Saker Aviation Services, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2010 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For The
Quarterly Period Ended June 30,
2010
OR
o
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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 _______________ to ________________
Commission
File Number: 000-52593
SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada
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87-0617649
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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Incorporation
or Organization)
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Identification
No.)
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101 Hangar Road,
Avoca, PA
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18641
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(570)
457-3400
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former
Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last
Report)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.
Yes x
No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit
and post such files).
Yes o
No x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule
12b-2 of
the Exchange Act. (Check One):
Large
accelerated filer
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o
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Accelerated
filer
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o
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Non-accelerated
filer
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o
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Smaller
Reporting Company
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x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o
No x
As of
August 12, 2010, the registrant had 33,164,453 shares of its common stock,
$0.001 par value, issued and outstanding.
SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Form
10-Q
June
30, 2010
Index
Page
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Balance Sheets as of June 30,
2010 (unaudited) and December 31, 2009
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1 | |||
Statements
of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(unaudited)
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2 | |||
Statements
of Cash Flows for the Six months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(unaudited)
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3 | |||
Notes
to Financial Statements (unaudited)
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4 | |||
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND
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RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
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8 | |||
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
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13 | |||
ITEM 4T. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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13 | |||
PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
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14 | |||
ITEM 4. OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
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15 | |||
SIGNATURES
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16 |
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SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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June
30,
2010
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December
31,
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(Unaudited)
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2009
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ASSETS
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CURRENT
ASSETS
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 793,893 | $ | 574,847 | ||||
Accounts
receivable
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1,203,994 | 809,870 | ||||||
Inventories
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252,985 | 277,941 | ||||||
Note
receivable – current portion, less discount
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110,289 | 110,289 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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311,285 | 166,156 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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2,672,446 | 1,939,103 | ||||||
PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT, net
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of
accumulated depreciation of $555,505 and $518,751
respectively
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1,802,497 | 1,088,386 | ||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
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Deposits
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592,718 | 541,961 | ||||||
Note
receivable, less discount
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454,286 | 509,431 | ||||||
Intangible
assets – trade names
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100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
Goodwill
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2,368,284 | 2,368,284 | ||||||
Total
other assets
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3,515,288 | 3,519,676 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
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$ | 7,990,231 | $ | 6,547,165 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 678,091 | $ | 431,899 | ||||
Customer
deposits
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127,930 | 67,312 | ||||||
Line
of credit
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500,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
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1,214,689 | 741,485 | ||||||
Notes
payable – current portion
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316,293 | 170,922 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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2,837,003 | 2,411,618 | ||||||
LONG-TERM
LIABILITIES
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Notes
payable - less current portion
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1,245,835 | 949,817 | ||||||
Security
deposits
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150,152 | 100,026 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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4,232,990 | 3,461,461 | ||||||
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
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Controlling
interest
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Preferred
stock - $.001 par value; authorized 9,999,154;
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none
issued and outstanding
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— | — | ||||||
Common
stock - $.001 par value; authorized 100,000,000;
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33,164,453
shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2010 and December 31,
2009
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33,164 | 33,164 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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19,639,224 | 19,632,661 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(17,352,788 | ) | (17,542,930 | ) | ||||
Total
controlling interest
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2,319,600 | 2,122,895 | ||||||
Non-controlling
interest
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1,437,641 | 962,809 | ||||||
TOTAL
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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3,757,241 | 3,085,704 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$ | 7,990,231 | $ | 6,547,165 | ||||
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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(UNAUDITED)
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For
the Three Months Ended
June
30,
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For
the Six Months Ended
June
30,
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2010
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2009
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2010
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2009
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REVENUE
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$ | 3,250,546 | $ | 2,125,702 | $ | 5,531,525 | $ | 3,865,774 | ||||||||
COST OF
REVENUE
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1,484,507 | 1,175,869 | 2,743,998 | 2,256,674 | ||||||||||||
GROSS
PROFIT
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1,766,039 | 949,833 | 2,787,527 | 1,609,100 | ||||||||||||
SELLING, GENERAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
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EXPENSES
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1,367,449 | 1,280,706 | 2,419,257 | 2,234,869 | ||||||||||||
OPERATING INCOME
(LOSS) FROM CONTINUING
OPERATIONS
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398,590 | (330,873 | ) | 368,270 | (625,769 | ) | ||||||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSE)
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OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE), net
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(89,519 | ) | 116,340 | (91,734 | ) | 111,867 | ||||||||||
INTEREST
INCOME
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330 | 7,897 | 633 | 7,897 | ||||||||||||
INTEREST
EXPENSE
