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, 2006
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
PATIENT
SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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13-3419202
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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|
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1800
Century Park East, Ste. 200, Los Angeles, CA
90067
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(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (310) 895-7750
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
past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to
file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the
past 90 days. Yes
x No o.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer x
|
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2) of the Act. Yes o No x.
There
were 6,351,454 shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding as of August
15, 2006.
PATIENT
SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
FORM
10-Q FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER
ENDED
JUNE 30, 2006
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1. Financial Statements
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1
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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22
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Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
Market Risk
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36
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Item
4. Controls and Procedures
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37
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1. Legal Proceedings
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37
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
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37
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Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use
of Proceeds
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50
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Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
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50
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Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
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50
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Item
5. Other Information
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50
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Item
6. Exhibits
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51
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SIGNATURES
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55
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"SAFE
HARBOR" STATEMENT UNDER
THE
PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
We
believe that it is important to communicate our plans and expectations about
the
future to our stockholders and to the public. Some of the statements in this
report are forward-looking statements about our plans and expectations of what
may happen in the future, including in particular the statements about our
plans
and expectations in Part I of this report under the heading “Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.” Statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the
“safe-harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. You can sometimes identify forward-looking statements by our use of
forward-looking words like “may,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,”
“anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue”
or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions.
Although
we believe that the plans and expectations reflected in or suggested by our
forward-looking statements are reasonable, those statements are based only
on
the current beliefs and assumptions of our management and on information
currently available to us and, therefore, they involve uncertainties and risks
as to what may happen in the future. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee you that
our plans and expectations will be achieved. Our actual results and stockholder
values could be very different from and worse than those expressed in or implied
by any forward-looking statement in this report as a result of many known and
unknown factors, many of which are beyond our ability to predict or control.
These factors include, but are not limited to, those contained in Part II of
this report under “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” All written and oral forward-looking
statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by
these
cautionary statements.
Our
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and should
not be relied upon as representing our plans and expectations as of any
subsequent date. Although we may elect to update or revise forward-looking
statements at some time in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation
to do so, even if our plans and expectations change.
PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements.
PATIENT
SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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June
30,
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December
31,
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2006
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|
2005
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(Unaudited)
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|
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|
ASSETS
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|
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|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Cash
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|
$
|
9,853
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|
$
|
79,373
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|
Receivables
from investments
|
|
|
32,603
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|
|
934,031
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|
Marketable
securities
|
|
|
22,800
|
|
|
923,800
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|
Inventories
|
|
|
62,481
|
|
|
77,481
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|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
169,649
|
|
|
112,734
|
|
Other
current assets
|
|
|
134,572
|
|
|
118,394
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
TOTAL
CURRENT ASSETS
|
|
|
431,958
|
|
|
2,245,813
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Restricted
certificate of deposit
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|
|
87,500
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|
87,500
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Property
and equipment, net
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|
3,598,746
|
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|
1,348,275
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|
Goodwill
|
|
|
2,301,555
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|
2,301,555
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|
Patents,
net
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|
|
4,251,320
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|
4,413,791
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|
Long-term
investments
|
|
|
3,364,956
|
|
|
5,636,931
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
$
|
14,036,035
|
|
$
|
16,033,865
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
payable, current portion
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|
$
|
4,466,306
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|
$
|
1,796,554
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|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
919,166
|
|
|
785,507
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|
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
742,598
|
|
|
569,116
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|
Due
to broker
|
|
|
141,663
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|
|
801,863
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
TOTAL
CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
|
|
6,269,733
|
|
|
3,953,040
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
LONG-TERM
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Notes
payable, less current portion
|
|
|
1,495,000
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|
|
1,116,838
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|
Deferred
tax liabilities
|
|
|
1,531,556
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|
|
1,590,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
|
|
|
3,026,556
|
|
|
2,706,883
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
MINORITY
INTEREST
|
|
|
|
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|
252,992
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
CONTINGENCIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Convertible
preferred stock, $1 par value, cumulative 7% dividend:
|
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|
1,000,000
shares authorized; 10,950 issued and outstanding
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|
|
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|
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|
at
June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005
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|
|
|
|
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(Liquidation
preference $1,152,487)
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|
|
10,950
|
|
|
10,950
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|
Common
stock, $0.33 par value: 25,000,000 shares authorized;
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
7,451,545
shares issued and 6,328,714 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2006;
6,995,276
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
shares
issued and 5,672,445 shares outstanding at December 31,
2005
|
|
|
2,459,010
|
|
|
2,308,441
|
|
Paid-in
capital
|
|
|
26,469,176
|
|
|
22,600,165
|
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
142,415
|
|
|
2,374,858
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
|
(22,313,698
|
)
|
|
(15,784,108
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,767,853
|
|
|
11,510,306
|
|
Less:
1,122,831 and 1,322,831 shares of treasury stock,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
at
cost, at June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively
|
|
|
(2,028,107
|
)
|
|
(2,389,356
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
|
4,739,746
|
|
|
9,120,950
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
$
|
14,036,035
|
|
$
|
16,033,865
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim
financial statements.
PATIENT
SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(Unaudited)
|
|
For
The Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
For
The Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVENUES
|
|
$
|
159,731
|
|
$
|
586,627
|
|
$
|
235,491
|
|
$
|
586,627
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
|
|
602,769
|
|
|
900,385
|
|
|
3,053,653
|
|
|
2,110,096
|
|
Professional
fees
|
|
|
515,714
|
|
|
897,974
|
|
|
1,128,021
|
|
|
1,454,945
|
|
Rent
|
|
|
30,775
|
|
|
24,478
|
|
|
64,062
|
|
|
24,478
|
|
Insurance
|
|
|
53,668
|
|
|
22,788
|
|
|
83,675
|
|
|
43,578
|
|
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
|
|
29,076
|
|
|
23,947
|
|
|
63,337
|
|
|
45,982
|
|
Amortization
of patents
|
|
|
81,236
|
|
|
81,235
|
|
|
162,471
|
|
|
108,314
|
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
|
357,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
357,008
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
378,121
|
|
|
204,463
|
|
|
624,021
|
|
|
461,634
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
2,048,367
|
|
|
2,155,270
|
|
|
5,536,248
|
|
|
4,249,027
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
loss
|
|
|
(1,888,636
|
)
|
|
(1,568,643
|
)
|
|
(5,300,757
|
)
|
|
(3,662,400
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest,
dividend income and other
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
11,485
|
|
|
1,109
|
|
|
40,088
|
|
Equity
in loss of investee
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17,020
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
(17,020
|
)
|
Realized
gain (loss) on investments, net
|
|
|
86,109
|
|
|
138,372
|
|
|
(50,153
|
)
|
|
103,644
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(1,112,133
|
)
|
|
(34,243
|
)
|
|
(1,244,536
|
)
|
|
(61,561
|
)
|
Unrealized
gain (loss) on marketable securities, net
|
|
|
(32,332
|
)
|
|
(300,384
|
)
|
|
44,583
|
|
|
43,203
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
before deferred income tax benefit
|
|
|
(2,946,977
|
)
|
|
(1,770,433
|
)
|
|
(6,549,754
|
)
|
|
(3,554,046
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred
income tax benefit
|
|
|
29,244
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
58,489
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
(2,917,733
|
)
|
|
(1,770,433
|
)
|
|
(6,491,265
|
)
|
|
(3,554,046
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
dividends
|
|
|
(19,162
|
)
|
|
(24,637
|
)
|
|
(38,325
|
)
|
|
(37,375
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
available to common shareholders
|
|
$
|
(2,936,895
|
)
|
$
|
(1,795,070
|
)
|
$
|
(6,529,590
|
)
|
$
|
(3,591,421
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted net loss per common share
|
|
$
|
(0.47
|
)
|
$
|
(0.33
|
)
|
$
|
(1.06
|
)
|
$
|
(0.69
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average common shares outstanding
|
|
|
6,266,890
|
|
|
5,430,528
|
|
|
6,135,725
|
|
|
5,172,181
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(2,917,733
|
)
|
$
|
(1,770,433
|
)
|
$
|
(6,491,265
|
)
|
$
|
(3,554,046
|
)
|
Other
comprehensive gain (loss), unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale
investments
|
|
|
(1,486,728
|
)
|
|
1,158,750
|
|
|
(2,232,443
|
)
|
|
1,158,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
comprehensive loss
|
|
$
|
(4,404,461
|
)
|
$
|
(611,683
|
)
|
$
|
(8,723,708
|
)
|
$
|
(2,395,296
|
)
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim
financial statements.
PATIENT
SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
|
|
For
The Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(6,491,265
|
)
|
$
|
(3,554,046
|
)
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
27,334
|
|
|
5,131
|
|
Amortization
of patents
|
|
|
162,471
|
|
|
108,314
|
|
Non-cash
interest
|
|
|
1,047,276
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
|
357,008
|
|
|
|
|
Realized
(gain) loss on investments, net
|
|
|
50,153
|
|
|
(103,644
|
)
|
Unrealized
gain on marketable securities
|
|
|
(44,583
|
)
|
|
(43,203
|
)
|
Stock-based
compensation to employees and directors
|
|
|
2,124,768
|
|
|
1,766,866
|
|
Stock-based
compensation to consultants
|
|
|
548,787
|
|
|
697,997
|
|
Stock
received for services
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,000
|
)
|
Loss
on investee
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,020
|
|
Deferred
income tax benefit
|
|
|
(58,489
|
)
|
|
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables
from investments
|
|
|
901,428
|
|
|
(1,331,250
|
)
|
Marketable
securities, net
|
|
|
796,050
|
|
|
717,245
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
(6,915
|
)
|
|
|
|
Other
current assets
|
|
|
(16,178
|
)
|
|
(145,198
|
)
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
268,816
|
|
|
873,665
|
|
Due
to broker
|
|
|
(660,200
|
)
|
|
(452,400
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(978,539
|
)
|
|
(1,453,503
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(2,277,804
|
)
|
|
(59,981
|
)
|
Purchase
of Surgicount
|
|
|
|
|
|
(432,398
|
)
|
Proceeds
from sale of long-term investments
|
|
|
138,909
|
|
|
300,466
|
|
Purchases
of long-term investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
(163,173
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(2,138,895
|
)
|
|
(355,086
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock and warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,250
|
|
Payments
of preferred dividends
|
|
|
|
|
|
(19,163
|
)
|
Proceeds
from notes payable
|
|
|
4,832,857
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
Payments
and decrease in notes payable
|
|
|
(1,784,943
|
)
|
|
(53,650
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
3,047,914
|
|
|
1,053,437
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
decrease in cash
|
|
|
(69,520
|
)
|
|
(755,152
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
at beginning of period
|
|
|
79,373
|
|
|
846,404
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
at end of period
|
|
$
|
9,853
|
|
$
|
91,252
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim
financial statements.
PATIENT
SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(continued)
|
|
For
The Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid during the period for interest
|
|
$
|
96,458
|
|
$
|
32,552
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
schedule of non cash investing and financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
accrued
|
|
$
|
37,375
|
|
$
|
37,375
|
|
Issuance
of common stock and warrants in connection with Surgicount
acquisition
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
4,232,178
|
|
Issuance
of common stock in connection with asset purchase
agreement
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
66,895
|
|
Issuance
of common stock in connection with prepaid asset
|
|
$
|
50,000
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
In
connection with the Company's acquisition of the remaining 50%
interest in
ASG, equity instruments were issued during 2006 as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASG
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
$
|
357,008
|
|
Common
stock issued
|
|
|
(610,000
|
)
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
252,992
|
|
Liabilities
assumed
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim
financial statements.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements -
Unaudited
June
30, 2006
1.
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND GOING CONCERN CONSIDERATION
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. ("PST",
or the
"Company")
(formerly known as Franklin Capital Corporation) is a Delaware corporation.
Currently, the Company has three wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: (1)
Surgicount Medical, Inc., a California corporation; (2) Patient Safety
Consulting Group, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; and (3) Automotive
Services Group, Inc., (formerly known as Ault Glazer Bodnar Merchant Capital,
Inc.) a Delaware corporation.
The
Company, including its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, is engaged in the
acquisition of controlling interests in companies and research and development
of products and services focused primarily in the health care and medical
products field, particularly the patient safety markets. Surgicount Medical,
Inc., a provider of patient safety devices and Patient Safety Consulting Group,
LLC, a healthcare consulting services company, focus on the Company’s primary
target industries, the health care and medical products field. Automotive
Services Group, Inc. (“Automotive
Services Group”)
holds
the Company’s investment in Automotive Services Group, LLC (“ASG”),
its
wholly-owned subsidiary. As discussed in Note 3, the Company purchased the
remaining equity interest in ASG in March 2006.
Going
Concern
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements
have
been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. At
June 30, 2006, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $22.3
million and a working capital deficit of approximately $5.8 million. For the
six
months ended June 30, 2006, the Company incurred a loss of approximately $6.5
million. Further, as of June 30, 2006, the Company has yet to generate revenues
from its medical products and healthcare solutions segments. These conditions
raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern. During the six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company has relied
on
liquidating investments and primarily short-term debt financings to fund its
operations. As a result of the short-term debt financings the Company has
incurred a significant amount of non-cash interest expense related to debt
discount and beneficial conversion features associated with the borrowings.
In
order to ensure the continued viability of the Company, equity financing must
be
obtained in order to repay the existing short-term debt and to provide a
sufficient source of operating capital. The Company has not yet secured any
equity financing during 2006, and, although management is currently seeking
equity financing and believes that it will be successful, no assurances can
be
made that it will be successful obtaining a sufficient amount of equity
financing to continue to fund its operations until the fruition of adequate
cash
flow from its medical products segment. The unaudited condensed consolidated
interim financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result
from the outcome of this uncertainty.
2.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis
of Presentation and Use of Estimates
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements
have
been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article
10 of
Regulation S-X and do not include all the information and disclosures required
by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported
in
the financial statements and accompanying notes. The accounting estimates that
require management’s most difficult and subjective judgments are the valuation
of the non-marketable equity securities. The actual results may differ from
management’s estimates.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
The
condensed consolidated interim financial information is unaudited, but reflects
all normal adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to
provide a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. The
condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in connection
with the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Results of the three and six
months ended June 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results to
be
expected for the full year ending December 31, 2006. All intercompany
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company complies with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 101, Revenue
Recognition, amended by SAB 104. Consulting service contract revenue of $104,000
and $577,000 at June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, is recognized when the
service is performed. Consequently, the recognition of such consulting service
contract revenue is deferred until each phase of the contract is complete.
This
method is predominately used by the Financial Services and Real Estate segment.
Service activities may include the following: financial advice on mergers,
acquisitions, restructurings and similar corporate finance matters. Revenues
generated by the Company’s automated car wash subsidiary, Automotive Services
Group, of $131,000 and $0 at June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, are
recognized at the time of service.
Goodwill
and Intangible Assets
The
Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment in accordance with SFAS
No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, which
requires impairment evaluation on long-lived assets used in operations when
indicators of impairment are present. Reviews are performed to determine
whether the carrying value of assets is impaired, based on a comparison to
undiscounted expected future cash flows. If this comparison indicates that
there is impairment, the impaired asset is written down to fair value, which
is
typically calculated using discounted expected future cash flows and a discount
rate based upon the Company’s weighted average cost of capital adjusted for
risks associated with the related operations. Impairment is based on the
excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company adopted “SFAS”
No.
123(R), “Share-Based
Payment,”
as
of
January 1, 2005 using the modified retrospective application method as provided
by SFAS 123(R). During the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company
had stock-based compensation expense, from issuances to the Company’s employee
and directors, included in reported net loss, of $189,000 and $2,125,000. The
total amount of stock-based compensation for the six months ended June 30,
2006,
of $2,125,000, included restricted stock grants valued at $1,092,000 and stock
options valued at $1,033,000. During the three and six months ended June 30,
2005, the Company had stock-based compensation expense, from issuances to the
Company’s employee and directors, included in reported net loss, of $1,128,000
and $639,000, respectively. The
total
amount of stock based compensation for the six months ended June 30, 2005,
of
$1,767,000, included restricted stock grants valued at $876,000 and stock
options valued at $891,000.
During
the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company had stock-based
compensation expense, from issuances of restricted stock and warrant to
consultants of the Company, included in reported net loss, of $549,000.
Additionally, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company
issued restricted stock valued at $50,000 for prepaid legal expenses. During
the
three and six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company had stock-based
compensation expense, from issuances of restricted stock and warrant to
consultants of the Company, included in reported net loss, of $698,000.
All
options that the Company granted in 2006 and 2005 were granted at the per share
fair market value on the grant date. Vesting of options differs based on the
terms of each option. The Company utilized the Black-Scholes option pricing
model and the assumptions used for each period are as follows:
|
|
(Unaudited)
Six
months ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
Weighted
average risk free interest rate
|
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
Weighted
average life (in years)
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
87
- 89
|
%
|
|
83
|
%
|
Expected
dividend yield
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
0
|
%
|
Weighted
average grant-date fair value per share of options granted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per Common Share
Loss
per
common share is based on the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding. The Company complies with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings
Per Share,”
which
requires dual presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share on the face
of the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Basic loss per common
share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income (loss) available
to
common stockholders by the weighted-average common shares outstanding for the
period. Diluted loss per common share reflects the potential dilution that
could
occur if convertible preferred stock or debentures, options and warrants were
to
be exercised or converted or otherwise resulted in the issuance of common stock
that then shared in the earnings of the entity.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
Since
the
effects of outstanding options, warrants and the conversion of convertible
preferred stock are anti-dilutive in all periods presented it has been excluded
from the computation of loss per common share.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
issued
FASB Interpretation Number 48 (“FIN
48”),
Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 109.
The
interpretation contains a two step approach to recognizing and measuring
uncertain tax positions accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 109. The
first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if
the
weight of available evidence indicates it is more likely than not that the
position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals
or
litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit
as
the largest amount which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate
settlement. Effective
for the Company beginning January 1, 2007, FIN 48 is not expected to have
any impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
3.
ACQUISITION
Automotive
Services Group, LLC
In
July
2005, the Company purchased 50% of the outstanding equity interests of
Automotive Services Group, LLC (“ASG”),
an
Alabama limited liability company, from an unrelated party for $300,000.
ASG
was
formed to develop and operate automated car wash sites under the trade name
“Bubba’s Express Wash”.
ASG’s
first site, developed in Birmingham, Alabama, had its grand opening on March
8,
2006.
From
the Company’s initial purchase through November 2005, the Company accounted for
its 50% investment in ASG under the equity method of accounting. However, as
a
result of negotiations which commenced during the 4th
quarter
of 2005, and ultimately resulted in the Company’s acquisition of the remaining
50% equity interest of ASG on March 15, 2006, the Company determined that it
became the primary beneficiary of ASG, a Variable Interest Entity as determined
by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation
No. 46R, “Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities”
(“FIN
46R”).
Accordingly, the Company has consolidated the accounts of ASG since the
4th
quarter
of 2005.
On
March
15, 2006, the Company entered into a Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”)
for
Automotive Services Group to purchase the remaining 50% equity interest (the
“Membership
Interest”)
in ASG.
After completing the transaction, Automotive Services Group now owns 100% of
the
outstanding equity interests in ASG. As consideration for the Membership
Interest, the Company issued 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock valued
at $610,000, which is based on the closing stock price at March 15,
2006.
The
Company has not provided pro forma data summarizing the results of operations
for the periods indicated as if the ASG acquisition had been completed as of
the
beginning of each period presented since the effects were considered immaterial
to actual operating results.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
Upon
initial measurement, components of the purchase price are as
follows:
Land
|
|
$
|
480,211
|
|
Furniture
and equipment
|
|
|
972
|
|
Notes
payable
|
|
|
(495,211
|
)
|
Net
liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(14,028
|
)
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
614,028
|
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
(300,000
|
)
|
Purchase
price
|
|
$
|
300,000
|
|
In
March
2006, upon the purchase of the remaining 50% interest, components of the
purchase price are as follows:
Goodwill
|
|
$
|
357,008
|
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
252,992
|
|
Purchase
price
|
|
$
|
610,000
|
|
4.
GOODWILL
The
changes in the amount of goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2006,
is as follows:
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
Balance
as of December 31, 2005
|
|
$
|
2,301,555
|
|
Goodwill
for purchase of ASG
|
|
|
357,008
|
|
Impairment
of ASG Goodwill
|
|
|
(357,008
|
)
|
Balance
as of June 30, 2006 (unaudited)
|
|
$
|
2,301,555
|
|
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
5.
