UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
10-KSB
|X| ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2002
or
|_| TRANSITION REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from _____________ to _____________
Commission
File Number 000-28381
VIRTRA
SYSTEMS, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in
its Charter)
Texas
93-1207631
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
440 North
Center, Arlington, TX
76011
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
(817)
261-4269 (Registrant's telephone number, including area
code)
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934:
None
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934:
Common Stock, par value $.005
per share
Indicate by
check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation
S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of
Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. YES |_| NO |X|
Indicate by
check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.
YES |X| NO |_|
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
non-affiliates of the Registrant at March 26, 2003 was approximately $1,726,550.
The number of shares of Registrant's Common Stock outstanding on March 26, 2003
was 38,091,448. Revenue for the most recent fiscal year was
$2,280,484.
Part
I
Item 1. Description of
Business
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
VirTra Systems, Inc. (the "Company") was
organized in 1996 to operate theme concept microbrewery restaurants. In 1997, we
acquired First Brewery of Dallas, Inc., which operated the former Hubcap Brewery
& Kitchen of Dallas, Texas (later renamed The Schooner Brewery™
brewpub). As a result of several factors, including relatively strict laws that
apply to craft brewers in Texas, we found it difficult to develop this initial
business, and closed down our microbrewery operations in early 1999.
In
December of 1997, we acquired all rights to 'Net GameLink™ , an
interactive entertainment system designed to allow a number of players to
compete with one another in a game via an intranet or the Internet. From 1999
when we closed our microbrewery operations until we acquired Ferris Productions,
Inc. as described below, we had been devoting substantially all of our efforts
to implementing the 'Net GameLink™ product and our operations were limited
to development, construction and beta-testing of the initial 'Net
GameLink™ prototype system at J. Gilligan's Bar and Grill in Arlington,
Texas.
In February, 2000, we changed our jurisdiction of incorporation
from Nevada to Texas. We maintain our principal office at 440 North Center,
Arlington, Texas 76011, and our telephone number is (817) 261-4269. We also
maintain production offices at 5631 South 24th Street, Phoenix,
Arizona 85040, with a phone number of (602) 470-1177.
In September,
2001, we completed the acquisition of Ferris Productions, Inc., a leading
developer and operator of virtual reality devices. “Virtual reality”
is a generic term associated with computer systems that create a real-time
visual/audio/haptic (touch and feel) experience. VR immerses participants in a
3-dimensional real-time synthetic environment generated or controlled by one
(or several) computer(s). Ferris designed, developed, distributed, and operated
technically-advanced products for the entertainment, simulation, promotion, and
education markets. The acquisition provided us with a wider array of products
within our industry, an experienced management team, an existing revenue stream,
and established distribution channels. Post-merger, we believe we are a leading
virtual reality developer and manufacturer.
Our virtual reality devices
are computer-based, and allow participants to view and manipulate graphical
representations of physical reality. Stimulating the senses of sight, sound,
touch, and smell simultaneously, our virtual reality devices envelop the
participant in dynamic computer-generated imagery, and allow the participant to
interact with what he or she sees using simple controls and body motions.
Virtual reality products and systems typically employ head-mounted displays that
combine high-resolution miniature image source monitors, wide field-of-view
optics, and tracking sensors in a unit small and light enough to be worn on the
head. These products usually surround the participant with dynamic
three-dimensional imagery, allowing the user to change perspective on the
artificial scenes by simply moving his or her head. Virtual reality devices
have in the past been used primarily in connection with electronic games, as, by
surrounding the player with the sights, sounds, and smells he or she would
experience in the real world, play is made far more realistic than it would be
if merely presented in a two-dimensional flat screen display. Areas of
application include entertainment/amusement, advertising/promotion and
training/simulation.
Entertainment/amusement
Our virtual reality devices within the
entertainment/amusement market are designed to produce a highly-realistic
experience at a significantly lower cost than traditional virtual reality
technology. Historically, the software for virtual reality games and other
applications was separately created for each application. Our systems use a
patented Universe™ Control Board, which, when installed in an ordinary PC,
makes it possible to quickly adapt PC games for the arcade market, permitting
easy conversion of PC games to behave as coin-operated arcade games, and allows
the operator to change from one game to another without expensive hardware
replacement.
Within the entertainment/amusement market, we have
installed and operate virtual reality entertainment centers known as “VR
Zones” in over a dozen theme parks and high-traffic visitor locations such
as
Six
Flags,
Paramount
Parks,
Busch
Gardens, and
Carnival
Cruise Lines.
These VR Zones are equipped with
systems we developed and manufactured, and are operated with Company employees
on a revenue-share basis with the theme park locations.
Advertising/Promotion
We entered the advertising/promotion market with our 2000
“Drive With Confidence Tour™” for Buick, featuring a virtual
reality “test-drive” of a Buick LeSabre with PGA professional Ben
Crenshaw accompanying the participant. This project led us to additional
projects within this market, such as
a
virtual reality bi-plane experience for Red Baron® Pizza,
a
virtual reality ski jump experience for Chevrolet in conjunction with the
“Olympic Torch City Celebration Tour,”
a
recently–completed interactive virtual reality promotional project for
Shell Oil Product’s Pennzoil® division, and
a
current project to build a 3-D immersive theatre for Red Baron®
Pizza’s “3-D Flying Adventure™.”
Training/Simulation
Our anticipated entry into the training/simulation market
was advanced by the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Although we have been
advised that a major governmental agency has budgeted for our products in its
current budget, as of this report’s filing we have not yet sold or
received contracts for any of these systems. During the past three quarters, we
have gained valuable market feedback from direct contact and meetings with
several governmental agencies that resulted in completing the design of two
unique virtual reality-based training systems for use-of-lethal force and
tactical judgment objectives. The two different systems provide the law
enforcement, military, and security markets with a first-of-its-kind 360-degree
immersive training environment. The first prototype system, the IVR-p™,
was largely completed in December of 2002, and is presently being utilized as a
demonstration and marketing tool. We recently completed a revolutionary weapons
tracking system, which allows the IVR-p™ to, among other things, track
“real” guns, as opposed to plastic, arcade-style guns. In the
governmental marketing sector, we have developed significant ongoing
relationships with several security-related federal agencies, which have
resulted in the submission of confidential proposals currently under review, as
well as strategic relationships with large federal defense contractors. Further,
we have a number of demonstrations scheduled for the second quarter of 2003.
This has occurred during a period of intense federal agency reorganizations and
personnel reassignments due to the formation of the Transportation Security
Administration and the new Department of Homeland Security.
Internet-Enabled Gaming
Our 'Net GameLink™ system is designed for
installation at a relatively modest cost in neighborhood arcade-like gaming
centers and social bars. It consists of computers, a networking system, and
specially-designed networked kiosks that allow our patrons to play interactive
3D games with either other users at the same location or users at a remote
location. The gamestations feature X86 (Intel central processing unit)
compatible 3D-game hardware and software. Customers pay for their use of the
system through a plastic debit card. Each card is prepaid and is credited with a
certain amount of playing time. Although our immediate focus is on the
more-ample opportunities for our virtual reality products in the
training/simulation, entertainment/amusement, and advertising/promotion markets,
we intend in the future to distribute our ‘Net GameLink™ product, in
conjunction with our current Universe™ amusement line of products, in
company-owned centers and through third-party distribution agreements. We
expect additional revenue from our ‘Net GameLink™ system to be
generated through the sale of advertising to companies who wish to reach our
demographic market. We expect that the cost of a system to third parties will
be in the range of $5000-$6000 per kiosk, including the server for each
location. On non-company owned systems, we expect to receive a royalty based on
the amount spent by patrons to actually play on the system equal to 15 percent
of revenues, and a royalty on the advertising generated by the ‘Net
GameLink™ system at each location equal to 50 percent of the advertising
revenue paid to the operator.
Virtual Reality
Products
Our virtual reality products include:
VR
Sensory Theater™, a 3-seat, sit-down, multi-sensory system designed to
allow a large number of entertainment center customers to experience virtual
reality in a short period of time. Users seated in the theater put on a
headset, suspended from a neutralization arm which allows their heads to rotate
a full 360 degrees. The system integrates headset video, audio, and smell for
the user. The system comes standard with 3 seats, but can link together for
much larger throughput. It is approximately 84 inches long, 36 inches wide, 72
inches high, and weighs approximately 420 lbs.
The
VR-360™, a stand-up interactive system. The user has freedom of movement
and is tracked in 360 degrees. The system incorporates state-of-the-art
computer equipment, gyro headtracking, audio, microphone communication, and
joystick interaction. The system comes standard for one user. The user wears a
headset suspended from a support cable on an illuminated neutralization arm. The
entire system is approximately 54 inches long, 60 inches wide, 102 inches high,
and weighs approximately 490 lbs.
The
VR-720™, a sit-down interactive system designed primarily for use in the
company’s VR Zones. The user, while seated, is tracked in 360 degrees.
The system incorporates state-of-the-art computer equipment, gyro headtracking
from an illuminated neutralization arm, audio, microphone communication, wind
simulation, smell integration, and joystick interaction. The system comes
standard for two users. The system is approximately 54 inches long, 60 inches
wide, 102 inches high, and weighs approximately 490 lbs.
The
IVR-p™, a portable 360-degree, video-based, multi-user judgmental use of
force training system capable of training with “real”
guns.
All of these products make use of video
recorded images, rather than computer-generated images, allowing each system to
present a variety of photorealistic virtual reality experiences without
lesser-quality computer image creation.
Competition
Competition within each of our markets is intense.
Competition within the entertainment/amusement market is based primarily
on the ability to deliver an exciting and realistic gaming experience beyond
what the participant would experience on his or her home computer, through such
items as 3-D imaging, sound, and sense of motion. Within the
entertainment/amusement market, our advantages are our advanced virtual reality
technology, as well as our patented Universe™ Control Board, and our
EasyPlay™ overlay software, which when used in our VR Zones, 'Net
GameLink ™, and in custom applications, can transform any off-the-shelf PC
game or application into a coin-op-ready program without requiring “source
code” software modifications to either the PC application or the operating
system.
We face extensive competition with companies that supply the
advertising/promotion market. However, as our virtual reality experiences are
custom applications, and we deal primarily with leading advertising agencies, it
is difficult to quantify the competition, because we are generally not aware of
alternative methods considered by these agencies to present their message.
