UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-QSB
x Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period endedJanuary 31, 2004
¨ Transition Report pursuant to 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period _____________ to ______________
Commission File Number0-26729
WORLDBID CORPORATION
(Exact name of small Business Issuer as specified in its charter)
NEVADA | 88-0427619 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
incorporation or organization) | |
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810 PEACE PORTAL DRIVE, SUITE 201 | |
BLAINE, WA | 98230 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
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Issuer’s telephone number, including area code: | (360) 332-1752 |
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days x Yes ¨ No
State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:126,094,416 shares of $0.001 par value common stock outstanding as of March 8, 2004.
PART 1 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JANUARY 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
| | JANUARY 31 | | | APRIL 30 | |
| | 2004 | | | 2003 | |
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ASSETS | | | | | | |
Current | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 55,652 | | $ | 41,834 | |
Trade accounts receivable | | 2,536 | | | 20,887 | |
Receivables, other | | 2,748 | | | 6,707 | |
| | 60,936 | | | 69,428 | |
Security Deposits | | 29,101 | | | 28,372 | |
Equipment, net | | 11,677 | | | 36,262 | |
Intangible Assets, net | | 19,366 | | | 40,481 | |
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| $ | 121,080 | | $ | 174,543 | |
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LIABILITIES | | | | | | |
Current | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 198,898 | | $ | 438,418 | |
Shareholder loans | | 7,181 | | | 25,000 | |
| | 206,079 | | | 463,418 | |
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Convertible Notes(Note 3) | | 24,000 | | | 511,500 | |
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STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY | | | | | | |
Capital Stock | | | | | | |
Authorized: | | | | | | |
500,000,000 common shares, par value $ 0.001 | | | | | | |
1,000,000 preferred shares, par value $ 0.0001 | | | | | | |
100,000,000 preferred shares, par value $ 0.001 | | | | | | |
Issued: | | | | | | |
126,094,416 (April 30, 2003 – 94,081,441) common | | | | | | |
shares | | 126,094 | | | 94,081 | |
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Additional Paid-In Capital | | 6,496,667 | | | 5,144,748 | |
Contributed Surplus | | 38,200 | | | 38,200 | |
Deferred Stock Compensation | | (62,991 | ) | | - | |
Deficit | | (6,678,491 | ) | | (6,056,003 | ) |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | | (28,478 | ) | | (21,401 | ) |
| | (108,999 | ) | | (800,375 | ) |
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| $ | 121,080 | | $ | 174,543 | |
Liquidity And Future Operations (Note 2)
See accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
| | THREE MONTHS ENDED | | | NINE MONTHS ENDED | |
| | JANUARY 31 | | | JANUARY 31 | |
| | 2004 | | | 2003 | | | 2004 | | | 2003 | |
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Revenue | $ | 101,888 | | | 88,712 | | $ | 307,096 | | | 230,676 | |
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Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Selling, general and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | |
expenses (Note 4) | | 562,789 | | | 97,278 | | | 772,538 | | | 371,545 | |
Interest expense | | 23,362 | | | 42,521 | | | 110,921 | | | 107,487 | |
Depreciation and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
amortization | | 15,350 | | | 16,851 | | | 46,125 | | | 36,925 | |
Goodwill impairment | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 94,216 | |
| | 601,501 | | | 156,650 | | | 929,584 | | | 610,173 | |
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Loss For The Period | | (499,613 | ) | | (67,938 | ) | | (622,488 | ) | | (379,497 | ) |
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Foreign Currency | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Translation | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Adjustment | | (799 | ) | | (2,900 | ) | | (7,077 | ) | | (4,083 | ) |
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Comprehensive Loss | $ | (500,412 | ) | $ | (70,838 | ) | $ | (629,565 | ) | $ | (383,580 | ) |
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Net Loss Per Share– | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) |
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Weighted Average | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number Of Common | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares Outstanding | | 114,921,854 | | | 34,220,371 | | | 101,322,661 | | | 28,728,917 | |
See accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
| | NINE MONTHS ENDED | |
| | JANUARY 31 | |
| | 2004 | | | 2003 | |
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Cash Flows From Operating Activities | | | | | | |
Loss for the period | $ | (622,488 | ) | $ | (379,497 | ) |
Items not involving cash: | | | | | | |
Stock based compensation | | 445,632 | | | - | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 46,125 | | | 36,925 | |
Goodwill impairment | | - | | | 94,216 | |
| | (130,731 | ) | | (248,356 | ) |
Change in non-cash working capital items: | | | | | | |
Trade accounts receivable | | 18,351 | | | (1,081 | ) |
Receivables, other | | 3,959 | | | 3,795 | |
Prepaid expenses | | - | | | 2,839 | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | 150,470 | | | 236,589 | |
| | 42,049 | | | (6,214 | ) |
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Cash Flows From Investing Activity | | | | | | |
Capital expenditures | | (425 | ) | | (1,010 | ) |
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Cash Flows From Financing Activities | | | | | | |
Security deposits | | (729 | ) | | 10,000 | |
Shareholder loans (repayment) | | (20,000 | ) | | 5,000 | |
| | (20,729 | ) | | 15,000 | |
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Effect Of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash | | (7,077 | ) | | (4,083 | ) |
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Net Increase In Cash And Cash Equivalents | | 13,818 | | | 3,693 | |