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
Long-term
investments at June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are comprised of the
following:
|
|
June
30,
2006
|
|
December
31,
2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alacra
Corporation
|
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
|
Digicorp
|
|
|
1,671,392
|
|
|
3,025,398
|
|
IPEX,
Inc.
|
|
|
228,000
|
|
|
1,130,500
|
|
Investments
in Real Estate
|
|
|
465,564
|
|
|
481,033
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,364,956
|
|
$
|
5,636,931
|
|
Alacra
Corporation
At
June
30, 2006, the Company had an investment in shares of Series F convertible
preferred stock of Alacra Corporation (“Alacra”),
valued
at $1,000,000, and classified as an available-for-sale investment. The Company
has the right to have the Series F convertible preferred stock redeemed by
Alacra for face value plus accrued dividends on December 31, 2006. Alacra,
based
in New York, is a global provider of business and financial information. Alacra
provides a diverse portfolio of fast, sophisticated online services that allow
users to quickly find, analyze, package and present mission-critical business
information. Alacra's customers include more than 750 financial institutions,
management consulting, law and accounting firms and other corporations
throughout the world.
Digicorp
At
June
30, 2006, the Company held 2,621,792 shares, or approximately 7.0%, of the
common stock of Digicorp. The Company has borrowed against 200,500 of these
shares and has therefore pledged 200,500 shares to a financial institution
as
discussed in Note 8. Prior to December 31, 2005, the Company accounted for
its
investment in Digicorp under the equity method of accounting and the Company’s
proportionate share of income or losses from this investment was recorded in
equity in income (loss) of investee. However, on December 29, 2005, Digicorp
completed the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of Rebel Crew Films, Inc. ("Rebel
Crew"),
a
California corporation. Digicorp issued approximately 21 million shares of
its
common stock to the shareholders of Rebel Crew which decreased the Company’s
ownership interest from approximately 20% at September 30, 2005, to
approximately 7.5% at December 29, 2005. The 2,621,792 shares of common stock
are valued at $1,671,392. Digicorp's common stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin
Board, which reported a closing price, at June 30, 2006, of $0.85 per share.
The
Company has valued its holdings in Digicorp at an approximate 25% discount
to
the $0.85 closing price, or $0.6375 per share, due to the limited average number
of shares traded on the OTC Bulletin Board.
IPEX,
Inc.
At
June
30, 2006, the Company held 1,045,000 shares of common stock and warrants to
purchase 787,500 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share of IPEX, formerly
Administration for International Credit & Investments, Inc. The Company
acquired 450,000 shares of the common stock and all of the warrants directly
from IPEX in March 2005 and received 500,000 shares of the common stock directly
from the majority shareholder of IPEX, former President, former Chief Executive
Officer and former director of IPEX and, until such time as the sale of the
securities is either registered with the SEC or the securities are eligible
to
be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated pursuant to
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company is restricted from publicly selling
these securities except in accordance with Rule 144. The remaining 95,000 shares
of common stock are valued at $22,800 and included in marketable securities.
The
Company has borrowed against these 95,000 shares and has therefore pledged
these
shares to a financial institution as discussed in Note 8. IPEX's common stock
is
traded on the OTC Bulletin Board, which reported a closing price, at June 30,
2006, of $0.32. The Company has valued its holdings in IPEX at a 25% discount
to
the $0.32 closing price, or $0.24 per share, due to the limited average number
of shares traded on the OTC Bulletin Board as well as other trading restrictions
on the Company’s unregistered holdings in IPEX. The warrants are exercisable for
a period of five years and are callable by IPEX in certain instances. IPEX
operates an electronic market for collecting, detecting, converting, enhancing
and routing telecommunication traffic and digital content. Members of the
exchange anonymously exchange information based on route quality and price
through a centralized, web accessible database and then route traffic. IPEX’s
fully-automatic, highly scalable Voice over Internet Protocol routing platform
updates routes based on availability, quality and price and executes the
capacity request of the orders using proprietary software and delivers them
through IPEX’s system. IPEX invoices and processes payments for its members’
transactions and offsets credit risk through its credit management programs
with
third parties.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
Investments
in Real Estate
At
June
30, 2006, the Company had several real estate investments, recorded at its
cost
of $465,564. These investments are included in long-term investments. The
Company holds its real estate investments in AGB Properties. AGB Properties
real
estate holdings consist of approximately 8.5 acres of undeveloped land in Heber
Springs, Arkansas, 0.61 acres of undeveloped land in Springfield, Tennessee,
and
various loans secured by real estate in Heber Springs, Arkansas. AGB Properties
is in the process of liquidating its real estate holdings.
6.
NOTES PAYABLE
Notes
payable at June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are comprised of the
following:
|
|
2006
|
|
December
31,
2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note
payable to Winstar (a)
|
|
$
|
784,862
|
|
$
|
796,554
|
|
Note
payable to Bodnar Capital Management, LLC (b)
|
|
|
— |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
Notes
payable to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acq. Fund, LLC (c)
|
|
|
2,356,444
|
|
|
1,116,838 |
|
Note
payable to Steven J. Caspi (d)
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
— |
|
Convertible
debt payable to Alan Morelli (e)
|
|
|
1,100,000
|
|
|
— |
|
Note
payable to Herb Langsam (f)
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
— |
|
Other
notes payable
|
|
|
220,000 |
|
|
— |
|
Total
notes payable
|
|
$
|
5,961,306
|
|
$
|
2,913,392
|
|
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
Aggregate
future required principal payments on these notes during the twelve month period
subsequent to June 30, 2006 are as follows:
2006
|
|
$
|
4,466,306
|
|
2007
|
|
|
—
|
|
2008
|
|
|
—
|
|
2009
|
|
|
—
|
|
2010
|
|
|
1,495,000
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,961,306
|
|
(a)
|
On
August 28, 2001, the Company made an investment in Excelsior Radio
Networks, Inc. (“Excelsior”)
which was completely liquidated during 2005. As part of the purchase
price
paid by the Company for its investment in Excelsior, the Company
issued a
$1,000,000 note to Winstar. This note was due February 28, 2002 with
interest at 3.54% per annum but in accordance with the agreement
has a
right of offset against certain representations and warranties made
by
Winstar and we believe the amount of the offsets exceed the amount
of the
note payable. However, since Winstar does not agree with this belief,
the
only offsets against the principal balance of the note reflected
in the
accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements
relate to
legal fees attributed to our defense of the lawsuits filed against
us. The
due date of the note is extended until the lawsuit discussed in Note
11 is
settled. At June 30, 2006, the Company had incurred a total of $215,000
in
legal expenses, of which $12,000 and $54,000 was incurred during
the six
months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These amounts
have been
offset against the amount due.
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(b) |
On
April 7, 2005, the Company issued a $1,000,000 principal amount promissory
note (the "Bodnar
Note")
to Bodnar Capital Management, LLC, in consideration for a loan from
Bodnar
Capital Management, LLC to the Company in the amount of $1,000,000.
Steven
J. Bodnar is a managing member of Bodnar Capital Management, LLC.
Mr.
Bodnar, through Bodnar Capital Management, LLC, is a principal stockholder
of the Company. The principal amount of the Bodnar Note and interest
at
the rate of 6% per annum was payable on May 31, 2006. The obligations
under the Note were collateralized by all real property owned by
the
Company. During the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, the
Company
had incurred interest expense of $25,000 and $14,000, respectively.
During
June 2006, the Company repaid the outstanding principal amount and
accrued
interest of $68,000.
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(c) |
From
January 11, 2006 through June 30, 2006, AGB Acquisition Fund, a related
party, loaned the Company a total of $443,000, all of which was repaid.
As
consideration for the loans, the Company issued AGB Acquisition Fund
secured promissory notes with an interest rate of 7% per annum (the
“AGB
Acquisition Fund Notes”),
and entered into a security agreement granting AGB Acquisition Fund
a
security interest in the Company’s personal property and fixtures,
inventory, products and proceeds as security for the Company’s obligations
under the AGB Acquisition Fund Notes. During the six months ended
June 30,
2006, the Company had incurred and paid interest expense of $2,000
on the
AGB Acquisition Fund Notes.
|
On
February 8, 2006, AGB Acquisition Fund loaned $687,000 to ASG and at June 30,
2006 the entire amount was outstanding. As consideration for the loan, ASG
issued AGB Acquisition Fund a secured promissory note in the principal amount
of
$687,000 (the “ASG
Note”)
and
granted a real estate mortgage in favor of AGB Acquisition Fund relating to
certain real property located in Jefferson County, Alabama (the “ASG
Property”).
The
ASG Note, as amended, bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum and is due
on
September 15, 2006. AGB Acquisition Fund received warrants to purchase 20,608
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.86 per share as
additional consideration for entering into the loan agreement. The Company
recorded debt discount in the amount of $44,000 as the estimated value of the
warrants. The debt discount was amortized as non-cash interest expense over
the
initial term of the debt using the effective interest method. Through June
30,
2006, the entire amount of the debt discount was amortized as interest expense.
As security for the performance of ASG’s obligations pursuant to the ASG Note,
ASG granted AGB Acquisition Fund a security interest in all personal property
and fixtures located at the ASG Property. During the six months ended June
30,
2006, the Company had incurred interest expense, excluding amortization of
debt
discount, of $27,000 on the ASG Note, all of which is accrued at June 30,
2006.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and
Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
As
of
June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, AGB Acquisition Fund had loaned an
aggregate of $1,495,000 and $1,117,000, respectively, to ASG. The loans were
advanced to ASG pursuant to the terms of a Real Estate Note dated July 27,
2005,
as amended (the "Real
Estate Note").
The
Real Estate Note bears interest at the rate of 3% above the Prime Rate as
published in the Wall Street Journal (8.25% at June 30, 2006). All unpaid
principal, interest and charges under the Real Estate Note are due in full
on
July 31, 2010. The Real Estate Note is collateralized by a mortgage on certain
real estate owned by ASG pursuant to the terms of a Future Advance Mortgage
Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement dated July 27, 2005
between ASG and AGB Acquisition Fund. During the six months ended June 30,
2006
and 2005, the Company had incurred interest expense of $74,000 and nil,
respectively, on the Real Estate Note, all of which is accrued at June 30,
2006.
From
March 7, 2006 through June 30, 2006, AGB Acquisition Fund loaned the Company
a
total of $285,000, of which $110,000 was repaid. The outstanding balance at
June
30, 2006 is $175,000. The loans were advanced to the Company pursuant to a
Revolving Line of Credit Agreement (the “Revolving
Line of Credit”)
entered
into with AGB Acquisition Fund on March 7, 2006. The Revolving Line of Credit
allows the Company to request advances of up to $500,000 from AGB Acquisition
Fund. The initial term of the Revolving Line of Credit is for a period of six
months and may be extended for one or more additional six month periods upon
mutual agreement of the parties. Each advance under the Revolving Line of Credit
will be evidenced by a secured promissory note and a security agreement. The
secured promissory notes issued pursuant to the Revolving Line of Credit must
be
repaid with interest at the Prime Rate plus 1% within 60 days from issuance
and
will be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at the option of
AGB Acquisition Fund at a price of $3.10 per share. The obligations of the
Company pursuant to such secured promissory notes are secured by the Company’s
assets, personal property and fixtures, inventory, products and proceeds
therefrom. During the six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company had incurred
interest expense of $2,000 on the ASG Note, of which $1,000 is accrued at June
30, 2006.
(d)
|
On
January 12, 2006, Steven J. Caspi (“Caspi”)
loaned $1,000,000 to ASG. As consideration for the loan, ASG issued
Caspi
a promissory note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “Caspi
Note”)
and granted Caspi a mortgage on certain real estate owned by ASG
and a
security interest on all personal property and fixtures located on
such
real estate as security for the obligations under the Caspi Note.
In
addition, the Company entered into an agreement guaranteeing ASG’s
obligations pursuant to the Caspi Note and Caspi received warrants
to
purchase 30,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price
of $4.50 per share. The Company recorded debt discount in the amount
of
$92,000 as the estimated value of the warrants. The debt discount
was
amortized as non-cash interest expense over the initial term of the
debt
using the effective interest method. Through June 30, 2006, the entire
amount of the debt discount was amortized as interest expense. The
Caspi
Note accrues interest at the rate of 10% per annum, which together
with
principal, was due to be repaid on July 13, 2006. The Company is
in the
process of amending the Caspi Note to extend the due date. During
the six
months ended June 30, 2006, the Company had incurred and paid interest
expense of $46,000 on the Caspi Note.
|
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
(e) |
On
June 6, 2006 the Company entered into a Secured Convertible Note
and
Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”)
pursuant to which the Company sold a $1,100,000 principal amount
Secured
Convertible Promissory Note (the “Morelli
Note”)
and a warrant to purchase 401,460 shares of the Company’s common stock
(the “Morelli
Warrant”)
to Alan E. Morelli.
|
As
security for the Company’s obligations under the Morelli Note, pursuant to a
Pledge Agreement and an Account Control Agreement, the Company pledged the
equity securities owned by the Company in Digicorp, IPEX, Inc., Automotive
Services Group, Inc., Alacra, Inc. and Surgicount Medical, Inc. As additional
security for the Company’s obligations under the Morelli Note, pursuant to a
Mortgage and a Deed of Trust, the Company pledged 8.5 acres of undeveloped
land
it owns in Heber Springs, Arkansas and 0.61 acres of undeveloped land it owns
in
Springfield, Tennessee, respectively. In connection with the security interests
granted to Mr. Morelli, Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC and Herbert
Langsam Revocable Trust entered into Subordination Agreements with Mr. Morelli
and the Company agreeing to subordinate their existing security interests in
the
Company’s assets to the security interests granted Mr. Morelli. As further
security, Milton “Todd” Ault, III and Louis Glazer, M.D. gave their personal
guaranty of the Company’s obligations under the Morelli Note.
The
Morelli Note accrues interest at the rate of 12% per annum through July 6,
2006,
after which the interest rate increases to 15% per annum from July 6, 2006
through the date the loan is repaid. The principal amount of the Morelli Note
and any accrued but unpaid interest is due to be paid on October 6, 2006, or
the
occurrence of an event of default. In the event of an occurrence and during
the
continuance of any event of default, interest shall accrue on the unpaid
principal amount and any interest that has not been paid when due at a rate
equal to 4% per annum above the rate otherwise provided. The Company is required
to make a mandatory repayment of its obligations under the Morelli Note upon
the
sale of 50% or more of the equity interest of the Company to any person or
group
or any sale of 50% or more of the assets of the Company in a single transaction
or series of related transactions. Additionally, the Company is required to
make
a mandatory prepayment of its obligations under the Morelli Note in an amount
equal to the proceeds of the sale of any of the pledged securities and
undeveloped land or upon the incurrence of debt for borrowed money. The Company
is required to obtain the prior written consent of Mr. Morelli to the incurrence
of indebtedness. During June 2006, and subsequent to entering into the Morelli
Note, the Company incurred additional indebtedness without the prior written
consent of Mr. Morelli. Further, mandatory prepayments from the proceeds of
indebtedness were not made; therefore, the Company is currently in an event
of
default.
Principal
and interest on the Morelli Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s
common stock at a conversion price of $2.74. If the Company issues shares of
common stock or securities convertible or exercisable into shares of common
stock below the then applicable conversion price, the conversion price of the
Morelli Note will be reduced accordingly. The conversion price of the Morelli
Note also will be adjusted if the Company pays a stock dividend, subdivides
or
combines outstanding shares of common stock into a greater or lesser number
of
shares, or takes such other actions as would otherwise result in dilution of
Mr.
Morelli’s position. During the six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company had
incurred interest expense of $9,000, on the Morelli Note, all of which is
accrued at June 30, 2006.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and
Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
As
the
effective conversion price of the Morelli Note on the date of issuance was
below
the fair market value of the underlying common stock, the Company recorded
debt
discount in the amount of $85,000 based on the intrinsic value of the beneficial
conversion feature of the note. Since the Morelli Note was convertible at the
time of issuance, the debt discount as a result of the beneficial conversion
feature was amortized as non-cash interest expense.
The
Morelli Warrant has an exercise price of $3.04 per share and will expire after
June 6, 2011. If the Company issues shares of common stock or securities
convertible or exercisable into shares of common stock below the then applicable
exercise price, the exercise price of the Morelli Warrant will be reduced
accordingly. The exercise price of the Morelli Warrant also will be adjusted
if
the Company pays a stock dividend, subdivides or combines outstanding shares
of
common stock into a greater or lesser number of shares, or takes such other
actions as would otherwise result in dilution of Mr. Morelli’s position. The
Company recorded debt discount in the amount of $827,000 as the estimated value
of the warrants. The debt discount will be amortized as non-cash interest
expense over the term of the debt using the effective interest method. Through
June 30, 2006, interest expense of $827,000 has been recorded from the debt
discount amortization during the period due to the acceleration of the Morelli
Note due to the event of default discussed above.
(f) |
On
May 1, 2006, Herbert Langsam, a Class II Director of the Company,
loaned
the Company $500,000. The loan is documented by a $500,000 Secured
Promissory Note (the “Langsam
Note”)
payable to the Herbert Langsam Irrevocable Trust. The Langsam Note
accrues
interest at the rate of 12% per annum and has a maturity date of
November
1, 2006. In the event of breach or default on any provision of the
Langsam
Note, the interest rate will increase to 16% per annum. Pursuant
to the
terms of a Security Agreement dated May 1, 2006, the Company granted
the
Herbert Langsam Revocable Trust a security interest in all of the
Company’s assets as collateral for the satisfaction and performance of the
Company’s obligations pursuant to the Langsam
Note.
|
7.
ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accrued
liabilities at June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are comprised of the
following:
|
|
June
30,
2006
|
|
December
31,
2005
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
Accrued
officer's severance
|
|
$
|
156,614
|
|
$
|
22,716
|
|
Accrued
interest
|
|
|
299,990
|
|
|
215,093
|
|
Accrued
professional fees
|
|
|
138,750 |
|
|
160,000 |
|
Deferred
revenue
|
|
|
— |
|
|
103,875
|
|
Accrued
salaries
|
|
|
59,864
|
|
|
45,833
|
|
Other
|
|
|
87,380 |
|
|
21,599 |
|
|
|
$
|
742,598
|
|
$
|
569,116
|
|
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
8.
DUE TO BROKER
In
August
2005, the Company entered into an agreement with a financial institution to
borrow against securities. The agreement, which extends for 53 weeks, is subject
to a premium of up to 6% of the amount of the borrowings which is amortized
on a
straight line basis over the term of the agreement. To the extent the agreement
is terminated early, the Company does not incur a premium for the amount of
time
that the agreement is terminated. The agreement also provides that in addition
to the securities held by the financial institution, the Company pledge a total
of 25% of the value of the securities in cash. The pledged cash is reduced
daily
by the amount of the earned premium and protects the financial institution
from
decreases in the market value of the securities. Any decrease in the market
value of the pledged securities in excess of 5% over the securities notional
value would require the Company to fund additional monies, such that 25% of
the
initial borrowing, as adjusted by the earned premium, was covered. If the
Company failed to fund additional monies the financial institution has the
right
to liquidate the pledged securities. In the event the proceeds from liquidation
are insufficient to cover the amount of the borrowings, the financial
institution’s sole recourse is against the pledged cash. During the six months
ended June 30, 2006, the Company received proceeds from such borrowings of
$645,000, of which $503,000 was repaid. Consequently, the Company recorded
a
liability at June 30, 2006 of $142,000 which is included in the condensed
consolidated balance sheet in current liabilities under the heading “Due to
broker.”
9.
WARRANTS
In
April
2005, the Company entered into a consulting agreement for investor
communications services and as incentive for entering into the agreement, the
Company agreed to issue a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85, exercisable for 5 years. The
warrants were valued at $397,000 of which $265,000 was expensed during 2005.
The
Company asserts that the investor communications services were not provided
to
the extent of the consulting agreement and disputes the grant. Accordingly,
the
Company has not expensed the remaining amount of warrants,
$132,000.
In
May
2006, the Company issued 32,120 warrants to purchase shares of common stock
at
$3.50 per share to a consultant. The warrants vested immediately and have a
one-year life. The warrants were valued at $31,000 and are being expensed over
a
twelve month period.