It is difficult to gauge the competition in the training/simulation
market, which we are in the process of entering. There are several large
competitors in this field. For instance, a recent (January 7, 2002) edition of
Forbes magazine contains a feature story on L3 Communications, Inc., a company
purportedly doing in excess of $400,000,000.00 with the United States government
in this market. However we believe, based on discussions with potential
customers, that our products in this market are unique, primarily due to our
proprietary 360-degree form of “immersive” photorealistic virtual
reality. Some general competitors within the virtual reality industry that
promote substitute and similar technologies are as follows:
Straylight--since
1992, Straylight has focused on the exploitation of virtual reality in the
promotions and conventions market, basing its original customized systems on
expensive Silicon Graphics computers. Most recently, it launched the stand-up
3DXTC system, offering a headset-based, lightweight system utilized within the
advertising/promotional market. We believe Straylight’s installed base
(under ten units) is insignificant, and that Straylight only sells its product
and service to others rather than exploiting the product and service
itself.
Virtual
World Entertainment--since 1995, VWE has built single high-end enclosed game
capsules, commencing with its own center in Chicago around 1995. We understand
that VWE's products can be found in only a handful of international high-end
locations. VWE uses a proprietary system, and thus must develop each game
itself, and we believe it has released only two games in six years and has an
installed base of fewer than 60 units.
Dynavision--since
1996, Dynavision has focused on building a single stand-up headset-based virtual
reality entertainment product. Dynavision’s Orion system uses PC
software, in which the third-party’s source code is modified for the Orion
system. We have been informed that this company was sold in 2000, and since
1999, it has not been seen at any industry tradeshows. We do not know whether
Dynavision is still in business.
Global
VR--since 1997, Global VR has focused on VR Vortek, a single stand-up
virtual reality entertainment product utilizing a large viewing device mounted
to a steel arm. Global VR recently added products to its line from the
bankruptcy purchase of the former Interactive Light company. We believe Global
VR’s installed base is less than ours.
IMAX
Corporation--since 1964, IMAX has developed specialized educational and
entertaining large-screen movies and theaters, with over 225 locations
world-wide. IMAX is recognized as a leader of unique large-screen theaters. It
is our opinion that IMAX’s products and movies do not directly compete or
exclude any of our products, though it may be regarded as an indirect competitor
since customers seeking a virtual reality experiences may instead choose the
large-screen theater.
Ham
On Rye Technologies--introduced its first system for entertainment use at
IAAPA 2000, but had rented equipment for corporate rentals prior to this. The
company sells one product -- a 16-seat interactive theater which utilizes a
headset for each participant. The system requires a live actor for each
‘showing,’ who asks the users to press buttons on a small remote
control and perform other activities during the show (like patting the tops
of their heads). The system uses 2D video composting technology, and
has no traditional virtual reality capabilities (i.e., headtracking, user
control of movement or view, etc.). While the system can accommodate large
throughput of guests, a single system costs over $100,000, and we believe this
product’s repeat level of use is low. Because of cost and market
constraints for this type of product, we expect Ham on Rye to have fewer than 25
systems installed worldwide.
Advanced
Interactive Systems, Inc.--has been a provider of interactive simulation
systems designed to provide training for law enforcement, military, and security
agencies since 1993. Its line of products uses primarily video production in
judgmental training scenarios. AIS also markets to anti-terrorist and other
special application training facilities for military and special operations
groups. Their systems are all based using flat screen technology and do not
address issues in a 360-degree world. Although AIS is a player in the firearms
training simulator space, we believe our technology and the more real world,
life-like scenarios we create are far superior to their systems.
Firearms
Training Systems, Inc.--has over 4,000 FATS training systems installed
worldwide by military, law enforcement, and commercial customers. FATS, Inc. is
a full service training simulation company that also utilizes video scenarios
and flat screen technology with an optional video-training scenario authoring
system. AIS and FATS are similar in many respects, although FATS has been around
a while longer. As with other competitors in this field, we feel our 360-degree
technology is far superior to FATS and their systems.
L-3
Communications, Inc. -- a supplier of Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR) products, secure communications systems and products,
avionics and ocean products, training products, microwave components and
telemetry, instrumentation, space and wireless products. Its customers include
the Department of Defense, selected US government intelligence agencies,
aerospace prime contractors and commercial telecommunications, and wireless
customers. L-3’s product mix includes; secure communication systems,
training systems, microwave components, avionics and ocean systems, telemetry,
instrumentation, space and wireless products. L-3 is a 2 plus billion dollar
company with a very diverse range of products and services geared towards
defense related activities. It has a division for simulation and training with
several products currently deployed. One of these simulators projects images on
multiple screens using computer generated graphics. L-3 systems consist of
computer generated graphics and currently do not use video or film for their
content, to the best of our knowledge, nor do they produce complete 360-degree
projected or head-mount display systems. Due to the size and strength of L-3
within the defense industry and other governmental agencies, it can possibly be
a very formidable competitor if it chooses to enter the 360-degree,
photorealistic, virtual reality simulation
market.
Although our focus in the entertainment/amusement market
has been on large third-party theme park operations such as Six Flags and Busch
Gardens, there is also competition in the form of large gaming centers
established by companies such as GameWorks and Dave & Busters. GameWorks
was established by Sega Enterprises, Universal Studies, Inc., and DreamWorks
SKC, and it was designed under the guidance of Steven Spielberg. GameWorks has
far greater financial and technical resources than we, and Dave & Busters
has far greater financial resources than we, and both operations have created
entire establishments devoted to various forms of gaming, including virtual
reality games. We intend to compete by our focus with our Universe™ line
of products in large third-party theme park operations, and by providing more
but smaller facilities for our ‘Net GameLink™ product that will be
readily accessible in the gamer’s immediate neighborhood, with the
companionship of the gamer’s neighbors, rather than requiring substantial
travel to destination sites such as GameWorks and Dave & Busters.
The
above summary of competition is by no means exhaustive, since this is a fluid
and rapidly-expanding industry.
Marketing
Our marketing activities are conducted on multiple
levels.
With regard to the amusement/entertainment market, marketing is
conducted primarily by word-of-mouth within the theme park industry, as well as
by marketing efforts conducted by our vice-president of operations. We have
standing offers to dramatically increase our theme park presence, depending upon
the availability of capital for expansion.
Marketing within the
advertising/promotional market is conducted primarily by our national sales
director.. We have a demonstration unit featuring excerpts from our successful
promotional projects for Pennzoil, Buick, Red Baron Pizza, and Chevrolet.
Marketing within this industry is conducted primarily by one-on-one appointments
and demonstrations of our technology and previous successful applications to
advertising agencies.
We are presently negotiating to enter the
training/simulation market, primarily in dealing directly with the United States
government in the areas of Homeland Security, and in strategic relationships
with major defense contractors. To aid our attempt to enter this market, we
have enlisted several consultants, all of whom possess a proven success in
procuring governmental contracts and delivering successful training products for
previous military and other security applications. However, we cannot give any
assurance that we will be successful in entering this market.
Employees
At March 26, 2003, we employed 38 people. Our number of
employees is highly seasonal, due to our seasonal VR Zone operations in theme
parks. During the height of the amusement park season, we may employ as many as
150 people. Out of season employment shrinks to approximately 25 people. We
consider relations with our employees to be satisfactory.
Trademarks/Patents
We have obtained a patent for our Universe Control
Board™, and a federal trademark for “The Internet Just Met Its
Match.” We have filed for federal registration of our "'Net
GameLink™" and “Immersive Virtual Reality™” trademarks,
and a patent application is pending for our network-enabled gaming kiosk. There
can be no assurance that a patent will issue on this application, or that if the
patent is issued it will be sufficiently broad to provide meaningful
protection
Item 2. Description of
Property
Our executive offices are located in Arlington, Texas, at
the offices of Jones & Cannon, P.C. See "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions." Jones & Cannon, P.C. began charging us $1,500 per month for
our office space on June 15, 2000, but to date only $9000 has been paid, all in
2002. There is no assurance that these offices will remain sufficient for our
use, or that the nature of this relationship will continue.
Our
production offices are located in Phoenix, Arizona, in an office building owned
by Ferris Holdings, L.L.C. See “Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions.” Ferris Holdings has charged us $7,700.00 per month for our
office space since August of 2000. We have a 25 1/2-year lease with Ferris
Holdings.
Our sales and marketing offices are located in Dallas, Texas,
effective January 1, 2003. Rent for these offices is $1035 per month, and the
lease is on a month-to-month basis.
Item 3. Legal
Proceedings
N/A
Item 4. Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a
vote of security holders during the last quarter of the period covered by this
report.
Part II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's
Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
Market
Information`
Our common stock is quoted under the symbol "VTSI" on
the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board. The following table sets forth the high and
low bid prices for shares of the our common stock for the periods noted, as
reported by the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board. Quotations are on an as-adjusted
basis to reflect a 1 for 5 reverse split effected in 1997 and reflect inter
dealer prices, without retail markup, mark down or commission and may not
represent actual transactions.
BID PRICES
YEAR
PERIOD
HIGH
LOW
2000
First Quarter
1.38
0.27
Second Quarter
1.13
0.31
Third Quarter
0.63
0.31
Fourth Quarter
0.47
0.15
2001
First Quarter
0.76
0.20
Second Quarter
0.55
0.14
Third Quarter
0.51
0.19
Fourth Quarter
0.33
0.13
2002
First Quarter
0.20
0.32
Second Quarter
0.18
0.45
Third Quarter
0.12
0.45
Fourth Quarter
0.09
0.18
As of March 26, 2003, the reported bid price for our
common stock was $0.10 per share.
Shareholders
As of March 26, 2003, we had 38,091,448 shares of
common stock outstanding, held by 121 shareholders of record.
Dividends
We have not paid cash dividends on our common stock in
the past and we do not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable
future.
Item 6. Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The following discussion contains certain
forward-looking statements that are subject to business and economic risks and
uncertainties, and our actual results could differ materially from those
forward-looking statements. The following discussion regarding our financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes
thereto.
Overview
We were capitalized in 1996 to develop, own, and
operate theme brewpub/microbrewery restaurants. Until March of 1997 when we
acquired and began operating, the former Hubcap Brewery & Kitchen in Dallas,
Texas, we had no operations or revenues and our activities were devoted solely
to development. In January, 1999, we terminated our brewpub/microbrewery
restaurant operations.
