Delaware
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20-0065053
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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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Page
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Item
1 - Financial Statements – Unaudited
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Balance
Sheets - June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007
|
1
|
|
|
Statements
of Operations for the three months and six months ended June 30,
2008 and
2007 and the period from April 6, 2000 (inception) to June 30,
2008
|
2
|
|
|
Statements
of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the six months ended June
30, 2008
and the period from April 6, 2000 (inception) to June 30,
2008
|
3
|
|
|
Statements
of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 and
the
period from April 6, 2000 (inception) to June 30, 2008
|
11
|
|
|
Notes
to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
|
13
|
|
|
Item
2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
|
35
|
|
|
Item
4(T) - Controls and Procedures
|
42
|
|
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PART
II — OTHER INFORMATION
|
|
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|
Item
2 - Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
|
43
|
|
|
Item
4 - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
44
|
|
|
Item
6 – Exhibits
|
45
|
|
|
SIGNATURES
|
46
|
June 30
|
December 31
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||
Current
assets
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
1,845
|
4,590
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
232
|
61
|
|||||
Deferred
offering costs
|
293
|
-
|
|||||
Refundable
Value-Added Tax
|
23
|
65
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
2,393
|
4,716
|
|||||
Unproved
oil and gas properties, full cost method
|
3,367
|
2,590
|
|||||
Property
and equipment
|
|||||||
Net
of accumulated depreciation of $48 thousand and $33 thousand
|
98
|
73
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
|||||||
Assets
held for severance benefits
|
40
|
42
|
|||||
Total
other assets
|
40
|
42
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
5,898
|
7,421
|
|||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
|
175
|
128
|
|||||
Accrued
liabilities
|
261
|
172
|
|||||
Deferred
officers compensation
|
1,429
|
1,017
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
1,865
|
1,317
|
|||||
Provision
for severance pay
|
237
|
316
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
2,102
|
1,633
|
|||||
Commitments
and contingencies (see Note 5)
|
|||||||
Stockholders’
equity
|
|||||||
Common
stock, par value $.01; 30,000,000 and 20,000,000 shares authorized:
2008
and 2007 – 10,120,893 shares
issued and outstanding
|
101
|
101
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
26,290
|
26,074
|
|||||
Deficit
accumulated in development stage
|
(22,595
|
)
|
(20,387
|
)
|
|||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
3,796
|
5,788
|
|||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
5,898
|
7,421
|
Period from
|
||||||||||||||||
April 6, 2000
|
||||||||||||||||
For the three month period
|
For the six month period
|
(inception) to
|
||||||||||||||
ended June 30
|
ended June 30
|
June 30
|
||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||||
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
Legal
and professional
|
277
|
322
|
600
|
593
|
4,679
|
|||||||||||
Salaries
|
489
|
174
|
943
|
410
|
4,988
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
429
|
323
|
722
|
514
|
2,979
|
|||||||||||
Impairment
of unproved oil and gas properties
|
-
|
9,494
|
-
|
9,494
|
9,494
|
|||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(1,195
|
)
|
(10,313
|
)
|
(2,265
|
)
|
(11,011
|
)
|
(22,140
|
)
|
||||||
Other
expense, net
|
||||||||||||||||
Termination
of initial public offering
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(507
|
)
|
||||||||||
Other
income, net
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
4
|
4
|
|||||||||||
Interest
income(expense), net
|
26
|
46
|
57
|
77
|
48
|
|||||||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(1,169
|
)
|
(10,263
|
)
|
(2,208
|
)
|
(10,930
|
)
|
(22,595
|
)
|
||||||
Income
taxes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(1,169
|
)