Warrants
granted during the six months ended June 30, 2006, were valued using the
Black-Scholes valuation model assuming expected dividend yield, risk-free
interest rate, expected life and volatility of 0%, 3.75%, three to five years
and 88% - 89%, respectively. Warrants granted during the year ended December
31,
2005 were valued using the same assumptions with the exception that the Company
used volatility of 83%. As of June 30, 2006, all warrants issued to the
consultants remain outstanding.
10.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During
the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company paid approximately 75% of the
base
rent on the corporate offices and Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company Investment
Management LLC ("Ault
Glazer"),
based
upon their usage of the facilities, paid the remaining base rent. Ault Glazer
is
a private investment management firm that manages an estimated $20 million
in
individual client accounts and private investment funds. Ault Glazer has been
given discretionary authority to buy, sell, and vote securities on behalf of
each of those client accounts and funds. Together, Milton “Todd” Ault III
(“Ault”),
our
former Chairman and current Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Louis
Glazer, Chief Health and Science Officer and Class I Director of the Company,
and Melanie Glazer, Manager of AGB Propeties, (together, the “Glazers”)
own
approximately 69% of the outstanding membership interests in Ault Glazer. As
of
December 31, 2005, Ault Glazer, Ault and the Glazers indirectly beneficially
own
or control approximately 25% of the outstanding common stock of the Company
and
beneficially own approximately 98.2% of the outstanding preferred stock of
the
Company.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
At
June
30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company had an amount due from Strome
Securities of nil and $9,000, respectively, recorded in other current assets.
Until October 31, 2005, the Company maintained a brokerage account with Strome
Securities and until December 31, 2004, Ault was a registered representative
of
Strome Securities. Beginning November 1, 2005, the Company moved its brokerage
account from Strome Securities to AGB Securities, Inc., a related party. A
nominal amount of commissions were incurred by the Company during the six months
ended June 30, 2006 as a result of trades in the Company’s brokerage account.
AGB
Properties
On
April
28, 2005, the Company purchased 0.61 acres of vacant land in Springfield,
Tennessee from a related party. The purchase price consisted of $90,000 in
cash,
20,444 shares of common stock and 10,221 warrants to purchase common stock
at an
exercise price of $4.53 and a 5 year contractual life valued at
$86,000.
IPEX,
Inc.
On
June
30, 2005, the Company formalized the terms of a consulting agreement, consented
to by IPEX, whereby the Company was retained by Wolfgang Grabher, the majority
shareholder of IPEX, former President, former Chief Executive Officer and former
director of IPEX, to serve as a business consultant to IPEX. At June 30, 2005,
Mr. Grabher owned 18,855,900 shares of IPEX's 28,195,566 outstanding shares
of
common stock and granted Mr. Ault, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer at that time, an irrevocable voting proxy for his shares. At December
31, 2005, the Company held 7.8% of IPEX’s outstanding shares of common stock. On
June 30, 2005, the Company agreed with IPEX as to the scope of such consulting
services and the consideration for such services. The Company has provided
and/or will provide if reasonably necessary within the next 12 months, the
following services to IPEX: (a) substantial review of IPEX's business and
operations in order to facilitate an analysis of IPEX's strategic options
regarding a turnaround of IPEX's business; (b) providing advice in the following
areas: (i) identification of financing sources; (ii) providing capital
introductions of financial institutions and/or strategic investors; (iii)
evaluation and recommendation of candidates for appointment as officers,
directors or employees; (iv) making personnel of the Company available to IPEX
to provide services to IPEX on a temporary or permanent basis; (v) evaluation
and/or negotiation of merger or sale opportunities, or such other form of
transaction or endeavor which IPEX may elect to pursue; and (vi) providing
any
other services as are mutually agreed upon in writing by the Company and
Wolfgang Grabher from time to time; and (c) assisting IPEX in installing a
new
management team.
The
Company has performed all of the services stipulated under the terms of the
consulting agreement, including but not limited to: (i) a review of the business
and operations; (ii) the execution of two purchase agreements for the purchase
of certain intellectual property assets; (iii) the hiring of a Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Operating Officer and a Vice President of Research &
Development; and (iv) the appointment of two members to the Board of Directors
of IPEX. The Company initially valued the amount of the consulting services
at
$1,331,000, which was due on August 15, 2005. The Company received 500,000
shares of IPEX common stock in December 2005 as payment for the services. At
the
time of payment, the fair market value of IPEX common stock had decreased by
approximately 33%. Accordingly, the Company reduced the initial value of the
consulting services by the amount of the decrease in the fair market value
of
IPEX common stock, $675,000. As a result of the decrease in the fair market
value of IPEX common stock, the Company ultimately recognized $656,000 in
revenue as a result of this agreement, of which $104,000 was recognized during
the six months ended June 30, 2006.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
The
Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and significant beneficial owner
of the Company, Milton “Todd” Ault III, is currently a director of IPEX.
Further, the Chief Executive Officer of ASG served as an IPEX director and
member of IPEX’s Audit Committee from August 2005 through January
2006.
Digicorp
At
June
30, 2006, the Company had an investment in Digicorp recorded in long-term
investments. The Company’s Chief Financial Officer, William B. Horne, is also
Chief Financial Officer of Digicorp and a director of the Company. Alice M.
Campbell, a director of the Company, is also a director of Digicorp. Further,
certain Company officers and directors, both past and present, served in various
management and director roles at Digicorp.
Loans
During
the six months ended June 30, 2006 and year ended December 31, 2005, the Company
received loans from AGB Acquisition Fund (see Note 6). Ault Glazer Bodnar &
Company Investment Management, LLC (“AGB
& Company IM”)
is the
managing member of AGB Acquisition Fund. The managing member of AGB &
Company IM is Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company, Inc. (“AGB
& Company”).
The
Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Milton “Todd” Ault, III, is
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of AGB & Company. The
Company’s Chief Financial Officer, William B. Horne, was the former Chief
Financial Officer of AGB & Company. Melanie Glazer, former Manager of the
Company’s subsidiary AGB Properties, is also a director of AGB & Company.
Due
from Related Parties
At
June
30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company had an amount due from related
parties of $121,000 and $85,000, respectively, recorded in the condensed
consolidated balance sheets in other current assets. This amount relates to
an
allocation of expenses from the Company to the related parties.
11.
CONTINGENCIES
Legal
Proceedings
On
October 15, 2001, Jeffrey A. Leve and Jeffrey Leve Family Partnership, L.P.
filed a lawsuit (the “Leve
Lawsuit”)
against
the Company, Sunshine Wireless, LLC ("Sunshine"),
and
four other defendants affiliated with Winstar Communications, Inc. (“Winstar”).
On
February 25, 2003, the case against the Company and Sunshine was dismissed,
however, on October 19, 2004, Jeffrey A. Leve and Jeffrey Leve Family
Partnership, L.P. exercised their right to appeal. The initial lawsuit alleged
that the Winstar defendants conspired to commit fraud and breached their
fiduciary duty to the plaintiffs in connection with the acquisition of the
plaintiff's radio production and distribution business. The complaint further
alleged that the Company and Sunshine joined the alleged conspiracy. On June
1,
2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the
February 25, 2003 judgment of the district court dismissing the claims against
the Company.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
On
July
28, 2005, Jeffrey A. Leve and Jeffrey Leve Family Partnership, L.P. filed a
new
lawsuit (the “new
Leve Lawsuit”)
against
the Company, Sunshine Wireless, LLC ("Sunshine"),
and
four other defendants affiliated with Winstar Communications, Inc. (“Winstar”).
The
new Leve Lawsuit attempts to collect a federal default judgment of $5,014,000
entered against only two entities, i.e., Winstar Radio Networks, LLC and Winstar
Global Media, Inc., by attempting to enforce the judgment against a number
of
additional entities who are not judgment debtors. Further, the new Leve Lawsuit
attempts to enforce the plaintiffs default judgment against entities who were
dismissed on the merits from the underlying action in which plaintiffs obtained
their default judgment. An unfavorable outcome in the lawsuit, may have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and
results of operations. The Company believes the lawsuit is without merit and
intends to vigorously defend itself. These condensed consolidated interim
financial statements do not include any adjustments for the possible outcome
of
this uncertainty.
On
February 3, 2006, Winstar Global Media, Inc. (“WGM”)
filed a
lawsuit against the Company. The WGM lawsuit attempts to collect upon the
$1,000,000 note between the Company and Winstar discussed in Note 6. The Company
believes the lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously defend
itself.
The
Company is the owner of U.S. Patent no. 5,931,824 (the '824 Patent) and
corresponding European Patent 1032911. The Company became aware of
certain prior knowledge cited against the then pending European patent
application which had not been considered during prosecution of the U.S. patent
application which eventually issued as the '824 patent.
The knowledge was successfully distinguished in the European proceeding,
and the European patent granted. In order to strengthen the
enforceability of the U.S. '824 Patent, the Company filed a request for
reexamination. The U.S. Patent Office has sent two rejections of the
reexamination request, both of which have been responded to by the
Company. As a result of these responses, the U.S. Patent Office has
abandoned its earlier grounds, included within the two rejections sent by the
U.S. Patent Office, for rejecting the reexamination request. On
August 9, 2006, the U.S. patent office mailed a third rejection based on
different grounds. The Company believes, based on advice of legal
counsel, that it will overcome the new grounds for rejection and
ultimately prevail in its reexamination. However, in the event that
the Company was to receive a complete denial of its reexamination the U.S.
'824
patent would be deemed to be revoked. If the Company's U.S. '824 Patent was
to be revoked, the Company believes, based on advice of legal counsel, the
one
provisional and one non-provisional patent application filed in the U.S. Patent
Office, covering improved methods and systems for the automated counting and
tracking of surgical articles, would provide the Company's Safety-Sponge™
System
with
a sufficient level of protection to prevent competitors from attempting to
replicate and market a similar version of the Company's Safety-Sponge™
System. These condensed consolidated interim financial statements do not
include any adjustments for the possible outcome of this
uncertainty.
Severance
Agreement
On
January 9, 2006, Milton “Todd” Ault, III resigned as the Company’s Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to a Severance Agreement, the Company agreed
to pay Mr. Ault $180,000 and to grant Mr. Ault 60,000 restricted shares of
common stock and options to purchase 90,000 shares of common stock with an
exercise price of $4.50 per share and an expiration date of July 8, 2007. In
addition, Mr. Ault will be eligible for health insurance, life insurance,
disability and 401(k) participation continuing for a period of twelve months
from his resignation date. Effective July 11, 2006, Mr. Ault was re-appointed
Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. In consideration of
his
re-appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ault has agreed to cash
compensation of only $1 per year.
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
12.
SEGMENT REPORTING
The
Company reports selected segment information in its financial reports to
shareholders in accordance with SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures
about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.”
The
segment information provided reflects the three distinct lines of business
within the Company’s organizational structure: medical
products, which consists of SurgiCount and Patient Safety Consulting Group,
LLC,
a provider of patient safety devices and health care solutions, financial
services and real estate, which consists of AGB
Properties and car wash services, which consists of Automotive Services
Group.
Unallocated
corporate expenses are centrally managed at the corporate level and not reviewed
by the Company’s chief operating decision maker in evaluating results by
segment.
Transactions
between segments are not common and are not material to the segment information.
Some business activities that cannot be classified in the aforementioned
segments are shown under “corporate”.
Segment
information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 is as
follows:
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
Six
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2006
|
|
June
30,
2005
|
|
June 30,
2006
|
|
June 30,
2005
|
|
Medical
Products
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(852,473
|
)
|
$
|
(1,053,094
|
)
|
$
|
(1,358,589
|
)
|
$
|
(1,401,550
|
)
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$
|
6,358,900
|
|
$
|
4,576,262
|
|
$
|
6,358,900
|
|
$
|
4,576,262
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
Services and Real Estate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
48,882
|
|
$
|
586,627
|
|
$
|
103,875
|
|
$
|
586,627
|
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
$
|
69,855
|
|
$
|
237,901
|
|
$
|
30,365
|
|
$
|
313,064
|
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$
|
3,420,359
|
|
$
|
6,685,736
|
|
$
|
3,420,359
|
|
$
|
6,685,736
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Car
Wash Services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
110,849
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
131,616
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
$
|
(357,008
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
(357,008
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(559,149
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
(729,361
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$
|
3,862,971
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
3,862,971
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(1,575,966
|
)
|
$
|
(955,240
|
)
|
$
|
(4,433,680
|
)
|
$
|
(2,465,560
|
)
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$
|
393,805
|
|
$
|
526,109
|
|
$
|
393,805
|
|
$
|
526,109
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
159,731
|
|
$
|
586,627
|
|
$
|
235,491
|
|
$
|
586,627
|
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
$
|
(357,008
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
(357,008
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(2,917,733
|
)
|
$
|
(1,770,433
|
)
|
$
|
(6,491,265
|
)
|
$
|
(3,554,046
|
)
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$
|
14,036,035
|
|
$
|
11,788,107
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
11,788,107
|
|
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements - Unaudited
(continued)
June
30, 2006
13.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On
July
12, 2006 the Company, executed a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal
amount of $250,000 (the “Kalina
Note”)
and a
Warrant for the Purchase of 85,000 Shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the
“Kalina
Warrant”)
in
favor of Charles J. Kalina, III, an existing shareholder of the Company. The
Kalina Note accrues interest at the rate of 12% per annum throughout the term
of
the loan. The principal amount of the Kalina Note and any accrued but unpaid
interest is due to be paid upon the earlier of October 10, 2006, or the
occurrence of an event of default. Principal and interest on the Kalina Note
is
convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of
$3.00. If the Company issues shares of common stock or securities convertible
or
exercisable into shares of common stock below the then applicable conversion
price, the conversion price of the Kalina Note will be reduced accordingly.
The
conversion price of the Kalina Note also will be adjusted if the Company pays
a
stock dividend, or subdivides or combines outstanding shares of common stock
into a greater or lesser number of shares.
The
Kalina Warrant has an exercise price of $ 2.69 per share and will expire on
July
11, 2011. If the Company issues shares of common stock or securities convertible
or exercisable into shares of common stock below the then applicable exercise
price, the exercise price of the Kalina Warrant will be reduced accordingly.
The
exercise price of the Kalina Warrant also will be adjusted if the Company pays
a
stock dividend, or subdivides or combines outstanding shares of common stock
into a greater or lesser number of shares. The Company will record debt discount
in the amount of $161,000 as the estimated value of the Kalina Warrants. The
debt discount will be amortized as non-cash interest expense over the term
of
the debt using the effective interest method.
On
August
15, 2006 the Company received a notice of default regarding the Morelli Note
entered into on June 6, 2006. The notice of default specifically cited the
Company’s failure to obtain the prior written consent of Mr. Morelli to the
incurrence of indebtedness and failure to repay the obligations owing under
the
Morelli Note in an amount equal to the proceeds of the indebtedness (see Note
6).
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
The
following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and
the
related notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. This
discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. All statements regarding future events, our future financial
performance and operating results, our business strategy and our financing
plans
are forward-looking statements. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terminology, such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,”
“plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or
“continue” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. These
statements are only predictions. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those
projected in any forward-looking statements. In evaluating these statements,
you
should specifically consider various factors, including, but not limited to,
those set forth in Part II of this report under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and
elsewhere in this report on Form 10-Q.
The
following “Overview” section is a brief summary of the significant issues
addressed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations (“MD&A”).
Investors should read the relevant sections of the MD&A for a complete
discussion of the issues summarized below. The entire MD&A should be read in
conjunction with Item 1 of Part I of this report, “Financial
Statements.”
Overview
Until
March 31, 2005, Patient Safety Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(referred to herein as the “Company,”
“we,” “us,” and
“our”),
elected to be a Business Development Company (“BDC”)
under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”).
On
March 30, 2005, stockholder approval was obtained to withdraw our election
to be
treated as a BDC and on March 31, 2005 we filed an election to withdraw our
election with the Securities and Exchange Commission. At June 30, 2006, 20.4%
of
our assets on a consolidated basis with subsidiaries were comprised of
“investment securities” within the meaning of the 1940 Act. If
the
value of our assets that consist of “investment securities” were to exceed 40%
of our total assets (excluding government securities and cash items) on an
unconsolidated basis we could be required to re-register as an investment
company under the 1940 Act unless an exemption or exclusion applies.
Registration as an investment company would subject us to restrictions that
are
inconsistent with our fundamental business strategy of equity growth through
creating, building and operating companies
in the patient safety medical products industry. Registration under the 1940
Act
would also subject us to increased regulatory and compliance costs, and other
restrictions on the way we operate and would change the method of accounting
for
our assets under GAAP.
Our
operations currently focus on the acquisition of controlling interests in
companies and research and development of products and services in the health
care and medical products field, particularly the patient safety markets. In
the
past we also focused on the financial services and real estate industries.
On
October 2005 our Board of Directors authorized us to evaluate alternative
strategies for the divesture of our non-healthcare assets. As an extension
on
our prior focus on real estate, in March 2006 we acquired the remaining 50%
equity interest in Automotive Services Group, LLC (“ASG”)
and
upon doing so we entered the business of developing properties for the operation
of automated express car wash sites. However, on March 29, 2006, our Board
of
Directors determined to focus our business exclusively on the patient safety
medical products field. The Board of Directors is continuing to evaluate
available alternatives to determine the most beneficial method to divest ASG
and
our other real estate assets.
SurgiCount
Medical, Inc., developer of the Safety-SpongeTM
System,
Patient Safety Consulting Group, LLC, a healthcare consulting services company,
Automotive Services Group, Inc. (formerly Ault Glazer Bodnar Merchant Capital,
Inc.), a holding company for ASG, Ault Glazer Bodnar Capital Properties, LLC, a
real estate development and management company, and ASG,
a
company formed to develop properties for the operation of automated car wash
sites,
are
wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, which were either acquired or created
to
enhance our ability to focus our efforts in each targeted industry. Currently,
we are evaluating ways in which to monetize our non-patient safety related
assets (the “non-core
assets”).
However, the divesture of any assets will be dependent on a number of factors
including: (1) lack of a liquid market to dispose of such assets; (2) potential
adverse tax effects from a disposition; and/or (3) our Board of Directors and
management may change their decision to dispose of certain of the assets.
Our
principal executive offices are located at 1800 Century Park East, Suite 200,
Los Angeles, California 90067. Our telephone number is (310) 895-7750. Our
website is located at http://www.patientsafetytechnologies.com.
Critical
accounting policies and estimates
The
below
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations
is
based upon the accompanying financial statements. The preparation of financial
statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. Critical
accounting policies are those that are both important to the presentation of
our
financial condition and results of operations and require management's most
difficult, complex, or subjective judgments. Our most critical accounting policy
relates to the valuation of our investments in non-marketable equity securities.
In
the
past we invested in illiquid equity securities acquired directly from issuers
in
private transactions. Our investments are generally subject to restrictions
on
resale or otherwise are illiquid and generally have no established trading
market. Additionally, many of the securities that we have invested in will
not
be eligible for sale to the public without registration under the Securities
Act
of 1933. Because of the type of investments that we made and the nature of
our
business, our valuation process requires an analysis of various factors.
Investments
in non-marketable securities are inherently risky and a number of the companies
we have invested in may fail. Their success (or lack thereof) is dependent
upon
product development, market acceptance, operational efficiency and other key
business success factors. In addition, depending on their future prospects,
they
may not be able to raise additional funds when needed or they may receive lower
valuations, with less favorable investment terms than in previous financings,
likely causing our investments to become impaired.
We
review
all of our investments quarterly for indicators of impairment; however, for
non-marketable equity securities, the impairment analysis requires significant
judgment to identify events or circumstances that would likely have a material
adverse effect on the fair value of the investment. The indicators that we
use
to identify those events or circumstances includes as relevant, the nature
and
value of any collateral, the portfolio company’s ability to make payments and
its earnings, the markets in which the portfolio company does business,
comparison to valuations of publicly traded companies, comparisons to recent
sales of comparable companies, the discounted value of the cash flows of the
portfolio company and other relevant factors. Because such valuations are
inherently uncertain and may be based on estimates, our determinations of fair
value may differ materially from the values that would be assessed if a liquid
market for these securities existed.
Investments
identified as having an indicator of impairment are subject to further analysis
to determine if the investment is other than temporarily impaired, in which
case
we write the investment down to its impaired value. When a portfolio company
is
not considered viable from a financial or technological point of view, we write
down the entire investment since we consider the estimated fair market value
to
be nominal. If a portfolio company obtains additional funding at a valuation
lower than our carrying amount or requires a new round of equity funding to
stay
in operation and the new funding does not appear imminent, we presume that
the
investment is other than temporarily impaired, unless specific facts and
circumstances indicate otherwise.
