U.
S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT
NO. 2 TO
FORM
10-KSB/A
(Mark
One)
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from ___________ to _____________
Commission
File Number 000-30291
SHUMATE
INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Name of
small business issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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03-0453686
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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1011
Beach Airport Rd
Conroe,
Texas 77301
(Address of principal
executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (936) 539-5770
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $.001 par
value
Check whether the issuer (1) filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes x No
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Check if disclosure of delinquent
filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-B is not contained in this form, and
no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III
of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form
10-KSB. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act. ¨
The
issuer’s revenues for the most recent fiscal year were $9,033,614.
The
aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by
non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $3,902,500 as of May 14,
2008. Shares of common stock held by each officer and director and by
each person or group who owns 10% or more of the outstanding common stock
amounting to 5,337,077 shares have been excluded in that such persons or groups
may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate
status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other
purposes.
As of May
14, 2008, 20,947,071 shares of our common stock were issued and
outstanding.
Documents
Incorporated by Reference: None.
Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format: No.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
In response to a comment
raised by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are filing
this Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-KSB (the “Amendment”) to our Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB/A for the year ended December 31, 2007 originally filed on June 5,
2008. We are filing this Amendment to restate our financial
statements presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A for the year ended
December 31, 2007 which previously accounted for $2 million in debt forgiveness
as income (related to promissory notes issued to Stillwater National Bank and
Trust Company) under our consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2006. As a result of a normal periodic
review of our financial statements by the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, management subsequently determined on November 26, 2008 that it was
more appropriate to record the $2 million in debt forgiveness as additional paid
in capital. This will effect our financial statements as follows: (i)
$2 million in debt forgiveness income was removed from the statement of
operations under the year ended December 31, 2006 presentation resulting in an
increase to net loss of $2,000,000 and an increase in net loss per share of
$0.13 per share from $0.09 to $0.22, (ii) the balance sheets for both December
31, 2006 and 2007 were changed to increase accumulated deficit and additional
paid in capital by $2 million, (iii) on the Statement of Changes in Stockholders
Equity (Deficit), the net loss for the year ended December 31, 2006 and
additional paid in capital were increased by $2 million (iv) on the Statement of
Cash Flows the increase in net loss of $2 million for the year ended December
31, 2006, was offset by the removal of the $2 million of debt forgiveness
income.
This
Amendment amends and restates only certain information in the following sections
as a result of the current restatements described above:
Part
I—Item Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operations
Part
I—Item 7. Financial Statements
Part
I—Item 8A. Controls and Procedures
In
addition, we are also including currently-dated Sarbanes Oxley Act
Section 302 and Section 906 certifications of the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer that are attached to this Amendment as
Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2.
For the
convenience of the reader, this Amendment sets forth the entire Form 10-KSB
which was prepared and relates to the Company as of December 31, 2007.
However, this Amendment only amends and restates the Items described above to
reflect the effects of the restatement and no attempt has been made to modify or
update other disclosures presented in our December 31, 2007 Form 10-KSB.
Accordingly, except for the foregoing amended information, this Amendment
continues to speak as of June 5, 2008 (the filing date of the December 31,
2007 Form 10-KSB/A), and does not reflect events occurring after the filing of
our December 31, 2007 Form 10-KSB/A and does not modify or update those
disclosures affected by subsequent events. Forward looking statements made in
the December 31, 2007 Form 10-KSB/A have not been revised to reflect
events, results or developments that have become known to us after the date of
the original filing (other than the current restatements described above), and
such forward looking statements should be read in their historical context.
Unless otherwise stated, the information in this Amendment is not affected by
such current restatements is unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the
time of the original filing.
PART
I
Shumate
Industries, Inc., including all its subsidiaries, are collectively referred to
herein as “Shumate Industries,” “Shumate,” “the Company,” “us,” or
“we”.
Item
1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Overview
Shumate
Industries, Inc. is a Texas based energy field services
company. Shumate is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries,
operates in two principal businesses: contract machining and manufacturing and a
valve product line. Shumate seeks to leverage its existing infrastructure,
expertise, and customer channels to grow its business and introduce new
technologies to the energy markets.
We
currently employ 87 people at two plants totaling approximately 90,000 square
feet in Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston. Our executive offices are located
at 1011 Beach Airport Road, Conroe, Texas 77301. Our telephone number is (936)
539-5770 and our Internet address is www.shumateinc.com.
Contract
Machining and Manufacturing - Shumate Machine Works, Inc.
Our
contract machining and manufacturing division, Shumate Machine Works, Inc.,
focuses in the energy field services market. We manufacture products, parts,
components, and assemblies for our customers designed to their specifications.
We provide state of the art 3-D modeling software, computer numeric-controlled,
or CNC, machinery and manufacturing expertise to our customers’ research and
development, engineering, and manufacturing departments for desired results with
their products.
The
diverse line of products we manufacture include the following:
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Expandable
tubular products including liner hangers, launchers and sand screens for
energy field service applications;
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Top
drive assemblies, sub-assemblies and spare service
parts;
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Measurement
while drilling (MWD) products;
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Directional
drilling products;
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Completion
tools;
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Exploration
products for research and
development;
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Natural
gas measurement equipment, including fittings and
valves;
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Power
frames for centrifugal pumps and mud motors;
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Sub-sea
control equipment.
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Our
investment in capital equipment and software provides us capabilities to perform
close tolerance highly specialized work for oil field equipment and tools,
process controls, formation evaluation tools, and exploration and production
products. Our capabilities include producing large-diameter products and close
tolerance machined parts that range up to thirty-four feet in length using a
myriad of materials of construction including high grade carbon steel, high
grade stainless steel, nickel, and chrome based alloys. We use state of the art,
large part CNC equipment in the production of these parts and have developed
in-house trade secrets and processes with respect to the manufacture of certain
products. We produce complex assemblies, including expandable tubing technology
products that are used in field service operations under extreme environmental
conditions for oil and gas exploration.
Our
customers include, without limitation, Baker Hughes, BJ Services Company, Canrig
Drilling Technology, a Nabors Industries company, Enventure Global Technologies,
FMC Technologies, Halliburton Energy Services, National Oil Well Varco,
Oceaneering Intervention Engineering, Shell Development, Smith International,
and Weatherford International.
Valve
Product Technology - Hemiwedge Valve Corporation
We formed Hemiwedge Valve Corporation
as a wholly-owned subsidiary to develop and commercialize a new patented
technology addressing what we believe to be a significant opportunity in the
global valve market.
Our first
product line, known as the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve, is a quarter-turn
hemispherical wedge valve engineered to provide what we believe are substantial
technological improvements compared with what is available in the marketplace
today, such as traditional butterfly, ball, and gate valve designs.
We
believe that the patented design of the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve combines the
benefits of quarter-turn valves with the durability of gate valves. The
Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve has a non-rotating core which guides the fluid flow
through the valve to the Hemiwedge® itself. This is a hollow hemisphere where
the inner and outer walls are slightly offset, having non-concentric centers,
producing a hemispherical wedge shape - the “Hemiwedge®.” Operation of the valve
rotates the Hemiwedge®, a quarter-turn, moving it between the core and valve
seat, thus controlling the flow. We believe that these design features in the
combination of the Hemiwedge® shut off and stationary core make the Hemiwedge®
Cartridge valve unique.
We
believe that the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve will offer substantial improvements
over currently available valve technologies offered by our competition as well
as a great value proposition to future customers as a result of the following
improvements:
New
cartridge replacement design reduces maintenance downtime and minimizes supply
disruptions
Our new
top-entry cartridge design has all of the internal parts of the valve affixed to
the bonnet. Therefore, once the bonnet is removed with top-entry ease for
in-field maintenance, all the internals are removed as well, including the
seals. A new pre-certified replacement cartridge can be installed without
removing the valve body from its line of service. We believe this represents a
substantial reduction in maintenance and service downtime from a few days to a
few hours, depending on the application, location and size. We also believe this
is a significant cost-reduction benefit to users, especially in severe service
applications such as entrained solids, sour gas gathering, and CO2
flooding where valves fail frequently and supply disruption from
shutting down a line during service may result in significant costs and loss of
revenues.
Reduced
failure frequency rates from superior design
We
believe many times when valves “break,” it is usually due to leaks caused by
leaking seals within a valve. Most ball valves, by example (see “Figure 2”),
have more turbulent flow patterns where the fluid within the valve comes into
direct contact with the seals during modulation, actuation and service. Our
Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve seals (see “Figure 1”) are not placed within the flow
path and therefore we believe our valve is more durable, lasts longer, and will
not encounter seal damage as frequently as currently available valve products as
a result of its protected sealing surfaces. We believe that this product
advantage will be more evident in severe and critical service
applications.
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Figure 1, shows the
transition between on and off in a Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve. This
demonstrates how the stationary core and moving Hemiwedge® guides the flow
past the seal face with a minimum of flow turbulence. This protects the
sealing surfaces when handling abrasive or corrosive
fluids.
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Figure 2, shows the flow
through a ball or plug valve. Both the inlet and the outlet flow pass
across the sealing surfaces, with the ball moving across the main flow
path. This highly turbulent flow action causes premature failure of the
seals in most severe
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Hemiwedge® Down hole
Isolation valve
We executed a two year development
agreement in July 2006 with a subsidiary of Shell Technology Ventures known as
At Balance Americas. At Balance is not a related party and the development
agreement was negotiated on an arm’s length basis. As a leading
drilling services company focused in managed pressure drilling (MPD), At Balance
sought development of a totally new design and prototype down hole valve to be
used in drilling applications in connection with managed pressure drilling.
Throughout 2007, we designed, engineered, manufactured and performed
above-ground testing on the first size of a product line. We have determined
that as of the date of this report the product in development for At Balance is
developed substantially enough to enter into licensing discussions for purposes
of commercialization.
Hemiwedge® Sub sea high
pressure valve
We have developed additional Hemiwedge®
technology now in prototype stage, of a 20,000 PSI high pressure valve utilizing
a metal-to-metal or all metal seal for chemical injection applications sub-sea.
We intend to exclusively or non-exclusively license this technology for the
specific market vertical of sub-sea and below two inch bore size for a high
pressure chemical injection valve product line.
Fiscal
2007 and Fiscal 2008 Developments
In 2007,
we continued to experience increased revenues in our Shumate Machine Works
division. Increases in commodity prices, particularly in the energy sector, and
in activity level in the energy field services industry resulted in increased
demand for our products from our existing customers. In particular, we received
increased orders for drilling tools, liner hangers, top-drive units and
components in 2007. As a result, we increased revenues by
approximately $525,000, or 7%.
While we
have achieved certain milestones our results from operations in 2007, we
continue to have substantial indebtedness outstanding. As of December
31, 2007, we had outstanding indebtedness to Stillwater National Bank of
approximately $3.8 million.
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March
2007 Warrant Solicitation
On March
14, 2007, we agreed that we would issue new Class B Warrants to any holders of
Class A Warrants (issued in our December 2006 offering) who exercised all or a
portion of their Class A Warrants by no later than 5:00 p.m. Central Daylight
Time on March 31, 2007. The Class B Warrants have a term of five
years, expiring on March 31, 2012, and an exercise price of $2.00 per
share. The Class B Warrants include piggy-back registration rights,
subject to customary underwriter cutbacks. Since the common stock
underlying the Class B Warrants was not registered by March 31, 2008, the
holders are entitled to exercise the Class B Warrants on a cashless basis at any
time that there is not an effective registration statement covering the resale
of the common stock underlying the Class B Warrants. As of March 31,
2007, an aggregate of 536,300 of our Class A warrants were exercised in
connection herewith and we received gross proceeds of $670,375
therefrom. In addition, we issued 536,300 shares of our common stock
and 536,300 Class B Warrants in connection with the exercise of the 536,300
Class A Warrants.
2007
Bridge Notes
Between
July 10, 2007 and November 1, 2007, we sold $3,050,000 of principal amount of
Bridge Notes with warrants to purchase 610,000 shares of our common stock to
accredited investors in a private offering pursuant to an exemption from
registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The
Bridge Notes have a 1 year term and bear interest at ten percent (10%); payable
monthly in arrears, however we have the right to defer any interest payment and
accrue same to principal. As of December 31, 2007, approximately $116,000 in
interest was accrued to principal. At the election of the holders,
the Bridge Notes are convertible into our common stock at a fixed conversion
price of $1.89 or into our next Offering. If not otherwise converted,
we will be required to prepay the Bridge Notes upon consummation an Offering or
its maturity. An NASD member firm, acted as primary placement agent
in connection with the offering and received $210,000 in commissions while
another NASD member firm received $5,000 in placement agents
fees. Our net proceeds of this offering after the payment of
commissions, fees and other expenses of the offering were approximately
$2,825,000.
Amended
Stillwater Credit Facility
On
January 25, 2008, we entered into an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with
Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company (the “Amended Loan
Agreement”). On October 19, 2005 we entered into that certain
Agreement (as reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 19, 2005)
with Stillwater, which Agreement was amended by a certain First Amendment to
Agreement and Guarantors’ Consent dated October 19, 2006, as amended by a
certain Second Amendment to Agreement dated effective January 19, 2007
(collectively, the “Prior Agreement”).
The
Amended Loan Agreement amends and restates the Prior Agreement as
follows:
1. Term
Loan. Our prior Term Note dated October 19, 2005 in favor of
Stillwater had an outstanding principal balance of $3,003,998 (as of January 25,
2008) and a maturity date of April 19, 2008. Stillwater loaned us
(along with our co-borrowers Shumate Machine Works, Inc. and Hemiwedge Valve
Corporation) $3,329,000 pursuant to a new term note dated January 25, 2008,
which funds advanced under the new term note were used to refinance the old term
note and provide working capital. The new term note requires us to
make 26 equal monthly payments (beginning on February 28, 2008) in an amount
sufficient to fully amortize principal and interest on the amended and restated
note over 64 months. The new term note is due and payable on April
19, 2010. The new term note bears interest at a rate equal to the
prime rate plus two percent, and it is secured by a first priority security
interest in all of our existing and future assets as well as a security interest
in certain personal assets of Larry Shumate.
2. Revolving
Loan. Our prior revolving promissory note dated October 19,
2005 in favor of Stillwater, had an outstanding principal balance of $893,676
(as of January 25, 2008) and a maturity date of April 19,
2008. Stillwater loaned us (and the other co-borrowers set forth
above) $1,000,000 pursuant to a new revolving promissory note dated January 25,
2008, which funds advanced under the new revolving promissory were used to
refinance the old revolving promissory note and provide working
capital. The initial balance on the new line of credit was equal to
the balance of our previous line of credit with Stillwater ($893,676 principal
balance as of January 25, 2008). The advances available under the new
revolving promissory note are limited to a borrowing base of the sum of (a) 85%
of eligible accounts receivable, and (b) 50% of eligible
inventory. The new revolving promissory note bears interest at a rate
equal to the prime rate plus two percent, and it is secured by a first priority
security interest in all of our existing and future assets as well as a security
interest in certain personal assets of Larry Shumate. On the 28th day of
each month, beginning January 28, 2008, we will pay all interest accrued on the
new revolving promissory note. The amount we can borrow on the line
of credit is subject to qualifying accounts receivable and
inventory. The new revolving promissory note will mature and become
fully due and payable on April 19, 2009.
The loan
documents for the Stillwater line of credit and term loan require us to meet
certain financial ratios and tests. Stillwater issued waivers under
the original credit facility for periods tested where were not in compliance
with certain covenants thereunder. However, we have not received a
waivers for the March 31, 2008 period under the Amended Stillwater Credit
Facility where we were not in compliance with certain covenants
thereunder. As of the date of this report, we have not received a
notice of default from Stillwater. Should Stillwater decide to
declare a default, it would result in an acceleration of the related debt and
could result in Stillwater foreclosing on our assets.
We
anticipate that increasing energy commodity prices, including prices of oil and
natural gas, should continue to cause our customers to increase their drilling
and other exploration activities. As a result, we anticipate seeing
increased oil rig counts as well as a renewal of drilling and production
activity in previously dormant areas. We believe that such an
increase in activity would result in increased demand for our energy related
field service products during the 2008 fiscal year. In addition, we
anticipate that our recent commercialization of the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve
product line will enhance our profitability, although there can be no assurance
thereof.
Transactions
Relating to Beach Road Facility
On May
15, 2008, our wholly owned subsidiary, Shumate Machine Works entered into a
series of simultaneous transactions pursuant to which it purchased the property
located at 1011 Beach Airport Road, Conroe, Texas 77301, underlying its lease
(the “Original Lease”) with Brewer Family Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
#1. The terms of the Original Lease included an option to purchase
the underlying property. Shumate Machine Works purchased the property
for $1,726,949 pursuant to a warranty deed.
Concurrently
with the purchase of the property, Shumate Machine Works sold this property to
Trader Properties LLC, which Trader Properties immediately leased to Hemiwedge
Valve Corporation. Shumate Machine Works sold the property to Trader
Properties for an aggregate purchase price of $2,180,000 pursuant to a general
warranty deed with vendor’s lien. As such, Shumate Machine Works
received net cash of $319,617. These proceeds were used to pay
back certain indebtedness.
The terms
of the Commercial Lease Agreement between Hemiwedge Valve Corporation and Trader
Properties is for a term of 10 years with a monthly rent of $24,000 per month,
which shall be increased by 2% each year for the term of the
lease. Hemiwedge Valve Corporation is required to maintain public
liability insurance of not less than $1,000,000 during the term of the
lease. To secure performance under the commercial lease, Hemiwedge
Valve Corporation granted Trader Properties a lien and security interest against
all of its’ non-exempt personal property that is in the leased
premises.
Shumate
Industries has guaranteed payment and performance of the lease pursuant to a
Guaranty Agreement. In addition, Shumate Industries agreed to issue
Trader Properties a five year warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of its common
stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share prior to June 15,
2008.
Business
Development
Organization
Our
predecessor, Global Realty Management Group, Inc., or GRMG, was incorporated in
the State of Florida in 1997. In June 2002, GRMG reincorporated under
the laws of the State of Delaware from the State of Florida pursuant to a merger
with a newly formed Delaware corporation. Under the terms of this
reincorporation merger, GRMG changed its name from “Global Realty Management
Group, Inc.” to “Excalibur Industries, Inc.” In October 2005, we
changed our name from “Excalibur Industries, Inc.” to “Shumate Industries,
Inc.”