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(45,504 | ) | (39,089 | ) | (88,248 | ) | (50,057 | ) | ||||||||
TOTAL
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
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(134,693 | ) | 85,148 | (179,349 | ) | 69,707 | ||||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS) FROM
CONTINUING
OPERATIONS
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263,897 | (245,725 | ) | 188,921 | (556,062 | ) | ||||||||||
DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS:
NET
LOSS FROM DISCONTINUED
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— | — | — | (547,468 | ) | |||||||||||
OPERATIONS
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GAIN
FROM DISPOSAL OF SUBSIDIARY
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— | — | — | 469,263 | ||||||||||||
TOTAL
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
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— | — | — | (78,205 | ) | |||||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS)
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$ | 263,897 | $ | (245,725 | ) | $ | 188,921 | $ | (634,267 | ) | ||||||
Net
income (loss) per Common Share – Basic and Diluted
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Continuing
operations
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$ | 0.01 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||||||
Discontinued
operations
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— | — | — | (0.02 | ) | |||||||||||
Disposal
of subsidiary
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— | — | — | 0.01 | ||||||||||||
Sub-total
discontinued operations
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— | — | — | (0.00 | ) | |||||||||||
Total
Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss)
Per
Common Share
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$ | 0.01 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||||||
Weighted
Average Number of Common Shares
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Outstanding
– Basic
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33,164,453 | 33,764,453 | 33,164,453 | 34,714,346 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
Average Number of Common Shares
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Outstanding
– Diluted
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33,164,453 | 33,764,453 | 33,164,453 | 34,714,346 |
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
2
SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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(UNAUDITED)
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Six
Months Ended
June 30, |
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2010
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2009
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CASH FLOWS FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Net
income (loss)
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$ | 188,921 | $ | (634,267 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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76,347 | 64,632 | ||||||
Gain
on sale of subsidiary
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— | (101,320 | ) | |||||
Stock
based compensation
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7,784 | 255,351 | ||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(394,124 | ) | 30,310 | |||||
Inventories
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24,956 | (70,465 | ) | |||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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(145,129 | ) | 43,667 | |||||
Deposits
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(50,757 | ) | — | |||||
Accounts
payable
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246,192 | (330,775 | ) | |||||
Customer
deposits
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60,618 | 47,192 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
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473,204 | (30,240 | ) | |||||
Security
deposits
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50,126 | — | ||||||
TOTAL
ADJUSTMENTS
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349,217 | (91,648 | ) | |||||
NET
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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538,138 | (725,915 | ) | |||||
CASH FLOWS FROM
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
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Issuance
of notes receivable
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— | (750,000 | ) | |||||
Payment
of notes receivable
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55,145 | — | ||||||
Net
cash of sold subsidiary
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— | (229,188 | ) | |||||
Purchase
of property and equipment
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(790,458 | ) | (219,894 | ) | ||||
NET
CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
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(735,313 | ) | (1,199,082 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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Proceeds
from notes payable
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— | 750,000 | ||||||
Repayment
of notes payable
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(58,611 | ) | (77,140 | ) | ||||
Increase
in non-controlling interest in subsidiary
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474,832 | — | ||||||
NET
CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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416,221 | 672,860 | ||||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
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219,046 | (1,252,137 | ) | |||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS – Beginning
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574,847 | 1,472,535 | ||||||
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS – Ending
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$ | 793,893 | $ | 220,397 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
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Cash
paid during the periods for:
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Interest
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$ | 88,248 | $ | 50,057 | ||||
Income
taxes
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$ | 91,484 | $ | 4,690 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
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Line
of credit restructuring
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$ | 500,000 | $ | — |
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
3
SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 -
Basis of
Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America for interim financial statements and with the
instructions to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information
and disclosures required for annual financial statements. These condensed
consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
financial statements and related footnotes for Saker Aviation Services, Inc. and
its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), which appear in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The
condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2010 and the condensed
consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the six months ended
June 30, 2010 and 2009 have been prepared by the Company without audit. In the
opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments (consisting of normal
recurring accruals) necessary to make the Company’s financial position as of
June 30, 2010 and its results of operations for the three and six months and
cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 not misleading have been
included. The results of operations for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected
for any full year or any other interim period.
NOTE 2 –
Management’s Liquidity
Plans
As of
June 30, 2010, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $793,893 and a
working capital deficit of $164,557. The Company generated revenue of
approximately $5,531,000 and had net income of approximately $189,000 for the
six months ended June 30, 2010. For the six months ended June 30,
2010, cash flows included net cash provided by operating activities of $538,138,
net cash used in investing activities of $735,313, and net cash provided by
financing activities of $416,221.
The
Company has a revolving line of credit agreement (the “Credit Facility”) dated
March 3, 2009 and made jointly and severally by the Company and Airborne, Inc.,
a subsidiary divested by the Company in March of 2009 (“Airborne”), in favor of
Birch Hill Capital, LLC (“Birch Hill”). The Credit Facility requires
interest payments based on outstanding balances at an interest rate of prime
plus 350 basis points (6.75% as of June 30, 2010) and is payable upon demand by
Birch Hill. Birch Hill retains a first lien against all of the
assets of the Company and Airborne. The Company and Airborne are
joint and several guarantors of borrowings under the Credit
Facility. In the event of a sale of Airborne, Birch Hill is entitled
to receive the first distribution of any related proceeds in the full amount of
any outstanding against the Credit Facility.
On May 7,
2010, the Birch Hill Credit Facility was modified such that the maximum line of
credit was reduced to $500,000, which is fully extended at June 30, 2010, and
the remaining $500,000 was reclassified into a note with a 36-month term with a
24-month balloon payment of outstanding principal and interest at 7% per
year.