Security
investments which are publicly traded on a national securities exchange or
over-the-counter market are stated at the last reported sale price on the day
of
valuation or, if no sale was reported on that date, then the securities are
stated at the last quoted bid price. Management may determine, if appropriate,
to discount the value where there is an impediment to the marketability of
the
securities held.
Accounting
Developments
In
December 2004, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS")
No.
123(R), "Share-Based
Payment,"
which
addresses the accounting for employee stock options, was issued. SFAS 123(R)
revises the disclosure provisions of SFAS 123, "Accounting
for Stock Based Compensation"
and
supercedes Accounting Principles Board ("APB")
Opinion
No. 25, "Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees."
SFAS
123(R) requires that the cost of all employee stock options, as well as other
equity-based compensation arrangements, be reflected in the financial statements
based on the estimated fair value of the awards. We elected early adoption
of
SFAS No. 123(R) as of January 1, 2005.
See
Note
2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent
accounting pronouncements.
Financial
Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our
cash
and marketable securities were $33,000 at June 30, 2006, versus $1,003,000
at
December 31, 2005. Total current liabilities were $6,300,000 at June 30, 2006,
versus $4,000,000 at December 31, 2005. Included in current liabilities at
June
30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 is a note payable, and accrued interest on such
note, payable to Winstar Communications, Inc. (“Winstar”)
in the
amount of $941,000 and $939,000, respectively. As discussed in Note 6 in
the notes to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements filed
with this Form 10-Q, the due date on the note payable to Winstar was February
28, 2002. However, as a result of the lawsuits filed against us by Jeffrey
A.
Leve and Jeffrey Leve Family Partnership, L.P. the due date of the note is
extended until the lawsuit discussed in Note 11 is settled. The note payable
has
a right of offset against certain representations and warranties made by Winstar
and we believe the amount of the offsets exceed the amount of the note payable.
It is our contention that the initial lawsuit filed on October 15, 2001,
impaired our ability to raise capital. This inability to raise capital
ultimately resulted in the premature liquidation of our investment in Excelsior
Radio Networks, Inc. (“Excelsior”)
at a
price that was significantly less than what we would have realized had we been
able to hold our investment until its subsequent sale to an unrelated third
party. Winstar does not agree with this belief and on February 3, 2006 Winstar
Global Media, Inc. (“WGM”)
filed a
lawsuit claiming that we were in default under the terms of the note.
Accordingly, the only offsets against the principal balance of the note
reflected in the accompanying financial statements relate to legal fees
attributed to our defense of the lawsuits filed against us. As of June 30,
2006,
we had incurred $215,000 in legal fees attributed to our defense of lawsuits
filed by Jeffrey A. Leve and Jeffrey Leve Family Partnership, L.P.
and the
representations and warranties made by Winstar Radio Networks, Inc. These fees
have been offset against the note with the remaining principal balance of
$785,000 reflected as a note payable on the accompanying balance
sheet.
At
June
30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, we had $10,000 and $80,000, respectively, in
cash. During 2005 our Board authorized us to invest our cash balances in the
public equity and debt markets as appropriate to maximize the short-term return
on such assets. Such investments are typically short-term and focus on what
we
believe to be mispriced domestic public equities and instruments.
In
August
2005, we entered into an agreement with the financial institution IXIS
Derivatives Inc.
to
borrow against securities which we hold. The agreement, which extended for
53
weeks, was subject to a premium of up to 6% of the amount of the borrowings
which is amortized on a straight line basis over the term of the agreement.
At
December 31, 2005, we terminated the August 2005 agreement with IXIS Derivatives
Inc. To the extent the agreement was terminated early, we did not incur a
premium for the amount of time that the agreement was terminated. The agreement
also provided that in addition to the securities held by the financial
institution, we pledge a total of 25% of the value of the securities in cash.
The pledged cash was reduced daily by the amount of the earned premium and
protected the financial institution from decreases in the market value of the
securities. Any decrease in the market value of the pledged securities in excess
of 5% over the securities notional value would require us to fund additional
monies, such that 25% of the initial borrowing, as adjusted by the earned
premium, was covered. If we failed to fund additional monies the financial
institution had the right to liquidate the pledged securities. In the event
the
proceeds from liquidation were insufficient to cover the amount of the
borrowings, the financial institution’s sole recourse was against the pledged
cash. During January 2006, we renewed our August 2005 agreement with IXIS
Derivatives Inc. to borrow against securities and during the six months ended
June 30, 2006, we received proceeds from such borrowings of $645,000, of which
$503,000 was repaid. Consequently we recorded a liability at June 30, 2006
of
$142,000 which is included in current liabilities under the heading “Due to
broker.”
We
had a
working capital deficit of approximately $5.8 million at June 30, 2006 and
we
continue to have recurring losses. In the past we have relied upon private
placements of equity and debt securities and we plan to rely on private
placements to fund our capital requirements in the future. We have received
shareholder approval to sell equity and/or debt securities of the Company up
to
$10 million in any calendar year to our former Chairman and current Chief
Executive Officer, Milton “Todd” Ault, III, to the Company’s President and
Secretary, Lynne Silverstein, to our former Chairman and former Chief
Executive Officer and the Chief Health and Science Officer of our subsidiary
Patient Safety Consulting Group, LLC, Louis Glazer, and to the former Manager
of
our closed subsidiary Ault Glazer Bodnar Capital Properties, LLC and Mr.
Glazer’s spouse, Melanie Glazer. If we propose to sell more than $10 million of
securities in a calendar year to such persons additional shareholder approval
would be required. We do not currently anticipate selling equity or debt
securities to these persons and, in the event we elected to pursue such an
investment, we cannot guarantee that such persons would be willing to further
invest in the Company. We have, however, received funding from Ault Glazer
Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC ("AGB
Acquisition Fund").
Ault
Glazer Bodnar & Company Investment Management, LLC (“AGB
& Company IM”)
is the
managing member of AGB Acquisition Fund. The managing member of AGB &
Company IM is Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company, Inc. (“AGB
& Company”).
The
Company’s former Chairman and current Chief Executive Officer, Milton “Todd”
Ault, III, is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of AGB &
Company.
On
January 12, 2006, Steven J. Caspi (“Caspi”)
loaned
$1,000,000 to ASG. As consideration for the loan, ASG issued Caspi a promissory
note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “Caspi
Note”)
and
granted Caspi a mortgage on certain real estate owned by ASG and a security
interest on all personal property and fixtures located on such real estate
as
security for the obligations under the Caspi Note. In addition, we entered
into
an agreement guaranteeing ASG’s obligations pursuant to the Caspi Note and Caspi
received warrants to purchase 30,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise
price of $4.50 per share. We recorded debt discount in the amount of $92,000
as
the estimated value of the warrants. The debt discount was amortized as non-cash
interest expense over the initial term of the debt using the effective interest
method. Through June 30, 2006, the entire amount of the debt discount was
amortized as interest expense. The Caspi Note accrues interest at the rate
of
10% per annum, which together with principal, was due to be repaid on July
13,
2006. The Company is in the process of amending the Caspi Note to extend the
due
date. During the six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company had incurred and
paid interest expense of $46,000 on the Caspi Note.
From
January 11, 2006 through June 30, 2006 AGB Acquisition Fund, a related party,
loaned the Company a total of $443,000, all of which was repaid. As
consideration for the loans, the Company issued AGB Acquisition Fund secured
promissory notes with an interest rate of 7% per annum (the “AGB
Acquisition Fund Notes”),
and
entered into a security agreement granting AGB Acquisition Fund a security
interest in the Company’s personal property and fixtures, inventory, products
and proceeds as security for the Company’s obligations under the AGB Acquisition
Fund Notes.
On
February 8, 2006, AGB Acquisition Fund loaned $687,000 to ASG. As consideration
for the loan, ASG issued AGB Acquisition Fund a secured promissory note in
the
principal amount of $687,000 (the “ASG Note”) and granted a real estate mortgage
in favor of AGB Acquisition Fund relating to certain real property located
in
Jefferson County, Alabama (the “Property”). The Note bears interest at the rate
of 10% per annum and is due on April 10, 2006, or within 30 days thereafter.
AGB
Acquisition Fund received warrants to purchase 20,608 shares of our common
stock
at an exercise price of $3.86 per share as additional consideration for entering
into the loan agreement. We recorded debt discount in the amount of $44,000
as
the estimated value of the warrants. The debt discount was amortized as non-cash
interest expense over the initial term of the debt using the effective interest
method. Through June 30, 2006, the entire amount of the debt discount was
amortized as interest expense. As security for the performance of ASG’s
obligations pursuant to the ASG Note, ASG granted AGB Acquisition Fund a
security interest in all personal property and fixtures located at the ASG
Property. During the six months ended June 30, 2006, we had incurred interest
expense, excluding amortization of debt discount, of $27,000 on the ASG Note,
all of which is accrued at June 30, 2006
In
addition, as of June 30, 2006, AGB Acquisition Fund had loaned an aggregate
of
$1,495,000 to ASG pursuant to the terms of a Real Estate Note dated July 27,
2005, as amended (the "Real
Estate Note").
The
Real Estate Note bears interest at the rate of 3% above the Prime Rate as
published in the Wall Street Journal (8.25% at June 30, 2006). All unpaid
principal, interest and charges under the Real Estate Note are due in full
on
July 31, 2010. The Real Estate Note is collateralized by a mortgage on certain
real estate owned by ASG pursuant to the terms of a Future Advance Mortgage
Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement dated July 27, 2005
between ASG and AGB Acquisition Fund. During the six months ended June 30,
2006
we had incurred interest expense of $74,000 on the Real Estate Note, all of
which is accrued at June 30, 2006.
From
March 7, 2006 through June 30, 2006 AGB Acquisition Fund loaned us a total
of
$285,000, of which $110,000 was repaid. The outstanding balance at June 30,
2006
is $175,000. . The loans were advanced to us pursuant to a Revolving Line of
Credit Agreement (the “Revolving
Line of Credit”)
entered
into with AGB Acquisition Fund on March 7, 2006. The Revolving Line of Credit
allows us to request advances of up to $500,000 from AGB Acquisition Fund.
The
initial term of the Revolving Line of Credit is for a period of six months
and
may be extended for one or more additional six month periods upon mutual
agreement of the parties. Each advance under the Revolving Line of Credit is
evidenced by a secured promissory note and a security agreement. The secured
promissory notes issued pursuant to the Revolving Line of Credit must be repaid
with interest at the Prime Rate plus 1% within 60 days from issuance and are
convertible into shares of our common stock at the option of AGB Acquisition
Fund at a price of $3.10 per share. Our obligations pursuant to such secured
promissory notes are secured by our assets, personal property and fixtures,
inventory, products and proceeds therefrom. During the six months ended June
30,
2006, we had incurred interest expense of $2,000 on the ASG Note, of which
$1,000 is accrued at June 30, 2006.
On
June
6, 2006 we entered into a Secured Convertible Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”)
pursuant to which we sold a $1,100,000 principal amount Secured Convertible
Promissory Note (the “Morelli
Note”)
and a
warrant to purchase 401,460 shares of our common stock (the “Morelli
Warrant”)
to Alan
E. Morelli. As security for our obligations under the Morelli Note, pursuant
to
a Pledge Agreement and an Account Control Agreement, we pledged the equity
securities owned by us in Digicorp, IPEX, Inc., Automotive Services Group,
Inc.,
Alacra, Inc. and Surgicount Medical, Inc. As additional security for our
obligations under the Morelli Note, pursuant to a Mortgage and a Deed of Trust,
we pledged 8.5 acres of undeveloped land we own in Heber Springs, Arkansas
and
0.61 acres of undeveloped land we own in Springfield, Tennessee, respectively.
In connection with the security interests granted to Mr. Morelli, Ault Glazer
Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC and Herbert Langsam Revocable Trust entered into
Subordination Agreements with Mr. Morelli and us agreeing to subordinate their
existing security interests in our assets to the security interests granted
Mr.
Morelli. As further security, Milton “Todd” Ault, III and Louis Glazer, M.D.
gave their personal guaranty of our obligations under the Note.
The
Morelli Note accrues interest at the rate of 12% per annum through July 6,
2006,
after which the interest rate increases to 15% per annum from July 6, 2006
through the date the loan is repaid. The principal amount of the Morelli Note
and any accrued but unpaid interest is due to be paid on October 6, 2006, or
the
occurrence of an event of default. In the event of an occurrence and during
the
continuance of any event of default, interest shall accrue on the unpaid
principal amount and any interest that has not been paid when due at a rate
equal to 4% per annum above the rate otherwise provided. We are required to
make
a mandatory repayment of our obligations under the Morelli Note upon the sale
of
50% or more of the equity interest of the Company to any person or group or
any
sale of 50% or more of the assets of the Company in a single transaction or
series of related transactions. Additionally, we are required to make a
mandatory prepayment of its obligations under the Morelli Note in an amount
equal to the proceeds of the sale of any of the pledged securities and
undeveloped land or upon the incurrence of debt for borrowed money. We are
required to obtain the prior written consent of Mr. Morelli to the incurrence
of
indebtedness. During June 2006, and subsequent to entering into the Morelli
Note, we incurred additional indebtedness without the prior written consent
of
Mr. Morelli. Further, mandatory prepayments from the proceeds of indebtedness
were not made; therefore, we are currently in an event of default. On August
15,
2006 we received a notice of default regarding the Morelli Note. The notice
of
default specifically cited our failure to obtain the prior written consent
of
Mr. Morelli to the incurrence of indebtedness and failure to repay the
obligations owing under the Morelli Note in an amount equal to the proceeds
of
the indebtedness.
The
Morelli Warrant has an exercise price of $3.04 per share and will expire after
June 6, 2011. If we issues shares of our common stock or securities convertible
or exercisable into shares of our common stock below the then applicable
exercise price, the exercise price of the Morelli Warrant will be reduced
accordingly. The exercise price of the Morelli Warrant also will be adjusted
if
we pay a stock dividend, subdivide or combine outstanding shares of our common
stock into a greater or lesser number of shares, or takes such other actions
as
would otherwise result in dilution of Mr. Morelli’s position.
Of
the
$1,100,000 of gross proceeds $1,068,000 was used to repay outstanding principal
and interest on a $1,000,000 principal amount promissory note that we entered
into with Bodnar Capital Management, LLC on April 7, 2005.
On
July
12, 2006 we executed a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount
of
$250,000 (the “Kalina
Note”)
and a
warrant for the Purchase of 85,000 Shares of the our common stock (the
“Kalina
Warrant”)
in
favor of Charles J. Kalina, III, an existing shareholder of the Company. The
Kalina Note accrues interest at the rate of 12% per annum throughout the term
of
the loan. The principal amount of the Kalina Note and any accrued but unpaid
interest is due to be paid upon the earlier of October 10, 2006, or the
occurrence of an event of default. Principal and interest on the Kalina Note
is
convertible into our shares of common stock at a conversion price of $3.00.
If
we issues shares of common stock or securities convertible or exercisable into
shares of common stock below the then applicable conversion price, the
conversion price of the Kalina Note will be reduced accordingly. The conversion
price of the Kalina Note also will be adjusted if we pay a stock dividend,
or
subdivide or combine outstanding shares of common stock into a greater or lesser
number of shares.
The
Kalina Warrant has an exercise price of $ 2.69 per share and will expire on
July
11, 2011. If we issue shares of our common stock or securities convertible
or
exercisable into shares of our common stock below the then applicable exercise
price, the exercise price of the Kalina Warrant will be reduced accordingly.
The
exercise price of the Kalina Warrant also will be adjusted if we pay a stock
dividend, or subdivide or combine outstanding shares of our common stock into
a
greater or lesser number of shares. We will record debt discount in the amount
of $161,000 as the estimated value of the Kalina Warrants. The debt discount
will be amortized as non-cash interest expense over the term of the debt using
the effective interest method.
Management
is currently seeking additional financing and believes that it will be
successful. However, in the event management is not successful in obtaining
additional financing, existing cash resources, together with proceeds from
investments and anticipated revenues from operations, may not be adequate to
fund our operations for the twelve months subsequent to December 31, 2005.
However, ultimately long-term liquidity is dependent on our ability to attain
future profitable operations. We intend to undertake additional debt or equity
financings to better enable us to grow and meet future operating and capital
requirements.
As
of
June 30, 2006, other than our office lease, we had no commitments not reflected
in our condensed consolidated financial statements.
Cash
decreased by $70,000 to $10,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2006,
compared to a decrease of $755,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2005.
Operating
activities used $979,000 of cash during the six months ended June 30, 2006,
compared to using $1,454,000 during the six months ended June 30,
2005.
Operating
activities for the six months ended June 30, 2006, exclusive of changes in
operating assets and liabilities, used $2,277,000 of cash, as the Company's
net
cash used in operating activities of $979,000 included non-cash charges for
depreciation, amortization and interest of $1,237,000, realized losses of
$50,000 and stock based compensation of $2,674,000. For the six months ended
June 30, 2005, operating activities, exclusive of changes in operating assets
and liabilities, used $1,116,000 of cash, as the Company's net cash used in
operating activities of $1,454,000 included non-cash charges for depreciation
and amortization of $113,000, realized gains of $104,000 and stock based
compensation of $2,465,000.
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities produced cash of $1,298,000 during the
six
months ended June 30, 2006, principally due to net proceeds received from
marketable securities, decreases in our receivables from investments and
increases in the level of accounts payable and accrued liabilities which were
partially offset by decreases in the and amounts due to our broker. The amount
due to our broker is directly attributable to purchases of marketable investment
securities that were purchased on margin or to securities that were margined
subsequent to their purchase. During the six months ended June 30, 2006 and
year
ended December 31, 2005, the Company invested its cash balances in the public
equity and debt markets in an attempt to maximize the short-term return on
such
assets. The amount due to our broker varied throughout the year depending upon
the aggregate amount of marketable investment securities held by us and the
level of borrowing against our available-for-sale securities. The actual amount
of marketable investment securities held was influenced by several factors,
including but not limited to, our expectations of potential returns available
from what we considered to be mispriced securities as well as the cash needs
of
our operating activities. During times when we were heavily invested in
marketable investment securities our liquidity position was significantly
reduced. To the extent we have a need for an excess cash balance to meet our
financial obligations the amount of securities purchased on margin will either
decrease or disappear altogether. However, if we are in a position where we
have
excess cash with no immediate need for liquidity, and we believe opportunities
exist to maximize the short-term return on such assets then we may purchase
marketable securities on margin.
During
the six months ended June 30, 2005, changes in operating assets and liabilities
used cash of $338,000 primarily due to an increase in our receivables from
investments and decreases in the amount due to our broker which were partially
offset by net proceeds received from marketable securities and an increase
in
the level of accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
The
principal factor in the $2,139,000 of cash used in investing activities during
the six months ended June 30, 2006 was the purchase of land of $1,697,000,
capitalized construction costs of $383,000 related to ASG, and capitalized
costs
of $148,000 related to the ongoing development of software related to our
Safety-SpongeTM
System
offset by proceeds from the sale of long-term investments of $139,000. The
principal factor in the $355,000 of cash used in investing activities during
the
six months ended June 30, 2005 was due to our investment in Surgicount of
$432,000 combined with purchases of long-term investments of $163,000 offset
by
proceeds from the repayment of a loan included in long-term investments of
$300,000.
Cash
provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2006,
of
$3,048,000 resulted from the net proceeds from notes payable. Cash provided
by
financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2005, of $1,053,000
resulted primarily from the net proceeds from notes payable of $947,000 and
the
proceeds from the issuance of common stock and warrants of $100,000.
Additionally, as discussed above, during the six months ended June 30, 2006
and
2005 the note payable to Winstar was offset by certain payments made allowed
for
in the note payable.
Investments
A
summary
of our investment portfolio, which at June 30, 2006 was valued at $3,388,000
and
represented 23.4% of our total assets, is reflected below. Excluding our real
estate investments, our investment portfolio represents 20.1% of our total
assets. The investment portfolio is comprised of marketable securities of
$23,000 and long-term investments of $3,365,000. Our investments in marketable
securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling
them
in the near-term are classified as trading securities. Our remaining investments
are classified as long-term investments.
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June
30,
2006
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Alacra
Corporation
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$
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1,000,000
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Digicorp
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1,671,392
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IPEX,
Inc.