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Cash And Cash Equivalents, Beginning Of Period | | 41,834 | | | 20,049 | |
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Cash And Cash Equivalents, End Of Period | $ | 55,652 | | $ | 23,742 | |
See accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JANUARY 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
1. | BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Worldbid Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated on August 10, 1998 in the State of Nevada as Tethercam Systems, Inc. On January 15, 1999, the Company changed its name to Worldbid Corporation. The Company is engaged in the business of facilitating electronic commerce via the internet through the operation of an online business-to-business world trade web site. The Company operates in one business segment. The Company has consolidated its wholly-owned subsidiary company, Worldbid Canada Corporation. All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidation. The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company at January 31, 2004, and for the nine month period then ended, include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and operating results for the interim periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted in these interim statements under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accounting policies used in fiscal 2004 are consistent with those used in fiscal 2003. The results of operations for the nine months ended January 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year ending April 30, 2004. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003 and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-KSB. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. |
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2. | LIQUIDITY AND FUTURE OPERATIONS The Company has sustained net losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception. At January 31, 2004, the Company has negative working capital of $145,143. The Company’s ability to meet its obligations in the ordinary course of business is dependent upon its ability to establish profitable operations and to obtain additional funding through public or private equity financing, collaborative or other arrangements with corporate sources, or other sources. Management is seeking to increase revenues through continued marketing of its services; however, additional funding will be required. Management is working to obtain sufficient working capital from external sources in order to continue operations. There is, however, no assurance that the aforementioned events, including the receipt of additional funding, will occur or be successful. |
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JANUARY 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
3. | CONVERTIBLE NOTES On September 14, 2001, the Company approved an offering of up to 1,500 units at a price of $1,000 per unit. Each unit consists of one 15% guaranteed convertible note in the principal amount of $1,000 and twenty thousand (20,000) share purchase warrants. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional share at a price of $0.15 per share up to September 30, 2004. The notes fall due on September 30, 2004, bear interest at 15% per annum, payable annually, and are secured by a general security agreement over the assets of Worldbid Canada Corporation and by the subordination of intercompany debt. The notes are convertible into shares of common stock of the Company at the option of the holder, on the basis of the lesser of 50% of the average market price of the Company’s shares for the ten day period preceding the conversion or $0.05 per share. The Company may, at its option, elect to issue shares of common stock for its interest obligations on the basis of 75% of the average market price of the Company’s shares for the ten days immediately preceding the interest payment date. On December 26, 2003, the Company issued 28,365,386 common shares at a price of $0.026 per share on the conversion of 737.5 units of convertible notes. Interest payable to the note holders amounting to $26,648 at December 26, 2003 was converted to 683,274 common shares at a price of $0.039 per share. As at January 31, 2004, 24 units of 15% convertible notes are outstanding. |
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JANUARY 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
4. | SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES |
| | | 2004 | | | 2003 | |
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| Selling expenses | | | | | | |
| Salaries and benefits | $ | 30,262 | | $ | 28,586 | |
| Commissions | | 787 | | | 1,107 | |
| Marketing expense | | 20,287 | | | 10,919 | |
| Travel | | 564 | | | 1,044 | |
| | | 51,900 | | | 41,656 | |
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| General and administrative expenses | | | | | | |
| Salaries and benefits | | 199,596 | | | 244,672 | |
| Technical support and operations | | 38,323 | | | 39,663 | |
| Stock based compensation | | 445,632 | | | - | |
| Telephone and facsimile | | 4,312 | | | 3,785 | |
| Professional services | | 25,626 | | | 35,303 | |
| Other | | 7,149 | | | 6,466 | |
| | | 720,638 | | | 329,889 | |
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| Total selling, general and administrative expenses | $ | 772,538 | | $ | 371,545 | |
5. | SHARE CAPITAL On December 9, 2003, the Company increased its authorized capital to 500,000,000 common stock with a par value of $0.001 and authorized the creation of 100,000,000 preferred stock with a par value of $0.001. |
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6. | STOCK BASED COMPENSATION On January 2, 2004, the Board of Directors approved the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan under which directors, officers, employees and eligible consultants of the Company may be granted stock options. The Company may grant options to acquire up to 12,500,000 shares of common stock under the plan. During the quarter ended January 31, 2004, the Company granted stock options to directors and employees to acquire up to 4,000,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.08 per share, expiring January 2006. The Company also granted options to consultants to acquire up to 6,150,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.08, expiring January 2006. |