In December of 1997, we acquired all rights to
'Net GameLink™, an interactive entertainment system designed to allow a
number of players to compete with one another in a game via an intranet or the
Internet. From 1999 when we closed our microbrewery operations until we acquired
Ferris Productions, Inc. as described below, we had been devoting substantially
all of our efforts to implementing the 'Net GameLink™ product and our
operations were limited to development, construction and beta-testing of the
initial 'Net GameLink™ prototype system at J. Gilligan's Bar and Grill in
Arlington, Texas.
In September 2001, we completed a reverse merger with
Ferris Productions, Inc., in a stock-for-stock transaction under which
Ferris’ shareholders acquired a controlling interest. The acquisition
provided us with a wider array of products within our industry, an experienced
management team, an existing revenue stream, established distribution channels,
and the opportunity for additional markets.
In addition to the
opportunities brought to us by the Ferris acquisition, the acquisition also
brought us substantial debt. There can be no assurances that we will be able to
successfully implement our expansion plans, including addressing the debt and
the anticipated expansion of the former Ferris operations. We face all of the
risks, expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered in connection with the
expansion and development of a new business, difficulties in maintaining
delivery schedules if and when volume increases, the need to develop support
arrangements for systems at widely-dispersed physical locations, and the need to
control operating and general and administrative expenses. While the Ferris
acquisition provided an established stream of revenues, historically favorable
gross margins, and potential lucrative markets, Ferris had not yet generated a
profit, and substantial additional capital, or major highly-profitable custom
applications, will be needed for our operations to become
profitable.
Results of Operations.
Fiscal year ended
December 31, 2002 compared to fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.
Total
revenue for the year ended December 31, 2002 was $2,280,484 compared to total
revenue of $2,463,064 for the year ended December 31, 2001. This decrease of
$182,580 , or 7%, was primarily a result of lower traffic in the theme parks,
and our focus on developing the IVR-p™ judgmental use-of-force training
system.
Cost of sales and services decreased $256,280, or 16%, to
$1,318,119, for the year ended December 31, 2002 from $1,574,399 for the year
ended December 31, 2001. This decrease is a direct result of the decrease in
revenue offset by higher costs of consultants used to assist the Company in
obtaining custom application contracts.
General and administrative
expenses decreased by $324,463, or 13%, to $2,119,229 for the year ended
December 31, 2002 from $2,443,692 for the year ended December 31, 2001. The
decrease is a result of the elimination of costs incurred and associated with
the GameCom/Ferris merger during 2001, and a general decrease in salaries and
professional fees.
Interest expense and finance charges increased by
$92,495, or 6%, to $1,549,142 for the year ended December 31, 2002 from
$1,456,647 for the year ended December 31, 2001. This increase is a result of a
net increase in debt obligations in 2002 and an increase in common stock issued
to certain stockholders as an incentive for their additional loans to the
Company.
Liquidity and Plan of Operations
As of December
31, 2002, our liquidity position was extremely precarious. We had current
liabilities of $9,276,376, including $5,240,418 in obligations under the lease
financing for our virtual reality systems, $1,201,849 in accounts payable, and
short-term notes payable of $1,799,355 , some of which were either demand
indebtedness or were payable at an earlier date and were in default. As of
December 31, 2002, there were only $209,713 in current assets available to meet
those liabilities.
To date we have met our capital requirements by
acquiring needed equipment under non-cancelable leasing arrangements, through
capital contributions, loans from principal shareholders and officers, certain
private placement offerings, and through our convertible debenture financing
with Dutchess Private Equities Fund, L.P.. For the twelve months ended December
31, 2002, the net loss was $(2,692,755). After taking into account the non-cash
items included in that loss, our cash requirements for operations were
approximately $245,533. In addition, we made capital expenditures of $52,212,
repaid notes in the amount of $250,141, repaid $30,000 in product lease
obligations, and repaid a bank overdraft of $33,172, bringing our total cash
requirements to $611,058. To cover these cash requirements, we issued notes for
$60,000, increased our borrowings from shareholders by $199,500 and issued
$450,000 of convertible debentures to Dutchess, leading to a net increase in
cash and cash equivalents of $98,442.
The opinion of our independent
auditor for each of the last three fiscal years expressed substantial doubt as
to our ability to continue as a going concern. We will need substantial
additional capital or new lucrative custom application projects to become
profitable. In July of 2002, we entered into financial contracts with Dutchess
Private Equities Fund, L.P. Under these arrangements, Dutchess is to purchase up
to $5 million of our common stock over the next two years under an equity line.
The numbers of shares we will be entitled to sell to Dutchess will be based upon
the trading volume of our stock. Dutchess and several other investors also
participated in a private placement of $450,000 in convertible debentures. As of
December 31, 2002, $141,737 in principal amount of the convertible debenture had
been converted into common stock. Based on recent increases in the stock's
trading volume following our entry into the training/simulation market,
management believes that this equity line will allow us to continue our
operations for at least the next twelve months. However, operations will require
the continued forbearance of the holders of various notes and equipment leases
that are currently in default.
Item 7.
Financial Statements
VIRTRA
SYSTEMS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page(s)
Report of Independent
Accountants 11
Financial Statements:
Balance Sheet as of December 31,
2002 12
Statement of Operations for the
years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 13
Statement of Cash Flows for the
years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 14
Statement of Stockholders’
Deficit for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 16
Notes to Financial Statements 17-30
Report
of Independent Accountants
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of VirTra Systems, Inc.
We have audited the
accompanying balance sheet of VirTra Systems, Inc. (the “Company”)
as of December 31, 2002, and the related statements of operations,
stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2002
and 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits
in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In
our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of VirTra Systems, Inc. as of December
31, 2002, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years
ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying
financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a
going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company
has suffered recurring losses from operations and at December 31, 2002 is in a
negative working capital position and a stockholders’ deficit position.
These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these
matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include
any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
uncertainty.
/s/ Ham, Langston & Brezina, LLP Houston,
Texas March 12, 2003
VIRTRA
SYSTEMS, INC.
BALANCE
SHEET December 31,
2002 __________
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash
equivalents
$98,442
Accounts receivable
93,929
Costs and estimated earnings in
excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
17,342
Total current assets
209,713
Property and equipment, net
346,114
Note receivable-related party
67,885
Intangible assets, net
36,261
Total assets
$659,973
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’
DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Notes payable
$889,324
Obligations under product
financing arrangements
5,240,418
Notes
payable-stockholders
910,031
Convertible debentures
308,262
Accounts payable
1,201,849
Accrued liabilities
643,879
Billings in excess of costs and
estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
82,613
Total current
liabilities
9,276,376
Redeemable common stock, 778,291 shares at $.005 par
value
3,891
Stockholders’ deficit:
Common stock,
$.005 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 37,331,448 shares issued and
outstanding
186,658
Additional paid-in
capital
2,922,833
Accumulated deficit
(11,729,785)
Total stockholders’
deficit
(8,620,294)
Total liabilities and
stockholders’ deficit
$659,973
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
VIRTRA
SYSTEMS, INC. STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS for the years ended December
31, 2002 and 2001 __________
2002
2001
Revenue:
Theme parks and
arcades
$1,216,283
$1,763,280
Custom applications and
other
1,064,201
699,784
Total revenue
2,280,484
2,463,064
Cost of sales and services
1,318,119
1,574,399
Gross margin
962,365
888,665
General and administrative expenses
2,119,229
2,443,692
Loss from operations
(1,156,864)
(1,555,027)
Other income (expenses):
Interest income
130
1,338
Interest expense and finance
charges
(1,549,142)
(1,456,647)
Other income
13,121
55,760
Total other income
(expenses)
(1,535,891)
(1,399,549)
Net loss
$(2,692,755)
$(2,954,576)
Weighted average shares outstanding
35,358,153
31,758,516
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
$ (0.08)
$ (0.09)
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
VIRTRA
SYSTEMS, INC. STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWS for the years ended December 31, 2002
and 2001 __________
2002
2001
Cash flows from operating
activities:
Net
loss
$(2,692,755)
$(2,954,576)
Adjustments to
reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation
and amortization
547,190
610,246
Accrued cost
of product financing arrangements and amortization of debt issuance
costs
916,068
517,034
Effect of
beneficial conversion feature and warrant costs
156,900
-
Bad debt
expense
16,967
33,471
Common stock
issued for services
279,775
88,225
Common stock
issued for interest and finance charges
236,830
225,900
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts
receivable and other
(112,569)
144,253
Prepaid and
other assets
-
38,887
Accounts
payable
181,275
283,517
Accrued
liabilities and other
224,786
323,766
Net cash used
in operating activities
(245,533)
(689,277)
Cash flows from investing
activities:
Capital
expenditures
(52,212)
(88,656)
Payment
received on note receivable-related party
-
34,897
Net cash used
in investing activities
(52,212)
(53,759)
Cash flows from financing
activities:
Proceeds from
issuance of notes payable
60,000
79,990
Proceeds from
issuance of notes payable-stockholders
199,500
152,500
Proceeds from
convertible debentures
450,000
-
Proceeds from
obligations under product financing arrangements
-
563,860
Payments on
notes payable
(250,141)
(68,326)
Payments on
obligations under product financing arrangements
(30,000)
(101,000)
Increase
(decrease) in book overdraft
(33,172)
27,598
Proceeds from
issuance of common stock
-
82,279
Net cash
provided by financing activities
396,187
736,901
Increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents
98,442
(6,135)
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of year
-
6,135
Cash and cash equivalents, end
of year
$ 98,442
$ -_
Supplemental disclosure of cash
flow information:
Cash paid for
interest expense
$ 75,761
657,312
Cash paid for
income taxes
$ -
$ -_
Non-cash
activity:
Conversion of
notes payable to a stockholder into common stock
$ -
$ 50,000
Common stock
issued upon conversion of debentures
$141,737
$ -
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
VIRTRA
SYSTEMS, INC. STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’
DEFICIT for the years ended December 31, 2002
and 2001 __________
Common
Stock
Additional
Paid-In
Accumulated
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Total
Balance at December 31, 2000
30,462,380
$
152,312
$1,695,533
$(6,082,454)
$(4,234,609)
Common stock issued for services
333,661
1,668
86,557
-
88,225
Common stock
issued for interest and finance charges
1,400,492
7,003
218,897
-
225,900
Common stock issued for cash
485,309
2,427
79,852
-
82,279
Common stock
issued as repayment of notes to stockholders
250,000
1,250
48,750
-
50,000
Net loss
-
-
-
(2,954,576)
(2,954,576)
Balance at December 31, 2001
32,931,842
164,660
2,129,589
(9,037,030)
(6,742,781)
Common stock issued for services
1,080,000
5,400
274,375
-
279,775
Common stock
issued for interest and finance charges
1,805,135
9,025
227,805
-
236,830
Effect of
beneficial conversion feature of convertible debentures
-
-
67,500
-
67,500
Issue of
stock warrants with convertible debentures
-
-
89,400
-
89,400
Common stock
issued upon conversion of debentures
1,514,471
7,573
134,164
-
141,737
Net loss
-
-
-
(2,692,755)
(2,692,755)
Balance at December 31, 2002
37,331,448
$ 186,658
$2,922,833
$(11,729,785)
$(8,620,294)
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
VIRTRA
SYSTEMS, INC. NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS __________
1. Background
and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Background
GameCom, Inc.
