and
information currently available to use and in light of our experience and
perceptions of historical trends, current conditions and expected future
developments and other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances.
You can generally identify forward looking statements through words and phrases
such as“believe”,
“expect”, “seek”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “plan”, “budget”,
“project”, “may likely result”, “may be”, “may continue”
and
other similar expressions. When reading any forward-looking statement you should
remain mindful that actual results or developments may vary substantially from
those expected as expressed in or implied by that statement for a number of
reasons or factors, including but not limited to:
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The
type and character of our future
investments
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Future
sources of revenue and/or income
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Increases
in operating expenses
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Future
trends with regard to net investment
losses
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How
long cash on hand can sustain our operations as well as other statements
regarding our future operations, financial condition and prospects
and
business strategies.
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These
forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that
could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected in
the
forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly
release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Given
these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on such forward-looking statements.
DESCRIPTION
OF BUSINESS
Overview
We
are a
financial services company which coaches and assists biomedical companies,
through our network of professionals, in listing their securities on the
over-the-counter market.
We
were
initially incorporated in 1959 as Electro-Mechanical Services Inc., in the
state
of Florida. Since inception we have been involved in a number of industries.
In
1998 we changed our name to Regal One Corporation. On March 7, 2005, our Board
of Directors determined that it was in our shareholders best interest to change
the focus of the company’s operation to that of providing financial services
through our network of advisors and professionals. Typically these services
are
provided to early stage biomedical companies who can benefit from our managerial
skills, network of professions and other partners.
As
a
result of our clients’ early stage of development, they typically have limited
resources and compensate us for our services in capital stock. Accordingly,
although our primary business is to provide consulting services and not to
be
engaged, directly or through wholly-owned subsidiaries, in the business of
investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, we may
nonetheless be considered an investment company as that term is defined in
the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act). In order to lessen the regulatory
restrictions associated with the requirements of the 1940 Act, on June 16,
2005
we elected to be treated as a Business Development Company (BDC) in accordance
with sections 55 through 65 of the 1940 Act.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the
Board
of Directors is responsible for determining in good faith the fair value of
the
securities and assets held by the Company. The Investment Committee of the
Board
of Directors bases its determination on, among other things, applicable
quantitative and qualitative factors. These factors may include, but are not
limited to, the type of securities, the nature of the business of the portfolio
company, the marketability of the valuation of securities of publicly traded
companies in the same or similar industries, current financial conditions and
operating results of the portfolio company, sales and earnings growth of the
portfolio company, operating revenues of the portfolio company, competitive
conditions, and current and prospective conditions in the overall stock market.
Without a readily recognized market value, the estimated value of some portfolio
securities may differ significantly from the values that would be placed on
the
portfolio should there be a ready market for such equity securities currently
in
existence.
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Strategy
We
intend
to focus our efforts on assisting private
biomedical companies with distinctive IP and well-defined, near-term
applications that address significant and quantifiable markets and that can
benefit from our network of business professionals. Our Investment Committee
has
adopted a charter wherein these criteria will be weighed against other criteria
including:
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Strategic
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Management
ability, and
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Incremental
value that we can bring to the potential
client
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The
potential client must also be willing to comply with the Company’s requirement
as a BDC to offer significant managerial oversight and guidance, including
the
right of the Company to a seat on the then client’s board of
directors.
To
date
we have secured our clients through word of mouth or industry referrals from
lawyers, accountants and other professionals. In looking at prospective clients,
we do not focus on any particular geographic region and would consider clients
globally.
Portfolio
Investments
During
the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, we did not add any companies to
our
portfolio. Our portfolio is as follows:
Name
of Company
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Investment
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Value of Investment as of
Dec. 31, 2007
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Neuralstem,
Inc. (OTCBB: NRLS)
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Common
Stock and Warrants
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3,661,008
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American
Stem Cell (“ASC”)
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Common
Stock
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12,500
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SuperOxide
Health Sciences, Inc. (“SOHS”)
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Common
Stock
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$
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Neuralstem,
Inc.
On
June
16, 2005, we entered into an agreement whereby we provided services to
Neuralstem, Inc. In consideration for such services, we were granted
approximately 1,800,000
shares of Neuralstem’s common stock and a warrant to purchase an additional
1,000,000 common shares at $5.00. The warrant contains certain anti-dilution
provisions. Of the approximately 1,800,000 shares granted to us, we distributed
approximately 500,000 shares to our stockholders on February 5, 2007.
Neuralstem
is a life sciences company focused on the development and commercialization
of
treatments based on transplanting human neural stem cells. At present Neuralstem
is pre-revenue and has not yet undertaken any clinical trials with regard to
their technology.
Neuralstem
has developed and maintains a portfolio of patents and patent applications
that
form the proprietary base for their research and development efforts in the
area
of neural stem cell research. Neuralstem, Inc. has ownership or exclusive
licensing of four issued patents and 12 patent pending applications in the
field
of regenerative medicine and related technologies.
The
field
in which Neuralstem focuses is young and emerging. There can be no assurances
that their intellectual property portfolio will ultimately produce viable
commercialized products and processes. Even if they are able to produce a
commercially viable product, there are strong competitors in this field and
their product may not be able to successfully compete against them.
As
of
December 31, 2007 we hold 1,273,814 shares of Neuralstem, Inc. common stock
and
warrants to purchase an additional 1,000,000 of common stock at a price of
$5.00
per share.
American
Stem Cell
On
June
30, 2005, we entered into an agreement with American Stem Cell (“ASC”) whereby
we were to provide consulting services. In consideration for such services
we
were granted 3,000,000 common shares of ASC.
ASC
is a
private development stage company with plans to acquire stem cell companies
and
technologies. In January of 2006, we were notified that ASC’s expected
acquisition of its initial stem cell company had failed. We understand that
ASC
is still searching for a business to acquire, but has limited resources and
no
firm plans.
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In
October of 2007, ASC offered to repurchase 2,000,000 of its common shares that
we held in exchange for $25,000 and a general mutual release of our obligations
to file a registration statement on behalf of ASC. On November 20, 2007, our
board of directors approved the transaction which was completed on December
7,
2007.
As
a
result of the above described transaction, we reduced our holdings in ASC stock
by 2,000,000 common shares. As of December 31, 2007, we hold 1,000,000 shares
of
ASC common stock. For purpose of portfolio valuation, our investment committee
has valued the investment at $12,500.
SuperOxide
Health Sciences, Inc.
In
March
2005, we entered into an agreement whereby we were granted an option to purchase
up to a 40% equity interest in SuperOxide
Health Sciences, Inc. (“SOHS”).
Pursuant to that option, we invested a total of $145,000 in exchange for
approximately 8% of the issued and outstanding shares of SOHS.
SOHS
is a
privately owned development stage company looking to commercialize medical
applications of airborne superoxide ions. In September 2006, we received notice
from SOHS that due to lack of working capital, the board of directors had
decided to dissolve the Company. To date we have yet to receive formal
documentation or confirmation of such dissolution. As a result of the forgoing,
we believe the value of our investment in SOHS is $0.00. Accordingly, upon
receipt of confirmation as to the dissolution, we will remove SOHS from our
portfolio.
Employees
We
have
two part-time employees. We expect to use consultants, attorneys, and
accountants as necessary and we do not anticipate a need to engage any
additional full-time employees as long as business needs are being identified
and evaluated. The need for employees and their availability will be addressed
in connection with a decision concerning whether or not to acquire or
participate in a specific business venture.
Compliance
with BDC Reporting Requirements
The
Board
of Directors of the Company, comprising a majority of Independent Directors,
adopted in March 2006 a number of resolutions, codes and charters to complete
compliance with BDC operating requirements prior to reporting as a BDC.
These include establishing Board committees for Audit, Nominating,
Compensation, Investment, and Corporate Governance, and adopting a Code of
Ethics, an Audit Committee Charter and an Investment Committee
Charter.
Code
of Ethics: The
Code
of Ethics in general prohibits any officer, director or advisory person
(collectively, "Access Person") of the Company from acquiring any interest
in
any security which the Company (i) is considering a purchase or sale thereof,
(ii) is being purchased or sold by the Company, or (iii) is being sold
short by the Company. The Access Person is required to advise the Company
in writing of his or her acquisition or sale of any such security. The Company’s
Code of Ethics is posted on our website at www.regal1.com.
Audit
Committee: The
primary responsibility of the Audit Committee is to oversee the Company's
financial reporting process on behalf of the Company's Board of Directors and
report the result of its activities to the Board. Such responsibilities
shall include but not be limited to the selection, and if necessary, the
replacement of the Company's independent auditors; the review and discussion
with such independent auditors and the Company's internal audit department
of
(i) the overall scope and plans for the audit, (ii) the adequacy and
effectiveness of the accounting and financial controls, including the Company's
system to monitor and manage business risks, and legal and ethical programs,
and
(iii) the results of the annual audit, including the financial statements to
be
included in the Company's annual report on
Form 10-K.
The
Company's Audit Committee and Compensation Committee is comprised of one
director. We anticipate that additional board members will be admitted and
will
augment the current audit committee. At present, we do not have
a
qualified financial expert because we have not been able to identify and retain
a qualified candidate.
Investment
Committee: The
Investment Committee shall have oversight responsibility with respect to
reviewing and overseeing the Company's contemplated investments and portfolio
companies on behalf of the Board and shall report the results of their
activities to the Board. Such Investment Committee shall (i) have the
ultimate authority for and responsibility to evaluate and recommend investments,
and (ii) review and discuss with management (a) the performance of portfolio
companies, (b) the diversity and risk of the Company's investment portfolio,
and, where appropriate, make recommendations respecting the role, divestiture
or
addition of portfolio investments and (c) all solicited and unsolicited offers
to purchase portfolio company positions. The Company’s Investment Committee
Charter is filed as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.
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Compliance
with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
On
July
30, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the
"Sarbanes-Oxley Act"). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act imposes a wide variety of new
regulatory requirements on publicly held companies and their insiders.
Many of these requirements will affect us. For example:
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Our
chief executive officer and chief financial officer must now certify
the
accuracy of the financial statements contained in our periodic reports;
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Our
periodic reports must disclose our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
our controls and procedures;
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Our
periodic reports must disclose whether there were significant changes
in
our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly
affect
these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including
any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses; and
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We
may not make any loan to any director or executive officer and we
may not
materially modify any existing
loans.
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The
Sarbanes-Oxley Act has required us to review our current policies and procedures
to determine whether we comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the new
regulations promulgated within the regulations stated in the SOX act of 2002.
We will continue to monitor our compliance with all future regulations
that are adopted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and will take actions necessary
to
ensure that we are in compliance therewith.
RISK
FACTORS
The
purchase of shares of capital stock of the Company involves many risks. A
prospective investor should carefully consider the following factors before
making a decision to purchase any such shares:
We
Have Historically Lost Money and Losses May Continue in the
Future:
We
have
historically lost money. Our net operating loss for the 2007 fiscal
year was $445,596 and future losses are likely to occur. Accordingly, we may
experience significant liquidity and cash flow problems if we are not able
to
raise additional capital as needed and on acceptable terms. No assurances
can be given we will be successful in reaching or maintaining profitable
operations.
We
recently undertook our current business model and as a result, historical
results may not be relied upon with regard to our operating
history:
In
March
2005, we formally began implementing our current business model of providing
services to biotech companies. As a result of how we receive payment for these
services, we are technically considered an investment company under the 1940
Investment Company Act. As such, we have presented our financial results and
accompanying notes in such fashion. Conversely, until 2005, our operating
results were presented in the format and style of an industrial company. As
a
result, our financial performance and statements may not be comparable between
the years prior and up to 2004 and the results for 2005 and after.
The
Company’s cash expenses are very large relative to its cash flow which requires
the Company continually to sell new shares. This could result in substantial
dilution to our shareholders or our ability to continue in operations should
additional capital not be raised:
For
year
ended December 31, 2007 the Company had no revenues and operating expenses
of
$445,596. Consequently, the Company was required either to sell new shares
of
Company common stock or issue promissory notes to raise the cash necessary
to
pay ongoing expenses. This practice is likely to continue for the foreseeable
future and could lead to continuing dilution in the interest of existing Company
stockholders. Moreover, there is no assurance that the Company will be able
to
find investors willing to purchase Company shares at a price and on terms
acceptable to the Company, in which case, the Company could deplete its cash
resources.
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Regulations
governing operations of a business development company will affect the Company’s
ability to raise, and the way in which the Company raises additional capital.
This could result in the Company not being able to raise additional capital
and
accordingly cease operations:
Under
the
provisions of the 1940 Act, the Company is permitted, as a business development
company, to issue senior securities only in amounts such that asset coverage,
as
defined in the 1940 Act, equals at least 200% after each issuance of senior
securities. If the value of portfolio assets declines, the Company may be unable
to satisfy this test. If that happens, the Company may be required to sell
a
portion of its investments and, depending on the nature of the Company’s
leverage, repay a portion of its indebtedness at a time when such sales may
be
disadvantageous and result in unfavorable prices. Applicable law requires that
business development companies may invest 70% of its assets only in privately
held U.S. companies, small, publicly traded U.S. companies, certain high-quality
debt, and cash. The Company is not generally able to issue and sell common
stock
at a price below net asset value per share. The Company may, however, sell
common stock, or warrants, options or rights to acquire common stock, at prices
below the current net asset value of the common stock if the Board of Directors
determines that such sale is in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders approve such sale. In any such case, the price at which the
Company’s securities are to be issued and sold may not be less than a price
which, in the determination of the Board of Directors, closely approximates
the
market value of such securities (less any distributing commission or
discount).
The
success of the Company will depend in part on its size, and in part on
management’s ability to make successful investments:
If
the
Company is unable to select profitable investments, the Company will not achieve
its objectives. Moreover, if the size of the Company remains small, operating
expenses will be higher as a percentage of invested capital than would otherwise
be the case, which increases the risk of loss (and reduces the chance for gain)
for investors.