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250,800
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Real
Estate
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465,564
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$
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3,387,756
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Alacra
Corporation
At
June
30, 2006, we had an investment in Alacra Corporation (“Alacra”),
valued
at $1,000,000, which represents 6.9% of our total assets. On April 20, 2000,
we
purchased $1,000,000 worth of Alacra Series F Convertible Preferred Stock.
Alacra has recorded revenue growth in every year since the Company’s original
investment, further, 2005 revenues of approximately $16.5 million, were in
excess of the prior year’s revenues by approximately 45%. At December 31, 2005,
Alacra had total assets of approximately $3.5 million with total liabilities
of
approximately $6.0 million. Deferred revenue, which represents subscription
revenues are amortized over the term of the contract, which is generally one
year, and represented approximately $2.9 million of the total liabilities.
The
Company has the right to have the preferred stock redeemed by Alacra for face
value plus accrued dividends beginning on December 31, 2006. In connection
with
this investment, the Company was granted observer rights on Alacra board of
directors meetings.
Alacra,
a
privately held company based in New York, is a global provider of business
and
financial information. Alacra provides a diverse portfolio of fast,
sophisticated online services that allow users to quickly find, analyze, package
and present business information. Alacra’s customers include more than 750
leading financial institutions, management consulting, law and accounting firms
and other corporations throughout the world. Currently, Alacra’s largest
customer segment is investment and commercial banking, followed closely by
management consulting, law and multi-national corporations.
Alacra’s
online service allows users to search via a set of tools designed to locate
and
extract business information from the Internet and from Alacra’s library of
content. Alacra’s team of information professionals selects, categorizes and
indexes more than 45,000 sites on the Web containing the most reliable and
comprehensive business information. Simultaneously, users can search more than
100 premium commercial databases that contain financial information, economic
data, business news, and investment and market research. Alacra provides
information in the required format, gleaned from such prestigious content
partners as Thomson Financial™, Barra, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Factiva,
Mergerstat® and many others.
The
information services industry is intensely competitive and we expect it to
remain so. Although Alacra has been in operation since 1996 they are
significantly smaller in terms of revenue than a large number of companies
offering similar services. Companies such as ChoicePoint, Inc. (NYSE: CPS),
LexisNexis Group, and Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive, LLC report
revenues that range anywhere from $100 million to several billion dollars,
as
reported by Hoovers, Inc. As such, Alacra’s competitors can offer a far greater
range of products and services, greater financial and marketing resources,
larger customer bases, greater name recognition, greater global reach and more
established relationships with potential customers than Alacra has. These larger
and better capitalized competitors may be better able to respond to changes
in
the financial services industry, to compete for skilled professionals, to
finance investment and acquisition opportunities, to fund internal growth and
to
compete for market share generally.
Digicorp
At
June
30, 2006, we had an investment in Digicorp valued at $1,671,000, which
represents 11.6% of our total assets. On December 29, 2004, we entered into
a
Common Stock Purchase Agreement with certain shareholders of Digicorp (the
"Digicorp
Agreement"),
to
purchase an aggregate of 3,453,527 shares of Digicorp common stock. We purchased
2,229,527 of such shares on December 29, 2004 (2,128,740 shares at a price
of
$0.135 per share and 100,787 shares at a price of $0.145 per share). We were
also required to purchase the remaining 1,224,000 shares from the selling
shareholders at a price of $0.145 per share at such time that Digicorp registers
the resale of the shares with the SEC. During December 2005 we amended the
Digicorp Agreement and an unrelated third party assumed the obligation to
purchase 1,000,000 of the remaining 1,224,000 shares from the selling
shareholders. Additionally, we extended loans of $33,000 to the selling
shareholders from our working capital. Such loans represented the amount of
the
remaining obligation to purchase 224,000 shares of Digicorp common stock and
are
secured by the 224,000 shares of Digicorp common stock presently held by such
selling shareholders. Digicorp’s common stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin
Board, which reported a closing price, at June 30, 2006, of $0.85. In connection
with the Digicorp Agreement, we were entitled to designate two members to the
Board of Directors of Digicorp. Our first designee, Melanie Glazer was appointed
on December 29, 2004. Milton “Todd” Ault, III, our former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Digicorp on April
26, 2005. On July 16, 2005, Alice M. Campbell, one of our directors, and Mr.
Ault was appointed to the Board of Directors of Digicorp. On July 20, 2005,
Lynne Silverstein, our President and Secretary, was appointed as a director
of
Digicorp, and William B. Horne, our Chief Financial Officer, was appointed
as a
director and as Chief Financial Officer of Digicorp. On September 30, 2005,
Mr.
Ault resigned from all positions with Digicorp and Mr. Horne was appointed
as
the interim Chief Executive Officer. On December 29, 2005, William B. Horne
resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Lynne Silverstein and Melanie Glazer
resigned as directors.
Since
June 30, 1995, Digicorp was in the developmental stage and had no operations
other than issuing shares of common stock for financing the preparation of
financial statements and for preparing filings for the SEC. On May 18, 2005,
Digicorp sold Bodnar Capital Management, LLC 2,941,176 shares of its common
stock and warrants to purchase an additional 3,000,000 shares of its common
stock with exercise prices ranging from $0.25 to $1.50 per share. Digicorp
received gross proceeds of $500,000 from the sale of stock and warrants to
Bodnar Capital Management, LLC. As described above under “Financial Condition,”
Bodnar Capital Management, LLC also is one of our principal stockholders. On
October 27, 2005, Bodnar Capital Management, LLC canceled the warrants to
purchase 3,000,000 shares of common stock in exchange for the issuance of a
warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of Digicorp’s common stock with an exercise
price of $0.01 per share.
On
September 19, 2005, upon entering into an asset purchase agreement with Philip
Gatch, who was appointed Digicorp’s Chief Technology Officer, Digicorp completed
the initial transaction to transform itself from that of a development stage
enterprise to a digital media and content delivery company. Digicorp issued
Mr.
Gatch 1,000,000 shares of its common stock as consideration for the assets
purchased, which consisted of the iCodemedia suite of websites and internet
properties and all related intellectual property (the “iCodemedia
Assets”).
The
iCodemedia suite of websites consists of the websites www.icodemedia.com,
www.iplaylist.com, www.tunecast.com, www.tunebucks.com, www.podpresskit.com
and
www.tunespromo.com. Digicorp plans to use these websites and the related
intellectual property to provide a suite of applications and services to enable
content creators the ability to publish and deliver content to existing and
next
generation digital media devices, such as the Apple iPod and the Sony PSP,
based
upon the consumers’ expectation for broader and on-demand access to content and
services.
On
December 29, 2005, Digicorp acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of Rebel Crew Films, Inc., a California corporation (“Rebel
Crew Films”),
in
consideration for the issuance of 21,207,080 shares of Digicorp common stock
(the “Purchase
Price”)
to the
shareholders of Rebel Crew Films. From the Purchase Price, 4,000,000 shares
are
held in escrow pending satisfaction of certain performance milestones. In
addition, from the Purchase Price, 16,666,667 shares are subject to lock up
agreements as follows: (a) 3,333,333 shares are subject to lockup agreements
for
one year; (b) 6,666,667 shares are subject to lockup agreements for two years;
and (c) 6,666,667 shares, of which the 4,000,000 escrowed shares are a
component, are subject to lockup agreements for three years.
In
connection with the acquisition of Rebel Crew Films, on December 29, 2005
Digicorp entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with one of the
shareholders of Rebel Crew Films, Rebel Holdings, LLC, pursuant to which
Digicorp purchased a $556,000 principal amount loan receivable owed by Rebel
Crew Films to Rebel Holdings, LLC in exchange for the issuance of a $556,000
principal amount secured convertible note to Rebel Holdings, LLC. The secured
convertible note accrues simple interest at the rate of 4.5%, matures on
December 29, 2010 and is secured by all of Digicorp’s assets now owned or
hereafter acquired. The secured convertible note is convertible into 500,000
shares of Digicorp common stock at the rate of $1.112614 per share. Jay Rifkin,
Digicorp’s Chief Executive Officer and one of its directors, is the sole
managing member of Rebel Holdings, LLC.
Rebel
Crew Films was founded in 2001 as a film licensing and distribution company
of
Latino home entertainment products. Rebel Crew Films currently maintains
approximately 300 Spanish language films and serves the some of the nation’s
largest wholesale, retail, catalog, and e-commerce accounts. Rebel Crew’s titles
can be found at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Blockbuster, K-Mart, and hundreds of
independent video outlets across the United States and Canada. We believe that
the acquisition will allow Digicorp to leverage Rebel Crew Films’ Latino content
and industry relationships with the iCodemedia Assets to create a compelling
digital media and content delivery company.
IPEX,
Inc.
At
June
30, 2006, we held 1,045,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase
787,500 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share of IPEX, Inc. (“IPEX”),
valued
at $251,000, which represents 1.7% of our total assets. IPEX's common stock
is
traded on the OTC Bulletin Board, which reported a closing price, at June 30,
2006, of $0.32. The warrants are exercisable for a period of five years and
are
callable by IPEX in certain instances. IPEX operates a Voice over Internet
Protocol ("VoIP")
routing
platform that directs telecommunication traffic. VoIP permits a user to send
voice, fax and other information over the Internet, rather than through a
regular telephone network system based on switches Pursuant to two separate
asset purchase agreements entered into during 2005, in consideration for
$6,000,000 of IPEX common stock and $275,000 cash, IPEX purchased certain
intellectual property assets that may be used to enhance, compact, store,
encrypt, stream and display digital image content over wireless networks and
over the Internet and for image enhancement, compacting and content protection
applications. On March 21, 2006 IPEX reported that it is in the process of
transferring ownership of such assets to its subsidiary RGB Channel, Inc. On
June 23, 2005, Alice M. Campbell, who is one of our directors, was appointed
to
the Board of Directors of IPEX. Ms. Campbell subsequently resigned from IPEX’s
Board effective February 2, 2006. In addition, from May 26, 2005 until July
20,
2005, Milton “Todd” Ault, III, our former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
served as interim Chief Executive Officer of IPEX and Mr. Ault has been a
director of IPEX since May 26, 2005.
The
Company’s initial investment into IPEX occurred On March 2, 2005 in the amount
of $450,000. This investment was part of the private placement that IPEX
completed on March 18, 2005. The total amount of IPEX’s private placement was
for 3,500,000 shares of common stock, 1,750,000 Series A Warrants and 1,750,000
Series B Warrants for aggregate proceeds of $3,500,000, less issuance costs
of
$260,000, resulting in net realized proceeds of $3,240,000. The common stock,
Series A and Series B Warrants were sold as Units, with each Unit consisting
of
two shares of common stock, one series A Warrant and one Series B Warrant.
Each
Series A Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock
at
$1.50 per share, exercisable for a period of five years. Each Series B Warrant
entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at $2.00 per share,
exercisable for a period of five years. Subsequent to the effectiveness of
a
registration statement covering the re-sale of shares underlying the warrants,
the Series A and Series B Warrants are callable by IPEX, under certain
circumstances, if IPEX's common stock trades at or above $2.00 and $2.50,
respectively, for ten consecutive trading days. In such event IPEX must give
us
30 days prior written notice of its intention to call the warrants after which
it has the right to repurchase the warrants at a purchase price of $0.01 per
share of common stock then purchasable pursuant to the warrants. During such
30
day notice period we would have the right to exercise the warrants. As of June
30, 2006 IPEX has not filed a registration statement covering the re-sale of
the
shares underlying the warrants and accordingly IPEX does not have a right to
call them. However, in the event the warrants are called by IPEX, the warrants
would be likely be in-the-money and we would likely exercise the warrants.
To
the extent we did not have a sufficient amount of cash available to exercise
the
warrants we would most likely liquidate a portion of our existing shares in
IPEX
common stock to satisfy the exercise amount. On March 21, 2006 IPEX sold
$800,000 principal amount of 10% secured convertible notes to four accredited
investors in a private placement transaction. The 10% secured convertible notes
are convertible into either IPEX common stock at a price of $1.00 per share
or
into common stock of IPEX’s subsidiary RGB Channel, Inc. at a conversion price
equal to the lesser of (a) $0.50, or (b) the price at which, at any time while
the 10% secured convertible notes are outstanding, RGB Channel, Inc. sells
shares of its common stock or any other securities convertible into or
exchangeable for RGB Channel, Inc. common stock. The sale by IPEX of the 10%
secured convertible notes caused an adjustment to the exercise price of the
Series A Warrants and the Series B Warrants to equal $1.00 per share and an
increase in the number of shares of common stock purchasable under such Series
A
and B Warrants. Pursuant to such warrants that we own, we are now entitled
to
purchase a total of 787,500 shares of IPEX common stock at an exercise price
of
$1.00 per share.
As
reflected in IPEX’s quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the three months ended
March 31, 2006, trading revenues rose to $3,308,000 as compared to sales of
$1,802,000 from the prior three month period ended March 31, 2005. Trading
revenues represent fees generated from minutes purchased through IPEX’s VoIP
exchange platform. Revenues from VoIP activities are recognized in the period
minutes are delivered through the telecom exchange platform. In the past, due
to
prior working capital constraints, IPEX could only maintain selling to customers
on a weekly net 5 basis (“Tier
3 carriers”).
The
additional working capital provided by IPEX’s March 2005 private placement
allowed IPEX to extend credit to five customers on net 15 terms (“Tier
2 carriers”)
and two
carriers on net 30 terms (“Tier
1 carriers”)
thereby
increasing the number of overall customers. The 84% increase in sales at IPEX
is
almost entirely attributable to the extension of credit that was made possible
by the increase in IPEX’s working capital. The addition of a few new Tier 3
carriers added marginally to the increase in sales.
IPEX’s
cost of sales as a percentage of sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2006
remained relatively constant at 96% compared to 96% for the quarter ended March
31, 2005. Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was
$338,000 and $150,000, respectively. The increase in IPEX’s net loss for the
three months ended March 31, 2006 is primarily due to increased salaries and
wages related to management personnel.
Real
Estate Investments
At
June
30, 2006, we had several real estate investments, valued at $465,000, which
represents 3.2% of our total assets. In the past we held our real estate
investments in Ault Glazer Bodnar Capital Properties, LLC (“AGB
Properties”),
which
was a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary. AGB
Properties was closed in June 2006 and we are in the process of liquidating
our
real estate holdings. Our real estate holdings consist of approximately 8.5
acres of undeveloped land in Heber Springs, Arkansas, 0.61 acres of undeveloped
land in Springfield, Tennessee, and various loans secured by real estate in
Heber Springs, Arkansas. We expect that any future gain or loss recognized
on
the liquidation of some or all of our real estate holdings would be
insignificant primarily due to the short period of time that the properties
were
owned combined with the absence of any significant changes in property values
in
the real estate markets where the real estate holdings are located.
Results
of Operations
We
account for our operations under accounting principles generally accepted in
the
United States. The principal measure of our financial performance is captioned
“Net loss attributable to common shareholders,” which is comprised of the
following:
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which is the amount we receive from sales of our
products;
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“Operating
expenses,” which are the related costs and expenses of operating our
business;
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“Interest,
dividend income and other, net,” which is the amount we receive from
interest and dividends from our short term investments and money
market
accounts, and our proportionate share of income or losses from investments
accounted for under the equity method of
accounting;
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“Realized
gains (losses) on investments, net,” which is the difference between the
proceeds received from dispositions of investments and their stated
cost;
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“Unrealized
gains (losses) on marketable securities, net,” which is the net change in
the fair value of our marketable securities, net of any (decrease)
increase in deferred income taxes that would become payable if the
unrealized appreciation were realized through the sale or other
disposition of the investment
portfolio.
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“Realized
gains (losses) on investments, net” and “Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable
securities, net” are directly related. When a security is sold to realize a
gain, the net unrealized gain decreases and the net realized gain increases.
When a security is sold to realize a loss, the net unrealized gain increases
and
the net realized gain decreases.
We
generally earn interest income from loans, preferred stock, corporate bonds
and
other fixed income securities. The amount of interest income varies based upon
the average balance of our fixed income portfolio and the average yield on
this
portfolio.
Revenues
We
recognized revenues of $160,000 and $587,000 during the three months and
$235,000 and $587,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005,
respectively. Although none of the revenues that we recognized during related
to
sales of our Safety-SpongeTM
System
we
began recognizing revenues from the Safety-SpongeTM
System
during the three month period ending September 30, 2006. As expected, these
initial revenues will not have a significant impact on our results of
operations, however, we expect revenues will increase during the three month
period ending December 31, 2006 and the revenues from our
Safety-SpongeTM
System
may start to become a continual source of funds to cover a portion of our
operating costs.
Of
the
revenue earned during the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, $49,000
and
$104,000, respectively, was the result of a consulting agreement, consented
to
by IPEX, whereby Wolfgang Grabher, the majority shareholder of IPEX, former
President, former Chief Executive Officer and former director of IPEX, retained
us to serve as a business consultant to IPEX. In consideration for the services,
during December 2005, Mr. Grabher personally transferred us 500,000 shares
of
common stock of IPEX as a non-refundable consulting fee. Mr. Grabher owned
18,855,900 shares of IPEX's 28,195,566 outstanding shares of common stock.
On
December 14, 2005 Mr. Grabher agreed to surrender 14,855,900 of the shares
of
IPEX common stock owned by him to IPEX to be retired and returned to treasury.
Such shares represented 49.4% of IPEX’s outstanding shares of common stock at
the time. At June 30, 2006, we held 7.8% of IPEX’s outstanding shares of common
stock. On June 30, 2005, we agreed with IPEX as to the scope of the consulting
services and the consideration for such services and at June 30, 2006, we had
performed all of the services stipulated under the terms of the consulting
agreement. During
the three months ended June 30, 2005 we recognized $577,000 of revenue as a
result of our consulting agreement with Wolfgang Grabher.
The
remaining revenue generated during the three and six months ended June 30,
2006,
of $111,000 and $131,000, respectively, was generated from car wash services
by
our wholly-owned operating subsidiary, ASG. ASG
was
formed to develop and operate automated car wash sites under the trade name
“Bubba’s Express Wash”.
ASG’s
first site, developed in Birmingham, Alabama, had its grand opening on March
8,
2006.
Expenses
Operating
expenses were $2,048,000 and $2,155,000 for the three months and $5,536,000
and
$4,249,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
The
increase in operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2006 when
compared to June 30, 2005, was primarily the result of salaries and employee
benefits, which increased by $944,000. Our Compensation Committee, which is
comprised of three independent directors for purposes of AMEX rules, determines
and recommends to our Board the cash and stock based compensation to be paid
to
our executive officers and also reviews the amount of salary and bonus for
each
of our other officers and employees. The most significant component of employee
compensation is stock based compensation expense. For the six months ended
June
30, 2006, we recorded $1,033,000 relating to grants of nonqualified stock
options and $1,092,000 related to restricted stock awards to our employees
and
non-employee directors. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, we recorded
$891,000 relating to grants of nonqualified stock options and $876,000 related
to restricted stock awards to our employees and non-employee directors. Thus,
the increase in expenses related to the issuance of stock options and restricted
stock awards to our employees and non-employee directors amounted to $358,000.
The remaining increase in employee compensation of $586,000 is attributed to
a
combination of factors. During the three months ended March 31, 2005 no salary
expense was incurred of four highly compensated employees and a non-recurring
severance package paid of $180,000 was paid to Milton “Todd” Ault III, our
former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer during January 2006. Taking into
consideration the $180,000 paid to Mr. Ault as part of his severance package,
salary expense of these four highly compensated employees, of which Mr. Ault
is
one of, salary expense increased by $238,000 during the six months ended June
30, 2006. In July 2006, subsequent to the payment of Mr. Ault’s severance
package, Mr. Ault was re-appointed as our Chief Executive Officer. In
consideration of Mr. Ault’s re-appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ault
has agreed to cash compensation of $1 per year. Another significant factor
that
significantly increased employee compensation during the six months ended June
30, 2006 was the additional salaries of four key executives covered by
employment agreements.
At
June
30, 2006, four of our executives were covered under employment agreements.
