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Prospectus Supplement Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-140718
Registration No. 333-140718
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 2
DATEDAugust 23, 2007
(To Prospectus dated June 28, 2007)
KREIDO BIOFUELS, INC.
(Name of Small Business Issuer in Its Charter)
36,955,558 shares of common stock
This prospectus supplements information contained in, and should be read in conjunction with, that certain Prospectus, dated June 28, 2007, of Kreido Biofuels, Inc., as supplemented by or prospectus supplement no. 1 dated July 31, 2007. You should read this prospectus supplement no. 2 together with the Prospectus and prospectus supplement no. 1. The Prospectus relates to the public sale, from time to time, of up to 36,955,558 shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders identified in the Prospectus.
The information attached to this prospectus supplement modifies and supersedes, in part, the information in the Prospectus. Any information that is modified or superseded in the Prospectus shall not be deemed to constitute a part of the Prospectus, except as modified or superseded by this prospectus supplement.
This prospectus supplement includes the attached Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, as filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2007.
We may amend or supplement the Prospectus from time to time by filing amendments or supplements as required. You should read the entire Prospectus and any amendments or supplements carefully before you make an investment decision.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities regulators have not approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this Prospectus Supplement (or the original Prospectus dated June 28, 2007) is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus supplement is August 24, 2007.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-QSB
þ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2007
OR
o | TRANSACTION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 333-130606
KREIDO BIOFUELS, INC.
(Exact Name of Small Business Issuer as Specified in Its Charter)
NEVADA | 20-3240178 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1140 Avenida Acaso, Camarillo, California 93012
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(805) 389-3499
(Issuer’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the issuer (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 issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yesþ Noo
Indicate by check mark whether the issuer is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yeso Noþ
At August 10, 2007 the issuer had 52,532,202 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
FORM 10-QSB QUARTERLY REPORT
QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2007
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PART I
Item 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Kreido Biofuels, Inc.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
June 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
(unaudited) | (As Restated-Note 9) | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current assets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 17,337,000 | $ | 59,000 | ||||
Other current assets | 76,000 | — | ||||||
Total current assets | 17,413,000 | 59,000 | ||||||
Property and equipment — net | 6,382,000 | 322,000 | ||||||
Patents, less accumulated amortization of $323,000 and $278,000 in 2007 and 2006, respectively | 813,000 | 788,000 | ||||||
Other assets | 58,000 | 21,000 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 24,666,000 | $ | 1,190,000 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CAPITAL DEFICIT) | ||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Current portion of convertible notes payable, net of discount of $1,044,000 in 2006 (Note 8) | $ | — | $ | 5,637,000 | ||||
Current portion of capital leases | 72,000 | 50,000 | ||||||
Accounts payable | 2,307,000 | 346,000 | ||||||
Accrued expenses | 166,000 | 951,000 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 2,545,000 | 6,984,000 | ||||||
Capital leases, less current portion | 114,000 | 66,000 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 2,659,000 | 7,050,000 | ||||||
Redeemable preferred stock (Note 9) | ||||||||
Series A1 convertible preferred stock, no par value. Authorized 549,474 shares; issued and outstanding were none and 549,474 shares as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively; liquidation preference $4,945,000 in 2006 | — | 3,628,000 | ||||||
Series B1 convertible preferred stock, no par value. Authorized 13,783,783 shares; issued and outstanding were none and 10,011,355 shares as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively; liquidation preference $10,011,020 in 2006 | — | 10,011,000 | ||||||
Total redeemable preferred stock | — | 13,639,000 | ||||||
Stockholders’ equity (capital deficit) (Note 8) | ||||||||
Common stock, $0.001 par value in 2007 and no par value in 2006. Authorized 150,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding were 52,532,202 and 720,501 shares as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively | 52,000 | 103,000 | ||||||
Restricted common stock, $0.001 par value in 2007 and no par value in 2006; issued and outstanding were none and 641,786 shares as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively | — | 64,000 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 38,775,000 | 3,469,000 | ||||||
Warrant valuation | 8,076,000 | — | ||||||
Deferred compensation | (4,000 | ) | (9,000 | ) | ||||
Deficit accumulated during the development stage | (24,892,000 | ) | (23,126,000 | ) | ||||
Net stockholders’ equity (capital deficit) | 22,007,000 | (19,499,000 | ) | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (capital deficit) | $ | 24,666,000 | $ | 1,190,000 | ||||
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Kreido Biofuels, Inc.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
Period from | ||||||||||||||||||||
Three Months | Three Months | Six Months | Six Months | January 13, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended | (Inception) | ||||||||||||||||
June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2006 | June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2006 | to June 30, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | $ | 278,000 | $ | 386,000 | $ | 298,000 | $ | 717,000 | $ | 16,134,000 | ||||||||||
General and administrative | 1,184,000 | 127,000 | 1,888,000 | 274,000 | 6,740,000 | |||||||||||||||
Loss on sale of property and equipment | — | — | — | — | 89,000 | |||||||||||||||
Loss from retirement of assets | — | — | — | — | 318,000 | |||||||||||||||
Loss from operations | (1,462,000 | ) | (513,000 | ) | (2,186,000 | ) | (991,000 | ) | (23,281,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Other income (expense) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | — | (211,000 | ) | — | (422,000 | ) | (3,082,000 | ) | ||||||||||||
Interest income | 229,000 | — | 421,000 | — | 485,000 | |||||||||||||||
Other income | — | 5,000 | — | 26,000 | 1,151,000 | |||||||||||||||
Other expenses | — | — | — | — | (154,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total other income (expense) | 229,000 | (206,000 | ) | 421,000 | (396,000 | ) | (1,600,000 | ) | ||||||||||||
Loss before income taxes | (1,233,000 | ) | (719,000 | ) | (1,765,000 | ) | (1,387,000 | ) | (24,881,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Income tax expenses | — | — | 1,000 | 1,000 | 11,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (1,233,000 | ) | $ | (719,000 | ) | $ | (1,766,000 | ) | $ | (1,388,000 | ) | $ | (24,892,000 | ) | |||||
Net loss per share — basic and diluted | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.53 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (1.02 | ) | $ | (0.47 | ) | |||||
Shares used in computing net loss per share | 52,532,202 | 1,362,287 | 52,532,202 | 1,362,287 | 52,532,202 | |||||||||||||||
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Kreido Biofuels, Inc.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Capital Deficit)
(Unaudited)
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Capital Deficit)
(Unaudited)
Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Restricted Common | Additional | During the | Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Stock | Paid-In | Warrant | Deferred | Development | Equity (Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Valuation | Compensation | Stage | Deficit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,January 1, 2007 - as restated | 720,501 | $ | 103,000 | 641,786 | $ | 64,000 | $ | 3,469,000 | — | $ | (9,000 | ) | $ | (23,126,000 | ) | $ | (19,499,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of notes, accrued interest payable and related warrants, on a net exercise basis, to common stock at the converted acquisition basis | 10,224,178 | 10,000 | — | — | 6,367,000 | — | — | — | 6,377,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock at the converted acquisition basis | 619,946 | 1,000 | — | — | 3,627,000 | — | — | — | 3,628,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Series B preferred stock to common stock at the converted acquisition basis | 11,295,342 | 11,000 | — | — | 10,000,000 | — | — | — | 10,011,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of existing Kreido Laboratories common stock to common stock at the converted acquisition basis | 816,504 | 1,000 | (641,786 | ) | (64,000 | ) | 63,000 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of consulting warrants, on a net exercise basis to common stock at the converted acquisition basis | 1,587,213 | 2,000 | — | — | (2,000 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued in connection with the acquisition original Kreido Biofuels common stock | 8,750,000 | (94,000 | ) | — | — | 94,000 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commons stock issued in connection with the $25 million January 2007 private placement offering | 18,518,519 | 18,000 | — | — | 14,749,000 | — | — | — | 14,767,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrants to purchase common stock issued in connection with the $25 million January 2007 private placement offering | — | — | — | — | — | 8,076,000 | — | — | 8,076,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation expense | — | — | — | — | 408,000 | — | 5,000 | — | 413,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (1,766,000 | ) | (1,766,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,June 30, 2007 | 52,532,202 | $ | 52,000 | — | $ | — | $ | 38,775,000 | $ | 8,076,000 | $ | (4,000 | ) | $ | (24,892,000 | ) | $ | 22,007,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Kreido Biofuels, Inc.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
Period from | ||||||||||||
Six Months | Six Months | January 13, 1995 | ||||||||||
Ended | Ended | (Inception) | ||||||||||
June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2006 | to June 30, 2007 | ||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||||||
Net Loss | $ | (1,766,000 | ) | $ | (1,388,000 | ) | $ | (24,892,000 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 107,000 | 75,000 | 1,476,000 | |||||||||
Loss on sale of assets | — | — | 89,000 | |||||||||
Loss on retirement of assets | — | — | 318,000 | |||||||||
Noncash stock compensation | 413,000 | 21,000 | 1,232,000 | |||||||||
Amortization of convertible debt discount | — | 136,000 | 1,236,000 | |||||||||
Inducement to convert debt discount | — | — | 152,000 | |||||||||
Inducement to convert debt | — | — | 58,000 | |||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Prepaid and other assets | (113,000 | ) | 1,000 | (185,000 | ) | |||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 2,039,000 | 21,000 | 3,389,000 | |||||||||
Accrued interest on notes | — | 281,000 | 507,000 | |||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 680,000 | (853,000 | ) | (16,620,000 | ) | |||||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||||||
Purchase and construction of property and equipment | (6,024,000 | ) | (6,000 | ) | (6,765,000 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from sale of assets | — | — | 95,000 | |||||||||
Investments in patent application | (70,000 | ) | (116,000 | ) | (1,389,000 | ) | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (6,094,000 | ) | (122,000 | ) | (8,059,000 | ) | ||||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||||||
Proceeds from the issuance of Series A convertible preferred stock | — | — | 938,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds from the issuance of Series B convertible preferred stock | — | — | 1,500,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds from the issuance of Series C convertible preferred stock | — | — | 2,424,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds from the issuance of Series B1 preferred stock | — | — | 720,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock warrants | — | — | 217,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock | 22,843,000 | — | 22,843,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt | — | — | 14,381,000 | |||||||||
Principal repayment of long- term debt and capital leases | (151,000 | ) | (17,000 | ) | (1,007,000 | ) | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 22,692,000 | (17,000 | ) | 42,016,000 | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 17,278,000 | (992,000 | ) | 17,337,000 | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 59,000 | 1,002,000 | — | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 17,337,000 | $ | 10,000 | $ | 17,337,000 | ||||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information | ||||||||||||
Cash paid during the period for: | ||||||||||||
Interest | $ | 13,000 | $ | 5,000 | $ | 347,000 | ||||||
Income taxes | 1,000 | 1,000 | 11,000 |
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Kreido Biofuels, Inc.
