U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number: 000-25485
PTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 88-0380544 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3355 Spring Mountain Road, Suite 66 Las Vegas, Nevada (Address of principal executive offices) | 89102 (Zip Code) |
(702) 882-3999
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yesx No¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes¨ No¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
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Large accelerated filer ¨ | Accelerated filer ¨ |
Non-accelerated filer ¨ | Smaller reporting company x |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes¨ Nox
State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date: As of November 13, 2009, the issuer had 1,349,491,776 shares of its common stock issued and outstanding.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I | | |
Item 1. | Financial Statements | 4 |
Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 17 |
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. | 30 |
Item 4T. | Controls and Procedures. | 34 |
PART II | | |
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 34 |
Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 34 |
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 34 |
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 35 |
Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | 35 |
Item 5. | Other Information | 35 |
Item 6. | Exhibits | 35 |
| Signatures | 37 |
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
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PTS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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| September 30, | | December 31, |
| 2009 | | 2008 |
| (Unaudited) | | |
ASSETS | | | |
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Current assets | | | |
Cash | $ 117,133 | | $ 116,987 |
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,448 and $1,448 | 172,126 | | 240,457 |
Other current assets | 500 | | 6,710 |
Total current assets | 289,759 | | 364,154 |
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Property and equipment, net of accumulated | | | |
depreciation of $259,868 and $178,265 | 304,966 | | 367,825 |
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Goodwill | 908,712 | | 908,712 |
Deposits | 5,260 | | 5,260 |
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TOTAL ASSETS | $ 1,508,697 | | $ 1,645,951 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT | | | |
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Current liabilities | | | |
Accounts payable | $ 128,967 | | $ 181,776 |
Accrued expenses | 562,147 | | 412,817 |
Advances payable | 21,500 | | 4,732 |
Convertible notes payable, current portion, net of unamortized | | | |
discount of $6,564 and $15,318 | 144,864 | | 408,269 |
Convertible notes payable - related party | 153,117 | | 342,537 |
Notes payable | 25,397 | | 36,935 |
Notes payable, related party | 142,200 | | 179,202 |
Advances payable - related party | 15,500 | | - |
Lease payable, current portion | - | | 2,483 |
Total current liabilities | 1,193,692 | | 1,568,751 |
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Convertible notes payable, long term portion, net of unamortized | | | |
discount of $7,167 and $8,753 | 416,188 | | 114,781 |
Convertible notes payable - related party | 210,816 | | - |
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Total liabilities | 1,820,696 | | 1,683,532 |
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Stockholders' deficit | | | |
Preferred stock, Series A, $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, 11,448,933 and 12,303,933 shares issued and outstanding | 11,449 | | 12,304 |
Preferred stock, Series B, $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding | - | | - |
Preferred stock, Series C, $0.001 par value; 7,500,000 shares authorized, 3,000,000 and 5,250,000 shares issued and outstanding | 3,000 | | 5,250 |
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Preferred stock, Series D, $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, 15,000,000 shares issued and outstanding | 15,000 | | 15,000 |
Preferred stock, Series E, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, 1,019,975 and 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding | 1,020 | | 1,000 |
Preferred stock, Series F, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding | - | | - |
Preferred stock, Series G, $0.001 par value; 3,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding | - | | - |
Preferred stock, undesignated, $0.001 par value; 119,500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding | - | | - |
Common stock, $0.00001 par value; 2,800,000,000 shares | | | |
authorized, 1,349,491,776 and 1,175,960,295 shares issued and outstanding | 13,495 | | 11,760 |
Additional paid-in capital | 19,740,553 | | 19,674,860 |
Accumulated deficit | (20,279,219) | | (19,966,277) |
Total PTS, Inc. stockholders' deficit | (494,702) | | (246,103) |
Noncontrolling interest | 182,703 | | 208,522 |
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Total stockholders' deficit | (311,999) | | (37,581) |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT | $ 1,508,697 | | $ 1,645,951 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PTS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 AND 2008
(Unaudited)
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| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
| 2009 | | 2008 | | 2009 | | 2008 |
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Sales | $ 441,306 | | $ 324,973 | | $ 890,397 | | $ 1,104,595 |
Cost of sales | 153,378 | | 182,770 | | 407,004 | | 471,855 |
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Gross profit | 287,928 | | 142,203 | | 483,393 | | 632,740 |