Acquisition
of Hemiwedge Assets
On
December 5, 2005, we acquired the intellectual property rights to the Hemiwedge®
line of products, including the Hemiwedge® valve, from Soderberg Research and
Development, Inc. and certain of its affiliates. The intellectual
property rights acquired consist of all patents, trademarks, and internet
website relating to the Hemiwedge® product line. For these
intellectual property rights, we paid $138,500 in cash and a two-year, six
percent (6%) promissory note in the principal amount of $100,000, payable in 24
equal installments of principal and interest. In addition, we agreed
to deposit: (a) $72,000 into an escrow account, the property of Soderberg
Research Inc., to be paid in the form of a monthly advance in the amount of
$3,000 for each month of the 24 month period beginning with the month
immediately following the closing date; and (b) three percent (3%) of the net
sales proceeds collected from customers from: (i) gross revenue from sales of
products to which the acquired intellectual property relates, less (ii) sales
and/or use taxes, import and/or export duties, outbound transportation costs,
and amounts allowed or credited due to returns, which payments shall begin two
years after the closing date and continue until March 29, 2013. The
$72,000 in monthly advances shall be credited against the three percent (3%) of
the net sales proceeds.
Reorganization
On
October 19, 2005, we completed a restructuring of our company, resulting in a
significant reduction of our outstanding debt and providing us with a
strengthened balance sheet and reduced debt servicing requirement. The
restructuring was effected through an out-of-court restructuring, or
“recapitalization plan,” which consisted of the following:
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an
agreement to amend and restate a series of notes issued to Stillwater
National Bank, or Stillwater, into one term
note;
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the
extension of our current line of credit with
Stillwater;
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the
issuance of a convertible note to
Stillwater;
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the
issuance of a note, by Stillwater, to our Chief Financial Officer to
advance funds to purchase shares of our common stock for
$250,000;
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the
conversion of a portion of our debt to Stillwater into 20% of our
then-outstanding common stock after giving effect to the
restructuring;
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our
reacquisition of the capital stock of our operating subsidiary, Shumate
Machine Works;
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a
release from Stillwater for any indebtedness not covered
above;
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the
exchange of our outstanding unsecured notes, including principal and
accrued interest, for our common stock;
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the
grant of restricted stock awards to our executive officers, in return for
their personal guarantees on new bank debt, and to our non-employee
directors.
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In
addition, in connection with the recapitalization, we changed our name to
“Shumate Industries, Inc.” and effected a 1-for-7 reverse stock split of our
then outstanding shares of common stock. The recapitalization plan,
the name change, the reverse stock split, the adoption of our 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan, and the re-election of our directors were all approved at a
special meeting of our stockholders on October 19, 2005.
The
recapitalization plan for achieving our financial goals closed on October 19,
2005 and consisted of the following transactions (the “restructuring
transactions”):
Amended and Restated Term
Note. Stillwater has amended and restated a series of notes in
the current aggregate principal amounts of approximately $9,413,000 into an
amended and restated note in the principal amount of approximately
$5,600,000. The amended and restated note requires interest only
payments for the six months following closing, and thereafter, requires us to
make 24 equal monthly payments in an amount sufficient to fully amortize
principal and interest on the amended and restated note over 120
months. The amended and restated note is due and payable 30 months
after closing, at which time, we will be required to make a balloon payment of
the entire outstanding principal balance and all accrued
interest. The note bears interest at a rate equal to the prime rate
plus two percent, and it is secured by a first priority security interest in all
of our existing and future assets. The proceeds of this note were
applied as follows: $303,000 to purchase machines from Larry C. Shumate, our
President and Chief Executive Officer, and from A. Earl Swift, a former
director; $100,000 to purchase the capital stock of Shumate Machine Works; and
the remainder was applied to our existing indebtedness to
Stillwater.
Revised Line of
Credit. Stillwater has extended our current revolving line of
credit in an amount of up to $1,000,000 for one year. The initial
balance on the line of credit is the balance of our existing line of credit with
Stillwater, less the excess transferred to the amended and restated
note. The advances available under the line of credit are limited to
a borrowing base of the sum of (a) 80% of eligible accounts receivable, and (b)
50% of eligible inventory. The line of credit bears interest at a
rate equal to the prime rate plus two percent, and it is secured by a first
priority security interest in all of our existing and future
assets. We failed to repay the line of credit on October 19, 2006, as
we were required to do by our agreement with Stillwater. As of
October 19, 2006 we and Stillwater entered into a First Amendment to Agreement
and Guarantors’ Consent pursuant to which Stillwater agreed to redefine the line
of credit maturity date to January 19, 2007, which was subsequently extended to
April 19, 2008.
Convertible
Note. We issued a convertible note to Stillwater in the
principal amount of $2,500,000. The principal and accrued interest on the
convertible note is convertible, at Stillwater’s option, into shares of our
common stock at a conversion rate of $1.00 per share (on a post reverse stock
split basis). The convertible note matures on the earlier of 60
months from the date of issuance or the date on which it is fully converted into
our common stock. Interest on the convertible note shall accrue from
the date of closing until the earlier of conversion or 24 months, at which time
the accrued interest was capitalized into principal. Beginning at the
end of the ninth quarter, we are obligated to make quarterly interest payments
on the convertible note. The convertible note bears interest at a
rate equal to the prime rate plus two percent, and it is secured by a first
priority security interest in all of our assets. We have agreed to
include the shares of common stock underlying the convertible note on any
eligible registration statement that we may file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 in the next five
years.
On April
13, 2006, we entered into a letter agreement with Stillwater pursuant to which
Stillwater agreed to accept $500,000 from us in full satisfaction of the secured
convertible promissory note, subject to certain conditions. On August
9, 2006, the letter agreement was amended to increase the payment by $25,000 to
$525,000 if payment was made between September 2, 2006 and December 1, 2006 and
by $50,000 to $550,000 if payment was made between December 2, 2006 and March 1,
2007. On December 1, 2006 we repaid the secured convertible
promissory note in full.
CFO
Note. Stillwater has loaned $350,000 to our Chief Financial
Officer, Matthew C. Flemming, to purchase an aggregate of 250,000 newly issued
shares (post reverse stock split) of our common stock, representing
approximately 2.16% of our outstanding common stock after giving effect to the
restructuring, for a total purchase price of $250,000. The balance
was applied to the existing personal indebtedness of Mr. Flemming to Stillwater
of approximately $10,000,000 under a personal guarantee of our indebtedness to
Stillwater. Stillwater has released Mr. Flemming from the remainder
of his personal guarantee.
Conversion of Prior Bank
Debt. Stillwater has exchanged $2,368,000 of our outstanding
indebtedness to Stillwater for 2,368,000 newly issued shares of our common stock
(on a post reverse-split basis), representing not less than 20% of the
outstanding shares of our common stock after giving effect to the
restructuring. We have agreed to include these shares of common stock
on any eligible registration statement that we may file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 in the next five
years.
Releases. Stillwater
has released us and our Chief Financial Officer, Matthew C. Flemming, from our
respective obligations of the prior debt to Stillwater, except to the extent
that such prior debt is amended and restated, issued, or guaranteed as set forth
above.
Unsecured Note Exchange
Offer. Our unsecured note holders have exchanged all of our
outstanding unsecured notes, with interest rates ranging from 6% to 12% and all
currently due and owing, for approximately 1,691,310 newly issued shares of our
common stock (on a post reverse-split basis), representing approximately 14.61%
of the outstanding shares of our common stock after giving effect to the
restructuring.
Restricted Stock
Awards. Our board of directors have granted restricted stock
awards of approximately 3,950,000 shares of newly issued common stock (on a post
reverse-split basis) to our executive officers and our non-employee directors,
representing approximately 34.12% of the outstanding shares of our common stock
after giving effect to the restructuring. These shares vested on the
closing of the restructuring.
As previously reported on a current
report on Form 8-K, on April 28, 2005, Excalibur Holdings, our bankrupt
subsidiary and holder of 100% of the common stock of Shumate Machine Works,
Inc., our sole operating subsidiary, received notice from Stillwater National
Bank that Stillwater intends to dispose of the capital stock of Shumate Machine
Works in a private sale after May 9, 2005 pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform
Commercial Code. As part of the restructuring, Stillwater transferred
100% of the capital stock of Shumate Machine Works to us.
A
complete description of the restructuring plan is set forth in our definitive
proxy statement for the October 19, 2005 special meeting of stockholders, which
has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bankruptcies
On
December 31, 2003, three of our operating subsidiaries, Excalibur Steel,
Excalibur Services, and Excalibur Aerospace, each filed a voluntary petition for
protection under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States
Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas. On July 26, 2004, the
United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, discharged Excalibur
Steel and Excalibur Aerospace of all of its debts and liabilities pursuant to
Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and on August 3, 2004, the United States
Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, discharged Excalibur Services of
all of its debts and liabilities pursuant to Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code. As a result of the discharge of these liabilities, we recorded
$5,218,883 in debt forgiveness income in 2004.
On March
9, 2005, Excalibur Holdings, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary and the former
parent corporation of Shumate Machine Works, Inc., filed a voluntary petition
for protection under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States
Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas. On November 30,
2005, the United
States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, discharged Excalibur
Holdings of all of its debts and liabilities pursuant to Chapter 7 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code. As a result of the discharge of these liabilities, we recorded
$1,837,295 in debt forgiveness income in 2005.
The
Company currently has two wholly-owned subsidiaries. Each of the
following former subsidiaries of the Company has been dissolved: Excalibur
Steel, Excalibur Services, Excalibur Aerospace and Excalibur
Holdings.
Our
Markets
The
energy field services market is comprised of several market segments including
oil & gas field services, pipeline and transportation, process controls,
fluid management and controls, sub-sea, refining, and maintenance services for
these areas. We currently manufacture products, spare parts, and
assemblies for the oil & gas field services market segment. With our new
Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve product line, we intend to expand into process
controls, which is sometimes known as the energy flow control
market. We may also expand into other areas of the energy field
services market to pursue growth strategies that complement and/or leverage our
current business and expertise.
Contract
Machining and Manufacturing - Shumate Machine Works
The
dollar size of the United States (U.S.) oil & gas field services market can
be measured by the U.S. drilling and completion activity spending and the total
U.S. well service and work-over spending. In its March 2008 Drilling and Production Outlook
report, Spears and Associates, a leading energy market research firm,
stated that U.S. drilling and completion spending was $116.9 billion for 2007,
up 12% from the year 2006, and that U.S. well service and work-over or
production spending was $16.2 billion in 2007, approximately equal to
2006.
Valve
Product Technology - Hemiwedge Valve Corporation
We
believe that the industrial valve market is large and growing. According to a
recent report from The McIlvaine Company, the dollar value of industrial valve
shipments in 2007 was projected at approximately $8.5 billion in the United
States, up almost 4% from 2006, and $44.8 billion worldwide, up approximately 4%
from 2006.
Neither
the Spears and Associates report nor the McIlvaine Company report was prepared
for us nor has either company consented to the use of this information in our
report; rather, these reports are available for public use.
Our
Strategy
Strategies
to achieve our growth objectives include the following:
Commercializing and growing our
proprietary new Hemiwedge® valve technology via the Cartridge valve product
line, Down-hole isolation valve and licensing agreements for sub-sea
applications of the valve. In late December 2006 we launched
our Hemiwedge®
technology with the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve product line, a surface-level
engineered valve, targeting oil and gas, process and pipeline
applications.
Generating more revenues and
increasing our profit margins by expanding our contract machining and
manufacturing business and through investing in additional state-of-the art CNC
equipment which offers us the ability to make increasingly complex tools as
required by our customers. As a result of higher commodity
prices, activity levels and pricing for our customers, we will continue to
expand our operations at Shumate Machine Works and invest in additional
computer-numeric controlled machinery that allows us to manufacture higher
precision critical components for our customers growing demand of energy
equipment.
Developing strategic alliances with
other companies to leverage our valve technology into market segments where we
have little or no expertise. We intend to license and partner
our Hemiwedge® technology in market verticals where we have little or no
expertise to maximize the technology’s value. For example, our Hemiwedge®
technology has been tested in severe service applications and the company may
partner with another company dominate in a particular market vertical such as
tar sands or mining utilizing their strengths to commercialize further
Hemiwedge® technology. In addition, our Hemiwedge® technology has
been tested at very high pressures and demonstrated “bubble-tight” sealing
capability and functionality for sub-sea applications, providing a proof of
concept needed to pursue licensing discussions with larger energy companies with
a presence in those markets.
Acquiring other technology-oriented
products to leverage our asset base, manufacturing infrastructure, market
presence and experienced personnel. We have
extensive experience in manufacturing and machining products, and we have a
reputation for providing quality products and services in the energy field
services market. We have an existing base of customers and existing
distribution channels in this market. We intend to combine our
experience, reputation, customer base, and distribution channels with our
expertise and knowledge of the industry to market and distribute other
technology-oriented product lines for this customer base and through these
distribution channels.
Sales
and Marketing; Customers
In our
contract machining and manufacturing division, we have developed and maintained
long-term relationships with our customers. We use a variety of
methods to identify target customers, including the utilization of databases,
direct mail, and participation in manufacturers’ trade shows. The
energy field service target market usually consists of larger, well capitalized
companies as well as smaller firms. These efforts supplement our
traditional sales and marketing efforts of customer referrals and territory
canvassing. In 2007, we expended approximately $467,000 on sales and
marketing, which included the salaries, commissions, and expenses of our sales
department.
Nearly
all of our sales are on a negotiated price basis. In some cases, sales are the
result of a competitive bid process where a customer sends to us and other
competitors a list of products required, and we submit a bid on each
job. Frequently, the ability to meet customer delivery schedules as
well as plant capacities and capabilities are a significant aspect of winning
any bid or purchase order.
For our
valve division, we intend to target the severe service applications in oil and
gas, process and pipeline markets where there is a demand for
engineered valves. These target markets seek supply disruption mitigation and
rapid maintenance benefits that our Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve system is
designed to provide. Although we believe that our valve product line
provides significantly improved functionality for higher-end or engineered
severe service applications, we intend to price our valves competitively
relative to other engineered valve manufacturers to establish market
share. In addition to leveraging our existing customer base and
distribution channels to market and distribute the valve product line, we have
identified a network of established independent representative companies to
market and distribute the valves on a success fee basis. We intend to
complement this effort with direct employee salespersons, product catalogs, web
site, direct mail, trade shows and sales support professionals that can travel
to sales locations to consummate sales.
We have a
customer base of more than 20 customers. Two of these customers
represented approximately 71% percent of our revenues for fiscal year
2007. We continually focus on developing more volume from secondary
and tertiary customers and with new customers to reduce customer concentration
risk. We believe that long-term relationships with many of our
customers will contribute to our success. While we intend to leverage
our existing customer relationships to market the valve product, we also will
seek additional new customers for the valve product line, which we anticipate
would result in reduced revenue and account receivables
concentrations.
Raw
Materials
The
principal raw materials that we use are carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel,
nickel, brass, titanium and various special alloys and other
metals. The metals industry as a whole is cyclical, and at times
pricing and availability of raw materials in the metals industry can be volatile
due to numerous factors beyond our control, including general, domestic and
international economic conditions, labor costs, production levels, competition,
import duties and tariffs and currency exchange rates. This
volatility can significantly affect the availability and cost of raw materials,
and may, therefore, adversely affect our net sales, operating margin, and
profitability. On average, pricing for raw materials has fluctuated
about thirty percent annually on a historical basis. During periods of rising
raw materials pricing, we have been able to pass through the increase in cost to
our customers approximately ninety percent of the time. The remaining
ten percent reflects down-time between reviewing costs on standardized
repetitive work that is not quoted on a monthly basis. Accordingly,
the increase in the cost of raw materials has had an immaterial effect on our
operations; however, it is possible that we may not be able to pass any portion
of such increases on to our customers in the future.
Competition
Both the
machining and manufacturing business and the valve product business are engaged
in fragmented and highly competitive industry segments. We estimate
that there are more than 100 machine shops in the metro-Houston area alone, and
that there are more than 4,000 valve product manufacturers and distributors
within the United States alone. We estimate that our share of the
market, based on 2007 revenues, is less than one percent
(1%). Competition is based primarily on quality, service, price,
performance timeliness and geographic proximity. We compete with a
large number of other machining and manufacturing operators on a national,
regional and local basis, most of which have greater financial resources than we
do, and several of which are public companies. We also compete with
overseas competitors whose labor costs may be significantly lower than our
costs. We anticipate the valve product, when launched, will compete
with a large number of companies with international and national capabilities
that will possess greater financial resources.
We
believe that we are able to compete by defining and understanding customer needs
and by using our equipment and machinery base to manufacture products with
difficult specifications and tolerances.
Intellectual
Property
As part
of our ongoing research, development, and manufacturing activities, we intend to
seek patents when appropriate on inventions involving new products and product
improvements. In December 2005, we acquired the intellectual property
rights to the Hemiwedge® line of products, including the Hemiwedge® Cartridge
valve, from Soderberg Research and Development, Inc. and certain of its
affiliates. These intellectual property rights consisted of two (2)
unexpired United States patents, one (1) expired United States patent, several
pending United States patent applications, and one (1) registered United States
trademark. We have developed several new inventions to the technology
which have been propagated within numerous new patent applications during 2006
and 2007. We have
also filed international patent applications for the inventions embodied in the
pending United States patent application.
These
intellectual property rights are of considerable importance to the Hemiwedge®
Cartridge valve product line (including the development stage down-hole
isolation valve and sub sea high pressure valve), and we consider them, in the
aggregate, to be material to our valve technology commercialization
plans. It is possible that these intellectual property rights may
later be invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, and it is also
possible that our products or proposed products may be found to infringe upon
the intellectual property rights of others.
We also
rely on trade secret protection for our confidential and proprietary
information. We seek to enter into confidentiality agreements with
our employees, partners, and suppliers. It is possible, however, that
others will independently obtain similar information or otherwise gain access to
our trade secrets.
Government
Regulation and Environmental Matters
Our
operations are subject to a number of federal, state and local regulations
relating to the protection of the environment and to workplace health and
safety. In particular, our operations are subject to extensive
federal, state and local laws and regulations governing waste disposal, air and
water emissions, the handling of hazardous substances, painting product on
premises, environmental protection, remediation and workplace
exposure. Hazardous materials used in our operations include
lubricants and cleaning solvents.
We
believe that we are in substantial compliance with all such laws and do not
currently anticipate that we will be required to expend any substantial amounts
in the foreseeable future in order to meet current environmental or workplace
health and safety requirements.