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(A Development Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
Period from | ||||||||||||
Six Months | Six Months | January 13, 1995 | ||||||||||
Ended June 30, | Ended June 30, | (Inception) to | ||||||||||
2007 | 2006 | June 30, 2007 | ||||||||||
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities | ||||||||||||
Acquisition of property and equipment through capital leases | $ | 98,000 | $ | — | $ | 858,000 | ||||||
Additions to property and equipment through settlement of capital lease | — | — | 61,000 | |||||||||
Additions to property and equipment through issuance of common stock | — | — | 100,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of notes payable into Series A preferred stock | — | — | 1,180,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of notes payable into Series C preferred stock | — | — | 5,530,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of accounts payable into Series C preferred stock | — | — | 30,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of accrued interest into Series C preferred stock | — | — | 441,000 | |||||||||
Warrants issued in connection with convertible notes | — | — | 2,007,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of Series A preferred stock into Series A1 preferred stock | — | — | 2,118,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of Series B preferred stock into Series A1 preferred stock | — | — | 1,511,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of Series C preferred stock into Series B1 preferred stock | — | — | 8,414,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of notes payable in to Series B1 preferred stock | — | — | 850,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of accrued interest into Series B1 preferred stock | — | — | 18,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of accrued interest into notes payable | — | — | 72,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of notes payable into common stock | 5,514,000 | — | 5,637,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of accrued interest into notes payable | 863,000 | — | 740,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of Series A preferred stock into Series A1 common stock | 3,628,000 | — | 3,628,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of Series B preferred stock into Series A1 common | 10,011,000 | — | 10,011,000 | |||||||||
Conversion of Kreido Laboratories common stock into common stock | 167,000 | — | 167,000 |
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Kreido Biofuels, Inc.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007
NOTE 1 BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Kreido Biofuels, Inc. (“Kreido” or “the Company”) at June 30, 2007 and for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented have been included. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. They do not include all information and notes required by United States generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes contained in Kreido’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB as amended by Form 10-KSB/A for the period from inception (January 13, 1995) through December 31, 2006.
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The Company, a development stage company, has suffered recurring losses from operations and at June 30, 2007 had an accumulated deficit of $24,892,000 that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The Company believes that it can satisfy its cash requirements for at least the next 6 months, however it will need to raise up to an additional $20 million in the fourth quarter of 2007 in order to support its current plan’s funding needs of completing the first plant, funding the start-up plant costs and commencing the construction of the second plant. If the Company is unable to achieve projected operating results and/or obtain such additional financing if and when needed, management will be required to curtail growth plans and scale back planned development activities. No assurances can be given that the Company will be successful in raising additional financing should such financing be required by future operations.
NOTE 2 ORGANIZATION
Kreido Laboratories, formerly known as Holl Technologies Company, was incorporated on January 13, 1995 under the laws of the State of California. Since incorporation, Kreido Laboratories has been engaged in activities required to develop, patent and commercialize its products. Kreido Laboratories is the creator of reactor technology that is designed to enhance the manufacturing of a broad range of chemical products. The market for these products is developing in parallel to the Company’s activities.
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Kreido Biofuels, Inc. was incorporated as Gemwood Productions, Inc. under the laws of the State of Nevada on February 7, 2005. Gemwood Productions, Inc. changed its name to Kreido Biofuels, Inc. on November 2, 2006. The Company took its current form on January 12, 2007 when Kreido Laboratories completed a reverse triangular merger with Kreido Biofuels, Inc. (Note 8).
The cornerstone of Kreido Laboratories’ technology is its patented STT(ä) (Spinning Tube in Tube) diffusional chemical reacting system, which is both a licensable process and a licensable system. In 2005, the Company demonstrated how the STT™ could make biodiesel from vegetable oil rapidly with almost complete conversion and less undesirable by-products. The Company has continued to pursue this activity and is in the process of building a pilot production plant and developing the first of its commercial biodiesel production factories in the United States that it expects will produce approximately 33 million gallon per year.
The Company considers itself a development stage enterprise because it has not yet earned significant revenue from its commercial products or biodiesel production plants. The Company builds and intends to own or license innovative chemical and bio-chemical reacting systems and biodiesel production plants.
NOTE 3 CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS AND PLANT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Kreido has commenced development of one of its full scale biodiesel production plants (“full scale plant”) and has substantially completed construction of its pilot biodiesel production plant (“pilot plant”). The Company is in the process of negotiating the lease for the site of the full scale plant. The pilot plant is being constructed in an existing biodiesel production facility. The Company expects to substantially complete the construction of the full scale production plant in 2008. Total estimated costs to be incurred for construction of the two facilities are between $18,000,000 and $24,000,000. Cost of construction of the plant is comprised of the following: 1) site selection, leasing, permitting and other legal compliance; (2) architectural, design and engineering; (3) labor, overhead and materials to build in-house the STT reactors; (4) designing, engineering and manufacturing of the plant production unit which includes components such as centrifuges, tanks, control panels and other equipment being build by third parties for delivery to the plant site; and (5) the general contractor fees, engineering and construction of the buildings and physical improvements including tanks, piping, boilers and various lab and other equipment and machinery comprising the plant. As of June 30, 2007, construction expenditures of $5,913,000 have been incurred and recorded as construction-in-progress and, in addition, approximately $4.2 million was committed through purchase orders issued to sub-contractors and equipment vendors for services and equipment to be provided after June 30, 2007 with additional purchase orders and contracts likely to be entered into.
NOTE 4 NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE
Basic net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the net loss applicable to common shares by the weighted-average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, there were no potential common equivalent shares used in the calculation of weighted-average common shares outstanding as the effect would be anti-dilutive because of the net loss. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, the Company issued additional stock options of 1,355,400 and 2,740,784, respectively, under its 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.
Period from | ||||||||
Inception | ||||||||
Six Months | (January 13, | |||||||
Ended | 1995) through | |||||||
June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2007 | |||||||
Weighted-average shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per common share: | 52,532,202 | 52,532,202 | ||||||
Securities convertible into shares of common stock not used to compute net loss per share because the effect would be anti-dilutive: | ||||||||
Stock options under the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan | 2,740,784 | 2,740,784 | ||||||
Stock options under the 1997 Stock Compensation Program | 1,164,984 | 1,164,984 | ||||||
Stock associated with warrants arising from private placement of common stock | 18,518,519 | 18,518,519 | ||||||
Other stock associated with warrants | 571,335 | 571,335 | ||||||
22,995,622 | 22,995,622 | |||||||
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NOTE 5 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 is summarized as follows:
June 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||
Furniture and fixtures | $ | 43,000 | $ | 43,000 | ||||
Machinery and equipment | 321,000 | 270,000 | ||||||
Capitalized leases | 447,000 | 347,000 | ||||||
Office equipment | 162,000 | 115,000 | ||||||
Leasehold improvements | 58,000 | 47,000 | ||||||
Construction in progress | 5,913,000 | — | ||||||
Total | 6,944,000 | 822,000 | ||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (562,000 | ) | (500,000 | ) | ||||
Net book value | $ | 6,382,000 | $ | 322,000 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 was $88,000 and $63,000, respectively.
NOTE 6 COMMON STOCK AGREEMENT
In January 2007, the Company completed a private placement offering of its common stock. The accredited investors purchased 18,518,519 units of our securities (“Unit”), at a purchase price of $1.35 per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one share of the Company’s common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.85 per share. The warrants expire January 12, 2012. The fair value of the warrants on the date of issuance was $8,076,000 and was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following assumptions: contractual life of 5 years; no dividends, risk free interest rate of 4.65% and volatility of 56.5%. The Company received proceeds from the offering of approximately $22.9 million, net of offering related costs and the repayment of $123,000 in outstanding short-term notes. The common stock including shares of common stock underlying warrants comprising the Units were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, effective June 28, 2007. The Company has an obligation to keep the registration effective and to keep the Company’s common stock listed or included for quotation on an Approved Market or if the trading of the Company’s common stock is suspended or halted on an Approved Market for more than two full, consecutive trading days with certain exceptions excusing events, otherwise they will be required to issue additional shares, based on the number of days the shares remain unregistered or untraded.
NOTE 7 STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
In accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123(R), “Share-Based Payment”, the Company has recorded stock-based compensation expense of $400,000 and $4,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $408,000 and $9,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The stock-based compensation expense is based on the fair value of the options at the grant date. The fair value of the options was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rates between 4.54% and 4.81%; three and half (3.5) and four and a half (4.5) years and expected volatility of 56.5%.
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Summary stock option activity is as follows:
Weighted | ||||||||
Number of | Average | |||||||
Options | Exercise Price | |||||||
Balance at December 31, 2006 | 1,164,984 | $ | 0.36 | |||||
Granted | 2,740,784 | 1.25 | ||||||
Exercised | — | — | ||||||
Cancelled | — | — | ||||||
Balance at June 30, 2007 | 3,905,768 | $ | 0.98 | |||||
For options granted in prior years under the intrinsic-value-based method, the Company has recorded $4,000 of deferred compensation as additional paid-in capital based on the difference between the market price of the common stock and the option exercise price at the date of grant during 2006. Related compensation expense of $2,000 and $5,000 was recognized for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007, respectively.
The following table summarizes information regarding options outstanding and options exercisable at June 30, 2007:
Options Outstanding | Options Exercisable | |||||||||||||||||||
Weighted-Average | ||||||||||||||||||||
Range of | Outstanding at | Remaining | Weighted-Average | Exercisable at | Weighted-Average | |||||||||||||||
Exercise Prices | June 30, 2007 | Contractual Life | Exercise Price | June 30, 2007 | Exercise Price | |||||||||||||||
$0.01 — 0.19 | 860,573 | 2.77 | $ | 0.09 | 710,139 | $ | 0.09 | |||||||||||||
$0.20 — 0.89 | 225,312 | 4.33 | 0.77 | 225,312 | 0.77 | |||||||||||||||
$0.90 — 1.85 | 2,766,484 | 9.59 | 1.25 | 594,290 | 1.22 | |||||||||||||||
$1.86 — 2.53 | 53,399 | 0.74 | 2.45 | 53,399 | 2.45 | |||||||||||||||
3,905,768 | $ | 0.88 | 1,583,140 | $ | 0.70 | |||||||||||||||
NOTE 8 RECAPITALIZATION
In January 2007, Kreido Laboratories completed a reverse triangular merger with Kreido Biofuels, Inc. (formerly known as Gemwood Productions, Inc.), a publicly traded company. In connection with the merger, Kreido completed a private placement offering issuing 18,518,519 shares of Kreido common stock at $1.35 per share and warrants to purchase 18,518,519 shares of Kreido common stock at an exercise price of $1.85 per share (see Note 6). As part of this transaction, outstanding Series A and Series B Preferred Stock of Kreido Laboratories and related warrants totaling $13,639,000 and 10,560,829 shares were converted to 11,915,288 shares of Common Stock of Kreido and warrants to purchase 294,530 shares of common stock of Kreido. All payments of all accumulated preferred stock dividends were waived. Outstanding convertible notes payable and related accrued interest of $6,377,000 were converted into 10,224,178 shares of common stock of Kreido. Additionally, all outstanding common stock and certain warrants to purchase common stock of Kreido Laboratories were converted to 3,124,218 shares of common stock of Kreido on a net exercise basis as determined by the Board of Directors in conjunction with the reverse merger. The original shareholders of Kreido converted their existing common stock to 8,750,000 shares of new Kreido. The reverse merger was accounted for as a recapitalization for financial accounting purposes.