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Selling expense | 19,802 | | 19,857 | | 59,302 | | 60,021 |
General and administrative expense | 231,794 | | 295,630 | | 678,841 | | 794,021 |
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Total operating expense | 251,596 | | 315,487 | | 738,143 | | 854,042 |
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Income (loss) from operations before | | | | | | | |
interest and other expense | 36,332 | | (173,284) | | (254,750) | | (221,302) |
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Interest income | - | | - | | - | | 180 |
Finance cost | (3,510) | | (1,944) | | (21,054) | | (16,867) |
Interest expense | (17,897) | | (19,653) | | (54,753) | | (63,957) |
Loss on extinguishment of debt | - | | - | | (8,204) | | (140,575) |
Change in fair value of derivative liability | - | | (93) | | - | | (334,577) |
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Net income (loss) | 14,925 | | (194,974) | | (338,761) | | (777,098) |
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Net (income) loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest | (22,480) | | 9,914 | | 25,819 | | 10,212 |
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| (7,555) | | (185,060) | | (312,942) | | (766,886) |
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Deemed dividend on preferred stock | (1,143) | | - | | (11,233) | | - |
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Net loss attributable to PTS, Inc. common stockholders | $ (8,698) | | $ (185,060) | | $ (324,175) | | $ (766,886) |
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Net loss per basic and diluted share | $ (0.00) | | $ (0.00) | | $ (0.00) | | $ (0.00) |
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Weighted average shares outstanding, | | | | | | | |
basic and diluted | 1,333,806,494 | | 1,056,591,416 | | 1,257,875,968 | | 934,416,827 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PTS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 AND 2008
(Unaudited)
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| 2009 | | 2008 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: | | | |
Net loss | $ (312,942) | | $ (766,886) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net | | | |
cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | 81,602 | | 45,757 |
Bad debts | - | | (26,278) |
Issuance of shares for services | 27,225 | | 91,600 |
Compensation from stock awards | - | | 3,000 |
Amortization of beneficial conversion feature (finance costs) | 21,054 | | 16,867 |
Loss on extinguishment of debt | 8,204 | | 140,575 |
(Loss) income attributable to minority interest | (25,819) | | (10,212) |
Change in fair value of derivative liability | - | | 334,577 |
Decrease (increase) in assets: | | | |
Accounts receivable | 68,331 | | 168,224 |
Other current assets | 6,210 | | 4,221 |
Deposits | - | | 5,253 |
Increase (decrease) in liabilities: | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 133,778 | | 141,516 |
Advances payable | 2,768 | | (2,022) |
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Cash provided by operating activities | 10,411 | | 146,192 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: | | | |
Cash paid for fixed assets | (18,743) | | (194,080) |
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Cash used in investing activities | (18,743) | | (194,080) |
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Cash flows from financing activities: | | | |
Proceeds from sale of common stock to employees | - | | 9,000 |
Proceeds from sale of common stock | - | | 48,547 |
Payments on notes and leases | (9,020) | | (24,492) |
Notes payable - related parties | - | | 6,500 |
Payments on related party notes | (37,002) | | (29,738) |
Notes payable - other | 25,000 | | 23,000 |
Advances payable | 14,000 | | 40,000 |
Advances payable - related party | 15,500 | | 3,000 |
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Cash provided by financing activities | 8,478 | | 75,817 |
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Net increase in cash | 146 | | 27,929 |
Cash, beginning of period | 116,987 | | 142,863 |
Cash, end of period | $ 117,133 | | $ 170,792 |
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Supplemental Schedule of Cash Flow Information: | | | |
Cash paid for interest | $ 9,663 | | $ 17,228 |
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Non-Cash Financial Activity: | | | |
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Debenture principal converted to common stock | $ - | | $ 55,594 |
Debenture principal converted to subsidiary common stock | - | | 11,071 |
Derivative liability reclassified to equity upon conversion of debt | - | | 77,739 |
Increase in carrying value of notes payable upon extinguishment | | |
of debt | 8,204 | | 140,575 |
Accrued interest expense added to principal amount of debt | 35,853 | | 87,624 |
Equity based discount on debt | - | | 7,715 |
Conversion of notes payable and accrued interest to | | | |
common stock | 26,404 | | - |
Beneficial conversion feature of convertible note | 10,714 | | - |
Distribution of fixed asset to related party as repayment of debt | - | | 23,798 |
Preferred stock issued as payment of accrued salaries | - | | 97,500 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PTS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1- ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
PTS, Inc. (“our”, “us”, “we”, “PTS” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Nevada on November 5, 1996. Our subsidiaries include Disability Access Consultants, Inc. (“DAC”), Disability Access Corporation (“DBYC”), PTS Card Solutions, Inc., Glove Box, Inc., PTS Global Capital, Inc., PTS Technologies, Inc. and PTS Group Limited, an inactive Hong Kong corporation formed on April 17, 2008.