(“GameCom”), a Texas corporation, was founded in 1996 and is
currently headquartered in Arlington, Texas. Effective September 21, 2001
GameCom merged with Ferris Productions, Inc. (“Ferris”) (together
“the Company”) and the Company changed its name to VirTra Systems,
Inc. (“VirTra”). The Company develops, manufactures and operates
technically advanced personal computer and non-personal computer based products
including virtual reality (“VR”) entertainment products for the
entertainment, simulation, promotion and education industries.
GameCom’s merger with
Ferris was effected by issuing 18,072,289 shares of GameCom common stock for all
of the outstanding common stock of Ferris. The merger, since it was initiated
prior to June 30, 2001, is accounted for as a pooling of interests in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements. The pooling of interest method
of accounting assumes that Gamecom and Ferris have been merged since their
inception and the consolidated financial statements for periods prior to the
consummation of the merger are restated as though the companies have been
combined since their inception. All significant intercompany accounts and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of
Estimates
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 reported amounts and related disclosures. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
Revenue
Recognition
Theme park and arcade revenue is
recognized at the time services are performed or when products are
shipped.
Revenue from custom application
contracts are recognized on a percentage-of-completion basis, measured by the
percentage of costs incurred to date to total estimated costs for each contract.
Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and those indirect
costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, supplies, tools,
repairs and depreciation costs. General and administrative costs are charged to
expense as incurred.
Provisions for estimated losses
on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are
determined. Changes in job performance, job conditions, and estimated
profitability may result in revisions to costs and income and are recognized in
the period in which the revisions are determined. An amount equal to contract
costs attributable to claims is included in revenue when realization is probable
and the amount can be reliably estimated.
Costs and estimated earnings in
excess of billings on uncompleted contracts represent revenue recognized in
excess of amounts billed. Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on
uncompleted contracts represent amounts billed in excess of revenue
recognized.
Concentrations
of Credit Risk
Financial instruments which
subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk include cash and cash
equivalents and accounts receivable.
The Company maintains its cash
in well known banks selected based upon management’s assessment of the
banks’ financial stability. Balances periodically exceed the $100,000
federal depository insurance limit; however, the Company has not experienced any
losses on deposits.
Accounts receivable generally
arise from sales of equipment and services to various companies throughout the
world and from revenue sharing arrangements with certain theme parks located
throughout the United States. Collateral is generally not required for credit
granted. During the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 the Company had two
customers representing 49% and 52% of its theme park and arcade revenue,
respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 the Company had
two customers representing 81% and 85% of its custom application revenue,
respectively. Included in accounts receivable at December 31, 2002 is $73,000
or 78% due from a single customer.
Cash
Equivalents
For purposes of reporting cash
flows, the Company considers all short-term investments with an original
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Property and
Equipment
Property and equipment are
recorded at cost. Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from three to seven years.
Expenditures for major renewals and betterments that extend the original
estimated economic useful lives of the applicable assets are capitalized.
Expenditures for normal repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as
incurred. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold or
otherwise disposed of are removed from the accounts, and any gain or loss is
included in operations.
Intangible
Assets
Intangible assets consist of
direct costs incurred in developing proprietary technology exclusively used in
its entertainment products and costs incurred in obtaining a patent on such
technology. The intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis
over a five-year period. As of December 31, 2002, accumulated amortization of
these intangible assets is $84,687. During each of the years ended December 31,
2002 and 2001, the Company recorded amortization expense of $18,128.
Debt Issuance
Costs
Debt issuance costs are deferred
and recognized, using the interest method, over the term of the related
debt.
Shipping and Delivery
Costs
The cost of shipping and
delivery of arcade games are charged directly to cost of sales and service at
the time of shipment.
Income
Taxes
The Company uses the liability
method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred income taxes
are recorded to reflect the tax consequences on future years of temporary
differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial
amounts at year-end. The Company provides a valuation allowance to reduce
deferred tax assets to their net realizable value.
Loss Per
Share
Basic and diluted loss per share
is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common
stock outstanding during each period. Common equivalent shares from common
stock options and warrants are excluded from the computation as their effect
would dilute the loss per share for all periods presented.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The Company accounts for its
stock compensation arrangements under the provisions of Accounting Principles
Board (“APB”) No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees”. The Company provides disclosure in accordance with the
disclosure-only provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
(“SFAS”) No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation”.
Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets
In the event that facts and
circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a long-lived asset, including
associated intangibles, may be impaired, an evaluation of recoverability is
performed by comparing the estimated future undiscounted cash flows associated
with the asset or the asset’s estimated fair value to the asset’s
carrying amount to determine if a write-down to market value or discounted cash
flow is required.
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments
The Company includes fair value
information in the notes to financial statements when the fair value of its
financial instruments is different from the book value. When the book value
approximates fair value, no additional disclosure is made.
Comprehensive
Income
The Company has adopted SFAS No.
130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”. Comprehensive income
includes such items as unrealized gains or losses on certain investment
securities and certain foreign currency translation adjustments. The
Company’s financial statements include none of the additional elements
that affect comprehensive income. Accordingly, comprehensive income and net
income are identical.
Segment
Information
The Company uses the management
approach when separately reporting its segment information. The management
approach designates that the internal organization that is used by management
for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source of the
Company’s segments. The accounting policies of the segments are the same
as those described elsewhere in Note 1.
Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements
In July 2001, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, “Business
Combinations,” which requires all business combinations initiated after
June 30, 2001 be accounted for using the purchase method. In addition, SFAS
No. 141 further clarifies the criteria to recognize intangible assets
separately from goodwill. Specifically, SFAS No. 141 requires that an
intangible asset may be separately recognized only if such an asset meets the
contractual-legal criterion or the separability criterion. The implementation of
SFAS No. 141 did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of
operations or financial position.
In July 2001, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” under
which goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are no longer
amortized but will be reviewed for impairment annually, or more frequently if
certain events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may
not be recoverable. The impairment test for goodwill involves a two-step
process: step one consists of a comparison of the fair value of a reporting unit
with its carrying amount, including the goodwill allocated to each reporting
unit. If the carrying amount is in excess of the fair value, step two requires
the comparison of the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the
carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. Any excess of the carrying value
of the reporting unit goodwill over the implied fair value of the reporting unit
goodwill will be recorded as an impairment loss. The impairment test for
intangible assets with indefinite useful lives consists of a comparison of fair
value to carrying value, with any excess of carrying value over fair value being
recorded as an impairment loss. Intangible assets with finite useful lives will
continue to be amortized over their useful lives and will be reviewed for
impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” The implementation of SFAS
No. 142 did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of
operations or financial position.
In August 2001, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 144, which supercedes SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed
Of,” and certain provisions of APB Opinion No. 30, “Reporting
the Results of Operations — Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment
of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and
Transactions.” SFAS No. 144 retains the fundamental provisions of
SFAS No. 121 related to: (i) the recognition and measurement of the
impairment of long-lived assets to be held and used, and (ii) the
measurement of long-lived assets to be disposed by sale. It provides more
guidance on estimating cash flows when performing recoverability tests, requires
long-lived assets to be disposed of other than by sale to be classified as held
and used until disposal, and establishes more restrictive criteria to classify
long-lived assets as held for sale. In addition, SFAS No. 144 supersedes the
accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion No. 30 for the disposal
of a segment of a business. However, it retains the basic provisions of APB
Opinion No. 30 to report discontinued operations separately from continuing
operations and extends the reporting of a discontinued operation to a component
of an entity. The implementation of SFAS No. 144 did not have a material impact
on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.
In June 2002, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities,” which addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs
associated with exit or disposal activities and supersedes Emerging Issues Task
Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for
Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity
(including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring).” SFAS No. 146
requires companies to recognize costs associated with exit or disposal
activities when they are incurred rather than at the date of a commitment to an
exit or disposal plan. In addition, SFAS No. 146 establishes that fair
value is the objective for initial measurement of the liability. SFAS
No. 146 is effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after
December 31, 2002. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a
significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of
operations.
In December 2002, the FASB
issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation”,
which amends SFAS No. 123 to provide alternative methods of transition for an
entity that voluntarily changes to the fair value method of accounting for stock
based employee compensation. It also amends the disclosure provisions of SFAS
No. 123 to require prominent disclosure about the effects on reported net income
of an entity’s accounting policy decisions with respect to stock based
employee compensation. Finally, SFAS No. 148 amends APB Opinion No. 28,
“Interim Financial Reporting”, to require disclosure of those
effects in interim financial statements. SFAS No. 148 is effective for fiscal
years ended after December 15, 2002. The adoption of SFAS No. 148 did not have
a significant impact on its financial reporting at December 31, 2002 and the
Company does not expect it to have a significant impact on its financial
reporting for future interim periods.
2. Going Concern
Considerations
During the years ended December
31, 2002 and 2001, the Company has defaulted on its notes payable and
obligations under product financing arrangements, has continued to accumulate
payables to its vendors and has experienced negative financial results as
follows:
2002
2001
Net
loss
$(2,692,755)
$(2,954,576)
Negative
cash flows from operations
(245,533)
(689,277)
Negative
working capital
(9,066,663)
(5,170,214)
Accumulated
deficit
(11,729,785)
(9,037,030)
Stockholders’
deficit
(8,620,294)
(6,742,781)
Management has developed
specific current and long-term plans to address its viability as a going concern
as follows:
The Company’s anticipated
entry into the training/simulation market was advanced by the aftermath of
September 11, 2001. The Company is currently in advanced discussions with
representatives of Homeland Security of the U.S. Government regarding use of the
Company’s technology in detecting and mitigating the risk of similar
problems in the future.