The
Company’s investment activities are inherently risky:
The
Company’s investment activities involve a significant degree of risk. The
performance of any investment is subject to numerous factors which are neither
within the control of nor predictable by the Company. Such factors include
a
wide range of economic, political, competitive and other conditions which may
affect investments in general or specific industries or companies.
The
Company’s equity investments may lose all or part of their value, causing the
Company to lose all or part of its investment in those
companies:
The
equity interests in which the Company invests may not appreciate in value and
may decline in value. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to realize gains
from its investments and any gains that are realized on the disposition of
any
equity interests may not be sufficient to offset any losses experienced.
Moreover, the Company’s primary objective is to invest in early stage companies,
the products or services of which will frequently not have demonstrated market
acceptance. Many portfolio companies lack depth of management and have limited
financial resources. All of these factors make investments in the Company’s
portfolio companies particularly risky.
The
Company’s common stock has historically traded at a substantial premium to net
asset value:
Historically,
the Company’s common stock has traded at a substantial premium to its net asset
value. The following summarizes the Company’s approximate net asset value per
common share and corresponding stock price:
As
of December 31,
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2005
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Net
Asset Value
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0.67
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Stock
Price*
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0.06
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0.15
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$
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0.30
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*Stock
Price is as the last trading day in December of each corresponding
year.
Although
at present it appears that the Company is trading at a discount to Net Asset
Value, there can be no assurance that this trend will continue. Moreover, as
the
Company utilizes and monetizes its assets for its continuing operating needs
the
Net Asset Value will decrease, potentially resulting in further decreases in
the
price of the Company’s common stock.
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Our
common stock is traded on the "Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board," which may
make
it more difficult for investors to resell their shares due to suitability
requirements:
Our
common stock is currently traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB)
where we expect it to remain in the foreseeable future. Broker-dealers often
decline to trade in OTCBB stocks given the markets for such securities are
often
limited, the stocks are more volatile, and the risk to investors is greater.
These factors may reduce the potential market for our common stock by reducing
the number of potential investors. This may make it more difficult for investors
in our common stock to sell shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose
of
their shares. This could cause our stock price to decline.
We
could fail to retain or attract key personnel who are required in order for
us
to fully carry out our business plan:
The
Company’s operations and ability to implement its business plan are dependent
upon the efforts of its key personnel, the loss of the services of which could
have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company will likely be
required to hire additional personnel to implement its business plan. Qualified
employees and consultants are in great demand and are likely to remain a limited
resource for the foreseeable future. Competition for skilled creative and
technical talent is intense. There can be no assurance that the Company will
be
successful in attracting and retaining such personnel. Any failure by the
Company to retain the services of existing employees and consultants or to
hire
new employees when necessary could have a material adverse effect upon the
Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Our future
success depends in significant part on the continued services of Dr. Malcolm
Currie, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. We have no employment
agreement with, or life insurance on, Dr. Currie.
The
Company operates in a highly competitive market:
The
Company faces competition from a number of sources, many of which have longer
operating histories, and significantly greater financial, management, marketing
and other resources than the Company. The Company’s ability to generate new
portfolio clients depends to a significant degree on its reputation among
potential clients and partners, and its ability to reach acceptable investment
terms with potential clients relative to competitive alternatives. In the event
that the reputation of the Company is adversely impacted, or that potential
portfolio clients perceive competitive alternatives to be superior, the
business, financial condition and operating results of the Company could be
adversely affected.
Our
officers and directors have the ability to exercise significant influence over
matters submitted for stockholder approval and their interests may differ from
other stockholders:
Our
executive officers and directors have the ability to appoint a majority to
the
Board of Directors. Accordingly, our directors and executive officers, whether
acting alone or together, may have significant influence in determining the
outcome of any corporate transaction or other matter submitted to our Board
for
approval, including issuing common and preferred stock, appointing officers,
which could have a material impact on mergers, acquisitions, consolidations
and
the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, and the power to prevent
or
cause a change in control. The interests of these board members may differ
from
the interests of the other stockholders.
Our
share ownership is concentrated:
The
Company’s officers, directors and principal stockholders, together with their
affiliates, beneficially own approximately 70% of the Company’s voting shares.
As a result, these stockholders, if they act together, will exert significant
influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the
election and removal of directors, any merger, consolidation or sale of all
or
substantially all of assets, as well as any charter amendment and other matters
requiring stockholder approval. In addition, these stockholders may dictate
the
day to day management of the business. This concentration of ownership may
delay
or prevent a change in control and may have a negative impact on the market
price of the Company’s common stock by discouraging third party investors. In
addition, the interests of these stockholders may not always coincide with
the
interests of the Company’s other stockholders.
We
may change our investment policies without further shareholder approval:
Although
we are limited by the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to the
percentage of our assets that must be invested in qualified investment
companies, we are not limited with respect to the minimum standard that any
investment company must meet, neither are we limited to the industries in which
those investment companies must operate. We may make investments without
shareholder approval and such investments may deviate significantly from our
historic operations. Any change in our investment policy or selection of
investments could adversely affect our stock price, liquidity, and the ability
of our shareholders to sell their stock.
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The
Company’s common stock may be subject to the penny stock rules which might make
it harder for stockholders to sell:
As
a
result of our stock price, our shares are subject to the penny stock rules.
Because a “penny stock” is, generally speaking, one selling for less than $5.00
per share, the Company’s common stock may be subject to the foregoing rules. The
application of the penny stock rules may affect stockholders’ ability to sell
their shares because some broker-dealers may not be willing to make a market
in
the Company’s common stock because of the burdens imposed upon them by the penny
stock rules which include but are not limited to:
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Section
15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rules 15g-1
through
15g-6, which impose additional sales practice requirements on
broker-dealers who sell Company securities to persons other than
established customers and accredited investors.
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Rule
15g-2 declares unlawful any broker-dealer transactions in penny stocks
unless the broker-dealer has first provided to the customer a standardized
disclosure document.
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Rule
15g-3 provides that it is unlawful for a broker-dealer to engage
in a
penny stock transaction unless the broker-dealer first discloses
and
subsequently confirms to the customer the current quotation prices
or
similar market information concerning the penny stock in question.
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Rule
15g-4 prohibits broker-dealers from completing penny stock transactions
for a customer unless the broker-dealer first discloses to the customer
the amount of compensation or other remuneration received as a result
of
the penny stock transaction.
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Rule
15g-5 requires that a broker-dealer executing a penny stock transaction,
other than one exempt under Rule 15g-1, disclose to its customer,
at the
time of or prior to the transaction, information about the sales
persons’
compensation.
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Potential
shareholders of the Company should also be aware that, according to SEC Release
No. 34-29093, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from
patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (i) control of the market
for
the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the
promoter or issuer; (ii) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching
of
purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (iii) "boiler
room"
practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price
projections by inexperienced sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed
bid-ask differential and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the
wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker dealers after
prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the resulting
inevitable collapse of those prices and with consequent investor
losses.
Limited
regulatory oversight may require potential investors to fend for
themselves:
The
Company has elected to be treated as a business development company under the
1940 Act which makes the Company exempt from some provisions of that statute.
The Company is not registered as a broker-dealer or investment advisor because
the nature of its proposed activities does not require it to do so; moreover
it
is not registered as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange
Act,
based on its intention not to trade commodities or financial futures. However,
the Company is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
As
a result of this limited regulatory oversight, the Company is not subject to
certain operating limitations, capital requirements, or reporting obligations
that might otherwise apply and investors may be left to fend for themselves.
The
Company’s concentration of portfolio company
securities:
The
Company will attempt to hold the securities of several different portfolio
companies. However, a significant amount of the Company’s holdings could be
concentrated in the securities of only a few companies. This risk is
particularly acute during this time period of early Company’s operations, which
could result in significant concentration with respect to a particular issuer
or
industry. The concentration of the Company’s portfolio in any one issuer or
industry would subject the Company to a greater degree of risk with respect
to
the failure of one or a few issuers or with respect to economic downturns in
such industry than would be the case with a more diversified portfolio. At
December 31, 2007, 99.7% of the Company’s asset value resulted from a single
portfolio holding.
The
unlikelihood of cash distributions:
Although
the Company has the corporate power to make cash distributions, such
distributions are not among the Company’s objectives. Consequently, management
does not expect to make any cash distributions in the immediate future.
Moreover, even if cash distributions were made, they would depend on the size
of
the Company, its performance, and the expenses incurred by the Company.
8
Because
many of the Company’s portfolio securities will be recorded at values as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, the prices at which the
Company is able to dispose of these holdings may differ from their respective
recorded values:
The
Company values its portfolio securities at fair value as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors. However, the Company may be required on a
more
frequent basis to value the securities at fair value as determined in good
faith
by the Board of Directors to the extent necessary to reflect significant events
affecting the value of such securities. For privately held securities, and
to a
lesser extent, for publicly-traded securities, this valuation is an art and
not
a science. The Board of Directors may retain an independent valuation firm
to
aid it on a selective basis in making fair value determinations. The types
of
factors that may be considered in fair value pricing of an investment include
the markets in which the portfolio company does business, comparison of the
portfolio company to (other) publicly traded companies, discounted cash flow
of
the portfolio company, and other relevant factors. Because such valuations
are
inherently uncertain, may fluctuate during short periods of time, and may be
based on estimates, determinations of fair value may differ materially from
the
values that would have been used if a ready market for these securities existed.
As a result, the Company may not be able to dispose of its holdings at a price
equal to or greater than the determined fair value. Net asset value could be
adversely affected if the determination regarding the fair value of Company
investments is materially higher than the values ultimately realized upon the
disposal of such securities.
The
lack of liquidity in the Company’s portfolio securities would probably prevent
the Company from disposing of them at opportune times and prices, which may
cause a loss and/or reduce again:
The
Company will frequently hold securities in privately held companies. Some of
these securities will be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale
or
will otherwise be less liquid than publicly traded securities. The illiquidity
of such investments may make it difficult to sell such investments at
advantageous times and prices or in a timely manner. In addition, if the Company
is required to liquidate all or a portion of its portfolio quickly, it may
realize significantly less than the values recorded for such investments. The
Company may also face other restrictions on its ability to liquidate an
investment in a portfolio company to the extent that the Company has material
non-public information regarding such portfolio company. If the Company is
unable to sell its assets at opportune times, it might suffer a loss and/or
reduce a gain. Restrictions on resale and limited liquidity are both factors
the
Board will consider in determining fair value of portfolio securities. Moreover,
even holdings in publicly-traded securities are likely to be relatively illiquid
because the market for companies of the type in which the Company invests tend
to be thin and usually cannot accommodate large volume trades.
Holding
securities of privately held companies may be riskier than holding securities
of
publicly traded companies due to the lack of available public
information:
The
Company will frequently hold securities in privately-held companies which may
be
subject to higher risk than holdings in publicly traded companies. Generally,
little public information exists about privately held companies, and the Company
will be required to rely on the ability of management to obtain adequate
information to evaluate the potential risks and returns involved in investing
in
these companies. If the Company is unable to uncover all material information
about these companies, it may not make a fully informed investment decision,
and
it may lose some or all of the money it invests in these companies. These
factors could subject the Company to greater risk than holding securities in
publicly traded companies and negatively affect investment returns.
The
market values of publicly traded portfolio companies are likely to be extremely
volatile:
Our
clients tend to be early stage biotech companies. As a result, their operations
and futures are highly dependent on their ability to develop a product and
on
public perception. Unlike more seasoned companies with historical financial
projections that can be used to evaluate performance, our clients typically
do
not possess such historical figures. Accordingly, shares of our portfolio
companies that are quoted for public trading will generally be thinly traded
and
subject to wide and sometimes precipitous swings in value.
DESCRIPTION
OF PROPERTY
The
Company does not own any real estate or other physical properties materially
important to our operation. Our offices are located at 11300 West Olympic,
Suite 800, Los Angeles, California 90064. The primary purpose of our office
is
to have a physical location at which to receive mail. Our two part-time
employees work from virtual offices. We believe the use of virtual offices
will
be adequate for our present business needs.
9
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
As
of the
date of this annual report, there are no material pending legal or governmental
proceedings relating to our company or properties to which we are a party,
and
to our knowledge there are no material proceedings to which any of our
directors, executive officers or affiliates are a party adverse to us or which
have a material interest adverse to us.
SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
MARKET
FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDERS MATTERS
The
Company’s Common Stock is traded on a limited and sporadic basis on the OTCBB
(Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board) under the symbol “RONE”. The following table
sets forth the trading history of the Common Stock on the Bulletin Board for
last two years as reported by the OTCBB web site. The quotations reflect
inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, markdown or commission and may
not
represent actual transactions.
Quarter
Ending
|
Quarterly High
|
Quarterly Low
|
|||||
2007
|
|||||||
Dec.
31
|
$
|
0.16
|
$
|
0.05
|
|||
Sep.
30
|
$
|
0.30
|
$
|
0.05
|
|||
Jun.
30
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.05
|
|||
Mar.
31
|
$
|
0.34
|
$
|
0.07
|
|||
2006
|
|||||||
Dec.
31
|
$
|
0.26
|
$
|
0.15
|
|||
Sep.
30
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.26
|
|||
Jun.
30
|
$
|
0.58
|
$
|
0.26
|
|||
Mar.
31
|
$
|
0.58
|
$
|
0.30
|
Notwithstanding
the forgoing, our common stock is sporadically and thinly trading. Accordingly,
although there appears to be quotation information, the Company does not believe
that there exists an established public market for our securities.
As
of
March 12, 2008, there were approximately:
·
|
625
shareholders of our common stock;
and
|
·
|
10
shareholders of our preferred
stock.
|
Notwithstanding,
we feel the actual number of common stock holders may be significantly higher
as
2,306,990 common shares are held in street name.
Dividends/Distributions
On
January 23, 2006, we declared a distribution of approximately 500,000
Neuralstem, Inc. common shares that we acquired as a result of services
provided. On February 5, 2007, we completed the distribution. As a result of
rounding for partial shares we distributed a total of 500,473 Neuralstem, Inc.
common shares.