The
Company is party to a Loan Agreement with EuroAmerican Investment Corp.
(“EuroAmerican”), pursuant to which EuroAmerican agreed to loan the Company an
aggregate of up to $750,000. The EuroAmerican loan is evidenced by a Promissory
Note delivered by the Company to EuroAmerican, which Promissory Note matures on
February 27, 2011. The unpaid principal amount under the Promissory Note accrues
interest at the annual rate of 12% and is payable in monthly interest only
payments until maturity, at which time the entire principal balance and any
accrued but unpaid interest is payable in full. On May 7, 2010, the
maturity date of the EuroAmerican Note was extended to March 1,
2012.
The
Company is party to a concession agreement with the City of New York for the
operation of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (the “Heliport”). Under
this agreement, the Company must pay the greater of 18% of the first $5 million
in program year revenue and 25% of revenue in excess of $5 million or minimum
annual guaranteed payments that begin at $1.2 million in Year 1, which commenced
November 1, 2008, and increase to approximately $1.7 million in Year 10, which
expires on October 31, 2018. The Company also agreed, pursuant to
this agreement, to make certain capital improvements and safety code compliance
upgrades to the Heliport in the amount of $1,000,000 within two years following
the receipt of building permits for the capital improvements and another
$1,000,000 by the end of the fifth year of the Agreement. Company management
believes that cash flow from the operation of the Heliport will be sufficient to
satisfy the minimum annual guarantee and to fund the capital improvements as
required under the concession agreement.
The
Company believes that it has sufficient liquidity to sustain its existing
business for at least the next twelve months.
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SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 3 -
Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies
Principles of
Consolidation
The
condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Saker
Aviation Services, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, FBO Air Wilkes-Barre,
Inc. d/b/a Saker Aviation Services (“FBOWB”), FBO Air Garden City, Inc. d/b/a
Saker Aviation Services (“FBOGC”), FBO Air WB Leasing (“WB Leasing”), and its
majority-owned subsidiary FirstFlight Heliports, LLC d/b/a Saker Aviation
Services (“FFH”). All significant inter-company accounts and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Net Income (Loss) Per Common
Share
Basic net
income per share applicable to common stockholders is computed based on the
weighted average number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding
during the periods presented. Diluted net income per share reflects the
potential dilution that could occur if securities or other instruments to issue
common stock were exercised or converted into common
stock. Potentially dilutive securities, consisting of options and
warrants, are excluded from the calculation of the diluted income per share when
their exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common
stock during the period.
The
following table sets forth the components used in the computation of basic and
diluted income per share:
For
the Three Months Ended
June
30,
|
For
the Six Months Ended
June
30,
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2010*
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2009**
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2010*
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2009**
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Weighted
average common shares outstanding, basic
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33,164,453 | 33,764,453 | 33,164,453 | 33,714,346 | ||||||||||||
Common
shares upon exercise of options
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding, diluted
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33,164,453 | 33,764,453 | 33,164,453 | 33,714,346 |
* Common
shares of 9,503,587 underlying outstanding stock options for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2010 were excluded from the computation of diluted
earnings per share as their exercise prices were greater than the average market
price of the common stock during the period.
** Common
shares of 13,842,121 underlying outstanding stock options for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2009, were excluded from the computation of diluted
earnings per share as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
Stock Based
Compensation
Stock-based
compensation expense for all share-based payment awards are based on the
grant-date fair value. The Company recognizes these compensation costs over the
requisite service period of the award, which is generally the option vesting
term. For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company
incurred stock based compensation of $7,784 and $255,351,
respectively. Such amounts have been recorded as part of the
Company’s selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying
condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of June 30, 2010,
the unamortized fair value of the options totaled $3,000.
Option
valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including
the expected life of the option. Because the Company's employee stock options
have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and
because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the
fair value estimate, in management's opinion, the existing models do not
necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee
stock options.
Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements
During
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) launched the FASB ASC as
the single source of authoritative nongovernmental GAAP. The ASC was
effective for interim and annual periods ending September 15,
2009. The ASC does not change GAAP. Instead, it takes all
individual pronouncements that currently comprise GAAP and reorganizes them into
approximately 90 accounting Topics, and displays all Topics using a consistent
structure. Changes to the ASC subsequent to June 30, 2009, are
referred to as Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”).
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SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
On June
30, 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-01, “Topic 105 – Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, amendments based on Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 168 – The FASB Accounting Standard Codification and the Hierarchy
of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” This ASU amends the
FASB ASC for the issuance of FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS”) No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy
of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” This ASU includes FASB
SFAS No. 168 in its entirety. ASU 2009-01 was effective for interim
and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of
ASU 2009-01 had no effect on the operating results or financial condition of the
Company.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued ASC 810, “Non-Controlling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No. 51). ASC
810 established accounting and reporting standards for the non-controlling
interest in a subsidiary (previously referred to as minority interests). ASC 810
also requires that a retained non-controlling interest upon the deconsolidation
of a subsidiary be initially measured at its fair value. Upon adoption of ASC
810, the Company was required to report any non-controlling interests as a
separate component of consolidated stockholders’ equity. The Company was also
required to present any net income or loss allocable to non-controlling
interests and net income or loss attributable to the stockholders of the Company
separately in its consolidated statements of operations, if significant. ASC 810
is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years,
beginning on or after January 1, 2009. ASC 810 requires retroactive adoption of
the presentation and disclosure requirements for existing minority interests.