NOTE 9 RESTATEMENT AND REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
The Company restated its previously issued consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 due to the misclassification of redeemable preferred stock as stockholders’ equity.
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The effect on the Company’s previously issued 2006 consolidated financial statements is summarized as follows:
As Previously | Increase | |||||||||||
Balance Sheet Data | Reported | (Decrease) | Restated | |||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 1,190,000 | $ | — | $ | 1,190,000 | ||||||
Total Liabilities | 7,050,000 | — | 7,050,000 | |||||||||
Total Redeemable Preferred Stock | — | 13,639,000 | 13,639,000 | |||||||||
Total | (5,860,000 | ) | (13,639,000 | ) | (19,499,000 | ) |
The following schedule shows the movement of the redeemable preferred stock from inception date (January 13, 1995).
Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series A | Series B | Series C | Series A1 | Series B1 | Redeemable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Convertible Stock | Convertible Stock | Convertible Stock | Convertible Stock | Convertible Stock | Preferred | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Stock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Series A preferred stock | 242,561 | $ | 1,480,000 | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | $ | 1,480,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 1999 | 242,561 | 1,480,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,480,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of notes to Series A preferred stock | 106,925 | 637,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 637,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retirement of common stock | — | — | 200,000 | 1,500,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Series B preferred stock | — | — | — | 11,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2000 | 349,486 | 2,117,000 | 200,000 | 1,511,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,628,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2001 | 349,486 | 2,117,000 | 200,000 | 1,511,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,628,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Series C preferred stock | — | — | — | — | 1,995,000 | 1,995,000 | — | — | — | — | 1,995,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of notes, accrued interest and accounts payable to Series C preferred stock | — | — | — | — | 5,255,785 | 5,256,000 | — | — | — | — | 5,256,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2002 | 349,486 | 2,117,000 | 200,000 | 1,511,000 | 7,250,785 | 7,251,000 | — | — | — | — | 10,879,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Series C preferred stock | — | — | — | — | 428,500 | 428,000 | — | — | — | — | 428,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of notes and accrued interest payable to Series C preferred stock | — | — | — | — | 744,510 | 745,000 | — | — | — | — | 745,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buy back of fractional shares | (9 | ) | — | (3 | ) | — | (12 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2003 | 349,477 | 2,117,000 | 199,997 | 1,511,000 | 8,423,783 | 8,424,000 | — | — | — | — | 12,052,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Series B1 preferred stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 720,000 | 720,000 | 720,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of notes and accrued interest payable to Series B1 preferred stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 867,572 | 867,000 | 867,000 |
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Series A | Series B | Series C | Series A1 | Series B1 | Redeemable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Convertible Stock | Convertible Stock | Convertible Stock | Convertible Stock | Convertible Stock | Preferred | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Stock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to Series A1 preferred stock | (349,477 | ) | (2,117,000 | ) | — | — | — | — | 349,477 | 2,117,000 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Series B preferred stock to Series A1 preferred stock | — | — | (199,997 | ) | (1,511,000 | ) | — | — | 199,997 | 1,511,000 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to Series B1 preferred stock | — | — | — | — | (8,423,783 | ) | (8,424,000 | ) | — | — | 8,423,783 | 8,424,000 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 549,474 | 3,628,000 | 10,011,355 | 10,011,000 | 13,639,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 549,474 | 3,628,000 | 10,011,355 | 10,011,000 | 13,639,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 549,474 | 3,628,000 | 10,011,355 | 10,011,000 | 13,639,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Series A1 preferred stock to common stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | (549,474 | ) | (3,628,000 | ) | — | — | (3,628,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Series B1 preferred stock to common stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (10,011,355 | ) | (10,011,000 | ) | (10,011,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2007 | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS PROVIDES INFORMATION WHICH OUR MANAGEMENT BELIEVES IS RELEVANT TO AN ASSESSMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION. THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD BE READ TOGETHER WITH OUR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE NOTES TO OUR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, AND WITH OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB/A FILED ON JUNE 27, 2007.
In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that relate to future events and expectations and, as such, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include those containing such words as “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “expects”, “hopes”, “targets”, “should”, “will”, “will likely result”, “forecast”, “outlook”, “projects” or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
As used in this report, the terms “we,” “us,” and “our,” mean Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and our subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated.
We took our current form on January 12, 2007, when our wholly-owned subsidiary, Kreido Acquisition Corp. (“Acquisition Sub”) and Kreido Laboratories executed a Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”). On January 12, 2007, Acquisition Sub merged with and into Kreido Laboratories, with Kreido Laboratories remaining as the surviving corporation and as our wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Merger”).
The Merger was treated as a recapitalization of our company for accounting purposes. Our historical financial statements before the Merger were replaced with the historical financial statements of Kreido Laboratories in all filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) subsequent to January 12, 2007. The offering provided net proceeds of approximately $22.9 million, which included the repayment of $123,000 in outstanding notes and the cancellation of indebtedness of approximately $250,000.
Concurrently with the closing of the Merger, we completed a private offering of 18,518,519 units of our securities (the “Units”) at a purchase price of $1.35 per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one share of our common stock and a warrant to acquire one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.85 per share. The warrants are exercisable for a period of five years from January 12, 2007.
Also contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger, Kreido split-off another wholly-owned subsidiary, Gemwood Leaseco, Inc., a Nevada corporation, through the sale of all of the outstanding capital stock of Gemwood Leaseco, Inc. (the “Split-Off”). As a consequence of the sale of Gemwood Leaseco, Inc., we discontinued all of our business operations which we conducted prior to the closing of the Merger, and spun off all material liabilities existing prior to that date in any way related to our pre-closing business operations. Our primary operations are now those formerly operated by Kreido Laboratories, as well as other business activities which we have developed since January 12, 2007, as described in this Prospectus.
As the result of the Merger, the Split-Off and the change in our business and operations from an unrelated services company to a technology company focusing on the production of biofuel, a discussion of the past financial results of our company is not pertinent and our financial results as consolidated with Kreido Laboratories, the accounting acquirer, are presented here. Thus, the discussion of our financial results addresses only Kreido Laboratories.
Kreido Laboratories is a corporation founded to develop proprietary technology for building micro-composite materials for electronic applications. In 1995, Kreido Laboratories began to develop the technology used in the design and assembly of our STT® Reactor. Kreido Laboratories thereafter sought to develop the technology to improve the speed, completeness and efficiency of certain chemical reactions, including esterifications and transesterifications, in the chemical industries. We designed and developed the STT® Reactor which incorporates our proprietary “spinning tube-in-tube” design configuration to improve the speed and yield of chemical reactions. One of the EPA’s largest laboratories has been using our STT® Reactor-based technology since 2004 to develop and evaluate new chemical processes and develop and optimize protocols for use of the STT® Reactor by public and private entities. Beginning in the last quarter of 2005, Kreido Laboratories began to evaluate the advantages of the STT® Reactor specifically for the production of biodiesel. In the first quarter of 2006, Kreido Laboratories elected to focus primarily on the biodiesel industry and began to prepare and execute our current business plan.
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On July 26, 2007, Joel A. Balbien submitted to our Board of Directors his written notice of resignation as a director effective immediately and as President and Chief Executive Officer of our company effective as of July 27, 2007. The resignations were accepted by the Board of Directors on July 27, 2007. We also entered into a Settlement Agreement and General Release with Dr. Balbien terminating our Employment Agreement with Dr. Balbien and resolving all matters between us and Dr. Balbien.
On July 27, 2007, our Board of Directors appointed G.A. Ben Binninger, a director of our company, as our Chief Executive Officer. We and Mr. Binninger also entered into an Executive Employment Agreement that provides, in part, for Mr. Binninger to serve as our Chief Executive Officer and President. On July 27, 2007, the Board of Directors appointed Philip Lichtenberger as our Chief Operating Officer, and John Philpott as our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lichtenberger has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Kreido Labs since 1997 and was appointed as Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of our company on January 12, 2007. Mr. Philpott joined us on March 19, 2007 as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
On July 27, 2007, the Board of Directors also expanded the size of the Board from three directors to four directors and appointed Murli Tolaney and Richard Redoglia as members of the Board of Directors to fill the vacancies on the Board of Directors.
Plan of Operations
We plan to commercialize our proprietary technology for biodiesel production on a commercial scale and to become one of the leading providers of biodiesel in the United States and elsewhere. We expect to execute our business plan by generating revenues from multiple sources; 1) by building and operating our own STT® Reactor-based biodiesel production units with an anticipated aggregated biodiesel production capacity of approximately 100 MMgpy by the end of 2008; 2) licensing our STT® Reactor-based technology to others which may require one of our production units to be operational; and 3) in the longer term, by investing in businesses that will develop or use our STT® Reactor-based technology for production of biofuels, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
To date, we have accomplished the development and production of our STT® Reactor internally and utilized outsourcing for the development and construction of the STT® Production Unit. The STT® Production Unit which consists of our STT® Reactor along with pumps, centrifuges, and other vessels, equipment and piping. The STT® Production Unit is being engineered by a professional engineering firm and constructed by a manufacturer of engineered packaged systems. Site specific work for the plants will be done by contractors who will service individual sites.
Our engineering partner is R.C. Costello & Assoc. Inc. of Redondo Beach, California. This firm provides engineering design and improvements for chemical plants, natural gas plants and refineries, with an emphasis on process intensification. The firm has 11 years’ experience in reaction engineering, distillation and process safety. Our manufacturing partner is Certified Technical Services L.P. of Pasadena, Texas. This firm has been a heavy industrial contractor and manufacturer of engineered packaged systems for 20 years
We plan to directly market and distribute the biodiesel that we produce in our owned and operated facilities to diesel blenders and other distributors of diesel products. We plan to use diversified feedstock in our plants.