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JANUARY 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
6. | STOCK BASED COMPENSATION(Continued) All of the options vest immediately except for 1,900,000 issued to consultants, 950,000 of which vest immediately and 950,000 vest in January 2005. The Company accounts for stock based employee and director compensation arrangements in accordance with provisions of Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25 –“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and related interpretations. The fair value of the options granted during the period was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate of 3.0%, expected volatility of 180%, an expected option life of two years, and no expected dividends. Had the Company determined compensation cost based on the fair value at the date of grant for its employees stock options, the net loss would have increased by $288,323 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2004. During the nine month period ended January 31, 2004, the Company recognized stock based compensation for non-employees in the amount of $445,632. |
| | | 2004 | | | 2003 | |
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| Net loss, as reported | $ | (622,488 | ) | $ | (379,497 | ) |
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| Add: Stock based compensation expense included in net | | | | | | |
| loss, as reported | | 445,632 | | | - | |
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| Deduct: Stock based compensation expense determined | | | | | | |
| under fair value method | | (733,955 | ) | | - | |
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| Net loss, pro-forma | $ | (910,811 | ) | $ | (379,497 | ) |
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| Net loss per share (basic and diluted), as reported | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) |
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| Net loss per share (basic and diluted), pro-forma | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) |
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WORLDBID CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JANUARY 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
7. | RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In December 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148 – “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation –Transition and Disclosure” (“SFAS 148”). SFAS 148 provides alternative methods of transition for a voluntarily change to the fair value method of accounting for stock based employee compensation. SFAS 148 also amends the disclosure requirements of SFAS 123 to require prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements about the method of accounting for stock based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results. We adopted the disclosure requirements of SFAS 148 effective May 1, 2003. We follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 – “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”) in accounting for our stock based compensation plans. Under APB 25, no compensation expense is recognized for our stock based compensation plans since the exercise prices of awards under our plans are at current market prices of our stock on the date of grant. We have not granted any stock options in 2004 or 2003. In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150 – “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity”. The standard improves the accounting for certain financial instruments that, under previous guidance, issuers could account for as equity. The standard requires that those instruments be classified as liabilities in statements of financial position. This standard is effective for interim periods beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 150 did not have an effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or debt covenants. In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46 – “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities”. Interpretation No. 46 requires that the assets, liabilities and results of the activity of variable interest entities be consolidated into the financial statements of the company that has the controlling financial interest. Interpretation No. 46 also provides guidance for determining whether a variable interest entity should be consolidated based on voting interest or significant financial support provided to it. Interpretation No. 46 became effective for the Company on February 1, 2003 for variable interest entities created prior to February 1, 2003. The adoption of Interpretation No. 46 did not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements. |
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operations
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
The information in this discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the Company’s capital needs, business strategy and expectations. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “believe”, estimate”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. Actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the risks discussed below, and, from time to time, in other reports the Company files with the SEC, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended April 30, 2003. These factors may cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update these statements, or disclose any difference between its actual results and those reflected in these statements. The information constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
OVERVIEW
Worldbid Corporation (“We” or “Worldbid”) owns and operates an international business-to-business and government-to-business facilitation service, which combines proprietary software with the power of the Internet to bring buyers and sellers together from around the world for interactive trade. We were founded on the basis of a simple premise: small, mid-sized and even large companies face numerous linguistic, cultural and logistical barriers when trying to find new buyers nationally and internationally or when trying to develop new sources of products or materials nationally and internationally. We have designed our Worldbid.com Internet web site to enable companies throughout the world to procure, source (buy) and tender (sell) products and services nationally and internationally.