PTS Card Solutions, Inc., Glove Box, Inc., PTS Global Capital, Inc., PTS Technologies, Inc. and PTS Group Limited are all inactive subsidiaries.
DAC is a corporation with an extensive history of accessibility compliance consulting. DAC provides consultation to state and local governmental entities and to commercial businesses. DAC has assisted city and county governments, the Federal government, school districts, and other public entities and municipalities. DAC has also assisted retail, commercial, recreational and corporate clients to comply with state and federal accessibility standards. DAC has developed transition/barrier removal plans, provided consultation and expert witness services. DAC offers pro-active services as well as support and assistance for companies that are facing penalties and litigation for being out of compliance. DAC has assisted in litigation and has performed compliance audits for public entities and other businesses. To help companies and public entities meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other accessibility standards, DAC has dev eloped proprietary software that is a management tool to simplify and streamline the accessibility compliance process. DAC has offices in Nevada, Northern California and Florida.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2009 and for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 have been prepared by PTS pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. The information furnished herein reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals and adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the operating results for the respective periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally present in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The Company believes that the disclosures provided are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the au dited financial statements and explanatory notes for the year ended December 31, 2008 as disclosed in the company's 10-K for that year as filed with the SEC, as it may be amended.
The results of the nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the pending full year ending December 31, 2009.
Going Concern
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. However, we have experienced recurring net operating losses, had a net loss of $312,942 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and have a working capital deficiency of $903,933 as of September 30, 2009. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Without realization of additional capital, it would be unlikely for us to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, or amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from this uncertainty.
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We will need additional capital to continue our operations and will endeavor to raise funds through the sale of equity shares and revenues from operations.
There can be no assurance that we will continue to generate revenues from operations or obtain sufficient capital on acceptable terms, if at all. Failure to obtain such capital or generate such operating revenues would have an adverse impact on our financial position and results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern. Our operating and capital requirements during the next fiscal year and thereafter will vary based on a number of factors, including the level of sales and marketing activities for our services and products. There can be no assurance that additional private or public finances, including debt or equity financing, will be available as needed or, if available, on terms favorable to us. Any additional equity financing may be dilutive to stockholders and such additional equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges that are senior to those of our existing common stock.
Furthermore, debt financing, if available, will require payment of interest and may involve restrictive covenants that could impose limitations on our operating flexibility. Our failure to successfully obtain additional future funding may jeopardize our ability to continue our business and operations.
If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, existing stockholders may experience a dilution in their ownership. In addition, as a condition to giving additional funds to us, future investors may demand, and may be granted, rights superior to those of existing stockholders.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of PTS and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.
Use of 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 and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures 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
DAC generates revenue from services regarding compliance with state, federal and local accessibility codes. Services include inspections of facilities, production of accessibility reports, consultation, expert witness services, and review of policies and procedures of the client. In all cases, revenue is recognized as earned by the Company. Though contracts may vary between a progress-basis and completed project basis, as the client becomes liable to the Company for services provided, as defined in the agreement, the client is then invoiced and revenue is accordingly recognized and recorded. The Company does not recognize or record any revenues for which it does not have a legal basis for invoicing or legally collecting. For progress-basis contracts, the Company invoices the client when it has completed the specified portion of the agreement, there by, ensuring the client is legally liable to the Company for payment of the invoice. On progress-basis contracts, revenu e is not recognized until this criteria is met. The Company generally seeks progress-based agreements when the length of engagement will exceed two months and the size of contract exceeds $25,000.