The Company is also attempting
to raise funds through debt and/or equity offerings. If successful, these
additional funds would be used to pay down debt and for working capital
purposes.
In the long-term, the Company
believes that cash flows from continued growth in its operations will provide
the resources for continued operations.
There can be no assurance that
the Company’s debt reduction plans will be successful or that the Company
will have the ability to implement its business plan and ultimately attain
profitability. The Company’s long-term viability as a going concern is
dependent upon three key factors, as follows:
The Company’s ability to
obtain adequate sources of debt or equity funding to meet current commitments
and fund the continuation of its business operations in the near term.
The ability of the Company to
control costs and expand revenues from existing or new businesses.
The ability of the Company to
ultimately achieve adequate profitability and cash flows from operations to
sustain its operations.
3. Accounts
Receivable
Accounts receivable consist
primarily of amounts due from certain companies for the purchase of equipment
and services. An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided, when appropriate,
based on past experience and other factors which, in management’s
judgment, deserve current recognition in estimating probable bad debts. Such
factors include circumstances with respect to specific accounts receivable,
growth and composition of accounts receivable, the relationship of the allowance
for doubtful accounts to accounts receivable and current economic conditions.
As of December 31, 2002 all accounts receivable are considered collectible and
the allowance for doubtful accounts is $-0-.
Custom
Application Contracts
Costs, estimated earnings and
billings on uncompleted custom application contracts at December 31, 2002 are
summarized below.
Costs incurred on uncompleted
contracts
$341,668
Estimated earnings
537,821
879,489
Billings to date
944,760
$(65,271)
These amounts are included in the accompanying balance
sheet under the following captions:
Costs and estimated earnings in
excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
$17,342
Billings in excess of costs and
estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
(82,613)
$
(65,271)
5. Property and
Equipment
Property and equipment consisted
of the following at December 31, 2002:
Arcade
equipment
$1,903,725
Furniture
and equipment
223,206
2,126,931
Less:
accumulated depreciation
(1,780,817)
Property
and equipment, net
$ 346,114
Depreciation expense for the
years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 was $529,062 and $582,017,
respectively.
6. Notes
Payable
Notes payable consist of the
following at December 31, 2002:
Notes payable
to a bank, bearing interest ranging from the prime rate (4.75% at December 31,
2002) to the prime rate plus 2% per year and due in average monthly payments
of approximately $31,000, including interest, through November 2002. These
notes are collateralized by certain equipment, licensing rights and by the
personal guarantees of officers/stockholders of the Company.
$427,980
Notes
payable to banks, bearing interest from 6.75% to 9.5% per year, interest due
monthly and principal due on demand. These notes are not collateralized but
are guaranteed by officers/stockholders of the Company. Effective January 17,
2002, certain of these notes were refinanced into a single note which bears
interest at the prime rate (4.75% at December 31, 2002) plus 1.5%, due in 36
monthly installments of $8,824 and collateralized by an office building owned
by an officer/stockholder of the Company.
191,354
Notes payable
to third party entities and individuals bearing interest at a stated rate of
10% payable semi-annually with principal due three years after issuance of the
note, which ranges from October 2001 to March 2002. These notes are not
collateralized. In connection with the funding of these notes, Ferris issued a
total of 412,500 shares of its common stock as equity attachments to the note
holders and to pay debt issuance costs. Accordingly, the actual weighted
average interest rate on these notes, including the effect of the issuance of
common stock and the payment of debt issuance costs, was approximately 16%. No
interest or principal has been paid on these notes during the year ended
December 31, 2002. 250,000
250,000
Note payable
to a financing entity, due on demand, non-interest bearing. This note is not
collateralized.
19,990
Total notes
payable
$889,324
Certain notes payable to banks
contain various financial and non-financial covenants, which require the
Company, among other things, to maintain certain levels of stockholders’
equity and to comply with certain financial ratios. The Company was in
violation of these covenants as of December 31, 2002 and the banks could demand
full payment of all principal and interest.
7. Notes
Payable-Stockholders
Notes payable to stockholders
consisted of the following at December 31, 2002:
Convertible
notes payable to stockholders, principal and interest due on demand, accruing
interest at 12% per year. These notes are collateralized by certain equipment
and contain a provision to convert the note to common stock.
$100,000
Note
payable to a stockholder, principal and interest due on demand, interest accrues
at 10% per year. This note is not collateralized.
194,031
Notes
payable to stockholders, non-interest bearing with principal due on demand.
These notes are not collateralized.
616,000
Total
notes payable to stockholders
$910,031
All notes due to stockholders
were in default as of December 31, 2002. Convertible notes payable to
stockholders in the amount of $100,000 were issued by the Company in increments
of $10,000 having an original maturity date of May 10, 1998. The holder of each
$10,000 of convertible note has a non-assignable option to purchase 7,500 shares
of common stock at par value. Alternately, each holder has the right to convert
their convertible note to equity in the form of 12,500 shares of restricted
common stock. None of the notes have been converted.
Of the $616,000 of notes payable
without interest described above, a $103,500 note provides for a per diem
issuance of common stock as penalty for late payments. As of December 31, 2002,
the per diem issuance would be in excess of 5,800,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock. The Company has received an opinion from counsel
that the penalty provisions are unenforceable as illegal usury under applicable
Texas law. However, there has not been any litigation between the Company and
the holder of the note as to this issue, and in the absence of a court decision
directly applicable to the parties, there remains at least some risk that the
opinion of counsel could be wrong. According to legal counsel there is no
likelihood of a sustainable assessment of the per diem late penalty. Therefore,
no provision for such charges has been provided.
8. Obligations Under Product Financing
Arrangements
In financing the production of
its arcade equipment, the Company has entered into agreements whereby an entity
or individual advances funds to the Company to produce specific arcade
equipment. Under this arrangement, the Company has agreed to make monthly
payments for a specified amount for three years, with an automatic renewal for
an additional three years unless cancelled in writing, from the origination date
as specified in the agreement. In addition, the entity or individual advancing
the funds has the right to exercise a buy-out whereby the Company has 180 days
to repay the obligation upon exercise of the buy-out. Interest is payable
monthly at an annual rate of approximately 16%.
In connection with these
financing arrangements, the Company has incurred debt issuance costs of
approximately 21% of the total obligation. These costs are being amortized over
a three year period using the interest method resulting in an effective annual
interest rate of approximately 29% on these obligations.
Obligations under these product
financing arrangements consist of the following at December 31, 2002:
Contractual balance including
accrued interest
$5,165,213
Less: unamortized debt issuance
costs
75,205
Total obligation
$5,240,418
As of December 31, 2002, the
Company was in default of its obligations under the product financing
arrangements. The Company has not made any interest payments on these
obligations since September 2001 and has received notices from various
individuals and entities requesting buyouts of approximately $1,350,000 as of
December 31, 2002.
9. Income
Taxes
The Company has incurred losses
since its inception and, therefore, has not been subject to federal income
taxes. As of December 31, 2002, the Company had net operating loss
(“NOL”) carryforwards for income tax purposes of approximately
$10,700,000 which expire in various tax years through 2022. Under the
provisions of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code the ownership change in
the Company that resulted from the merger of the Company could severely limit
the Company’s ability to utilize its NOL carryforward to reduce future
taxable income and related tax liabilities. Additionally, because United States
tax laws limit the time during which NOL carryforwards may be applied against
future taxable income, the Company may be unable to take full advantage of its
NOL for federal income tax purposes should the Company generate taxable
income.
The composition of deferred tax
assets and liabilities and the related tax effects at December 31, 2002 are as
follows:
Deferred
tax assets:
Net
operating losses
$3,639,890
Intangible
assets
12,328
Valuation
allowance
(3,634,483)
Total
deferred tax assets
17,735
Deferred
tax liabilities:
Property
and equipment
(17,735)
Total
deferred tax liability
(17,735)
Net
deferred tax asset (liability)
$ -
The difference between the
income tax benefit in the accompanying statement of operations and the amount
that would result if the U.S. Federal statutory rate of 34% were applied to
pre-tax loss for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 is as
follows:
2002
2001
Amount
%
Amount
%
Benefit
for income tax at federal statutory rate
$(915,537)
(34.0)%
$(1,004,556)
(34.0)%
Increase
in valuation allowance
814,371
30.3
995,233
34.0
Other
101,166
3.7
9,323
0.0
$ -
0.0%
$ -_
0.0%
10. Redeemable Common
Stock
In 1997 the Company entered into
an agreement to redeem 1,505,399 shares of common stock from certain
stockholders at par value of $.005 per share with the consideration for such
redemption to be paid pro-rata to such stockholders by March 31, 1998. In
February 2000 the Company and stockholders released 727,108 shares of common
stock from the redemption requirement, leaving 778,291 shares to be redeemed.
As of December 31, 2002 none of the shares have been redeemed but may be
redeemed at the option of the Company.
11. Stock Options and
Warrants
The Company periodically issues
incentive stock options to key employees, officers, directors and outside
consultants to provide additional incentives to promote the success of the
Company’s business and to enhance the ability to attract and retain the
services of qualified persons.
In 1997 and 1998 the Company
granted incentive stock options to certain officers and members of the
Company’s board of directors to purchase 1,499,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock at par value of $.005 per share. These options are
exercisable based on various levels of the Company’s stock price: (i)
options to purchase 333,000 shares at par value are exercisable if the
Company’s stock is trading at $1.50 per share; (ii) options to purchase
583,000 shares at par value are exercisable if the Company’s stock is
trading at $3.00 per share; (iii) options to purchase 333,000 shares at par
value are exercisable if the Company’s stock is trading at $4.50 per
share; and (iv) options to purchase 250,000 shares at par value are exercisable
if the Company’s common stock is trading at $5.00 per share. In 1999,
options to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock were exercised. There is no
expiration date on these options.
In 1997 and 1998 in connection
with the convertible notes payable to certain stockholders (See Note 7) the
Company granted options to purchase 75,000 shares of its common stock, at its
par value of $.005 per share, to these convertible note holders. As of December
31, 2002 none have been exercised.
On January 1, 2000 the Company
granted options to certain employees and non-employees to purchase 350,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.15 per share, which
approximated fair market value. The options are fully vested and exercisable at
the date of grant and expire on January 1, 2003.