We currently earn revenue from the following sources:
| 1. | sales of membership subscriptions to businesses using our Worldbid web site; |
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| 2. | up-front fees for partnership arrangements where we are paid for our web site development services; |
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| 3. | sales of advertising placed on our Worldbid web sites and on e-mail trade notifications that are transmitted via the Worldbid web site to businesses. |
We began generating advertising revenues in August 1999. We began to charge membership subscription fees for our Worldbid web sites in April 2001. We have repositioned our revenue model to a revenue model based primarily on charging fees to businesses for membership subscriptions to our Worldbid web sites from one that earns revenues from advertising on e-mail notifications. As we have undertaken this repositioning strategy, our revenues from advertising have become a smaller proportion of overall revenues. We have undertaken this repositioning strategy based on our belief that our Worldbid web sites now offer sufficient value to businesses to justify charging a fee to businesses that choose to become members of our Worldbid web sites. However, there is no assurance that our fee-based subscription revenue model will be commercially successful.
Our operating expenses continue to exceed our revenues. Accordingly, our ability to continue our business operations is subject to our achieving additional financing. See the discussion below under Liquidity and Financial Condition. In order to address our shortage of cash and working capital, we took the following measures during our previous fiscal year ended April 30, 2002 in order to reduce our operating costs:
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1. | We have reduced our staffing level to the minimum number required to continue to support our business operations. We now have a total of six full-time equivalent consultants and five part-time consultants. |
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2. | We have reduced travel, marketing and selling expenses in order to focus our cash reserves on basic business operations. |
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3. | We have given up our operations office in Victoria, British Columbia in order to reduce our lease expense. |
These measures have served to reduce our operating costs and our cash requirements. However, these measures may also impact on our ability to continue to achieve additional revenues from the expansion of our web site operations.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
NINE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2004 COMPARED TO NINE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2003
Revenues
We had revenues of $307,096 for the nine months ended January 31, 2004, compared to $230,676 for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $76,420 or 33%. We had revenues of $101,888 for the third quarter ended January 31, 2004, compared to $88,712 for the third quarter ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $13,176 or 15%.
Our revenues from sales of membership subscriptions to our Worldbid web sites for the nine months ended January 31, 2004 increased to approximately $253,527, representing approximately 82.6% of our total revenues, compared to $227,716 for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing 98.7% of revenues. The balance of our revenues was comprised primarily of revenues from advertising sales. The increase in our revenues was in part attributable to our acquisition of the ECeurope.com web site and related business in our second quarter of 2003. We have experienced an increase in advertising revenues in 2004 compared to 2003; however we believe that these revenues will constitute less than 20% of our revenues during our current fiscal year notwithstanding any overall increase. Revenues from our Worldbid global payment services, data mining services and our partnership arrangements have been minimal during the first nine months of our current fiscal year. We anticipate that we will not earn significant revenues from partnership arrangements during our the balance of our current fiscal year.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses were $929,584 for the nine months ended January 31, 2004, compared to operating expenses of $610,173 for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $319,411 or 52%. Our operating expenses were $601,501 for the third quarter ended January 31, 2004, compared to operating expenses of $156,650 for the third quarter ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $444,851 or 384%. The increase in our operating expenses was attributable to an increase in our selling, general and administrative expenses attributable to stock based compensation expense incurred during our third quarter.
Our selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $772,538 for the nine months ended January 31, 2004, compared to $371,545 for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $400,993 or 108%. The increase is primarily the result of a stock based compensation expense of $445,632 incurred in our third quarter in connection with stock options that we granted. Exclusive of stock based compensation, our selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $326,906 for the nine months ended January 31, 2004. This decrease exclusive of stock based compensation reflectsour decision to scale back our selling and marketing expenses due to our limited working capital. We expect that our selling, general and administration expenses may increase substantially if we are able to achieve the necessary financing to enable us to implement our expansion strategy in accordance with our business plan. We
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anticipate that our operating expenses will be maintained at the current level if we are able to maintain our current revenues without receiving any additional financing.
