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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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Delaware |
20-545-6087
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(State of jurisdiction of |
(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation or organization) |
Identification
Number)
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10801 Johnston Road, Suite 210 | |
Charlotte,
North Carolina
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28226
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip
Code)
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the
timing and success of our acquisition strategy;
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the
timing and success of expanding our market presence in our
current locations, successfully entering into new markets, adding new
services and integrating acquired businesses;
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the
timing, magnitude and terms of a revised credit facility to accommodate
our growth;
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competition
within our industry; and
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the
availability of additional capital on terms acceptable to
us.
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Faster
application process since factoring is focused on credit worthiness of the
accounts receivable as security and not the financial performance of the
company;
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Unlimited
funding based on “eligible” and “credit worthy” accounts receivable;
and
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No
financial covenants.
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Acquire companies that
provide factoring services to small businesses. Our primary
strategy is to increase revenues and profitability by acquiring the
accounts receivable portfolios and possibly the business development and
management teams of other local and regional factoring firms, primarily
firms in the United States with revenues of generally less than $10
million. Significant operating leverage and reduced costs are achieved by
consolidating back office support functions. Increased revenues across a
larger accounts receivable portfolio is anticipated to lead to lower costs
of capital, which may enhance profitability.. We intend to evaluate
acquisitions using numerous criteria including historical financial
performance, management strength, service quality, diversification of
customer base and operating characteristics. Our senior management team
has prior experience in other service industries in identifying and
evaluating attractive acquisition targets and integrating acquired
businesses. As of the filing date of this Form 10-K, we have not entered
into any definitive agreements to complete any mergers or
acquisitions.
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Expand our service
offerings by acquiring related specialty finance firms that serve small
businesses. These specialty firms will broaden the services that we
provide so that we can fulfill additional financial service needs of
existing clients and target additional small businesses in different
industries.. The following are types of specialty finance firms that we
will target and is not
all-inclusive:
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Import/export
financing;
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Government
contract financing
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Transportation
/ freight invoice financing
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Expand our discount
factoring business by creating a national factoring brand. Inform and
educate small businesses owners that factoring can increase cash flow and
outsource credit risk and accounts receivable management. Our
experience has been that many small businesses have limited awareness that
factoring exists and is a viable financing alternative option for them. We
have a marketing strategy that focuses on creating a national factoring
brand identity. This is expected to be accomplished through various
marketing initiatives and business alliances that will create in-bound
sales leads. These marketing strategies
include:
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Media
advertising in key metropolitan markets;
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Increase
our pay-per-click internet advertising which in the past has been a
successful strategy for Anchor; and
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Radio
- test market selective radio spot advertising on talk radio and sports
oriented programming whose primary demographic are small business
owners.
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Establish
cross-selling alliances with other small business providers
including:
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Small
business accounting and tax preparation service firms;
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Small
business service centers, providing packing and shipping;
and
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Commercial
insurance brokers.
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Develop
a referral network of business brokers, consultants and accountants and
attorneys;
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Expand into the
growing Hispanic business market. We continue to seek opportunities
to expand the reach of our brands into new markets, including the Hispanic
business market. We plan to create a Spanish language version of our
website, advertise in Hispanic media publications and enter into alliances
with Hispanic commercial banks for small business referral prospects who
do not meet the banks’ suitability
requirements.
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Limited
growth capital for small factors. Small factoring firms may
have credit availability constraints limiting the business volume which
they can factor. The financial leverage that banks typically provide a
finance company is a function of the capital in the business. The
opportunity to combine their businesses with Anchor’s capital and possible
lower cost of funds, back office support and potentially a larger credit
facility are incentives to sell their business, particularly where they
would receive our capital stock in return as part or all of the
transaction price.
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Anchor would provide
an exit strategy for owners of small factoring firms who may have much of
their personal wealth tied to the business and want to retire. A
cash sale of a factoring firm would provide liquidity to the owner of a
factoring firm and the opportunity to receive a price over the factoring
firm’s book value.
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Background
and credit checks are performed on the owners.
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Personal
or validity guarantees are sometimes obtained from the
owners.
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We
“Notify” all accounts that are purchased. Anchor is a notification factor,
which means that we notify in writing all accounts purchased that we have
purchased the account and payments are to be made to Anchor’s central
lockbox. Our client’s invoices also provide Anchor’s lockbox as address
for payments. We also have a notification statement on our clients’
invoices that indicate we have purchased the account and payment is to be
made to Anchor.
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Initially
we attempt to verify most of a new customer’s accounts. Verification
includes review of third-party documentation and telephone discussions
with the client’s customer so that we may substantiate that invoices are
valid and without dispute.
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We
typically evaluate the creditworthiness on accounts with more than a
$2,500 balance.
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Other
standard diligence testing includes payroll tax payment verification,
company status with state of incorporation, pre and post filing lien
searches and review of prior years’ corporate tax returns. For
TruckerFunds.com accounts we do not verify payroll tax payments or review
prior years’ tax returns.
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We
require that our clients enter into a factoring and security agreement
with Anchor and file a first senior lien on purchased accounts, and on a
case-by-case basis, sometimes on all of our clients’ tangible and
intangible assets.
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Not-for-profit
entities; we have factored a not-for-profit foster home’s invoices to a
local county.
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Companies
with tax liens by providing funding based upon its eligible accounts
receivable; we were successful in paying off the IRS for a client that had
tax liens by funding its accounts
receivable.
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Free
lance consultants and independent contractors that cannot wait to receive
payment from their client.
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Media
advertising in key metropolitan markets;
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Increase
our internet advertising which in the past has been a successful strategy
for Anchor; and
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Radio
- test market selective radio spot advertising on talk radio and sports
oriented programming whose primary demographic are small business
owners.
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Establish
cross-selling alliances with other small business providers
including:
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Small
business accounting and tax preparation service firms;
and
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Commercial
insurance brokers; and
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Develop
a referral network of business brokers, consultants and accountants and
attorneys;
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regulate
credit granting activities, including establishing licensing requirements,
if any, in various jurisdictions,
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require
disclosures to customers,
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govern
secured transactions,
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Set
collection, foreclosure, repossession and claims handling procedures and
other trade practices,
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prohibit
discrimination in the extension of credit, and
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regulate
the use and reporting of information related to a seller’s credit
experience and other data
collection.
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· the
diversion of our management's attention from our everyday business
activities
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· the
contingent and latent risks associated with the past operations of, and
other unanticipated problems arising in, the acquired business;
and
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· the
need to expand management, administration, and operational
systems.
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· we
will be able to successfully integrate the operations and personnel of any
new businesses into our business;
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· we
will realize any anticipated benefits of completed
acquisitions;
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· there
will be substantial unanticipated costs associated with acquisitions,
including potential costs associated with liabilities undiscovered at the
time of acquisition; or
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· stockholder
approval of an acquisition will be
sought.
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· potentially
dilutive issuances of our equity shares;
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· the
incurrence of additional debt;
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· restructuring
charges; and
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· the
recognition of significant charges for depreciation and amortization
related to intangible assets.
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•
experience significant variations in operating
results;
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have narrower product lines and market shares than their larger
competitors;
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be particularly vulnerable to changes in customer preferences and market
conditions;
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be more dependent than larger companies on one or more major customers,
the loss of which could materially impair their business, financial
condition and
prospects;
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face intense competition, including from companies with greater financial,
technical, managerial and marketing
resources;
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depend on the management talents and efforts of a single individual or a
small group of persons for their success, the death, disability or
resignation of whom could materially harm the client’s financial condition
or prospects;
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have less skilled or experienced management personnel than larger
companies; or
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do business in regulated industries, such as the healthcare industry, and
could be adversely affected by policy or regulatory
changes.
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directing
the proceeds of collections of its accounts receivable to bank accounts
other than our established
lockboxes;
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failing
to accurately record accounts receivable
aging;
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overstating
or falsifying records showing accounts receivable or
inventory; or
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providing
inaccurate reporting of other financial
information.
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problems
with the client’s underlying product or services which result in greater
than anticipated returns or disputed accounts;
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unrecorded
liabilities such as rebates, warranties or offsets;
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the
disruption or bankruptcy of key customers who are responsible for material
amounts of the accounts receivable; and
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the
client misrepresents, or does not keep adequate records of, important
information concerning the accounts
receivable.
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specialty
and commercial finance companies; and
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national
and regional banks that have factoring divisions or
subsidiaries.