|
(10,263
|
)
|
(2,208
|
)
|
(10,930
|
)
|
(22,595
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss per share of common stock -
basic
and diluted (in US$)
|
(0.12
|
)
|
(1.03
|
)
|
(0.22
|
)
|
(1.15
|
)
|
(4.10
|
)
|
||||||
Weighted-average
shares outstanding -
basic
and diluted (in thousands)
|
10,121
|
9,963
|
10,121
|
9,504
|
5,505
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred Stock
|
Common Stock
|
Paid-in
|
in development
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
capital
|
stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||||||
Balances April 6, 2000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Issued
for cash ($0.001 per share)
|
-
|
-
|
2,400
|
*
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering ($1 per
share)
|
-
|
-
|
100
|
*
-
|
100
|
-
|
100
|
|||||||||||||||
Costs
associated with the issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(24
|
)
|
-
|
(24
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Waived
interest on conversion of debt
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
-
|
-
|
*
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(5
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Balances,
December 31, 2000
|
-
|
-
|
2,500
|
*
-
|
80
|
(5
|
)
|
75
|
||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering in January 2001 ($1
per
share)
|
-
|
-
|
135
|
*
-
|
135
|
-
|
135
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering
which
closed in September 2001 ($1 per share)
|
-
|
-
|
125
|
*
-
|
125
|
-
|
125
|
|||||||||||||||
Payment
of accounts payable through issuance of shares and
warrants
|
-
|
-
|
40
|
*
-
|
40
|
-
|
40
|
|||||||||||||||
Payment
of note payable through issuance of shares and warrants
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
*
-
|
25
|
-
|
25
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering which closed in November
2001
($1 per share)
|
-
|
-
|
175
|
*
-
|
175
|
-
|
175
|
|||||||||||||||
Costs
associated with the issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(85
|
)
|
-
|
(85
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Waived
interest on conversion of debt
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
37
|
-
|
37
|
|||||||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to directors and consultants
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(207
|
)
|
(207
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Balances,
December 31, 2001
|
-
|
-
|
3,000
|
*
-
|
536
|
(212
|
)
|
324
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred Stock
|
Common Stock
|
Paid-in
|
in development
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
capital
|
stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||||||
Change in par value of common shares
from $ 0.0001 per share to $0.01 per share
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
30
|
(30
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering which closed in January
2002
($1 per share)
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
*
-
|
20
|
-
|
20
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering which closed in November
2002
($10 per share)
|
25
|
*
-
|
22
|
*
-
|
254
|
-
|
254
|
|||||||||||||||
Payment
of accounts payable through issuance of preferred shares and
warrants
|
13
|
*
-
|
-
|
-
|
127
|
-
|
127
|
|||||||||||||||
Payment
of accounts payable through issuance of common shares and
warrants
|
-
|
-
|
111
|
1
|
131
|
-
|
132
|
|||||||||||||||
Payment
of note payable through issuance of shares and warrants
|
5
|
*
-
|
-
|
-
|
50
|
-
|
50
|
|||||||||||||||
Payment
of accounts payable to employee through issuance of shares upon
exercise
of warrants
|
-
|
-
|
400
|
4
|
76
|
-
|
80
|
|||||||||||||||
Costs
associated with the issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(160
|
)
|
-
|
(160
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Waived
interest on conversion of debt
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
|||||||||||||||
Deferred
financing costs on debt conversions / modifications
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
21
|
|||||||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to directors and consultants
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
13
|
-
|
13
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(403
|
)
|
(403