In July 2001 options to purchase
150,000 shares of common stock were granted to a consultant as inducement for
their services to be provided to the Company. The options are exercisable at
(i) the closing bid price per share on the date of grant for 50,000 shares; (ii)
the closing bid price at the date of grant plus $.50 per share for 50,000
shares; and (iii) the closing bid price at the date of grant plus $1.00 per
share for 50,000 shares. These options expire five years from the date of
grant. The Company deemed the value of these options to be immaterial at the
date of grant.
On June 1, 2001 the Company
granted options to an employee to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock at $0.49 per share, which was the fair market value of the common
stock on the date of grant. The options became exercisable on June 1,
2002.
In September 2001 the Company
granted incentive stock options to certain officers and members of the
Company’s board of directors to purchase 1,499,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock at par value of $.005 per share. These options are
exercisable based on various levels of the Company’s stock price: (i)
options to purchase 333,000 shares at par value are exercisable if the
Company’s stock is trading at $1.50 per share; (ii) options to purchase
583,000 shares at par value are exercisable if the Company’s stock is
trading at $3.00 per share; (iii) options to purchase 333,000 shares at par
value are exercisable if the Company’s stock is trading at $4.50 per
share; and (iv) options to purchase 250,000 shares at par value are exercisable
if the Company’s common stock is trading at $5.00 per share. There is no
expiration date on these options.
In September 2001, the
Company’s stockholders amended the 2000 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the
“Plan”). The stockholders have authorized 6,000,000 shares for the
Plan and options granted under the Plan may be either incentive stock options or
non-statutory stock options subject to certain restrictions as specified in the
Plan. During the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, 150,000 and –0-
options, respectively, have been granted to employees under this Plan.
The Company has elected to
follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees” (APB 25) and related Interpretations in accounting
for its employee stock options because, as discussed below, the alternative fair
value accounting provided for under FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation”, requires use of option valuation models
that were not developed for use in valuing employee stock options. Under APB
25, because the exercise price of the Company’s employee stock options is
greater than or equals the market price of the underlying stock on the date of
grant, no compensation expense has been recognized.
Proforma information regarding
net income and earnings per share is required by Statement 123, and has been
determined as if the Company had accounted for its employee stock options under
the fair value method of that Statement. The fair value for these options was
estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model, with
the following weighted average assumptions for 2002 and 2001: risk free
interest rate of 5%; no dividend yield; weighted average volatility factor of
the expected market price of the Company’s common stock of 70%; and a
weighted average expected life of the options and warrants of 1 to 5 years. For
purposes of proforma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is
included in expense at the date of issuance, as required by Statement 123. The
Company’s proforma information is as follows:
2002
2001
Net
loss–as reported
$(2,692,755)
$(2,954,576)
Net
loss–proforma
$(2,721,480)
$(2,982,396)
Basic and
diluted loss per share-as reported
$ (0.08)
$ (0.09)
Basic and
diluted loss per share-proforma
$ (0.08)
$ (0.09)
The Black-Scholes option
valuation model was developed for use in estimating fair value of traded options
which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition,
option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions
including the expected stock price volatility. Because the Company’s
employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those
of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can
materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the
existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair
value of its employee stock options.
A summary of the Company’s
stock option activity and related information for the years ended December 31,
2002 and 2001 follows:
Number of
Shares Under Options
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
Outstanding - December 31, 2000
1,624,000
$0.04
Granted
1,749,000
$0.10
Exercised
-
-
Forfeited
-
-
Outstanding – December 31, 2001
3,373,000
$0.12
Granted
150,000
$0.21
Exercised
-
Forfeited
-
Outstanding – December 31, 2002
3,523,000
$0.12
Exercisable – December 31, 2002
825,000
$0.28
Following is a summary of
outstanding stock options at December 31, 2002:
Number of
Shares
Vested
Expiration Date
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
-
-
2,698,000
-
-
$0.005
350,000
350,000
2003
$0.15
150,000
150,000
2006
$0.81
100,000
100,000
-
$0.49
75,000
75,000
-
$0.005
150,000
150,000
2012
$0.21
3,523,000
825,000
In June 2000, the Company
entered into a subscription agreement for up to a $15,000,000 sale of common
stock and warrants under an investment financing agreement with an institutional
private equity fund (the “Investor”). This financing allows the
Company to issue common stock and warrants at the Company’s discretion as
often as monthly as funds are needed in amounts based upon certain market
conditions. The pricing of each common stock sale is based upon current market
prices at the time of each sale, and the Company may set a floor price for the
shares each month at the Company’s discretion.
In connection with the execution
of this agreement, the Company issued warrants to the Investor to purchase
245,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.625 per share and
245,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $1.00 per share, which was
the stock’s approximate market value at the time of each issuance. These
warrants are exercisable until they expire in April 2005. In addition, for each
sale on this equity line the Investor receives additional warrants to purchase
the Company’s common stock equal to 10% of equity sold, exercisable at a
price equal to 110% of the market price. These warrants are exercisable for a
five-year period from the date of issuance. As of December 31, 2001, the
Company had issued 6,703 such warrants to the Investor with exercise prices
ranging from $0.16 to $0.42 per share. There were no draws or warrants issued
under this investment financing agreement during the year ended December 31,
2002.
In July 2002, the Company
entered into an agreement for up to a maximum $5,000,000 sale of its common
stock to Dutchess Private Equities Fund, LP (“Dutchess”). Under
this investment agreement the Company has the right to issue a “put
notice” to Dutchess to purchase the Company’s common stock. Put
notices cannot be issued more frequently than every seven days. The required
purchase price is equal to 92% of the average of the four lowest closing bid
prices of the common stock during the five-day period immediately following the
issuance of the put notice. Each individual put notice is subject to a maximum
amount equal to 175% of the daily average volume of the common stock for the 40
trading days before the issuance of the put notice multiplied by the average of
the closing bid prices of the common stock for the three trading days
immediately preceding the put notice date. Regardless of the amount stated in a
put notice, the maximum amount that Dutchess is required to purchase is the
lesser of the amount stated in the put notice or an amount equal to 20% of the
aggregate trading volume of the common stock during the five days immediately
following the date of the put notice times 92% of the average of the four lowest
closing bid prices of the common stock during this five-day period.
In connection with this
investment agreement the Company issued $450,000 in convertible debentures. The
debentures bear interest at 5% per year payable in cash or registered common
stock at the Company’s option. The debentures mature in September 2005
and are convertible, at the option of the holder, to shares of the
Company’s common stock at a conversion price per share equal to the lower
of (i) 85% of the average of any four or five closing bid prices for the common
stock for the five days prior to the conversion date; or (ii) 125% of the volume
weighted average price on the closing date.
In addition, the Company issued
to the holders of the convertible debentures warrants to purchase 500,000 shares
of the Company’s common stock with a strike price of $0.71 per share and a
conversion period of three years. Using the Black-Scholes option pricing model
with the following assumptions: (i) volatility of 100%, and (ii) interest rate
of 5%, the value of the warrants were estimated to be $89,400, which was
recorded as interest expense in the accompanying statement of operations.
Accordingly, the actual weighted average interest rate on these debentures,
including the effect of the cost of the beneficial conversion feature of
$67,500, is approximately 15%.
A summary of the Company’s
stock warrant activity and related information is as follows:
Number
of Shares
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31,
2000
493,933
$0.81
Granted
2,770
$0.21
Exercised
-
-
Forfeited
-
-
Outstanding at December 31,
2001
496,703
$0.81
Granted
500,000
$0.71
Exercised
-
-
Forfeited
-
-
Outstanding at December 31,
2002
996,703
$0.76
12. Commitments and
Contingencies
Lease
Obligations
On August 4, 2000 the Company
entered into a long-term operating lease for its office and manufacturing
facility in Phoenix, Arizona, which is owned by an entity controlled by a
stockholder of the Company. The monthly lease cost to the Company is equal to
all expenses related to the building, including, but not limited to, mortgage,
taxes, fees, maintenance and improvements. The minimum monthly cost is
approximately $9,000. As of December 31, 2002 the Company owed approximately
$77,664 to the stockholder for rent in 2002 that had not been paid.
Minimum lease payments due under
leases with remaining lease terms of greater than one year are as
follows:
2003
$185,074
2004
107,410
2005
107,410
2006
107,410
2007 and thereafter
2,110,750
$2,618,054
The Company rents office space
in Arlington, Texas on a month-to-month basis at $1,500 per month from an
officer and stockholder of the Company. Payments of $9,000 and $-0- were made
during the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
Litigation
The Company is currently a party
to certain litigation arising in the normal course of business. Management
believes that such litigation will not have a material impact on the
Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
13. Business Segments
During the year ended December
31, 2002 and 2001, the Company operated primarily in two strategic business
units that offer different products and services: revenue sharing arrangements
with theme parks and arcades and custom applications utilizing its virtual
reality concept. Financial information regarding these business segments is as
follows:
Theme
Parks and Arcades
Custom
Applications
Other
Total
Year ended December 31,
2002:
Revenues
$1,216,283
$1,064,021
$180
$2,280,484
Income (loss) from
operations
(306,878)
255,373
(1,105,359)
(1,156,864)
Total assets
393,707
158,483
107,783
659,973
Interest expense
856,068
-
693,074
1,549,142
Depreciation expense
463,075
5,000
60,987
529,062
Capital expenditures
-
52,212
-
52,212
Year ended December 31,
2001:
Revenues
$1,763,280
$699,599
$185
$2,463,064
Income (loss) from
operations
(421,253)
62,358
(1,216,132)
(1,555,027)
Total assets
845,558
-
115,349
960,907
Interest expense
1,053,097
-
403,550
1,456,647
Depreciation expense
514,926
-
67,091
582,017
Capital expenditures
88,656
-
-
88,656
The accounting policies of the
segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant
accounting policies. The Company evaluates performance based on operating
earnings of the respective business units.
14. Related Party
Transactions
Included in the December 31,
2002 balance sheet is a note receivable from a stockholder of the Company. This
note originated when the Company made a down payment of $102,782 on behalf of
the stockholder who purchased the building which the Company currently leases
(See Note 12). The note is non-interest bearing and is due on demand. The note
was paid down by $-0- and $34,897 during the years ended December 31, 2002 and
2001, respectively.
Included in accounts payable in
the December 31, 2002 balance sheet is $276,439 and $29,000 payable to a firm
which is owned by an officer/stockholder of the Company for legal services and
office rent, respectively (See Note 12).