Although
no environmental claims have been made against us and we have not been named as
a potentially responsible party by the Environmental Protection Agency or any
other entity, it is possible that we could be identified by the EPA, a state
agency or one or more third parties as a potentially responsible party under
CERCLA or under analogous state laws. If so, we could incur substantial
litigation costs to prove that we were not responsible for the environmental
damage.
Safety
We are
committed to emphasizing and focusing on safety in the workplace. We
currently have a variety of safety programs in place, which include periodic
safety meetings and training sessions to teach proper safety work
procedures. We have established “best practices” processes throughout
most of our operations to ensure that our employees comply with safety standards
that we establish and to ensure full compliance with federal, state and local
laws and regulations. In addition, we intend to continue to emphasize
the need for an accident-free workplace.
Risk
Management and Insurance
The
primary risks in our operations are property damage, workers’ compensation, and
third-party bodily injury. We maintain insurance above certain
self-insured limits for liability for bodily injury, third-party property
damage, and workers’ compensation, all of which we consider sufficient to insure
against these risks.
Employees
We
currently employ 87 people in Conroe, Texas. Of the total,
approximately 22 are in administration, 6 are in engineering and drafting, 2 are
in sales, marketing and distribution, and 57 are in machining, manufacturing and
production. None of our employees are represented by a labor union,
and we have not entered into a collective bargaining agreement with any
union. We have not experienced any work stoppages and consider the
relations with our employees to be good.
Item
1A. RISK FACTORS AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION
An
investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You
should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information in
this annual report, including our financial statements and the notes to those
statements, before you purchase our common stock. The risks and
uncertainties described below are those that we currently believe may materially
adversely affect our company. Additional risks and uncertainties may
also impair our business operations. If the following risks actually
occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be
seriously harmed, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you
could lose all or part of your investment.
Our
business might fail, even after our 2005 restructuring.
Although
we completed a restructuring of our debt in October 2005, and although we have
increased revenues in each of the last three years, we have still incurred
operating losses in each of the last three fiscal years. Our ability
to become profitable will depend upon several factors, including whether we can
continue to increase our revenues in Shumate Machine Works, Inc., and whether
our Hemiwedge® valve products are successful in the marketplace. We
cannot estimate with any certainty the long-term demand for our products and
services or the degree to which we will meet that demand. If demand
for our products and services does not increase, or if the market for our
products and services declines, we may not be able to earn enough revenue to
generate profits from operations or positive cash flow.
We
may be unable to continue as a going concern in which case our securities will
have little or no value.
Our
independent auditor has noted in its report concerning our financial statements
as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 that we have incurred recurring losses from
operations and have a working capital deficiency, which raises substantial doubt
about our ability to continue as a going concern. We have incurred
recurring losses from operations in 2007 and 2006, respectively and, we have
negative working capital as of December 31, 2007. These conditions
raise substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going
concern. We cannot assure you that we will achieve operating profits
in the future.
We
have substantial indebtedness outstanding, and our operations are significantly
leveraged. If we are unable to repay our debt obligations in a timely
fashion, it could have a material adverse effect on our business and
prospects.
In order
to finance our operations we have incurred substantial indebtedness, including
the debt with Stillwater National Bank which consists of a line of credit and a
term loan, as well as our recent 2007 bridge financing. As of
December 31, 2007, we owed total indebtedness of approximately $3.8 million (not
including accrued interest) to Stillwater National Bank, our senior
lender. Additionally, we owe our recent bridge loan investors $3.05
million (not including accrued interest accreted to principal) and various
lenders such as a premium finance note for the annual premium of approximately
$55,000 for our directors and officers liability policy. Our cash
flows from operations are currently not sufficient to service our debt
obligations. If we fail to pay our debt obligations in a timely
fashion, we will be in default under one or more of our loan
agreements. If we default on our loan obligations with Stillwater
National Bank, it could exercise its rights and remedies under the loan
agreement, which could include foreclosing on all of our assets. Any
such action would have a material adverse effect on our business and
prospects.
We
will likely need to finance our operations and a full-scale launch of the
Hemiwedge® products through additional bank borrowings or other capital
financings. If we are unable to obtain additional capital, we may not
be able to adequately fund our Hemiwedge Valve Corporation subsidiary or
continue our business.
We had working capital of $338,874 as
of December 31, 2006 and we had a working capital deficit of $4,647,597 as of
December 31, 2007. Since December 31, 2006, we have completed a
private placement of our convertible notes which resulted in net proceeds to us
of approximately $2.74 million, providing us with working capital for the
immediate future. Currently, we believe that we will not be able to
fund our operations, working capital requirements, and debt service requirements
throughout the 2008 fiscal year with existing working capital and cash flows
generated from operations. In addition, we will need additional
capital to be able to fund the further development of the Hemiwedge® technology
and the operations of the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve products. In
addition, we do not believe that we will be able to conduct a full-scale
expansion of the Hemiwedge® product, including an inventory buildup or an
expansion of the product line, without obtaining additional
financing.
We
currently have a $1,000,000 secured revolving line of credit facility with
Stillwater National Bank. This loan is subject to a borrowing base
that is computed on our qualifying accounts receivable and
inventory. The outstanding balance on this line of credit was
approximately $526,206 at May 14, 2008, which, at the time, $1,000,000 was the
maximum allowed due to the amount of the qualifying accounts receivable and
inventory, also referred to as our borrowing base. The outstanding balance on
the line of credit and the borrowing base fluctuate based on our available
working capital and our qualifying accounts receivable and
inventory. As such, we may not have the ability to borrow additional
funds on this line of credit.
In the
event we seek to expand the rate of Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve’s growth and
scale up of the product line, or in the event that our cash flows from
operations are insufficient to fund our operations, working capital
requirements, and debt service requirements, we would need to raise additional
capital, either by borrowing more money, if possible, or by selling our
securities or seeking out joint venture opportunities. Any material
additional borrowing or significant capital expenditures require the written
consent of our lender, Stillwater National Bank. We may not be
successful in raising additional financing as and when we need it. If
we are unable to obtain additional financing in sufficient amounts or on
acceptable terms, our operating results and prospects could be adversely
affected.
The
majority of our revenues are generated from a small number of customers, and our
results of operations and cash flows will be adversely affected if any of our
major customers either fail to pay on a timely basis or cease to purchase our
products.
In 2007,
two of our customers accounted for approximately 71% of our sales. At
December 31, 2007, two customers accounted for approximately 30% of our trade
accounts receivable balance. These customers do not have any ongoing
commitment to purchase our products and services. We generally do not
require collateral from our customers, although we do perform ongoing credit
evaluations of our customers and maintain allowances for potential credit losses
which, when realized, have been within the range of our
expectations. If one or more of our major customers stops purchasing
our products or defaults in its obligation to pay us, our results of operations
as well as our cash flows will be adversely affected.
Our
Hemiwedge Valve Corporation subsidiary is an early stage company with no
significant operating history.
One of
our subsidiaries, Hemiwedge Valve Corporation, is an early stage company that
has not had significant operations. Its primary business purpose is to develop,
manufacture, and market applications of its new valve technology known as the
Hemiwedge® valve. The Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve, our surface-level valve
product line targeting the oil and gas, process and pipeline markets, was
launched in late December 2006. Other applications of the Hemiwedge®
technology are still in the engineering, design, and development stage. This
subsidiary only began generating product revenue in the late fourth quarter of
2006, and has incurred losses since its formation. As an early stage company,
the prospects for Hemiwedge Valve Corporation are subject to all of the risks,
uncertainties, expenses, delays, problems, and difficulties typically
encountered in the establishment of a new business. We expect that
unanticipated expenses, problems, and technical difficulties may occur which
would result in material delays in the development and growth of the Hemiwedge®
valve. We may not be able to successfully implement our plans for Hemiwedge
Valve Corporation and achieve a significant level of
operations.
If
we do not successfully commercialize the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve product, we
may never achieve profitability in this subsidiary.
We have
incurred substantial expenses to acquire and fund the development of our
Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve product. We only began generating product
revenue in the late fourth quarter of 2006 in this subsidiary in connection with
the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve launch in December 2006. Many of our research and
development programs for applications of the Hemiwedge® technology are at an
early stage. Early stage product lines are subject to inherent risks
of failure. These risks include the possibilities that the Hemiwedge®
valve may not last as long as the products of our competitors or may not reduce
torque as anticipated. Even if the Hemiwedge® valve technology operates as
anticipated, it may not be commercially successful. If we are unable
to develop the Hemiwedge® product as anticipated, or if the product is
successfully developed but not accepted in the marketplace, Hemiwedge Valve
Corporation may never be profitable.
Our
ability to achieve any significant revenue in Hemiwedge Valve Corporation may
depend on our ability to establish effective sales and marketing
capabilities.
As a
result of the launch of the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve in the late fourth
quarter of 2006, we need to build a sales and marketing infrastructure and
customer channels which may include independent sales representative firms,
distributors and/or employees. If we fail to establish an effective
internal marketing and sales force or to make alternative arrangements to have
these products marketed and sold by others, our ability to commercialize our
valve product line and to enter new or existing markets will be
impaired.
The
line of credit and term loan with Stillwater National Bank contain numerous
restrictive covenants which limit management’s discretion to operate our
business.
In order to obtain the line of credit
and term loan from Stillwater National Bank, we will agree to certain covenants
that place significant restrictions on, among other things, our ability to incur
additional indebtedness, to create liens or other encumbrances, to make certain
payments and investments, and to sell or otherwise dispose of assets and merge
or consolidate with other entities. The Stillwater line of credit and
term loan also require us to meet certain financial ratios and tests and require
us to obtain consent from Stillwater in order to change our senior management.
For the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the fiscal periods ended March
31, June 30, September 30, December 31, 2007 and March 31, 2008, we were not in
compliance with certain covenants under the credit facility. Our
lender issued waivers for the periods tested, except for the December 31, 2007
and March 31, 2008 periods. However, we have no reason to believe
that such waiver will not ultimately be granted, and on January 25, 2008, we
entered into an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with Stillwater National
Bank and Trust Company that extended both credit facilities. There
can be no assurance that we will be in compliance with the financial covenants
in future periods or that Stillwater will issue a waiver for the past periods we
were not in compliance or any future periods in which we are not in compliance
with these covenants. Our failure to comply with the covenants included in the
Stillwater National Bank loan agreements could result in an event of default,
which could trigger an acceleration of the related debt. If we were
unable to repay the debt upon any such acceleration, Stillwater could seek to
foreclose on our assets in an effort to seek repayment under the
loans. If Stillwater were successful, we would be unable to conduct
our business as it is presently conducted and our ability to generate revenues
and fund our ongoing operations would be materially adversely
affected. We have not yet received a waiver for the period from
Stillwater National Bank.
The
interest rate on a significant portion of our indebtedness varies with the
market rate of interest. An increase in the interest rate could have
a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
The
interest on the line of credit and term loan from Stillwater National Bank is
payable monthly at the prime rate plus two percent. The base rates on
the line of credit and term loan will fluctuate over time, and if the base rates
significantly increase, our interest expense will increase. This
would have a material adverse affect on our results of operations. As
an example, based on the amounts outstanding under the line of credit and term
loan at December 31, 2007, a one percent increase in Stillwater’s prime rate
would increase our annual debt service by approximately $43,000.
We may not be able to successfully
increase our sales. If we do not increase our sales, we may never
become profitable.
It is
possible that we may be unable to successfully implement any of our strategies
to increase sales, including expanding the range of processes and services that
we offer, developing long-term partnering relationships with customers and
adding new customers. Our ability to increase our sales will be
affected by many factors which are beyond our control, such as falling commodity
prices which will decrease demand for our products or the failure of the
marketplace to respond positively to our Hemiwedge® valve
technology. We cannot assure you that our strategies to increase our
sales will be successful. If they are not, we may never become
profitable.
We
want to develop additional new energy field services products, but we may not
have the financial ability to do so.
We are
currently seeking opportunities to develop or acquire energy field services
products and technologies through acquisitions or licensing
agreements. We believe acquiring our own product lines would leverage
our expertise in manufacturing and marketplace knowledge and complement our
current contract machining business and customer
relationships. However, the energy field services market has numerous
manufacturers that are larger than we are and have greater financial resources
than we do. Even if we were to acquire or design our own products, it
is possible that we may not have the financial capacity to enter this
market.
We
face significant competition in our markets. Our inability to compete
successfully could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of
operations.
The
energy field services industry, including both the machining and manufacturing
industry and the commercial valve industry, is highly
competitive. Competition in the sale of our products is primarily
based on engineering, product design, process capability, quality, cost,
delivery and responsiveness. Many of our competitors are entities
that are larger and have greater financial and personnel resources than we
do. We also compete with foreign manufacturers that have
substantially cheaper labor costs than we do. We may not be able to
compete successfully. If we do not compete successfully, our business
and results of operations will be materially adversely affected.
Failure
to protect our proprietary technology could impair our competitive
position.
We have
obtained or are in the process of obtaining U.S. and foreign patents and patent
applications for our Hemiwedge® technology. Our success will depend
in part on our ability to obtain patent protection for our Hemiwedge®
technology, preserve our trade secrets, and operate without infringing the
proprietary rights of third parties.
Although
we place considerable importance on obtaining patent protection for our
technologies, products and processes, the enforceability of our patents is
uncertain and involves complex legal and factual questions. The
applicant or inventors of subject matter covered by patent applications or
patents owned by us may not have been the first to invent or the first to file
patent applications for such inventions.
Furthermore,
enforcement of patents and proprietary rights in many other countries may be
problematic or unpredictable. The issuance of a patent in one country
does not assure the issuance of a similar patent in another
country. Claim interpretation and infringement laws vary by nation,
so the extent of any patent protection is uncertain and may vary in different
jurisdictions.
Due to
uncertainties regarding patent law and the circumstances surrounding our patent
applications, the pending or future patent applications we own may not result in
the issuance of any patents. Existing or future patents owned by us
may be challenged, infringed upon, invalidated, found to be unenforceable or
circumvented by others. Further, any rights we may have under any
issued patents may not provide us with sufficient protection against competitive
products or otherwise cover commercially valuable products or
processes.
Litigation
or other disputes regarding patents and other proprietary rights may be
expensive, cause delays in bringing products to market and harm our ability to
operate.
The
manufacture, use or sale of our Hemiwedge® product candidates may infringe on
the patent rights of others. If we are unable to avoid infringement
of the patent rights of others, we may be required to seek a license, defend an
infringement action, or challenge the validity of the patents in
court. Patent litigation is costly and time consuming. We
may not have sufficient resources to bring these actions to a successful
conclusion. In addition, if we do not obtain a license, develop or
obtain non-infringing technology, or fail to successfully defend an infringement
action or have the patents we are alleged to infringe declared invalid, we may
incur substantial money damages, encounter significant delays in bringing our
Hemiwedge® products to market, be precluded from participating in the
manufacture, use, or sale of our Hemiwedge® products without first obtaining
licenses to do so, or not be able to obtain any required license on favorable
terms, if at all. In addition, if another party claims the same
subject matter (or subject matter overlapping with the subject matter) that we
have claimed in a U.S. patent application or patent, we may decide or be
required to participate in interference proceedings in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office in order to determine the priority of
invention. Loss of such an interference proceeding would deprive us
of patent protection sought or previously obtained and could prevent us from
commercializing our products. Participation in such proceedings could
result in substantial costs, whether or not the eventual outcome is
favorable. These additional costs could adversely affect our
financial results.
Confidentiality
agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of
trade secrets and other proprietary information.
In order
to protect our proprietary technology and processes, we rely in part on
confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, outside
collaborators, and other advisors. These agreements may not
effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information and may not provide
an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential
information. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary
to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to
obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our
competitive business position.
We
purchase metals in the open market, and our profitability may vary if prices of
metals fluctuate.
The
principal raw materials that we use are carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel,
nickel, brass, titanium and various special alloys and other
metals. The metals industry as a whole is cyclical, and at times
pricing and availability of raw materials in the metals industry can be volatile
due to numerous factors beyond our control, including general, domestic and
international economic conditions, labor costs, production levels, competition,
import duties and tariffs and currency exchange rates. This
volatility can significantly affect the availability and cost of raw materials,
and may, therefore, adversely affect our net sales, operating margin and net
income. During periods of rising raw materials pricing, there can be
no assurance that we will be able to pass any portion of such increases on to
our customers. When raw material prices decline, customer demands for
lower prices could result in lower sale prices and, as we use existing
inventory, result in lower margins. Changing metal prices could
adversely affect our ability to attain profitably.
The
oil & gas industry is subject to fluctuations in demand, which results in
fluctuations in our results of operations.
Most of
our products are sold to oil and gas field services companies that experience
significant fluctuations in demand based on economic conditions, energy prices,
domestic and international drilling rig counts, consumer demand, and other
factors beyond our control. In 2006 and 2007, we experienced
increased activity levels driven by increases in energy commodity prices and
increased demand for oil field drilling products. However, the
increase in demand could be temporary as commodity prices fluctuate
daily. Reduced demand for oil field drilling products would result in
lower activity levels for our company. These changes can happen very
quickly and without forecast or notice, and may have a material adverse effect
on our results of operations.
We
may need to recruit additional personnel for Hemiwedge Valve
Corporation. If we are unable to attract qualified personnel, we may
be unable to operate the business as planned.
Our
ability to implement our business plan and develop Hemiwedge Valve Corporation
may depend on our ability to attract and retain other qualified management,
engineering, machinists, project development, and sales and marketing
personnel. We compete for such persons with other companies, some of
which have substantially greater capital resources and facilities than we
have. Further, demand for such personnel during periods of increased
demand for energy products is very strong. We may not be able to
recruit or retain personnel of the requisite caliber or in adequate numbers to
enable us to conduct the Hemiwedge® business as planned.
Our
operations are subject to a number of federal, state and local regulations
relating to the protection of the environment and to workplace health and
safety. If we were found to be responsible for significant damages
related to such regulation, it could have a material adverse effect on our
business and results of operation.
Our
operations are subject to extensive federal, state and local laws and
regulations governing waste disposal, air and water emissions, the handling of
hazardous substances, environmental protection, remediation, workplace exposure,
and other matters. Hazardous materials that we use in our operations
primarily include lubricants and cleaning solvents. Our leased
facility is located in an industrial area close to properties with histories of
heavy industrial use. Although no environmental claims have been made
against us and we have not been named as a potentially responsible party by the
EPA or any other party, it is possible that we could be identified by the EPA, a
state agency or one or more third parties as a potentially responsible party
under CERCLA or under analogous state laws. If so, we could incur
substantial litigation costs to prove we are not responsible for the
environmental damage, or, if we were found to be a responsible party, we could
be liable for significant damages. This could have a material adverse
effect on our business and results of operations.