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Balances,
December 31, 2002
|
43
|
*
-
|
3,553
|
35
|
1,042
|
(615
|
)
|
462
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred Stock
|
Common Stock
|
Paid-in
|
in development
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
capital
|
stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||||||
Issuance of shares in connection with executive employment
|
-
|
-
|
50
|
1
|
49
|
-
|
50
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of share on warrants exercise
|
-
|
-
|
165
|
2
|
31
|
-
|
33
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of dividend shares to record holders as of December 31,
2002
|
4
|
*
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering which closed in February
2003
($10 per share):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
for
cash consideration
|
10
|
*
-
|
-
|
-
|
105
|
-
|
105
|
|||||||||||||||
for
reduction of accounts payable
|
5
|
*
-
|
-
|
-
|
45
|
-
|
45
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants as compensation for extension of $100,000
line of
credit
|
1
|
*
-
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
10
|
|||||||||||||||
Payment
of account payable through issuance of shares and warrants
|
*
-
|
*
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||
Conversion
of preferred shares to common shares in reincorporation
merger
|
(63
|
)
|
*(-
|
)
|
763
|
7
|
(7
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares in a private offering which closed in July 2003 ($3 per
share):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
for
cash consideration
|
-
|
-
|
33
|
*
-
|
99
|
-
|
99
|
|||||||||||||||
for
reduction of accounts payable
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
*
-
|
9
|
-
|
9
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares upon exercise of warrants:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
for
cash consideration
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
*
-
|
25
|
-
|
25
|
|||||||||||||||
for
reduction of accounts payable
|
-
|
-
|
124
|
1
|
142
|
-
|
143
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares upon exercise of warrants for cash consideration
|
-
|
-
|
63
|
1
|
82
|
-
|
83
|
|||||||||||||||
Payment
of account payable through issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
80
|
1
|
139
|
-
|
140
|
|||||||||||||||
Costs
associated with the issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(58
|
)
|
-
|
(58
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
47
|
-
|
47
|
|||||||||||||||
Deferred
financing costs on debt conversions / modifications
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(10
|
)
|
-
|
(10
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(873
|
)
|
(873
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Balances
as at December 31, 2003
|
-
|
-
|
4,859
|
48
|
1,751
|
(1,488
|
)
|
311
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||
Common Stock
|
paid-in
|
in development
|
||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amounts
|
capital
|
stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||
Issuance of shares on warrants exercise
|
123
|
1
|
183
|
-
|
184
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering
|
251
|
3
|
1,002
|
-
|
1,005
|
|||||||||||
Payment
of officer salaries through issuance of shares and
warrants
|
46
|
1
|
184
|
-
|
185
|
|||||||||||
Payment
of accounts payable to officers and consultants upon exercise of
warrants
|
80
|
1
|
99
|
-
|
100
|
|||||||||||
Payment
of director honorariums through issuance of shares and
warrants
|
11
|
*
-
|
45
|
-
|
45
|
|||||||||||
Payment
of account payable through issuance of shares and warrants
|
13
|
*
-
|
50
|
-
|
50
|
|||||||||||
Payment
of bridge loan through issuance of shares and warrants
|
125
|
1
|
499
|
-
|
500
|
|||||||||||
Payment
of bridge loan interest and commitment fee through issuance of
shares and
warrants
|
8
|
*
-
|
30
|
-
|
30
|
|||||||||||
Payment
of bridge loan finders fee through issuance of shares and
warrants
|
2
|
*
-
|
7
|
-
|
7
|
|||||||||||
Payment
of service bonus through issuance of shares and warrants
|
20
|
*
-
|
20
|
-
|
20
|
|||||||||||
Costs
associated with the issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
(59
|
)
|
-
|
(59
|
)
|
|||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
41
|
-
|
41
|
|||||||||||
Deferred