We
do not
currently contemplate making any additional distributions in the
future.
10
Performance
Graph
This
graph compares the return on our common stock (RONE) with that of the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and the Russell 2000 Financial Index,
for the fiscal years 2003 through 2007. The graph assumes that, on January
1,
2003, a person invested $10,000 in each of our common stock, the S&P 500
Stock Index, and the Russell 2000 Financial Index. The graph measures total
shareholder return, which takes into account both changes in stock price and
dividends. It assumes that dividends paid are reinvested in additional shares
of
our common stock.
>
Source:
www.standardandpoors.com (S&P 500), www.russell.com (Russell 2000),
and yahoo finance (RONE). For RONE, year to year return calculated
using
the adjusted close price of the stock on the last trading day of
the year.
Regal distributed approximately 500,000 shares of Neuralstem stock
to its
shareholders in 2007, which it valued at $653,948 ($0.05 per Regal
share
receiving dividends).
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Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
Except
as
otherwise noted, the securities described were issued pursuant to the exemption
from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
Each such issuance was made pursuant to individual contracts, which are
discrete from one another and are made only with persons who were sophisticated
in such transactions and who had knowledge of and access to sufficient
information about the Company to make an informed investment decision.
No commissions were paid in connection with the transactions
described below unless specifically noted. The information relates as to all
securities of the Company sold by the Company within the past three years which
were not registered under the Securities Act. Including sales of reacquired
securities, as well as new issues, securities issued in exchange for property,
services, or other securities, and new securities resulting from the
modification of outstanding securities:
·
|
On
June 14, 2005, we issued to Mr. W.J. Reininger, in connection with
his
consulting employment, 30,000 common shares. We valued the shares
granted
at $1.00 per share or an aggregate of $30,000.
|
·
|
On
June 14, 2005, we issued to The Rose Group, in lieu of fees due for
public
relations services, 10,000 common shares. We valued the shares at
$1.00
each.
|
·
|
On
June 14, 2005, we issued to Mr. Richard A. Hull, as payment for prior
consulting services provided, 10,000 common shares. We valued the
shares
at $1.00 each.
|
11
· |
On
June 14, 2005, we issued to Mr. Charles Stevens, as payment for prior
consulting services, 10,000 common shares. We valued the shares at
$1.00
each.
|
·
|
On
July 12, 2005, we issued to Mr. Christopher Dietrich, for current
and
prior legal services, 300,000 common shares. Of the shares issued:
(i)
193,736 common shares were issued in exchange for current legal services,
and (ii) 106,264 common shares were issued as payment in full for
indebtedness for prior legal services We valued the shares at an
average
price of $0.4167 each.
|
·
|
On
August 23, 2005, we entered into a financial public relations consulting
agreement with Equity Communications, LLC. As part of the agreement,
we
agreed to issue Equity Communications an option to purchase 160,000
shares
of our common stock at $0.50 per share with piggy-back registration
rights. The options began vesting on November 1, 2005 as follows;
60,000
shares vested immediately and 100,000 shares vested on August 1,
2006. The
term of the option is for a five year period commencing on November
1,
2005 and terminating on November 1, 2010. We valued the grant
at $27,236 for pro-forma financial statement purposes using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
|
·
|
On
January 18, 2006, we issued to Mr. W.J. Reininger, in connection with
his consulting employment, a stock option to purchase 50,000 common
shares at $0.50 per share, vesting immediately, with piggy-back
registration rights, and exercisable for a period of three (3) years.
We
valued the grant at $10,529 for pro-forma financial statement
purposes using the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model.
|
·
|
On
February 7, 2006, we issued to Mr. Richard Abruscato, in connection
with his consulting employment, a stock option to purchase 175,000
common shares at $0.50 per share during the period ending on February
7, 2013, with piggy-back registration rights. The option vested as
follows: 125,000 shares were vested on the effective date of the
grant and
the balance of 50,000 shares vested on December 31, 2006. We valued
the
grant at $43,886 for pro-forma financial statement purposes using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
|
·
|
On
March 7, 2006, we issued to Mr. Richard Hull, in connection with his
employment as our President and Chief Operating Officer, a non-qualified
stock option to purchase 500,000 common shares at $0.50 per
share. The option vests as follows: (i) 200,000 vested immediately;
(ii) 50,000 shares upon Regal raising over $500,000 in new capital;
(iii)
50,000 shares upon successful completion of the Neuralstem SB-2
registration; (v) 50,000 shares upon successful completion of the
SB-2
registration of the third Regal client; (vi) 50,000 shares shall
vest on
March 7, 2007 provided Mr. Hull is still employed by Regal; and (vii)
50,000 shares shall vest on March 7, 2008 provided he is still employed
by
Regal. The option has a term of ten years and expires on March 10,
2016, and has piggy-back registration rights. We valued the grant
at $168,608 for pro-forma financial statement purposes using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
|
·
|
On
March 31, 2006, we completed a private placement of 362,500 of our
common shares to four accredited investors. The common shares were
priced
at $0.40 per share and resulted in gross proceeds to the Company
of
$145,000. As part of the offering we granted the investors
piggy-back registration rights as well as certain rights providing
for the
issuance of additional shares in the event the Company’s next round of
financing is completed at a price of less than $0.60 per share before
March 31, 2007. The Company intends to use the proceeds for general
working capital.
|
·
|
On
August 8, 2006, we issued a secured private debt instrument in the
face
amount of $100,000 along with warrants to purchase 75,000 of our
common
shares at a price of $0.60. The private debt instrument had a term
of 12
months and bears interest at a rate of 10% per year. As a condition
to the
loan, we granted the lender a security interest in 100,000 shares
of
Neuralstem, Inc., one of our portfolio companies. We repaid the instrument
including accrued interest on December 11,
2006.
|
12
EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The
following table sets forth information with respect to our 1995 Employee &
Consultant Incentive Benefit Plan as of December 31, 2007.
|
|
(a)
|
|
(b)
|
|
(c)
|
|
|||
|
|
Number of Securities
to be Issued upon Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants and Rights
|
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and
Rights
|
|
Number of Securities
Remaining Available or Future Issuance under
Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in
Column (a))
|
|
|||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
0
|
0
|
980,986
|
|||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||
Total
|
0
|
0
|
980,986
|
1995
Employee & Consultant Incentive Benefit Plan
Our
board
of directors adopted the 1995 Employee & Consultant Incentive Benefit Plan
(“1995
Stock Plan”)
on May
3, 1995, and it was subsequently approved by our stockholders. The 1995 Stock
Plan provides for the grant of stock options or stock to our employees,
directors, and consultants. As of December 31, 2007, there were no outstanding
options to purchase any additional shares under the plan. The 1995 Stock Plan
originally provided for the issuance of 3,000,000 shares of which 2,019,014
are
issued and outstanding. At December 31, 2007, 980,986 shares of our common
stock
remained available for future issuance under our 1995 Stock Plan.
SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
Financial
Position as of December 31:
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
2004
|
|
2003
|
|
||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
3,737,770
|
$
|
2,744,472
|
$
|
238,666
|
$
|
10,868
|
$
|
64,003
|
||||||
Total
liabilities
|
$
|
1,312,870
|
$
|
1,740,977
|
$
|
520,363
|
$
|
460,505
|
$
|
326,488
|
||||||
Net
assets
|
$
|
2,424,900
|
$
|
1,003,495
|
$
|
(281,697
|
)
|
$
|
(449,637
|
)
|
$
|
262,485
|
)
|
|||
Net
asset value per outstanding share
|
$
|
0.67
|
$
|
0.22
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
(0.12
|
)
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
|||
Shares
outstanding, end of fiscal year
|
3,633,067
|
4,633,067
|
4,270,567
|
3,658,259
|
1,459,202
|
Operating
Data for year ended December 31:
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
2004
|
|
2003
|
||||||
Total
investment income
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||||
Total
expenses
|
$
|
445,596
|
$
|
779,206
|
$
|
220,418
|
$
|
1,645,357
|
$
|
46,455
|
||||||
Net
operating loss
|
$ |
(445,596
|
)
|
$
|
(779,206
|
)
|
$
|
(220,418
|
)
|
$
|
(1,645,357
|
)
|
$
|
(46,455
|
)
|
|
Total
tax expense (benefit)
|
$
|
800
|
$
|
800
|
$
|
1,642
|
$
|
800
|
$
|
800
|
||||||
Stock
Dividends
|
$
|
653,948
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
(1)
The
Company began operating as a Business Development Company on September 13,
2004,
all prior period figures are based on prior operations.
13
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The
following information should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Overview
We
are a
financial services company which coaches and assists biomedical companies
through the use of our network of professionals in listing their securities
on
over the counter or national exchanges. Typically these services are provided
to
early stage biomedical companies who can benefit from our network of
professionals and other partners. As a result of our clients’ early stage of
development, they typically have limited resources and compensate us for our
services in capital stock. Accordingly, although our primary business is to
provide consulting services and not to be engaged, directly or through
wholly-owned subsidiaries, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning,
holding or trading in securities, we may nonetheless be considered an investment
company as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940
Act). In order to lessen the regulatory restrictions associated with the
requirements of the 1940 Act, on June 16, 2005 we elected to be treated as
a
Business Development Company (BDC) in accordance with sections 55 through 65
of
the 1940 Act.
Managerial
Assistance
As
a
business development company we will offer and provide upon request managerial
assistance to certain of our portfolio companies. As defined under the
1940 Act, managerial assistance means providing “significant guidance and
counsel concerning the management, operations, or business objectives and
policies of a portfolio company.”
Financial
Condition Overview
The
Company's total assets were $3,737,770 and its net assets were $2,424,900 at
December 31, 2007, compared to $2,744,472 and $1,003,495, respectively, at
December 31, 2006.
The
changes in total assets during the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 were
primarily attributable to an increase in unrealized appreciation of our
portfolio investment value of $1,693,926. The Company's unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) varies significantly from period to period as a result of the
wide fluctuations in value of the Company's portfolio securities. For example,
the Company suffered an unrealized loss of $145,000 on its holdings of
SuperOxide Health Sciences for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 as
a
result of a decline in the value of the portfolio shares from $145,000 to $0
during such time period. By contrast, the Company incurred an unrealized gain
as
a result of the Securities and Exchange Commission declaring Neuralstem, Inc’s
registration statement effective on August 30, 2006. Prior to being declared
effective, the Company was at risk of potentially forfeiting up to 1,000,000
Neuralstem shares and the shares it did own were greatly diminished in value
as
a result of no public market for such shares. This resulted in an increase
in
the value of the Neuralstem, Inc. shares to $2,741,430 for the twelve months
ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $50,000 for the comparable period ended
December 31, 2005.
The
increase in net assets during the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 was
primarily attributable to the increase in the value assigned to Neuralstem
stock, and a reduction in current liabilities of $428,107. The reduction in
current liabilities was primarily due to decreases in a dividend payable and
contingent litigation fees that more than offset an increase in notes payable
to
an officer/principal shareholder of the Company.
The
Company's financial condition is dependent on a number of factors including
the
ability of each portfolio company to effectuate its respective strategies with
the Company's help. These businesses are frequently thinly capitalized,
unproven, small companies that may lack management depth, and may be dependent
on new or commercially unproven technologies, and may have no operating
history.
14
Result
of Operations for the twelve month periods ending December 31, 2007 and
2006
Investment
Income
We
anticipate generating revenue in the form of capital gains or losses on equity
securities that we acquire in portfolio companies and subsequently sell.
Potentially, we also anticipate receiving dividend income on any common or
preferred stock that we own should a dividend be declared.
Investment
Income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 was $0 and $0,
respectively.
Operating
Expenses
Our
operating expenses consist mostly of fees paid to outside attorneys,
consultants, and accountants in connection with the advisory services we provide
our clients and to a lesser extent for general overhead.
For
the
twelve months ended December 31, 2007, operating
expenses were $445,596 compared to $779,206 for the twelve month period ended
December 31, 2006. The
decrease of $333,610 for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2007 as
compared to the comparable period of 2006 is primarily attributable to decreases
in professional service fees and stock options,
as well
as the elimination of the reserve for anticipated litigation fees.
We
anticipate that operational expenses will increase upon the addition of more
companies to our portfolio.
Net
Investment Income/Loss
For
the
twelve months ending December 31, 2007, net investment loss was $436,396
compared to $780,006 for the comparable period ended December 31, 2006. The
2007
amount consisted primarily of professional services and consulting fees and
general overhead. The
decrease of $343,610 in the twelve month period ending December
31,
2007 as
compared to the comparable period ended December 31, 2006 is primarily
attributable to the factors discussed above.
We
anticipate our net investment loss will increase upon the addition of more
companies to our portfolio, and as we hold the securities of our portfolio
companies for long term capital growth.
Result
of Operations for the twelve month periods ending December 31, 2006 and
2005
Investment
Income
Investment
Income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 was $0 and $0,
respectively.
Operating
Expenses
For
the
twelve months ended December 31, 2006, operating expenses were $779,206 compared
to $220,418 for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2005. The
increase of $558,788 for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2006 as
compared to the comparable period of 2005 is primarily attributable to increases
in professional service fees, stock option expenses and general and
administrative expenses stemming from increased activity in managing our
portfolio companies, as well as an increase in the reserve for anticipated
litigation fees.
Net
Investment Income/Loss
For
the
twelve months ending December 31, 2006, net investment loss was $780,006
compared to $222,060 for the comparable period ended December 31, 2005. The
2006
amount consisted primarily of professional services and consulting fees and
general overhead. The
increase of $557,946 in the twelve month period ending December
31,
2006 as
compared to the comparable period ended December 31, 2007 is primarily
attributable to the factors discussed above.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
At
December 31, 2007, we had approximately $3,675,270 in liquid and semi liquid
assets consisting of: (i) $64,262 in cash; and (ii) $3,611,008 in saleable
marketable securities.