INVESTMENT
RISKS
There
is a limited trading market for our shares. You may not be able to
sell your shares if you need money.
Our
common stock is traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board, an inter-dealer
automated quotation system for equity securities. During the 30
trading days ended March 31, 2008, the average daily trading volume of our
common stock was approximately 41,000 shares. As of March 31, 2008,
we had approximately 400 record holders of our common stock (not including an
indeterminate number of stockholders whose shares are held by brokers in “street
name”). There has been limited trading activity in our stock, and
when it has traded, the price has fluctuated widely. We consider our
common stock to be “thinly traded” and any last reported sale prices may not be
a true market-based valuation of the common stock. Stockholders may
experience difficulty selling their shares if they choose to do so because of
the illiquid market and limited public float for our common stock.
We
are subject to the penny stock rules and these rules may adversely affect
trading in our common stock.
Our
common stock is a “low-priced” security under rules promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In accordance with these rules,
broker-dealers participating in transactions in low-priced securities must first
deliver a risk disclosure document which describes the risks associated with
such stocks, the broker-dealer’s duties in selling the stock, the customer’s
rights and remedies and certain market and other
information. Furthermore, the broker-dealer must make a suitability
determination approving the customer for low-priced stock transactions based on
the customer’s financial situation, investment experience and
objectives. Broker-dealers must also disclose these restrictions in
writing to the customer, obtain specific written consent from the customer, and
provide monthly account statements to the customer. The effect of
these restrictions probably decreases the willingness of broker-dealers to make
a market in our common stock, decreases liquidity of our common stock and
increases transaction costs for sales and purchases of our common stock as
compared to other securities.
Transfers
of our securities may be restricted by virtue of state securities “blue sky”
laws which prohibit trading absent compliance with individual state laws. These
restrictions may make it difficult or impossible to sell shares in those
states.
Transfers
of our common stock may be restricted under the securities or securities
regulations laws promulgated by various states and foreign jurisdictions,
commonly referred to as “blue sky” laws. Absent compliance with such individual
state laws, our common stock may not be traded in such jurisdictions. Because
the securities registered hereunder have not been registered for resale under
the blue sky laws of any state, the holders of such shares and persons who
desire to purchase them should be aware that there may be significant state blue
sky law restrictions upon the ability of investors to sell the securities and of
purchasers to purchase the securities. These restrictions may prohibit the
secondary trading of our common stock. Investors should consider the secondary
market for our securities to be a limited one.
There
are options and warrants to purchase shares of our common stock currently
outstanding.
As of
December 31, 2007, we have granted options and warrants to purchase an aggregate
of 4,636,120 shares of our common stock to various persons and entities, of
which options and warrants to purchase up to 4,350,787 shares of our common
stock are currently exercisable. The exercise prices on these options
and warrants range from $0.63 per share to $4.20 per share. If
issued, the shares underlying options and warrants would increase the number of
shares of our common stock currently outstanding and will dilute the holdings
and voting rights of our then-existing shareholders.
We
have no immediate plans to pay dividends.
We have
not paid any cash dividends to date and do not expect to pay dividends for the
foreseeable future. In addition, the terms of our line of credit and
term loan from Stillwater National Bank prohibit us from declaring or paying
dividends or purchasing or redeeming any of our capital stock without the
approval of Stillwater National Bank. We intend to retain earnings,
if any, as necessary to finance the operation and expansion of our
business.
Our
officers and directors collectively own a substantial portion of our outstanding
common stock, and as long as they do, they may be able to control the outcome of
stockholder voting.
Our
officers and directors are collectively the beneficial owners of approximately
27% of the outstanding shares of our common stock as of the date of this
report. As long as our officers and directors collectively own a
significant percentage of our common stock, our other shareholders may generally
be unable to affect or change the management or the direction of our company
without the support of our officers and directors. As a result, some
investors may be unwilling to purchase our common stock. If the
demand for our common stock is reduced because our officers and directors have
significant influence over our company, the price of our common stock could be
materially depressed. The officers and directors will be able to
exert significant influence over the outcome of all corporate actions requiring
stockholder approval, including the election of directors, amendments to our
certificate of incorporation and approval of significant corporate
transactions.
We
have the ability to issue additional shares of our common stock and shares of
preferred stock without asking for stockholder approval, which could cause your
investment to be diluted.
Our
Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the Board of Directors to issue up to
50,000,000 shares of common stock and up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred
stock. The power of the Board of Directors to issue shares of common
stock, preferred stock or warrants or options to purchase shares of common stock
or preferred stock is generally not subject to stockholder
approval. Accordingly, any additional issuance of our common stock,
or preferred stock that may be convertible into common stock, may have the
effect of diluting your investment.
By
issuing preferred stock, we may be able to delay, defer or prevent a change of
control.
Our
Certificate of Incorporation permits us to issue, without approval from our
shareholders, a total of 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Our
Board of Directors can determine the rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions granted to, or imposed upon, the shares of preferred stock and to
fix the number of shares constituting any series and the designation of such
series. It is possible that our Board of Directors, in determining
the rights, preferences and privileges to be granted when the preferred stock is
issued, may include provisions that have the effect of delaying, deferring or
preventing a change in control, discouraging bids for our common stock at a
premium over the market price, or that adversely affect the market price of and
the voting and other rights of the holders of our common stock.
Our
stock price is volatile.
The
trading price of our common stock has been and continues to be subject to
fluctuations. The stock price may fluctuate in response to a number
of events and factors, such as quarterly variations in operating results, the
operating and stock performance of other companies that investors may deem as
comparable and news reports relating to trends in the marketplace, among other
factors. Significant volatility in the market price of our common
stock may arise due to factors such as:
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developing business;
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a
continued negative cash flow;
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relatively
low price per share;
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relatively
low public float;
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variations
in quarterly operating results;
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general
trends in the industries in which we do
business;
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the
number of holders of our common stock;
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the
interest of securities dealers in maintaining a market for our common
stock.
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As long
as there is only a limited public market for our common stock, the sale of a
significant number of shares of our common stock at any particular time could be
difficult to achieve at the market prices prevailing immediately before such
shares are offered, and could cause a severe decline in the price of our common
stock.
There
are limitations in connection with the availability of quotes and order
information on the OTCBB.
Trades
and quotations on the OTCBB involve a manual process and the market information
for such securities cannot be guaranteed. In addition, quote information, or
even firm quotes, may not be available. The manual execution process
may delay order processing and intervening price fluctuations may result in the
failure of a limit order to execute or the execution of a market order at a
significantly different price. Execution of trades, execution
reporting and the delivery of legal trade confirmation may be delayed
significantly. Consequently, one may not be able to sell shares of
our Common Stock at the optimum trading prices.
There
are delays in order communication on the OTCBB.
Electronic
processing of orders is not available for securities traded on the OTCBB and
high order volume and communication risks may prevent or delay the execution of
one's OTCBB trading orders. This lack of automated order processing
may affect the timeliness of order execution reporting and the availability of
firm quotes for shares of our Common Stock. Heavy market volume may
lead to a delay in the processing of OTCBB security orders for shares of our
Common Stock, due to the manual nature of the market. Consequently,
one may not able to sell shares of our Common Stock at the optimum trading
prices.
There
is a risk of market fraud on the OTCBB.
OTCBB
securities are frequent targets of fraud or market manipulation. Not only
because of their generally low price, but also because the OTCBB reporting
requirements for these securities are less stringent than for listed or NASDAQ
traded securities, and no exchange requirements are imposed. Dealers
may dominate the market and set prices that are not based on competitive forces.
Individuals or groups may create fraudulent markets and control the sudden,
sharp increase of price and trading volume and the equally sudden collapse of
the market price for shares of our Common Stock.
There
is a limitation in connection with the editing and canceling of orders on the
OTCBB.
Orders
for OTCBB securities may be canceled or edited like orders for other securities.
All requests to change or cancel an order must be submitted to, received and
processed by the OTCBB. Due to the manual order processing involved
in handling OTCBB trades, order processing and reporting may be delayed, and one
may not be able to cancel or edit one's order. Consequently, one may not able to
sell its shares of our Common Stock at the optimum trading prices.
Increased
dealer compensation could adversely affect our stock price.
The
dealer's spread (the difference between the bid and ask prices) may be large and
may result in substantial losses to the seller of shares of our Common Stock on
the OTCBB if the stock must be sold immediately. Further, purchasers
of shares of our Common Stock may incur an immediate "paper" loss due to the
price spread. Moreover, dealers trading on the OTCBB may not have a
bid price for shares of our Common Stock on the OTCBB. Due to the
foregoing, demand for shares of our Common Stock on the OTCBB may be decreased
or eliminated.
Cautionary
Statement Concerning
Forward-Looking
Information
This
annual report and the documents to which we refer you and incorporate into this
annual report by reference contain forward-looking statements. In
addition, from time to time, we, or our representatives, may make
forward-looking statements orally or in writing. These are statements
that relate to future periods and include statements regarding our future
strategic, operational and financial plans, potential acquisitions, anticipated
or projected revenues, expenses and operational growth, markets and potential
customers for our products and services, plans related to sales strategies and
efforts, the anticipated benefits of our relationships with strategic partners,
growth of our competition, our ability to compete, the adequacy of our current
facilities and our ability to obtain additional space, use of future earnings,
and the feature, benefits and performance of our current and future products and
services.
You can identify forward-looking
statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that
use terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “anticipates,”
“contemplates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “plans,” “projected,” “predicts,”
“potential,” “seek” or “continue” or the negative of these or similar
terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should
consider various factors, including those described in this annual report under
the heading “Risk Factors.” These and other factors may cause our
actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking
statement. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements.
We base
these forward-looking statements on our expectations and projections about
future events, which we derive from the information currently available to
us. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our
future performance. Forward-looking statements are only
predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this annual
report, the documents to which we refer you and other statements made from time
to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and
results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions about us. For these statements, we claim the protection
of the “bespeaks caution” doctrine. The forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date hereof, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to
publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this
filing.
Item
2. PROPERTIES
We lease
approximately 90,000 square feet of manufacturing space in Conroe,
Texas.
Approximately
30,000 square feet is used by Shumate Machine Works for its
operations. On April 1, 2006, Shumate Machine Works and the lessor
terminated the existing lease for these premises and entered into a new
lease. The lease term ends on March 31, 2011. The
base rent is $18,600 per month, representing a reduction of rent of $4,000 per
month. The new lease grants to Shumate Machine Works an option to
purchase the premises at the end of the lease term for an agreed-upon purchase
price or current appraised price. If it exercises this option, Shumate Machine
Works is entitled to a credit in an amount equal to 5% of all lease payments
paid during the term. Effective February 1, 2007, our rent increased
to $22,100 in connection with a 5,000 square foot expansion.
In
December 2005, Shumate Machine Works entered into a lease agreement for a
manufacturing facility of approximately 60,000 square feet to be used by
Hemiwedge Valve Corporation. The term of the lease is three years and
the rent is approximately $14,000 per month. The lease agreement
grants to Shumate Machine Works an option to purchase the premises covered under
the lease for a purchase price of approximately $1,825,000 before
lease. Shumate Machine Works will be entitled to a credit against the
purchase price in an amount equal to the amount necessary to amortize the
purchase price at 7% over a period of 240 months. The option to
purchase expires on September 1, 2009. On May 15, 2008, Shumate
Machine Works exercised the aforementioned option and purchased the property for
$1,726,949 pursuant to a warranty deed. Concurrently with the
purchase, the property was sold to Trader Properties LLC and immediately leased
to Hemiwedge Valve Corporation. The Commercial Lease Agreement between Hemiwedge
Valve Corporation and Trader Properties is for a term of 10 years with a monthly
rent of $24,000 per month, which rent is increased by 2% each year for the term
of the lease. Hemiwedge Valve Corporation is required to maintain
public liability insurance of not less than $1,000,000 during the term of the
lease. To secure performance under this lease, Hemiwedge Valve
Corporation granted Trader Properties a lien and security interest against all
of its’ non-exempt personal property that is in the leased
premises Shumate Industries guaranteed payment and performance of the
lease pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement. In addition, Shumate
Industries agreed to issue Trader Properties a warrant to purchase 100,000
shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share prior to June
15, 2008.
The
existing facilities are adequate for our current operations. We
anticipate that additional facilities may be leased or purchased as needed and
that facilities that are adequate for our needs are readily
available.
Item
3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are
not a party to material legal proceedings as of the date of this
report. In April 2008, Sunbelt Machine Works threatened litigation
against us relating to the to the $150,000 termination payment due under (and in
connection with the termination of) that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated
August 17, 2007. We have failed to make the first 2 installment payments
of $37,500 as required under the Stock Purchase Agreement. The parties are
currently in settlement discussions regarding this matter and no lawsuit has
been formally filed. We have recorded $178,995 in accrued expenses in
our financial statements to reflect this contingency.
Item
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS.
None.
PART
II
Item
5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Our common stock has traded on the OTC
Bulletin Board under the symbol “SHMT.OB” since October 20,
2005. Before that date, our common stock traded on the OTC Bulletin
Board under the symbol “EXCB.OB” since June 10, 2002. Before that
date, our common stock traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol
“GRMA.OB,” and before that, it traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol
“GRMG.OB.” The following table shows the high and low bid prices for
our common stock for each quarter since January 1, 2006 as reported by the OTC
Bulletin Board. All share prices have been adjusted to provide for
the one for seven reverse split which was effected on October 19, 2005 (i.e.
they have been increased seven times to compare them to current
prices).
We
consider our stock to be “thinly traded” and any reported sale prices may not be
a true market-based valuation of our stock. Some of the bid
quotations from the OTC Bulletin Board set forth below may reflect inter-dealer
prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not represent
actual transactions.
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High Bid
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Low Bid
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First
quarter
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$ |
1.30 |
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$ |
0.65 |
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Second
quarter
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1.60 |
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0.71 |
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Third
quarter
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1.65 |
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1.00 |
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Fourth
quarter
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1.53 |
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0.90 |
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2007 (OTC Bulletin Board)
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High Bid
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Low Bid
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First
quarter
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$ |
2.30 |
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$ |
1.17 |
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Second
quarter
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2.14 |
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1.30 |
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2.03 |
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1.37 |
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Fourth
quarter
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1.64 |
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0.60 |
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As of May
14, 2008 there were 379 record holders of our common stock. This does not
include an indeterminate number of shareholders whose shares are held by brokers
in street name.
We have
not paid cash dividends since our inception and we do not contemplate paying
dividends in the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the terms of our
line of credit and term loan with Stillwater National Bank prohibit us from
declaring or paying dividends or purchasing or redeeming any of our capital
stock without the approval of Stillwater National Bank. We anticipate
that earnings, if any, will be retained to retire debt and for the operation of
our business.
Shares
eligible for future sale could depress the price of our common stock and lower
the value of your investment. Sales of substantial amounts of our
common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely
affect prevailing market prices for shares of our common stock.
Securities Authorized for Issuance
Under Equity Compensation Plans. The following provides
information concerning compensation plans under which our equity securities are
authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2007:
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Plan
Category
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Number of
securities to be
issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
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Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
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Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column
(a))
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Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders (1)(2)
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1,535,810 |
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$ |
1.42 |
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3,683,643 |
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Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
(3)(4)(5)(6)
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120,000 |
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$ |
1.50 |
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Total
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1,547,810 |
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$ |
1.43 |
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3,683,643 |
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(1)
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2005 Stock Incentive
Plan. On April 29, 2005, our board of directors adopted,
and on October 19, 2005, our stockholders approved, our 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan. The purpose of the plan is to further align the
interests of employees, directors and non-employee consultants with those
of the stockholders by providing incentive compensation opportunities tied
to the performance of the common stock and by promoting increased
ownership of the common stock by such individuals. The plan is
also intended to advance the interests of the company and its shareholders
by attracting, retaining and motivating key personnel upon whose judgment,
initiative and effort the successful conduct of the company’s business is
largely dependent. We are permitted to grant awards of stock
options, stock awards, and restricted stock awards under the
plan. The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock
that may be issued and sold under all awards granted under the plan is
10,000,000 shares, and as of December 31, 2007, we have issued 4,783,690
shares under the plan, and there are options to purchase 1,532,667 shares
outstanding under this plan.
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2001 Stock Option
Plan. On April 8, 2002, we assumed the 2001 Excalibur
Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Plan, which was approved by the securities
holders of Excalibur Holdings prior to our assumption of the
plan. We are authorized to issue options to purchase up to
285,714 shares under this plan. As of December 31, 2007, there
were options to purchase 3,143 shares outstanding under this
plan.
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Individual Option and Warrant
Grants. We have granted warrants on an individual
basis. We have granted no options on an individual
basis. Of the warrants we have granted on an individual basis
for compensatory services, there are currently warrants to purchase in the
aggregate up to 12,000 shares of our common stock at a weighted average
price of $1.50 per share.
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Stock Grant
Plan. Our board of directors adopted our 2003 Stock
Grant Plan on June 25, 2003. The purpose of this plan was to
encourage and enable our officers, employees, directors, consultants,
advisors, and other key persons upon whose judgment, initiative and
efforts we largely depends for the successful conduct of our business to
acquire a proprietary interest in us. We were permitted to
issue up to 428,157 shares of common stock under this plan, and to date,
we had issued 232,063 shares. On April 20, 2006, our board of
directors terminated this plan.
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Employee Stock Incentive
Plan. Our board of directors adopted our 2003 Employee
Stock Incentive Plan on July 17, 2003. The purpose of this plan
was to allow designated officers and employees of us and our subsidiaries
to receive options to purchase our common stock and to receive grants of
common stock subject to certain restrictions. We were permitted
to issue up to 1,071,429 shares of common stock under this plan, and to
date, we issued no shares or options to purchase shares under this
plan. On April 20, 2006, our board of directors terminated this
plan.
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(6)
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Non-Employee Directors and
Consultants Retainer Stock Plan. Our board of directors
adopted our 2003 Non-Employee Directors and Consultants Retainer Stock
Plan on July 17, 2003. The purposes of this plan was to enable
us to promote the interests of us and our stockholders by attracting and
retaining non-employee directors and consultants capable of furthering our
future success and by aligning their economic interests more closely with
those of our stockholders, by paying their retainer or fees in the form of
shares of our common stock. We were permitted to issue up to
357,143 shares of common stock under this plan, and to date, we issued no
shares under this plan. On April 20, 2006, our board of
directors terminated this plan.