We anticipate that we will execute our business strategy with the following actions:
• | place one pilot STT® Reactor in the field, producing ASTM-quality biodiesel; | ||
• | hire additional construction project management, manufacturing, production plant operations, sales, marketing and business development personnel; |
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• | construct at least one of our own production plants equipped with STT® Production Units; and | ||
• | enter into discussion with parties interested in licensing the STT® Production Units for both domestic and international biodiesel production. |
We are developing three biodiesel production plants, each of which will employ our STT® Production Units. The development of the biodiesel production plants will require significant expenditures on equipment and materials and we expect to use a majority of the proceeds of the January 2007 private placement in the construction of the pilot and production plants. As feedstock and biodiesel prices change or as the demand for superior biodiesel production technology increases, we may determine that it is in our best interest to sell or license our STT® Production Units in the near term in lieu of building our second and third plants as soon as we currently plan. Because of the efficiency of our compact reactor and the ability to process different feedstocks, we believe that our STT® Production Unit technologies will provide us with cost and efficiency advantages when compared to companies developing conventional biodiesel plants. In the execution of our business plan, we anticipate that we will increase our number of employees in the next 12 months to approximately 85 employees.
The three plants planned for development are expected to be located in Wilmington, North Carolina and Chicago, Illinois as well as in a location to be determined in the Gulf region of the U.S. or other desirable sites we are investigating. Alternatively, we may build a second plant at our Wilmington, North Carolina location.
Since our business over the next 18 months consist primarily of constructing up to three biodiesel production plants and the pilot plant, the results of our operations and financial condition will reflect that of a biodiesel producer, engineering and construction company. If we are successful in implementing our current business plan of building biodiesel production plants the our results of our operations should reflect that of a biodiesel producer and marketer. Accordingly, the results of operations and cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 are not anticipated to be indicative of the results of operations and cash flows for future long-term periods.
We believe that we can satisfy our cash requirements for at least the next 6 months, however we may need to raise up to an additional $20 million in the fourth quarter of 2007 in order to support our current plan’s funding needs of completing the first plant, funding the start-up production plant costs and commencing the construction on the second production plant.
Consolidated Results of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Operating Expenses
Loss from operations for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $2,186,000, resulting from $298,000 of research and development expenses and $1,888,000 of general and administrative expenses. Loss from operation for the six months ended June 30, 2006 resulted primarily from $717,000 of research and development and $274,000 of general and administrative expenses. The decrease in research and development costs from the six month period ended in 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 related to the shift away from research and development activities and into the construction of the biodiesel production plants and our commercial STT® Reactor, the related costs of which are being capitalized. We expect to continue to incur research and development expenses in the future related to biofuels and different feedstocks as well as other uses for our STT® Reactor. Costs included in research and development for the six months ended June 30, 2007 consisted of payroll related expenses, supplies and small equipment costs, non-cash patent amortization and stock compensation expenses.
General and administrative costs increased by $1,184,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. The increase was related to legal fees and consulting costs related to the Merger and private placement offering, increased costs associated with a public company and an increase in administrative personnel costs including stock compensation costs. We expect operating expenses, especially general and administrative costs to increase over the next few years as construction activities increase and as we continue to grow and add personnel. Additionally, we will continue to incur additional costs associated with the requirements of operating as a public reporting entity and from the issuance of stock and stock options.
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Other Income (Expense)
Other income (expense) for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $421,000 compared to other expense of $396,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Fiscal year 2007 is comprised of interest income whereas 2006 consisted of $26,000 of interest income and $422,000 of interest expense from various notes payable.
Net Loss
Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $1,766,000, equivalent to a loss of $0.03 per common share compared to a net loss of $1,388,000, equivalent to $1.02 per common share for the six months ended June 30, 2006. We expect to incur net losses for the next couple of years as we continue to construct our biodiesel production plants.
Comparison of three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses of $1,462,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 increased by $949,000 compared to $513,000 for the same period in 2006. Research and development expense for the three months ended June 30, 2007 decreased by approximately $100,000, or 28%, compared to $386,000 for the same period in 2006. The decrease related to the shift away from research and development and into the commencement of the construction of the biodiesel production plants and our commercial STT® Reactor, the related costs of which are being capitalized. General and administrative costs increased to $1,184,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 from $127,000 for the same period in 2006. The increase was related to increased costs associated with being a public company, an increase in stock compensation expense from the issuance of stock options to employees and an increase in payroll related costs from the hiring of additional personnel. We expect operating expenses, especially general and administrative costs to increase over the next few years as construction activities increase and as we continue to grow and add personnel. Additionally, we will continue to incur additional costs associated with the requirements of operating as a public reporting entity and from the issuance of stock and stock options.
Other Income (Expense)
Other income (expense) for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was other income of $229,000 compared to other expense of $206,000 for the same period in 2006. Other income for the three months ended June 30, 2007 consisted of interest income compared to the same period in 2006 consisting of $211,000 of interest expense offset by $5,000 of other income. We expect interest expense for 2007 to be minimal due to the conversion and retirement of debt in January 2007 and interest income to reflect the changes in the available cash balances.
Net Loss
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was $1,233,000, or a 71% increase compared to the net loss of $719,000 for the same three month period for 2006. There were no net sales or gross profit for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006. We expect to incur net losses for the next couple of years as we continue to construct our biodiesel production plants.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
A summary of our sources and use of cash for the six months ended June 30, 2007, is as follows:
• | Sources of cash consisted of private placement net proceeds of $22.9 million and interest income of $420,000 for total sources of cash of $23.3 million. |
• | Uses of cash consisted of purchases of fixed assets and construction of plant and reactors of $6 million, general and administrative cost of $1.7 million, repayment of capital leases of $151,000 and investments in patents of $113,000 for a total use of cash of $9 million. |
• | The cash balance of $17.3 million consists of net sources and uses of cash of $15.3 million plus an increase in the amounts due to vendors of $2 million which will be paid in future periods. |
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The details of the cash flow activities are discussed below.
Net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $680,000 as compared to net cash used in operations of $853,000 for the same period in 2006. Net cash provided from operations is primarily related to the increase in accounts payable at the end of June 30, 2007 which consisted of certain large payments due to vendors associated with the construction of our biodiesel production plants. In addition, we incurred an increase in stock compensation costs compared to prior periods.
Net cash used by investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was approximately $6.1 million which was a significant increase from $122,000 used by investing activities for the same period in 2006. The cash used in 2007 consisted primarily of the purchase and construction of equipment and facilities associated with the development of our biodiesel production plants. Costs of the plants consist of: (1) site selection, leasing, permitting and other legal compliance; (2) architectural, design and engineering; (3) labor, overhead and materials to build in-house the STT® Reactors; (4) designing, engineering and manufacturing of the plant production unit which includes components such as centrifuges, tanks, control panels and other equipment being build by third parties for delivery to the plant site; and (5) the general contractor fees, engineering and construction of the buildings and physical improvements including tanks, piping, boilers and various lab and other equipment and machinery comprising the plant. In addition, approximately $4.2 million was committed through purchase orders issued to sub-contractors and equipment vendors for services and equipment to be provided after June 30, 2007 with additional purchase orders and contracts likely to be entered into in the future months. We also invested $70,000 and $116,000, respectively, in patents for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $22.7 million consisting primarily of the private placement sale of our common stock netting proceeds to us of approximately $22.9 million. This was offset by the repayment of outstanding notes and the payment of capital leases. The cash used in financing activities was $17,000 for payments of capital lease obligations for the six months ended June 30, 2006.
Concurrently with the closing on January 12, 2007 of the merger of Acquisition Sub and Kreido Laboratories, which was treated as a recapitalization of our company for accounting purposes, we consummated a private offering of 18,518,519 units of our securities at a purchase price of $1.35 per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one share of our common stock and a warrant to acquire one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.85 per share. The warrants are exercisable for a period of five years from January 12, 2007. The private placement of the Units resulted in our receiving from the gross proceeds of approximately $25 million, net proceeds of approximately $22.9 million.
We anticipate that the net proceeds of the private placement offering of the Units will enable us to carry out our current operating plan to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007. Based upon our projected activities, we believe that up to an additional $20 million in financing will be needed to support our current plan’s funding needs of completing the first plant, funding the start-up production plant costs and commencing the construction on the second production plant. However, if our operating plan changes, we may require additional financing at an earlier time or increased financing. Financing may not be available on terms acceptable to us or our investors, and may be available only on terms that would negatively affect existing stockholders. If adequate funds are not available, we may not be successful in executing our operating plan as anticipated.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Revenue Recognition
Our revenues are expected to be derived from the sale of biodiesel as well as from the licensing our patented processes, leasing our patented equipment to carry out the licensed processes and providing on-going technical support and know-how. Revenues from product sales will be recorded upon shipment. Revenues from technology licensing will be, based upon the nature of the licensing agreement, recorded upon billing due date established by contractual agreement with the customer or over the term of the agreement. For sales arrangements with multiple elements, we will allocate the undelivered elements based on the price charged when an element is sold separately. Through the end of June 30, 2007, we have recognized no commercial or licensing revenue. It is anticipated that once we have built and begin operating the commercial biodiesel production plants, the majority of revenue will be based upon the sale of biodiesel to distributors.
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Research and Development
Research and development costs related to the design, development, demonstration, and testing of reactor technology are charged to operations as incurred.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We consider all highly liquid investments with a maturity date of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
Use of Estimates
Preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods covered by the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Depreciation and Amortization
The provision of depreciation of property and equipment is calculated when put into service on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, generally ranging from five to seven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the related asset or the lease term.
Patents
Capitalized patent costs consist of direct costs associated with obtaining patents such as legal expenses and filing fees. Patent costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over 15 years, which is the expected life, beginning in the month that the patent is issued. Patent costs are capitalized beginning with the filing of the patent application. The patents are tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if events or conditions indicate the asset might be impaired and the carrying value may not be recoverable. These conditions may include an economic downturn, new and or competitive technology, new industry regulations and a change in the operations or business direction of the Company. The impairment tests include a comparison of estimated undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset’s carrying value. If the assessment determines that the fair value is less than the carrying value of the patent, an impairment charge is recorded to reduce the value of the patent.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
We continually evaluate whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate the remaining estimated useful life of long-lived assets may warrant revision or that the remaining balance of long-lived assets may not be recoverable in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. When factors indicate that long-lived assets should be evaluated for possible impairment, we use an estimate of the related undiscounted future cash flows over the remaining life of the long-lived assets in measuring whether they are recoverable. If the estimated undiscounted future cash flows exceed the carrying value of the asset, a loss is recorded as the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value. No assets were determined to be impaired as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006.