Our
Chief Financial Officer, William B. Horne, is covered under a two year
employment agreement with annual base compensation of $150,000; our Chief
Executive Officer of Surgicount Medical, Inc., Bill Adams is covered under
a
three year employment agreement with annual base compensation of $300,000;
our
President of Sales and Marketing of Surgicount Medical, Inc., Richard Bertran,
is covered under a three year employment agreement with annual base compensation
of $200,000 and; our Chief Operating Officer of Surgicount Medical, Inc., James
Schafer, is covered under a two year employment agreement with annual base
compensation of $100,000. The addition of these employment contracts effectively
increased employee compensation during the six months ended June 30, 2006 by
$300,000. The remaining increase in employee compensation is attributed to
an
overall increase in benefits associated with the individuals that are covered
under employment contracts. None of our other executives our currently covered
under an employment agreement, therefore, we are under no financial obligation,
other than monthly salaries, for our other executive officers. Currently,
monthly gross salaries for all of our employees are $130,000. We believe, as
with all our operating expenses, that our existing cash resources, together
with
proceeds from investments, anticipated financings and expected revenues from
our
operations, should be adequate to fund our salary obligations.
The
second largest component of our operating expenses is professional fees, which
decreased by $327,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2006 compared to
the
amount reported during the six months ended June 30, 2005. This decrease is
primarily comprised of decreases in stock based compensation to outside
consultants of $149,000 and decreases in legal fees of $249,000 offset by an
overall increase paid to consultants used to generate awareness and train health
care professionals in the use of our Safety-SpongeTM
System.
As in the case of employee compensation, stock based compensation expense is
the
most significant component of professional fees. During the six months ended
June 30, 2006 and 2005, professional fees included stock based compensation
related to the issuances of restricted stock and warrants of $549,000 and
$698,000, respectively. Of these amounts, warrant issuances accounted for
$436,000 and $625,000, respectively. A significant amount of the warrants issued
during the six months ended June 30, 2006, relate to a consulting agreement
that
we entered into in February 2006 with Analog Ventures, LLC (“Analog
Ventures”)
whereby
Analog Ventures agreed to consult with us on matters relating primarily to
the
divestiture of our non-core assets and assist us in our efforts to focus our
business exclusively on the patient safety medical products field. As an
incentive for entering into the agreement, we agreed to issue Analog Ventures
a
warrant to purchase 175,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price
of
$3.95, exercisable for 3 years. We recognized an expense of $405,000 related
to
these warrants. During the six months ended June 30, 2005 the primary amount
of
the warrants issued related to a consulting agreement with Health West Marketing
Incorporated (“Health
West”)
that we
entered into in April 2005. As an incentive for entering into the agreement,
we
agreed to issue Health West a callable warrant to purchase 150,000 shares of
our
common stock at an exercise price of $5.95, exercisable for 5 years. We
recognized an expense of $527,958 related to these warrants.
The
decrease in legal fees is primarily attributable to either the absence of or
significant reduction in the level of work during the six months ended June
30,
2006 on our proxy statements, registration statements and annual report. These
reports required significantly more time to prepare during the six months ended
June 30, 2005 due to our change from a business development company to an
operating company.
All
of
our stock based compensation issued to employees, non-employee directors and
consultants were expensed in accordance with SFAS 123(R). We valued the
nonqualified stock options and warrants using the Black-Scholes valuation model
assuming expected dividend yield, risk-free interest rate, expected life and
volatility of 0%, 3.75%, three to five years and 83% to 89%, respectively.
The
restricted stock awards were valued at the closing price on the date the
restricted shares were granted.
The
increase in amortization expense of our patents was caused by the full quarter
of amortization during the three months ended March 31, 2006 as opposed to
a
partial quarter during the three months ended March 31, 2005. The entire
capitalized costs of Surgicount’s patents, valued at $4,685,000, are being
amortized over their approximate useful life of 14.4 years. Since the Surgicount
patents were not acquired until the end of February 2005, amortization for
the
three months ended March 31, 2005 was only $27,000 as opposed to $81,000 during
the three months ended March 31, 2006.
General
and administrative expenses experienced an increase of $162,000 during the
current six month reporting period over the prior year. Travel related expenses
are a large component of general and administrative expenses and represented
an
increase of $80,000. This increase was attributed to expenses incurred in
marketing our Safety-SpongeTM
System
to
hospitals throughout the United States, attendance at trade shows and
conventions to promote the Company’s Safety-SpongeTM
System,
and travel abroad to inspect the manufacturing facilities for our
Safety-SpongeTM
System.
The remaining increase in general and administrative expenses is a combination
of a several types of expenses, none of which are significant individually.
Interest,
dividend income and other, net
We
had
interest income of $11,000 and $40,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006
and 2005, respectively.
The
decrease in interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2006 when compared
to June 30, 2005 was primarily the result of a decreased amount of fixed income
investments held throughout the period, primarily during the first quarter
of
2005. At March 31, 2005, we held in marketable securities approximately $2.5
million in U.S. Treasuries as opposed to no investments in U.S. Treasuries
during the six months ended June 30, 2006. Based upon our current cash position
and future cash requirements we only expect to generate an immaterial amount
of
interest income during the current year.
Realized
gains (losses) on investments, net
During
the six months ended June 30, 2006, we realized net losses of $50,000 primarily
from losses generated from the sale of 108,200 shares of Tuxis Corporation
offset by gains from the sale of 128,569 shares of Digicorp.
During
the six months ended June 30, 2005, we realized net gains of $104,000 from
the
sale of our marketable securities.
We
have
relied and we continue to rely to a large extent upon proceeds from sales of
investments rather than investment income to defray a significant portion of
our
operating expenses. Because such sales cannot be predicted with certainty,
we
attempt to maintain adequate working capital to provide for fiscal periods
when
there are no such sales.
Interest
expense
We
had
interest expense of $1,245,000 and $62,000 for the six months ended June 30,
2006 and 2005, respectively.
The
increase in interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2006 when
compared to June 30, 2005 is primarily attributable to the non-cash interest
charges incurred as a result of the debt discount associated with our short-term
debt financings. On June 6, 2006 we, entered into a Secured Convertible Note
and
Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”)
pursuant to which we sold a $1,100,000 principal amount Secured Convertible
Promissory Note (the “Morelli
Note”)
and a
warrant to purchase 401,460 shares of our common stock (the “Morelli
Warrant”)
to Alan
E. Morelli. As
the
effective conversion price of the Morelli Note on the date of issuance was
below
the fair market value of the underlying common stock, we recorded debt discount
in the amount of $85,000 based on the intrinsic value of the beneficial
conversion feature of the Morelli Note. Additionally, we recorded debt discount
in the amount of $827,000 as the estimated value of the Morelli Warrant. Through
June 30, 2006, interest expense of $912,000 has been recorded from the Purchase
Agreement. Additionally, we incurred debt discount related to other short-term
debt financings during the six months ended June 30, 2006 of $136,000. The
remaining increase in interest expense is attributable to the overall increase
in borrowings that occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2006 of
$3,048,000.
Unrealized
gains (losses) on marketable securities, net
Unrealized
appreciation of investments increased by $45,000 during the six months ended
June 30, 2006, primarily due to the sale of 108,200 shares of Tuxis Corporation
common stock, which at December 31, 2005 had unrealized depreciation of
$134,000. When we exit an investment and realize a loss, we make an accounting
entry to reverse any unrealized depreciation we had previously recorded to
reflect the depreciated value of the investment. The increase in unrealized
appreciation related to the sale of our shares of Tuxis common stock was
partially offset by a decrease in the value of the 95,000 shares of IPEX common
stock held as trading securities. IPEX common stock is traded on the OTC
Bulletin Board, which reported a closing price, at December 31, 2005 of $2.38
per share compared with $0.32 per share at June 30, 2006. We valued our holdings
in IPEX at a discount to the closing prices, or $1.19 and $0.24 per share at
December 31, 2005 and June 30, 2006, respectively, due primarily to the limited
average number of shares traded on the OTC Bulletin Board.
Unrealized
appreciation of investments increased by $43,000 during the six months ended
June 30, 2005, primarily due to the price appreciation of our marketable
securities
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
Unrealized
gains (losses) on our investments designated as available-for-sale are recorded
in accumulated other comprehensive income. At June 30, 2006, we classified
all
of our restricted holdings in IPEX and Digicorp as available-for-sale. At June
30, 2006, the unrealized gains (losses) on our restricted holdings in IPEX
and
Digicorp amounted to ($1,230,000) and $1,373,000, respectively, whereas at
December 31, 2005, the unrealized gains (losses) on our restricted holdings
in
IPEX and Digicorp amounted to ($328,000) and $2,703,000, respectively. The
cumulative decrease in net unrealized gains amounts to $2,232,000.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk.
Our
business activities contain elements of market risk. We consider a principal
type of market risk to be valuation risk. Investments and other assets are
valued at fair value as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors.
We
have
invested a substantial portion of our assets in private development stage or
start-up companies. These private businesses tend to be thinly capitalized,
unproven, small companies that lack management depth and have not attained
profitability or have no history of operations. Because of the speculative
nature and the lack of public market for these investments, there is
significantly greater risk of loss than is the case with traditional investment
securities. We expect that some of our venture capital investments will be
a
complete loss or will be unprofitable and that some will appear to be likely
to
become successful but never realize their potential.
Because
there is no public market for the equity interests of some of the small
companies in which we have invested, the valuation of such the equity interests
is subject to the estimate of our Board of Directors. In making its
determination, the Board may consider valuation information provided by an
independent third party or the portfolio company itself. In the absence of
a
readily ascertainable market value, the estimated value of our equity
investments may differ significantly from the values that would be placed on
them if a liquid market for the equity interests existed. Any changes in
valuation are recorded in our consolidated statements of operations as either
"Unrealized losses on marketable securities, net” or “Other comprehensive
income."
Item
4. Controls and Procedures.
As
of the
end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation, under
the
supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief
financial officer of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule
13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act). Based upon this evaluation,
our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all information
required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under
the
Exchange Act is: (1)
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive
officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure;
and (2)
recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified
in the Commission's rules and forms. There was no change in our internal
controls or in other factors that could affect these controls during our last
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings.
As
of the
date this report was filed, there have been no material developments in the
legal proceedings previously reported in our annual report on Form 10-K for
the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 17, 2006.
Item
1A. Risk Factors.
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before you invest
in our securities you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties
described below and the other information in this prospectus. Each of the
following risks may materially and adversely affect our business, results of
operations and financial condition. These risks may cause the market price
of
our common stock to decline, which may cause you to lose all or a part of the
money you paid to buy our securities. We provide the following cautionary
discussion of risks, uncertainties and possible inaccurate assumptions relevant
to our business and our products. These are factors that we think could cause
our actual results to differ materially from expected results.
RISKS
RELATING TO OUR BUSINESS AND STRUCTURE
We
have not made any sales or generated any revenue to date from our Safety-Sponge™
System and a substantial amount of our revenue during the six months ended
June
30, 2006 is from a related party. Because of this, you should not rely on our
historical results of operations as an indication of our future performance.
We
have
not made any significant amount of sales or generated any
significant amount of revenue to date from our Safety-Sponge™ System.
Further, of our $235,000 of revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2006,
$104,000 was generated from a contract to provide management consulting services
to one of our portfolio companies IPEX, Inc., which is considered a related
party. Our future success is dependent on our ability to develop our
patient-safety related assets into a successful business, which depends upon
wide-spread acceptance of and commercializing our Safety-Sponge™ System. None of
these factors is demonstrated by our historic performance to date and there
is
no assurance we will be able to accomplish them in order to sustain our
operations. As a result, you should not rely on our historical results of
operations as an indication of the future performance of our
business.
We
recently restructured our business strategy and objective and have limited
operating history under our new structure. If we cannot successfully implement
our new business structure the value of your investment in our business could
decline.
Upon
the
change of control that occurred in October 2004, we restructured our business
strategy and objective to focus on the medical products, healthcare solutions,
financial services and real estate industries instead of the radio and
telecommunications industries. Although we still own certain real estate assets,
we are no longer focusing on the financial services and real estate industries.
As of March 29, 2006, our Board of Directors determined to focus our business
exclusively on the patient safety medical products field. We have a limited
operating history under this new structure. Historically, we have not typically
invested in these industries and therefore our historical results of operations
should not be relied upon as an indication of our future financial performance.
If we do not successfully implement our new business structure the value of
your
investment in our business could decline substantially.
Withdrawal
of our election to be treated as a BDC may increase the risks to our
shareholders since we are no longer subject the regulatory restrictions or
financial reporting benefits of the 1940 Act.
Since
we
withdrew our election to be treated as a BDC, we are no longer subject to
regulation under the 1940 Act, which is designed to protect the interests of
investors in investment companies. As a non-BDC, we are no longer subject to
many of the regulatory, financial reporting and other requirements and
restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act including, but not limited to, limitations
on the amounts, types and prices at which we may issue securities, participation
in related party transactions, the payment of compensation to executives, and
the scope of eligible investments.
The
nature of our business has changed from investing in radio and
telecommunications companies with the goal of achieving gains on appreciation
and dividend income, to actively operating businesses in the medical products
and health care solutions industries, with the goal of generating income from
the operations of those businesses. No assurance can be given that our business
strategy or investment objectives will be achieved by withdrawing our election
to be treated as a BDC.
Further,
our election to withdraw as a BDC under the 1940 Act has resulted in a
significant change in our method of accounting. BDC financial statement
presentation and accounting utilizes the value method of accounting used by
investment companies, which allows BDCs to recognize income and value their
investments at market value as opposed to historical cost. As an operating
company, the required financial statement presentation and accounting for
securities held is either fair value or historical cost methods of accounting,
depending on the classification of the investment and our intent with respect
to
the period of time we intend to hold the investment.
A
change
in our method of accounting could reduce the market value of our investments
in
privately held companies by eliminating our ability to report an increase in
the
value of our holdings as they occur. Also, as an operating company, we have
to
consolidate our financial statements with subsidiaries, thus eliminating the
portfolio company reporting benefits available to BDCs.
Together
with our subsidiaries, we may have to take actions that are disruptive to our
business strategy to avoid registration under the 1940
Act.
The
1940
Act generally requires public companies that are engaged primarily in the
business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities
to
register as investment companies. A company may be deemed to be an investment
company if it owns “investment securities” with a value exceeding 40% of the
value of its total assets (excluding government securities and cash items)
on an
unconsolidated basis, unless an exemption or exclusion applies. Securities
issued by companies other than majority-owned subsidiaries are generally counted
as investment securities for purposes of the 1940 Act. While on an
unconsolidated basis, our subsidiaries’ assets which constitute investment
securities have not approached 40%, as of June 30, 2006, 20.4% of our assets
on
a consolidated basis with subsidiaries were comprised of investment securities.
If Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries were to own
investment securities with a value exceeding 40% of its total assets it could
require the subsidiary and/or Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. to register
as
an investment company under the 1940 Act. Registration as an investment company
would subject us to restrictions that are inconsistent with our fundamental
business strategy of equity growth through creating, building and operating
companies
in the medical products and healthcare services industries, particularly the
patient safety field. Moreover, registration under the 1940 Act would subject
us
to increased regulatory and compliance costs, and other restrictions on the
way
we operate. We
may
also have to take actions, including buying, refraining from buying, selling
or
refraining from selling securities, when we would otherwise not choose to do
so
in order to continue to avoid registration under the 1940 Act.
We
intend to undertake additional financings to meet our growth, operating and/or
capital needs, which may result in dilution to your ownership and voting
rights.
We
anticipate that revenue from our operations for the foreseeable future will
not
be sufficient to meet our growth, operating and/or capital requirements. We
believe that in order to have the financial resources to meet our operating
requirements for the next twelve months we will need to undertake additional
equity or debt financings to allow us to meet our future growth, operating
and/or capital requirements. We currently have no commitments for any such
financings. Any equity financing may be dilutive to our stockholders, and debt
financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants or other adverse
terms with respect to raising future capital and other financial and operational
matters. We
may
not be able to obtain additional financing in sufficient amounts or on
acceptable terms when needed, which could adversely affect our operating results
and prospects. If we fail to arrange for sufficient capital in the future,
we
may be required to reduce the scope of our business activities until we can
obtain adequate financing.
We
have received shareholder approval to sell up to $10 million of equity and/or
debt securities to certain related parties
which may result in dilution to your ownership and voting rights or may result
in the incurrence of substantial debt.
We
have
received shareholder approval to sell equity and/or debt securities up to $10
million in any calendar year to Milton “Todd” Ault, III, Lynne Silverstein,
Louis Glazer, M.D., Ph.G., and Melanie Glazer. Mr. Ault is our former Chairman
and current Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Silverstein is our President and
Secretary, Mr. Glazer is our former Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer
and the Chief Health and Science Officer of our subsidiary Patient Safety
Consulting Group, LLC, and Mrs. Glazer is the former Manager of our closed
subsidiary Ault Glazer Bodnar Capital Properties, LLC and also is Mr. Glazer’s
spouse. If we propose to sell more than $10 million of securities in a calendar
year to such persons additional shareholder approval would be required. Although
we do not currently anticipate selling equity or debt securities to these
persons if we do sell any such securities it will result in dilution to your
ownership and voting rights and/or possibly result in our incurring substantial
debt. Any such equity
financing would result in dilution to existing stockholders and may involve
securities that have rights, preferences, or privileges that are senior to
our
common stock. Any such debt financing may be convertible into common stock
which
would result in dilution to our stockholders and would have rights that are
senior to our common stock. Further, any debt financing must be repaid
regardless of whether or not we generate profits or cash flows from our business
activities, which could strain our capital resources.
Should
the value of our patents be less than their purchase price, we could incur
significant impairment charges.
At
June
30, 2006, patents received in the acquisition of Surgicount Medical, Inc.,
net
of accumulated amortization, represented $4,251,000, or 29.5%, of our total
assets. We
perform an annual review in the fourth quarter of each year, or more frequently
if indicators of potential impairment exist to determine if the recorded amount
of our patents is impaired. This determination requires significant judgment
and
changes in our estimates
and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and/or
impairment of patents. We may incur charges for the impairment of our patents
in
the future if sales of our patient safety products, in particular our
Safety-Sponge™ System, fail to achieve our assumed revenue growth rates or
assumed operating margin results.
We
may not be able to effectively integrate our acquisition targets, which would
be
detrimental to our business.
On
February 25, 2005, we purchased Surgicount Medical, Inc., a holding company
for
intellectual property rights relating to our Safety-Sponge™ System. We
anticipate seeking other acquisitions in furtherance of our plan to acquire
assets and businesses in the patient safety medical products industry.
Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including potential difficulty in
integrating operations, technologies, systems, and products and services of
acquired companies, diversion of management’s attention and disruption of
operations, increased expenses and working capital requirements and the
potential loss of key employees and customers of acquired companies. In
addition, acquisitions involve financial risks, such as the potential
liabilities of the acquired businesses, the dilutive effect of the issuance
of
additional equity securities, the incurrence of additional debt, the financial
impact of transaction expenses and the amortization of goodwill and other
intangible assets involved in any transactions that are accounted for by using
the purchase method of accounting, and possible adverse tax and accounting
effects. Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our
business.
Failure
to properly manage our potential growth would be detrimental to our
business.
Any
growth in our operations will place a significant strain on our resources and
increase demands on our management and on our operational and administrative
systems, controls and other resources. There can be no assurance that our
existing personnel, systems, procedures or controls will be adequate to support
our operations in the future or that we will be able to successfully implement
appropriate measures consistent with our growth strategy. As part of this
growth, we may have to implement new operational and financial systems,
procedures and controls to expand, train and manage our employee base and
maintain close coordination among our technical, accounting, finance, marketing,
sales and editorial staffs. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to do
so,
or that if we are able to do so, we will be able to effectively integrate them
into our existing staff and systems. We may fail to adequately manage our
anticipated future growth. We will also need to continue to attract, retain
and
integrate personnel in all aspects of our operations. Failure to manage our
growth effectively could hurt our business.
If
the protection of our intellectual property rights is inadequate, our ability
to
compete successfully could be impaired.
In
connection with our purchase of Surgicount Medical, Inc., we acquired one
registered U.S. patent and one registered international patent of the
Safety-Sponge™
System. We regard our patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and similar
intellectual property as critical to our business. We rely on a combination
of
patent, trademark and copyright law and trade secret protection to protect
our
proprietary rights. Nevertheless, the steps we take to protect our proprietary
rights may be inadequate. Detection and elimination of unauthorized use of
our
products is difficult. We may not have the means, financial or otherwise, to
prosecute infringing uses of our intellectual property by third parties.
Further, effective patent, trademark, service mark, copyright and trade secret
protection may not be available in every country in which we will sell our
products and offer our services. If we are unable to protect or preserve the
value of our patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other proprietary
rights for any reason, our business, operating results and financial condition
could be harmed.