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Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
1.
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On
November 1, 2007, we entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with a single
accredited investor pursuant to which we issued a $1,000,000 of principal
amount of convertible promissory note and a warrant to purchase 200,000
shares of our common stock (the “Purchase Agreement”). The note has a 1
year term and bears interest at ten percent (10%); provided, however, that
we are required to prepay the note if we consummate of a subsequent equity
financing (as defined) within the next 12 months. Interest is payable
monthly in arrears, however we have right to defer any interest payment
and accrue same to principal. The note is convertible into our common
stock at a fixed conversion price of $1.89. In addition, if we close a
subsequent equity financing within the next 12 months, the note holder has
the option to convert the outstanding balance of the note into such
financing on the same terms as the other investors in such
financing.
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Under the
terms of this note and the related warrant, the note and the warrant are
convertible/exercisable by any holder only to the extent that the number of
shares of common stock issuable pursuant to such securities, together with the
number of shares of common stock owned by such holder and its affiliates (but
not including shares of common stock underlying unconverted shares of the note
or unexercised portions of the warrants) would not exceed 4.99% of our then
outstanding common stock as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
The note
was issued with a warrant to purchase up to 200,000 shares of our common stock
at an exercise price of $1.89 per share, subject to adjustment. The warrant
holder may designate a "cashless exercise option." This option entitles the
warrant holders to elect to receive fewer shares of common stock without paying
the cash exercise price. The number of shares to be determined by a formula
based on the total number of shares to which the warrant holder is entitled, the
current market value of the common stock and the applicable exercise price of
the warrant.
We
granted the investor in the offering “piggyback” registration rights for the
resale of the shares issuable upon conversion of the note and upon exercise of
the warrant.
We relied
on the exemption from registration provided by Regulation D and/or Section 4(2)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the offer and sale of the note
and the warrant.
The net
proceeds from the financing for working capital and general corporate purposes.
An NASD member firm, acted as placement agent in connection with the offering
and received $140,000 in commissions. Our net proceeds of this
offering after the payment of commissions, fees and other expenses of the
offering were approximately $850,000.
2.
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In
March 2008, we issued $150,000 in 12% demand promissory notes to three
accredited investors in equal $50,000 notes. The proceeds were
used for working capital and general corporate purposes. The issuance was
exempt under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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3.
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In
March and April, 2008, we issued $25,000 and $75,000, respectively, 12%
demand promissory note to a single investor. The proceeds were
used for working capital and general corporate purposes. The
issuance was exempt under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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Item
6. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATIONS
The
following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our audited
consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this
report. This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
statements contained in this report that are not historic in nature,
particularly those that utilize terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,”
“expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “believes,” or “plans” or comparable
terminology are forward-looking statements based on current expectations and
assumptions.
Various
risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed in forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not limited
to, those set forth under the section “Risk Factors” set forth in this
report.
The
forward-looking events discussed in this annual report, the documents to which
we refer you and other statements made from time to time by us or our
representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ
materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about
us. For these statements, we claim the protection of the “bespeaks
caution” doctrine. All forward-looking statements in this document
are based on information currently available to us as of the date of this
report, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results to
differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements.
General
Shumate Industries is a Texas based
energy field services company. Shumate is a holding company that,
through its subsidiaries, operates in two principal
businesses: contract machining and manufacturing and a valve product
line. Shumate seeks to leverage its existing infrastructure,
expertise, and customer channels to grow its business and introduce new
technologies to the energy markets.
We
currently employ 87 people at two plants totaling approximately 90,000 square
feet in Conroe, Texas, north of Houston. Our executive offices are
located at 1011 Beach Airport Road, Conroe, Texas 77301. Our
telephone number is (936) 539-5770 and our Internet address is www.shumateinc.com.
Contract
Machining and Manufacturing - Shumate Machine Works, Inc.
Our
contract machining and manufacturing division, Shumate Machine Works, Inc.,
focuses in the energy field services market. We manufacture products, parts,
components, and assemblies for our customers designed to their specifications.
We provide state of the art 3-D modeling software, computer numeric-controlled,
or CNC, machinery and manufacturing expertise to our customers’ research and
development, engineering, and manufacturing departments for desired results with
their products.
The
diverse line of products we manufacture include the following:
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Expandable
tubular products including liner hangers, launchers and sand screens for
energy field service applications;
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Top
drive assemblies, sub-assemblies and spare service
parts;
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Measurement
while drilling (MWD) products;
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Directional
drilling products;
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Completion
tools;
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Exploration
products for research and
development;
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Natural
gas measurement equipment, including fittings and
valves;
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Power
frames for centrifugal pumps and mud motors;
and
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Sub-sea
control equipment.
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Our
investment in capital equipment and software provides us capabilities to perform
close tolerance highly specialized work for oil field equipment and tools,
process controls, formation evaluation tools, and exploration and production
products. Our capabilities include producing large-diameter products and close
tolerance machined parts that range up to thirty-four feet in length using a
myriad of materials of construction including high grade carbon steel, high
grade stainless steel, nickel, and chrome based alloys. We use state of the art,
large part CNC equipment in the production of these parts and have developed
in-house trade secrets and processes with respect to the manufacture of certain
products. We produce complex assemblies, including expandable tubing technology
products that are used in field service operations under extreme environmental
conditions for oil and gas exploration.
Our
customers include, without limitation, Baker Hughes, BJ Services Company, Canrig
Drilling Technology, a Nabors Industries company, Enventure Global Technologies,
FMC Technologies, Halliburton Energy Services, National Oil Well Varco,
Oceaneering Intervention Engineering, Shell Development, Smith International,
and Weatherford International.
Valve
Product Technology - Hemiwedge Valve Corporation
We formed Hemiwedge Valve Corporation
as a wholly-owned subsidiary to develop and commercialize a new patented
technology addressing what we believe to be a significant opportunity in the
global valve market.
Our first
product line, known as the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve, is a quarter-turn
hemispherical wedge valve engineered to provide what we believe are substantial
technological improvements compared with what is available in the marketplace
today, such as traditional butterfly, ball, and gate valve designs.
We
believe that the patented design of the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve combines the
benefits of quarter-turn valves with the durability of gate valves. The
Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve has a non-rotating core which guides the fluid flow
through the valve to the Hemiwedge® itself. This is a hollow hemisphere where
the inner and outer walls are slightly offset, having non-concentric centers,
producing a hemispherical wedge shape - the “Hemiwedge®.” Operation of the valve
rotates the Hemiwedge®, a quarter-turn, moving it between the core and valve
seat, thus controlling the flow. We believe that these design features in the
combination of the Hemiwedge® shut off and stationary core make the Hemiwedge®
Cartridge valve unique.
Reorganization/Debt
Forgiveness
On
October 19, 2005, we completed a restructuring of our company, resulting in a
significant reduction of our outstanding debt and providing us with a
strengthened balance sheet and reduced debt servicing
requirement. The restructuring was effected through an out-of-court
restructuring, or “recapitalization plan,” which consisted of, among other
things, a restructuring of debt we owed to Stillwater National Bank, or
Stillwater, the issuance of stock in exchange for the cancellation and
conversion of debt, the issuance of restricted stock awards, the change of our
name to “Shumate Industries, Inc.”, and a 1-for-7 reverse stock
split. A detailed description of the restructuring plan is set forth
in the Description of Business in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31,
2005.
As a
result of the reorganization, in 2005, we recognized $4,222,743 in debt
forgiveness income from Stillwater and $204,414 in debt forgiveness income
related to the exchange of the unsecured notes for common stock.
On March
31, 2006, we entered into a First Amendment to Loan Agreement and Guarantor’s
Consent with Stillwater National Bank, or Stillwater, pursuant to which
Stillwater agreed to forgive $2,000,000 of indebtedness under an amended and
restated term promissory note which we had previously delivered to Stillwater in
connection with our October 19, 2005 reorganization. In connection
with this first amendment, we executed and delivered a new amended and restated
term promissory note in the principal face amount of $3,633,053.
The new
amended and restated note requires one interest only payment on March 31, 2006,
and thereafter, requires us to make 24 equal monthly payments in an amount
sufficient to fully amortize principal and interest on the amended and restated
note over 84 months. The amended and restated note is due and payable
on April 19, 2008, at which time we will be required to make a balloon payment
of the entire outstanding principal balance and all accrued
interest. The note bears interest at a rate equal to the prime rate
plus two percent, and it is secured by a first priority security interest in all
of our existing and future assets.
As a
result of this amendment, we recorded paid in capital in the amount of
$2,000,000 in the first quarter of 2006 as Stillwater National Bank was
considered a related party.
On April
13, 2006, we entered into a letter agreement with Stillwater National Bank, or
Stillwater, pursuant to which Stillwater agreed to accept $500,000 from us in
full satisfaction of a secured convertible promissory note in the principal
amount of $2,500,000 that we had previously issued to Stillwater in connection
with our October 19, 2005 reorganization. Stillwater’s agreement to
accept this reduced amount was subject to the following conditions: (i) the
$500,000 payment must come from new equity funds and cannot be borrowed or in
any way become our obligation or an obligation of our related concerns, (ii)
Stillwater will not assign the rights in the note to another party and the terms
of the new equity investment must contain no terms which allow the investor(s)
of the new equity funds to gain any special benefit resulting from the spread
between the $500,000 and the face amount of the note, (iii) the new equity funds
must be raised upon terms to the investors no better than those recently
approved by Stillwater for dilution of its equity interest, (iv) a breach of
(i)-(iii) above will constitute a breach of the reorganization agreement dated
October 19, 2005 between us, Stillwater, and other parties, and (iv) payment of
the full $500,000 must be made on or before September 1, 2006. On August 9,
2006, the letter agreement was amended to increase the payment by $25,000 to
$525,000 if payment is made between September 2, 2006 and December 1, 2006 and
by $50,000 to $550,000 if payment is made between December 2, 2006 and March 1,
2007. All other conditions as set forth above remain the same. On December 1,
2006, we delivered $525,000 to Stillwater as full payment of the $2.5 million
debenture. In connection with this payment, Stillwater agreed to the
cancellation of the entire remaining outstanding principal and approximately
$272,000 of accrued interest due and owing under the terms of the debenture at
December 1, 2006.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Our
discussion and analysis of our financial conditions and results of operations is
based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States. The preparation of financial statements requires managers to
make estimates and disclosures on the date of the financial
statements. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates,
including, but not limited to, those related to revenue
recognition. We use authoritative pronouncements, historical
experience, and other assumptions as the basis for making
judgments. Actual results could differ from those
estimates. We believe the following critical accounting policies
affect our more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our
consolidated financial statements.
Revenue
Recognition
Revenues
of Shumate Machine Works are derived primarily from machining of oil field
drilling parts, components, and tools for our customers. Shumate
Machine Works’ revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement
exists, the service or sale is complete, the price is fixed or determinable, and
collectibility is reasonably assured. This typically occurs when the
order is shipped. Shipping terms are FOB shipping and title
passes to the customer at the time the product is shipped. Customers
have the right to inspection and acceptance for generally up to five days after
taking delivery. Orders may not be returned by customers due to the
custom specifications of each product, but rework on items is sometimes
necessary if the product was not within the original order
specifications. We test all orders against the customer’s order
specifications prior to shipment. Customer requests for rework and
customer rejection of shipments have been historically low.
Revenues
of Hemiwedge Valve Corporation are derived from Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve
product sales and an agreement to perform contractual research and development
services. The research and development services revenue is recognized
as the services are performed and related costs are incurred and
recorded. The valve product sales revenue is recognized when
persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the sale is complete, the price is
fixed or determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured. This
typically occurs when the order is shipped. Shipping terms are
FOB shipping and title passes to the customer at the time the product is
shipped. Customers have the right to inspection and acceptance for
generally up to five days after taking delivery.
Accounts
Receivable
Trade
accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear
interest. The allowance for doubtful accounts represents our estimate
of the amount of possible credit losses existing in our accounts
receivable. We determine the allowance based on management’s estimate
of likely losses based on a review of current open receivables and our
historical write-off experience. We review the adequacy of our
allowance for doubtful accounts quarterly. Significant individual
accounts receivable balances and balances which have been outstanding greater
than 90 days are reviewed individually for collectibility. Account
balances, when determined to be uncollectible, are charged against the
allowance.
Concentration
of credit risk
At
December 31, 2007, two customers accounted for 30% of our trade accounts
receivable balance. Because management believes that all such amounts
are collectible due to the nature of the customers and our collection experience
with the payers, we have not recorded an allowance for doubtful accounts for
these receivables.
Inventory
Inventory
is stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out for raw materials and
specific job cost for work-in-process and finished goods) or
market. Slow-moving inventories are periodically reviewed for
impairment in value. Work-in-process and finished goods include
labor, materials and production overhead.
Results
of Continuing Operations
Basis
of Presentation
The
results of operations set forth below for the years ended December 31, 2007 and
2006 are those of the continuing operations of Shumate Industries, which include
Shumate Machine Works and Hemiwedge Valve Corporation on a consolidated
basis.
The
following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain selected
financial data expressed as a percentage of net sales from continuing
operations:
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Year
Ended
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December 31,
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2007
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2006
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Net
sales
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100.0 |
% |
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100.0 |
% |
Cost
of sales
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(77.7 |
) |
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(78.2 |
) |
Gross
profit
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22.3 |
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21.8 |
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Selling,
general and administrative
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(70.8 |
) |
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(44.4 |
) |
Depreciation
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|
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(2.1 |
) |
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|
(1.1 |
) |
Bad
debt recovery (expense)
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- |
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0.3 |
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Research
and development
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(19.3 |
) |
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(9.7 |
) |
Operating
loss
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(69.9 |
)% |
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(33.1 |
)% |
Comparison
of the Years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
Net sales. Net sales increased by
$1,313,732 or an increase of 17% to $9,033,614 for the year ended December 31,
2007 from $7,719,882 for the year ended December 31, 2006.
On a
segmental reporting basis, Shumate Machine Works sales increased by $524,961, or
an increase of 7%, to $7,928,763 for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared
to $7,403,802 for the year ended December 31, 2006. Continued
increases in commodity prices, particularly in the energy sector, and activity
levels in the energy field services industry resulted in a 30% increase in
volume for the products we manufacture. As a result of this increased
demand, volumes have increased for Shumate products and components including
expandable liner hangers and top drive assemblies. Our customers and
market trends such as current rig count and commodities futures prices indicate
that this activity level in the energy field services industry will remain in
fiscal year 2008.
Hemiwedge
Valve Corporation sales increased by $788,771, or an increase of 250%, to
$1,104,851 for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to $316,080 for the
year ended December 31, 2006. These revenues reflect amounts earned
for services completed under the development agreement with At Balance Americas,
LLC. as well as Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve sales. Many of our
customers entered into trial test programs for our Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve
during 2007 and as such, we believe will become larger purchasing customers in
2008 and thereafter. We believe the industrial valve market to continue to grow
in 2008 based on peer company announcements and industry forecasts.
Cost of
Sales. Consolidated cost of sales increased by $985,524 or
16%, to $7,021,894, for the year ended December 31, 2007, from $6,033,370 for
the year ended December 31, 2006. As a percentage of net sales, cost
of sales decreased to 77.7% of net sales for the year ended December 31, 2007
versus 78.2% of sales for the year ended December 31, 2006. Cost of sales for
Shumate Machine Works increased by $1,011,377, while cost of sales for Hemiwedge
Valve Corporation increased by $345,274. Cost of sales includes
various allocated overhead items such as facility lease, utilities, and indirect
labor costs with related payroll tax and employee benefits expense. The decrease
in cost of sales as a percentage of net sales resulted primarily from higher
volumes of our products covering more of our fixed costs within cost of sales,
partially offset by wage inflation of our direct labor. In 2007, our 30%
increase in sales volume covered a 3% increase in our fixed costs and a 29%
increase in wage inflation for our direct labor. As a result, we
generated a gross profit of $2,011,720, with a gross profit margin of 22.3%, for
fiscal 2007. We are focused on increasing revenues and seeking to
improve gross margins by generating more sales with higher pricing for Shumate
products and components. We believe that continued improvement in the
energy markets resulting from higher commodity prices will continue to lead to
better pricing, volumes and gross margins.
Selling, general, and
administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses
increased by $2,969,061 to $6,396,410 for the year ended December 31, 2007, from
$3,427,349 for the year ended December 31, 2006. As a percentage of
net sales, selling, general and administrative expenses were 70.8% for the year
ended December 31, 2007, as compared to 44.4% for the comparable period in
2006. Our selling, general, and administrative expenses have
increased from professional accounting, lawyer and consulting fees associated
with public company costs and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements which increased by
$369,000 in 2007. Additionally, expenses have increased by $554,000 from higher
wage expense relating to executives and sales and marketing personnel hired at
Hemiwedge Valve Corporation in connection with the increased operations and
activities during 2007. Other increases were related to product
advertising, travel and marketing expenses of $247,000 at Hemiwedge Valve
Corporation. We also incurred approximately $662,872 in non-cash
stock and option awards associated with FASB 123R in the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007. Additionally, we recorded an expense of
$333,575 in the quarter ending September 30, 2007 for acquisition related costs
associated with the failed acquisition of Sunbelt Machine Works,
Inc. Our firm also expensed approximately $374,000 from the cost of
our shares issued in connection with the hiring of our investment relations
firm. The Board also agreed to indemnify an officer of the Company,
and record an accrued expense of approximately $580,000 in connection with a
judgment personally assessed on our officer from a previously discharged
corporate liability.
Depreciation. Depreciation
expense increased by $157.961 to $608,448 for the year ended December 31, 2007
from $450,487 for the year ended December 31, 2006, primarily due to $564,000 of
new equipment purchases and $57,000 in leasehold improvements to our Hemiwedge
Valve Corporation facility.
Bad debt
expense. During the year ended December 31, 2006, we reduced
our allowance for bad debts by $20,000, to $40,000. We did not
charge off any accounts receivable in the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007.
Research and development.
Research and development expense increased by $990,795 to $1,741,434 for
the year ended December 31, 2007 from $750,639 for the year ended December 31,
2006. We anticipate that we will continue to incur research and
development expenses as we continue the development of the Hemiwedge® valve
technology and implement additional product forms and applications of the valve
technology. We expect that these expenses will include consulting
fees, engineering fees, design fees and costs, development fees and costs, third
party testing costs, patent and other intellectual property filing costs, legal
fees, prototyping costs, costs of new materials, and other research and
development costs.