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Date
of Sale
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Title
of Security
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Number
Sold
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Consideration
Received,
Commissions
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Purchasers
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Exemption
from
Registration
Claimed
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February
21
and
May 28,
2008
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Common
Stock
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Options
to
purchase
102,000
common
Shares
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Securities
granted under Equity Compensation Plan; no cash received; no commissions
paid
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Directors
and
Officers
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Section
4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Rule 506
promulgated
thereunder
(6)
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January
2008
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Series
1
Preferred
Stock
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94,865
Shares
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Annual
stock dividend; no commissions paid
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All
Preferred
Stock
Investors
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Section
2(3) –
No
sale
(Preferred
Stock
Dividend)
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March
and
April
2008
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Common
Stock
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1,119,823
Shares
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Conversion
of
Series
1 Preferred
Stock
into Common
Stock;
no cash received;
no
commissions paid
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Certain
Preferred
Stock
Investors
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Section
3(a)(9)-
Exchange
of
Securities
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December
2008
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Series
1
Preferred
Stock
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97,370
Shares
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Annual
stock dividend; no commission paid
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All
Preferred
Stock
Investors
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Section
2(3) –
No
sale
(Preferred
Stock
Dividend)
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Year
Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
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$
Change
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%
Change
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Finance
revenues
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$ | 1,252,476 | $ | 423,024 | $ | 829,452 | 196.1 | |||||||||
Interest
income (expense), net
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30,432 | 172,680 | (142,248 | ) | (82.4 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
finance revenues
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1,282,908 | 595,704 | 687,204 | 115.4 | ||||||||||||
Provision
for credit losses
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63,797 | 30,708 | 33,089 | 107.7 | ||||||||||||
Finance
revenues, net of interest expense and credit losses
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1,219,111 | 564,996 | 654,115 | 115.8 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
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2,486,719 | 1,611,676 | 875,043 | 54.3 | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) before income taxes
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(1,267,608 | ) | (1,046,680 | ) | (220,928 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
tax (provision) benefit:
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Net
income (loss)
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$ | (1,267,608 | ) | $ | (1,046,680 | ) | $ | (220,928 | ) |
Year
Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
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$
Change
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Explanation
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Payroll,
payroll taxes and benefits
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$ | 1,102,514 | $ | 545,035 | $ | 557,479 |
Increased
payroll and health benefits for executive, sales, administrative and
operations personnel
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Advertising
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394,468 | 289,742 | 104,726 |
Increased
marketing and advertising
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Rent
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138,583 | 49,444 | 89,139 |
The
company incurred a full year of rent in 2008 for its Florida and North
Carolina offices which were opened in 2007
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$ | 1,635,565 | $ | 884,221 | $ | 751,344 |
Percentage
of Accounts Receivable
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Percentage
of Revenues For
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Portfolio
As of
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The
Twe;ve Months Ended
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Entity
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December
31, 2008
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December
31, 2008
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Transportation
Company in Virginia
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14.6%
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2.8%
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Medical
Staffing Company in New York
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8.7%
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7.9%
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Medical
Staffing Company in New York
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5.7%
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4.5%
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Estimates – The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
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Revenue Recognition –
The Company charges fees to its customers in one of two ways as
follows:
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1)
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Fixed
Transaction Fee. Fixed transaction fees are a fixed percentage of
the purchased invoice. This percentage does not change from the
date the purchased invoice is funded until the date the purchased invoice
is collected.
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2)
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Variable
Transaction Fee. Variable transaction fees are variable
based on the length of time the purchased invoice is
outstanding. As specified in its contract with the
client, the Company charges variable increasing percentages of the
purchased invoice as time elapses from the purchase date to the collection
date.
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For
both Fixed and Variable Transaction fees, the Company recognizes revenue
by using one of two methods depending on the type of
customer. For new customers the Company recognizes revenue
using the cost recovery method. For established customers the
Company recognizes revenue using the accrual
method.
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Under
the cost recovery method, all revenue is recognized upon collection of the
entire amount of purchased accounts
receivable.
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The
Company considers new customers to be accounts whose initial funding has
been within the last three months or less. Management believes
it needs three months of history to reasonably estimate a customer’s
collection period and accrued revenues. If three months of
history has a limited number of transactions, the cost recovery method
will continue to be used until a reasonable revenue estimate can be
made. Once the Company obtains sufficient historical
experience, it will begin using the accrual method to recognize
revenue.
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For
established customers the Company uses the accrual method of
accounting. The Company applies this method by multiplying the
historical yield, for each customer, times the amount advanced on each
purchased invoice outstanding for that customer, times the portion of a
year that the advance is outstanding. The customers’ historical
yield is based on the Company’s last six months of experience with the
customer along with the Company’s experience in the customer’s industry,
if applicable.
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The
amounts recorded as revenue under the accrual method described above are
estimates. As purchased invoices are collected, the Company
records the appropriate adjustments to revenue earned on each purchased
invoice. Adjustments from estimated to actual revenue have not been
material.
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Retained Interest in Purchased
Accounts Receivable – Retained interest in purchased accounts
receivable represents the gross amount of invoices purchased from
factoring customers less amounts maintained in a reserve
account. The Company purchases a customer’s accounts receivable
and advances them a percentage of the invoice total. The
difference between the purchase price and amount advanced is maintained in
a reserve account. The reserve account is used to offset any
potential losses the Company may have related to the purchased accounts
receivable. Upon collection, the retained interest is refunded
back to the client.
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The
Company’s factoring and security agreements with their customers include
various recourse provisions requiring the customers to repurchase accounts
receivable if certain conditions, as defined in the factoring and security
agreement, are met.
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Senior
management reviews the status of uncollected purchased accounts receivable
monthly to determine if any are uncollectible. The Company has
a security interest in the accounts receivable purchased and, on a
case-by-case basis, may have additional collateral. The Company
files security interests in the property securing their
advances. Access to this collateral is dependent upon the laws
and regulations in each state where the security interest is
filed. Additionally, the Company has varying types of personal
guarantees from their factoring customers relating to the purchased
accounts receivable.
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Management
considered approximately $94,000 of their December 31, 2008 and $31,000 of
their December 31, 2007 retained interest in purchased accounts receivable
to be uncollectible.
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Management
believes the fair value of the retained interest in purchased accounts
receivable approximates its recorded value because of the relatively short
term nature of the purchased receivable and the fact that the majority of
these invoices have been subsequently
collected.
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Property and Equipment –
Property and equipment, consisting of furniture and fixtures and computers
and software, are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided over
the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets using the
straight-line method. Estimated useful lives range from 2 to 7
years.
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Deferred Financing Costs
– Costs incurred to obtain financing are capitalized and amortized
over the term of the debt using the straight-line method, which
approximates the effective interest method. As of
December 31, 2008, the total amount capitalized of $246,634 is reduced by
the 2008 amortization expense of $5,431. The net amount of
$241,203 is classified in the balance sheet based on future expected
amortization as follows:
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Current
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$ | 85,130 | ||
Non-current
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156,073 | |||
$ | 241,203 | |||
2009
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$ | 50,000 | ||
2010
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50,000 | |||
$ | 100,000 | |||
For
the years ending December 31,
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2008
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2007
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$ |
391,000
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$ | 289,700 |
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Earnings per Share –
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing the net income for the
period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during
the period. Dilutive earnings per share includes the potential
impact of dilutive securities, such as convertible preferred stock, stock
options and stock warrants. The dilutive effect of stock
options and warrants is computed using the treasury stock method, which
assumes the repurchase of common shares at the average market
price.
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Under
the treasury stock method, options and warrants will have dilutive effect
when the average price of common stock during the period exceeds the
exercise price of options or warrants. For the years ending
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the average price of common stock was less
than the exercise price of the options and
warrants.
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Also
when there is a year-to-date loss from continuing operations, potential
common shares should not be included in the computation of diluted
earnings per share. For the years ending December 31, 2008 and
2007, there was a year-to-date loss from continuing
operations.
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Stock Based Compensation
- The
fair value of transactions in which the Company exchanges its equity
instruments for employee services (share-based payment transactions) must
be recognized as an expense in the financial statements as services are
performed.
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See
Note 9 for the impact on the operating results for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007.
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Fair Value of Financial
Instruments – The carrying value of cash equivalents, retained
interest in purchased accounts receivable, due to financial institution,
accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximates their fair
value.
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Cash and cash equivalents
– Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of highly liquid cash
investment funds with original maturities of three months or less when
acquired.
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Income Taxes – Effective
January 31, 2007, the Company became a “C” corporation for income tax
purposes. In a “C” corporation income taxes are provided for
the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements plus
deferred income taxes related to the differences between financial
statement and taxable income.
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The
primary differences between financial statement and taxable income for the
Company are as follows:
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Compensation
costs related to the issuance of stock
options
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Use
of the reserve method of accounting for bad
debts
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Differences
in bases of property and equipment between financial and income tax
reporting
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·
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Net
operating loss carryforwards.