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Stock-Based Compensation
Prior to January 1, 2006, we accounted for employee stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method supplemented by pro forma disclosures in accordance with APB 25 and SFAS 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), as amended by SFAS No. 148 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosures.” Under the intrinsic value based method, compensation cost is the excess, if any, of the quoted market price of the stock at the grant date or other measurement date over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock. Under the intrinsic value method, we recognized stock-based compensation common stock on the date of grant.
Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS 123(R) “Share Based Payment” using the modified prospective approach and accordingly prior periods have not been restated to reflect the impact of SFAS 123(R). Under SFAS 123(R), stock-based awards granted prior to January 1, 2006 will be charged to expense over the remaining portion of their vesting period. These awards will be charged to expense under the straight-line method using the same fair value measurements which were used in calculating pro forma stock-based compensation expense under SFAS 123. For stock-based awards granted on or after January 1, 2006, we determined stock-based compensation based on the fair value method specified in SFAS 123(R), and we will amortize stock-based compensation expense on the straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
For periods prior to January 1, 2006, SFAS 123(R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from initial estimates. Previously under APB 25 to the extent awards were forfeited prior to vesting, the corresponding previously recognized expense was reversed in the period of forfeiture. We recorded $408,000 of stock-based compensation expense for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying values reflected in the balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values due to the short maturity of these instruments. The carrying value of convertible notes payable and capital leases approximates their fair value based upon current market borrowing rates with similar terms and maturities.
Comprehensive Loss
Except for net loss, we have no material components of comprehensive loss, and accordingly, the comprehensive loss is the same as the net loss for all periods presented.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”) which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. SFAS 159 will be effective for us on January 1, 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 159 may have on our financial condition or results of operations.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure of fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements and, accordingly, does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We do not believe that the adoption of SFAS 157 will have a significant effect on our consolidated financial statements.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(c) of Regulation S-B, promulgated by the SEC.
RISK FACTORS
An investment in our common stock is highly speculative and involves a high degree of risk. Investors should carefully consider the risks below before making an investment decision. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment.
Risks Related to the Contemplated Conduct of our Business
We have had no operating history as a producer of biodiesel or as a producer of equipment systems for the biodiesel industry. Our anticipated results of operation and financial condition are planned and estimated on the basis of our assumptions with respect to our anticipated operations.
We have no operating history in our contemplated biodiesel production business and, to date, have not earned any revenues in connection with that business. We have no experience operating, selling or licensing processing equipment or complete systems to the biodiesel or other fuel industry. We have only recently, in the fourth quarter of 2005, begun to pursue commercial applications for the STT® Reactor in the biodiesel industry. Accordingly, it may be difficult for investors to evaluate our business prospects or our ability to achieve our business objectives. If our efforts do not result in both revenues and profits, we may be forced to cease operations and liquidate, and investors may lose their entire investment.
If we cannot successfully address these risks, our contemplated business and the anticipated results of our contemplated operations and financial condition would suffer.
We have been a development stage company since 1995 and have a history of significant operating losses. We may not ever achieve or maintain profitability.
We have incurred significant operating losses since our inception, and, as of June 30, 2007, we have accumulated a deficit of approximately $24.9 million. We may continue to incur operating losses, depending largely upon the commercial success of our STT® Reactor and STT® Production Units. To date, we have neither sold nor licensed any commercial-scale products. We will need to generate revenues in excess of our expenses to become profitable, and we may be unable to do so. If we do not become profitable, the value of our common stock may decline.
Our operating losses may increase as we continue to incur costs for manufacturing, sales and marketing, research and development and legal and general corporate activities. Whether we achieve and maintain profitability depends in part upon our ability, alone or with others, to successfully complete the development of biodiesel production facilities, to sell biodiesel at a profit, to successfully complete the development of our equipment systems and to sell or license those equipment systems at prices that enable us to generate a profitable return.
We may be required to implement our business plan other than as described herein.
We may find it necessary or advisable to substantially alter or materially change our commercialization activities to respond to changes that occur in the future.
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Although core to our business plan is to own and operate biodiesel production plants in the United States for our own account, part of our contemplated business strategy is to license STT® Production Units to others primarily outside the United States. The portion of our contemplated business model that calls for us to license STT® Production Units to others is dependent on the market’s willingness to adopt a new biodiesel production technology. Our STT® Production Unit may never gain acceptance from the biodiesel market, which would put in jeopardy that portion of our business model that relies on licensing STT® Production Units to others. This risk is amplified by the fact that, although we are currently building our first commercial-scale STT® Production Units, we have not completed building our first such unit. None of our products are currently being used to produce biodiesel on a commercial scale.
Should biodiesel producers fail to adopt our STT® Biodiesel Production Units, or should a superior competing technology be developed, it may not be possible to fund our operations as expected. The degree of market acceptance of our STT® Biodiesel Production Units will depend on numerous factors, including the effectiveness of our product and the biodiesel market’s willingness to use a new processing technology.
Our ability to execute our business plan is dependent on the growth and maintenance of substantial demand for biodiesel in the United States. It is impossible to predict what the current demand for biodiesel is since so little of it is currently being produced and all that is being produced is being sold. Accordingly, the failure of a biodiesel market to develop could adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
We have not produced or operated any commercial-scale STT® Reactors or STT® Production Units.
We have designed, built, and licensed two bench-scale STT® Reactors to the specialty chemical and pharmaceutical markets and have designed and built pilot-scale STT® Reactors ranging from 8 to 100 ml capacity. We have also designed and are now building commercial-scale STT® Production Units for producing biodiesel. We have yet to license our first STT® Production Unit or install one in our own biodiesel production plant. We do not know if our commercial-scale STT® Production Unit will produce biodiesel fuel to ASTM standard in the volumes that we anticipate or whether our equipment systems will gain commercial acceptance in the biodiesel industry. Therefore, we are uncertain whether we will be able to sell, license or lease any STT® Biodiesel Production Units to any third parties. If we are unable to produce and operate our equipment systems on a commercial scale and generate biodiesel to ASTM standard, then we may be forced to cease operations or to raise additional capital to further develop our equipment systems. Additional capital may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all.
We are likely to require additional funding to execute our business plan, and additional funding may not be available. If additional funding is available, it may not be offered to us on terms that are satisfactory to our board of directors.
We will require additional capital in the future to sufficiently fund our operations. We may not be able to obtain additional capital on terms favorable to us or at all. We have consumed substantial amounts of capital to date, and we expect to increase our operating expenses over the coming years as we build our pilot unit and first production unit, expand our facilities and infrastructure and prepare for commercialization activities.
Based upon our projected activities, we believe that up to an additional $20 million will be needed in the fourth quarter of 2007 in order to support our current plan’s funding needs of completing the first production plant, funding the start-up plant costs and commencing the construction on the second production plant. However, if this plan changes, we may require additional financing at an earlier time. Financing may not be available on terms acceptable to us or our investors, and may be available only on terms that would negatively affect the existing stockholders. If adequate funds are not available, we likely will not be successful in executing our business plan as anticipated and, as a result, we may be forced to cease operations and liquidate, in which case investors may not be able to receive any return of their invested capital.
We cannot be certain that additional financing will not be needed beyond our current and projected needs or will be available when required and, if available, that it will be on terms satisfactory to us. Future financings may be dilutive to existing stockholders. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet our funding requirements, this would adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition
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A substantial part of our assumptions regarding our financial advantages in the biodiesel production business are estimates and therefore may not be correct.
We believe that our STT® Production Units will have higher yields and a less per gallon cost than conventional biodiesel production systems. This is based, in part, on what we believe will be favorable facilities construction costs. If the actual cost exceeds the costs that we project to construct our planned production facilities, it would adversely affect the amortization of our capital costs. This in turn would decrease or eliminate certain of our anticipated costs advantages with respect to conventional biodiesel plants.
We believe that our per gallon cost of producing biodiesel will be less than conventional biodiesel producers based primarily on less cost incurred from energy usage and the catalyst material used in making our biodiesel. If the actual use of energy and catalyst material is more than expected then the costs advantages that we anticipate may not be present, and we may not be able to achieve our expected profits or any profits at all.
The cost of soybean, palm oil and canola/rapeseed oil and the market price of biodiesel has been fluctuating and is subject to supply and demand conditions which may affect our profitability and cash flow .
The demand for soybean oil, palm oil and canola/rapeseed oil has been increasing in 2007 and may continue to do so in the future. The increase in demand has increased the cost of these feedstock raw materials. According to the Energy Management Institute Alternative Fuels Indexsm, the average producer price of B100 diesel across 52 major metropolitan areas in the United States during the week ending August 2, 2007 was $3.62 per gallon, and net of site specific transportation and handling costs, it was $3.22 per gallon. It is possible that this price range will not remain the relevant price range for biodiesel in and after 2008. It is possible that potential supply and demand conditions may adversely affect the various cost of raw materials or the price level for biodiesel. If the cost of these feedstock raw materials remains high and if the wholesale price for biodiesel does not remain at a level that permits us to generate revenues in excess of our costs, after taking into account tax incentives and credits, then we may not become or remain profitable or have positive cash flow, in which case it will likely affect our financial condition and viability as an on-going business.
Our ability to execute our business plan depends on conditions the satisfaction of which is not under our control.
Our ability to successfully execute our business plan depends on the satisfaction of several conditions, including:
• | obtaining all required permits, consents and regulatory approvals from government agencies and other third parties for our anticipated construction and operation of owned biodiesel production plants and related facilities, as well as for the future operation of those facilities; | ||
• | successfully commercializing the STT® Reactor technology for biodiesel; | ||
• | arranging reasonably priced insurance to cover operating risks and other adverse outcomes which could impair the business; and | ||
• | market conditions for fuels that make biodiesel a competitively priced product. |
Since we have yet to begin full operation as a biodiesel business, there is no certainty that we will be able to achieve satisfaction of any or all of the above conditions. If we fail to do so, we may be forced to cease operations and to liquidate, in which case investors may not be able to receive any return of their invested capital. Also, the process of obtaining permits in certain locations may increase the cost and delay plant construction.
We are dependent upon our officers for management and direction, and the loss of any of these persons could adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
We are dependent upon our officers for implementation of our current stage of development for our business plan. The loss of any of our key officers, including Philip Lichtenberger, our Chief Operating Officer and Alan McGrevy, our Vice President of Engineering, could have a material adverse effect upon the anticipated results of our contemplated operations and financial condition and would likely delay or prevent the achievement of our contemplated business objectives. We do not maintain “key person” life insurance for any of our officers.
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We may be unable to effectively manage our growth.