All other requirements of ASC 810 are applied prospectively. The Company adopted
ASC 810 and reclassified the non-controlling interest in FFH as a separate
component of consolidated stockholders’ equity on January 1,
2009. The adoption of ASC 810 did not have a material impact on
the Company’s results of operation or financial condition.
NOTE 4 -
Inventories
Inventories
consist primarily of maintenance parts and aviation fuel, which the Company
sells to its customers. The Company also maintains fuel inventories
for commercial airlines, to which it charges into-plane fees when servicing
commercial aircraft. A summary of inventories as of June 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009 is set forth in the following table:
June
30, 2010
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December
31, 2009
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Parts
inventory
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$ | 96,400 | $ | 95,793 | ||||
Fuel
inventory
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149,348 | 172,049 | ||||||
Other
inventory
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7,237 | 10,099 | ||||||
Total
inventory
|
$ | 252,985 | $ | 277,941 |
Included
in inventories are amounts held for third parties of $119,005 and $84,685 as of
June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, with an offsetting liability
included as part of accrued expenses.
NOTE 5 -
Stockholders’
Equity
Stock
Options
Details
of all options outstanding are presented in the table below:
Number
of
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
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Balance,
January 1, 2010
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1,250,000 | $ | 0.64 | |||||
Granted
|
— | — | ||||||
Exercised
|
— | — | ||||||
Forfeited
|
(250,000 | ) | (1.60 | ) | ||||
Balance,
June 30, 2010
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1,000,000 | $ | 0.41 | |||||
Exercisable
at June 30, 2010
|
875,000 | $ | 0.35 |
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SAKER
AVIATION SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
On March
31, 2010, an option for 250,000 shares expired.
Warrants
Details
of all warrants outstanding are presented in the table below:
Number
of
Warrants
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2010
|
13,417,121 | $ | 0.71 | |||||
Granted
|
— | — | ||||||
Exercised
|
— | — | ||||||
Forfeited
|
(4,913,534 | ) | (0.60 | ) | ||||
Balance,
June 30, 2010
|
8,503,587 | $ | 0.77 | |||||
Exercisable
at June 30, 2010
|
8,503,587 | $ | 0.77 |
On March
31, 2010, warrants collectively representing 4,913,534 shares
expired.
NOTE 6 –
Related
Parties
The law
firm of Wachtel & Masyr, LLP provides certain legal services to the Company.
William B. Wachtel, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, is a managing
partner of this firm. During the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the
Company was billed approximately $77,300 and $159,400, respectively, for legal
services. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company has
recorded in accounts payable an obligation for legal fees to such firm of
approximately $42,900 and $136,000, respectively, related to legal services
provided by such firm.
Effective
November 2008, the Company executed a management agreement with a company who
has a non-controlling interest in a subsidiary of the Company. The
owners of this company include the children of a member of the Company’s Board
of Directors. The agreement requires a management fee of 10% of gross
receipts of the subsidiary and a “success fee” of 50% of pre-tax profits, as
such term is defined in the management agreement. Total fees in the
six months ended June 30, 2010 aggregated approximately $840,000, which was
included in accrued expenses at June 30, 2010. As part of the fee
arrangement, certain capital expenditures for the subsidiary are to be funded by
the non-controlling interest, per the operating agreement between the
parties.
NOTE 7 -
Litigation
From time
to time, the Company may be a party to one or more claims or disputes which may
result in litigation. The Company's management does not, however, presently
expect that any such matters will have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business, financial condition or results of operations.
NOTE 8 –
Subsequent
Events
The
Company evaluates events that have occurred after the balance sheet date but
before the financial statements are issued. Based upon the
evaluation, the Company did not identify any non-recognized subsequent events
that would require adjustment or disclosure in the consolidated financial
statements.
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Item
2 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The following discussion should be read
together with the consolidated condensed financial statements and related notes
appearing elsewhere in this report. This Item 2 contains forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Undue reliance should not be
placed on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of
this report. Actual results may differ materially from those included in such
forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results to differ
materially include those set forth at the end of this Item 2 under the heading
"Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements," as well as those
discussed elsewhere in this report and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
OVERVIEW
Saker
Aviation Services, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”) is a Nevada corporation, the common
stock, $0.001 par value (the “common stock”), of which is publicly traded on the
over the counter bulletin board system under the symbol
“SKAS.OB”. Through our subsidiaries, we operate in the fixed base
operation (“FBO”) segment of the general aviation industry. An FBO
provides ground-based services such as fueling and hangaring for general
aviation, commercial, and military aircraft; aircraft maintenance, and other
miscellaneous services. We also provide consulting services for a
non-owned FBO facility and serve as the operator of a heliport.