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Recent
Accounting Pronouncements –
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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007 |
PAGES
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-1
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Balance
Sheets
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F-2
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Statements
of Operations
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F-3
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Statement
of Stockholders' Equity
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F-4
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Statements
of Cash Flows
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F-5
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Notes
to Financial Statements
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F-6
- F-22
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ASSETS
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2008
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2007
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CURRENT
ASSETS:
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Cash
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$ | 401,104 | $ | 3,499,044 | ||||
Retained
interest in purchased accounts receivable, net
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4,292,366 | 1,502,215 | ||||||
Earned
but uncollected fee income
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87,529 | 25,742 | ||||||
Deferred
financing costs, current
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85,130 | - | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
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116,950 | 65,016 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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4,983,079 | 5,092,017 | ||||||
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
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70,181 | 89,044 | ||||||
DEFERRED
FINANCING COSTS, non-current
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156,073 | - | ||||||
SECURITY
DEPOSITS
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19,500 | 20,216 | ||||||
$ | 5,228,833 | $ | 5,201,277 | |||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
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Due
to financial institution
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$ | 1,187,224 | $ | - | ||||
Accounts
payable
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122,900 | 68,728 | ||||||
Loan
fees payable
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50,000 | - | ||||||
Accrued
payroll and related taxes
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35,067 | 101,248 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
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45,141 | 73,201 | ||||||
Collected
but unearned fee income
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58,707 | 30,748 | ||||||
Preferred
dividends payable
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- | 405,995 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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1,499,039 | 679,920 | ||||||
LOAN
FEES PAYABLE, non-current
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50,000 | - | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
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1,549,039 | 679,920 | ||||||
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
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PREFERRED
STOCK, net of issuance costs of
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$1,209,383
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5,361,512 | 5,503,117 | ||||||
COMMON
STOCK
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12,941 | 11,821 | ||||||
ADDITIONAL
PAID IN CAPITAL
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1,660,516 | 536,199 | ||||||
ACCUMULATED
DEFICIT
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(3,355,175 | ) | (1,529,780 | ) | ||||
3,679,794 | 4,521,357 | |||||||
$ | 5,228,833 | $ | 5,201,277 |
2008
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2007
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FINANCE
REVENUES
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$ | 1,252,476 | $ | 423,024 | ||||
INTEREST
EXPENSE, net - financial institution
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(9,664 | ) | (27,285 | ) | ||||
INTEREST
INCOME
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40,096 | 199,965 | ||||||
NET
FINANCE REVENUES
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1,282,908 | 595,704 | ||||||
PROVISION
FOR CREDIT LOSSES
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(63,797 | ) | (30,708 | ) | ||||
FINANCE
REVENUES, NET OF INTEREST EXPENSE
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AND
CREDIT LOSSES
|
1,219,111 | 564,996 | ||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
(2,486,719 | ) | (1,611,676 | ) | ||||
LOSS
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
(1,267,608 | ) | (1,046,680 | ) | ||||
INCOME
TAXES
|
- | - | ||||||
NET
LOSS
|
(1,267,608 | ) | (1,046,680 | ) | ||||
DEEMED
DIVIDEND ON CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
|
(486,800 | ) | (405,995 | ) | ||||
NET
LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON
|
||||||||
SHAREHOLDER
|
$ | (1,754,408 | ) | $ | (1,452,675 | ) | ||
NET
LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON
|
||||||||
SHAREHOLDER,
per share
|
||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.13 | ) | ||
Dilutive
|
$ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.13 | ) | ||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
|
||||||||
Basic
and dilutive
|
12,718,636 | 11,141,103 |
Members'
|
Preferred
|
Common
|
Additional
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||
Equity
|
Stock
|
Stock
|
Paid
in Capital
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2007
|
$ | 391,800 | $ | - | $ | 3,821 | $ | 79,554 | $ | (77,105 | ) | |||||||||
To
record the exchange of 8,000,000 common shares of BTHC XI,
Inc.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
stock
for 100,000 membership units of Anchor Funding Services,
LLC
|
(391,800 | ) | - | 8,000 | 383,800 | - | ||||||||||||||
To
record issuance of 1,342,500 shares of convertible preferred
stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||
and
related costs of raising this capital of $1,209,383 and
issuance
|
||||||||||||||||||||
of
1,342,500 warrants
|
- | 5,503,117 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
To
record issuance of 1,970,000 stock options
|
- | - | - | 72,678 | - | |||||||||||||||
To
record award of 25,000 shares of common stock
|
- | - | - | 167 | - | |||||||||||||||
Preferred
stock dividends
|
- | - | - | - | (405,995 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net
loss, year ended December 31, 2007
|
- | - | - | - | (1,046,680 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
- | 5,503,117 | 11,821 | 536,199 | (1,529,780 | ) | ||||||||||||||
To
record the issuance of 94,865 preferred shares in connection with
the
|
||||||||||||||||||||
payment
of the accrued preferred dividend liability as of December 31,
2007
|
- | 473,425 | - | - | (67,429 | ) | ||||||||||||||
To
record conversion of 220,366 preferred shares, plus accrued
and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
declared
dividends, to 1,119,823 common shares
|
- | (1,101,830 | ) | 1,120 | 1,104,267 | (3,558 | ) | |||||||||||||
To
record the issuance of 97,360 preferred shares in connection with
the
|
||||||||||||||||||||
payment
of the accrued preferred dividend liability as of December 31,
2008
|
- | 486,800 | - | - | (486,800 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Provision
for compensation expense related to stock options issued
|
- | - | - | 20,050 | - | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss, year ended December 31, 2008
|
- | - | - | - | (1,267,608 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
$ | - | $ | 5,361,512 | $ | 12,941 | $ | 1,660,516 | $ | (3,355,175 | ) |
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net
loss:
|
$ | (1,267,608 | ) | $ | (1,046,680 | ) | ||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash
|
||||||||
used
in operating activities:
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
46,010 | 26,026 | ||||||
Provision
for uncollectible accounts
|
63,096 | 30,708 | ||||||
Compensation
expense related to issuance of stock options
|
20,050 | 72,845 | ||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
Increase
in retained interest in purchased
|
||||||||
accounts
receivable
|
(2,853,247 | ) | (1,091,668 | ) | ||||
Increase
in earned but uncollected fee income
|
(61,787 | ) | (14,943 | ) | ||||
Increase
in prepaid expenses and other
|
(51,934 | ) | (23,882 | ) | ||||
Increase
in loan fees
|
(241,203 | ) | - | |||||
Decrease
(increase) in security deposits
|
716 | (20,216 | ) | |||||
Increase
in accounts payable
|
54,172 | 29,510 | ||||||
Increase
in loan fees payable
|
100,000 | - | ||||||
Increase
in collected but unearned fee income
|
27,959 | 19,018 | ||||||
(Decrease)
increase in accrued payroll and related taxes
|
(66,181 | ) | 63,452 | |||||
(Decrease)
increase in accrued expenses
|
(28,060 | ) | 73,201 | |||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(4,258,017 | ) | (1,882,629 | ) | ||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(27,147 | ) | (111,060 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(27,147 | ) | (111,060 | ) | ||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from (payments to) financial institution, net
|
1,187,224 | (44,683 | ) | |||||
Payments
to from related company
|
- | (21,472 | ) | |||||
Proceeds
from sale of preferred stock
|
- | 6,712,500 | ||||||
Payments
made related to sale of preferred stock
|
- | (1,209,383 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
1,187,224 | 5,436,962 | ||||||
(DECREASE)
INCREASE IN CASH
|
(3,097,940 | ) | 3,443,273 | |||||
CASH,
beginning of period
|
3,499,044 | 55,771 | ||||||
CASH,
end of period
|
$ | 401,104 | $ | 3,499,044 |
|
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Anchor Funding
Services, Inc. (formerly BTHC XI, Inc.) and its wholly owned subsidiary,
Anchor Funding Services, LLC (“the Company”). In April of 2007,
BTHC XI, Inc. changed its name to Anchor Funding Services,
Inc. All significant intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated in
consolidation.
|
|
Anchor
Funding Services, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. Anchor
Funding Services, Inc. has no operations; substantially all operations of
the Company are the responsibility of Anchor Funding Services,
LLC.
|
|
Anchor
Funding Services, LLC is a North Carolina limited liability
company. Anchor Funding Services, LLC was formed
for the purpose of providing factoring and back office services to
businesses located throughout the United States of
America.
|
|
On
January 31, 2007, BTHC XI, Inc acquired Anchor Funding Services, LLC by
exchanging shares in BTHC XI, Inc. for all the outstanding membership
units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC (See Note
8). Anchor Funding Services, LLC is considered the
surviving entity therefore these financial statements include the accounts
of BTHC XI, Inc. and Anchor Funding Services, LLC since January 1,
2007.
|
|
Estimates – The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
|
|
Revenue Recognition –
The Company charges fees to its customers in one of two ways as
follows:
|
1)
|
Fixed
Transaction Fee. Fixed transaction fees are a fixed percentage of
the purchased invoice. This percentage does not change from the
date the purchased invoice is funded until the date the purchased invoice
is collected.
|
2)
|
Variable
Transaction Fee. Variable transaction fees are variable
based on the length of time the purchased invoice is
outstanding. As specified in its contract with the
client, the Company charges variable increasing percentages of the
purchased invoice as time elapses from the purchase date to the collection
date.
|
|
For
both Fixed and Variable Transaction fees, the Company recognizes revenue
by using one of two methods depending on the type of
customer. For new customers the Company recognizes revenue
using the cost recovery method. For established customers the
Company recognizes revenue using the accrual
method.
|
|
Under
the cost recovery method, all revenue is recognized upon collection of the
entire amount of purchased accounts
receivable.
|
|
The
Company considers new customers to be accounts whose initial funding has
been within the last three months or less. Management believes
it needs three months of history to reasonably estimate a customer’s
collection period and accrued revenues. If three months of
history has a limited number of transactions, the cost recovery method
will continue to be used until a reasonable revenue estimate can be
made. Once the Company obtains sufficient historical
experience, it will begin using the accrual method to recognize
revenue.