Our strategy envisions expanding our business beyond our status as a development stage company. We anticipate significant expansion in our manpower, facilities and infrastructure in the future and expect that greater expansion will be necessary to address potential growth in our customer base and market opportunities. To manage the expected growth of our operations and personnel, we will need to improve our transaction processing, operational and financial systems, procedures and controls. The current and planned personnel, systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our future operations. We may be unable to hire, train, retain and manage required personnel or to identify and take advantage of existing and potential strategic relationships and market opportunities.
If we fail to effectively manage our growth, our anticipated results of operation and financial condition could be adversely affected. Growth may place a strain on our management systems and resources. We must continue to refine and expand our business development capabilities, our systems and processes, and our access to financing sources. As we grow, we must continue to hire, train, supervise and manage new employees. We cannot assure that if we do expand our business that we will be able to:
• | meet our capital needs; | ||
• | expand our systems effectively, efficiently or in a timely manner; | ||
• | allocate our human resources optimally; | ||
• | identify and hire qualified employees or retain valued employees; or | ||
• | incorporate effectively the components of any business that we may acquire in our effort to achieve growth. |
We may be unable to attract and retain key personnel.
Our development and success is dependent upon our management’s ability to effectuate our transition into a biodiesel technology-development and production company. Our anticipated product development and manufacturing efforts capability will require additional management not yet part of us. There is intense competition for qualified management, research, development and manufacturing personnel in the chemical, engineering and biofuels fields. Therefore, we may not be successful in attracting and retaining the qualified personnel necessary to develop our business.
New technologies could render our biodiesel production system obsolete.
The development and implementation of new technologies may result in a significant reduction in the costs of biodiesel production. For instance, any technological advances in catalysis and/or large scale micro-channel reactor systems could have an adverse effect on our contemplated business. We cannot predict whether new technologies may become available, the rate of acceptance of new technologies by competitors or the costs associated with new technologies. In addition, advances in the development of alternatives to biodiesel could significantly reduce demand for or eliminate the need for biodiesel.
Any advances in technology that require significant capital expenditures to remain competitive or that reduce demand or prices for biodiesel could adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
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Strategic relationships with feedstock suppliers, fabricators, building contractors, equipment suppliers and other unrelated third parties on which we rely are subject to change.
Our ability to develop our business will depend on our ability to identify feedstock suppliers, construction contractors, equipment fabricators and customers and to enter into suitable commercial arrangements with those suppliers, contractors, fabricators and customers. Our success in this area will also depend on our ability to select and evaluate suitable projects, as well as to consummate transactions in a highly competitive environment.
The demand for construction and contract manufacturing companies that are qualified to build biodiesel production plants and equipment has increased. Some companies report that their construction backlogs are as many as four years. While we have the capacity to manufacture our STT® Reactors in house, we do not have the capability in-house to construct and fabricate the entire biodiesel production plant and equipment and we intend to rely on strategic relationships with third-party construction and fabrication companies, some of which we have not yet developed. Furthermore, the recent growth in biodiesel plant construction has caused a backlog on certain specialized equipment. One example of such specialized equipment is centrifuges, for which there is a reported backlog of six months for some models. The failure to secure agreements with construction companies and/or for the requisition of such specialized equipment may adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
To develop our business, we plan to use the business relationships of our management to form strategic relationships. These relationships may take the form of joint ventures with other private parties or local government bodies, contractual arrangements with other companies, including those that supply feedstock that we will use in our business, or minority investments from third parties. We may not be able to establish these strategic relationships, or, if established, we may not be able to maintain these relationships, particularly if members of the management team leave us. In addition, the dynamics of our relationships with strategic partners may require us to incur expenses or undertake activities we would not otherwise be inclined to incur or undertake to fulfill our obligations to these partners or maintain these relationships. If we do not successfully establish or maintain strategic relationships, we may not be able to achieve our business goals and that could adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
Our anticipated production, sale and distribution of biodiesel are dependent on the sufficiency of necessary infrastructure, which may not be put into place on a timely basis, if at all. In this case, our anticipated results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected by these infrastructure disruptions.
Substantial development of infrastructure will be required by persons and entities outside our control for our operations, and the biodiesel industry generally, to grow. Areas requiring expansion include, but are not limited to:
• | adequate rail capacity, including sufficient numbers of dedicated tanker cars; | ||
• | sufficient storage facilities for feedstock and biodiesel; | ||
• | increases in truck fleets capable of transporting biodiesel within localized markets; and | ||
• | expansion of blending facilities and pipelines to handle biodiesel. |
Substantial investments required for these infrastructure changes and expansions may not be made or may not be made on a timely basis. Any delay or failure in making the changes to or expansion of infrastructure could hurt the demand and/or prices for our products, impede our delivery of products, impose additional costs on us or otherwise have a material adverse effect on our anticipated results of operations or financial condition. Our business is dependent on the continuing availability of infrastructure, and any infrastructure disruptions could adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
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We may be unable to locate suitable properties and obtain the development rights needed to build and expand our business, in which case we will not be able to produce our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
Our business plan focuses in part on designing, building and operating biodiesel production plants for our own account within existing liquids-handling terminals adjacent to river, lake and seaports. Our ability to secure suitable plant locations could create unanticipated costs and delays in implementing our business plan. If we are not successful in identifying and obtaining development rights on suitable properties for building and operating biodiesel production plants, our future prospects for profitability will likely be substantially limited, and adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
We may be adversely affected by environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and requirements, any of which could require us to pay or satisfy costs or incur expenses substantially in excess of our business plan.
As we pursue our business plan, we will become subject to various federal, state, local and foreign environmental laws and regulations, including those relating to the discharge of materials into the air, water and ground, the generation, storage, handling, use, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials, and the health and safety of our employees. The cost of compliance with environmental, health and safety laws could be significant. A violation of these laws, regulations and/or permit conditions can result in substantial fines, natural resource damages, criminal sanctions, permit revocations and/or facility shutdowns, as well as civil liabilities to affected property owners. In addition, new laws, new interpretations of existing laws, increased governmental enforcement of environmental laws or other developments could require us to make additional significant expenditures.
The hazards and risks associated with producing and transporting biodiesel, in particular due to the presence of methanol (such as fires, natural disasters, explosions and abnormal pressures and blowouts) may also result in personal injury claims or damage to property and third parties. As protection against operating hazards, we intend to maintain insurance coverage against some, but not all, potential losses. However, we could sustain losses for uninsurable or uninsured risks, or in amounts in excess of existing insurance coverage. Events that result in significant personal injury or damage to our property or third parties or other losses that are not fully covered by insurance could have a material adverse effect on the anticipated results of our contemplated operations and financial condition.
Our anticipated results of operation and financial condition will suffer if we cannot obtain or maintain governmental permits or licenses that are necessary for the operation of our biodiesel production units.
Our pilot plant and biodiesel production facilities operations will require licenses and permits from various governmental authorities. We believe that we will be able to obtain all necessary licenses and permits to carry on the activities that we contemplate. However, our ability to obtain, sustain or renew such licenses and permits will be subject to governmental regulations and policies which are subject to change. Our inability to obtain or retain any of these licenses or permits may have a material adverse effect on our anticipated results from operations and financial condition.
Our success will depend in part on our ability to protect our intellectual property.
Our success, competitive position and future revenues will depend in large part on our ability, to obtain, secure and defend patent protection for our products, methods, processes and other technologies, to preserve our trade secrets, to prevent third parties from infringing on our proprietary rights, and to operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of third parties. Our interest in these rights is complex and uncertain.
We hold five issued patents (plus one pending application for U.S. patents) on our STT® technology for biodiesel production in the United States and internationally. These issued patents expire between 2011 and 2023. We will seek to obtain additional patents that we believe may be required to commercialize our products, technologies and methods. We also have patent applications pending in several foreign jurisdictions. We anticipate filing additional patent applications both in the United States and in other countries, as appropriate. However, we cannot predict:
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• | the degree and range of protection any patents will afford us against competitors, including whether third parties will find ways to invalidate or otherwise circumvent our patents; | ||
• | if and when patents will issue; | ||
• | if our issued patents will be valid or enforceable; | ||
• | whether or not others will obtain patents claiming aspects similar to those covered by our patents and patent applications; or | ||
• | whether we will need to initiate litigation or administrative proceedings which may be costly whether we win or lose. |
Even issued patents may later be found unenforceable, or be restricted or invalidated in proceedings instituted by third parties before various patent offices and courts. Changes in either the patent laws or in the interpretation of patent laws in the United States and other countries may diminish the value of our intellectual property. We are therefore unable to predict the scope of any patent claims in our or in third-party patents that may be issued or may be enforceable.
To help protect our proprietary know-how and our inventions for which patents may be unobtainable or difficult to obtain, we rely on trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and advisors. If any of our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information is disclosed, the value of our trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary rights would be significantly impaired and our business and competitive position would suffer.
A dispute regarding the infringement or misappropriation of our proprietary rights or the proprietary rights of others could be costly and result in delays in our commercialization activities. Our success depends, in part, on our ability to operate without infringing on or misappropriating the property rights of others.
Any legal action claiming damages or seeking to enjoin commercial activities relating to the affected products, methods, and processes could require us to obtain a license to continue to use, manufacture or market the affected products, methods or processes, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all, or could prevent us from making, using or selling the subject matter claimed in patents held by others and subject us to potential liability damages or could consume a substantial portion of our managerial and financial resources whether we win or lose.
Risks Related to our Participation in the Biodiesel Industry
Increases in the construction of biodiesel production plants may cause excess biodiesel production capacity in the market. Excess capacity may adversely affect the price at which we are able to sell the biodiesel that we produce and may also adversely affect our anticipated results of operation and financial condition.
In 2006, only 200 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in the United States. According to the National Biodiesel Board, as of January 31, 2007, there is a reported 864 MMgpy of biodiesel production capacity in the United States, with another 1.7 billion gallons per year under construction (for a total of 2,564 MMgpy) (see http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelfactsheets/Production_Capacity.pdf).
With such an increase in biodiesel production capacity in the United States, compared to historical production levels, there is risk that there will be a significant amount of excess biodiesel production capacity, thereby resulting in significant price competition and the closure of less competitive biodiesel facilities. Although this existing and pending capacity growth is very large compared to historical production levels, we believe that the market will purchase as much biodiesel as is available, so long as the prices for biodiesel (net of the impact of tax credits and other similar incentives) are competitive with those of petrodiesel.
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Our anticipated results of operations, financial condition and business outlook will be highly dependent on commodity prices and the availability of supplies, both of which are subject to significant volatility and uncertainty.