During the nine months ended January 31, 2004, we incurred minimal selling expenses in the amount of $51,900, compared to $41,656 for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $10,244 or 25%. Our minimal selling expenses reflects our decision to reduce our selling expenses based on the fact that we have not had sufficient working capital to finance our plans for the selling and marketing of our Worldbid web sites and our services while maintaining our web site operations. We expect selling expenses to increase if our revenues increase sufficiently to provide us with the cash flow necessary to increase selling expenses or if we are able to achieve additional financing that would enable us to increase our selling and marketing expenditures. We plan to increase selling expenses in order to implement marketing programs to promote Worldbid and our subscription fee based services and to develop and promote our regional and vertical partner sites.
Our interest expense increased to $110,921 for the nine months ended January 31, 2004, compared to $107,487 for the nine months ended January 31, 2003, representing an increase of $3,434 or 3%. Our interest expense decreased to $23,362 for the third quarter ended January 31, 2004, compared to $42,521 for the third quarter ended January 31, 2003, representing a decrease of $19,159 or 45%. Our interest expense is primarily attributable to interest payable on our outstanding convertible notes. The decrease in interest expense during our third quarter was attributable to conversion of these outstanding convertible notes into shares of our common stock during our third quarter.
Net Loss
We recorded a loss of $622,488 for the nine months ended January 31, 2004, compared to a loss of $379,497 for the nine months ended January 31, 2003. We recorded a loss of $499,613 for the third quarter ended January 31, 2004, compared to a loss of $67,938 for the third quarter ended January 31, 2003. Our increased losses are attributable to our third quarter stock based compensation expense, as discussed above.
If we are able to achieve the required financing, we anticipate that our operating expenses will increase as we carry out our business strategy and plan of operations due to the following factors:
1. | we plan a substantial marketing and sales program once we achieve increased financing in order to increase our paid registered user base and to develop and promote our regional and vertical partner sites; |
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2. | we anticipate incurring increased expenses associated with anticipated increased usage of the Worldbid web sites and expansion of our business; |
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3. | we anticipate incurring increased expenses associated with developing programs and software systems required to handle a larger membership base; and |
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4. | we anticipate incurring additional expenses associated with completing and managing our plan of operation and expansion efforts. |
We will not be able to proceed with these plans if we do not achieve the required financing. If we are able to proceed with these plans but the increased operating expenses incurred do not result in us achieving increased revenues, then our losses will increase.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We had cash on hand of $55,652 as at January 31, 2004, compared to cash on hand of $41,834 as at April 30, 2003. We had a working capital deficit of $145,143 as at January 31, 2004, compared to a working capital deficit of $393,990 at April 30, 2003.
We were able to achieve a substantial reduction to our working capital deficit during the first nine months of 2004 by the issuance of an additional $250,000 of our 15% guaranteed convertible notes and Series X Share
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Purchase Warrants to our certain of our creditors on October 31, 2003. Liabilities settled by issuances of convertible notes included a liability in the amount of $135,000 attributable to the amount owed to our former independent auditor, including accrued interest. This liability was acquired by Logan Anderson, our president, from our former independent auditor by way of an assignment and was settled by us through the issue of $135,000 of our 15% guaranteed convertible notes and 2,700,000 Series X Share Purchase Warrants. These convertible notes have subsequently been converted into shares of our common stock during our third quarter.
We have historically been dependent on sales of our equity securities, secured convertible notes and loans from certain of our shareholders to finance our business operations. We did not achieve any sales of our common stock or other equity securities for cash proceeds during the nine months ended January 31, 2004. There is no assurance that we will be able to complete further sales of our equity securities, secured convertible notes or obtain further loans in order to finance our business operations.
We have also financed our business operations using loans advanced by Logan Anderson, our chief executive officer and one of our directors. Mr. Anderson advanced an additional $25,000 to us in our fourth quarter of 2003 as an unsecured shareholders loan. This shareholder loan was outstanding in the amount of $7,181 as of January 31, 2004. There is no assurance that either Mr. Anderson or any other shareholder will advance further funds to us in order to finance our business operations.