|
|
For
established customers the Company uses the accrual method of
accounting. The Company applies this method by multiplying the
historical yield, for each customer, times the amount advanced on each
purchased invoice outstanding for that customer, times the portion of a
year that the advance is outstanding. The customers’ historical
yield is based on the Company’s last six months of experience with the
customer along with the Company’s experience in the customer’s industry,
if applicable.
|
|
The
amounts recorded as revenue under the accrual method described above are
estimates. As purchased invoices are collected, the Company
records the appropriate adjustments to revenue earned on each purchased
invoice. Adjustments from estimated to actual revenue have not been
material.
|
|
Retained Interest in Purchased
Accounts Receivable – Retained interest in purchased accounts
receivable represents the gross amount of invoices purchased from
factoring customers less amounts maintained in a reserve
account. The Company purchases a customer’s accounts receivable
and advances them a percentage of the invoice total. The
difference between the purchase price and amount advanced is maintained in
a reserve account. The reserve account is used to offset any
potential losses the Company may have related to the purchased accounts
receivable. Upon collection, the retained interest is refunded
back to the client.
|
|
The
Company’s factoring and security agreements with their customers include
various recourse provisions requiring the customers to repurchase accounts
receivable if certain conditions, as defined in the factoring and security
agreement, are met.
|
|
Senior
management reviews the status of uncollected purchased accounts receivable
monthly to determine if any are uncollectible. The Company has
a security interest in the accounts receivable purchased and, on a
case-by-case basis, may have additional collateral. The Company
files security interests in the property securing their
advances. Access to this collateral is dependent upon the laws
and regulations in each state where the security interest is
filed. Additionally, the Company has varying types of personal
guarantees from their factoring customers relating to the purchased
accounts receivable.
|
|
Management
considered approximately $94,000 of their December 31, 2008 and $31,000 of
their December 31, 2007 retained interest in purchased accounts receivable
to be uncollectible.
|
|
Management
believes the fair value of the retained interest in purchased accounts
receivable approximates its recorded value because of the relatively short
term nature of the purchased receivable and the fact that the majority of
these invoices have been subsequently
collected.
|
|
Property and Equipment –
Property and equipment, consisting of furniture and fixtures and computers
and software, are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided over
the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets using the
straight-line method. Estimated useful lives range from 2 to 7
years.
|
|
Deferred Financing Costs
– Costs incurred to obtain financing are capitalized and amortized
over the term of the debt using the straight-line method, which
approximates the effective interest method. As of
December 31, 2008, the total amount capitalized of $246,634 is reduced by
the 2008 amortization expense of $5,431. The net amount of
$241,203 is classified in the balance sheet based on future expected
amortization as follows:
|
Current
|
$ | 85,130 | ||
Non-current
|
156,073 | |||
$ | 241,203 |
|
The
loan agreement required $100,000 of these costs to be paid as
follows:
|
2009
|
$ | 50,000 | ||
2010
|
50,000 | |||
$ | 100,000 |
|
Advertising Costs – The
Company charges advertising costs to expense as incurred. Total
advertising costs were
approximately:
|
For
the years ending December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ | 391,000 | $ | 289,700 |
|
Earnings per Share –
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing the net income for the
period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during
the period. Dilutive earnings per share includes the potential
impact of dilutive securities, such as convertible preferred stock, stock
options and stock warrants. The dilutive effect of stock
options and warrants is computed using the treasury stock method, which
assumes the repurchase of common shares at the average market
price.
|
|
Under
the treasury stock method, options and warrants will have dilutive effect
when the average price of common stock during the period exceeds the
exercise price of options or warrants. For the years ending
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the average price of common stock was less
than the exercise price of the options and
warrants.
|
|
Also
when there is a year-to-date loss from continuing operations, potential
common shares should not be included in the computation of diluted
earnings per share. For the years ending December 31, 2008 and
2007, there was a year-to-date loss from continuing
operations.
|
|
Stock Based Compensation
- The
fair value of transactions in which the Company exchanges its equity
instruments for employee services (share-based payment transactions) must
be recognized as an expense in the financial statements as services are
performed.
|
|
See
Note 9 for the impact on the operating results for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007.
|
|
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments – The carrying value of cash equivalents, retained
interest in purchased accounts receivable, due to financial institution,
accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximates their fair
value.
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
– Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of highly liquid cash
investment funds with original maturities of three months or less when
acquired.
|
|
Income Taxes – Effective
January 31, 2007, the Company became a “C” corporation for income tax
purposes. In a “C” corporation income taxes are provided for
the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements plus
deferred income taxes related to the differences between financial
statement and taxable income.
|
|
The
primary differences between financial statement and taxable income for the
Company are as follows:
|
·
|
Compensation
costs related to the issuance of stock
options
|
·
|
Use
of the reserve method of accounting for bad
debts
|
·
|
Differences
in bases of property and equipment between financial and income tax
reporting
|
·
|
Net
operating loss carryforwards.
|
|
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements –
|
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Purchased
accounts receivable outstanding
|
$ | 5,340,975 | $ | 1,841,539 | ||||
Reserve
account
|
(954,104 | ) | (308,616 | ) | ||||
Allowance
for uncollectible invoices
|
(94,505 | ) | (30,708 | ) | ||||
$ | 4,292,366 | $ | 1,502,215 |
For
the years ending December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ | 38,048,000 | $ | 11,579,000 |
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Staffing
|
$ | 1,049,623 | $ | 656,020 | ||||
Transportation
|
1,666,895 | 218,264 | ||||||
Publishing
|
2,664 | 6,000 | ||||||
Construction
|
5,218 | 8,291 | ||||||
Service
|
1,417,615 | 498,614 | ||||||
Other
|
244,856 | 145,734 | ||||||
$ | 4,386,871 | $ | 1,532,923 |
|
Property
and equipment consist of the
following:
|
Estimated
|
|||||||||
Useful
Lives
|
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Furniture
and fixtures
|
2-5
years
|
$ | 33,960 | $ | 33,960 | ||||
Computers
and software
|
3-7
years
|
121,012 | 93,866 | ||||||
154,972 | 127,826 | ||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(84,791 | ) | (38,782 | ) | |||||
$ | 70,181 | $ | 89,044 |
|
In
November 2008, the Company entered into an agreement with a financial
institution to finance the factoring of receivables and to provide ongoing
working capital. The agreement is a revolving credit facility
that allows the Company to borrow up to $15,000,000. This
agreement expires in November 2011.
|
|
Borrowings
are made at the request of the Company. The amount eligible to
be borrowed is based on a borrowing base formula as defined in the
agreement. The interest on borrowings is paid monthly at LIBOR
rate plus 4%. In addition to interest, the Company pays the
financial institution various monthly fees as defined in the
agreement.
|
|
The
agreement is collateralized by a first lien on all Company
assets. Borrowings on this agreement are partially guaranteed
by the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The
partial guarantee is $250,000 each.
|
|
The
agreement, among other covenants, requires the Company to maintain certain
financial ratios. As of December 31, 2008, the Company was in
compliance with, or obtained waivers for, all provisions of this
agreement.
|
|
The
Company’s capital structure consists of preferred and common stock as
described below:
|
|
Preferred Stock – The
Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of $.001 par value
preferred stock. The Company’s Board of Directors determines
the rights and preferences of its preferred
stock.
|
|
On
January 31, 2007, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation with the
Secretary of State of Delaware. Effective with this filing,
2,000,000 preferred shares became Series 1 Convertible Preferred
Stock. Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock will rank senior to
Common Stock.
|
|
Series
1 Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into 5 shares of the
Company’s Common Stock. The holder of the Series 1 Convertible
Preferred Stock has the option to convert the shares to Common Stock at
any time. Upon conversion all accumulated and unpaid dividends
will be paid as additional shares of Common
Stock.
|
|
The
dividend rate on Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock is
8%. Dividends are paid annually on December 31st in the form of
additional Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock unless the Board of
Directors approves a cash dividend. Dividends on Series 1
Convertible Preferred Stock shall cease to accrue on the earlier of
December 31, 2009, or on the date they are converted to Common
Shares. Thereafter, the holders of Series 1 Convertible
Preferred Stock have the same dividend rights as holders of Common Stock,
as if the Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock had been converted to
Common Stock. Accrued dividends at December 31, 2008 and
December 30, 2007 were $0 and $405,995
respectively.