Our operating results will be substantially dependent on commodity prices, especially prices for biodiesel and petroleum diesel, as well as feedstock, equipment and materials used in the construction and operation of our biodiesel production plants. As a result of the volatility of the prices and the scarcity of these items, our results may fluctuate substantially, and we may experience periods of declining prices for our products and increasing costs for our raw materials, which could result in operating losses. Although we may attempt to offset a portion of the effects of fluctuations in prices by entering into forward contracts to supply biodiesel or purchase feedstock or other items or by engaging in transactions involving exchange-traded futures contracts, the amount and duration of these hedging and other risk mitigation activities may vary substantially over time, and these activities also involve substantial risks.
The price of feedstock is influenced by market demand, weather conditions, animal processing and rendering plant decisions, factors affecting crop yields, farmer planting decisions and general economic, market and regulatory factors. The principal feedstocks for biodiesel currently are soybean oil, palm oil and canola/rapeseed oil and are the feedstocks most susceptible to price risk due to market demand. Factors affecting crop yield and planting decisions include government policies and subsidies with respect to agriculture and international trade, and global and local demand and supply. The significance and relative effect of these factors on the price of feedstock is difficult to predict.
Any event that tends to negatively affect the supply of feedstock, such as increased demand, adverse weather or crop disease, could increase feedstock prices and potentially harm our business. In addition, we may also have difficulty, from time to time, in physically sourcing feedstock on economical terms due to supply shortages. Such a shortage could require us to suspend operations until feedstock is available at economical terms, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, anticipated results of operations and financial condition. The price we pay for feedstock at a facility could increase if an additional multi-feedstock biodiesel production plant is built in the same general vicinity or if alternative uses are found for lower cost feedstock.
Biodiesel fuel is a commodity whose price is determined based in part on the price of petroleum diesel, world demand, supply and other factors, all of which are beyond our control. World prices for biodiesel fuel have fluctuated widely in recent years. We expect that prices will continue to fluctuate in the future. Price fluctuations will have a significant impact upon our revenue, the return on our investment in biodiesel production plants and our general financial condition. Price fluctuations for biodiesel fuel may also impact the investment market and our ability to raise investor capital. Although market prices for biodiesel fuel rose to near-record levels during 2005, there is no assurance that these prices will remain at current levels. Future decreases in the prices of biodiesel or petroleum diesel fuel may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and anticipated results of operations.
Both supply and demand in the United States biodiesel industry are highly dependent upon federal and state legislation.
The production of biodiesel is made significantly more competitive by federal and state tax incentives. The federal excise tax incentive program for biodiesel was originally enacted as part of the JOBS Act but is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2008. This program provides blenders, generally distributors, with a one cent tax credit for each percentage point of virgin vegetable oil-derived biodiesel blended with petroleum diesel. For example, distributors that blend virgin soybean-derived biodiesel with petroleum diesel into a B20 blend biodiesel would receive a 20 cent per gallon excise tax credit. The program also provides blenders of recycled oils, such as yellow grease from restaurants, with a one-half cent tax credit for each percentage point of recycled oil-derived biodiesel blended with petroleum diesel. For example, distributors that blend recycled oil-derived biodiesel with petroleum diesel into a B20 blend biodiesel would receive a 10 cent per gallon excise tax credit. In addition, approximately 31 states provide mandates, programs and other incentives to increase biodiesel production and use, such as mandates for fleet use or for overall use within the state, tax credits, financial grants, tax deductions, financial assistance, tax exemptions and fuel rebate programs. These incentives are meant to lower the end-users’ cost of biodiesel in comparison to petroleum diesel. Currently, we plan to sell the biodiesel we produce to blenders that blend their biodiesel blend with petroleum diesel and therefore we expect to receive a price from our biodiesel purchasers that includes the $1.00 excise tax credit. The elimination or significant reduction in the federal excise tax incentive program or state incentive programs benefiting biodiesel could adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
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Reductions in support of biodiesel from government, consumer or special interest groups could adversely impact our business plan and our anticipated results of operation and financial condition.
Federal and state governments in the United States and governments abroad have implemented incentives and mandates in support of biodiesel. Similarly, there has been support from consumers and special interest groups, such as agricultural and environmental groups. Support has even come from the petroleum industry itself, such as BP’s (formerly known as British Petroleum) “beyond petroleum” marketing campaign, and the automobile industry, such as General Motors’ “live green, go yellow” flex-fuel ethanol marketing campaign. The loss of these incentives, including the failure to renew incentives that terminate, could adversely affect our anticipated results of operations and financial condition.
We may be unable to effectively compete in the biodiesel industry.
In many instances, our competitors and potential competitors have, or will have, substantially greater financial, technical, research, and other resources and larger, more established marketing, sales, distribution, and service organizations than we have. Moreover, competitors may have longer operating histories and greater credit worthiness (i.e., in competing for feedstock) than we have, and competitors may offer discounts as a competitive tactic. Our competitors may succeed in developing or marketing technologies or products that are more effective or commercially attractive than our products, or that would render our technologies and products obsolete. Also, we may not have the financial resources, technical expertise, or marketing, distribution, or support capabilities to compete successfully in the future.
We anticipate that competition for the licensing of biodiesel reactors will come primarily from companies that offer competing novel biodiesel production technologies. To compete effectively in licensing biodiesel production technology, we will need to demonstrate the advantages of our STT® Reactor over well-established, traditional chemical reactors, as well as novel technologies and systems. We will also experience competition from other producers of biodiesel.
Our ability to succeed as a biodiesel production company will depend, to a large extent, on our ability to compete for, and obtain, feedstock, obtaining suitable properties for constructing biodiesel production plants and sales of biodiesel and related products. Competition will likely increase as energy prices on the commodities market, including biodiesel and petrodiesel, rise as they have in recent years. This increased competition may also have an adverse impact on our ability to obtain additional capital from investors.
A substantial reduction in crude petroleum oil prices could have an adverse impact on our contemplated business plan by making biodiesel fuel relatively more expensive compared to petrodiesel. Were such a reduction to occur, it would likely adversely affect our anticipated results of operation and financial condition.
With the current elevated prices compared to historical prices of crude petroleum oil, and by extension, petrodiesel, biodiesel can be produced for a cost that is economically practical when compared to the cost to produce petrodiesel. However, if the price of crude petroleum oil should drop substantially, this could have a material adverse effect on the entire biodiesel industry and us.
Risks Related to Investment in our Common Stock
The public market for our common stock is volatile.
Our common stock is currently quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and since the closing of our private placement offering in January 2007 the trading price has been volatile. An active public market for the common stock may not be sustained.
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The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to factors, some of which are beyond our control, including the following:
• | actual or anticipated variations in operating results; | ||
• | the limited number of holders of the common stock, and the limited liquidity available through the OTC Bulletin Board; | ||
• | changes in financial estimates by securities analysts; | ||
• | changes in the economic performance and/or market valuations of other energy companies; | ||
• | the timing and type of financing and related dilution impact on the stockholders; | ||
• | our announcement of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments; | ||
• | additions or departures of key personnel; | ||
• | sales or other transactions involving our capital stock; | ||
• | changes in the market for biodiesel fuel commodities or the capital markets generally, or both; | ||
• | changes in the availability of feedstock on commercially economic terms; | ||
• | changes in the demand for biodiesel fuel, including changes resulting from the expansion of other alternative fuels; | ||
• | changes in the social, political and/or legal climate; | ||
• | announcements of technological innovations or new products available to the biodiesel production industry; and/or | ||
• | announcements by relevant domestic and foreign government agencies related to incentives for alternative energy development programs. |
We may not be able to attract the attention of major brokerage firms.
Because we have not yet actively commenced business, or because we became public through a “reverse merger,” security analysts of major brokerage firms may not provide coverage of us. Moreover, brokerage firms may not desire to provide financial advisory services or to conduct secondary offerings on our behalf in the future.
Our common stock may be considered “a penny stock” and may be difficult to sell.
The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define “penny stock” to be an equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to specific exemptions. The market price of our common stock is less than $5.00 per share and therefore may be designated as a “penny stock” according to SEC rules. This designation requires any broker or dealer selling these securities to disclose certain information concerning the transaction, obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities. These rules may restrict the ability of brokers or dealers to sell the common stock and may affect the ability of investors to sell their shares. In addition, since the common stock is currently traded on the OTC Bulletin Board, investors may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations of the common stock and may experience a lack of buyers to purchase such stock or a lack of market makers to support the stock price.
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A significant number of our shares will be eligible for sale, and their sale could depress the market price of our common stock.
Sales of a significant number of shares of our common stock in the public market could harm the market price of our common stock. As additional shares of our common stock become available for resale in the public market pursuant to Rule 144, the supply of common stock will increase, which could decrease the price of our common stock. Some or all of the shares of common stock not registered on the Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), may be resold from time to time in the open market pursuant to Rule 144. In general, a person who has held restricted shares for a period of one year may, upon filing with the SEC a notification on Form 144, sell into the market shares of common stock in an amount equal to the greater of 1% of the outstanding shares or the average weekly number of shares sold in the last four weeks prior to such sale. Such sales may be repeated once every three months, and any of the restricted shares may be sold by a non-affiliate after they have been held for two years. Substantially all of the former shareholders of Kreido Laboratories have entered into lock-up agreements pursuant to which they have agree to not sell the company shares issued to them in the Merger for a period of 12 months following the merger date of January 12, 2007.
Our principal stockholders will have significant voting power and may take actions that may not be in the best interests of other stockholders.
Our officers, directors, principal stockholders, and their affiliates control a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of common stock. If these stockholders act together, they will be able to exert significant control over our management and affairs requiring stockholder approval, including approval of significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control and might adversely affect the market price of the common stock. This concentration of ownership may not be in the best interests of all our stockholders.
Investors should not anticipate receiving cash dividends on our common stock.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends or distributions on our common stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings to support operations and to finance expansion and therefore do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
Wrongful acts of our former counsel may expose the Company to investor claims under the securities laws and gives rise to Company claims against those associated with the wrongdoing.