15
For
the
twelve month period ended December 31, 2007, we satisfied our working capital
needs from: (i) cash on hand at the beginning of the period; (ii) the sale
of
marketable securities in the amount of $67,250,
(iii)
an increase in a note payable to one of our officers in the amount of
$413,500
and (iv) an increase in accounts payable/accrued expenses of
$195,957.
As of
December 31, 2007 the Company had a Net Asset Value of $2,424,900.
As
of
December 31, 2007, the aggregate outstanding balance under the officer loan
is
$650,794.
Such
loan is a demand loan and secured by a pledge of 600,000 shares of Neuralstem
(“Collateral Shares”) currently owned by the Company. In the event the note
holder made a demand for repayment, the Company’s working capital would be
insufficient for such repayment. In such event, the Company would be required
to
either: (i) sell shares of Neuralstem which it currently owns; or (ii) default
on the obligation whereby the note holder would have the right to receive the
Collateral Shares in order to satisfy the outstanding balance.
From
inception, the Company has relied on the infusion of capital through capital
share transactions and loans. The Company plans to either: (i) dispose of its
current portfolio securities to meet operational needs; or (ii) borrow against
such securities via a traditional margin account or other such credit facility.
Any such dispositions may have to be made at inopportune times and there is
no
assurance that, in light of the lack of liquidity in such shares, they could
be
sold at all, or if sold, could bring values approximating the estimates of
fair
value set forth in the Company financial statements. Additionally, in the event
the Company enters into a margin agreement with regard to any portfolio
securities, a decrease in their market value may result in a liquidation of
such
securities which could greatly depress the value of such securities in the
market. The Company's current monthly cash burn rate is approximately $30,000.
Because our revenues, if generated, tend to be in the form of portfolio
securities, such revenues are not of a type capable of being used to satisfy
the
Company's ongoing monthly expenses. Consequently, for us to be able to avoid
having to defer expenses or sell portfolio companies' securities to raise cash
to pay operating expenses we are constantly seeking to secure adequate funding
under acceptable terms. There is no assurance that the Company will be able
to
do so. Further, if the Company is unable to secure adequate funding under
acceptable terms, there is substantial doubt that the Company can continue
as a
going concern.
Contractual
Obligations
|
Total
|
|
Less than 1 year
|
|
1-3 years
|
|
3-5 years
|
|
More than 5 years
|
|
||||||
Long
Term Debt Obligations
|
$
|
650,794
|
$
|
650,794
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
650,794
|
$
|
650,794
|
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE
DISCLOSURES
ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our
business activities contain high elements of risk. The Company considers a
principal type of market risk to be a valuation risk. All assets are valued
at
fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board
of
Directors (which is based, in part, on quoted market prices of similar
investments).
Market
prices of common equity securities in general, are subject to fluctuations
which
could cause the amount to be realized upon sale to differ significantly from
the
current reported value. The
fluctuations may result from perceived changes in the underlying economic
characteristics of the Company's portfolio companies, the relative prices of
alternative investments, general market conditions and supply and demand
imbalances for a particular security
Neither
the Company’s investments nor an investment in the Company is intended to
constitute a balanced investment program. The Company will be subject to
exposure in the public-market pricing and the risks inherent therein. For a
further discussion of the risk associated with the Company, please refer to
the
section of this annual report entitled “Risk
Factors”
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
16
ITEM
8A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
The
Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure
that information required to be disclosed in the Company's Exchange Act reports
is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that
such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management
to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based closely on the
definition of "disclosure controls and procedures" in Rule 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures,
management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well
designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the
desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply
its
judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and
procedures.
The
Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the
participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial
officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered in this
report. Based on the foregoing, our principal executive officer and principal
financial officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures were effective.
There
has
been no change in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred
during the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls
over financial reporting.
Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
The
Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f)
and
15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under the supervision
and
with the participation of the Company’s management, including our principal
executive and principal financial officers, conducted an evaluation of the
effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the
framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee
of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “COSO Framework”).
Based on this evaluation under the COSO Framework management concluded that
its
internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31,
2007.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered
public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial
reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the
Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only
management’s report in this annual report.
PART
III
DIRECTORS,
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
AND
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The
following table sets forth the name, age and position of each of our directors,
executive officers and significant employees as of March 12, 2008. Except as
noted below each director will hold office until the next annual meeting of
our
stockholders or until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.
Our
executive officers are appointed by, and serve at the discretion of, the Board
of Directors.
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
||
|
|
|
||
Dr.
Malcolm Currie
|
81
|
Chairman
of the Board, CEO, Secretary,
Treasurer
& Director
|
||
|
|
|
||
Carl
Perry
|
75
|
Director
|
||
Dr.
Neil Williams
|
56
|
Director
|
||
Dr.
Richard Hull
|
43
|
President
and Chief Operating Officer
|
Dr.
Malcolm Currie
was
appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1995 and CEO of the Company
in August 2001 and has served in those capacities since. From 1969 to 1973,
Dr.
Currie was the Undersecretary of Research and Engineering for the Office of
Defense. From 1973 to 1977, Dr. Currie was President of the Missile Systems
Group for Hughes Aircraft Corporation. From 1977 to 1988, Dr. Currie started
as
Executive Vice President and eventually became Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Hughes Aircraft Corporation. From 1992 to present,
Dr.
Currie has been Chairman Emeritus of Hughes Aircraft Corporation. Dr. Currie
is
also on the Board of Directors of LSI Logic, Enova Systems, and Innovative
Micro
Technologies. Dr. Currie obtained a graduate MBA from the University of
California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Engineering and Physics at the University
of
California, Berkeley. Dr. Currie is the father-in-law of our President and
Chief
Operating Officer Richard Hull.
Carl
Perry
was
elected to the Board of Directors on February 13, 2006. Mr. Perry's career
has
ranged from corporate top management positions in aerospace and aircraft
companies to environmentally-friendly electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicle
technologies. From 1997 to 2004 he led Enova Systems, Inc., a global
supplier of efficient, environmentally-friendly hybrid and fuel cell drive
systems and digital power components, as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Perry has also served as Executive Vice President of Canada's largest
aerospace company, Canadair Limited (now Bombadier), and as Executive Vice
President of the Howard Hughes Corporation's Hughes Helicopters Company (now
a
part of Boeing).
Dr.
Neil Williams
was
elected to the Board of Directors on February 13, 2006. Dr. Neil D. Williams
has
been President and CEO of the Environmental Management Company International
(EMCI) since 2002. EMCI has a US consulting engineering subsidiary, Innviron
Corporation, and an international consulting engineering subsidiary, Globex
Engineering International. Dr. Williams received his PhD in Geotechnical
Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982, was a
professor of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute
of Technology, and was a Lecturer at Utah State University in Civil Engineering.
Dr. Williams has served in Senior Management positions with several
companies, and has more than 54 technical publications.
Dr.
Richard Hull
was
appointed President on March 13, 2006. After holding senior positions at a
number of business consulting firms in Europe, Asia and North America, Dr.
Hull
was elected Partner at Deloitte Consulting where he provided counsel to high
tech companies on marketing and business strategy, with a particular focus
on
strategic planning for new businesses. From 2000 to 2003 Dr. Hull served as
President and CEO of Spotlight Health, Inc., a privately-held healthcare
communications company delivering integrated marketing campaigns using celebrity
stories, public relations, the web and other tactics to educate and change
consumer and physician behavior. Most recently, Dr. Hull has served as
Chairman and CEO of The Metaphase Group, Inc., a privately-held consultancy
that
assists early-stage biomedical and high technology companies formulate their
strategies and access capital to execute them. Dr. Hull earned a PhD in
Biochemistry from Oxford University in 1990. Richard Hull is the son-in-law
of
our Chairman and CEO, Dr. Malcolm Currie.
MEETINGS
During
the year ended December 31, 2007 the Board of Directors met:
(i) |
Informally
on 4 occasions; and
|
(ii) |
Formally
on 0 occasions.
|
And
took
board action by way of unanimous consent 11 times
COMPENSATION
OF DIRECTORS
INDEMNIFICATION
As
permitted by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Florida, the Company has the power to indemnify any officer or director who
was
or is a party to or threatens to become a party to any threatened, pending
or
completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative
or
investigative, by reason of the fact that the officer or director of the
corporation acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in
or
not opposed to the best interest of the Company. Any such person may be
indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and
settlements in defense of any action, suit or proceeding. The Company
maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.
17
SECTION
16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our executive officers,
directors, and persons who own more than ten percent (10%) of a registered
class
of our equity securities to file an initial report of ownership on Form 3 and
changes in ownership on Form 4 or 5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC"). Such officers, directors and ten percent (10%) shareholders are
also required by the SEC rules to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a)
forms they file.
Based
solely on review of copies of such forms received by the Company, or written
representations from certain reporting persons that no Forms 5 were required
for
such persons, we believe its executive officers, directors and ten percent
(10%)
shareholders complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable
to
them through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
18
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
Summary
Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth information for our last three most recent completed
fiscal years concerning the compensation of (i) the Principal Executive
Officer and (ii) all other executive officers of Regal One Corporation who
earned over $100,000 in salary and bonus during the last three most recently
completed fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 (together the
“Named Executive Officers”).
Name
and principal position
(a)
|
|
Year
(b)
|
|
Salary
($)
(c)
|
|
Bonus
($)
(d)
|
|
Stock
Awards
($)
(e)
|
|
Option
Award
($)
(f)
|
|
Non-equity
Incentive
Plan
com-pensation
($)
(g)
|
|
Non-qualified
deferred com-
pensation
earning
($)
(h)
|
|
All
other
com-
pensation
($)
(i)
|
|
Total
($)
(j)
|
||||||||||
Dr.
Malcolm Currie
|
2006
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Chief Executive & Financial
|
2005
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Officer(Principal
Executive & Financial Officer)
|
2004
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Dr.
Richard Hull
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Operating Officer
|
2006
|
$
|
45,000
|
$
|
168,608
|
(1)
|
$
|
213,608
|
||||||||||||||||||||
/
President
|
2005
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1. |
On
March 10, 2006, we granted Mr. Hull an option to purchase 500,000
common
shares. The option vested over two years upon the occurrence of certain
events and has an exercise price of $0.50 per common share. As we
are
considered an investment company, the issuance of the option requires
the
majority approval of our board of directors and shareholders. As
of the
date hereof, no such approvals have occurred. Notwithstanding, we
have
disclosed the option and the grant as we anticipate such approvals
will be
forthcoming.
|
OUTSTANDING
EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END
The
following table provides information concerning unexercised options; stocks
that
have not vested; and equity incentives and awards for each Named Executive
Officer outstanding as of the end of the last completed fiscal year.
Name
(a)
|
Number
of securities underlying unexercised options
(#)
exercisable
(b)
|
Number
of securities underlying unexercised options
(#)
unexercisable
(c)
|
Equity
incentive plan awards: Number of securities underlying unexercised
unearned options
(#)
(d)
|
Option
exercise price
($)
(e)
|
Option
expiration
date
(f)
|
Number
of shares or units of stock that have not vested
(#)
(g)
|
Market
value of shares of units of stock that have not vested
($)
(h)
|
Equity
incentive plan award: Number of un-earned shares, units or other
rights
that have not vested
(#)
(i)
|
Equity
incentive plan awards: Market or payout value of unearned shares,
units or
other rights that have not vested
($)
(j)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Dr.
Richard Hull
|
150,000*
|
350,000*
|
$
|
.50*
|
3/7/16*
|
* |
Pursuant
to Mr. Hull’s employment agreement, two of the vesting conditions have
already occurred. Notwithstanding, as we are considered an investment
company, the issuance of the option requires the majority approval
of our
board of directors and shareholders. As of the date hereof, no such
approvals have occurred. Notwithstanding, we have disclosed the option and
the grant as we anticipate such approvals will be forthcoming and
as a
result of the occurrence of a vesting condition.
|
19
SUMMARY
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
TABLE
The
following table summarizes the compensation for our non-employee board of
directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007:
Name
|
Fees Earned
or Paid in
Cash
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||||||
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
(f)
|
(g)
|
(h)
|
|||||||||||||||
Carl
Perry
|
$
|
28,3481
|
$
|
28,348
|
||||||||||||||||||
Neil
Williams
|
$
|
28,3481
|
$
|
28,348
|
1. |
Represents
the value as of 12/31/07 of 10,000 Neuralstem shares issued for services
rendered as a Director for 2007
|
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
AND
MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The
following table sets forth information, to the best knowledge of the Company,
as
of March 12, 2008 with respect to each person known by us to own beneficially
more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, each director and officer, and
all
directors and officers as a group.
Name
and Address of beneficial owner
|
Common Share Equivalents
beneficially owned
|
Percent of Common Share
Equivalents owned (1)
|
|||||
Malcolm
Currie (2)
11300
W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 800
Los
Angeles, California 90064
|
2,024,200
|
14.42
|
%
|
||||
C.B.