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Concentrations
Customers:
During 2009 and 2008, two and one customers, respectively, accounted for 46% and 54%, respectively, of our revenue. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue during 2009 and 2008. The loss of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.
At September 30, 2009, two customers accounted for a total of 82% of our accounts receivable. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of our accounts receivable at September 30, 2009.
Loss Per Share
Basic and diluted loss per common share for all periods presented is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year as defined by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 260,"Earnings Per Share”. The assumed exercise of common stock equivalents was not utilized for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 since the effect would be anti-dilutive. There were 3,470,229,796 and 3,379,866,046 common stock equivalents outstanding at September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively (see Note 6).
Software Development Costs
Costs incurred internally in creating a computer software product are charged to expense when incurred as research and development until technological feasibility has been established for the product. Technological feasibility is established upon completion of a detail program design or, in its absence, completion of a working model. Thereafter, all software production costs are capitalized and subsequently reported at the lower of unamortized cost or net realizable value. Capitalized costs are amortized based on current and future revenue for each product with an annual minimum equal to the straight-line amortization over the remaining estimated economic life of the product.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we have capitalized $18,743 of costs related to the development of software products for which technological feasibility was achieved in January of 2007. The costs are being amortized over their five year estimated economic life.
Potential Derivative Instruments
We periodically assess our financial and equity instruments to determine if they require derivative accounting. Instruments which may potentially require derivative accounting are conversion features of debt and common stock equivalents in excess of available authorized common shares.
We have determined that the conversion features of our debt instruments are not derivative instruments because they are not readily convertible to cash based on our historical trading volume.
We have determined that common stock equivalents in excess of available authorized common shares are not derivative instruments due to the fact that an increase in authorized shares is within our control because our chief executive officer, Peter Chin, and his spouse control over 50% of our voting power.
Reclassifications
Certain prior period items have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. The reclassifications had no impact on net loss.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
On September 30, 2009, the Company adopted changes issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) to the authoritative hierarchy of GAAP. These changes establish the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM (“Codification”) as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The FASB will no longer issue new standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions, or Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts; instead the FASB will issue Accounting Standards Updates. Accounting Standards Updates will not be authoritative in their own right as they will only serve to update the Codification. These changes a nd the Codification itself do not change GAAP. Other than the manner in which new accounting guidance is referenced, the adoption of these changes had no impact on the Financial Statements.
In December 2007 the FASB issued new accounting guidance which establishes accounting and reporting standards for the non-controlling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a non-controlling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. This guidance changes the way the consolidated income statement is presented. It requires consolidated net income to be reported at amounts that include the amounts attributable to both the parent and the non-controlling interest. It also requires disclosure, on the face of the consolidated statement of income, of the amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the non-controlling interest. This guidance establishes disclosure requirements in the consolidated financial statements, which will enable users to clearly distinguish between the interests of the parent& #146;s owners and the interests of the non-controlling owners of a subsidiary. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008; earlier adoption is prohibited. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In March 2008, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which requires enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. This guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008; earlier adoption is encouraged. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In June 2008, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which requires that all unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends should be included in the basic Earnings Per Share (EPS) calculation. The new guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of this guidance had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In April 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance to be utilized in determining whether impairments in debt securities are other than temporary, and which modifies the presentation and disclosures surrounding such instruments. This guidance is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, but early adoption is permitted for interim periods ending after March 15, 2009. The adoption of this guidance during the second quarter of 2009 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In April 2009, the FASB issued new accounting which provides additional guidance in determining whether the market for a financial asset is not active and a transaction is not distressed for fair value measurement purposes. The guidance is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, but early adoption is permitted for interim periods ending after March 15, 2009. The adoption of this guidance during the second quarter of 2009 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In April 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which requires disclosures about fair value of financial instruments in interim financial statements as well as in annual financial statements. This guidance is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, but early adoption is permitted for interim periods ending after March 15, 2009. The adoption of this guidance during the second quarter of 2009 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
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In May 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. The guidance will be effective for interim and annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company adopted the guidance during the three months ended June 30, 2009 and has evaluated subsequent events through the issuance date of these financial statements. The adoption of this guidance had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which will require more information about the transfer of financial assets where companies have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. This guidance is effective at the start of a company’s first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2009, or January 1, 2010 for companies reporting earnings on a calendar-year basis.