|
|
Common Stock – The
Company is authorized to issue 40,000,000 shares of $.001 par value Common
Stock. Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder to one
vote at all stockholder meetings. Dividends on Common Stock
will be determined annually by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
|
|
The
changes in Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock shares
for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 is summarized as
follows:
|
Series
1 Convertible
|
Common
|
|||||||
Preferred
Stock
|
Stock
|
|||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2007
|
- | 3,820,555 | ||||||
Shares
issued in exchange for
|
||||||||
the
membership units of
|
||||||||
Anchor
Funding Services, LLC
|
- | 8,000,000 | ||||||
Shares
issued in connection
|
||||||||
with
sale of Series 1 Convertible
|
||||||||
Preferred
Stock
|
1,342,500 | - | ||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
1,342,500 | 11,820,555 | ||||||
Shares
issued as payment for the
|
||||||||
2007
preferred stock dividend
|
94,865 | - | ||||||
Shares
issued (redeemed) related
|
||||||||
to
the conversion of preferred shares
|
||||||||
to
common shares
|
(220,366 | ) | 1,119,823 | |||||
Shares
issued as payment for the
|
||||||||
2008
preferred stock dividend
|
97,360 | - | ||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
1,314,359 | 12,940,378 |
|
The
Company used the administrative staff and facilities of a limited
liability Company (LLC) related through common ownership. The
services provided by the LLC consisted primarily of rent, credit,
collection, invoicing, payroll and bookkeeping. The Company
paid the LLC a fee for these services. The fee was computed as
a percentage of accounts receivable purchased by the
Company. The administrative fee charged by the LLC was as
follows:
|
For
the years ending December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ | - | $ | 16,100 |
|
On
January 31, 2007, Anchor Funding Services, LLC and its members entered
into a Securities Exchange Agreement with BTHC XI, Inc. The
members namely, George Rubin, Morry Rubin (“M. Rubin”) and Ilissa
Bernstein exchanged their units in Anchor Funding Services, LLC for an
aggregate of 8,000,000 common shares of BTHC XI, Inc. issued to George
Rubin (2,400,000 shares), M. Rubin (3,600,000 shares) and Ilissa Bernstein
(2,000,000 shares). Upon the closing of this transaction Anchor
Funding Services, LLC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of BTHC XI,
Inc.
|
|
At
the time of this transaction, BTHC XI, Inc. had no operations and no
assets or liabilities. After this transaction the former members of Anchor
Funding Services, LLC owned approximately 67.7% of the outstanding common
stock of BTHC XI, Inc.
|
|
This
transaction was accounted for as a purchase. There was no
market value for the common shares of BTHC XI, Inc. or the membership
units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC at the transaction
date. Accordingly, BTHC XI, Inc. recorded the membership units
received in Anchor Funding Services, LLC at Anchor Funding Service LLC’s
net asset value as of the transaction
date.
|
|
At
closing of the exchange transaction described above, M. Rubin and Brad
Bernstein (“B. Bernstein”), the husband of Ilissa Bernstein and President
of the Company, entered into employment contracts and stock option
agreements. Additionally, at closing two non-employee directors
entered into stock option
agreements.
|
|
.
|
|
The
following summarizes M. Rubin’s employment agreement and stock
options:
|
·
|
The
employment agreement with M. Rubin retains his services as Co-chairman and
Chief Executive Officer for a three-year
period.
|
·
|
An
annual salary of $1 until, the first day of the first month following such
time as the Company, shall have, within any period beginning on January 1
and ending not more than 12 months thereafter, earned pre-tax net income
exceeding $1,000,000, M. Rubin’s base salary shall be adjusted to an
amount, to be mutually agreed upon between M. Rubin and the Company,
reflecting the fair value of the services provided, and to be provided, by
M. Rubin taking into account (i) his position, responsibilities and
performance, (ii) the Company’s industry, size and performance,
and (iii) other relevant factors. M. Rubin is eligible to receive annual
bonuses as determined by the Company’s compensation
committee. M. Rubin shall be entitled to a monthly automobile
allowance of $1,500.
|
·
|
10-year
options to purchase 650,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share,
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting
of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third on
February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009, provided that in the
event of a change in control or M. Rubin is terminated without cause or M.
Rubin terminates for good reason, all unvested options shall accelerate
and immediately vest and become exercisable in full on the earliest of the
date of change in control or date of M. Rubin’s voluntary termination or
by the Company without cause.
|
|
The
following summarizes B. Bernstein’s employment agreement and stock
options:
|
·
|
The
employment agreement with B. Bernstein retains his services as President
for a three-year period.
|
·
|
An
annual salary of $205,000 during the first year, $220,000 during the
second year and
$240,000 during the third year and any additional year of
employment. The Board may periodically review B. Bernstein’s
base salary and may determine to increase (but not decrease) the base
salary in accordance with such policies as the Company may hereafter adopt
from time to time. B. Bernstein is eligible to receive annual
bonuses as determined by the Company’s compensation
committee. B. Bernstein shall be entitled to a monthly
automobile allowance of $1,000.
|
·
|
10-year
options to purchase 950,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share,
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting
of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third on
February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009, provided that in the
event of a change in control or B. Bernstein is terminated without cause
or B. Bernstein terminates for good reason, all unvested options shall
accelerate and immediately vest and become exercisable in full on the
earliest of the date of change in control or date of B. Bernstein’s
voluntary termination or by the Company without
cause.
|
|
The
following summarizes the stock option agreements entered into with three
directors:
|
·
|
10-year
options to purchase 460,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share,
pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Vesting
of the fair value of the options is one-third immediately, one-third one
year from the grant date and the remainder 2 years from grant
date. If any director ceases serving the Company for any
reason, all unvested options shall terminate immediately and all vested
options must be exercised within 90 days after the director ceases serving
as a director.
|
|
The
following summarizes employee stock option agreements entered into with
three managerial employees:
|
·
|
10-year
options to purchase 14,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share, pursuant
to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. The grant dates
range from September 28, 2007 to February 21, 2008. Vesting
periods range from one to four years. If any employee ceases being
employed by the Company for any reason, all vested and unvested options
shall terminate immediately.
|
|
The
following table summarizes information about stock options as of December
31, 2008:
|
Weighted
Average
|
|||||||||||
Exercise
|
Number
|
Remaining
|
Number
|
||||||||
Price
|
Outstanding
|
Contractual
Life
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||
$ | 1.25 | 2,074,000 |
10
years
|
1,369,501 |
Exercise
price
|
$ | 1.25 | ||
Term
|
10
years
|
|||
Volatility
|
2.5 | |||
Dividends
|
0 | % | ||
Discount
rate
|
4.75 | % |
|
The
financial effect of these options to record over their life is as
follows:
|
Options
to value
|
2,074,000 | |||
Option
price
|
$ | 0.0468 | ||
Total
expense to recognize over
|
||||
life
of options
|
$ | 97,063 |
|
The
fair value amounts recorded for these options in the statement of
operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $20,050 and December
31, 2007 was $72,845.
|
|
The
pre-tax fair value effect recorded for these options in the statement of
operations for the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2007 was as
follows:
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Fully
vested stock options
|
$ | 8,108 | $ | 30,576 | ||||
Unvested
portion of stock options
|
11,942 | 42,269 | ||||||
$ | 20,050 | $ | 72,845 |
Gross
proceeds
|
$ | 6,712,500 | ||
Cash
fees:
|
||||
Placement
agent
|
(951,483 | ) | ||
Legal
and accounting
|
(218,552 | ) | ||
Blue
sky
|
(39,348 | ) | ||
Net
cash proceeds
|
$ | 5,503,117 | ||
Non-cash
fees:
|
||||
Placement
agents fees - warrants
|
(62,695 | ) | ||
Net
proceeds
|
$ | 5,440,422 |
|
The
placement agent was issued warrants to purchase 1,342,500 shares of the
Company’s common stock. The following information was input
into a Black Scholes option pricing model to compute a per warrant price
of $.0462:
|
Exercise
price
|
$ | 1.10 | ||
Term
|
5
years
|
|||
Volatility
|
2.5 | |||
Dividends
|
0 | % | ||
Discount
rate
|
4.70 | % |
Weighted
Average
|
|||||||||||
Exercise
|
Number
|
Remaining
|
Number
|
||||||||
Price
|
Outstanding
|
Contractual
Life
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||
$ | 1.10 | 1,342,500 |
5
years
|
1,342,500 |
|
Revenues – The Company
recorded revenues from United States companies in the following industries
as follows:
|
Industry
|
For
the year ending December 31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Staffing
|
$ | 270,732 | $ | 284,568 | ||||
Transportation
|
532,657 | 14,975 | ||||||
Publishing
|
0 | 3,173 | ||||||
Construction
|
5,725 | 8,460 | ||||||
Service
|
388,494 | 100,849 | ||||||
Other
|
54,868 | 10,999 | ||||||
$ | 1,252,476 | $ | 423,024 |
|
Major Customers – The
Company had the following transactions and balances with unrelated
customers for the year ending December 31, 2007 which represent 10 percent
or more of its revenues for the year ending December 31, 2007 as
follows:
|
For
the year ending December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 69,500 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 43,500 | ||||||
As
of December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||
Purchased
accounts
|
||||||||||||
receivable
outstanding
|
$ | 174,000 | $ | 140,000 | $ | 211,500 |
|
The
Company had no major customers as of, and for the year ended, December 31,
2008, as defined above.
|
|
Cash – The Company
places its cash and cash equivalents on deposit with a North Carolina
financial institution. In October and November, 2008 the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) temporarily increased coverage to $250,000
for substantially all depository accounts and temporarily provides
unlimited coverage for certain qualifying and participating non-interest
bearing transaction accounts. The increased coverage is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2009, at which time it is anticipated amounts
insured by the FDIC will return to $100,000. During the year, the
Company from time to time may have had amounts on deposit in excess of the
insured limits.