Operating loss. We
incurred an operating loss of $6,318,036 for the year ended December 31, 2007, a
increase of $3,764,200 as compared to an operating loss of $2,553,836 for the
year ended December 31, 2006.
On a
segmental reporting basis, Shumate Machine Works recorded $571,263 in operating
income for the year ended December 31, 2007. This operating income
resulted from increased revenues at Shumate Machine Works.
Hemiwedge
Valve Corporation recorded an operating loss of $3,525,693 for the year ended
December 31, 2007. This operating loss was primarily due to the scale
- -up of the Hemiwedge Valve Corporation operations, including significant
expenses of $380,000 for new executives and sales and marketing personnel
additions and $38,000 related to recruiting costs. Additionally, we incurred
$1,741,434 in research and development expenses.
In
addition, we incurred general corporate overhead expenses of $3,363,606 for the
year ended December 31, 2007 resulting from the costs of operating a publicly
reporting company including $733,000 for accounting, legal and professional
fees, for Sarbanes-Oxley consulting costs, filing costs, $530,000 for investor
relations and shareholder meeting costs.
We have
not reduced our fixed costs or our research and development costs significantly
enough to bring them below the revenues we generated in the
period. In the event that we successfully commercialize our
Hemiwedge® products, we anticipate that increased revenues from the sales of our
Hemiwedge® products will improve our results of operations.
Interest
expense. Interest expense increased by $137,453 to $892,748
for the year ended December 31, 2007, from $755,295 for the year ended December
31, 2006. Our interest expense increased due to increased amount of
debt from the convertible notes issued in 2007 along with our senior credit
facility costs.
Provision for income
taxes. We generated a net loss of $7,210,784 for the year
ended December 31, 2007 compared to a net loss of $1,309,131 for the year ended
December 31, 2006. We have made no provision for income taxes due to our tax
loss carry-forward from previous years.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
We have
financed our operations, acquisitions, debt service, and capital requirements
through cash flows generated from operations, debt financing, capital leases,
and issuance of equity securities. We had a working capital deficit
of $4,647,597 at December 31, 2007. We had cash of $83,591 as of
December 31, 2007, compared to having cash of $1,547,326 at December 31,
2006.
We used
$4,475,529 of net cash in operating activities for the year ended December 31,
2007, compared to using $1,885,632 in the year ended December 31,
2006. Cash used in operating activities is primarily due to an
increase in inventory of $365,000 and $220,000 in other assets This
was offset by non-cash charges of $608,000 for amortization and depreciation and
$1,346,000 for issuances of stock, stock options and warrants.
Net cash
flows used in investing activities was $450,849 for the year ended December 31,
2007, compared to $895,087 in the year ended December 31, 2006. Cash
of $388,773 was used for the purchase of property and equipment and $62,076 was
used for patent investments.
Net cash
flows provided by financing activities were $3,462,643 for the year ended
December 31, 2007, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of
$4,113,827 in the year ended December 31, 2006. Cash provided by
financing activities is primarily due to proceeds from notes payable of
$3,300,000, offset by payments on notes payable of $460,473 and net decrease in
draws on bank credit line of $14,310.
Bank
Credit Facility
The
primary source of our financing has been our credit facility with Stillwater
National Bank. Our credit facility with Stillwater National Bank was
restructured on October 19, 2005 and further amended as set forth
below.
On
February 8, 2007 and effective January 19, 2007, we renewed our $1,000,000
secured revolving line of credit facility with Stillwater. The amount we can
borrow on the line of credit subject to qualifying accounts receivable and
inventory. The advances available under the line of credit are limited to a
borrowing base of the sum of (a) 85% of eligible accounts receivable, and (b)
50% of eligible inventory. The line of credit bears interest at a rate equal to
the prime rate plus two percent, and it is secured by a first priority security
interest in all of our existing and future assets. The line of credit expires on
April 19, 2008.
On
January 25, 2008, we entered into an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with
Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company (the “Amended Loan Agreement”.). On
October 19, 2005 we entered into that certain Agreement (as reported in our
Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 19, 2005) with Stillwater, which
Agreement was amended by a certain First Amendment to Agreement and Guarantors’
Consent dated October 19, 2006, as amended by a certain Second Amendment to
Agreement dated effective January 19, 2007 (collectively, the “Prior
Agreement”).
The
Amended Loan Agreement amends and restates the Prior Agreement as
follows:
1. Term
Loan. Our prior Term Note dated October 19, 2005 in favor of Stillwater
had an outstanding principal balance of $3,003,998 (as of January 25, 2008) and
a maturity date of April 19, 2008. Stillwater loaned us (along with our
co-borrowers Shumate Machine Works, Inc. and Hemiwedge Valve Corporation)
$3,329,000 pursuant to a new term note dated January 25, 2008, which funds
advanced under the new term note were used to refinance the old term note and
provide working capital. The new term note requires us to make 26 equal monthly
payments (beginning on February 28, 2008) in an amount sufficient to fully
amortize principal and interest on the amended and restated note over 64 months.
The new term note is due and payable on April 19, 2010. The new term note bears
interest at a rate equal to the prime rate plus two percent, and it is secured
by a first priority security interest in all of our existing and future assets
as well as a security interest in certain personal assets of Larry
Shumate.
2. Revolving
Loan. Our prior revolving promissory note dated October 19, 2005 in favor
of Stillwater, had an outstanding principal balance of $893,676 (as of January
25, 2008) and a maturity date of April 19, 2008. Stillwater loaned us (and the
other co-borrowers set forth above) $1,000,000 pursuant to a new revolving
promissory note dated January 25, 2008, which funds advanced under the new
revolving promissory were used to refinance the old revolving promissory note
and provide working capital. The initial balance on the line of credit was equal
to the balance of our prior line of credit with Stillwater ($893,676 principal
balance as of January 25, 2008). The advances available under the new revolving
promissory note are limited to a borrowing base of the sum of (a) 85% of
eligible accounts receivable, and (b) 50% of eligible inventory. The new
revolving promissory note bears interest at a rate equal to the prime rate plus
two percent, and it is secured by a first priority security interest in all of
our existing and future assets as well as a security interest in certain
personal assets of Larry Shumate. On the 28th day of
each month, beginning January 28, 2008, we will pay all interest accrued on the
new revolving promissory note. The amount we can borrow on the line of credit is
subject to qualifying accounts receivable and inventory. The new revolving
promissory note will mature and become fully due and payable on April 19,
2009.
The loan
documents for the Stillwater line of credit and term loan require us to meet
certain financial ratios and tests. Stillwater issued waivers under
the original credit facility for periods tested where were not in compliance
with certain covenants thereunder. However, we have not received a
waivers for the March 31, 2008 period under the Amended Stillwater Credit
Facility where we were not in compliance with certain covenants
thereunder. As of the date of this report, we have not received a
notice of default from Stillwater. Should Stillwater decide to
declare a default, it would result in an acceleration of the related debt and
could result in Stillwater foreclosing on our assets.
Convertible
Promissory Notes
Since
July 1, 2007, we have sold $3,050,000 of principal amount of convertible
promissory notes with warrants to purchase 610,000 shares of its common stock to
accredited investors. The notes have a 1 year term and bear interest at ten
percent (10%); provided, however, that we are required to prepay the note if we
consummate a subsequent equity financing (as defined) within the next 12 months.
Interest is payable monthly in arrears; however, we have the right to defer any
interest payment and accrue same to principal. The notes are convertible into
our common stock at a fixed conversion price of $1.89. In addition, if we close
a subsequent equity financing within the next 12 months, the note holders have
the option to convert the outstanding balance of such note into such financing
on the same terms as the other investors in such financing.
Under the
terms of the notes and the related warrants, the notes and the warrants are
convertible/exercisable by any holder only to the extent that the number of
shares of common stock issuable pursuant to such securities, together with the
number of shares of common stock owned by such holder and its affiliates (but
not including shares of common stock underlying unconverted shares of the note
or unexercised portions of the warrants) would not exceed 4.99% of our then
outstanding common stock as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The notes
were issued with warrants to purchase up to 610,000 shares of our common stock
at an exercise price of $1.89 per share, subject to adjustment. The warrant
holders may designate a “cashless exercise option.” This option entitles the
warrant holders to elect to receive fewer shares of common stock without paying
the cash exercise price. The number of shares to be determined by a formula
based on the total number of shares to which the warrant holder is entitled, the
current market value of the common stock and the applicable exercise price of
the warrant.
Shumate determined
that the conversion feature of the note and the warrants issued were not
derivative instruments pursuant to SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivatives, as
amended. Under the provisions of EITF Issue 98-5, Shumate estimated that
fair value of the beneficial conversion feature and warrants at the issuances of
the notes using Black-Scholes option pricing model to exceed the principal vale
of the note. The resulting discount of $552,495 is being amortized over the life
of the notes using the effective interest method. The amortized amount for the
year ended December 31, 2007 is $187,589.
We
granted the investors in the offering registration rights for the resale of the
shares issuable upon conversion of the note and upon exercise of the warrant. To
the extent that all such shares are not registered pursuant to the granted
piggyback registration rights, Shumate agreed to register the remaining
underlying shares, if any, by January 6, 2008. We accrued
approximately $26,000 at December 31, 2007 for estimated liquidated damages
penalties expected to be due such investors for failure to timely register their
shares as required under the registration rights agreement.
We used
the net proceeds from the financing for working capital and general corporate
purposes. An NASD member firm acted as primary placement agent in connection
with the offering and received $210,000 in commissions while another NASD member
firm received $5,000 in placement agent fees. . In addition, another $10,000 in
legal fees were incurred. The net proceeds of this offering after the payment of
commissions, fees and other expenses of the offering were approximately
$2,825,000.
Liquidity
and Capital Requirements
In 2005,
we successfully restructured our outstanding indebtedness with Stillwater
National Bank and our unsecured creditors. In addition, we have seen an increase
in pricing for our oil and gas drilling products and components, which allowed
us to generate gross profits since the third quarter of 2005, as discussed
within this report. Even with these improvements in our capital structure and
results of operations, we are still operating on a net loss basis, and we will
need to continue to service our debt obligations from our continuing
operations.
In
addition, we have a $1,000,000 secured revolving line of credit facility,
subject to qualifying accounts receivable and inventory, with Stillwater
National Bank. The outstanding balance on this line of credit was approximately
$526,206 at May 14, 2008, and at the time, $1,000,000 was the maximum allowed
due to the amount of the qualifying accounts receivable and inventory, also
referred to as our borrowing base. The outstanding balance on the line of credit
and the borrowing base fluctuate based on our available working capital, our
qualifying accounts receivable and inventory, and at various points in time we
may have the ability to borrow additional funds on this line of
credit.
As of the
date of this report, we do not believe that we will be able to fund our
operations, working capital requirements, and debt service requirements in
Shumate Machine Works through fiscal year 2008 through existing working capital
and cash flows generated from operations, although our working capital position
may fluctuate depending on the timing of our receipt of research and development
milestone payments under the Hemiwedge Valve Corporation’s development agreement
with At Balance Americas, LLC. It is possible that we may not achieve any
further milestones set forth in the development agreement, in which case our
working capital will be materially compromised.
In
addition, we have completed the beta development of the Hemiwedge® Cartridge
valve technology and have commenced the commercialization of the Hemiwedge®
Cartridge valve product. We have funded the initial launch of the Hemiwedge®
valve products through existing working capital, cash flows generated from
operations, the equity raises completed in 2006, the proceeds from the exercise
of warrants in March 2007, and the convertible debt raise referenced above. Our
revolving line of credit does not allow permit us to borrow against inventory
and accounts receivable of Hemiwedge Valve Corporation. Additionally, our
existing working capital and cash flows generated from operations will not be
sufficient to conduct full implementation of the Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve
product line.
Accordingly,
we will need to finance our operations through additional bank borrowings under
our Stillwater line of credit or other capital financings. Since our collateral
may not be sufficient to borrow additional amounts under the Stillwater line of
credit at such time, particularly since we may not borrow against Hemiwedge
accounts receivable or inventory under our current line of credit, we will need
to seek additional debt or equity financing, in the form of a private placement
or a public offering, a strategic alliance, or a joint venture. Such additional
financing, alliances, or joint venture opportunities might not be available to
us, when and if needed, on acceptable terms or at all. If we are unable to
obtain additional financing in sufficient amounts or on acceptable terms under
such circumstances, our operating results and prospects could be adversely
affected. In addition, any debt financings or significant capital expenditures
require the written consent of our lender, Stillwater National
Bank.
Our
management has also contemplated monetizing certain assets to address our
capital needs. Presently, the assets held by our Shumate Machine
Works subsidiary are one opportunity available for sale which we are considering
to address our capital needs. As such, our management is currently
searching for suitable acquisition partners to purchase all, or substantially
all of the assets of Shumate Machine Works on an informal basis. Such
a sale, if consummated, could enable us to retire our senior
debt. This, coupled with the continued growth of our Hemiwedge® valve
product lines, could result in the remaining company being a more attractive
candidate for additional future debt and/or equity financing.
In
addition, we have initiated a formal search program for other
technology-oriented products or companies, targeting complementary market
segments. The acquisition of such products may also require us to obtain
additional debt or equity financing, and we may issue our common stock as all or
part of the purchase price for any such acquisition.
We may
continue to incur operating losses if the energy field services market
deteriorates or softens. Such losses could require us to renegotiate our
affirmative covenants with our lender, including the liquidity ratio and debt
service ratios. Our ability to comply with these covenants in the future will
depend on whether we can obtain additional capital financing or increase our
cash flows from operations.
In
addition to the 2005 recapitalization and fiscal 2006 and 2007 equity and
convertible debt financings, we anticipate that, due in part to increasing
energy prices, demand for our energy related field service products will
continue to increase in the coming fiscal year. The fiscal 2005 reorganization,
debt restructuring during 2005 and 2006, equity and convertible debt financings
during 2006 and 2007, operating expense reductions, and our intent to capitalize
on anticipated increase in demand are the steps that we have been taking to try
to return to profitability. However, it is possible that none of these
steps will be completed and that we may never return to
profitability.
We intend
to retain any future earnings to retire debt, finance the expansion of our
business and any necessary capital expenditures, and for general corporate
purposes. All of our bank debt contains restrictions as to the payment of
dividends.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
None.
Item
7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors
Shumate
Industries, Inc.
Conroe,
Texas
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Shumate Industries,
Inc., as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related consolidated statements
of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the
years ended December 31, 2007and 2006. These consolidated financial statements
are the responsibility of Shumate’s management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our
audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatements. The
Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of
internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Shumate as of
December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the results of its consolidated operations and
its consolidated cash flows for the periods described in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
As
discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the accompanying
consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that Shumate will
continue as a going concern. Shumate requires significant amount of cash in its
operations and does not have sufficient cash to fund its operations for the next
twelve months, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a
going concern. Management’s plans regarding those matters are also described in
Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments
that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
As
discussed in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2008
management determined an error existed in the fiscal 2006 financial
statements. This error resulted in an overstatement of net income and
an understatement of additional paid in capital for fiscal 2006 and an
understatement of both additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit for
fiscal 2007. Accordingly, adjustments have been made to both fiscal
2006 and 2007 to correct this error.