Our monthly selling, general and administrative expenses are approximately $35,000 to $40,000 per month. Our current revenues are approximately $30,000 to $35,000 per month. As our expenses continue to exceed our revenues, we are still dependent on additional financing to maintain our business operations. We will continue to attempt to maintain our reduced level of operating costs while maintaining revenues in order to reduce our financing requirements. We continue to require additional financing in order to repay our outstanding liabilities, as reflected in our working capital deficit. Failure to repay our creditors or make satisfactory arrangements to repay our creditors may impact our ability to continue operations.
We are presently pursuing additional financing and we anticipate that any additional financing would be through sales of secured convertible notes and share purchase warrants, as discussed below, sales of our common stock or through loans from our shareholders. However, we do not have any commitments in place for the sale of any of our securities and there is no assurance that we will be able to raise the additional capital that we require to continue operations. As we have been unable to raise financing to maintain our prior level of operations, we have scaled back our business operations. See Overview above.
15% Guaranteed Convertible Notes
During the second quarter of our fiscal year ended October 31, 2002, our board of directors approved an offering of secured convertible notes and share purchase warrants in order enable us to raise the funds required for us to sustain our business operations. The offering consists of the offering of up to 1,500 units. Each unit consists of one $1,000 15% guaranteed convertible note and 20,000 Series X share purchase warrants (the “Series X Share Purchase Warrants”). The offering is being made pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. The convertible notes will be due on September 30, 2004 and will bear interest at 15% per annum payable annually. The notes are guaranteed by Worldbid’s wholly-owned subsidiary Worldbid Canada Corporation (the “Subsidiary”) which guarantee is secured by a general security agreement charging present and future acquired assets of the Subsidiary. The notes are convertible into shares of Worldbid’s common stock, at the option of the holder, on the basis of the lesser of 50% of the average market price of Worldbid’s shares for the 10 day period preceding conversion or $0.05 per share. Worldbid may at its option elect to issue common shares in satisfaction of its interest obligations on the basis of 75% of the average market price of Worldbid’s shares for the 10 day period preceding the interest payment date. Each Series X Share Purchase Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share of Worldbid’s common stock on the following basis:
a. | $0.05 per share if exercised prior to September 30, 2002; |
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b. | $0.10 per share if exercised after September 30, 2002 and prior to September 30, 2003; and |
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c. | $0.15 per share if exercised after September 30, 2003 and prior to September 30, 2004. |
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To date, we have issued an aggregate of 1,306.5 of our 15% guaranteed convertible notes representing aggregate indebtedness under the convertible notes of $1,306,500. Of these convertible notes, a total representing aggregate indebtedness of $1,282,500 have been converted into 87,365,386 shares of our common stock to date. Accordingly, the principal amount of our 15% guaranteed convertible notes outstanding as of January 31, 2004 was $24,000. In addition, we have issued an aggregate of 26,130,000 Series X Share Purchase Warrants, none of which have been exercised to date. The remaining 15% guaranteed convertible notes are currently convertible into approximately 480,000 shares of our common stock, based on our the trading price of our common stock of $0.10 per share as of March 12, 2004.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Revenue Recognition
We earn revenue by selling subscriptions to our service, advertising on email communications to businesses using the Worldbid Corporation website services, direct advertising by businesses on our website and from data sales to consumer oriented companies. Revenue is recognized once the service or product is delivered.
Stock Based Compensation
We account for stock based employee and director compensation arrangements in accordance with provisions of Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25 – “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and related interpretations, and complies with the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 148 – “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation”. Under APB No. 25, compensation expense is based on the difference, if any, on the date the number of shares receivable is determined, between the estimated fair value of our stock and the exercise price of options to purchase that stock. Stock based compensation arrangements for others are recorded at their fair value as the services are provided and the compensation earned.
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ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of January 31, 2004, being the date of our most recently completed fiscal quarter. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Logan Anderson and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Howard Thomson. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting management to material information relating to us required to be included in our periodic SEC filings. There have been no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date we carried out our evaluation.
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
During our most recently completed fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2004, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
The term “internal control over financial reporting” is defined as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the registrant's board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
(1) | Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the registrant; |
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(2) | Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the registrant are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the registrant; and |
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(3) | Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the registrant's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. |
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We and our operating subsidiary, Worldbid Canada Corporation, have been named as defendants in an action commenced by the Bank of Montreal in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in June, 2001 against ourselves, Worldbid Canada Corporation, our subsidiary, and Mr. Howard Thomson, our treasurer and chief financial officer and one of our directors. There have been no material developments in these legal proceedings since our fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2001.