|
|
Cash
paid for interest was as follows:
|
For
the year ending December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
$ | 9,500 | $ | 27,300 |
|
Non-cash
financing and investing activities consisted of the
following:
|
|
For the year ending
2008 -
|
|
94,685
preferred shares were issued in satisfaction of the accrued dividend
obligation as of December 31, 2007.
|
|
Exchange
of 220,366 preferred shares for 1,119,613 common
shares.
|
|
97,360
preferred shares were issued in satisfaction of the dividend obligation
for the year ended December 31,
2008.
|
|
104,000
stock options were issued to directors and
employees
|
|
For the year ending
2007 -
|
|
8,000,000
shares of common stock were issued in exchange for 100,000 membership
units of Anchor Funding Services, LLC (see Note 8). In
connection with this exchange, the Company acquired cash of
$6,270.
|
|
1,970,000
stock options were issued to the Company’s President, CEO, two managerial
employees and two non-employee directors (see Note
9).
|
|
1,342,500
stock warrants were issued to the placement agent handling the sale of the
Company’s convertible preferred stock (see Note
10).
|
|
25,000
shares of common stock awarded in exchange for a promissory note of
$25,000 (See Note 9).
|
|
The
current and deferred income tax provision for the years ending December
31, 2008 and 2007 consists of the
following:
|
For
the Year
|
For
the Year
|
|||||||
Ending
|
Ending
|
|||||||
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Current
provision
|
$ | - | $ | - | ||||
Deferred
benefit
|
452,000 | 409,000 | ||||||
$ | 452,000 | $ | 409,000 | |||||
Valuation
reserve
|
(452,000 | ) | (409,000 | ) | ||||
$ | - | $ | - |
|
The
following table reconciles the total provision for income taxes recorded
in the consolidated statement of operations with the amounts computed at
the statutory federal tax rate of
34%:
|
For
the Year
|
For
the Year
|
|||||||
Ending
|
Ending
|
|||||||
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Tax
at statutory rate
|
$ | 431,000 | $ | 356,000 | ||||
Compensation costs
related to issuance of
|
||||||||
stock
options
|
(6,800 | ) | (25,000 | ) | ||||
Reserve
method of accounting for bad debts
|
(22,000 | ) | (11,000 | ) | ||||
State
taxes
|
49,000 | 91,000 | ||||||
Other
|
800 | (2,000 | ) | |||||
$ | 452,000 | $ | 409,000 |
|
The
deferred tax assets related to the differences between financial statement
and taxable income as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 are as
follows:
|
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Compensation costs
related to issuance of
|
||||||||
stock
options
|
$ | 37,000 | $ | 29,000 | ||||
Reserve
method of accounting for bad debts
|
38,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
Basis
differences in property and equipment
|
- | (6,000 | ) | |||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
786,000 | 374,000 | ||||||
861,000 | 409,000 | |||||||
Valuation
reserve
|
(861,000 | ) | (409,000 | ) | ||||
$ | - | $ | - |
|
Management
is uncertain if these deferred tax assets will ever be realized, therefore
they have been fully reserved. The increase in the valuation
reserve equals the deferred tax
benefit.
|
|
The
Company has the following net operating loss carryforwards available to
offset future taxable income:
|
Amount
|
Expiration
|
|||||||
Federal
|
$ | 2,068,000 | 2021 - 2023 | |||||
State
|
$ | 2,066,000 | 2021 - 2023 |
|
The
Company files tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various
states. Currently, none of the Company’s open tax returns are
being examined by the taxing
authorities.
|
|
In
2007, the Company executed lease agreements for office space in Charlotte,
NC and Boca Raton, FL. All lease agreements are with unrelated
parties.
|
|
The
Charlotte lease is effective on August 15, 2007, is for a twenty-four
month term and includes an option to renew for an additional three year
term at substantially the same terms. On November 1, 2007, the
Company entered into a lease for additional space adjoining its Charlotte
office. The lease is for 19 months and includes a two year
renewal option at substantially the same terms. The monthly
rent for the combined space is approximately
$2,250
|
|
The
Boca Raton lease was effective on August 20, 2007 and is for a sixty-one
month term. The monthly rental is approximately
$8,300.
|
|
The
rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was
approximately $137,000 and $44,000, respectively. The future
minimum lease payments are as
follows:
|
2009
|
$ | 117,500 | ||
2010
|
99,500 | |||
2011
|
99,500 | |||
2012
|
74,500 | |||
$ | 391,000 |
|
In
March 2009, the board of directors granted stock options to Morry Rubin,
Brad Bernstein and to two managerial employees. The following
is a summary of these options:
|
Optionee
|
||||||||||||
Morry
Rubin
|
Brad
Bernstein
|
Managerial
Employees
|
||||||||||
No.
of Options
|
||||||||||||
Issued
|
250,000 | 250,000 | 55,000 | |||||||||
Exercise
|
||||||||||||
Price
|
$ | 0.62 | $ | 0.62 | $ | 1.00 | ||||||
Vesting
|
One-third
in March
|
|||||||||||
Period
|
100%
upon grant date
|
100%
upon grant date
|
2010,
2011 and 2012
|
|||||||||
Exercise
|
||||||||||||
Period
|
Until
March 2019
|
Until
March 2019
|
Until
March 2019
|
|
These
stock options will be accounted for as described in the “Stock Based
Compensation” section of Note 2.
|
Name (1)
|
Age
|
Position
|
George
Rubin*
|
79
|
Co-Chairman
of the Board and Co-Founder
|
Morry
Rubin*
|
48
|
Co-Chairman,
CEO, Director, Co-Founder
|
Brad
Bernstein
|
43
|
President,
CFO and Co-Founder
|
Kenneth
Smalley
|
45
|
Director
|
E.
Anthony Woods
|
68
|
Director
|
|
*
George Rubin is the father of Morry F.
Rubin.
|
(1)
|
Directors
are elected at the annual meeting of stockholders and hold office until
the following annual meeting. We currently have a vacancy on
the Board of Directors due to the December 2, 2008 resignation of Frank M.
DeLape.
|
Code of
Ethics
|
·
|
Honest
and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent
conflicts of interest between personal and professional
relationships;
|
·
|
Full,
fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and
documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities &
Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by the
Company;
|
·
|
Compliance
with applicable governmental law, rules and
regulations;
|
·
|
The
prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate
person or persons identified in the code;
and
|
·
|
Accountability
for adherence to the code.
|
Fiscal
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Options
Awards
($)(1)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compen-
sation
($)
|
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($)
|
All Other
Compen-
sation
($) (2)(3)
|
Total ($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morry
F. Rubin
|
2007
|
$ | 1.00 | $ | 28,976 | $ | -0- | $ | 24,084 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 16,500 | $ | 69,561 | ||||||||||||||||
Chief
Executive
|
2008
|
$ | 1.00 | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 5,910 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 18,000 | $ | 23,911 | |||||||||||||||||
Officer(4)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brad
Bernstein
|
2007
|
$ | 187,654 | $ | 644 | $ | -0- | $ | 35,199 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 11,000 | $ | 234,497 | ||||||||||||||||
President(4)
|
2008
|
$ | 223,338 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 8,641 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 12,000 | $ | 243,979 |
(1)
|
Reflects
dollar amount expensed by us during applicable fiscal year for financial
statement reporting purposes pursuant to FAS 123R. FAS 123R requires
the company to determine the overall value of the restricted stock awards
and options as of the date of grant based upon the Black-Scholes method of
valuation, and to then expense that value over the service period over
which the restricted stock awards and options become vested. As a
general rule, for time-in-service-based restricted stock awards and
options, the company will immediately expense any restricted stock awards
and option or portion thereof which is vested upon grant, while expensing
the balance on a pro rata basis over the remaining vesting term of the
restricted stock awards and options. For a description FAS 123R and
the assumptions used in determining the value of the restricted stock
awards and options under the Black-Scholes model of valuation, see the
notes to the consolidated financial statements included with this Form
10-K.
|
(2)
|
Includes
all other compensation not reported in the preceding columns, including
(i) perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the
aggregate amount of such compensation is less than $10,000; (ii) any
“gross-ups” or other amounts reimbursed during the fiscal year for the
payment of taxes; (iii) discounts from market price with respect to
securities purchased from the company except to the extent available
generally to all security holders or to all salaried employees; (iv) any
amounts paid or accrued in connection with any termination (including
without limitation through retirement, resignation, severance or
constructive termination, including change of responsibilities) or change
in control; (v) contributions to vested and unvested defined contribution
plans; (vi) any insurance premiums paid by, or on behalf of, the company
relating to life insurance for the benefit of the named executive officer;
and (vii) any dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards
that are not factored into the grant date fair value required to be
reported in a preceding column.
|
(3)
|
Includes
compensation for service as a director described under Director
Compensation, below.
|
(4)
|
Does
not include any value for stock paid to Mr. Rubin or Mr. Bernstein’s wife
in connection with our acquisition of Anchor Funding Services, LLC. See
“Items 1 and 12.”