We were
formed on January 17, 2003 (date of inception) as a proprietorship and were
incorporated in Arizona on January 2, 2004. We became a public
company as a result of a reverse merger transaction on August 20, 2004 with
Shadows Bend Development, Inc., an inactive public Nevada corporation which
changed its name to FBO Air, Inc. On December 13, 2006, we changed
our name to FirstFlight, Inc. On September 2, 2009, we changed
our name to Saker Aviation Services, Inc.
Our business activities are carried out
at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) International Airport, Garden City
(Kansas) Regional Airport, Downtown Manhattan (New York) Heliport, and at
Niagara Falls (New York) International Airport where we provide consulting
services to the operator.
The FBO
segment of the industry is highly fragmented - populated by, according to the
National Air Transportation Association (“NATA”), over 3,000 operators who serve
customers at one or more of the over 3,000 airport facilities across the country
that have at least one paved 3,000-foot runway. The vast majority of these
companies are single location operators. NATA characterizes companies with
operations at three or more airports as “chains.” An operation with FBOs in at
least two distinctive regions of the United States is considered a “national”
chain while multiple locations within a single region are “regional”
chains.
REVENUE
AND OPERATING RESULTS
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Comparison
of the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009.
REVENUE
Revenue
increased by 52.9 percent to approximately $3,250,000 for the three months ended
June 30, 2010 as compared with corresponding prior-year period revenue of
approximately $2,125,000. For the six months ended June 30, 2010,
revenue increased by 43.1% to approximately $5,531,000 as compared with revenue
of approximately $3,865,000 in the same period in the prior year.
For the
three months ended June 30, 2010, revenue associated with the sale of jet fuel,
aviation gasoline and related items increased by 34.2 percent to approximately
$1,353,000 as compared to the same period in the prior year. Revenue
associated with the operation of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (“Heliport”)
increased by 80.4% to approximately $1,733,000 in the three months ended June
30, 2010 as compared to approximately $960,000 in the prior year
period. Revenue associated with maintenance activities increased by
7.9 percent to approximately $149,000 as compared to the same period in the
prior year. Revenue associated with the leasing of aircraft and
office space along with the management of non-owned FBO facilities decreased by
18.9 percent to approximately $15,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2010 as
compared to the same period in the prior year.
For the
six months ended June 30, 2010, revenue associated with the sale of jet fuel,
aviation gasoline and related items increased by 29.6 percent to approximately
$2,432,000 as compared to the same period in the prior year. Revenue
associated with the operation of the Heliport increased 71.7% to approximately
$2,800,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period
in the prior year. Revenue associated with maintenance activities
decreased by 16.5 percent to approximately $266,000 as compared to the same
period in the prior year. Revenue associated with the leasing of
aircraft and office space along with the management of non-owned FBO facilities
decreased by 17.2 percent to approximately $34,000 in the six months ended June
30, 2010 as compared to the same period in the prior year.
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The
increases in revenue associated with the sale of jet fuel, aviation gasoline and
related items were related to a combination of comparable volume along with
higher average fuel prices as compared with the prior year. We
generally price our fuel products on a fixed dollar margin basis. As
the cost of fuel increases, the corresponding customer price increases as
well. If volume is constant, this methodology yields higher revenue
but at comparable gross margins.
The
increases in revenue associated with the Heliport operations were due to a
higher level of helicopter landings and associated passenger traffic as a result
of increased helicopter tour activity by Heliport tenants.
The
changes in maintenance revenue were due to differing levels of both charges for
labor services and for parts as compared to each respective period in the prior
year. The primary reason for the decreases in the six month period
ending June 30, 2010, was a generally lower level of activity associated with
jet aircraft domiciled at the Pennsylvania facility.
The
decreases in revenue associated with the leasing of aircraft and office space
along with the management on non-owned FBO facilities was directly related to a
planned reduction in fees associated with the management of non-owned FBO
facilities.
GROSS
PROFIT
Total
gross profit increased 85.9 percent to approximately $1,766,000 in the three
months ended June 30, 2010 as compared with the three months ended June 30,
2009. Gross profit as a percent of revenue increased to 54.3 percent
in the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to 44.7 percent in the same
period in the prior year. The impact of the Heliport operation was a
major factor in the increase in gross profit, contributing approximately
$1,422,000 in 2010 as compared with approximately $660,000 during the same
period in 2009.
Total
gross profit increased 73.2 percent to approximately $2,787,000 in the six
months ended June 30, 2010 as compared with the six months ended June 30,
2009. Gross profit as a percent of revenue increased to 50.4 percent
in the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to 41.6 percent in the same
period in the prior year. The impact of the Heliport operation was a
major factor in the increase in gross profit, contributing approximately
$2,177,000 in 2010 as compared with approximately $1,030,000 during the same
period in 2009.
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OPERATING
EXPENSE
Selling, General and
Administrative – FBO Operations
Selling,
general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses associated with our FBO
operations were approximately $1,299,000 in the three months ended June 30,
2010, an increase of approximately $437,000 or 33.7 percent as compared to the
three months ended June 30, 2009. SG&A increased at the Heliport
as a result of significantly higher passenger traffic during the three months
ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same period during the prior
year. Without the introduction of the Heliport, SG&A associated
with our FBO operations would have increased by approximately $8,400 or 2.6
percent. SG&A associated with our FBO operations, as a percentage
of revenue, was 40.0 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2010 as
compared with 40.5 percent in the corresponding prior year period.