During the year ended December
31, 2002, the Company borrowed an additional $199,500 from certain stockholders
of the Company and incurred $199,500 of finance charges associated with the
issuance of these new loans.
Included in accrued interest
payable in the December 31, 2002 balance sheet is $76,163 of interest due to
stockholders of the Company.
Item
8. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
Not applicable.
PART
III
Item 9. Directors and
Executive Officers of the Registrant; Compliance With Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act.
The following table sets forth the names and ages of
our current directors and executive officers, the principal offices and
positions held by each person, and the date such person became our director or
executive officer.
Name
Age
Positions
Date became director or executive officer
L. Kelly Jones
49
chief executive officer and chairman of the board of
directors
March 26, 1997
Bob Ferris
31
president and director
September 21, 2001
Lance Loesberg
47
executive vice-president and director
September 21, 2001
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
57
director
March 26, 1997
L. Andrew Wells
34
director
September 21, 2001
Kimberly Biggs
36
secretary and treasurer
March 26, 1997
The members of our board of directors are elected
annually and hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. Our
officers are chosen by and serve at the pleasure of its board of directors. Each
of the officers and directors have positions of responsibility with other
businesses and will devote only such time as they believe necessary on our
business.
There are no family relationships between any of the directors
and executive officers, other than Messrs. Ferris and Wells being
brothers-in-law. There was no arrangement or understanding between any executive
officer and any other person pursuant to which any person was selected as an
executive officer.
L. Kelly Jones has since 1980 been a member of
the law firm Jones & Cannon, a firm which he founded and which provides
legal services to us. Mr. Jones is certified in the area of commercial real
estate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is the author of an
article, "Texas Mechanics' and Materialmen's Lien Laws: A Guide Through the
Maze," which appeared in the Texas Bar Journal in March of 1985. Mr. Jones'
areas of practice include corporate, construction, real estate, municipal law,
and commercial litigation. Mr. Jones served from 1985 through 1989 on the
Arlington City Council, and on the Stephen F. Austin State University Board of
Regents from 1987 through 1993, where he was chairman from 1991 through 1993. He
holds a J.D. from the University of Texas and a B.A. in Political Science from
Stephen F. Austin State University.
Bob Ferris became our
president in September of 2001. He previously had been the president of the
former Ferris Productions, Inc. since he founded that company in 1993. Mr.
Ferris attended the United States Air Force Academy with a major in management.
He received a degree in systems engineering from the University of Arizona.
Lance Loesberg became our executive vice-president in September
of 2001. He had previously been the vice-president of business development of
the former Ferris Productions, Inc., a position he had held since 1997. Before
his employment with Ferris, Mr. Loesberg had served as North American sales
director for Virtuality, an early leader in the virtual reality field. He holds
a B.S. degree in Marketing from Arizona State University.
John F.
Aleckner, Jr. is a private investor. He was elected our president as of
December 14, 1999, a post he held until September of 2001. From 1983 to 1989 Mr.
Aleckner was vice-president and a shareholder of Research Polymers International
Corporation, a compounder of specialty plastic materials which was acquired by
another Company in 1987. From 1984 to 1998, he was vice-president of marketing
and sales and a principal shareholder in UVTEC, Inc., a marketer of specialty
plastic compounds which was, prior to the sale of Research Polymers, affiliated
through common stock ownership with Research Polymers, and which acted as a
broker in connection with purchases by Research Polymers and other companies.
From 1971 to 1983 he was employed by Ciba-Geigy Corporation in various sales
capacities. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Case Institute of Technology.
L. Andrew Wells has since January 1, 2003 served as president of
Morgan Brewer Securities, a Houston-based NASD broker/dealer and investment
bank. Mr. Wells is also managing partner of CenterPoint Partners, LLC, a
Houston-based corporate finance advisory firm formed in January of 2002.
CenterPoint is an amalgamation of the former Strategic Securities, Inc. and some
other Houston-based regional investment banking groups’ advisory
divisions. From 1997 until 2002, he was the principal of Strategic Securities,
Inc., a Houston-based merchant banking firm which he founded in 1997. From June
2000 until March of 2001, Mr. Wells also served on an interim bases as chief
financial officer of U. S. Operators, Inc., a San Antonio-based call center
which was reorganizing under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code. Prior to 1997,
Mr. Wells was employed by a regional NASD broker/dealer in Houston, Texas. He
holds a B.S. degree from Stephen F. Austin State University and NASD licenses 7
(general securities), 63, 65 (registered investment advisor), and 24 (securities
principal).
Kimberly Biggs has for the last 13 years been legal
administrator of the Arlington law firm of Jones & Cannon (which provides
legal services for us) as legal administrator, a position which she holds to
this date.
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended ("Section 16"), requires that reports of beneficial ownership of capital
stock and changes in such ownership be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") by Section 16 "reporting persons," including directors,
certain officers, holders of more than 10% of the outstanding common stock and
certain trusts of which reporting persons are trustees. We are required to
disclose in this annual report on Form 10-K each reporting person whom we know
to have failed to file any required reports under Section 16 on a timely basis
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 or prior fiscal years.
On
the dates indicated below, our directors were issued shares in the amounts
indicated below as compensation for guaranteeing or making loans to us. Reports
of these transactions on Form 5 were not timely filed, but have been filed as of
the date of this report.
Date
Recipient
Number of
shares
1/7/02
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
238,095
1/15/02
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
400,000
2/15/02
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
78,125
2/27/02
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
172,414
2/28/02
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
151,724
3/27/02
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
318,182
3/29/02
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
136,364
4/12/02
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
185,185
Code of Ethics
We have not adopted a code
of ethics for our principal executive officer and senior financial officers. The
board of directors intends to hold these officers to the highest ethical
standards in their conduct of our business, but it does not believe that for a
small company like ours formal exhortations to that effect are effective or
contribute to that objective. The board of directors also believes that
publishing a laundry list of specific prohibitions would be counter-productive,
as it would detract from the board of director's objective by encouraging the
attitude that all conduct not specifically prohibited is
permitted.
Significant Employees
In addition to the
officers and directors identified above, the following employees play a
significant role in our operations.
Rob White, age 36, serves as
our vice-president of operations. Before joining the former Ferris Productions,
Inc. in 1997, Mr. White previously worked in various theme parks from 1994-1997,
when he began as an operator in the entertainment industry, including designing
and managing one of the world’s largest high-tech entertainment projects,
XS in New York City’s Times Square.
Steve Haag, age 42,
serves as our vice-president of business development. Mr. Haag received his
bachelors degree in psychology, with a minor in organizational behavior, from
Webster University in 1993, and his bachelors degree in education from the
University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1999. Before joining us, he was employed
at Connect Computer Group, Inc., the firm which was largely responsible for the
development of our kiosk and computer systems. Mr. Haag previously served as a
direct-marketing project manager/trainer, representing AT&T Business
Service.
Matt Burlend, age 28, serves as vice-president of
production and senior engineer. Prior to his employment with the former Ferris
Productions, Mr. Burlend was employed at Panduit Corporation, a designer of
automated production equipment, as a machine design engineer. Mr. Burlend holds
a mechanical engineering degree from Olivet Nazarene
University.
Item 10. Executive
Compensation
Summary
Compensation Table
This summary compensation table shows certain
compensation information for services rendered in all capacities during each of
the prior three fiscal years.
Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary
Bonus
Other Annual Compensation
Restricted Stock Awards
Securities Underlying Options/SARs
L. Kelly Jones, chief executive officer and chairman of the
board of directors
2002
-
-
-
-
-
2001
-
-
-
-
-
2000
-
-
-
-
-
Bob Ferris, president and director
2002
$60,000
-
-
-
2001
$60,000
687,000(1)
2000
$60,000
-
-
-
75,000(2)
Lance Loesberg, executive vice-president and
director
2002
$85,000
-
-
-
2001
75,833
225,000(3)
2000
$75,000
-
-
-
75,000(4)
-
-
-
-
John F. Aleckner, Jr.,director
2002
2001
-
-
-
-
-
2000
-
-
-
-
-
L. Andrew Wells, director
2002
-
-
-
-
2001
-
-
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687,000(5)
2000
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Kimberly Biggs, secretary and treasurer
2002
$7500
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100,000(6)
2001
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2000
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(1) These options, incentive in nature, provide
that Mr. Ferris may purchase (i) 154,000 shares at par value subject to the
condition precedent that our shares are trading at $1.50 per share, (ii) 279,000
shares at par value subject to the condition precedent that our shares are
trading at $3.00 per share, (iii) 154,000 shares at par value subject to the
condition precedent that our shares are publicly trading at $4.50 per share, and
(iv) the balance of 100,000 shares at par value subject to the condition
precedent that our shares are publicly trading at $5.00 per share. These
incentive stock options were granted to Mr. Ferris by our board of directors
(Mr. Ferris abstaining) on September 20, 2001 in conjunction with the merger of
Ferris Productions, Inc. into GameCom, Inc.
(2) These options are
exerciseable at $1.00 per share, are fully vested and expire January 1,
2003.
(3) Includes options on 125,000 shares which are incentive in
nature and, provide that Mr. Loesberg may purchase (i) 25,000 shares at par
value subject to the condition precedent that our shares are trading at $1.50
per share, (ii) 25,000 shares at par value subject to the condition precedent
that our shares are trading at $3.00 per share, (iii) 25,000 shares at par value
subject to the condition precedent that our shares are publicly trading at $4.50
per share, and (iv) the balance of 50,000 shares at par value subject to the
condition precedent that our shares are publicly trading at $5.00 per share.
These incentive stock options were granted to Mr. Loesberg by our board of
directors (Mr. Loesberg abstaining) on September 20, 2001 in conjunction with
the merger of Ferris Productions, Inc. into GameCom, Inc. Also includes options
granted on June 1, 2001 to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock at $0.49
per share, which was the fair market value of the common stock on the date of
grant. Those options are exercisable on June 1, 2002.
(4) These options
are exerciseable at $1.00 per share, are fully vested and expire January 1,
2003.