/s/
Malone & Bailey, PC
MALONE
& BAILEY, PC
www.malone-bailey.com
Houston,
Texas
June 2,
2008, except for Notes 2, 3, 7, 16 and 19
which
are dated December 17, 2008
SHUMATE
INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(restated)
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
83,591 |
|
|
$ |
1,547,326 |
|
Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $40,000 and
$40,000
|
|
|
502,383 |
|
|
|
554,134 |
|
Inventory
|
|
|
1,259,166 |
|
|
|
893,650 |
|
Prepaid
expense and other current assets
|
|
|
497,245 |
|
|
|
198,753 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
2,342,385 |
|
|
|
3,193,863 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,502,132 and
$1,922,242
|
|
|
2,376,061 |
|
|
|
2,303,372 |
|
Patents,
net of accumulated amortization of $58,078 and $29,038
|
|
|
340,366 |
|
|
|
307,331 |
|
Deposits
|
|
|
84,320 |
|
|
|
104,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
5,143,132 |
|
|
$ |
5,908,706 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
1,065,656 |
|
|
$ |
652,980 |
|
Accounts
payable - related party
|
|
|
105,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
1,548,504 |
|
|
|
435,234 |
|
Deferred
revenue
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
Current
portion of notes payable - other
|
|
|
8,798 |
|
|
|
75,370 |
|
Current
portion of capital lease obligation
|
|
|
51,586 |
|
|
|
31,924 |
|
Current
portion of equipment notes payable
|
|
|
5,578 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Current
portion of convertible notes payable, net of discount of
$364,290
|
|
|
2,800,535 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Current
portion of term note payable - T Swift
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Current
portion of term note payable - Stillwater National Bank
|
|
|
389,719 |
|
|
|
480,565 |
|
Line
of credit - Stillwater National Bank
|
|
|
764,606 |
|
|
|
778,916 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
6,989,982 |
|
|
|
2,854,989 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long
term liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long
term portion of capital lease obligation
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
51,838 |
|
Long
term portion of equipment notes payable
|
|
|
24,479 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Term
note payable - Stillwater National Bank
|
|
|
2,614,279 |
|
|
|
2,883,392 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
long term liabilities
|
|
|
2,638,758 |
|
|
|
2,935,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
9,628,740 |
|
|
|
5,790,219 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and contingencies
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
equity (deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, $.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
no
shares issued or outstanding
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Common
stock, $.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,578,071
and 19,322,277 shares issued and outstanding
|
|
|
20,578 |
|
|
|
19,322 |
|
Additional
paid-in-capital
|
|
|
24,581,595 |
|
|
|
22,015,762 |
|
Deferred
compensation
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(39,600 |
) |
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
|
(29,087,781 |
) |
|
|
(21,876,997 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
stockholders' equity (deficit)
|
|
|
(4,485,608 |
) |
|
|
118,487 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)
|
|
$ |
5,143,132 |
|
|
$ |
5,908,706 |
|
See
summary of accounting policies and accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(restated)
|
|
For the Years
|
|
|
|
ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVENUES
|
|
$ |
9,033,614 |
|
|
$ |
7,719,882 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COST
OF REVENUES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
6,605,358 |
|
|
|
5,665,243 |
|
Depreciation
expense
|
|
|
416,536 |
|
|
|
368,127 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
cost of revenues
|
|
|
7,021,894 |
|
|
|
6,033,370 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
|
|
2,011,720 |
|
|
|
1,686,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative
|
|
|
6,396,410 |
|
|
|
3,427,349 |
|
Depreciation
expense
|
|
|
191,912 |
|
|
|
82,360 |
|
Bad
debt expense (recovery)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(20,000 |
) |
Research
and development
|
|
|
1,741,434 |
|
|
|
750,639 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
8,329,756 |
|
|
|
4,240,348 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LOSS
FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
|
(6,318,036 |
) |
|
|
(2,553,836 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(892,748 |
) |
|
|
(755,295 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS
|
|
$ |
(7,210,784 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,309,131 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
(0.36 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.22 |
) |
Diluted
net income (loss) per share
|
|
|
(0.36 |
) |
|
|
(0.22 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding-Basic
|
|
|
20,061,282 |
|
|
|
15,367,674 |
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding-Diluted
|
|
|
20,061,282 |
|
|
|
15,367,674 |
|
See
summary of accounting policies and accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements
SHUMATE
INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
For
the Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
|
Deferred
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Par
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Compensation
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances
at December 31, 2005
|
|
|
12,116,394 |
|
|
$ |
12,116 |
|
|
$ |
12,278,742 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(18,567,866 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,277,008 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued for services
|
|
|
85,000 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
99,415 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
99,500 |
|
Common
stock issued for cash
|
|
|
7,120,883 |
|
|
|
7,121 |
|
|
|
5,590,429 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5,597,550 |
|
Costs
of raising capital
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(537,538 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(537,538 |
) |
Options
and warrants issued
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
337,075 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
337,075 |
|
Related
party debt forgiveness
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,247,639 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,247,639 |
|
Deferred
compensation
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(39,600 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(39,600 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss (restated)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,309,131 |
) |
|
|
(3,309,131 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances
at December 31, 2006 (restated)
|
|
|
19,322,277 |
|
|
|
19,322 |
|
|
|
22,015,762 |
|
|
|
(39,600 |
) |
|
$ |
(21,876,997 |
) |
|
|
118,487 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued for cash
|
|
|
680,520 |
|
|
|
681 |
|
|
|
769,079 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
769,760 |
|
Common
stock issued for services
|
|
|
480,050 |
|
|
|
480 |
|
|
|
643,377 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
643,857 |
|
Costs
of raising capital
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(132,333 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(132,333 |
) |
Cashless
exercise of warrants
|
|
|
95,224 |
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
(95 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
Options
and warrants issued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
733,310 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
733,310 |
|
Discount
on beneficial conversion feature related to convertible notes
payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
552,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
552,495 |
|
Deferred
compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,210,784 |
) |
|
|
(7,210,784 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances
at December 31, 2007 (restated)
|
|
|
20,578,071 |
|
|
$ |
20,578 |
|
|
$ |
24,581,595 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(29,087,781 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,485,608 |
) |
See
summary of accounting policies and accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For
the Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
(restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(7,210,784 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,309,131 |
) |
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cash
used in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization expense
|
|
|
608,448 |
|
|
|
450,487 |
|
Bad
debt expense (recovery)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(20,000 |
) |
Amortization
of beneficial conversion feature discount
|
|
|
187,589 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
|
|
1,346,332 |
|
|
|
396,975 |
|
Changes
in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
51,751 |
|
|
|
425,782 |
|
Inventory
|
|
|
(365,516 |
) |
|
|
(611,550 |
) |
Other
assets
|
|
|
(220,133 |
) |
|
|
(107,111 |
) |
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
412,673 |
|
|
|
189,839 |
|
Accounts
payable - related party
|
|
|
105,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
1,009,111 |
|
|
|
299,077 |
|
Deferred
revenue
|
|
|
(400,000 |
) |
|
|
400,000 |
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(4,475,529 |
) |
|
|
(1,885,632 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of fixed assets
|
|
|
(388,773 |
) |
|
|
(916,735 |
) |
Proceeds
from sale of fixed assets
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
75,000 |
|
Purchase
of patents
|
|
|
(62,076 |
) |
|
|
(53,352 |
) |
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(450,849 |
) |
|
|
(895,087 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
change in bank credit line
|
|
|
(14,310 |
) |
|
|
(58,699 |
) |
Payments
on notes payable
|
|
|
(100,514 |
) |
|
|
(887,486 |
) |
Payments
on notes payable - related party
|
|
|
(359,959 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from notes payable
|
|
|
3,300,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from sales of common stock, net of offering cost
|
|
|
637,426 |
|
|
|
5,060,012 |
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
3,462,643 |
|
|
|
4,113,827 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
(1,463,735 |
) |
|
|
1,333,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
|
|
|
1,547,326 |
|
|
|
214,218 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
|
|
$ |
83,591 |
|
|
$ |
1,547,326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosures:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
|
|
422,712 |
|
|
|
500,302 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash
investing and financing transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cashless
exercise of options
|
|
|
97,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Note
payable for purchase of fixed assets
|
|
|
31,823 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Accrued
interest on bridge loan
|
|
|
115,441 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Discount
on warrants
|
|
|
413,571 |
|
|
|
|
|
Discount
for beneficial conversion feature related to convertible notes
payable
|
|
|
138,924 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Amount
accrued for purchase of fixed assets
|
|
|
231,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Related
party debt foregiveness income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,247,639 |
|
See
summary of accounting policies and accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements
SHUMATE
INDUSTRIES, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
1 - DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Description
of Business. Shumate Industries, Inc. (“Shumate”) is a Texas based
energy field services company. Shumate is a holding company that, through its
subsidiaries, operates in two principal businesses: Shumate Machine Works, Inc.
(“Shumate Machine”), a contract machining and manufacturing company, and
Hemiwedge Valve Corporation (“Hemiwedge”), a company formed to launch a
proprietary valve product line. Shumate seeks to leverage its existing
infrastructure, expertise, and customer channels to grow its business and
introduce new technologies to the energy markets.
Basis of Presentation. The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Shumate and its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, Shumate Machine and Hemiwedge. Significant
inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
Reclassifications. Certain amounts in the
consolidated financial statements of the prior year have been reclassified to
conform to the presentation of the current year for comparative
purposes.
Use of Estimates in Financial
Statement Preparation. The 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, the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated
financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Revenue
Recognition. Revenues of Shumate Machine are derived primarily
from machining of oil field drilling parts, components and tools. All
revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the
service or sale is complete, the price is fixed or determinable and
collectibility is reasonably assured. This typically occurs when the
order is shipped. Shipping terms are FOB shipping and title passes to
the customer at the time the product is shipped. Customers have the right to
inspection and acceptance for generally up to five days after taking
delivery. Returns are not accepted due to the custom specifications
of each product, but rework on items is necessary if the product was not within
the original order specifications. Customer requests for rework and
customer rejection of shipments has been historically low.
Revenues
of Hemiwedge Valve Corporation are derived from Hemiwedge® Cartridge valve
product sales and an agreement to perform contractual research and development
services. The research and development services revenue is recognized
as the services are performed and related costs are incurred and
recorded. The valve product sales revenue is recognized when
persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the sale is complete, the price is
fixed or determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured. This
typically occurs when the order is shipped. Shipping terms are
FOB shipping and title passes to the customer at the time the product is
shipped. Customers have the right to inspection and acceptance for
generally up to five days after taking delivery.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents. For purposes of the statements of cash flows,
cash equivalents include all highly liquid investments with original maturities
of three months or less.
Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts. Bad debt expense is recognized based on management’s
estimate of likely losses per year, based on past experience and an estimate of
current year uncollectible amounts. The allowance was $40,000 and
$40,000 as of December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006,
respectively.
Inventory. Inventory
is stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out for raw materials and
specific job cost for work-in-process and finished goods) or
market. Slow-moving inventories are periodically reviewed for
impairment in value. Work-in-process and finished goods include
labor, materials and production overhead.
Property and
Equipment. Property and equipment is valued at cost. Additions
are capitalized and maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as
incurred. Gains and losses on dispositions of equipment are reflected
in operations. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are three to twelve
years.
Patents. Patents
are initially measured based on their fair values. Patents are being
amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of 8 to 10 years and are stated
net of accumulated amortization at $58,078 and $29,038 at December 31, 2007 and
2006, respectively. Amortization expense of $29,041 and $29,041 was
charged to operations during 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets. Shumate reviews the carrying value of its long-lived
assets annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
historical cost-carrying value of an asset may no longer be
appropriate. Shumate assesses recoverability of the carrying value of
the asset by estimating the future net cash flows expected to result from the
asset, including eventual disposition. If the future net cash flows
are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded
equal to the difference between the asset’s carrying value and fair
value.
Income
Taxes. Income tax expense is based on reported earnings before
income taxes. Deferred income taxes reflect the impact of temporary
differences between assets and liabilities recognized for consolidated financial
reporting purposes and such amounts recognized for tax purposes, and are
measured by applying enacted tax rates in effect in years in which the
differences are expected to reverse.
Stock-Based
Compensation. Effective January 1, 2006, Shumate began
recording compensation expense associated with stock options and other forms of
equity compensation in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, as
interpreted by SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107. Prior to
January 1, 2006, Shumate had accounted for stock options according to
the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees, and related interpretations, and therefore no related
compensation expense was recorded for awards granted with no intrinsic
value. Shumate adopted the modified prospective transition method
provided for under SFAS No. 123R, and, consequently, have not retroactively
adjusted results from prior periods.
There
were 991,000 and 805,000 options issued to employees and non-employee directors
during the year ending December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. See
Note 13 for details.
Accounting for Derivative
Instruments. Shumate does not use derivative instruments to
hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. Shumate
evaluates all of it financial instruments under the application of SFAS 133 and
EITF 00-19 to determine if such the financial instruments are derivatives or
contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. There are no derivative
instruments outstanding as of December 31, 2007 and 2006.
Basic and Diluted Net Income per
Share. Basic loss per share is computed using the weighted
average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted
loss per share includes the dilutive effects of common stock equivalents on an
“as if converted” basis. For the years ended 2007 and 2006, potential dilutive
securities had an anti-dilutive effect and were not included in the calculation
of diluted net loss per common share.
Research and
Development. All costs for research and development activities
are expensed as incurred.
Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements. In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB
Statement No. 157, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands
disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement applies under other
accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, and is
effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.
Shumate
does not expect the adoption of this or any other recently issued accounting
pronouncements to have a significant impact on their consolidated financial
position, results of operations, or cash flows.
NOTE
2 - GOING CONCERN
As shown
in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, Shumate incurred
recurring losses from operations of $5,711,806 and $2,553,836 in 2007 and 2006,
respectively, and has an accumulated deficit of $29,087,780. These conditions
raise substantial doubt as to Shumate’s ability to continue as a going
concern. To address these concerns, Shumate has raised proceeds of
approximately $3,050,000 through a convertible note private offering in
2007. Additionally, Shumate has sought recapitalization in debt or
equity during 2008, however there can be no assurance that it will successfully
recapitalize. In addition, management is trying to continue to increase
Shumate’s revenues and improve its results of operations to a level of
profitability including revenues and cash flow from the Hemiwedge Valve
Corporation subsidiary. New sales representative agreements have been
executed during 2008 to assist in the sales and marketing efforts to improve our
results of operations. As of the date of this report, Shumate
believes that it will not be able to fund its operations, working capital
requirements, and debt service requirements through fiscal year 2008 through
cash flows generated by operations. Management may also seek to raise additional
capital in the future if Shumate’s results of operations do not continue to
improve or if the need otherwise arises. The financial statements do
not include any adjustments that might be necessary if Shumate is unable to
continue as a going concern.
NOTE
3 - SEGMENT INFORMATION
Shumate’s
reportable segments consist of its contract machining and manufacturing entity,
Shumate Machine Works, and its valve product technology entity, Hemiwedge Valve
Corporation. Segment financial information is summarized as
follows:
|
|
Shumate
|
|
|
Hemiwedge
|
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2007
|
|
Machine Works
|
|
|
Valve Corp.
|
|
|
Allocation
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
7,928,763 |
|
|
$ |
1,104,851 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
9,033,614 |
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
6,456,678 |
|
|
|
565,216 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
7,021,894 |
|
Gross
profit
|
|
|
1,472,085 |
|
|
|
539,635 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,011,720 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
547,845 |
|
|
|
7,841 |
|
|
|
337,062 |
|
|
|
892,748 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
373,909 |
|
|
|
234,539 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
608,448 |
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
|
23,419 |
|
|
|
(3,533,534 |
) |
|
|
(3,700,669 |
) |
|
|
(7,210,784 |
) |
Total
assets
|
|
|
2,736,478 |
|
|
|
2,177,155 |
|
|
|
229,499 |
|
|
|
5,143,132 |
|
Expenditures
for long-lived assets
|
|
|
495,029 |
|
|
|
219,625 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
714,654 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shumate
|
|
|
Hemiwedge
|
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
Machine Works
|
|
|
Valve Corp.
|
|
|
Allocation
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
7,403,802 |
|
|
$ |
316,080 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
7,719,882 |
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
5,813,428 |
|
|
|
219,942 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
6,033,370 |
|
Gross
profit
|
|
|
1,597,217 |
|
|
|
89,295 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,686,512 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
501,271 |
|
|
|
4,681 |
|
|
|
249,343 |
|
|
|
755,295 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
369,557 |
|
|
|
80,930 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
450,487 |
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
|
52,936 |
|
|
|
(1,984,776 |
) |
|
|
(1,377,291 |
) |
|
|
(3,309,131 |
) |
Total
assets
|
|
|
3,181,994 |
|
|
|
1,873,883 |
|
|
|
852,829 |
|
|
|
5,908,706 |
|
Expenditures
for long-lived assets
|
|
|
284,173 |
|
|
|
685,914 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
970,087 |
|
NOTE
4 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT
In July
2006, Hemiwedge Valve Corporation entered into an agreement with At Balance
Americas, LLC, a Houston-based Managed Pressure Drilling, or MPD, services
company. At Balance Americas, LLC is an affiliate of Shell Technology Ventures,
a leading energy-focused venture capital firm with offices in Houston, Texas.
At Balance is not a
related party and the development agreement was negotiated on an arm’s length
basis. The agreement provides Hemiwedge Valve Corporation with
funding of up to $1.4 million and expertise to develop a down-hole isolation
valve, or DIV, using our Hemiwedge® valve technology. The contract
includes three major phases with partial funding in advance of each phase, and
progress payments throughout each phase. The table below includes
revenue and expenses recognized by Hemiwedge Valve Corporation during the
respective years ended December 31.
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractual
Research and Development Revenue
|
|
$ |
1,084,629 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractual
Research and Development Expense
|
|
|
347,727 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments
Received
|
|
|
495,219 |
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
NOTE
5 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property
and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 2007 and
2006:
Description
|
|
Life
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shop
equipment
|
|
5-12
years
|
|
$ |
4,281,177 |
|
|
$ |
3,786,624 |
|
Other
equipment and furniture
|
|
3
years
|
|
|
317,912 |
|
|
|
224,823 |
|
Leasehold
improvements
|
|
5
years
|
|
|
279,104 |
|
|
|
214,167 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,878,193 |
|
|
|
4,225,614 |
|
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
|
|
(2,502,132 |
) |
|
|
(1,922,242 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,376,061 |
|
|
$ |
2,303,372 |
|
Depreciation
expense in continuing operations totaled $608,448 and $450,487 in 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
NOTE
6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
On
December 5, 2005, Shumate acquired $238,500 the intellectual property rights to
the HemiwedgeÒ line of
products, including the HemiwedgeÒ valve, from Soderberg
Research and Development, Inc. and certain of its affiliates. Shumate
contributed these intellectual property rights to Hemiwedge as a capital
contribution. The intellectual property rights acquired consist of
all patents, trademarks, and the internet website relating to the HemiwedgeÒ product
line. The aggregate consideration paid for the intellectual property
rights consisted of $138,500 in cash and a two-year six percent promissory note
in the principal amount of $100,000, payable in 24 equal installments of
principal and interest. In addition, Shumate agreed to deposit (a)
$72,000 into an escrow account, the property of Soderberg Research Inc., to be
paid in the form of a monthly advance in the amount of $3,000 for each month of
the 24 month period beginning in January 2006 and (b) three percent of the net
sales proceeds collected from customers from (i) gross revenue from sales of
products to which the acquired intellectual property relates, less (ii) sales
and/or use taxes, import and/or export duties, outbound transportation costs,
and amounts allowed or credited due to returns, which payments shall begin two
years after December 2005 and continue until March 29, 2013. The
$72,000 in monthly advances shall be credited against the three percent of the
net sales proceeds. Amortization expense in continuing operations
totaled $29,042 and $29,038 in 2007 and 2006, respectively.
NOTE
7 - NOTES PAYABLE - STILLWATER NATIONAL BANK
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
$1,000,000
line of credit with Stillwater National Bank secured by a first priority
security interest in all of Shumate’s existing and future
assets. The line of credit bears interest at a rate equal to
the prime rate plus two percent. The advances available under
the line of credit are limited to a borrowing base of the sum of (a) 80%
of eligible accounts receivable, and (b) 50% of eligible inventory. This
line of credit is secured by a first priority security interest in all of
Shumate’s existing and future assets. The line of credit was
amended January 25, 2008.
|
|
$ |
764,606 |
|
|
$ |
778,916 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$3,633,053
term note dated March 31, 2006 with Stillwater National
Bank. The note is an amendment and restatement of a promissory
note in the original amount of $5,633,053 delivered to Stillwater in
connection with the October 19, 2005 reorganization and reflects
$2,000,000 of debt forgiveness (which was accounted for as a contribution
to capital as Stillwater was considered a related party) by Stillwater
agreed to at the time of the October 2005 reorganization. The note
requires one interest only payment on March 31, 2006, and thereafter
requires Shumate to make 24 equal monthly payments in an amount sufficient
to fully amortize principal and interest on the note over 84
months. The note is due and payable on April 19, 2008, at which
time Shumate will be required to make a balloon payment of the entire
outstanding principal balance and all accrued interest. The note bears
interest at a rate equal to the prime rate plus two percent, and it is
secured by a first priority security interest in all of Shumate’s existing
and future assets. The term note was amended January 25,
2008.
|
|
|
3,003,998 |
|
|
|
3,363,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
3,768,604 |
|
|
$ |
4,142,873 |
|
NOTE
8 - ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued
expenses as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 included the following:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued
interest on notes payable
|
|
$ |
30,800 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Payroll
taxes and estimated penalties
|
|
|
216,288 |
|
|
|
190,349 |
|
Accrued
vacation
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
75,048 |
|
Accrued
salaries and commissions
|
|
|
64,435 |
|
|
|
44,726 |
|
Rebates
|
|
|
66,541 |
|
|
|
60,105 |
|
Failed
Acquisition Contingency
|
|
|
178,995 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Officer
Indemnification
|
|
|
580,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued
capital expenditure
|
|
|
219,600 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Other
|
|
|
191,845 |
|
|
|
65,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,548,504 |
|
|
$ |
435,234 |
|
On
November 5, 2007, Sunbelt Machine Works Corporation terminated that certain
Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of August 17, 2007 by and among Shumate
Industries, Inc., Sunbelt Machine Works Corporation and each of the stockholders
of Sunbelt. In connection therewith, Shumate was required to pay
Sunbelt a termination fee of $150,000 for which we have recorded an accrued
expense of $178,995 for such contingency.