Item 2. Changes in Securities
We did not issue any of our securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 during the three months ended January 31, 2004 except as set forth below:
1. | On December 26, 2003, we issued an aggregate of 28,365,386 shares of our common stock to fifteen holders of our 15% guaranteed convertible notes upon the conversion of convertible notes having an aggregate principal amount of $737,500. The notes were converted at a price of $0.026 per share, being 50% of the average market price of our common stock prior to conversion in accordance with the terms of the convertible notes. Other than shares issued to our directors and officers, the shares were issued in reliance of Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis that each holder of our convertible notes is not a “U.S. Person”, as defined in Regulation S. Each share certificate representing the issued shares will be endorsed with a restrictive legend confirming that the shares cannot be resold without registration under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Of the shares issued, 7,500,000 were issued to Mr. Logan Anderson, our chief executive officer, and 1,153,846 were issued to Mr. Howard Thomson, our chief financial officer. Shares issued to Mr. Anderson and Mr. Thomson were issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. |
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
During our fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2004, our shareholders approved the increase to the authorized number of shares of our common stock from 100,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares and the creation of a class of 100,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock. Shareholders holding 55.8% of our common stock approved these changes which were effected by an amendment to our articles of incorporation. The action by shareholders was taken by written consent of the holders of the majority of our outstanding shares of common stock in accordance with Nevada law. We have filed a certificate of amendment to our articles of incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State in order to give effect to the changes to our authorized capital. A copy of the certificate of amendment to our articles of incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State was filed as an exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the six months ended October 31, 2003.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
EXHIBITS REQUIRED BY ITEM 601 OF REGULATION SB
The following exhibits are either provided with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB or are incorporated herein by reference:
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Exhibit 3.1 | Articles of Incorporation(1) |
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Exhibit 3.2 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation(1) |
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Exhibit 3.3 | By-Laws of the Company(1) |
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Exhibit 3.4 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation(2) |
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Exhibit 3.5 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation(7) |
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Exhibit 4.1 | Specimen Stock Certificate(1) |
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Exhibit 4.2 | Form of 15% Guaranteed Convertible Notes(3) |
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Exhibit 4.3 | Form of Series X Share Purchase Warrant(3) |
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Exhibit 4.4 | 2000 Stock Option Plan(2) |
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Exhibit 10.1 | Executive Consultant Agreement dated September 1, 2001 between Worldbid and Logan Anderson(4) |
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Exhibit 10.2 | Executive Consultant Agreement dated September 1, 2001 between Worldbid and Howard Thomson(4) |
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Exhibit 10.3 | Memorandum of Agreement dated September 18, 2002 between Worldbid and City of London Group PLC(5) |
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Exhibit 10.4 | Amendment to Executive Consultant Agreement dated November 1, 2002 between Worldbid and Logan Anderson(6) |
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Exhibit 10.5 | Amendment to Executive Consultant Agreement dated November 1, 2002 between Worldbid and Howard Thomson(6) |
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Exhibit 10.6 | 2004 Stock Incentive Plan(8) |
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Exhibit 31.1 | |
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Exhibit 31.2 | |
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Exhibit 32.1 | |
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(1) | Incorporated by reference from our registration statement on Form10-SB12G/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 1999 (File No. 0-26729). |
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(2) | Incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2000. |
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(3) | Incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 24, 2001. |
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(4) | Incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2002. |
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(5) | Incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2002. |
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(6) | Incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2003. |
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(7) | Filed as an Exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the six months ended October 31, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2003. |
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(8) | Filed as an Exhibit to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB. |
REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
We did not file any Current Reports on Form 8-K during the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2004. We have not filed any Current Reports on Form 8-K since January 31, 2004.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
WORLDBID CORPORATION
By: | /s/ Logan Anderson | |
| Logan Anderson, Chief Financial Officer | |
| Director | |
| Date: March 15, 2004 | |
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By: | /s/ Howard Thomson | |
| Howard Thomson, Chief Financial Officer | |
| Director | |
| Date: March 15, 2004 | |
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