Litigation
may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights,
to
protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the
proprietary rights of others, or to defend against claims that our products
infringe upon the proprietary rights of others or that proprietary rights that
we claim are invalid. Litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion
of resources and could harm our business, operating results and financial
condition regardless of the outcome of the litigation.
Other
parties may assert infringement or unfair competition claims against us. We
cannot predict whether third parties will assert claims of infringement against
us, or whether any future claims will prevent us from operating our business
as
planned. If we are forced to defend against third-party infringement claims,
whether they are with or without merit or are determined in our favor, we could
face expensive and time-consuming litigation, which could distract technical
and
management personnel. If an infringement claim is determined against us, we
may
be required to pay monetary damages or ongoing royalties. Further, as a result
of infringement claims, we may be required, or deem it advisable, to develop
non-infringing intellectual property or enter into costly royalty or licensing
agreements. Such royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may be
unavailable on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If a third party
successfully asserts an infringement claim against us and we are required to
pay
monetary damages or royalties or we are unable to develop suitable
non-infringing alternatives or license the infringed or similar intellectual
property on reasonable terms on a timely basis, it could significantly harm
our
business.
There
are significant potential conflicts of interest with our officers, directors
and
our affiliated entities which could adversely affect our results from
operations.
Certain
of our officers, directors and/or their family members have existing
responsibilities and, in the future, may have additional responsibilities,
to
act and/or provide services as executive officers, directors, owners and/or
managers of Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company Investment Management LLC and/or
some of the companies in which we invest. We currently share office space with
Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company Investment Management LLC. Milton “Todd” Ault
III, our Chief Executive Officer, and William B. Horne, our Chief Financial
Officer, are principals of Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company Investment
Management LLC. Mr. Ault and Mr. Horne devote approximately 85% of their time
to
our business, based on a 60-hour, 6-day workweek. Accordingly, certain conflicts
of interest may arise from time to time with our officers, directors and Ault
Glazer Bodnar & Company Investment Management LLC.
Certain
conflicts of interest may also arise from time to time with our officers,
directors and the companies in which we invest. Of our $235,000 of revenue
during the six months ended June 30, 2006, $104,000 was generated from a
contract to provide management consulting services to our portfolio company
IPEX, Inc. Mr. Ault is currently a director of IPEX, Inc. and he served as
interim Chief Executive Officer of IPEX, Inc. from May 26, 2005 until July
13,
2005. From May 28, 2005 until approximately December 14, 2005 Mr. Ault held
an
irrevocable proxy to vote 67% of the outstanding shares of IPEX, Inc. owned
by
the former Chief Executive Officer and a founder of IPEX, Inc. Darrell W.
Grimsley, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Services Group, LLC, a
subsidiary which is wholly owned by Automotive Services Group, Inc., served
as a
director of IPEX, Inc. and a member of its Audit Committee from August 30,
2005
until January 30, 2006. Ms. Campbell served as a director of IPEX, Inc. and
Chairman of its Audit Committee from June 23, 2005 until January 30, 2006.
Mr.
Horne is currently Chief Financial Officer and a director of our portfolio
company Digicorp. From September 30, 2005 until December 29, 2005, Mr. Horne
also served as Digicorp’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Digicorp’s
Board of Directors. One of our directors and Audit Committee Chairman, Alice
Campbell, is currently a director of Digicorp. Mr. Ault served as Chief
Executive Officer of Digicorp from April 26, 2005 until September 30, 2005
and
Chairman of Digicorp’s Board of Directors from July 16, 2005 until September 30,
2005. Ms. Silverstein served as Secretary of Digicorp from April 26, 2005 until
December 29, 2005. Mr. Grimsley served as a director of Digicorp from July
16,
2005 until December 29, 2005.
Because
of these possible conflicts of interest, such individuals may direct potential
business and investment opportunities to other entities rather than to us,
which
may not be in the best interest of our stockholders. We will attempt to resolve
any such conflicts of interest in our favor. Our Board of Directors does not
believe that we have experienced any losses due to any conflicts of interest
with the business of Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company Investment Management LLC,
other than certain of our officers’ responsibility to devote their time to
provide management and administrative services to Ault Glazer Bodnar &
Company Investment Management LLC. and its clients from time-to-time. Similarly,
our Board of Directors does not believe that we have experienced any losses
due
to any conflicts of interest with the companies in which we hold investments
other than certain of our officers’ and directors’ responsibility to devote
their time to provide management services to some of such companies. However,
subject to applicable law, we may engage in transactions with Ault Glazer Bodnar
& Company Investment Management LLC. and other related parties in the
future. These related party transactions may raise conflicts of interest and,
although we do not have a formal policy to address such conflicts of interest,
our Audit Committee intends to evaluate relationships and transactions involving
conflicts of interest on a case-by-case basis and the approval of our Audit
Committee is required for all such transactions. The Audit Committee intends
that any related party transactions will be on terms and conditions no less
favorable to us than terms and conditions reasonably obtainable from third
parties and in accordance with applicable law.
Our
management has limited experience in managing and operating a public company.
Any failure to comply or adequately comply with federal securities laws, rules
or regulations could subject us to fines or regulatory actions, which may
materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Although
our present Chairman, Louis Glazer, M.D., Ph.G., has extensive experience in
the
medical field, he has limited experience managing and operating a public
company. In addition, prior to the change in control that occurred in October
2004, other members of our current senior management were primarily engaged
in
operating a private investment management firm. In this capacity they developed
a general understanding of the administrative and regulatory environment in
which public companies operate. However, our senior management lacks practical
experience operating a public company and relies in many instances on the
professional experience and advice of third parties including its consultants,
attorneys and accountants. Failure to comply or adequately comply with any
laws,
rules, or regulations applicable to our business may result in fines or
regulatory actions, which may materially adversely affect our business, results
of operation, or financial condition.
We
have experienced turnover in our Chief Executive Officer position in recent
months and we are presently searching for a new Chief Executive Officer to
replace Milton “Todd” Ault III. If we are not able to retain a new Chief
Executive Officer with significant professional experience in the patient safety
or medical markets and pubic market experience, we may have difficulty
implementing our business strategy.
Milton
“Todd” Ault, III resigned as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on January
9, 2006. On January 7, 2006, our Board of Directors appointed Louis Glazer,
M.D., Ph.G. as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in anticipation of Mr.
Ault’s resignation. During March 2005, Dr. Glazer had indicated his intent to
resign as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at such time that we retain
a
suitable candidate for the position of Chief Executive Officer. Due to health
concerns, Dr. Glazer resigned his position as Chief Executive Officer on July
11, 2006 and Milton “Todd” Ault, III was re-appointed Chief Executive Officer
and a Director of the Company. Our future success is dependent on our ability
to
attract and retain such a candidate. Although we do not believe we have
experienced any losses or negative effects from Mr. Ault’s and Dr. Glazer’s
resignations and we do not expect any adverse consequences in the future, if
we
are not able to retain a new Chief Executive Officer with significant
professional experience in the patient safety or medical markets and public
market experience, we may have difficulty implementing our business strategy.
Our
former Chief Executive Officer controls a significant portion of our outstanding
common stock and his ownership interest may conflict with our other stockholders
who may be unable to influence management and exercise control over our
business.
As
of May
1, 2006, Milton “Todd” Ault, III, our former Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman, beneficially owned approximately 26.8% of our common stock. As a
result, Mr. Ault may be able to exert significant influence over our management
and policies to:
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elect
or defeat the election of our directors;
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amend
or prevent amendment of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws;
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effect
or prevent a merger, sale of assets or other corporate transaction;
and
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control
the outcome of any other matter submitted to the shareholders for
vote.
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Accordingly,
our other stockholders may be unable to influence management and exercise
control over our business.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND HEALTHCARE-RELATED
BUSINESS
We
rely on a third party manufacturer and supplier to manufacture our
Safety-Sponge™ System, the loss of which may interrupt our
operations.
On
August
17, 2005, Surgicount entered into an agreement for A Plus International Inc.
to
be the exclusive manufacturer and provider of Surgicount’s Safety-Sponge™
products. In the event A Plus International Inc. does not meet the requirements
of the agreement, Surgicount may seek additional providers of the Safety-Sponge™
products. While our relationship with A Plus International Inc. is currently
on
good terms, we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our
relationship with A Plus International Inc. or secure additional suppliers
and
manufacturers on favorable terms as needed. Although we believe the materials
used in the manufacture of the Safety-Sponge™ System are readily available and
can be purchased and/or produced by multiple vendors, the loss of our agreement
with A Plus International Inc., the deterioration of our relationship with
A
Plus International Inc., changes in the specifications of components used in
our
products, or our failure to establish good relationships with major new
suppliers or manufacturers as needed, could have a material adverse effect
on
our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The
unpredictable product cycles of the medical device and healthcare-related
industries and uncertain demand for products could cause our revenues to
fluctuate.
Our
target customer base includes hospitals, physicians, nurses and clinics. The
medical device and healthcare-related industries are subject to rapid
technological changes, short product life cycles, frequent new product
introductions and evolving industry standards, as well as economic cycles.
If
the market for our products does not grow as rapidly as our management expects,
our revenues could be less than expected. We also face the risk that changes
in
the medical device industry, for example, cost-cutting measures, changes to
manufacturing techniques or production standards, could cause our manufacturing,
design and engineering capabilities to lose widespread market acceptance. If
our
products do not gain market acceptance or suffer because of competing products,
unfavorable regulatory actions, alternative treatment methods or cures, product
recalls or liability claims, they will no longer have the need for our products
and we may experience a decline in revenues. Adverse economic conditions
affecting the medical device and healthcare-related industries, in general,
or
the market for our products in particular, could result in diminished sales,
reduced profit margins and a disruption in our business.
We
are subject to changes in the regulatory and economic environment in the
healthcare industry, which could adversely affect our
business.
The
healthcare industry in the United States continues to experience change. In
recent years, the United States Congress and state legislatures have introduced
and debated various healthcare reform proposals. Federal, state and local
government representatives will, in all likelihood, continue to review and
assess alternative healthcare delivery systems and payment methodologies, and
ongoing public debate of these issues is expected. Cost containment initiatives,
market pressures and proposed changes in applicable laws and regulations may
have a dramatic effect on pricing or potential demand for medical devices,
the
relative costs associated with doing business and the amount of reimbursement
by
both government and third-party payors to persons providing medical services.
In
particular, the healthcare industry is experiencing market-driven reforms from
forces within the industry that are exerting pressure on healthcare companies
to
reduce healthcare costs. Managed care and other healthcare provider
organizations have grown substantially in terms of the percentage of the
population in the United States that receives medical benefits through such
organizations and in terms of the influence and control that they are able
to
exert over an increasingly large portion of the healthcare industry. Managed
care organizations are continuing to consolidate and grow, increasing the
ability of these organizations to influence the practices and pricing involved
in the purchase of medical devices, including our products, which is expected
to
exert downward pressure on product margins. Both short-and long-term cost
containment pressures, as well as the possibility of continued regulatory
reform, may have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and
operating results.
We
are subject to government regulation in the United States and abroad, which
can
be time consuming and costly to our business.
Our
products and operations are subject to extensive regulation by numerous
governmental authorities, including, but not limited to, the FDA and state
and
foreign governmental authorities. In particular, we must obtain specific
clearance or approval from the FDA before we can market new products or certain
modified products in the United States. The FDA administers the Food, Drug
and
Cosmetics Act (the “FDC
Act”).
Under
the FDC Act, most medical devices must receive FDA clearance through the
Section 510(k) notification process (“510(k)”)
or the
more lengthy premarket approval (“PMA”)
process
before they can be sold in the United States. All of our products, currently
consisting only of the Safety-Sponge™ System, must receive 510(k) clearance or
PMA approval. The Safety-Sponge™ System has already received 501(k) exempt
status from the FDA. To obtain 510(k) marketing clearance, a company must show
that a new product is “substantially equivalent” in terms of safety and
effectiveness to a product already legally marketed and which does not require
a
PMA. Therefore, it is not always necessary to prove the actual safety and
effectiveness of the new product in order to obtain 510(k) clearance for such
product. To obtain a PMA, we must submit extensive data, including clinical
trial data, to prove the safety, effectiveness and clinical utility of our
products. The process of obtaining such clearances or approvals can be
time-consuming and expensive, and there can be no assurance that all clearances
or approvals sought by us will be granted or that FDA review will not involve
delays adversely affecting the marketing and sale of our products. FDA’s quality
system regulations also require companies to adhere to certain good
manufacturing practices requirements, which include testing, quality control,
storage, and documentation procedures. Compliance with applicable regulatory
requirements is monitored through periodic site inspections by the FDA. In
addition, we are required to comply with FDA requirements for labeling and
promotion. The Federal Trade Commission also regulates most device advertising.
In
addition, international regulatory bodies often establish varying regulations
governing product testing and licensing standards, manufacturing compliance,
such as compliance with ISO 9001 standards, packaging requirements, labeling
requirements, import restrictions, tariff regulations, duties and tax
requirements and pricing and reimbursement levels. Our inability or failure
to
comply with the varying regulations or the imposition of new regulations could
restrict our ability to sell our products internationally and thereby adversely
affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
Failure
to comply with applicable federal, state or foreign laws or regulations could
subject us to enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, product
seizures, injunctions, recalls, possible withdrawal of product clearances,
civil
penalties and criminal prosecutions, any one or more of which could have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating
results. Federal, state and foreign laws and regulations regarding the
manufacture and sale of medical devices are subject to future changes, as are
administrative interpretations of regulatory requirements. Any such changes
may
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and
operating results.
We
are subject to intense competition in the medical products and health-care
related markets, which could harm our business.
The
medical products and healthcare solutions industry is highly competitive. We
compete against other medical products and healthcare solutions companies,
some
of which are much larger and have significantly greater financial resources,
management resources, research and development staffs, sales and marketing
organizations and experience in the medical products and healthcare solutions
industries than us. In addition, these companies compete with us to acquire
technologies from universities and research laboratories. We also compete
against large companies that seek to license medical products and healthcare
solutions technologies for themselves. We cannot assure you that we will be
able
to successfully compete against these competitors in the acquisition,
development, or commercialization of any medical products and healthcare
solutions, funding of medical products and healthcare solutions companies or
marketing of our products and solutions. If we cannot compete effectively
against our competitors, our business, financial condition and results of
operations may be materially adversely affected.
We
may be subject to product liability claims and if our insurance is not
sufficient to cover product liability claims our business and financial
condition will be materially adversely affected.
The
nature of our business exposes us to potential product liability risks, which
are inherent in the distribution of medical equipment and healthcare products.
We may not be able to avoid product liability exposure, since third parties
develop and manufacture our equipment and products. If a product liability
claim
is successfully brought against us or any third party manufacturer then we
would
experience adverse consequences to our reputation, we might be required to
pay
damages, our insurance, legal and other expenses would increase, we might lose
customers and/or suppliers and there may be other adverse results.
Through
our subsidiary Surgicount Medical, Inc. we have general liability insurance
to
cover claims up to $1,000,000. This insurance covers the clinical trial/time
study relating to the bar coding of surgical sponges only. In addition, A Plus
International, Inc., the manufacturer of our surgical sponges, maintains general
liability insurance for claims up to $4,000,000 that covers product liability
claims against Surgicount Medical, Inc. There can be no assurance that one
or
more liability claims will not exceed the coverage limits of any of such
policies. If we or our manufacturer are subjected to product liability claims,
the result of such claims could harm our reputation and lead to less acceptance
of our products in the healthcare products market. In addition, if our insurance
or our manufacturer’s insurance is not sufficient to cover product liability
claims, our business and financial condition will be materially adversely
affected.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR INVESTMENTS
We
may experience fluctuations in our quarterly results due to the success rate
of
investments we hold.
We
may
experience fluctuations in our quarterly operating results due to a number
of
factors, including the success rate of our current investments, variations
in
and the timing of the recognition of realized and unrealized gains or losses,
and general economic conditions. As a result of these factors, results for
any
period should not be relied upon as being indicative of performance in future
periods.
We
have invested in non-marketable investment securities which may subject us
to
significant impairment charges.
We
have
invested in illiquid equity securities acquired directly from issuers in private
transactions. At June 30, 2006, 20.3% of our assets on a consolidated basis
with
subsidiaries was comprised of investment securities, the majority of which
are
illiquid investments. Investments in illiquid, or non-marketable, securities
are
inherently risky and a number of the companies we invest in are expected to
fail. We review all of our investments quarterly for indicators of impairment;
however, for non-marketable equity securities, the impairment analysis requires
significant judgment to identify events or circumstances that would likely
have
a material adverse effect on the fair value of the investment. The indicators
we
use to identify those events or circumstances include as relevant, the nature
and value of any collateral, the portfolio company’s ability to make payments
and its earnings, the markets in which the portfolio company does business,
comparison to valuations of publicly traded companies, comparisons to recent
sales of comparable companies, the discounted cash flows of the portfolio
company and other relevant factors. Because such valuations are inherently
uncertain and may be based on estimates, our determinations of fair value may
differ materially from the values that would be assessed if a ready market
for
these securities existed. Investments identified as having an indicator of
impairment are subject to further analysis to determine if the investment is
other than temporarily impaired, in which case we write the investment down
to
its impaired value. When a company in which we hold investments is not
considered viable from a financial or technological point of view, we write
down
the entire investment since we consider the estimated fair market value to
be
nominal. Although we only recognized a $50,000 impairment charge for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2005, since a significant amount of our assets are
comprised of non-marketable investment securities, any future impairment charges
from the write down in value of these securities will most likely have a
material adverse affect on our financial condition.
Economic
recessions or downturns could impair investments and harm our operating results.
Many
of
the companies in which we have made investments may be susceptible to economic
slowdowns or recessions. An economic slowdown may affect the ability of a
company to engage in a liquidity event such as a sale, recapitalization, or
initial public offering. Our nonperforming assets are likely to increase and
the
value of our investments is likely to decrease during these periods. These
conditions could lead to financial losses in our investments and a decrease
in
our revenues, net income, and assets. Our investments also may be affected
by
current and future market conditions. Significant changes in the capital markets
could have an effect on the valuations of private companies and on the potential
for liquidity events involving such companies. This could affect the amount
and
timing of gains or losses realized on our investments.
Investing
in private companies involves a high degree of risk.
Our
assets include an investment in a private company, a 1.6% equity interest in
Alacra Corporation. Investments in private businesses involve a high degree
of
business and financial risk, which can result in substantial losses and
accordingly should be considered speculative. Because of the speculative nature
and the lack of a public market for this investment, there is significantly
greater risk of loss than is the case with traditional investment securities.
We
expect that some of our investments will be a complete loss or will be
unprofitable and that some will appear to be likely to become successful but
never realize their potential. During the year ended December 31, 2005, we
wrote
off our investment in the private company China Nurse LLC. The amount of the
loss was $50,000. We have in the past relied, and we continue to rely to a
large
extent, upon proceeds from sales of investments rather than investment income
or
revenue generated from operating activities to defray a significant portion
of
our operating expenses.
The
lack of liquidity in our investments may adversely affect our business.
A
portion
of our investments consist of securities acquired directly from the issuer
in
private transactions. Some of these investments are subject to restrictions
on
resale and/or otherwise are illiquid. While most of these investments are in
publicly traded companies, the trading volume in such companies’ securities is
low which reduces the liquidity of the investment. Additionally, many of such
securities are not eligible for sale to the public without registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, which could prevent or delay any sale by us of
such
investments or reduce the amount of proceeds that might otherwise be realized
therefrom. Restricted securities generally sell at a price lower than similar
securities not subject to restrictions on resale. The illiquidity of our
investments may adversely affect our ability to dispose of debt and equity
securities at times when it may be otherwise advantageous for us to liquidate
such investments. In addition, if we were forced to immediately liquidate some
or all of our investments, the proceeds of such liquidation may be significantly
less than the value at which we acquired those investments.
We
may not realize gains from our equity investments.
Our
investments are primarily in equity securities of other companies. These equity
interests may not appreciate in value and, in fact, may decline in value.
Accordingly, we may not be able to realize gains from our equity interests,
and
any gains that we do realize on the disposition of any equity interests may
not
be sufficient to offset any other losses we experience.
There
is uncertainty regarding the value of our investments that are not publicly
trades securities, which could adversely affect the determination of our asset
value.