For the
six months ended June 30, 2010, SG&A expenses associated with our FBO
operations were approximately $2,242,000, an increase of approximately $580,000
or 25.9 percent as compared to the six months ended June 30,
2009. SG&A increased at the Heliport as a result of significantly
higher passenger traffic during the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared
with the same period in the prior year. Without the introduction of
the Heliport, SG&A associated with our FBO operations would have decreased
by approximately $17,000 or 2.6 percent. For the six months ended
June 30, 2010, SG&A associated with our FBO operations, as a percentage of
revenue, was 40.5 percent as compared with 43.0 percent in the corresponding
prior year period.
Selling, General and
Administrative – Corporate Operations
Corporate
expense was approximately $68,000 and $177,000 for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2010, respectively, representing a decrease of approximately
$350,000 and $395,600, respectively, as compared with the corresponding prior
year periods. The decreases in the three and six months ended
June 30, 2010, were driven largely by lower professional fees related to the
transition to a new independent registered accounting firm and the elimination
of certain legal and litigation settlement fees as compared to the prior year
period.
OPERATING
INCOME (LOSS)
Operating
income in the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 was approximately
$399,000 and $368,000, respectively, as compared to operating losses of
approximately $331,000 and $626,000 in the same periods in
2009. Improvements to operating income were driven by a combination
of greater levels of levels of revenue and gross profit, which counterbalanced
higher non-corporate operating expenses, as described above.
Depreciation and
Amortization
Depreciation
and amortization from continuing operations was approximately $76,300 and
$64,600 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009,
respectively.
Interest
Income/Expense
Interest
income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 was approximately $300
and $630, respectively, as compared to $7,897 in three and six months ended June
30, 2009. Interest expense for the three and six months ended June
30, 2010 was approximately $45,500 and $88,200, respectively, as compared to
approximately $39,000 and $50,000, respectively, in the same periods in
2009. The decreases in interest income are attributable to
significantly lower rates of interest earned on deposits. The
increases in interest expense are largely attributed to debt service on the
EuroAmerican Note, discussed under Liquidity and Capital Resources
below.
Other
Income/Expense
Other expense for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2010 was approximately $89,500 and $91,700, respectively
and is attributed almost entirely to municipal taxes and
fees. Federal and state net operating loss carryforwards have offset
current federal and state income taxes. Other income for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2009 was approximately $116,300 and $111,900,
respectively, and is attributable primarily to gains on the sale of
assets.
Net Income/Loss Per
Share
Net
income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 was approximately
$264,000 and $189,000, respectively, as compared to net losses of approximately
$246,000 and $634,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009,
respectively. The improvements were as a result of the items
discussed above.
Basic and
diluted net income per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010
was $0.01. Basic and diluted net loss per share for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2009 was $0.01 and $0.02, respectively, for continuing
operations.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
As of
June 30, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $793,893 and a working
capital deficit of $164,557. We generated revenue of approximately $5,531,000
and net income of approximately $189,000 for the six months ended June 30,
2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, cash flows included net
cash provided by operating activities of $538,138, net cash used in investing
activities of $735,313, and net cash provided by financing activities of
$416,221.
We have a
revolving line of credit agreement (the “Credit Facility”) dated March 3, 2009
and made jointly and severally by us and Airborne, Inc., a subsidiary we
divested in March of 2009 (“Airborne”), in favor of Birch Hill Capital, LLC
(“Birch Hill”). The Credit Facility requires interest payments based
on outstanding balances at an interest rate of prime plus 350 basis points
(6.75% as of June 30, 2010) and is payable upon demand by Birch
Hill. Birch Hill retains a first lien against all of our assets
and the assets of Airborne. We and Airborne are joint and several
guarantors of borrowings under the Credit Facility. In the event of a
sale of Airborne, Birch Hill is entitled to receive the first distribution of
any related proceeds in the full amount of any outstanding against the Credit
Facility.
On May 7,
2010, the Birch Hill Credit Facility was modified such that the maximum line of
credit was reduced to $500,000, which is fully extended at June 30, 2010, and
the remaining $500,000 was reclassified into a note with a 36-month term with a
24-month balloon payment of outstanding principal and interest at 7% per
year.
We are
party to a Loan Agreement with EuroAmerican Investment Corp. (“EuroAmerican”),
pursuant to which EuroAmerican agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to
$750,000. The EuroAmerican loan is evidenced by a Promissory Note we delivered
to EuroAmerican, which Promissory Note matures on February 27, 2011. The unpaid
principal amount under the Promissory Note accrues interest at the annual rate
of 12% and is payable in monthly interest only payments until maturity, at which
time the entire principal balance and any accrued but unpaid interest is payable
in full. On May 7, 2010, the maturity date of the EuroAmerican Note
was extended to March 1, 2012.