Family Trust (Richard Babbitt) (3)
10104
Empyrean Way
Los
Angeles, California 90067
|
1,400,000
|
9.98
|
%
|
||||
AB
Investments LLC (4)
4235
Cornell Road
Agoura,
CA 91301
|
3,841,500
|
27.37
|
%
|
||||
Aaron
Grunfeld (5)
10390
Santa Monica Blvd., 4th
Floor
Los
Angeles, CA 90025-5057
|
1,200,000
|
8.55
|
%
|
||||
Robert
B. Kay (6)
7005
Via Bella Luna
Las
Vegas, NV 89131
|
1,270,753
|
9.06
|
%
|
||||
All
Officers and Directors as a Group
|
2,424,200
|
17.27
|
%
|
(1) |
Includes
(i) 3,633,067 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of
December
31, 2007, and (ii) 10,000,000 maximum common shares upon the conversion
of
the Series B preferred class, and totals to 13,033,067 fully diluted
common share equivalents outstanding.. Each share of Preferred Stock
is convertible into 100 shares of voting common stock. Of the Preferred
Stock outstanding, 20,242 shares (20.2%) are held by the Directors
of the
Company (Dr. Malcolm Currie, 20,242
shares).
|
(2) |
Consists
of 20,242 Series B preferred shares convertible into 2,024,200 common
shares.
|
(3) |
Consists
of 14,000 Series B preferred shares convertible into 1,400,000 common
shares.
|
(4) |
Consists
of 38,415 Series B preferred shares convertible into 3,841,500 common
shares.
|
(5) |
Consists
of 12,000 Series B preferred shares convertible into 1,200,000 common
shares.
|
(6) |
Includes
236,453 common shares and 10,343 Series B preferred shares convertible
into 1,034,300 common shares.
|
20
TRANSACTIONS
AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS WITH
MANAGEMENT
AND PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
The
Board
has adopted a policy relating to the approval of transactions with related
persons that are required to be disclosed in statements by SEC regulations,
which are commonly referred to as “Related Person Transactions.” A “related
person” is defined under the applicable SEC regulation and includes our
directors, executive officers and 5% or more beneficial owners of our common
stock. The Board administers the procedures with regards to related person
transactions. Approval of a related person transaction requires the affirmative
vote of the majority of disinterested directors. In approving any related person
transaction, the disinterested directors must determine that the transaction
is
fair and reasonable to the Company.
Summarized
below are certain transactions and business relationships between Regal One
Corporation and persons who are or were an executive officer, director or holder
of more than five percent of any class of our securities:
·
|
On
December 8, 2006, the Company issued a demand promissory note in
the
amount of $227,294 to our CEO Malcolm Currie evidencing the following
advances previously made and that were outstanding as of the date
of the
note:
|
– |
$37,894
prior to 2004;
|
– |
$10,000
advanced to us on September 27,
2004;
|
– |
$10,000
advanced to us on December 15,
2004;
|
– |
$10,000
advanced to us on January 18, 2005;
|
– |
$5,000
advanced to us on April 25, 2005;
|
– |
$6,400
advanced to us on October 12, 2005;
|
– |
$10,000
advanced to us on October 13, 2005;
|
– |
$17,000
advanced to us on November 18,
2005,
|
– |
$8,000
advanced on December 30, 2005;
|
– |
$4,000
advanced on January 17, 2006;
|
– |
$4,000
advanced to us on February 6, 2006;
|
– |
$100,000
advanced to us on December 8,
2006.
|
The
note
is due and payable on or before December 8, 2008 and bears interest at a rate
of
10% per annum. Performance of the note is secured by 100,000 common shares
of
Neuralstem.
·
|
On
February 28, 2007, we entered into a modification of the Currie note
originally made on December 8, 2006. The modification was entered
into for
purposes of increasing the note amount by $45,000 as a result of
the
following additional advances made by
Currie:
|
–
|
$10,000
on December 18, 2006;
|
–
|
$20,000
on January 6, 2007;
|
–
|
$6,000
on January 31, 2007; and
|
–
|
$9,000
on February 23, 2007.
|
As
a
result of the increase in the outstanding loan balance, we increased the number
of Neuralstem shares subject to the security agreement by 50,000.
·
|
On
April 9, 2007, we entered into a further modification of the Currie
note
originally made on December 8, 2006. The modification was entered
into for
purposes of increasing the note amount by $30,000 as a result of
an
advance of this amount made by Currie on March 20,
2007.
|
·
|
On
June 25, 2007, we entered into a further modification of the Currie
note
originally made on December 8, 2006. The modification was entered
into for
purposes of increasing the note amount by $348,500 as a result of
an
advance of $24,000 made by Currie on April 11, 2007, an advance of
$81,500
made by Currie on May 3, 2007, and the payment of $243,000 by Currie
of
legal fees in the defense of the Company. As a result, the amended
promissory note at December 31, 2007 was
$650,794.
|
·
|
On
February 5, 2008, we granted each of our two independent directors
10,000
shares of Neuralstem common stock for services rendered in 2007,
for a
total of 20,000 shares of Neuralstem common stock valuded at
$60,000.
|
21
PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTANTS FEES AND SERVICES
Audit
Fees
The
aggregate fees billed by the Company's auditors for the professional services
rendered in connection with the audit of the Company's annual financial
statements for fiscal 2007 and reviews of the financial statements included
in
the Company's Forms 10-K for fiscal 2006 were approximately $30,500 and
$24,000, respectively.
Audit
Related Fees
None
Tax
Fees
None
All
Other Fees
The
aggregate fees billed by the Company's auditors for all other non-audit services
rendered to the Company, such as attending meetings and other miscellaneous
financial consulting in fiscal 2007 and 2006 were $0 and $0,
respectively.
22
SIGNATURES
In
accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Regal
One Corporation
|
||
|
|
|
Dated:
March 27, 2008
|
By: |
/S/
Malcolm Currie
|
Malcolm Currie | ||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Malcolm Currie, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys- in-fact and agents,
and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them,
or
their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by
virtue hereof.
OFFICERS
AND DIRECTORS
Name
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
||
/s/
Malcolm Currie
Malcolm
Currie
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Director (Principal executive
officer)
|
|
March
27, 2008
|
|
|
|
||
/s/
Malcolm Currie
Malcolm Currie |
|
Chief
Financial Officer (Principal financial and accounting officer),
Director
|
|
March
27, 2008
|
|
|
|
||
/s/
Carl Perry
Carl Perry |
|
Director
|
|
March
27, 2008
|
|
|
|
||
/s/
Neil Williams
Neil Williams |
|
Director
|
|
March
27, 2008
|
23
EXHIBITS,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Exhibits
The
following exhibits are included as part of this Annual Report on form 10-K.
References to "the Company" in this Exhibit List mean Regal One Corporation,
a
Florida corporation.
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Description
|
31.1
|
Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of the Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C §1350*
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C §1350*
|
* Filed
herewith
24
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
the
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Regal
One
Corporation
Los
Angeles, CA
We
have
audited the accompanying balance sheets of Regal One Corporation as of December
31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of operations, change in net
assets, and cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.
Regal One Corporation’s management is responsible for these financial
statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we
plan
and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not
required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal
control over financial reporting. Our audit 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 audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In
our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Regal One Corporation as of
December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations, change in net
assets, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of
America.
/s/
De
Joya Griffith & Company, LLC
Henderson,
Nevada
February
7, 2008
F-1
George
Brenner, CPA
A
Professional Corporation
10680
W. PICO BOULEVARD, SUITE 260
LOS
ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90064
310/202-6445
-
Fax
310/202-6494
REPORT
OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board
of
Directors
Regal
One
Corporation
I
have
audited the accompanying balance sheets of Regal One Corporation as of December
31,
2005
and
2004
and
the
related statements
of operations, stockholders' (deficit) and cash flows for the years ended
December 31,
2005
and
2004.
These
financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management. My responsibility
is
to
express an opinion on these financial statements
based on my audit.
I
conducted my audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight
Board (United States of America).
Those standards require that I plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statement. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. I
believe
that my audit provides a reasonable basis for
my
opinion.
In
my
opinion the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Regal One Corporation
as of December 31,
2005
and
2004
and
the
results of its operation and its cash flows for the years ended December
31,
2005
and
2004
in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of
America.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that Regal
One
Corporation will continue as a going concern. As
discussed in Note 2
to
the
financial statements, the Company's ability to generate sufficient cash
flows
to
meet its obligations, either
through future revenues and/or additional debt or equity financing, cannot
be
determined at this time. In addition, the Company has
suffered recurring losses and at December 31,
2005
has
a
stockholders' deficit. These uncertainties raise substantial doubt about
the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard
to
these
matters are also described in Note 2.
These
financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the
recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the amounts
and classification of liabilities that might be necessary in the event the
Company cannot continue in existence.
As
discussed in Note 1 "Presentation", consolidated financial statements were
included in the 2004
quarterly
10Q filings with the SEC.
However, because of pending litigation between the Company and its wholly
owned
subsidiary it was not possible to consolidate the
parent company with its subsidiary as of December 31,
2005
and
2004
and
for
its operations and cash flows for the years then ended.
George
Brenner, CPA
Los
Angeles, California
March
28,
2006
F-2
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
BALANCE
SHEETS
|
December
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
|||||
|
AUDITED
|
AUDITED
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
Assets
|
|||||||
Cash
|
$
|
64,262
|
$
|
42
|
|||
Marketable
securities – saleable
|
3,611,008
|
449,436
|
|||||
Marketable
securities – reserved for dividend
|
—
|
750,564
|
|||||
Prepaid
expense
|
—
|
3,000
|
|||||
Advances
to subsidiary
|
—
|
518,490
|
|||||
Less:
Allowance for collection of advances to subsidiary
|
—
|
(518,490
|
)
|
||||
Total
current assets
|
3,675,270
|
1,203,042
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Investments
|
|||||||
Investment
in subsidiary
|
—
|
649,526
|
|||||
Less:
Impairment of value of investment in subsidiary
|
—
|
(649,526
|
)
|
||||
Investments
in non-affiliated portfolio companies
|
3,673,508 | 2,741,430 | |||||
Less:
Marketable securities portion
|
(3,611,008
|
)
|
(1,200,000
|
)
|
|||
Total
investments, net
|
62,500
|
1,541,430
|
|||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
3,737,770
|
$
|
2,744,472
|
|||
LIABILITIES
& NET ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
|||||||
Due
to stockholders and officers
|
$
|
195,964
|
$
|
95,964
|
|||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
466,112
|
417,155
|
|||||
Note
payable – officer/principal shareholder
|
650,794
|
227,294
|
|||||
Contingent
litigation fees
|
—
|
250,000
|
|||||
Dividend
payable
|
—
|
750,564
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
1,312,870
|
1,740,977
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
1,312,870 |
1,740,977
|
|||||
Net
Assets
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock, no par value
|
|||||||
Series
A - Authorized 50,000 shares; 0 issued and outstanding
in 2006 and 2005
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Series
B - Authorized 500,000 shares; 100,000 issued and outstanding
in 2006 and 2005
|
500
|
500
|
|||||
Common
stock, no par value:
|
|||||||
Authorized
50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 3,633,067as of
December 31, 2007 and 4,633,067 as of December 31, 2006
|
8,184,567
|
8,184,567
|
|||||
Paid
in capital
|
192,126
|
192,126
|
|||||
Dividend
declared
|
—
|
(750,564
|
)
|
||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(5,952,293
|
)
|
(6,623,134
|
)
|
|||
Total
net assets
|
2,424,900
|
1,003,495
|
|||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
|
$
|
3,737,770
|
$
|
2,744,472
|
See
Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements
F-3
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2007
UNAUDITED
Equity
Investments:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
Description
|
|
Percent
|
|
Carrying
Cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Company
|
|
of
Business
|
|
Ownership
|
|
Investment
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Affiliation
|
||||||
Neuralstem
|
Biomedical company
|
4
|
%
|
$
|
83,707
|
(1)
|
$
|
3,661,008
|
No
|
|||||||
American Stem Cell
|
Biomedical company
|
2
|
%
|
$
|
—
|
(2)
|
$
|
12,500
|
No
|
|||||||
SuperOxide
Health Sciences
|
Biomedical company
|
8
|
%
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
No
|
||||||||
Total
Investments
|
$
|
83,707
|
(3)
|
$
|
3,673,508
|
(1)
As of
December 31, 2007, there were 1,273,814 Neuralstem shares held after various
transactions during the year including the adjusted Regal dividend, paid in
465,430 Neuralstem shares in the first quarter. These remaining shares have
been
valued at a discounted price from the 12/31/07 market price due to the current
thinly traded market for Neuralstem shares. Of the total shares held at
12/31/07, all have been recorded as a current asset. Regal also has ten year
warrants at an exercise price of $5 per share which is significantly above
the
present fair market value of Neuralstem shares, therefore only a $50,000 value
has yet been assigned to these warrants, which remain a long term investment.
(2)
The
American Stem Cell investment had been previously written off because that
company had limited resources and no viable prospects, but in December 2007,
the
Company sold 2,000,000 of the 3,000,000 common shares it holds back to American
Stem Cell for $25,000. Accordingly, the remaining 1,000,000 shares have been
valued at the $0.0125 value implied in that transaction.
(3)
In
2006, all portfolio companies were also reported on a fair value basis.