financing costs on debt conversions / modifications
|
-
|
-
|
30
|
-
|
30
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,737
|
)
|
(1,737
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balances,
December 31, 2004
|
5,538
|
55
|
3,882
|
(3,225
|
)
|
712
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||
Common Stock
|
paid-in
|
in development
|
||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amounts
|
capital
|
stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||
Issuance of shares on warrants exercised:
|
||||||||||||||||
For
cash
|
493
|
5
|
872
|
-
|
877
|
|||||||||||
For
payment of deferred officer salaries
|
17
|
*
-
|
21
|
-
|
21
|
|||||||||||
For
exchange of shares of common stock
|
120
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering that closed in March
2005:
|
||||||||||||||||
For
cash
|
519
|
5
|
2,070
|
-
|
2,075
|
|||||||||||
For
payment of deferred officer salaries
|
10
|
*
-
|
40
|
-
|
40
|
|||||||||||
For
payment of accounts payable
|
6
|
*
-
|
25
|
-
|
25
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering that closed in June
2005:
|
||||||||||||||||
For
cash
|
259
|
3
|
1,292
|
-
|
1,295
|
|||||||||||
For
payment of directors honoraria
|
14
|
*
-
|
70
|
-
|
70
|
|||||||||||
For
payment of accounts payable
|
3
|
*
-
|
15
|
-
|
15
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of shares in a private offering that closed in October
2005:
|
||||||||||||||||
For
cash
|
584
|
6
|
2,914
|
-
|
2,920
|
|||||||||||
For
payment of deferred officer salaries
|
40
|
*
-
|
200
|
-
|
200
|
|||||||||||
For
payment of accounts payable
|
22
|
*
-
|
110
|
-
|
110
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of shares in a private offering that closed in December
2005
|
80
|
1
|
439
|
-
|
440
|
|||||||||||
Shares
to be issued for services provided by director
|
-
|
-
|
42
|
-
|
42
|
|||||||||||
Value
of warrants and options granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
216
|
-
|
216
|
|||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to directors and consultants
|
-
|
-
|
16
|
-
|
16
|
|||||||||||
Deferred
financing costs on debt conversions /modifications
|
-
|
-
|
44
|
-
|
44
|
|||||||||||
Costs
associated with the issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
(275
|
)
|
-
|
(275
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,605
|
)
|
(1,605
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balances,
December 31, 2005
|
7,705
|
76
|
11,992
|
(4,830
|
)
|
7,238
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||
Common Stock
|
paid-in
|
in development
|
||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amounts
|
capital
|
stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares on warrants exercised:
|
||||||||||||||||
For
cash
|
253
|
3
|
1,151
|
-
|
1,154
|
|||||||||||
For
debt
|
60
|
1
|
276
|
-
|
277
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in private offering closings in first quarter
2006:
|
||||||||||||||||
For
cash
|
66
|
1
|
362
|
-
|
363
|
|||||||||||
For
payment of accounts payable
|
3
|
*
-
|
14
|
-
|
14
|
|||||||||||
Shares
issued for services provided by officer
|
200
|
2
|
248
|
-
|
250
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of shares and warrants in a private offering that closed in September
2006
for cash
|
23
|
*
-
|
126
|
-
|
126
|
|||||||||||
Value
of options granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
162
|
-
|
162
|
|||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to underwriter
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
20
|
|||||||||||
Value
of shares gifted to directors, employees and service
providers
|
-
|
-
|
147
|
-
|
147
|
|||||||||||
Costs
associated with the issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
(681
|
)
|
-
|
(681
|
)
|
|||||||||
Funds
received from public offering for subscription shares:
|
||||||||||||||||
For
cash
|
410
|
4
|
2,867
|
-
|
2,871
|
|||||||||||
For
debt
|
27
|
*
-
|
188
|
-
|
188
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,510
|
)
|
(2,510
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balances
December 31, 2006
|
8,747
|
87
|
16,872
|
(7,340
|
)
|
9,619
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||
Common Stock
|
paid-in
|
in development
|
||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amounts
|
capital
|
stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||
Funds
received from public offering for subscription shares:
|
||||||||||||||||
For
cash
|
1,336
|
14
|
9,338
|
-
|
9,352
|
|||||||||||
For
debt
|
33
|
*
-
|
235
|
-
|
235
|
|||||||||||
Compensation
in respect of shares previously issued for services provided by
officer
|
-
|
-
|
208
|
-
|
208
|
|||||||||||
Value
of options granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
337
|
-
|
337
|
|||||||||||
Value
of warrants granted to underwriter
|
-
|
-
|
79
|
-
|
79
|
|||||||||||
Value
of shares granted to employees
|
5
|
*-
|
25
|
-
|
25
|
|||||||||||
Value
of shares gifted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
7
|
|||||||||||
Costs
associated with the issuance of shares
|
-
|
-
|
(1,027
|
)
|
-
|
(1,027
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(13,047
|
)
|
(13,047
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balances
December 31, 2007
|
10,121
|
101
|
26,074
|
(20,387
|
)
|
5,788
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||
Common Stock
|
paid-in
|
in development
|
||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amounts
|
capital
|
stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||||||
Value
of options granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
216
|
-
|
216
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,208
|
)
|
(2,208
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balances
June 30, 2008
|
10,121
|
101
|
26,290
|
(22,595
|
)
|
3,796
|
Period from
|
||||||||||
April 6, 2000
|
||||||||||
For the six month
|
(inception) to
|
|||||||||
period ended June 30
|
June 30
|
|||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(2,208
|
)
|
(10,930
|
)
|
(22,595
|
)
|
||||
Adjustments
required to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
|
14
|
8
|
51
|
|||||||
Officer,
director and other fees, paid via common stock
|
-
|
63
|
2,061
|
|||||||
Cost
of warrants issued to employees, directors & others
|
216
|
93
|
1,268
|
|||||||
Interest
paid through issuance of common stock
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
|||||||
Write-off
of costs associated with public offering
|
-
|
-
|
507
|
|||||||
Loss
on disposal of equipment
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
|||||||
Impairment
of unproved oil and gas properties
|
-
|
9,494
|
9,494
|
|||||||
Change
in assets and liabilities, net:
|
||||||||||
Decrease
in inventories
|
-
|
(195
|
)
|
150
|
||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
(171
|
)
|
(106
|
)
|
(232
|
)
|
||||
Increase
in deferred offering costs
|
(293
|
)
|
-
|
(293
|
)
|
|||||
Decrease/(increase)
in Refundable value-added tax
|
42
|
(85
|
)
|
(23
|
)
|
|||||
Severance
pay, net
|
25
|
102
|
299
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
|
47
|
(145
|
)
|
818
|
||||||
Accrued
liabilities
|
(13
|
)
|
(101
|
)
|
160
|
|||||
Increase
in deferred officers' compensation
|
412
|
(389
|
)
|
1,429
|
||||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(1,929
|
)
|
(2,191
|
)
|
(6,710
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
||||||||||
Acquisition
of property and equipment
|
(39
|
)
|
(13
|
)
|
(153
|
)
|
||||
Investment
in unproved oil and gas properties
|
(777
|
)
|
(1,996
|
)
|
(13,011
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(816
|
)
|
(2,009
|
)
|
(13,164
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flows from financing activities
|
||||||||||
Deferred
financing costs on debt conversions and modification
|
-
|
-
|
89
|
|||||||
Loan
proceeds – related party
|
-
|
-
|
259
|
|||||||
Loan
principal repayments – related party
|
-
|
(107
|
)
|
(259
|
)
|
|||||
Loan
proceeds – other
|
-
|
-
|
500
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from sale of stock
|
-
|
9,352
|
23,775
|
|||||||
Financing
costs of issuing stock
|
-
|
(1,025
|
)
|
(2,470
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
-
|
8,220
|
21,894
|
|||||||
Net
increase(decrease) in cash
|
(2,745
|
)
|
4,020
|
1,845
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents– beginning of period
|
4,590
|
3,370
|
-
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents– end of period
|
1,845
|
7,390
|
1,845
|
Period from
|
||||||||||
April 6, 2000
|
||||||||||
For the six month
|
(inception) to
|
|||||||||
period ended June 30
|
June 30
|
|||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||||