On February 28, 2007, we announced that we have conducted an inquiry concerning the improper transfer of shares of our common stock without a restrictive legend to two brokerage accounts controlled by Louis Zehil, a former partner of McGuireWoods, the law firm that represented us in a private offering of company stocks in January 2007. As part of the 18,518,519 unit private offering, a total of approximately 1.5 million units of common stock and common stock purchase warrants were sold to the two private financial entities controlled by Mr. Zehil. The SEC has commenced an enforcement action against Mr. Zehil and U.S. Department of Justice in pursuing criminal proceedings against Mr. Zehil. We have learned that approximately 81,480 shares of common stock were sold in the public markets by the two private financial entities at the direction of Mr. Zehil in January and early February of this year. These sales were done without our consent or knowledge and in violation of the terms of purchase and purchase covenants, and the representations and warranties on which we relied in satisfying the requirements of the private placement exemption of Regulation D under the Securities Act. We do not anticipate reacquiring any of the 81,480 shares. The high and low trading prices of our common stock during the period that the 81,480 shares were sold was $2.43 and $1.57, respectively. Based upon this range, were we requested by purchasers to reacquire such shares, the aggregate maximum cost to us would be less than $200,000. The remaining 1.4 million shares and the warrants to purchase 1,481,480 shares of common stock are under the control of a court-appointed receiver who has recently filed a report with the court soliciting persons with claims against the two private financial entities to submit those claims. We are evaluating our claims against the two private financial entities, Mr. Zehil and his former law firm and we expect to pursue our claims against the private financial entities, Mr. Zehil and his former law firm in the near future. There is no assurance that we will be able to recover on our various claims. Further, we may incur significant costs resulting from our investigation of this matter, any legal proceedings that we may initiate as a result of our investigation and our cooperation with government authorities. We may not be adequately indemnified for, or otherwise be able to recover, such costs.
We may not be able to continue as a going concern.
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have a history of operating losses that are likely to continue in the future. We have included an explanatory paragraph in Note 3 of our financial statements, to the effect that our significant losses from operations and our dependence on equity financing raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.
Our operations must begin to provide sufficient revenues to improve our working capital position. Additionally, we will require additional capital to construct our planned biodiesel facilities. If we are unable to raise additional capital we may not be able to continue as a going concern.
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Item 3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
In connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, our principal accounting officer, John Philpott CPA, communicated to our independent auditors, Vasquez & Company LLP, management and our Audit Committee the existence of an internal control deficiency that may constitute a material weakness under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. A material weakness is a significant deficiency or combination of significant deficiencies that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of financial statements will not be prevented or detected. As a result of our communications with Vasquez & Company LLP and further review conducted by management and our Audit Committee, we believe the following possible material weakness existed during the period covered by this Quarterly Report;
Our failure to present redeemable preferred stock in mezzanine equity, outside of permanent equity, as a public company under Rule 5-02 of Regulation SX.Preferred stock issued by Kreido Labs in fiscal 2004 and converted into shares of common stock in January 2007 in connection with the Merger was not classified as mezzanine equity on the December 31, 2005 and 2006 consolidated balance sheets as prescribed under applicable SEC accounting rules. This oversight resulted in the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and the quarter ended March 31, 2007. The restatement has no effect on the assets, liabilities, or statements of operations or cash flows of Kreido Labs or the Company.
Our management and our independent auditors, Vasquez & Company LLP, discussed the possible material weakness described above with our Audit Committee. By implementing the remedial measures discussed below, management intends to improve its internal control over financial reporting and to avoid future material misstatements of our consolidated financial statements. We have implemented or are implementing the following measures:
On an ongoing basis, the Principal Accounting Officer will continue to review SEC accounting rules, including rules changes and interpretations, to determine applicability to the Company. The Company will obtain general educational guidance regarding applicable SEC accounting rules, including Rule 5-02 and the accounting classification of complex financial instruments from its independent auditors, Vasquez & Company LLP. After obtaining general educational guidance, the Company may also consult with other auditors for detailed educational guidance and implementation. The Principal Accounting Officer will report changes in SEC accounting rules, GAAP and interpretations of SEC accounting rules and GAAP, that may be applicable to the Company with the Chief Executive Officer and the Audit Committee.
We are monitoring the effectiveness of these measures, and may take further action as we deem appropriate to strengthen our internal control over financial reporting. However, we do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been or will be detected.
An evaluation was performed, under the supervision of, and with the participation of, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-(e) to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based on that evaluation, due to the required reclassification described above, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, has concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective, as of the end of the March 31, 2007 quarterly period, but were effective as of the end of the June 30, 2007 quarterly period. Management believes that the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operation and cash flows of Kreido Labs, and the Company as applicable, for the periods presented.
No significant changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting has occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, other than the recently adopted changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting described above, which do materially affect the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
PART II
Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Currently, no legal proceedings, government actions, administrative actions, investigations or claims are pending against us or involve us that, in the opinion of our management, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
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Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On January 12, 2007, we closed a private offering of 18,518,519 Units of its securities to 81 accredited investors, as defined under Regulation D, Rule 501(a) promulgated by the SEC, raising an aggregate of $25,000,000 in cash and cancelled indebtedness, each Unit consisting of one share of Common Stock and an investor warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock for a period of five years at an exercise price of $1.85 per share. This offering was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D as promulgated by the SEC. Each of the investors represented to us that he, she or it was an accredited investor and the reason therefore, that he, she or it received no advertising, article or other general form of solicitation in connection with the offer and sale of the Units. None of the securities were sold through an underwriter and, accordingly, there were no underwriting discounts or commissions involved. We paid placement agent and finder’s fees of 7% of the purchase price of applicable Units to the registered broker-dealers and investment advisors that introduced us to purchasers of those Units.
On January 12, 2007, and in connection with the Merger, the Kreido Laboratories shareholders surrendered all of their issued and outstanding common stock of Kreido Laboratories and received shares of our common stock. Additionally, all of the issued and outstanding options to purchase shares of Kreido Laboratories common stock were exchanged for options to purchase shares of our common stock, and the holders of warrants to purchase 3,705,015 shares of Kreido Laboratories capital stock prior to the Merger converted their shares on a net exercise basis and the remaining warrant holders received new warrants to purchase shares of our common stock in the Merger. We have reserved 571,334 and 1,164,583 shares of our common stock, respectively, for issuance upon exercise of these new warrants and new options. These transactions were exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. None of the securities were sold through an underwriter and accordingly, there were no underwriting discounts or commissions involved.
Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None
Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None
Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION
We do not currently have a Nominating Committee of the board of directors of our company. Our board of directors anticipates that our board of directors will consist of five members. Our board of directors is looking for qualified candidates to fill the remaining vacancy on our board of directors after the appointment of Murli Tolaney and Richard Redoglia on July 27, 2007. Our directors hold office until the next meeting of the stockholders at which directors are elected, or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal, or until their successors have been qualified.
Item 6. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are either filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference:
Exhibit No. | Description | Reference | ||
2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of January 12, 2007, by and among Kreido Biofuels, Inc., a Nevada corporation, Kreido Acquisition Corp., a California corporation and Kreido Laboratories, a California corporation. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). |
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Exhibit No. | Description | Reference | ||
3.1 | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Kreido Biofuels, Inc. (f/k/a Gemwood Productions, Inc.). | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2006 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
3.3 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Kreido Biofuels, Inc. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
4.1 | Form of Investor Warrant of Kreido Biofuels, Inc. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
4.2 | Form of Lock-Up Agreement by and between Tompkins Capital Group and each of the officers and directors of Kreido Biofuels, Inc., and certain stockholders of Kreido Laboratories. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
5.1 | Opinion of DLA Piper US LLP | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2007 (File No. 333-140718). | ||
10.1 | Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc., Joel A. Balbien and Gottbetter & Partners, LLP. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.2 | Form of Subscription Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and the investors in the Offering. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.3 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and the investors in the Offering. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.4 | Split-Off Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2007, by and among Kreido Biofuels, Inc., Victor Manuel Savceda, Kreido Laboratories and Gemwood Leaseco, Inc. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.5 | Employment Agreement, dated November 1, 2006, by and between Kreido Laboratories and Joel A. Balbien. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). |
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Exhibit No. | Description | Reference | ||
10.6 | Form of Indemnity Agreement by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and Outside Directors of Kreido Biofuels, Inc. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.7 | 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.8 | Stock Option Agreement by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and Joel A. Balbien dated as of January 12, 2007. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.9 | Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and participants under the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.10 | Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and participants under the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.11 | Employment Agreement, dated March 19, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and John M. Philpott. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.12 | Binding Term Sheet by and between Kreido Laboratories and Tompkins Capital Group dated as of September 1, 2006 | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.13 | Amendment to Binding Term Sheet by and between Kreido Laboratories and Tompkins Capital Group dated as of October 25, 2006 | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.14 | Form of Indemnity Agreement for officers and directors | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.15 | Employment Agreement, dated April 4, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and Philip Lichtenberger. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.16 | Employment Agreement, dated April 10, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and Alan McGrevy. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). |
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Exhibit No. | Description | Reference | ||
10.17 | Employment Agreement, dated April 28, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and Larry Sullivan. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.18 | Purchase Order Agreement, dated May 22, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and Certified Technical Services, L.P. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.19 | Amendment No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 12, 2007, by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and certain investors in the Offering. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2007 (File No. 333-140718). | ||
10.20 | Separation Agreement and General Release dated July 27, 2007 by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and Joel Balbien. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.21 | Executive Employment Agreement dated July 27, 2007 by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc. and G. A. Ben Binninger. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
10.22 | Kreido Biofuels, Inc. Outside Director Compensation Program adopted July 27, 2007. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2007 (File No. 333-130606). | ||
31.1 | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934* | |||
31.2 | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934* | |||
32.1 | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer provided pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002* | |||
32.2 | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer provided pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002* |
* | Filed herewith |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
KREIDO BIOFUELS, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ John M. Philpott | |||
John M. Philpott, Chief Financial Officer | ||||
(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Executive Officer) | ||||
Date: | August 14, 2007 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
31.1 | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934* | |
31.2 | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934* | |
32.1 | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer provided pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002* | |
32.2 | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer provided pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002* |
* | Filed herewith |
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
I, G.A. Ben Binninger, certify that:
1 I have reviewed this Form 10-QSB of Kreido Biofuels, Inc.;
2 Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3 Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4 The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) [Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release 33-8545 (March 2, 2005)];
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5 The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: August 14, 2007
/s/ G.A. Ben Binninger | ||||
G.A. Ben Binninger | ||||
Chief Executive Officer (authorized officer of registrant) | ||||
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EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
I, John M. Philpott, certify that:
1 I have reviewed this Form 10-QSB of Kreido Biofuels, Inc.;
2 Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3 Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4 The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) [Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release 33-8545 (March 2, 2005)];
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5 The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: August 14, 2007
/s/ John M. Philpott | ||||
John M. Philpott | ||||
Chief Financial Officer (principal accounting officer) |
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EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the quarterly report of Kreido Biofuels, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-QSB for the six months ended June 30, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2007 (the “Report”), I, G.A. Ben Binninger, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
By: | /s/ G.A. Ben Binninger | |||
G.A. Ben Binninger | ||||
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
August 14, 2007
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EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the quarterly report of Kreido Biofuels, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-QSB for the six months ended June 30, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2007 (the “Report”), I, John M. Philpott, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
By: | /s/ John M. Philpott | |||
John M. Philpott | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||
August 14, 2007