See
Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements
F-4
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
STATEMENTS
OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
For the
Year Ended
|
|
For the
Year Ended
|
|
|||
|
|
December 31,
2007
|
|
December 31,
2006
|
|
||
|
|
AUDITED
|
|
AUDITED
|
|||
OPERATIONS:
|
|||||||
Net
investment loss
|
$
|
(436,396
|
)
|
$
|
(780,006
|
)
|
|
Net
realized gain on portfolio securities
|
67,259
|
—
|
|||||
Net
change in unrealized appreciation of portfolio securities
|
1,693,926
|
2,478,636
|
|||||
Net
increase in net assets resulting from operations
|
1,324,789
|
1,698,630
|
|||||
SHAREHOLDER
ACTIVITY:
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
Stock
sales, warrants and vested options
|
—
|
337,126
|
|||||
Declared
dividend
|
96,616
|
(750,564
|
)
|
||||
96,616
|
(413,438
|
)
|
|||||
|
|||||||
NET
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
|
1,421,405
|
1,285,192
|
|||||
|
|||||||
NET
ASSETS:
|
|||||||
Beginning
of period
|
1,003,495
|
(281,697
|
)
|
||||
End
of period
|
$
|
2,424,900
|
$
|
1,003,495
|
See
Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements
F-5
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS
Years
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
AUDITED
|
2006
AUDITED
|
2005
AUDITED
|
||||||||
Investment
Income
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Operating
expenses
|
||||||||||
Professional
services
|
233,733
|
267,830
|
202,610
|
|||||||
Stock
option expense
|
—
|
165,955
|
—
|
|||||||
Reserve
for litigation settlement
|
—
|
250,000
|
—
|
|||||||
Litigation
settlement
|
45,000
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Other
selling, general and administrative expenses
|
166,863
|
95,421
|
17,808
|
|||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
445,596
|
779,206
|
220,418
|
|||||||
Net
operating loss
|
(445,596
|
)
|
(779,206
|
)
|
(220,418
|
)
|
||||
Other
income – Gain on services fee settlement
|
10,000
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Net
loss before provision for income taxes
|
(435,596
|
)
|
(779,206
|
)
|
(220,418
|
)
|
||||
Income
tax expenses
|
800
|
800
|
1,642
|
|||||||
Net
investment income (Loss)
|
(436,396
|
)
|
(780,006
|
)
|
(222,060
|
)
|
||||
Net
realized gain on portfolio companies
|
67,259
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Net
change in unrealized appreciation in portfolio
companies
|
1,693,926
|
2,478,636
|
—
|
|||||||
Net
Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
|
$
|
1,324,789
|
$
|
1,698,630
|
$
|
(222,060
|
)
|
|||
Weighted
average number of common shares
|
3,964,574
|
4,497,999
|
||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.334
|
$
|
0.378
|
|
|||||
Weighted
average number of fully diluted shares
|
13,964,574
|
14,497,999
|
||||||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.095
|
$
|
0.117
|
|
|
See
Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements
F-6
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
AUDITED
|
|
2006
AUDITED
|
|
2005
AUDITED
|
|
|||||
Cash
Flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
1,324,789
|
$
|
1,698,630
|
$
|
(222,060
|
)
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Amortization
of loan origination fee
|
—
|
26,171
|
—
|
|||||||
Stock
options
|
—
|
165,955
|
—
|
|||||||
Stock
based expenses
|
—
|
—
|
134,890
|
|||||||
Realized
gain on sale of marketable securities
|
(67,259
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Unrealized
gain on investment
|
(1,693,926
|
)
|
(2,478,636
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Reserve
for litigation settlement
|
—
|
250,000
|
—
|
|||||||
Changes
in operating assets & liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Decrease
in prepaid expense
|
3,000
|
5,296
|
—
|
|||||||
Increase
in due to related party
|
25,000
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Increase
in accounts payable/accrued expenses
|
195,957
|
94,260
|
53,568
|
|||||||
Decrease
in contingent litigation fees
|
(250,000
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(462,439
|
)
|
(238,324
|
)
|
(33,602
|
)
|
||||
Cash
Flows used in Investing Activities:
|
||||||||||
Investment
in portfolio companies
|
—
|
(30,917
|
)
|
(229,087
|
)
|
|||||
Proceeds
from sale of marketable securities
|
113,159
|
(30,917
|
)
|
(229,087
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash provideed by (used in) investing activities
|
113,159
|
(30,917
|
)
|
(229,087
|
)
|
|||||
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities:
|
||||||||||
Increase
in notes payable
|
413,500
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Increase
in due to stockholders and officers
|
—
|
123,000
|
56,400
|
|||||||
Sale
of common stock
|
—
|
145,000
|
—
|
|||||||
Stock
option exercises
|
—
|
—
|
205,000
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
413,500
|
268,000
|
261,400
|
|||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash
|
64,220
|
(1,241
|
)
|
(1,289
|
)
|
|||||
Cash
at beginning of period
|
42
|
1,283
|
2,572
|
|||||||
Cash
at end of period
|
$
|
64,262
|
$
|
42
|
$
|
1,283
|
||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
3,472
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
$
|
800
|
$
|
800
|
$
|
1,642
|
||||
Non-Monetary
Transactions:
|
||||||||||
Dividend
payable in 465,430 portfolio company shares
|
$
|
653,948
|
$
|
750,564
|
—
|
|||||
Warrant
for prepaid expense
|
—
|
26,171
|
—
|
|||||||
Stock
options vested
|
—
|
165,955
|
—
|
|||||||
Conversion
of indebtedness to officer into note payable
|
—
|
227,294
|
—
|
|||||||
Issuance
of shares for professional services and debt conversion
|
—
|
—
|
185,000
|
|||||||
Total
non-monetary transactions
|
$
|
653,948
|
$
|
1,169,984
|
$
|
185,000
|
See
Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements
F-7
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
STATEMENTS
OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Per
Unit Operating Performance:
UNAUDITED
|
UNAUDITED
|
||||||
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2007
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2006
|
|||||
NET
ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
$
|
0.276
|
$
|
(0.061
|
)
|
||
INCOME
FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
|
|||||||
Net
investment loss
|
(0.102
|
)
|
(0.168
|
)
|
|||
Net
change in unrealized (depreciation) appreciation of portfolio companies
|
0.466
|
0.535
|
|||||
Total
from investment operations
|
0.364
|
0.367
|
|||||
Net
increase in net assets resulting from stock transactions
|
0.027
|
(0.089
|
)
|
||||
|
|||||||
NET
ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD
|
$
|
.667
|
$
|
0.217
|
|||
TOTAL
NET ASSET VALUE RETURN
|
41.6
|
%
|
458.8
|
%
|
|||
RATIOS
AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
|
|||||||
Net
assets, end of period
|
$
|
2,424,900
|
$
|
1,003,495
|
|||
Ratios
to average net assets:
|
|||||||
Net
expenses
|
18.0
|
%
|
92.5
|
%
|
|||
Net
investment gain (loss)
|
(15.2
|
%)
|
235.5
|
%
|
|||
Portfolio
turnover rate
|
—
|
—
|
See
Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements
F-8
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
Business
Regal
One
Corporation (the "Company" or “Regal One”) located in Los Angeles, California,
is a Florida corporation initially
incorporated in 1959 as Electro-Mechanical Services Inc., in the state of
Florida. Since inception we have been involved in a number of industries. In
1998 we changed our name to Regal One Corporation. On March 7, 2005, our board
of directors determined that it was in our shareholders best interest to change
the focus of the company’s operation to that of providing financial services
through our network of advisors and professionals, and to be treated as a
business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
On September 16, 2005 we filed a Form N54A (Notification of Election by Business
Development Companies), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which
transforms the Company into a Business Development Company (BDC) in accordance
with sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company
began reporting as an operating BDC in the March 31, 2006 10Q-SB.
Basis
of Presentation
On
February 9, 2004, the Company acquired 100% of the stock of O2 Technology by
issuing 1,000,000 shares valued at $0.6495 per share for a $649,526 investment.
During the course of 2004 the Company loaned O2 Technology $518,490 for an
aggregate investment of $1,168,016. Consolidated financial statements were
included in the 10Q filings with the SEC for March 31, June 30, and September
30, 2004.
As
set
forth in various previous financial reports and SEC filings, the Company
sought
a
rescission of the O2 Technology acquisition. The Company’s management elected to
fully reserve the $1,168,016 investment and seek redress through the courts.
In
May 2007, the Eco Litigation was settled by the parties (see Note 9:
“Contingencies”). Accordingly, Regal One has recovered and retired the 1,000,000
shares of Regal One common stock that was provided in exchange for all O2
Technology stock. Consequently, the accompanying financial statements are not
consolidated.
In
2006,
the Company began reporting as a BDC and the attached financial statements
for
the year ended December 31, 2005 have been formatted in conformity with the
December 31, 2007 and 2006 financial statements, including the BDC supplemental
schedules, for comparative purposes. Although the nature of the Company's
operations and its reported financial position, results of operations, and
its
cash flows are dissimilar for the periods prior to and subsequent to its
becoming an investment company, its financial position for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006 and its operating results, cash flows and changes
in
net assets for each of the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 are
presented in the accompanying financial statements pursuant to Article 6 of
Regulation S−X. In addition, the accompanying footnotes, although different in
nature as to the required disclosures and information reported therein, is
also
presented as they relate to each of the above referenced periods.
Accounting
Policies
Management
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles 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 revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES –
(continued)
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations per Share
Basic
net
increase (decrease) in net assets from operations per share is computed by
dividing the net earnings (loss) amount adjusted for cumulative dividends on
preferred stock (numerator) by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the period (denominator). Diluted net increase (decrease)
in
net assets from operations per share amounts reflect the maximum dilution that
would have resulted from the assumed exercise of stock options and from the
assumed conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. Diluted net
increase (decrease) in net assets from operations per share is computed by
dividing the net earnings (loss) amount adjusted for cumulative dividends on
preferred stock by the weighted average number of common and potentially
dilutive securities outstanding during the period. For all periods presented
the
above potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation as
their
effect is anti-dilutive.
Income
Taxes
The
Company has not elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter
M
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Accordingly, the Company
will
be subject to U.S. federal income taxes on sales of investments for which the
fair values are in excess of their tax basis. Income taxes are accounted for
using an asset and liability approach for financial reporting. The Company
recognizes deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax
consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying
amount and the tax basis of assets and liabilities and net operating loss and
tax credit carry forwards. Valuation allowances are established when necessary
to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be
realized.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
For
purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Company considers all marketable
securities to be cash equivalents (see Note 2: “Cash and Marketable
Securities”). None of the Company's cash is restricted.
Valuation
of Investments (as an Investment Company)
As
an
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, all of the
Company's investments must be carried at market value or fair value. The value
is determined by management for investments which do not have readily
determinable market values. In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 “Fair Value Measurements”. SFAS No.
157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in
generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosure about fair
values. This statement is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods
within those fiscal years. Management has adopted SFAS No. 157 and
expects it will not have a material effect on the consolidated financial
results of the Company in future years.
Comprehensive
Income
SFAS
No.
130, Reporting Comprehensive Income, establishes standards for reporting and
display of comprehensive income and its components (revenues, expenses, gains,
and losses) in a full set of general purpose financial statements. It requires
that all items that are required to be recognized under accounting standards
as
components of comprehensive income be reported in a financial statement that
is
displayed with the same prominence as other financial statements. SFAS No.
130
requires that an enterprise (a) classify items of other comprehensive income
by
their nature in financial statements and (b) display the accumulated balance
of
other comprehensive income separately in the equity section of the balance
sheet
for all periods presented.
The
Company's comprehensive income (loss) does not differ from its reported net
income (loss). As an investment company, the Company must report changes in
the
fair value of its investments outside of its operating income on its statement
of operations and reflect the accumulated appreciation or depreciation in the
fair value of its investments as a separate component of its stockholders'
deficit. This treatment is similar to the treatment required by SFAS No.
130.
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES –
(continued)
Accounting
Changes and Error Corrections
In
May
2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a
replacement of APB No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3” (“SFAS No. 154”). SFAS No.
154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of
a voluntary change in accounting principles unless it is impracticable. APB
Opinion No. 20 “Accounting Changes” previously required that most voluntary
changes in accounting principles be recognized by including in net income of
the
period of the change the cumulative effect of changing to the new accounting
principle. This Statement was effective for the Company as of January 1,
2006.
Stock
Based Incentive Program
SFAS
No.
123R, Share Based Payment, a revision to SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock
Based Compensation and superseding APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees, establishes standards for the accounting for transactions
in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services,
including obtaining employee services in share based payment transactions.
SFAS
No. 123R applies to all awards granted after the required effective date and
to
awards modified, purchased, or canceled after that date. The Company adopted
SFAS No. 123R effective January 1, 2006.
Exchange
of Non-monetary Assets
In
December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Non-monetary Assets,
an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29” (“SFAS No. 153”). SFAS No. 153 is based on
the principle that exchanges of non-monetary assets should be measured based
on
the fair value of the assets exchanged. APB Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for
Non-monetary Transactions”, provided an exception to its basic measurement
principle (fair value) for exchanges of similar productive assets. Under APB
Opinion No. 29, an exchange of a productive asset for a similar productive
asset
was based on the recorded amount of the asset relinquished. SFAS No. 153
eliminates this exception and replaces it with an exception of exchanges of
non-monetary assets that do not have commercial substance. SFAS No. 153 became
effective for the Company as of July 1, 2005. The Company will apply the
requirements of SFAS No. 153 to any future non-monetary exchange
transactions.
NOTE
2 – CASH AND MARKETABLE SECURITIES
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Cash
and
cash equivalents consist of cash balances and may include instruments with
maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase.
Marketable
Securities
In
2005
Regal acquired approximately 1,800,000
shares of Neuralstem’s common stock and a warrant to purchase an additional
1,000,000 shares of common stock in
exchange for a variety of considerations supporting Neuralstem’s transition
to a publicly traded operational entity, principally including fees and
assistance in connection with the filing of a registration statement on Form
SB-2 registration (see Note 7: “Investments”). During
2006, Neuralstem filed the registration statement and it was declared effective
on August 30, 2006. In late December 2006, the shares began trading on the
OTC:
BB under the ticker symbol NRLS.OB. On February 5, 2007, the Company distributed
500,473 Neuralstem shares to its shareholder of which 35,038 of these shares
were returned to the Company’s ownership in connection with the settlement of
the Eco Litigation. On August 27, 2007, Neuralstem shares began trading on
the
American Stock Exchange under the symbol CUR. As of December 31, 2007, Regal
held 1,273,814 Neuralstem shares that have been valued at a discounted price
from the December 31, 2007 market price due to the current thinly traded market
for Neuralstem shares. Of the total shares held at December 31, 2007, all have
been recorded as a current asset, which includes the 279,527 that were
registered and 994,287 that are now freely tradable under rule 144. These shares
constitute working capital that is available to Regal as of December 31, 2007.
Regal also has ten year warrants, which contains certain anti-dilution
provisions, at an exercise price of $5 per share which is significantly above
the present fair market value of Neuralstem shares, therefore only a $50,000
value has yet been assigned to these warrants, which are carried as a long
term
investment. On December 31, 2006, Regal had recorded a dividend payable balance
in the Current Liabilities section of its Balance Sheet. This distribution
initially consisted of 500,473 Neuralstem shares. The distribution was made
in
the first quarter of 2007 and resulted in an adjustment to the Current
Liabilities balance.
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
3 – RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
There
are
several new accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board ("FASB") which are not yet effective. Each of these
pronouncements, as applicable, has been or will be adopted by the
Company.