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We are
party to a concession agreement with the City of New York for the operation of
the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (the “Heliport”). Under this
agreement, we must pay the greater of 18% of the first $5 million in program
year revenue and 25% of revenue in excess of $5 million or minimum annual
guaranteed payments that begin at $1.2 million in Year 1, which commenced on
November 1, 2008, and increase to approximately $1.7 million in Year 10, which
expires on October 31, 2018. We also agreed, pursuant to this
agreement, to make certain capital improvements and safety code compliance
upgrades to the Heliport in the amount of $1,000,000 within two years following
the receipt of building permits for the capital improvements and another
$1,000,000 by the end of the fifth year of the Agreement. During the six month
period ended June 30, 2010, we made approximately $473,000 in capital
improvements at the Heliport pursuant to the concession agreement. We expect to
make an aggregate of $800,000 in improvements at the Heliport during the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2010 pursuant to such agreement. We believe
that cash flow from the operation of the Heliport will be sufficient to satisfy
the minimum annual guarantee and to fund the capital improvements as required
under the agreement.
We
believe that we have sufficient liquidity to sustain our existing business for
at least the next twelve months.
Cash
from Operating Activities
For the six months ended June 30, 2010,
net cash provided by operating activities was $538,138. This amount included an
increase in operating cash related to net income of $188,921 and additions for
the following items: (i) depreciation and amortization, $76,347; (ii)
stock-based compensation expense, $7,784; (iii) inventories, $24,956; (iv)
accounts payable, $246,192, (v) customer deposits, $60,618, (vi) accrued
expenses, $473,204; and (vii) security deposits, $50,126. The
increase in cash used in operating activities in 2010 was offset by the
following decreases: (i) accounts receivable, $394,124, (ii) prepaid expenses,
$145,129, and (iii) deposits, $50,757. For the six months ended June
30, 2009, net cash used in operating activities was $725,915. This amount
included a decrease in operating cash related to a net loss of $634,267 and
additions for the following items: (i) depreciation and amortization, $64,632;
(ii) stock-based compensation expense, $255,351; and (iii) prepaid expenses,
$43,667. The increase in cash used in operating activities in 2009
was offset by a decrease of approximately $485,600 in operating assets and
liabilities is made up of the following decreases: (i) gain on sale of
subsidiary, $101,320; (ii) inventories, $70,465; (iii) accounts payable,
$330,775; and (iv) accrued expenses, $30,240 along with increases in: (i)
accounts receivable, $30,310 and (ii) customer deposits, $47,192.
Cash
from Investing Activities
For the six months ended June 30, 2010,
net cash used in investing activities was $735,313 and was attributable to the
purchase of property and equipment of $790,458 offset by the payment of notes
receivable of $55,145. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, net
cash used in investing activities was $1,199,082 and was attributable to the
purchase of property and equipment ($219,894), issuance of note receivable
($750,000), and net cash of discontinued operations ($229,188).
Cash
from Financing Activities
For the six months ended June 30, 2010,
net cash provided by financing activities was $416,221, consisting of the
payment of notes payable of $58,611 and an increase in non-controlling interest
in subsidiary of $474,832. For the six months ended June 30, 2009,
net cash provided by financing activities was $672,860, consisting of a note
payable of $750,000 in connection with the divestiture of our former subsidiary
Airborne offset by repayment of notes payable of $77,140.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Stock Based
Compensation
Stock-based
compensation expense for all share-based payment awards are based on the
grant-date fair value. We recognize these compensation costs over the requisite
service period of the award, which is generally the option vesting
term.
Option
valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including
the expected life of the option. Because our employee stock options have
characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and
because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the
fair value estimate, in management's opinion, the existing models do not
necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee
stock options.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
During
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) launched the FASB ASC as
the single source of authoritative nongovernmental GAAP. The ASC was
effective for interim and annual periods ending September 15,
2009. The ASC does not change GAAP. Instead, it takes all
individual pronouncements that currently comprise GAAP and reorganizes them into
approximately 90 accounting Topics, and displays all Topics using a consistent
structure. Changes to the ASC subsequent to June 30, 2009, are
referred to as Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”).
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On June
30, 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-01, “Topic 105 – Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, amendments based on Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 168 – The FASB Accounting Standard Codification and the Hierarchy
of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” This ASU amends the
FASB ASC for the issuance of FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS”) No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy
of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” This ASU includes FASB
SFAS No. 168 in its entirety. ASU 2009-01 was effective for interim
and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of
ASU 2009-01 had no effect on our operating results or financial
condition.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued ASC 810, “Non-Controlling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No. 51). ASC
810 established accounting and reporting standards for the non-controlling
interest in a subsidiary (previously referred to as minority interests). ASC 810
also requires that a retained non-controlling interest upon the deconsolidation
of a subsidiary be initially measured at its fair value. Upon adoption of ASC
810, we were required to report any non-controlling interests as a separate
component of consolidated stockholders’ equity. We were also required to present
any net income or loss allocable to non-controlling interests and net income or
loss attributable to our stockholders separately in its consolidated statements
of operations, if significant. ASC 810 is effective for fiscal years, and
interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after January 1,
2009. ASC 810 requires retroactive adoption of the presentation and disclosure
requirements for existing minority interests. All other requirements of ASC 810
are applied prospectively. We adopted ASC 810 and reclassified the
non-controlling interest in our Heliport subsidiary as a separate component of
consolidated stockholders’ equity on January 1, 2009. The
adoption of ASC 810 did not have a material impact on our results of operation
or financial condition.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements
contained in this report may contain information that includes or is based upon
"forward-looking statements" relating to our business. These forward-looking
statements represent management's current judgment and assumptions, and can be
identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current
facts. Forward-looking statements are frequently accompanied by the use of such
words as "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "expects," "projects," "intends,"
and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including, but not limited to,
those relating to:
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our
ability to secure the additional debt or equity financing, if required, to
execute our business plan;
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our
ability to identify, negotiate and complete the acquisition of targeted
operators, consistent with our business
plan;
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existing
or new competitors consolidating operators ahead of
us;
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our
ability to attract new personnel or retain existing personnel, which would
adversely affect implementation of our overall business
strategy;
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Our
planned capital expenditures; and
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Expected
business trends.