In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which will change how a company determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be consolidated. Under this guidance, determining whether a company is required to consolidate an entity will be based on, among other things, an entity's purpose and design and a company's ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity's economic performance. This guidance is effective at the start of a company’s first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2009, or January 1, 2010 for companies reporting earnings on a calendar-year basis.
Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the AICPA, and the SEC did not, or are not believed by management to, have a material impact on the Company's present or future consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 3 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Due to Related Parties
On January 1, 2009, a note and related accrued interest payable to Peter Chin, our sole officer and director, were combined into a single convertible note in the amount of $78,033. The note bears interest at 8%, is due on December 31, 2009 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 30% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion.
On January 1, 2009, a debenture and related accrued interest payable to Peter Chin were combined into a single convertible debenture in the amount of $210,816. The debenture bears interest at 8%, is due on January 1, 2012 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 50% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion.
During 2009 Peter Chin’s spouse advanced to us an aggregate of $21,500 for working capital purposes of which $6,000 has been repaid. The advances bear no interest.
NOTE 4 - STOCK TRANSACTIONS
We are authorized to issue a total of 3,000,000,000 shares of stock, 2,800,000,000 shares of common stock and 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009:
We issued 27,225 shares of Series E preferred stock, valued at $27,225, for services. We have recorded a deemed dividend of $11,233 upon issuance of these shares due to the fact that they were initially convertible at a price below that on date of issue.
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We issued 106,937,500 shares of common stock pursuant to the conversion of 855,000 shares of Series A preferred stock, 2,250,000 shares of Series C preferred stock and 7,250 shares of Series E preferred stock.
We issued 66,593,481 shares of common stock upon conversion of $25,000 of convertible notes plus $1,404 of accrued interest.
NOTE 5 - CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES AND NOTES PAYABLE
On January 1, 2009, a note and related accrued interest payable to Peter Chin, our sole officer and director, were combined into a single convertible note in the amount of $78,033. The note bears interest at 8%, is due on December 31, 2009 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 30% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion.
On January 1, 2009, a note and related accrued interest were combined into a single convertible note in the amount of $58,959. The note bears interest at 8%, is due on December 31, 2011 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 30% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion.
On January 1, 2009, a debenture and related accrued interest payable to Peter Chin were combined into a single convertible debenture in the amount of $210,816. The debenture bears interest at 8%, is due on January 1, 2012 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 50% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion.
On January 1, 2009, a note and related accrued interest were combined into a single convertible note in the amount of $24,984. The note bears interest at 8%, is due on December 31, 2011 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 30% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion.
On January 1, 2009, debentures and related accrued interest issued by DAC were combined into new convertible debentures in the aggregate amount of $72,324. The debentures bear interest at 8%, are due on December 31, 2011 and are convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 30% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion.
On January 1, 2009, a debenture and related accrued interest were combined into a single convertible debenture in the amount of $68,064. The debenture bears interest at 8%, is due on December 31, 2011 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 30% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion.
On January 7, 2009 we extended the due date of a convertible promissory note in the amount of $10,000 from January 7, 2009 to December 31, 2011.
On January 1, 2009, a note and related accrued interest were combined into a single convertible note in the amount of $5,461. The note bears interest at 8%, is due on December 31, 2009 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 30% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion. We have recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt in the amount of $8,204, which represents the fair value on the conversion feature on January 1, 2009. This amount has been added to the carrying value of the debt.
On May 12, 2009 we executed a convertible promissory note in the amount of $25,000. The note bears interest at 10%, is due on May 12, 2010 and is convertible into our common stock, at the option of the holder, at a 30% discount to the current market price of our stock at the date of conversion. We have recognized a beneficial conversion feature of $10,714 attributable to this note which is being amortized over twelve months to maturity.