In
February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, "Accounting for Certain Hybrid
Financial Instruments − an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140", to
simplify and make more consistent the accounting for certain financial
instruments. SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities" to permit fair value re-measurement for
any
hybrid financial instrument with an embedded derivative that otherwise would
require bifurcation, provided that the whole instrument is accounted for on
a
fair value basis. SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 140, "Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets" to allow a qualifying
special-purpose entity to hold a derivative financial instrument that pertains
to beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument.
SFAS
No. 155 applies to all financial instruments acquired or issued after the
beginning of an entity's first fiscal year that begins after September 15,
2006,
with earlier application allowed. This standard is not expected to have a
significant effect on the Company's future reported financial position or
results of operations.
In
June
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation
No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of
FASB
Statement No. 109" (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty
in
tax positions. This Interpretation requires that we recognize in our financial
statements the benefit of a tax position if that position is more likely than
not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position.
The provisions of FIN 48 become effective as of the beginning of our 2008 fiscal
year, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded
as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. We are currently evaluating
the
impact that FIN 48 will have on our financial statements.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 158, "Employer's accounting for
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans - an amendment of FASB
Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R)" (FAS 158). FAS 158 requires that
employers recognize the funded status of their defined benefit pension and
other
postretirement plans on the balance sheet and recognize as a component of other
comprehensive income, net of tax, the plan-related gains or losses and prior
service costs or credits that arise during the period but are not recognized
as
components of net periodic benefit cost. We will prospectively adopt FAS 158
on
April 30, 2007. However, the actual impact of adopting FAS 158 is highly
dependent on a number of factors, including the discount rates in effect at
the
next measurement date, and the actual rate of return on pension assets during
fiscal 2007. These factors could significantly increase or decrease the expected
impact of adopting FAS 158.
In
September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 108, "Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when
Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements" (SAB 108),
which
addresses how to quantify the effect of financial statement errors. The
provisions of SAB 108 become effective as of the end of our 2007 fiscal year.
We
do not expect the adoption of SAB 108 to have a significant impact on our
financial statements.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, "The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, including an amendment of FASB
Statement No. 115" (FAS 159). FAS 159 permits companies to choose to measure
many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not
currently required to be measured at fair value and establishes presentation
and
disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies
that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and
liabilities. The provisions of FAS 159 become effective as of the beginning
of
our 2009 fiscal year. We are currently evaluating the impact that FAS 159 will
have on our financial statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51 which applies
to
all entities that prepare consolidated financial statements, except
not-for-profit organizations, but will affect only those entities that have
an
outstanding noncontrolling interest in one or more subsidiaries or that
deconsolidate a subsidiary. The statement is effective for annual periods
beginning after December 15, 2008.
NOTE
4 – EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2006, the Company raised $145,000 through the sale
of 362,500 shares of newly issued, unregistered common stock. Since that date,
there have been no other equity sales in the years ended December 31, 2006
and
December 31, 2007. In May 2007, the Eco Litigation was settled by the parties
(see Note 10: “Contingencies - Eco Litigation”). Accordingly, Regal has
recovered and retired the 1,000,000 shares of Regal One common stock that was
provided in exchange for all O2 Technology stock. As a result, the Company’s
outstanding common share balance as of December 31, 2007 is
3,633,067.
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
4 – EQUITY TRANSACTIONS- (continued)
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2006, the Company made four option grants with
the
total grants amounting to 885,000 common shares of which 535,000 were vested
in
the quarter. An expense of $136,555 was calculated under the Black-Scholes
Option-Pricing Model and was recognized in that quarter for the vested options.
All the options are exercisable at the price of $0.50 per share, equal to or
higher than the public share price on the dates of the grants and as of December
31, 2007, and option lives ranged from 3 years to 10 years. During the quarter
ended September 30, 2006, no additional options were granted but 50,000 options
vested in conjunction with the effective date of the Neuralstem SB-2
registration, a contractual milestone, and an additional option expense of
$16,861 was realized. In the quarter ended December 31, 2006, 50,000 options
vested in conjunction with a contractual milestone and an additional option
expense of $12,539 was realized. No additional options were granted or vested
and no options were exercised during 2007 and 2006.
In
connection with the secured loan received during the quarter ended September
30,
2006 and paid in the quarter ended December 31, 2006, warrants to purchase
75,000 shares of the Company’s stock were issued to the lender as a commitment
fee. These warrants have been valued under the Black-Scholes Pricing Model
and
$26,171 was recognized in the year as prepaid expense that was fully amortized
into expense on the payment date. The warrants are exercisable for a period
of
five years at the price of $0.60 per share, which was higher than the public
share price on the date of the grant and as of December 31, 2007. None of these
warrants were exercised in 2006 or the year ended December 31,
2007.
The
stock
options and warrants issued during 2006 were valued under the Black-Scholes
Option-Pricing Model using the following assumptions within the ranges defined:
market price of Regal stock at grant date; exercise price; one and three year
terms; volatility ranging from 188% to 350%; no dividends assumed; and a
discount rate - bond equivalent yield of 4.27%. As of December 31, 2006, 885,000
options, with 635,000 vested, and 75,000 vested warrants were outstanding.
The
possibility that the options may be exercised in the future represents potential
dilution to existing shareholders. If all the outstanding options and warrants
had been exercised as of December 31, 2006, the impact on the fully diluted
Earnings per Share as reflected in the Statement of Operations for 2006 would
be
a reduction from $0.117 earnings per share to $0.110 earnings per share. If
all
the outstanding options and warrants had been exercised as of December 31,
2007,
the impact on the fully diluted Earnings per Share as reflected in the Statement
of Operations for 2007 would be a reduction from $0.095 earnings per share
to
$0.091 earnings per share.
In
conjunction with the Neuralstem registration, the contingency delaying the
Company’s previously declared dividend in Neuralstem shares has been removed.
Regal paid that dividend, amounting to 500,473 Neuralstem shares including
rounding, on February 5, 2007. Of this amount, 35,038 shares were returned
to
Regal One as part of the O2
settlement. Since the record date for this dividend occurred earlier in 2006,
Regal One had recorded a payable for this dividend in the quarter ended December
31, 2006 using the per share valuation reflected in the portfolio balance at
that date and also recorded that valuation as a reduction in the equity section.
As of the payment date, that valuation was adjusted to the then existing fair
market value of the Neuralstem shares and the Neuralstem valuation in the
Company’s portfolio balance was then reduced by that final dividend
amount.
The
authorized number of shares of preferred stock (Series A and B) is 550,000.
The
Company's Certificate of Incorporation allows for segregating this preferred
stock into separate series. As of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company
had authorized 50,000 shares of Series A preferred stock and 500,000 shares
of
Series B convertible preferred stock and there were no outstanding shares of
Series A preferred stock and 100,000 shares of Series B preferred stock were
outstanding.
Holders
of Series A preferred stock shall be entitled to voting rights equivalent to
1,000 shares of common stock for each share of preferred. The Series A preferred
stock has certain dividend and liquidation preferences over common
stockholders.
Holders
of Series B preferred stock shall be entitled to voting rights equivalent to
100
shares of common stock for each share of preferred. The Series B preferred
stock
had been entitled to a non-cumulative dividend of 8.75% of revenues which exceed
$5,000,000.
In
2004,
the Series B class shareholders’ voted by a large majority to void the dividend
preference. At the option of the holder of Series B preferred stock, each share
is convertible into common stock at a rate of 100 shares of common for each
share of preferred. In connection with the acquisition of O2 Technology on
February 9, 2004, the Share Exchange agreement required that the Series B
preferred as a class be restricted to a cumulative conversion into no more
than
10,000,000 common shares. This reduction was sought by the Company and was
agreed to by 98.5% of the Series B class, effecting a compression of the
outstanding Series B preferred from 208,965 shares to the now outstanding
100,000 shares. As of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, no dividends have been
declared on the Series A or Series B convertible preferred stock.
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
4 – EQUITY TRANSACTIONS- (continued)
As
set
forth in various previous financial reports and SEC filings, the Company was
seeking a rescission of the O2 Technology acquisition. In May 2007, this
litigation was settled by the parties (see Note 10: “Contingencies - Eco
Litigation”). Accordingly, Regal has recovered and retired the 1,000,000 shares
of Regal One common stock that was provided in exchange for all O2 Technology
stock. The Company originally recorded the second quarter 2007 return of those
Regal One shares in the equity section of the balance sheet at the original
recorded value of $649,526. The Company has subsequently determined that the
return of its own shares should be recorded at a zero value and this revision
is
reflected in the December 31, 2007 financials.
NOTE
5 – IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS
As
set
forth in various previous financial reports and SEC filings, the Company was
seeking a rescission of the O2 Technology acquisition. The immediate effect
of
these matters was to impair the assets acquired in the O2 acquisition.
Accordingly, the Company had written-off in 2004 all of the assets acquired
from
O2 and the advances made to O2 (see Note 1 - “Basis of Presentation”). In May
2007, this litigation was settled by the parties (see Note 10: “Contingencies -
Eco Litigation”).
NOTE
6 – STOCK OPTION PLAN
The
Company's Stock Option Plan (Plan) provides a means to offer incentives to
its
employees, directors, officers, consultants and advisors. On May 3, 1995, the
Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 adopting a 3,000,000 common
share Plan. Under the plan, the Board of Directors was authorized to grant
options to individuals who have contributed, or will contribute to the well
being of the Company. In 2004 and earlier years, the Plan was extended by the
Company’s shareholders. On March 4, 2005, the Company's shareholders approved
another extension of time in which to exercise outstanding options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock at the $0.8125 exercise price. That
extension ran from March 31, 2005 to September 30, 2005. (See the Company's
14C
filing dated March 23, 2005.) By the extended September 30, 2005 option
expiration date, the then remaining outstanding options were not further
extended and as a result 1,147,140 unexercised options became null and void.
During the year ended December 31, 2005, 252,308 options respectively were
exercised and the Company realized $205,000 in working capital. As of September
30, 2005, holders had exercised options to purchase 1,852,860 shares of common
stock. As of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007, all outstanding options
granted under our stock option plan had either been exercised or expired. As
of
December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007, there were 980,986 shares available
for
future grants.
The
following table summarizes the Company's stock options activity under the Plan;
there were no changes in the year ended December 31, 2007:
Year Ended 12/31/07
|
|
Year Ended 12/31/06
|
Year Ended 12/31/05
|
||||||||||||||||
Number of Shares
|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
Number of Shares
|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
Number of Shares
|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,399,448
|
$
|
0.8125
|
||||||||||||
Granted
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(252,308
|
)
|
$
|
0.8125
|
|||||||||||
Expired
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,147,140
|
)
|
$
|
0.8125
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding at December 31
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
2007,
2006 & 2005
|
On
March
7, 2005, Regal’s Board of Directors determined that it was in our shareholders
best interest to change the focus of the company’s business to that of providing
financial services through our network of advisors and professionals, and to
be
treated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company
Act of 1940. On September 16, 2005 we filed a Form N54A (Notification of
Election by Business Development Companies), with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, which transforms the Company into a Business Development Company
(BDC) in accordance with sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act
of
1940. The Company began reporting as an operating BDC in the March 31, 2006
10Q-SB.
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
7 – INVESTMENTS
In
2005,
Regal One signed an option agreement to acquire a significant equity stake
in
SuperOxide Health Sciences, Inc. (SOHS), a privately owned development stage
company. As of December 31, 2005, Regal One had made a total investment of
$145,000 in SOHS as part of the agreement and in the quarter ended March 31,
2006 made a valuation adjustment to reduce the carrying cost of this investment
to $72,500. In the quarter ended September 30, 2006, the Company wrote off
the
remainder of the investment since SOHS advised that it had no resources to
continue operating and was being dissolved.
As
of
June 30, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement with American Stem Cell
(ASC), a private development stage company, to assist ASC in the preparation
and
filing of an SB 2 registration statement. Regal
One
acquired 3,000,000
shares of ASC’s common stock in exchange for the
Company’s investment via a variety of considerations that would support
ASC’s transition from a private development-stage company to a publicly
traded operational entity. These considerations included the Company’s
assumption of the liability for certain legal fees, principally including fees
for an SB-2 registration, and access to the Company’s network of
advisors and other related resources. Regal
One
valued these shares in its balance sheet at the $34,087 of accrued legal fees
that it had assumed. However, in 2006 the SB 2 registration was withdrawn and
ASC undertook a restructuring of its various securities holders. In the quarter
ended December 31, 2006, the Company wrote off its $34,087 investment in ASC.
In
December 2007, the Company sold 2,000,000 of the 3,000,000 common shares it
holds back to American Stem Cell for $25,000. Accordingly, the remaining
1,000,000 shares have been valued at $12,500, the $0.0125 per share value
implied in that transaction, as a long term investment at December 31, 2007.
As
of
June 30, 2005, the Company had entered into a Letter of Intent with Neuralstem,
Inc., a private early stage company, to assist it in filing an SB-2 registration
statement. Effective September 15, 2005, those understandings were memorialized
and further defined in an “Equity Investment and Share Purchase Agreement”
between the parties. Regal
One
acquired approximately 1,800,000
shares of Neuralstem’s common stock and a warrant, containing certain
anti-dilution provisions (value not yet determined) to purchase an additional
1,000,000 shares of common stock in
exchange for a variety of considerations supporting Neuralstem’s transition
from a private, early stage, research and development company to a publicly
traded operational entity. These considerations included the Company’s
assumption of the liability for certain legal fees, principally including fees
for an SB-2 registration, and access to the Company’s network of
advisors and other related resources. Regal
One
initially reflected these shares in its balance sheet as of December 31, 2005
based on its estimated $50,000 direct cost of the considerations it had provided
or planned to provide to Neuralstem. During 2006, Neuralstem filed an SB-2
registration statement and in August 2006 it was declared effective. As of
December 31, 2006, Neuralstem shares were trading on the OTC: BB exchange.