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Any one
of these or other risks, uncertainties, other factors, or any inaccurate
assumptions may cause actual results to be materially different from those
described herein or elsewhere by us. Undue reliance should not be replaced on
any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were
made. Certain of these risks, uncertainties, and other factors are described in
greater detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009 under the heading “Risk Factors” and in other filings we make with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Subsequent written and oral forward-looking
statements attributable to us or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly
qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth above and
elsewhere in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking
statements.
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Item
3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not applicable.
Item
4T – Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, including our President
and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive and financial officer)
evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Form
10-Q. Based on this evaluation, our President and Chief Executive
Officer concluded that our disclosure controls were effective as of such
date.
Based upon its evaluation, our
management, with the participation of our President and Chief Executive Officer,
has concluded there is a significant deficiency with respect to our
internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(e).
Those rules define internal control over financial reporting as a process
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The
weakness identified by management relates to the lack of sufficient accounting
resources to apply certain U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S.
GAAP”).
We currently lack adequately trained
accounting personnel with appropriate U.S. GAAP expertise for certain complex
transactions. Our management believes this weakness is considered a
significant deficiency but does not rise to the level of a material weakness due
to the compensating supervisory controls as discussed below.
As of the end of the period covered by
this report and to address the identified weakness, we engage consultants or
other resources to assist with the accounting and disclosure for complex
transactions. Our President and Chief Executive Officer operates in a
supervisory capacity to help compensate for the limited accounting
personnel. This added level of supervision helps ensure the financial
statements and disclosures are accurate and complete. This additional
assistance was considered in concluding that our weakness in internal control is
a significant deficiency. This added level of supervision helps
ensure the financial statements and disclosures are accurate and
complete.
In order to correct this deficiency, we
plan to hire additional employees or consultants, as needed, to ensure that
management will have adequate resources in order to attain complete reporting of
financial information on a timely manner and provide a further level of
segregation of financial responsibilities.
A control system, no matter how well
conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance
that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the
inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can
provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within a company
have been detected. Such limitations include the fact that human judgment in
decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns in internal control can occur
because of human failures, such as simple errors or mistakes or intentional
circumvention of the established process.
Management’s
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting; Changes in Internal
Controls Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for
establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial
reporting. We believe that a control system, no matter how well
designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of
the control system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute
assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a
company have been detected. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed
to provide a reasonable assurance of achieving their
objectives. Under the supervision and with the participation of our
management, including our President and Chief Executive Officer, we conducted an
evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting
based on the framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission (COSO) as set forth in Internal Control -
Integrated Framework. Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal
Control — Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal
control over financial reporting was effective at the reasonable assurance level
as of June 30, 2010.
During the three months ended June 30,
2010, there were no changes to our internal controls over financial reporting
that materially affected or were reasonably likely to materially affect these
controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. Risk
Factors
Uncertainty and adverse changes in the
general economic conditions of markets in which we participate may negatively
affect our business.
Current
and future conditions in the economy have an inherent degree of uncertainty. As
a result, it is difficult for us to estimate the level of growth or contraction
for the economy as a whole. It is even more difficult to estimate growth or
contraction in various parts, sectors and regions of the economy, including the
markets in which we participate. Adverse changes may occur as a result of soft
global economic conditions, rising oil prices, wavering consumer confidence,
unemployment, declines in or volatility of stock markets, contraction of credit
availability, declines in real estate values, or other factors affecting
economic conditions in general. Our results of operations are sensitive to
changes in general economic conditions that impact consumer spending, including
discretionary spending for use of private aircraft. The economic turmoil that
has arisen in the credit markets (most recently with respect to the indebtedness
of certain European countries such as Greece and Portugal) and in the housing
markets has had an adverse effect on the U.S. and world economy, which may
suppress discretionary spending and other consumer purchasing habits and, as a
result, adversely affect our results of operations.
Item
4. Other Information
Not applicable.
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Item
6. Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
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Description
of Exhibit
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31.1
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Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive and principal financial officer).
*
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32.1
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Section
1350 Certification. *
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* Filed
herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Saker
Aviation Services, Inc.
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Date: August
12, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Ronald J.
Ricciardi
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Ronald
J. Ricciardi,
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President
& Chief Executive Officer
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