(5) These options, incentive in nature, provide that Mr. Wells may
purchase (i) 154,000 shares at par value subject to the condition precedent that
our shares are trading at $1.50 per share, (ii) 279,000 shares at par value
subject to the condition precedent that our shares are trading at $3.00 per
share, (iii) 154,000 shares at par value subject to the condition precedent that
our shares are publicly trading at $4.50 per share, and (iv) the balance of
100,000 shares at par value subject to the condition precedent that our shares
are publicly trading at $5.00 per share. These incentive stock options were
granted to Mr. Wells by our board of directors (Mr. Wells abstaining) on
September 20, 2001 in conjunction with the merger of Ferris Productions, Inc.
into GameCom, Inc.
(6) These options were issued under the 2000
Incentive Stock Option Plan, discussed below.
2000
Incentive Stock Option Plan
In February, 2000, the board of directors adopted, and
a majority of the shareholders approved, our 2000 Incentive Stock Option Plan,
subject to approval of shareholders at the next annual meeting. The purpose of
the plan is to enable us to attract, retain and motivate key employees who are
important to the success and growth of our business, and to create a long-term
mutuality of interest between our shareholders and those key employees by
granting them options to purchase our common stock. Options granted under the
plan may be either incentive stock options or non-statutory options. The plan is
to be administered either directly by the board, or by a committee consisting of
two or more outside directors (the "Committee"). Under the plan, options
may be granted to our key employees. The option price is to be fixed by the
Committee at the time the option is granted. If the option is intended to to be
an incentive stock option, the purchase price is to be not less than 100% of the
fair market value of the common stock at the time the option is granted, or, if
the person to whom the option is granted is the owner of 10% or more of our
common stock, 110% of such fair market value. The Committee is to specify when
and on what terms the options granted to key employees are to become
exercisable. However, no option may be exercisable after the expiration of ten
years from the date of grant or five years from the date of grant in the case of
incentive stock options granted to a holder of ten percent or more of our common
stock. In the case of incentive stock options, the aggregate fair market value
of the shares with respect to which the options are exercisable for the first
time during any calendar year may not exceed $100,000 unless this limitation has
ceased to be in effect under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue code. If there
is a change of control of our company, all outstanding options become
immediately exercisable in full. In the event of an employee's death, or
following the employee's retirement at or after age 65 or before age 65 with the
consent of the Committee, outstanding options may be exercised for a period of
one year from the applicable date of death or retirement. If the employee's
employment is terminated for reasons other than death or retirement, the options
remain exercisable for a period of three months after such termination unless
termination was for cause, in which case all outstanding options are immediately
canceled. 1,500,000 shares of common stock have been initially authorized for
issuance under the plan. Under the plan, eligible individuals may, at the
discretion of the Committee, be granted options to purchase shares of common
stock. However, no eligible individuals may be granted options for more than
500,000 shares in any calendar year. The option price and number of shares
covered by an option will be adjusted proportionately in the event of a stock
split, stock dividend, etc., and the Committee is authorized to make other
adjustments to take into consideration any other event which it determines to be
appropriate to avoid distortion of the operation of the plan. In the event of a
merger or consolidation, option holders will be entitled to acquire the number
and class of shares of the surviving corporation which they would have been
entitled to receive after the merger or consolidation if they had been the
holders of the number of shares covered by the options. If we are not the
surviving entity in a merger and consolidation, the Committee may in its
discretion terminate all outstanding options, and in that event option holders
will have 20 days from the time they received notice of termination to exercise
all their outstanding options. The plan terminates ten years from its effective
date unless terminated earlier by the board of directors or the shareholders.
Proceeds of the sale of shares subject to options under the plan are to be added
to our general funds and used for its general corporate purposes.
On
September 21, 2001, our shareholders approved the 2000 Incentive Stock Option
Plan, and increased the shares authorized for the plan from 1,500,000 to
6,000,000.
In May of 2002, options for 150,000 shares under the plan, at
an option price of $0.21, were granted to our corporate secretary, Kimberly
Biggs (100,000 shares), and our vice-president of operations, Rob White (50,000
shares).
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Compensation
of Directors
No director receives or has received any compensation
from us for serving on the board of directors.
Item 11. Security Ownership of
Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table shows, as of March 26, 2003,
information about equity securities we believe to be owned of record or
beneficially by
each
of our directors;
each
person who owns beneficially more than 5% of any class of our outstanding equity
securities; and
all
of our directors and executive officers as a
group.
Shareholders'
Name and Address
Number of Shares Owned
Percent
L. Kelly Jones
440 North Center
Arlington, Texas 76011
3,088,752
(1)
8.1%
Bob Ferris
1941 South Brighton
Circle
Mesa, Arizona 85208
5,060,240(2)
13.3%
Lance Loesberg
7700 Heather Ridge
Court
Irving, Texas 75063
542,169(3)
1.4%
John F. Aleckner, Jr.
2905 Forestwood Drive
Arlington, Texas 76006
2,172,076(4)
6.2%
L. Andrew Wells
1011 Compass Cove
Circle
Spring, Texas 77379
2,530,120(5)
6.6%
Kimberly Biggs
2414 Green Willow
Court
Arlington, Texas 76001
42,460
(6)
*
Dave and Nancy Ferris
(7)
719 Misty Lea
Houston, Texas 77090
5,286,556
13.9%
All officers and directors as a
group (6 persons)
18,907,558
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
49.55%
*less than 1%.
(1) Excludes incentive
conditional options to purchase 833,000 shares of common stock for $4,165.00,
which are not exercisable within 60 days.
(2) Excludes incentive
conditional options to purchase 687,000 shares of common stock for $3,435.00,
which are not exercisable within 60 days.
(3) Excludes incentive
conditional options to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock for $625.00,
which are not exercisable within 60 days.
(4) Excludes incentive
conditional option to purchase 333,000 shares of restricted common stock for
$1665.00, which is not exercisable within 60 days.
(5) Excludes incentive
conditional options to purchase 687,000 shares of common stock for $3,435.00,
which are not exercisable within 60 days.
(6) We are obligated to redeem
16,559 of these shares for a nominal amount.
(7) Dr. and Mrs. Ferris are
the parents of Bob Ferris.
(8) Based on 38,091,448 shares
outstanding.
The beneficial owners of securities listed above have sole
investment and voting power with respect to such shares. Beneficial ownership is
determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to
securities. Shares of stock subject to options or warrants currently
exercisable, or exercisable within 60 days, are deemed outstanding for purposes
of computing the percentage of the person holding such options or warrants, but
are not deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage of any other
person.
In addition, there is a possibility, which management regards as
remote, that we may be required to issue a substantial number of additional
shares to the holder of one of our notes under the penalty provisions of that
note. Since those shares would be issued for no additional consideration, any
such issuance could cause significant dilution in the book value per share of
shares presently outstanding.
Beneficial ownership is determined in
accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and
generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares
of stock subject to options or warrants currently exercisable, or exercisable
within 60 days, are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage
of the person holding such options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding
for purposes of computing the percentage of any other person.
Item 12. Certain Relationships
and Related Transactions
Mr. Jones, our chief executive officer, is also
president of Jones & Cannon, a Texas professional corporation, which has
provided legal services to us and which may continue to provide legal services
to us in the future, and which rents to us our executive offices. We currently
owe Jones & Cannon more than $261,716 for legal services rendered. Jones
& Cannon had also been providing the limited amount of executive office
space we require, and some clerical and other services required for our
operations without charge until June 5, 2000, under an oral agreement with Mr.
Jones. We became obligated to pay Jones & Cannon $1500 per month for this
office space effective June 15, 2000, and we currently owe Jones & Cannon
$29,000 in past due rent.
Mr. Ferris, our president, is the owner of
Ferris Holdings, L.L.C., which is landlord on the lease for our production
facilities in Phoenix, Arizona. We currently owe Ferris Holdings, L.L.C.
approximately $40,600 in arrearage on our lease.
In December, 1997, we
agreed to redeem at par value an aggregate of 1,505,399 shares of the common
stock held by the ten former shareholders of First Brewery of Dallas, Inc., a
company we had acquired in April, 1997. The aggregate redemption price was to
have been $7,527.02. That redemption was to have occurred no later than March
31, 1998. However, we did not have sufficient funds to honor this commitment and
are currently in default under the agreement. Messrs. Jones and Aleckner and Ms.
Biggs were among those whose shares were to have been redeemed. In February,
2000, we and Messrs. Jones and Aleckner agreed that the shares that were to have
been redeemed from those two individuals would not be redeemed. We expect to
redeem the remaining shares during the third quarter of 2003.
During the
period from July, 1997 through May, 1998 Mr. Jones, our chairman of the board
and chief executive officer, lent us an aggregate of $90,000 for use as
operating capital. Of this amount, $65,000 was subsequently eliminated when Mr.
Jones accepted in full satisfaction of that debt certain equipment securing bank
debt which Mr. Jones had guaranteed, leaving a balance of $25,000.00. This
indebtedness is evidenced by an unsecured demand promissory note at an annual
interest rate of 12 % per annum. During the period from November, 2000 through
December, 2001, Mr. Jones lent us an aggregate of $81,000 for use as operating
capital, for a total indebtedness of $106,000. This $81,000 indebtedness is
evidenced by unsecured promissory notes without interest.
During the
period from March, 2001 through April, 2002, Mr. John F. Aleckner, Jr., one of
our directors, lent us an aggregate of $274,500 for use as operating capital.
This indebtedness is evidenced by unsecured promissory notes with no annual
interest rate.
During the period from June, 1993 through April, 2001,
Dr. Dave and Nancy Ferris, who are shareholders, lent us an aggregate of
$172,531 for use as operating capital. During October of 2001, Dr. Dave and
Nancy Ferris lent us $21,500 for use as operating capital, for a total
indebtedness of $194,031. This $21,500 indebtedness is evidenced by an
unsecured promissory note with no annual interest
rate.
Item 13. Exhibits and Reports on
Form 8K
We have not filed any reports on Form 8-K during the last
quarter of the period covered by this report.
Item 14. Controls and Procedures.
Based upon an evaluation
performed within 90 days of this report, our CEO and CFO has concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that material
information relating to our company is made known to management, including the
CEO and CFO, particularly during the period when our periodic reports are being
prepared, and that our internal controls are effective to provide reasonable
assurance that our financial statements are fairly presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
In accord with SEC requirements, the CEO and CFO notes
that, since the date of his evaluation to the date of this annual report, there
have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that
could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions
with regard to significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
VIRTRA SYSTEMS, INC.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ L. Kelly
Jones
L. Kelly Jones, chief
executive officer
Dated April 15,2003
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ L. Kelly
Jones
chief executive officer, chief financial officer and
director