|
Option Awards
|
Stock Awards
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options(#)
Exercisable
|
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options(#)
Unexercisable
|
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options (#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price ($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested (#)
|
Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That Have
Not
Vested
|
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout Value of
Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morry
F. Rubin
|
433,334 | 216,666 | -0- | 1.25 |
01/31/2017
|
-0- | N/A | -0- | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brad
Bernstein
|
633,334 | 316,666 | -0- | 1.25 |
01/31/2017
|
-0- | N/A | -0- | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
N/A
– Not applicable.
|
Name
|
Position
|
2009
Annual Salary(1)
|
Bonus (2)
|
|||||
Morry
F. Rubin
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
$
|
1
(1)
|
Annual
bonuses at the discretion of the Board in an amount determined by the
compensation committee.
|
||||
Brad
Bernstein
|
President
|
$
|
240,000
(2)
|
Annual
bonuses at the discretion of the Board in an amount determined by the
compensation committee.
|
|
N/A
– Not applicable.
|
(1)
|
Effective
commencing on the first day of the first month following such time as the
Company shall have, within any period beginning on January 1 and ending
not more than 12 months thereafter, earned pre-tax net income exceeding
$1,000,000, Mr. Rubin’s Base Salary shall be adjusted to an amount, to be
mutually agreed upon between Employee and the Company, reflecting the fair
value of the services provided, and to be provided, by Employee taking
into account (i) Employee’s position, responsibilities and performance,
(ii) the Company’s industry, size and performance, and (iii) other
relevant factors.
|
(2)
|
The
Company shall pay Mr. Bernstein a fixed base salary of $205,000 during the
first year of the Employment Term (commencing January 31, 2007), $220,000
during the second year of the Employment Term and $240,000 during the
Third Year and any additional year of the Employment Term. The Board may
periodically review Mr. Bernstein’s Base Salary and may determine to
increase (but not decrease) the Base Salary, in accordance with such
policies as the Company may hereafter adopt from time to time, if it deems
appropriate.
|
· Each
Executive shall receive a base salary and bonuses as described above. M.
Rubin and Bernstein shall be entitled to a monthly automobile allowance of
$1,500 and $1,000, respectively;
|
· M.
Rubin and Bernstein were granted on January 31, 2007 10-year options to
purchase 650,000 and 950,000 shares, respectively, exercisable at $1.25
per share, pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation
Plan. Vesting of the options is one-third immediately, one-third on
February 29, 2008 and one-third on February 28, 2009, provided that in the
event of a change in control or Executive is terminated without cause or
Executive terminates for good reason, all unvested options shall
accelerate and immediately vest and become exercisable in full on the
earliest of the date of change in control or date of Executive’s
termination for good reason by Executive or by the Company without
cause;
|
· The
Agreement shall be automatically renewed for additional one year terms
unless either party notifies the other, in writing, at least 60 days prior
to the expiration of the term, of such party’s intention not to renew the
Agreement;
|
· Each
Executive shall be required to devote his full business time and efforts
to the business and affairs of the Company. Each executive shall be
entitled to indemnification to the full extent permitted by law. Each
executive is subject to provisions relating to non-compete,
non-solicitation of employees and customers during the term of the
Agreement and for a specified period thereafter (other than for
termination without cause or by the Executive for good
reason.
|
· Each
Executive shall be entitled to participate in such Executive benefit and
other compensatory or non-compensatory plans that are available to
similarly situated executives of the Company and shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for up to $25,000 of medical costs not covered by the Company’s
health insurance per year.
|
· Bernstein
shall be entitled to reimbursement for out-of-pocket moving costs incurred
in connection with the relocation of the Company’s Executive offices to
Boca Raton, FL;
|
· The
Company shall, to the extent such benefits can be obtained at a reasonable
cost, provide the Executive with disability insurance benefits of at least
60% of his gross Base Salary per month; provided that for purposes of the
foregoing, prior to the date on which M. Rubin’s Base Salary is adjusted
above $1.00 as described above, M. Rubin’s Base Salary shall be deemed to
be $300,000. In the event of the Executive’s Disability, the Executive and
his family shall continue to be covered by all of the Company’s Executive
welfare benefit plans at the Company’s expense, to the extent such
benefits may, by law, be provided, for the lesser of the term of such
Disability and 24 months, in accordance with the terms of such plans;
and
|
· The
Company shall, to the extent such benefits can be obtained at a reasonable
cost, provide the Executive with life insurance benefits in the amount of
at least $500,000. In the event of the Executive’s death, the Executive’s
family shall continue to be covered by all of the Company’s Executive
welfare benefit plans, at the Company’s expense, to the extent such
benefits may, by law, be provided, for 12 months following the Executive’s
death in accordance with the terms of such
plans.
|
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and
Principal
Position
|
Fees
Earned
or Paid
in Cash
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
(1)
|
Option
Awards ($)
(1)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($) (2)
|
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($)
|
All Other
Compensation
($)
(3)(5)
|
Total ($)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
KennethSmalley,
Director
|
$ | 8,500 | $ | -0- | $ | 1,287 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 9,787 | |||||||||||||||
Frank
DeLape, Former Director (4)
|
$ | 6,500 | $ | -0- | $ | 1,287 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 7,787 | |||||||||||||||
George
Rubin, Director (5)
|
$ | 8,500 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 8,572 | $ | 17,072 | |||||||||||||||
E.
Anthony Woods,
Director
|
$ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 2,730 | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | -0- | $ | 2,730 |
(1)
|
Reflects
dollar amount expensed by the company during applicable fiscal year for
financial statement reporting purposes pursuant to FAS 123R. FAS
123R requires the company to determine the overall value of the restricted
stock awards and the options as of the date of grant based upon the
Black-Scholes method of valuation, and to then expense that value over the
service period over which the restricted stock awards and the options
become exercisable vested. As a general rule, for
time-in-service-based restricted stock awards and options, the company
will immediately expense any restricted stock award or option or portion
thereof which is vested upon grant, while expensing the balance on a pro
rata basis over the remaining vesting term of the restricted stock award
and option. For a description FAS 123 R and the assumptions used in
determining the value of the restricted stock awards and options under the
Black-Scholes model of valuation, see the notes to the financial
statements included with this Form
10-SB/A.
|
(2)
|
Excludes
awards or earnings reported in preceding
columns.
|
(3)
|
Includes
all other compensation not reported in the preceding columns, including
(i) perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the
aggregate amount of such compensation is less than $10,000; (ii) any
“gross-ups” or other amounts reimbursed during the fiscal year for the
payment of taxes; (iii) discounts from market price with respect to
securities purchased from the company except to the extent available
generally to all security holders or to all salaried employees; (iv) any
amounts paid or accrued in connection with any termination (including
without limitation through retirement, resignation, severance or
constructive termination, including change of responsibilities) or change
in control; (v) contributions to vested and unvested defined contribution
plans; (vi) any insurance premiums paid by, or on behalf of, the company
relating to life insurance for the benefit of the director; (vii) any
consulting fees earned, or paid or payable; (viii) any annual costs of
payments and promises of payments pursuant to a director legacy program
and similar charitable awards program; and (ix) any dividends or other
earnings paid on stock or option awards that are not factored into the
grant date fair value required to be reported in a preceding
column.
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(4)
|
Mr.
DeLape resigned from the Board of Directors on December 2, 2008. On
December 2, 2008, Mr. DeLape’s unvested shares terminated and he had until
the close of business on March 2, 2009 to exercise his vested options
totaling 120,000 shares. On March 2, 2009, Mr. DeLape’s vested options
terminated due to his failure to exercise such
options.
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(5)
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All
other compensation includes the payment of health insurance which is not
provided to other non-employee
directors.
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2007
Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
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Name
and Position
|
Dollar
Value ($)
|
Number
of Options
|
Morry
R. Rubin, Chief Executive Officer (2)
|
-0-
(1)
|
650,000
|
Brad
Bernstein, President (2)
|
-0-
(1)
|
950,000
|
Executive
Group (2)
|
-0-
(1)
|
1,600,000
|
Non-Executive
Director Group (two persons) (2)
|
-0-
(1)
|
280,000
|
Non-Executive
Officer Employee Group
|
-0-
(1)
|
5,000
|
(1)
|
On
January 31, 2007, we issued stock options to the Chief Executive Officer
(650,000), President (950,000) and two directors (360,000). The
fair value of these options ($.0468 each) was computed using the
Black Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the vested number of
these options has been recorded. The dollar value of these options is zero
because the exercise price of each option exceeded the fair value of our
common stock as of the close of business on December 31,
2008.
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(2)
|
On
January 31, 2007, we established a stock option plan covering 2,100,000
shares and granted non-statutory stock options to purchase 950,000, shares
and 650,000 shares to Brad Bernstein and Morry F. Rubin, respectively,
exercisable at $1.25 per share and granted non-statutory stock options to
purchase 180,000 shares to each of Kenneth Smalley and Frank DeLape,
exercisable at $1.25 per share. These options have a term of ten years and
vest one-third on the date of grant, one-third on February 29, 2008 and
one-third on February 28, 2009. On December 2, 2008, Mr. DeLape resigned
from the Board. He had a period of 90 days to exercise his vested options,
which options expired unexercised on March 2, 2009. On May 28, 2008, we
granted E. Anthony Woods options to purchase 100,000 shares, exercisable
at $1.25 per share from the vesting date through May 28, 2018, with
one-third vesting on May 28, 2008, one third vesting on May 28, 2009 and
the remaining one-third vesting on May 28,
2010.