Supplemental information
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
-
|
1
|
58
|
|||||||
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Non-cash
operating, investing and financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Payment
of accounts payable through issuance of preferred and common
stock
|
-
|
235
|
1,186
|
|||||||
Payment
of note payable through issuance of common stock
|
-
|
-
|
575
|
|||||||
Payment
of accounts payable through issuance of note payable
|
-
|
-
|
35
|
|||||||
Financing
costs paid through issuance of common stock
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
|||||||
Increase
in accounts payable for financing costs
|
-
|
-
|
382
|
|||||||
Waived
interest on debt conversions
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
|||||||
Shares
issued for debt conversion
|
-
|
-
|
188
|
|||||||
Shares
issued for services provided by officer
|
-
|
125
|
500
|
|||||||
Value
of warrants and options granted to employees
|
216
|
(48
|
)
|
1,058
|
||||||
Value
of warrants granted to directors and consultants
|
-
|
-
|
33
|
|||||||
Value
of warrants granted to underwriters
|
-
|
79
|
79
|
|||||||
Value
of shares granted to employees
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
|||||||
Value
of shares gifted to directors, employees and service
providers
|
-
|
-
|
154
|
|||||||
Deferred
financing costs
|
-
|
-
|
89
|
|||||||
Transfer
of inventory to oil and gas properties
|
-
|
-
|
150
|
June 30
2008
|
December 31
2007
|
||||||
US$ thousands
|
US$ thousands
|
||||||
Excluded from amortization base:
|
|||||||
Drilling operations,
completion costs and other related costs
|
2,128
|
2,035
|
|||||
Capitalized
salary costs
|
381
|
145
|
|||||
Legal
costs and license fees
|
627
|
220
|
|||||
Other
costs
|
231
|
190
|
|||||
$
|
3,367
|
$
|
2,590
|
Period
ended
June 30
2008
|
Year
ended
December
31 2007
|
Period from
April 6, 2000
(inception)
to June 30,
2008
|
||||||||
US$
thousands
|
US$
thousands
|
US$
thousands
|
||||||||
Drilling
operations, completion costs and other related costs
|
-
|
7,959
|
7,959
|
|||||||
Capitalized
salary costs
|
-
|
683
|
683
|
|||||||
Legal
costs and license fees
|
-
|
509
|
509
|
|||||||
Other
costs
|
-
|
343
|
343
|
|||||||
|
- |
9,494
|
9,494
|
B. |
Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
(cont’d)
|
C. |
Recently
adopted accounting
pronouncements
|
D. |
Certain
prior year’s amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year
presentation.
|
Exercise
|
|
Number of
|
|
Expiration
|
|
Warrants or
|
|
||||||
|
|
price
|
|
shares
|
Date
|
Options
|
|||||||
To non-employees
|
|||||||||||||
5.00
|
10,000
|
December 31, 2008
|
Warrants
|
||||||||||
8.75
|
46,621
|
September
26, 2009
|
Warrants
|
||||||||||
To
employees and directors
|
|||||||||||||
5.00
|
85,000
|
December
31, 2008
|
Warrants
|
||||||||||
5.00
|
50,000
|
December
31, 2008
|
Options
|
||||||||||
5.00
|
66,667
|
December
31, 2010
|
Options
|
||||||||||
5.60
|
50,000
|
December
31, 2012
|
Options
|
||||||||||
0.01
|
83,882
|
December
3, 2017
|
Options
|
||||||||||
To
investors
|
|||||||||||||
5.50
|
19,625
|
December
31, 2008
|
Warrants
|
||||||||||
|
4.50
|
* |
411,795
|
Number of
|
Weighted Average
|
||||||
shares
|
exercise price
|
||||||
US$
|
|||||||
Granted
from April 6, 2000 (inception) to December 31, 2006 to:
|
|||||||
Employees,
officers and directors
|
1,750,936
|
1.73
|
|||||
Underwriters
(in connection with IPO)
|
11,590
|
8.75
|
|||||
Private
placement investors and others
|
1,105,492
|
2.84
|
|||||
Expired/canceled
|
(587,726
|
)
|
2.68
|
||||
Exercised
|
(1,984,077
|
)
|
1.59
|
||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2006
|
296,215
|
5.18
|
|||||
Granted
to:
|
|||||||
Employees,
officers and directors as part compensation
|
133,882
|
2.10
|
|||||
Underwriters
(in connection with IPO)
|
35,031
|
8.75
|
|||||
Private
placement investors and others
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Expired/Canceled
|
(53,333
|
)
|
5.00
|
||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
411,795
|
4.50
|
|||||
Outstanding,
June 30, 2008
|
411,795
|
4.50
|
|||||
Exercisable,
June 30, 2008
|
351,795
|
4.65
|
Shares underlying outstanding
|
Shares underlying outstanding
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Warrants and options (nonvested)
|
|