The
fair
value of investments that are not publicly traded securities is not readily
determinable. Therefore, we value these securities at fair value as determined
in good faith by our Board of Directors. The types of factors that our Board
of
Directors takes into account include, as relevant, the nature and value of
any
collateral, the portfolio company’s ability to make payments and its earnings,
the markets in which the portfolio company does business, comparison to
valuations of publicly traded companies, comparisons to recent sales of
comparable companies, the discounted value of the cash flows of the portfolio
company and other relevant factors. Because such valuations are inherently
uncertain and may be based on estimates, our determinations of fair value may
differ materially from the values that would be assessed if a ready market
for
these securities existed.
We
borrow money, which magnifies the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested
and may increase the risk of investing in us.
Borrowings,
also known as leverage, magnify the potential for gain or loss on amounts
invested and, therefore, increase the risks associated with investing in our
securities. We may borrow from and issue senior debt securities to banks,
insurance companies, and other lenders. Lenders of these senior securities
have
fixed dollar claims on our consolidated assets that are superior to the claims
of our common shareholders. If the value of our consolidated assets increases,
then leveraging would cause the value of our consolidated assets to increase
more sharply than it would have had we not leveraged. Conversely, if the value
of our consolidated assets decreases, leveraging would cause the value of our
consolidated net assets to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have
had
we not leveraged. Similarly, any increase in our consolidated income in excess
of consolidated interest payable on the borrowed funds would cause our net
income to increase more than it would without the leverage, while any decrease
in our consolidated income would cause net income to decline more sharply than
it would have had we not borrowed.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS
The
value of real estate fluctuates depending on conditions in the general economy
and the real estate business. These conditions may limit revenues from our
real
estate properties and available cash.
The
value
of our real estate holdings is affected by many factors including, but not
limited to: national, regional and local economic conditions; consequences
of
any armed conflict involving or terrorist attacks against the United States;
our
ability to secure adequate insurance; local conditions such as an oversupply
of
space or a reduction in demand for real estate in a particular area; competition
from other available space; whether tenants consider a property attractive;
the
financial condition of tenants, including the extent of tenant bankruptcies
or
defaults; whether we are able to pass some or all of any increased operating
costs through to tenants; how well we manage our properties; fluctuations in
interest rates; changes in real estate taxes and other expenses; changes in
market rental rates; the timing and costs associated with property improvements
and rentals; changes in taxation or zoning laws; government regulation;
potential liability under environmental or other laws or regulations; and
general competitive factors. The rents we expect to receive and the occupancy
levels at our properties may not materialize as a result of adverse changes
in
any of these factors. If our rental revenue fails to materialize, we generally
would expect to have less cash available to pay our operating costs. In
addition, some expenses, including mortgage payments, real estate taxes and
maintenance costs, generally do not decline when the related rents decline.
Our
current real estate holdings are concentrated in Heber Springs, Arkansas and
Springfield, Tennessee. Adverse circumstances affecting these areas generally
could adversely affect our business.
A
significant proportion of our real estate investments are in Heber Springs,
Arkansas and Springfield, Tennessee and are affected by the economic cycles
and
risks inherent to those regions. Like other real estate markets, the real estate
markets in these areas have experienced economic downturns in the past, and
we
cannot predict how the current economic conditions will impact these markets
in
both the short and long term. Further declines in the economy or a decline
in
the real estate markets in these areas could hurt our financial performance
and
the value of our properties. The factors affecting economic conditions in these
regions include: business layoffs or downsizing; industry slowdowns; relocations
of businesses; changing demographics; and any oversupply of or reduced demand
for real estate.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR CAR WASH BUSINESS
If
a competing car wash facility is opened within the service area of one of our
express car wash sites our car wash business may lose
revenue.
Our
indirect wholly owned subsidiary Automotive Services Group, LLC (“ASG”)
is in
the business of operating express car wash facilities. ASG’s first express car
wash site, developed in Birmingham, Alabama, had its grand opening on March
8,
2006. ASG chooses locations for its express car wash sites based on the
locations’ high visibility and proximity to high automobile traffic. Competitors
may develop facilities offering similar services within the service area of
ASG’s express car wash facilities, which could cause ASG’s car wash facilities
to lose revenue. ASG will attempt to mitigate this risk during site due
diligence, conducting discussions with local permitting and zoning personnel
to
determine if competing facilities have been planned or requested within the
relevant service area. However, such due diligence, no matter how extensive,
may
not always reveal any planned competing businesses in a particular service
area.
In addition, a competing car wash site may be developed after ASG begins
operating a car wash in a particular service area. If competing facilities
are
developed in the same service area as one or more of ASG’s express car wash
sites, it could cause ASG to lose a significant amount of revenue and may
require ASG to close one or more express car wash sites.
Adverse
weather conditions may cause ASG’s express car was sites to lose revenue.
Automobile
owners generally do not wash their vehicles during extreme weather conditions.
During rainy periods automobile owners do not generally wash their vehicles
because rain and mud causes the vehicles to quickly become dirty again. During
periods of severe drought automobile owners may not desire to wash their
vehicles because they do not want to endure extreme outdoor temperatures.
Further during severe drought conditions local governments tend to impose
restrictions on when and in what amounts residents can use water. Any such
adverse weather conditions may cause unpredictable business cycles for ASG
and
may cause ASG’s express car wash sites to lose a significant amount of revenue.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR COMMON STOCK
Our
historic stock price has been volatile and the future market price for our
common stock may continue to be volatile. Further, the limited market for our
shares will make our price more volatile. This may make it difficult for you
to
sell our common stock for a positive return on your investment.
The
public market for our common stock has historically been very volatile. Over
the
past two fiscal years and the subsequent interim quarterly periods, the market
price for our common stock has ranged from $0.30 to $7.33 (as adjusted to
reflect a
3:1
forward stock split effective April 5, 2005).
Any
future market price for our shares may continue to be very volatile. This price
volatility may make it more difficult for you to sell shares when you want
at
prices you find attractive. We do not know of any one particular factor that
has
caused volatility in our stock price. However, the stock market in general
has
experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that often are unrelated
or
disproportionate to the operating performance of companies. Broad market factors
and the investing public’s negative perception of our business may reduce our
stock price, regardless of our operating performance. Further, the market for
our common stock is limited and we cannot assure you that a larger market will
ever be developed or maintained. Our common stock is currently listed on the
American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”).
As of
August 15, 2006, the average daily trading volume of our common stock over
the
past three months was approximately 8,100 shares. The last reported sales price
for our common stock on August 15, 2006, was $1.98 per share. Market
fluctuations and volatility, as well as general economic, market and political
conditions, could reduce our market price. As a result, this may make it
difficult or impossible for you to sell our common stock.
If
we fail to meet continued listing standards of AMEX, our common stock may be
delisted which would have a material adverse effect on the price of our common
stock.
Our
common stock is currently traded on the American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) under
the symbol “PST”. In order for our securities to be eligible for continued
listing on AMEX, we must remain in compliance with certain listing standards.
On
June 24, 2004, we received a letter from AMEX inquiring as to our ability to
remain listed. Specifically, AMEX indicated that our common stock was subject
to
delisting under sections 1003(a)(i) and 1003(a)(ii) of AMEX’s Company Guide
because our stockholders’ equity was below the level required by AMEX’s
continued listing standards. Our stockholders’ equity fell below the required
standard due to years of continued losses. On September 15, 2004, AMEX notified
us that it had accepted our proposed plan to comply with AMEX’s continued
listing standards. Significant events which increased our stockholders’ equity
in excess
of
AMEX’s continued listing standards were the completion of an approximately $4
million equity financing combined with the acquisition of Surgicount Medical,
Inc. which was done primarily through the issuance of common stock. AMEX will
normally consider suspending dealings in, or removing from the listing of,
securities of a company under Section 1003(a)(i) for a company that has
stockholders' equity of less than $2,000,000 if such company has sustained
losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in two of its three most
recent fiscal years; or under Section 1003(a)(ii) for a company that has
stockholders' equity of less than $4,000,000 if such company has sustained
losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of its four most
recent fiscal years. As of June 30, 2005, our second consecutive quarter in
which our stockholders’ equity was in excess of $4,000,000, we believe we have
re-gained compliance with AMEX’s continued listing requirements. As of June 30,
2006, our stockholders’ equity was still in excess of that
required
under Section 1003(a)(ii) of AMEX’s Company Guide. During April 2006 AMEX
notified us that we have been removed from AMEX’s continued listing standards
deficiency list based on financial results reported in our Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2005. If we were to again become noncompliant with
AMEX’s continued listing requirements, our common stock may be delisted which
would have a material adverse affect on the price and liquidity of our common
stock.
If
we are delisted from AMEX, our common stock may be subject to the “penny stock”
rules of the SEC, which would make transactions in our common stock cumbersome
and may reduce the value of an investment in our stock.
The
SEC
has adopted Rule 3a51-1 which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for
the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price
of
less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per
share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny
stock, unless exempt, Rule 15g-9 require:
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that
a broker or dealer approve a person's account for transactions in
penny
stocks; and
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· |
the
broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement to
the
transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny
stock to
be purchased.
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In
order
to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or
dealer must:
· |
obtain
financial information and investment experience objectives of the
person;
and
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· |
make
a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks
are
suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge
and
experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks
of
transactions in penny stocks.
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The
broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock,
a
disclosure schedule prescribed by the SEC relating to the penny stock market,
which, in highlight form:
· |
sets
forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability
determination; and
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· |
that
the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the
investor prior to the transaction.
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Generally,
brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to
the
“penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of
our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of our
stock.
Disclosure
also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public
offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both
the
broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the
securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of
fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent
disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account
and
information on the limited market in penny stocks.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds.
On
January 12, 2006 ASG entered into a secured promissory note with Steven J.
Caspi
in the principal amount of $1,000,000. As an inducement for entering into the
secured promissory note, Mr. Caspi
received warrants to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
The
warrants are exercisable for a period of five years and have an exercise price
equal to $4.50. The issuance of the above warrants to Mr. Caspi was exempt
from
registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. No advertising or general
solicitation was employed in offering the securities and Mr. Caspi represented
that he is an accredited investor and that he is able to bear the economic
risk
of his investment.
On
June
6, 2006 the Company entered into a Secured Convertible Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement pursuant to which the Company sold a $1,100,000 principal amount
Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “Morelli
Note”)
to Alan
E. Morelli.. As an inducement for entering into the Secured Convertible Note
and
Warrant Purchase Agreement, Mr. Morelli received warrants to purchase 401,460
shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants are exercisable for a period
of five years and have an exercise price equal to $3.04. If the Company issues
shares of common stock or securities convertible or exercisable into shares
of
common stock below the then applicable exercise price, the exercise price of
the
warrants will be reduced accordingly. The exercise price of the warrants also
will be adjusted if the Company pays a stock dividend, subdivides or combines
outstanding shares of common stock into a greater or lesser number of shares,
or
takes such other actions as would otherwise result in dilution of Mr. Morelli’s
position. The issuance of the above warrants to Mr. Morelli was exempt from
registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. No advertising or general
solicitation was employed in offering the securities and Mr. Morelli represented
that he is an accredited investor and that he is able to bear the economic
risk
of his investment.
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
On
January 12, 2006 ASG entered into a secured promissory note with Steven J.
Caspi
in the principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “Caspi
Note”).
The
Caspi Note was due to be repaid on July 13, 2006. The Company is in the process
of amending the Caspi Note to extend the due date.
On
June
6, 2006 the Company entered into a Secured Convertible Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement pursuant to which the Company sold a $1,100,000 principal amount
Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “Morelli
Note”)
to Alan
E. Morelli. During June 2006, and subsequent to entering into the Morelli Note,
the Company incurred additional indebtedness without the prior written consent
of Mr. Morelli. Further, mandatory prepayments from the proceeds of indebtedness
were not made; therefore, the Company is currently in an event of default.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
Item
5. Other Information.
None.
Item
6. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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2.3
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Unit
Purchase Agreement dated March 14, 2006 by and between Automotive
Services
Group, LLC, Darell W. Grimsley, Ault Glazer Bodnar Merchant Capital,
Inc.
and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference
to the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 17, 2006)
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4.1
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|
Certificate
of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (Included
in
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 30, 2005))
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4.2
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$1,000,000
principal amount Promissory Note dated August 28, 2001 issued to
Winstar
Radio Networks, LLC, Winstar Global Media, Inc. or Winstar Radio
Productions, LLC (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s annual report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2006)
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4.3
|
|
$1,000,000
principal amount Promissory Note dated April 7, 2005 issued to Bodnar
Capital Management, LLC (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 13, 2005)
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4.4
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Form
of non-callable Warrant issued to James Colen (Incorporated by reference
to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 26, 2005)
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4.5
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|
Form
of callable Warrant issued to James Colen (Incorporated by reference
to
the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 26, 2005)
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4.6
|
|
Real
Estate Note dated July 27, 2005 in the principal amount of $480,000
issued
by Automotive Services Group, LLC to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition
Fund,
LLC (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29,
2005)
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4.7
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|
Addendum
I dated August 10, 2005 to Real Estate Note issued by Automotive
Services
Group, LLC to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC (Incorporated
by
reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29,
2005)
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4.8
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|
Addendum
II to Real Estate Note issued by Automotive Services Group, LLC to
Ault
Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference to
the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 29, 2005)
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4.9
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|
Addendum
III to Real Estate Note issued by Automotive Services Group, LLC
to Ault
Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference to
the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005)
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4.10
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|
Addendum
IV to Real Estate Note issued by Automotive Services Group, LLC to
Ault
Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference to
the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005)
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4.11
|
|
Addendum
V to Real Estate Note issued by Automotive Services Group, LLC to
Ault
Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference to
the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005)
|
4.12
|
|
Addendum
VI dated January 10, 2006 to Real Estate Note issued by Automotive
Services Group, LLC to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6,
2006)
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4.13
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|
Addendum
VII dated February 1, 2006 to Real Estate Note issued by Automotive
Services Group, LLC to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6,
2006)
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4.14
|
|
Promissory
Note in the principal amount of $130,000 issued January 5, 2006 to
Glazer
Family Partnership LP (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current
report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
January 10, 2006)
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4.15
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $150,000 issued January
11,
2006 to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund (Incorporated by reference
to
the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 18, 2006)
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4.16
|
|
Promissory
Note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 issued January 12, 2006
by
Automotive Services Group, LLC to Steven J. Caspi (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 2006)
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4.17
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $85,000 issued January
19, 2006
to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC (Incorporated by reference
to
the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 24, 2006)
|
4.18
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $25,000 issued January
26 2006
to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC (Incorporated by reference
to
the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 1, 2006)
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4.19
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $35,000 issued January
27, 2006
to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC (Incorporated by reference
to
the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 1, 2006)
|
4.20
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $45,750 issued February
1, 2006
to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC (Incorporated by reference
to
the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 6, 2006)
|
4.21
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $65,000 issued February
2, 2006
to Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 6, 2006)
|
4.22
|
|
Promissory
Note dated February 8, 2006 issued by Automotive Services Group,
LLC to
Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference
to the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 14, 2006)
|
4.21
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $65,000 issued February
2, 2006
to Ault Glazer Bodnar & Company, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 6, 2006)
|
4.22
|
|
Promissory
Note dated February 8, 2006 issued by Automotive Services Group,
LLC to
Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC (Incorporated by reference
to the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 14, 2006)
|
4.23
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $12,000 issued February
23,
2006 to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC (Incorporated by
reference
to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 1, 2006)
|
4.24
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $60,000 issued February
28,
2006 to Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC (Incorporated by
reference
to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 1, 2006)
|
4.25
|
|
Secured
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $30,000 issued March 6,
2006 to
Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC (Incorporated by reference
to the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 8, 2006)
|
4.26
|
|
Revolving
Line of Credit Agreement dated and effective as of March 7, 2006
by and
between Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC and Patient Safety
Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current
report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
March 8, 2006)
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4.27
|
|
$1.1
million principal amount Secured Convertible Promissory Note issued
by
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. to Alan E. Morelli on June 6, 2006
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9,
2006)
|
4.28
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 401,460 shares of common stock issued by Patient Safety
Technologies, Inc. to Alan E. Morelli on June 6, 2006 (Incorporated
by
reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9,
2006)
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4.29
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|
$250,000
principal amount Convertible Promissory Note issued by Patient Safety
Technologies, Inc. to Charles J. Kalina III on July 12, 2006 (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2006)
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4.30
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 85,000 shares of common stock issued by Patient Safety
Technologies, Inc. to Charles J. Kalina III on July 12, 2006 (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2006)
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10.1
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Amended
Employment Agreement entered into as of January 30, 2006 between
Automotive Services Group, LLC and D.W. Grimsley, Jr. (Incorporated
by
reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2006)
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10.2
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Security
Agreement by and between Glazer Family Partnership LP and Patient
Safety
Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current
report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
January 10, 2006)
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10.3
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|
Security
Agreement by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund and
Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 18, 2006)
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10.4
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|
Real
Estate Mortgage dated January 12, 2006 in favor of Steven J. Caspi
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18,
2006)
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10.5
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Continuing
Guaranty dated January 12, 2006 of Patient Safety Technologies in
connection with the $1,000,000 Promissory Note issued January 12,
2006 by
Automotive Services Group, LLC to Steven J. Caspi (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 2006)
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10.6
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|
Security
Agreement by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund LLC
and
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 24, 2006)
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10.7
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|
Security
Agreement dated January 26, 2006 by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar
Acquisition Fund LLC and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2006)
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10.8
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Security
Agreement dated January 27, 2006 by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar
Acquisition Fund LLC and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2006)
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10.9
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|
Security
Agreement dated February 1, 2006 by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar
Acquisition Fund LLC and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2006)
|
10.10
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|
Security
Agreement dated February 2, 2006 by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar
&
Company, Inc. and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated
by
reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2006)
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10.11
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Real
Estate Mortgage executed as of February 8, 2006 by Automotive Services
Group, LLC in favor of Ault Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14,
2006)
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10.12
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Security
Agreement dated February 23, 2006 by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar
Acquisition Fund LLC and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2006)
|
10.13
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Security
Agreement dated February 28, 2006 by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar
Acquisition Fund LLC and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1,
2006)
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10.14
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|
Security
Agreement dated March 6, 2006 by and between Ault Glazer Bodnar
Acquisition Fund LLC and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2006)
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10.15
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Engagement
Letter dated February 10, 2006 between Analog Ventures, LLC and Patient
Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006,
filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19,
2006)
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10.16
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Secured
Convertible Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated June 6, 2006
by and
between Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. and Alan E. Morelli
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9,
2006)
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10.17
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Letter
agreement dated May 31, 2006 between Bodnar Capital Management, LLC
and
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 9, 2006)
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10.18
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Registration
Rights Agreement dated June 6, 2006 by and between Patient Safety
Technologies, Inc. and Alan E. Morelli (Incorporated by reference
to the
Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 9, 2006)
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10.19
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|
Pledge
Agreement dated June 6, 2006 by and between Patient Safety Technologies,
Inc. and Alan E. Morelli (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 9, 2006)
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10.20
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Subordination
Agreement dated June 6, 2006 by and between Alan E. Morelli and Herbert
Langsam Revocable Trust and consented to by Patient Safety Technologies,
Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9,
2006)
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10.21
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Subordination
Agreement dated June 6, 2006 by and between Alan E. Morelli and Ault
Glazer Bodnar Acquisition Fund, LLC and consented to by Patient Safety
Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current
report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
June 9, 2006)
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10.22
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Mortgage
with Security Agreement, Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases,
Fixture
Filing and Financing Statement dated June 1, 2006 by Patient Safety
Technologies, Inc. in favor of Alan E. Morelli (Incorporated by reference
to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 9, 2006)
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10.23
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Tennessee
Deed of Trust with Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases
and
Fixture Filing dated June 1, 2006 by and among Patient Safety
Technologies, Inc., Robert C. Liddon and Thomas F. Baker, IV as trustees,
and Alan E. Morelli (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current
report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
June 9, 2006)
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31.1*
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule
15d-14(a)
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31.2*
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule
15d-14(a)
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32.1*
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b)
and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States
Code
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32.2*
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b)
and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States
Code
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements 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.
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PATIENT
SAFETY
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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Date:
August 21, 2006 |
By: |
/s/ Milton “Todd” Ault III |
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Milton
“Todd”
Ault
III |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
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Date:
August 21, 2006 |
By: |
/s/ William B. Horne |
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William
B. Horne |
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Chief
Financial Officer |