During
the year ended December 31, 2007, Shumate agreed to indemnify one of its
officers in connection with a judgment assessed against him personally resulting
from a previously discharged corporate tax liability. This resulted
in an accrued expense of $580,000 in the 4th quarter
of 2007.
NOTE
9 - NOTES PAYABLE AND CAPITAL LEASE
During
the year ended December 31, 2007, Shumate sold $3,050,000 of principal amount of
convertible promissory notes with warrants to purchase 610,000 shares of its
common stock to two accredited investors. The notes have a 1
year term and bear interest at ten percent (10%); provided, however, that
Shumate is required to prepay the note if Shumate consummates a subsequent
equity financing (as defined) within the next 12 months. Interest is payable
monthly in arrears, however Shumate has the right to defer any interest payment
and accrue same to principal. The notes are convertible into Shumate common
stock at a fixed conversion price of $1.89. In addition, if Shumate closes a
subsequent equity financing within the next 12 months, the note holders have the
option to convert the outstanding balance of such note into such financing on
the same terms as the other investors in such financing.
Under the
terms of the notes and the related warrants, the notes and the warrants are
convertible/exercisable by any holder only to the extent that the number of
shares of common stock issuable pursuant to such securities, together with the
number of shares of common stock owned by such holder and its affiliates (but
not including shares of common stock underlying unconverted shares of the note
or unexercised portions of the warrants) would not exceed 4.99% of Shumate’s
then outstanding common stock as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The notes
were issued with a warrant to purchase up to 610,000 shares of Shumate’s common
stock at an exercise price of $1.89 per share, subject to adjustment. The
warrant holders may designate a “cashless exercise option.” This option entitles
the warrant holders to elect to receive fewer shares of common stock without
paying the cash exercise price. The number of shares to be determined by a
formula based on the total number of shares to which the warrant holder is
entitled, the current market value of the common stock and the applicable
exercise price of the warrant.
Shumate determined
that the conversion feature of the note and the warrants issued were not
derivative instruments pursuant to SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivatives, as
amended. Under the provisions of EITF Issue 98-5 and
00-27, Shumate discounted the fair value of warrants attached to the notes
and calculated the intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature using
the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model to exceed the principal value of the
note. The resulting discount of $552,495 is being amortized over the life of the
notes using the effective interest method. The amortized amount for
the year ended December 31, 2007 is $187,589. A summary of these convertible
notes is as follows:
Gross
proceeds from the notes
|
|
$ |
3,050,000 |
|
Less: discount
on the warrants
|
|
|
(413,571 |
) |
Less: beneficial
conversion feature of the notes
|
|
|
(138,924 |
) |
Add: amortization
of discounts
|
|
|
187,589 |
|
Add: accrued
interest
|
|
|
115,441 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying
amount of notes as of December 31, 2007
|
|
$ |
2,800,535 |
|
Shumate
granted the investors in the offering registration rights for the resale of the
shares issuable upon conversion of the note and upon exercise of the warrant. To
the extent that all such shares are not registered pursuant to the granted
piggyback registration rights, Shumate agreed to register the remaining
underlying shares, if any, by January 6, 2008.
In
connection with the offering, the placement agents received $215,000 in fees. In
addition, another $10,000 in legal fees were incurred. The net
proceeds of this offering after the payment of commissions, fees and other
expenses of the offering were approximately $2,825,000.
In
October 2007, Shumate sold $250,000 of principal amount of a promissory
note. The note was due and payable as of December 31, 2007, and bears
interest at twelve percent (12%). The note has been extended as a
demand loan.
In June
2006, Shumate entered into a financing agreement with an independent third party
to sell and leaseback certain machinery and equipment, which is accounted for as
a capital lease. This lease agreement contains a residual value
guarantee at the end of the lease term. The cost of equipment under
the capital lease is included in the balance sheet as shop equipment of
approximately $100,000 at December 31, 2007. Amortization of the assets under
the capital lease were included in the depreciation expense. Remaining payments
under the capital lease equal $51,586 at December 31, 2007.
Future
minimum lease payments under the capital lease are as follows:
Year
Ending
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2008
|
|
$ |
51,586 |
|
Less
amount representing interest
|
|
|
(11,841 |
) |
Present
value of minimum lease payments
|
|
$ |
39,745 |
|
On
December 5, 2005, Hemiwedge executed a promissory note to Soderberg Research and
Development, Inc. and certain of its affiliates in the amount of $100,000 in
connection with the purchase of intellectual property (See Note 6). The note
bears interest at the rate of six percent and is payable in twenty-four equal
installments of principal and interest beginning January 1, 2006 and ending
December 1, 2007. The balance as of December 31, 2007 was $8,798.
NOTE
10 - INCOME TAXES
Shumate
uses the liability method, where deferred tax assets and liabilities are
determined based on the expected future tax consequences of temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial
and income tax reporting purposes. Shumate has incurred significant
net losses in past years and, therefore, has no tax liability. The
net deferred tax asset generated by the loss carry-forward has been fully
reserved. The cumulative net operating loss carry-forward is
approximately $27,000,000 at December 31, 2007, and will expire in the years
2022 through 2027.
At
December 31, 2007, deferred tax assets consisted of the following:
|
|
$ |
9,445,000 |
|
Valuation
allowance
|
|
|
(9,445,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
deferred tax asset
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Internal
Revenue Section 382 restricts the ability to use these carryforwards whenever an
ownership change as defined occurs. Shumate incurred such an
ownership change both 2006 and 2005. As the result of the ownership
change, Shumate’s use of net operating losses through the date of change is
restricted. Losses subsequent to the date of change are not
restricted.
NOTE
11 - COMMON STOCK
On
February 22, 2006, Shumate sold 3,333,333 shares of its common stock to several
investors in a private offering for $0.60 per share. The placement
agent received $160,000 in commissions and 250,000 warrants to purchase shares
of common stock at an exercise price of $0.63 per share. The net
proceeds of this offering to Shumate after the payment of commissions, fees, and
other expenses totaling $115,817 of the offering were approximately
$1,725,000.
Shumate
evaluated the freestanding warrants to determine if they were within the scope
of SFAS 133 and EITF 00-19. Part of this evaluation considered the
‘Liquidated Damages’ provision in the ‘Registration Rights Agreement’ that
covers both the warrants and the common stock. Shumate concluded the
freestanding warrants should not be classified as a liability and therefore are
not subject to SFAS 133.
Subject
to certain conditions, Shumate has granted these February investors a right of
first refusal, for a period of one year from June 30, 2006 to participate in any
subsequent financing that Shumate conducts. As of the date of this
report, these rights have expired.
In May
and August 2006, Shumate issued 5,000 shares of its common stock to a consultant
for marketing services, 5,000 shares to an employee and another 5,000 shares to
an officer of a subsidiary. These shares were valued at their
combined fair value of $15,500, and stock-based compensation expense was
recorded as a result of this grant.
On August
8, 2006, Shumate issued 70,000 shares of its common stock to a consultant for
investor relations services. These shares were valued at their fair
value of $84,000. Under the terms of the consulting agreement, 4,000 shares are
guaranteed while 66,000 shares are earned pro-rata over a twelve-month period
commencing July 2006. Accordingly, $44,400 was recorded as consulting
expense for the year ended December 31, 2006 and $39,600 is recorded as deferred
compensation expense to be amortized monthly through June 2007.
Between
October 30, 2006 and December 14, 2006, Shumate sold 3,787,550 shares of its
common stock to several investors in a private offering for $1.00 per
share. Shumate is also obligated to issue the investors 1,893,775
Class A Warrants, each exercisable at $1.25 per share. The placement
agent received a 7% cash commission, a 3% non-accountable expense allowance, a
1% management fee, and 378,755 warrants to purchase shares of common stock at an
exercise price of $1.25 per share. Shumate also paid legal fees of an
aggregate $22,500 to counsel for the placement agent. The net proceeds of this
offering to Shumate after the payment of commissions, fees and other expenses of
the offering totaling $612,511 were approximately $3,350,000.
Shumate
evaluated the freestanding warrants to determine if they were within the scope
of SFAS 133 and EITF 00-19. Part of this evaluation considered the
‘Liquidated Damages’ provision in the ‘Registration Rights Agreement’ that
covers both the warrants and the common stock. Shumate concluded the
freestanding warrants should not be classified as a liability and therefore are
not subject to SFAS 133.
Subject
to certain conditions, Shumate has granted these investors a right of first
refusal, for a period of one year from the final closing of the offering filed
in connection with this transaction, to participate in any subsequent financing
that Shumate conducts, subject to rights granted to previous
investors. As of the dated of this report, these rights have
expired.
In the
event that during the period commencing on December 14, 2006 and ending on the
earlier to occur of: (i) March 14, 2008; or (ii) the Company and At Balance
Americas, a Shell Technology Ventures company, entering into a definitive
distribution agreement for the Company’s Hemiwedge® DIV product, the Company
sells any shares of its Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock
or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at less than $1.00 per share, the
Company shall be obligated to adjust, on a full-ratchet basis, the number of
shares of Common Stock issued to Investors in this Offering as if the shares of
Common Stock purchased in this Offering were purchased at such lower
price. As of the date of this report, these rights have
expired.
In the
event that, during the period commencing on December 14, 2006 and ending on the
earlier to occur of: (i) March 14, 2008; or (ii) the Company and At Balance
Americas, a Shell Technology Ventures company entering into a definitive
distribution agreement for the Company’s Hemiwedge® DIV product, the Company
sells any shares of its Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock
or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at less than the exercise price of the
Class A Warrants, the Company shall be obligated to adjust, on a full-ratchet
basis, the exercise prices thereof, as applicable. As of the date of
this report, these rights have expired.
The Class
A Warrants are subject to redemption by the Company upon 20 days prior written
notice provided: (i) the Common Stock has traded at or above $2.50 per share
during the 15 consecutive trading days prior to a written notice of redemption
by the Company; (ii) there is an effective registration statement covering the
resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants at the time of
redemption; and (iii) the Common Stock has traded an average of 100,000 shares
per day. The redemption price shall be $0.01 per Warrant. All holders of
Warrants will have the opportunity to exercise any such Warrant prior to the
date of redemption.
Between
March 1, 2007 and March 31, 2007, Shumate issued an aggregate of 666,768 shares
of common stock for the exercise of outstanding warrants. The net proceeds of
these warrant exercises to Shumate after the payment of commissions, fees, and
other expenses of the offering were $735,560. Of the 666,768 warrants exercised,
536,300 were Class A Warrants. The Class A Warrants were exercised at a price of
$1.25 per share and resulted in approximately $653,366 in net proceeds to
Shumate after the payment of commissions, fees, and other expenses. All of the
holders of the Class A Warrants that were exercised received one share of
Shumate's common stock and one Class B Warrant as a result of such exercise. The
Class B Warrants have a term of five years and an exercise price of $2.00 per
share. The Class B Warrants include piggy-back registration rights, subject to
customary underwriter cutbacks. If the common stock underlying the Class B
Warrants is not registered by March 31, 2008, the holders will be entitled to
exercise the Class B Warrants on a cashless basis at any time that there is not
an effective registration statement covering the resale of the common stock
underlying the Class B Warrants. During the nine months ended September 30,
2007, Shumate incurred $81,019 costs of raising capital that were related to the
offering.
Shumate
evaluated the Class B Warrants to determine if they were within the scope of
SFAS 133 and EITF 00-19. Shumate concluded the Class B Warrants should not be
classified as a liability and therefore are not subject to SFAS
133.
Between
April 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007, Shumate issued an aggregate of 420,050
shares of common stock valued at $660,912 for consulting services, professional
fees, and hiring incentives.
Between
July 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007, Shumate issued an aggregate of 13,752
shares of common stock for the exercise of outstanding Class A Warrants at an
exercise price of $1.25 per share, resulting in net proceeds of
$17,190.
Between
July 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007, Shumate issued an aggregate of 150,000
shares of common stock for the exercise of non-qualified stock options at an
exercise price of $0.65 per share. The stock options were exercised
by payment by the option holder of 54,776 shares of outstanding common stock
valued at $97,500 on the date of exercise.
Between
July 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007, Shumate incurred $24,454 in offering
costs.
In
December, 2007, the company issued 60,000 shares of restricted stock as a hiring
incentive. 5,000 shares vest each quarter beginning in the first
quarter of 2008, for a three year vesting schedule.
NOTE
12 - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
On March
9, 2005, Excalibur Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shumate and the
parent corporation of Shumate Machine, filed a voluntary petition for protection
under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy
Court, Southern District of Texas. As a result of this bankruptcy filing, 100%
of the capital stock of Shumate Machine became the sole asset of the bankruptcy
estate. The capital stock of Shumate Machine was pledged to secure the
obligations of Excalibur Holdings to its senior lender, Stillwater. On October
19, 2005, Stillwater transferred the capital stock of Shumate Machine to Shumate
as part of the reorganization of Shumate. In November 2005, the court discharged
Excalibur Holdings of all of its debts and liabilities.
NOTE
13 - STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS
Shumate
currently has two stock option plans: (a) the 2001 Stock Option Plan reserved
285,714 common shares and 300,571 stock options have been granted through
December 31, 2007 of which 296,429 options have expired unexercised, and (b) the
2005 Stock Incentive Plan reserved 10,000,000 shares, of which 4,783,690 shares
have been issued to date and 1,796,000 options have been granted through
December 31, 2007. In addition, there were 48,571 non-plan options
outstanding as of December 31, 2006.
During
the year ended December 31, 2006, Shumate granted 805,000 options at exercise
prices ranging from $0.65 to $1.35 per share for services rendered and valued at
the options’ fair value totaling $772,734. Of this amount, $322,793
and $146,227 was recorded as compensation expense in the years ended December
31, 2006 and 2007 respectively. $142,006 of the fair value will not
be recognized based on non-vested options for employees that were no longer
employed as of December 31, 2007. The remaining $161,708 was deferred
to recognize over the future periods in which the options vest and the services
are being performed. The weighted average term in which the
unrecognized expense will be amortized is 1.5 years.
During
the year ended December 31, 2006, Shumate granted 12,000 warrants to consultants
at the exercise price at $1.50 per share for services. These warrants have a
life of seven years and vest immediately. Shumate valued and recorded
these warrants at their fair value of $14,282 during the year.
During
the year ended December 31, 2006, Shumate granted 250,000 warrants at the
exercise prices of $0.63 per share to brokers for financing costs and services
and granted 2,272,530 warrants at the exercise prices of $1.25 per share to
investors associated with the private offering. These warrants vest immediately
and have a life of five years. These warrants have a relative fair value of
$1,984,361.
Variables
used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model during the year ended December
31, 2006 include (1) 4.19% - 4.99% risk-free interest rate, (2) 3 year option
life is the expected remaining life of the options, (3) expected volatility
ranged from 195% to 206%, and (4) zero expected dividends.
During
2006, 87,857 warrants were expired unexercised.
During
the year ended December 31, 2007, Shumate granted 991,000 options to its
employees and non-employee directors at exercise prices ranging from $1.00 to
$2.25 per share for services rendered and valued at the options' fair value
totaling $728,170. Of this amount, $516,645 was recorded as compensation expense
during the year ended December 31, 2007 and $211,525 was deferred to recognize
over the future periods in which the options vest and the services will be
performed. The weighted average term in which the unrecognized
expense will be amortized is 2.4 years.
During
the first quarter of 2007, Shumate determined that additional working capital
was needed to fund its continuing operations. Shumate decided to initiate a
capital raising effort via a private offering to a limited number of accredited
investors during a limited period of time. In exchange for the exercise of any
or all of the investors' Class A warrants, the investors would receive the
applicable shares of common stock and Class B warrants. In connection therewith,
Shumate granted 536,300 warrants at an exercise prices of $2.00 per share to
investors associated with the exercise of Class A Warrants. These warrants
vested immediately and have a life of five years. These warrants have a fair
value of $890,571.
Variables
used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model during the year ended December
31, 2007, include (1) 2.85% - 5.00% risk-free interest rate, (2) 2.5 to 3.5 year
option life is the expected remaining life of the options, (3) expected
volatility of 81% - 182%, and (4) zero expected dividends.
During
the year ended December 31, 2007, Shumate also recognized $146,227 option
expense for options granted in the prior year that vested in the current
year.
During
2007, 150,000 options were exercised and 163,047 expired
unexercised. In the same period 680,520 warrants were exercised and
891,045 expired unexercised.
Summary
information regarding options and warrants is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
Share Price
|
|
Options
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2005
|
|
|
53,857 |
|
|
$ |
8.95 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
201,712 |
|
|
$ |
7.94 |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006:
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Granted
|
|
|
805,000 |
|
|
|
1.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,534,530 |
|
|
|
1.19 |
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
|
4.20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(87,857 |
) |
|
|
6.99 |
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Outstanding
at
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|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
857,857 |
|
|
|
1.55 |
|
|
$ |
222,900 |
|
|
|
2,648,385 |
|
|
|
1.51 |
|
|
$ |
356,802 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Year
ended December 31, 2007:
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Granted
|
|
|
991,000 |
|
|
|
1.57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,023,490 |
|
|
|
1.69 |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(150,000 |
) |
|
|
0.65 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(680,520 |
) |
|
|
1.13 |
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(163,047 |
) |
|
|
3.66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(891,045 |
) |
|
|
2.29 |
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|
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|
Outstanding
at
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
December
31, 2007
|
|
|
1,535,810 |
|
|
$ |
1.42 |
|
|
$ |
5,000 |
|
|
|
3,100,310 |
|
|
$ |
1.49 |
|
|
$ |
20,320 |
|