Warrants and options (all fully vested)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
remaining
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|||||||
Range of
exercise
|
|
Number
outstanding
|
|
contractual
life (years)
|
|
Average
exercise
|
|
Range of
exercise price
|
|
Number
Outstanding
|
|
contractual
life (years)
|
|
Average
exercise
|
|
|||||||
price
|
|
|
|
|
|
price
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
price
|
|
|||||||
US$
|
|
|
US$
|
US$
|
US$
|
|||||||||||||||||
0.01
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
9.43
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
63,882
|
|
|
9.43
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
5.00
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
5.00
|
|
|
5.00
|
|
|
201,667
|
|
|
0.99
|
|
|
5.00
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
5.50
|
|
|
19,625
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
|
5.50
|
|
5.60
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
4.50
|
|
|
5.60
|
|
|
5.60
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
4.50
|
|
|
5.60
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
8.75
|
|
|
46,621
|
|
|
1.24
|
|
|
8.75
|
|
0.01-5.60
|
60,000
|
|
3.64
|
0.01-8.75
|
351,795
|
4.65
|
For the six month period
|
Period from April 6,
|
|||||||||
ended June 30,
|
2000 (inception) to
|
|||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
June 30, 2008
|
||||||||
US$
|
US$
|
US$
|
||||||||
Weighted-average fair value of
underlying stock at grant date
|
-
|
-
|
3.00 – 6.13
|
|||||||
Dividend
yields
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Expected
volatility
|
-
|
-
|
28.2% – 40.0
|
%
|
||||||
Risk-free interest
rates
|
-
|
-
|
2.1%
– 5.15
|
%
|
||||||
Expected
lives
|
-
|
-
|
1.74 – 4.63 years
|
|||||||
Weighted-average
grant date fair market
value
|
-
|
-
|
0.76 - 2.83
|
For
the six month period
|
Period
from April 6,
|
|||||||||
ended
June 30,
|
2000
(inception) to
|
|||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
June
30, 2008
|
||||||||
US$
|
US$
|
US$
|
||||||||
Weighted-average
fair value of underlying stock at grant date
|
-
|
8.75
|
1.00 –
8.75
|
|||||||
Dividend
yields
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Expected
volatility
|
-
|
40.0
|
%
|
32.2%
– 99.8
|
%
|
|||||
Risk-free
interest rates
|
-
|
5.50
|
%
|
2.8%
– 5.50
|
%
|
|||||
Contractual
lives
|
-
|
2.34
– 2.67 years
|
0.56 – 3.17 years
|
|||||||
Weighted-average grant
date fair market value
|
-
|
1.35
– 2.74
|
0.68
– 2.74
|
US$
thousands
|
||
July 1 - December 31, 2008
|
48
|
|
For the year ended December 31, 2009
|
22
|
|
For
the year ended December 31, 2010
|
6
|
|
76
|
Period of Grant
|
US$
|
Expiration Date
|
||||
A Warrants
|
January 2001 – December 2001
|
1.00
|
January
31, 2005
|
|||
B
Warrants
|
November
2001 – February 2003
|
1.50
|
January
31, 2005
|
|||
C
Warrants
|
July
2003 – March 2004
|
3.00
|
December
31, 2005
|
|||
$3.00
Warrants
|
June
2004 – August 2004
|
3.00
|
December
31, 2006
|
|||
D
Warrants
|
September
2004 – April 2005
|
4.00
|
December
31, 2006
|
|||
E
Warrants
|
September
2004 – June 2005
|
5.00
|
December
31, 2006
|
|||
F
and FF Warrants
|
October
2005
|
5.00
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||
G
Warrants
|
December
2005 – January 2006
|
5.50
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||
H
Warrants
|
December
2006 –May 2007
|
8.75
|
September
26, 2009
|
US$ thousands
|
||||
July 1 – December 31 2008
|
34
|
|||
2009
|
3
|
|||
37
|
·
|
exploration,
development, and drilling plans;
|
·
|
future
general and administrative expenses;
|
·
|
future
exploration;
|
·
|
future
geophysical and geological data;
|
·
|
generation
of additional properties, reserves;
|
·
|
new
prospects and drilling locations;
|
·
|
future
capital expenditures;
|
·
|
sufficiency
of working capital;
|
·
|
plans
regarding and ability to raise additional capital;
|
·
|
Follow-
on Offering;
|
·
|
drilling
plans;
|
·
|
availability
and costs of drilling rigs;
|
·
|
timing
or results of any wells;
|
·
|
interpretation
and results of seismic surveys or seismic data;
|
·
|
permit,
license and lease rights;
|
·
|
Participation
of operating partners;
|
·
|
legislative
and regulatory initiatives, their potential results and effects;
and
|
·
|
any
other statements regarding future operations, financial results,
opportunities, growth, business plans, and strategies.