Prior
to
effectiveness of the registration, 1,000,000 of Neuralstem shares held by Regal
were subject to forfeiture based on a contingency concerning the initial
submission date and effective date of Neuralstem’s SB-2 registration; 51,000 of
these shares were forfeited in the third quarter of 2006 and the balance are
no
longer subject to forfeit. As of December 31, 2006, the 1,794,287 Neuralstem
shares then held after the forfeit were valued as indicated in the financial
statements Balance Sheet of 2006.
Of
those
shares, 800,000 shares were registered by Neuralstem, were readily salable
and
were reclassified as Marketable Securities in the Current Assets section of
the
Balance Sheet. Initially, 500,473 of those Neuralstem shares were reserved
for
distribution to the Company’s shareholders as a dividend, which distribution was
made on February 5, 2007.
Of
that
amount, 35,038 shares were withheld from distribution pending the outcome of
the
Eco Litigation. On May 7, 2007, the Company reached a settlement in the Eco
Litigation resulting in the release of the 35,038 Neuralstem shares to the
Company. As of December 31, 2007, the 1,273,814 balance of the Neuralstem shares
are classified as Marketable Securities in the Current Assets section of the
Balance Sheet. Regal One also has ten year warrants at an exercise price of
$5
per share which is significantly above the present fair market value of
Neuralstem shares, therefore only a nominal $50,000 value has been assigned
to
these warrants which are carried as a long term investment in the Balance
Sheet.
As
of
December 31, 2007, all Neuralstem shares held by the Company were reclassified
from Investments in Non-Affiliated Portfolio Companies to Marketable Securities
in the Current Assets section of the Balance Sheet. This reclassification was
made because all shares then held were either included in Neuralstem’s original
registration statement and therefore were free-trading or were unregistered
but
then had been held long enough to become free-trading under the provisions
of
Rule 144.
The
Board
of Directors is responsible for determining in good faith the fair value of
the
securities and assets held by the Company. In 2005, all portfolio companies
were
reported on a cost basis. For 2006 and 2007, the Investment Committee of the
Board of Directors early
adopted the provisions of FAS 157 for valuation of the portfolio and bases
its
determination on, among other things, applicable quantitative and qualitative
factors.
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
7 – INVESTMENTS - (continued)
These
factors may include, but are not limited to, the type of securities, the nature
of the business of the portfolio company, the marketability of and the valuation
of securities of publicly traded companies in the same or similar industries,
current financial conditions and operating results of the portfolio company,
sales and earnings growth of the portfolio company, operating revenues of the
portfolio company, competitive conditions, and current and prospective
conditions in the overall stock market. Without a readily recognized market
value, the estimated value of some portfolio securities may differ significantly
from the values that would be placed on the portfolio if there was a ready
market for such equity securities.
NOTE
8 – INCOME TAXES
At
December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had a federal operating loss carry
forward of $3,718,820 and $3,409,683, respectively.
The
provision for income taxes consisted of the following components for the years
ended December 31:
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Current:
|
|||||||
Federal
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
State
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Deferred:
|
(1,264,399
|
)
|
(1,159,292
|
)
|
|||
(1,264,399
|
)
|
(1,159,292
|
)
|
Components
of net deferred tax assets, including a valuation allowance, are as follows
at
December 31:
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
|||||||
Net
operating loss carry forward
|
$
|
1,264,399
|
$
|
1,159,292
|
|||
|
— |
—
|
|||||
Total
deferred tax assets
|
1,264,399
|
1,159,292
|
|||||
Less:
Valuation Allowance
|
(1,264,399
|
)
|
(1,159,292
|
)
|
|||
Net
Deferred Tax Assets
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
The
valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006
was
$1,264,399 and $1,159,292, respectively. In assessing the recovery of the
deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not
that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The
ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation
of
future taxable income in the periods in which those temporary differences become
deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversals of future deferred
tax
assets, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making
this assessment. As a result, management determined it was more likely than
not
the deferred tax assets would be realized as of December 31, 2007 and
2006.
Reconciliation
between the statutory rate and the effective tax rate is as follows at December
31:
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Federal
statutory tax rate
|
(34.0
|
)%
|
(34.0
|
)%
|
|||
State
taxes, net of federal tax benefit
|
(8.8
|
)%
|
(8.8
|
)%
|
|||
Permanent
difference and other
|
42.8
|
%
|
42.8
|
%
|
|||
Effective
tax rate
|
0
|
%
|
0
|
%
|
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
9 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Indebtedness
to a stockholder/officer was converted into a secured Note Payable in the fourth
quarter of 2006. In 2007, that stockholder/officer continued to make cash
advances to and on behalf of the Company and Regal entered into modifications
of
the Note Payable to that party. The modifications were entered into for
purposes of increasing the Note Payable amount as a result of additional
advances made by the stockholder/officer to Regal through September 30, 2007.
There were no new advances made after May 31, 2007, but a correction was
recorded in the quarter ended September 30, 2007. It is not presently
contemplated that the stockholder/officer
will make additional periodic advances to the Company. Advances under the Note
have been made to pay the Company’s litigation expenses and settlement, and for
working capital. As a result of the increases in the outstanding loan balance,
the number of Neuralstem shares subject to the security agreement was increased
to 600,000 shares on June 25, 2007. The $650,794 loan balance and related
accrued interest at 10% per annum of approximately $87,000 were not paid when
they became due and payable on December 8, 2007 and they are now payable upon
demand of the stockholder/officer. In February 2008, the stockholder/officer
and
the Company agreed to certain terms regarding this matter (see Note 11:
("Subsequent Events”)).
The
combined amounts due to stockholders and officers, as of December 31, 2007,
are
$993,961 and include the above secured Note Payable and the related accrued
interest. The remaining open account balances of $255,964 increased by $70,000
in the third quarter and $15,000 in the fourth quarter due to the
reclassification of accrued amounts due to an officer that were previously
carried in accounts payable. In the fourth quarter, annual compensation totaling
$85,000 was accrued for two independent directors and for consulting services
and expense reimbursements to a stockholder (see Note 11: "Subsequent Events”).
The total $255,964 amount represents advances and compensation which are
non-interest bearing, unsecured and payable on demand. An original indebtedness
of $94,357 to a former, deceased officer was reduced to the current value of
$40,000 as of December 31, 2002 and is payable to the widowed spouse after
all
other payables are covered and at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Through December 31, 2006 and 2007, there have been no demands made on Regal
One
to make any payments on these open accounts.
Through
December 31, 2004 the Company loaned $518,490 to its wholly-owned subsidiary
which was acquired in the 1st
quarter
of 2004. The loans were subject to interest of 6% per year, were due and payable
on December 31, 2004 and were secured by a pledge of all the shares of the
wholly-owned subsidiary. During litigation between the parties, the repayment
did not occur and the Company established an allowance for the potential
un-collectability of this amount. During
the second half of 2006, management elected to establish a reserve for costs
that may arise in settling the suit. Accordingly, a contingent liability and
expense of $250,000 was recorded in 2006.
The
pending litigation was settled by the parties in the second quarter ended June
30, 2007 and in accordance with the settlement these loans will not be recovered
and have been removed from Regal’s books and records. (See Note 10:
“Contingencies - Eco Litigation” below). Accordingly, Regal has recovered and
retired the 1,000,000 shares of Regal common stock that was provided in exchange
for all O2 Technology stock. The Company originally recorded the second quarter
2007 return of those Regal shares in the equity section of the balance sheet
at
the original recorded value of $649,526. The Company has subsequently determined
that the return of its own shares should be recorded at a zero value and this
revision is reflected in the December 31, 2007 financials. This revision will
require the Company to amend its balance sheets that were included in the 10Q
filings for the periods ended June 30 and September 30, 2007.
During
2005, Regal signed an option agreement to acquire a significant equity stake
in
SuperOxide Health Sciences, Inc. (SOHS), a privately owned development stage
company. As of December 31, 2005, Regal One had made a total investment of
$145,000 in SOHS and in 2006 wrote-off that investment. Principals of SOHS
are also principal shareholders of Regal One.
NOTE
10 – CONTINGENCIES
Eco
Litigation
The
Company and certain of its officers and consultants were named as defendants
in
a case filed on November 4, 2003, under the name "Eco
Air Technologies vs. Regal One Corporation, et. al"
(California Superior Court, County of Orange, Case No. 03CC13317). On
April 7, 2005, the Company and certain of its officers, stockholders and
consultants were named as cross-defendants in a cross-complaint filed by two
of
the former directors of O2. The Company had been advised that such a
filing added significantly to the fee exposure of the Company.
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REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
10 – CONTINGENCIES - (continued)
During
October 2005, the Company negotiated and executed a settlement agreement with
Eco Air Technologies and Alf Mauriston whereby the Company relinquished any
claims it may have to the technology in question, and obtained certain marketing
rights to the technology in several foreign countries and in certain domestic
market niches.
On
May
10, 2007, the Company filed an 8-K to report that it and its officers and
associated representatives and consultants had entered into a confidential,
final and complete settlement on May 7 with O2 Technology, Inc., Ronald Hofer,
Richard Allen Smith and Amber Le Bleu-Hofer, resolving their differences which
were detailed in the Orange County Superior court case, Eco Air vs. Regal One
et. al. and the various cross-complaints in that litigation. The parties
determined that their business transaction failed to close through a mutual
mistake of fact without fault by any party and, consequently, they never had
any
rights in each other. All parties are returned to their status as if the
contemplated transaction never occurred and no party admits or accepts any
liability for events transpiring in the interim as between and among the various
persons and corporations involved. The parties acknowledge that they have no
interest or claim to each other’s securities and that there are no debts or
obligations between them. Accordingly, Regal has recovered and retired the
1,000,000 shares of Regal common stock that was provided in exchange for all
O2
Technology stock. The Company originally recorded the second quarter 2007 return
of those Regal shares in the equity section of the balance sheet at the original
recorded value of $649,526. The Company has subsequently determined that the
return of its own shares should be recorded at a zero value and this revision
is
reflected in the December 31, 2007 financials. This revision will require the
Company to amend its balance sheets that were included in the 10Q filings for
the periods ended June 30 and September 30, 2007.
Operations
On
March
7, 2005, Regal’s Board of Directors determined that it was in our shareholders
best interest to change the focus of the company’s operation to that of
providing financial services through our network of advisors and professionals,
and to be treated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. On September 16, 2005 we filed a Form N54A (Notification
of
Election by Business Development Companies), with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, which transforms the Company into a Business Development Company
(BDC) in accordance with sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act
of
1940. The Company began reporting as an operating BDC in the March 31, 2006
10Q-SB.
In
2005,
the Company initiated equity investments or agreements for investments with
three biomedical companies. Under two of those agreements, the Company agreed
to
assume certain legal fees that are reflected in the financial statements for
2005 and discussed in Notes thereto. The obligations to assume any other such
expenses were terminated in 2006. Additionally, the third agreement allows
Regal
to make additional cash investments in the related entity, which Regal has
not
done and does not expect to do.
On
April
1, 2007, the Company and Equity Communications entered into a settlement
agreement regarding the value of services provided by Equity Communications
to
the Company. The result of this settlement was that the Company provided 20,000
Neuralstem shares to Equity Communications in full settlement of the $72,000
that Equity had billed to the Company. The Company recognized a $10,000 gain
on
this settlement.
Since
the
Company has historically incurred substantial debts in connection with its
operations, the Company intends to enter into negotiations and settle its
outstanding debts (see Note 11: “Subsequent Events”). In this regard, Regal is
also reviewing certain unbilled claims regarding consulting services and
expenses that may have been provided and incurred previous to December 31,
2007.
A contingent liability for $25,000 has been included in the December 31, 2007
financial statements as an expense and payable relative to such
matters.
NOTE
11 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent
Event
Disclosure
with regard to Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain
Officers.
Effective
March 31, 2008, Richard Hull will resign as the Company’s President.
As
of
February 5, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors ratified a Unanimous Written
Consent concerning the negotiation and settlement of its outstanding debts
and
the recognition and settlement of certain other compensation, services and
reimbursable expense matters, as follows:
The
$650,794 loan balance and related accrued interest of approximately $87,000
due
to an officer/shareholder as of December 31, 2007
were
not paid when they became due and payable on December 8, 2007.
F-18
REGAL
ONE CORPORATION
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE
11 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - (continued)
That
officer/shareholder and Regal’s Board have agreed that:
1) |
The
Note is now due and payable on demand,
|
2) |
interest
will continue to accrue at the 10% per annum rate after December
8, 2007,
|
3) |
the
officer/shareholder has requested that Regal pay the principal and
interest of the Note at the Company’s earliest convenience,
|
4) |
the
Board has determined that the amounts of principal and interest are
true,
accurate and owing, and
|
5) |
the
Board has Resolved that the principal and interest be paid upon Regal
obtaining sufficient capital from the sale of Regal’s investment portfolio
or from loans made to Regal that are collateralized by such portfolio.
|
6) |
Pursuant
to point immediately above, on March 7, 2008, Regal made a partial
payment
to this officer/shareholder in the amount of $600,000. In connection
with
that payment and for working capital needs, Regal borrowed $250,000
from
its stock broker, collateralized by marketable securities held in
the
Company’s account at that broker.
|
Relative
to the compensation of Regal’s two independent directors for services rendered
in 2007, the Board has resolved that they each shall be paid 10,000 shares
of
Neuralstem stock, the total of which has been valued at $60,000 and has been
included in the December 31, 2007 financial statements as an expense and
payable.
Relative
to the settlement and payment of other payables and claims, the Board has
resolved that the officers of Regal shall negotiate and settle the Company’s
outstanding debts in exchange for mutual releases, for debts in excess of
$5,000, of all past and present monies owed to any such creditors. Through
March
11, 2008, such settlements were reached with five service providers whereby
payments totaling $261,000 were concurrently paid in full settlement of all
amounts owed, along with other claims and obligations between the parties.
The
Company will realize a gain on these settlements in the first quarter of 2008.
Funds used to make these payments were derived from the sale of some of the
marketable securities held by the Company at December 31, 2007.
F-19