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•
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the
acquisition by any person of direct or indirect ownership of securities
representing more than 50% of the voting power of our then outstanding
stock;
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•
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a
consolidation or merger of our Company resulting in the stockholders of
the Company immediately prior to such event not owning at least a majority
of the voting power of the resulting entity’s securities outstanding
immediately following such event;
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|
•
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the
sale of substantially all of our assets; or
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•
|
The
liquidation or dissolution of our Company.
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|
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each
of our stockholders who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of
our common stock;
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each
of our executive officers; and
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each
of our directors.
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Name
of Beneficial Owner
|
Shares
of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
|
%
of Shares of Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned
|
Shares
of Series 1
Preferred
Stock
Beneficially
Owned
|
%
of Shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned
(8)
|
%
of Shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned (9)
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Morry
F. Rubin (1)
|
4,737,500 | 34.9 | % | -0- | -0- | 22.3 | % | |||||||||||||
George
Rubin (1)
|
2,964,500 | 22.9 | % | -0- | -0- | 14.4 | % | |||||||||||||
Ilissa
and Brad Bernstein (2)
|
2,900,000 | 21.0 | % | -0- | -0- | 13.5 | % | |||||||||||||
E.
Anthony Woods (4)
|
33,333 | * | -0- | -0- | * | |||||||||||||||
Kenneth
Smalley (3)
|
180,000 | 1.4 | % | -0- | -0- | * | ||||||||||||||
All
officers and directors as a group (five persons) (5)
|
10,553,333 | 71.7 | % | -0- | -0- | 47.2 | % | |||||||||||||
William
Baquet(6)
|
2,178,944 | 16.8 | % | -0- | -0- | 10.6 | % | |||||||||||||
Buechel
Family Ltd Partnership (7)
|
1,159,050 | 7.4 | % | 231,810 | 17.6 | 6.5 | % | |||||||||||||
Buechel
Patient Care Research & Education Fund (7)
|
1,159,050 | 7.4 | % | 231,810 | 17.6 | 6.5 | % |
*
|
Represents
less than 1% of the outstanding
shares.
|
(1)
|
Morry
Rubin’s beneficial ownership includes options to purchase 650,000 shares
of Common Stock granted to him and 262,000 shares in which Morry
Rubin’s wife and George Rubin are co-trustees of certain family trusts.
George Rubin’s beneficial ownership includes 262,000 shares in which Morry
Rubin’s wife and George Rubin are co-trustees of certain family
trusts.
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(2)
|
Of
the 2,900,000 shares beneficially owned by them, 2,000,000 common are
owned by Illissa Bernstein, Brad Bernstein’s wife. The remaining 900,000
shares represent vested options to purchase a like amount of shares of
Common Stock granted to Brad
Bernstein.
|
(3)
|
Includes
options to purchase 180,000 shares of Common
Stock.
|
(4)
|
Includes
options to purchase 33,333 shares of the 100,000 options granted to Mr.
Woods.
|
(5)
|
Includes
all options referenced above.
|
(6)
|
The
shares held by William Baquet include 1,500,000 shares which are directly
beneficially owned by him and warrants to purchase 678,944 shares of our
Common Stock, exercisable at a purchase price of $1.10 per share through
January 31, 2012, which warrants were issued to Fordham Financial
Management, Inc. in connection with the completion of our recent private
placement of Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock. William Baquet is an
executive officer, director and principal of Fordham Financial Management,
Inc.
|
(7)
|
This
person beneficially owns 231,812 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock
convertible into 1,159,050 shares of Common Stock. Each beneficial owner
has the right to vote at each stockholder meeting the equivalent of
1,341,658 shares of Common Stock. These beneficial owners are under common
control of Frederick Buechel.
|
|
(8)
|
Based
upon 1,314,369 outstanding shares of Series 1 Preferred
Stock.
|
|
(9)
|
Based
upon 20,547,551 shares outstanding voting stock (as adjusted based upon
the beneficial ownership rules and
regulations).
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(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
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Plan
category
|
Number
of shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise
Of
outstanding options
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options
|
Number
of securities
remaining
available for
future
issuance under
equity
compensation plans
(excluding
shares
reflected
in column (a)
|
|||||||||
Equity
Compensation
Plans
|
1,885,000 | $ | 1.25 | 210,000 |
(a)
|
Financial
Statements
|
(b)
|
Exhibits
|
2.1
|
Exchange
Agreement
|
3.1
|
Certificate of
Incorporation-BTHC,INC.
|
3.2
|
Certificate
of Merger of BTHC XI, LLC into BTHC XI,
Inc.
|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Amendment
|
3.4
|
Designation
of Rights and Preferences-Series 1 Convertible Preferred
Stock
|
3.5
|
Amended
and Restated By-laws
|
4.1
|
Form
of Placement Agent Warrant issued to Fordham Financial
Management
|
10.1
|
Directors’
Compensation Agreement-George
Rubin
|
10.2
|
Employment
Contract-Morry F. Rubin
|
10.3
|
Employment
Contract-Brad Bernstein
|
10.4
|
Agreement-Line
of Credit
|
10.5
|
Fordham
Financial Management-Consulting
Agreement
|
10.6
|
Facilities
Lease – Florida
|
|
10.7
|
Facilities
Lease – North Carolina
|
|
10.8
|
Loan
and Security Agreement (1)
|
|
10.9
|
Revolving
Note (1)
|
|
10.10
|
Debt
Subordination Agreement (1)
|
|
10.11
|
Guaranty
Agreement (Morry Rubin) (1)
|
|
10.12
|
Guaranty
Agreement (Brad Bernstein)(1)
|
|
10.13
|
Continuing
Guaranty Agreement (1)
|
|
10.14
|
Pledge
Agreement (1)
|
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of Registrant listing state of incorporation*
|
|
31(a)
|
Rule
13a-14(a) Certification – Chief Executive Officer *
|
|
31(b)
|
Rule
13a-14(a) Certification – Chief Financial Officer *
|
|
32(a)
|
Section
1350 Certification – Chief Executive Officer *
|
|
32(b)
|
Section
1350 Certification – Chief Financial Officer *
|
|
99.1
|
2007
Omnibus Equity Compensation
Plan
|
99.2
|
Form
of Non-Qualified Option under 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation
Plan
|
99.3
|
Press
Release – 2008 Results of
Operations*
|
(1)
|
Incorporated
by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed November 24, 2008 (date of
earliest event November 21, 2008).
|
(c)
|
Financial
Statement Schedules
|
ANCHOR FUNDING SERVICES, INC. | |||
|
By:
|
/s/ Brad Bernstein | |
Brad Bernstein, President | |||
and Chief Financial Officer | |||
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/
Brad Bernstein
|
President,
Chief Financial Officer and Director
|
March
27, 2009
|
||
Brad Bernstein | ||||
/s/
Morry F. Rubin
|
Chief
Executive Officer Director and Co-Chairman
|
March 27, 2009 | ||
Morry F. Rubin | of the Board | |||
/s/
George Rubin
|
Co-Chairman
of the Board
|
March
27, 2009
|
||
George
Rubin
|
||||
/s/ E. Anthony Woods | Director | March 27, 2009 | ||
E/ Anthony Woods | ||||
/s/ Kenneth Smalley | Director | March 27, 2009 | ||
Kenneth Smalley |
Name
|
State of Incorporation
|
|
Anchor
Funding Services, LLC
|
South
Carolina
|
I, Morry
F. Rubin, as Chief Executive Officer of Anchor Funding Services, Inc.,
certifies that:
|
||
1.
|
I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Anchor Funding
Services, Inc.;
|
|
2
|
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
|
|
3.
|
Based
on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
|
|
4.
|
The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
|
a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
|
|
b)
|
Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
|
|
c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
|
d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
|
|
5.
|
The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of
directors:
|
|
a)
|
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
|
|
b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
|
/s/
|
Morry F. Rubin
|
Morry
F. Rubin
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
I,
Brad Bernstein as Chief Financial Officer of Anchor Funding Services,
Inc., certifies that:
|
||
1.
|
I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Anchor Funding Services,
Inc.;
|
|
2
|
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
|
|
3.
|
Based
on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
|
|
4.
|
The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
|
a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
|
|
b)
|
Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
|
|
c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
|
d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
|
|
5.
|
The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of
directors:
|
|
a)
|
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
|
|
b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
|
/s/
|
Brad Bernstein
|
Brad
Bernstein
|
|
Chief
Financial
Officer
|
March
27, 2009
|
|
/s/
|
Morry F. Rubin
|
Morry
F. Rubin
|
|
Chief
Executive
Officer
|
March
27, 2009
|
|
/s/
|
Brad Bernstein
|
Brad
Bernstein
|
|
Chief
Financial
Officer
|