|
In
US$ 000
|
||||
Underwriting
Commissions
|
$
|
653
|
||
Expenses
Paid to Underwriter
|
326
|
|||
Other
expenses as follows:
|
||||
Accounting
Fees and Expenses
|
111
|
|||
Legal
Fees and Expenses
|
167
|
|||
Printing
Fees and Advertising
|
207
|
|||
Listing
Fees (including SEC filing fees)
|
82
|
|||
Transfer
and Escrow Agent Fees
|
42
|
|||
Other
Expenses
|
120
|
|||
TOTAL
EXPENSES
|
$
|
1,708
|
In
US$ 000
|
||||
a.
Completion
of Ma’anit #1 well
|
$
|
1,242
|
(1)
|
|
b.
Preparation
for drilling of Ma’anit-Rehoboth well
|
$
|
2,351
|
||
c.
Exploration
Costs
|
$
|
948
|
||
d.
Compensation
to officers and directors
|
$
|
2,682
|
(2)
|
|
e.
Repayment
of indebtedness
|
$
|
144
|
(3)
|
|
f.
Temporary
investments
|
$
|
1,823
|
(4)
|
|
g.
Other
|
$
|
1,735
|
(5)
|
(1)
|
The
$900 thousand originally (exclusive of contingencies) estimated for
the
Ma’anit #1 well completion costs was exceeded as a result of the loss
and
partial recovery of tubing and an isolation packer that were stuck
in the
well.
|
|
(2)
|
Includes
repayment of indebtedness in an amount of $1,053 thousand, including
$434
thousand previously deferred compensation paid to the company’s former
Chief Executive Officer (in the amount of $352 thousand) and to the
company’s former Chief Financial Officer (in the amount of $82 thousand)
in the connection with their retirement and resignation, respectively.
Also includes conversions of deferred compensation into shares by
certain
officers in the IPO in an amount of $204 thousand, along with normal
payments to officers in the amount of $983 thousand and to directors
in an
amount of $157 thousand. The other amounts are related to normal
payments
to officers and directors.
|
|
(3)
|
Does
not include repayment of indebtedness to officers and directors which
is
included in note (2) above.
|
|
(4)
|
U.S.
money market account balances and Israeli interest bearing deposits
at
June 30, 2008.
|
|
(5)
|
Including
a $60 thousand financial advisory and investment banking fee to
Underwriter pursuant to an investment banking/consulting agreement
entered
into pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, $293 thousand in deferred
offering costs related to the follow-on offering , and working
capital.
|
|
FOR
|
WITHHELD
|
|
|
|
William
H. Avery
|
7,432,247
(84%)
|
9,108
(0.001%)
|
Yehezkel
Druckman
|
7,432,611
(84%)
|
8,744
(0.001%)
|
Paul
Oroian
|
7,428,346
(84%)
|
13,009
(0.001%)
|
FOR
|
AGAINST
|
ABSTAIN
|
BROKER
NON VOTES
|
7,331,838
(72%)
|
65,199
(0.007%)
|
0.00
(0.00%)
|
0
|
FOR
|
AGAINST
|
ABSTAIN
|
BROKER
NON VOTES
|
7,400,202
(84%)
|
31,623
(0.003%)
|
0.00
(0.00%)
|
0
|
1.1
|
Amended
and Restated Underwriting Agreement, attached as an exhibit to Amendment
No.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-148982)
filed
on May 2, 2008
|
||
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 under the Exchange Act
|
||
31.2
|
Certification
of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
||
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 (furnished only).
|
||
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 (furnished only).
|
ZION
OIL & GAS, INC.
|
||||
(Registrant)
|
||||
By:
|
/s/
Richard J. Rinberg
|
By:
|
/s/
Martin M. Van Brauman
|
|
Richard
J. Rinberg
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
Martin
M. Van Brauman,
Senior
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
|||
Date:
|
August
14, 2008
|
Date:
|
August
14 , 2008
|