During 2009 we issued 66,593,481 shares of common stock upon conversion of $25,000 of convertible notes plus $1,404 of accrued interest.
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During 2009 we repaid $23,002 of principal and $8,900 of interest to an officer of DAC.
NOTE 6 - CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND DEBENTURES
As of September 30, 2009, the common stock equivalents of the Company exceeded the total common stock available for issuance by approximately 2,020,000,000 shares. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Chin and his spouse, hold 6,968,933 shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are convertible into 522,669,975 common shares of the Company. Peter Chin also holds debt convertible into 706,367,857 shares of common stock at September 30, 2009. Unless and until there is enough authorized common stock available to cover all common stock equivalents, Mr. Chin and his spouse have agreed to limit the conversion of preferred shares or debt to approximately 1% of the outstanding shares per quarter.
After giving consideration to the convertible preferred stock and convertible debt held by Mr. Chin and his spouse, our remaining common stock equivalents exceed our common shares available for issuance by approximately 1,306,000,000 shares. Although we are required to obtain shareholder approval to increase our authorized shares, Mr. Chin and his spouse have control of shareholder votes in excess of 50%. Therefore, the ability to increase our authorized shares is considered to be within the Company’s control and we have not accounted for these common stock equivalents as derivative instruments at September 30, 2009.
NOTE 7 – NOTE RECEIVABLE ON SALE OF FORMER SUBSIDIARY
On October 10, 2006, an officer of a Company subsidiary, Global Links Card Services, Inc. (“GLCS”) exercised his option to purchase GLCS. As a result, the Company no longer owned an interest in GLCS. The sale price was $349,000, which was paid with a convertible promissory note issued by GLCS. The note was payable in cash or GLCS common stock, at the discretion of GLCS. Payments on the note were due as follows: 2007, $48,000; 2008, $60,000; 2009, $72,000; 2010, $84,000; and 2011, $85,000. Due to the uncertainty of collection of the note, we deferred the entire gain on the sale of GLCS of $349,000 and offset the deferral against the note receivable. The gain was to be recognized as cash payments on the note were received. No cash payments were received and we have fully impaired the receivable at September 30, 2009. Since the gain was deferred, this impairment has no impact on the consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 8 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management evaluated all activity of the Company through November 13, 2009 (the issue date of the Financial Statements) and concluded that no subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition in the Financial Statements or disclosure in the Notes to the Financial Statements.
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Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Information
Much of the discussion in this Item is “forward looking” as that term is used in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual operations and results may materially differ from present plans and projections due to changes in economic conditions, new business opportunities, changed business conditions, and other developments. Other factors that could cause results to differ materially are described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
There are several factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated, and include, but are not limited to, general economic, financial and business conditions, changes in and compliance with governmental laws and regulations, including various state and federal environmental regulations, our ability to obtain additional financing from outside investors and/or bank and mezzanine lenders, and our ability to generate sufficient revenues to cover operating losses and position us to achieve positive cash flow.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof. We believe the information contained in this Form 10-Q to be accurate as of the date hereof. Changes may occur after that date. We will not update that information except as required by law in the normal course of its public disclosure practices.
Company Overview
PTS, Inc. (“our”, “us”, “we”, “PTS” or the “Company”) was a company in the development stage since its formation on June 12, 1996 until the second quarter of 2004. At that time, the Company commenced planned operations and began generating revenue. We were originally incorporated in the State of Nevada under the name “Med Mark, Inc” on November 5, 1996. On June 29, 1998, we filed articles of amendment changing our name to “Elast Technologies, Inc.” Pursuant to a merger agreement entered into on June 11, 2001, PTS, Inc. (“PTS”), a Nevada corporation, merged with Elast Technologies, Inc. PTS was the surviving company and changed its name to PTS, Inc.
On November 15, 2005, we acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of Disability Access Consultants, Inc., (“DAC”) a California corporation pursuant to a securities exchange agreement.
DAC is a corporation with an extensive history of accessibility compliance consulting. DAC provides consultation to numerous state and local governmental entities and businesses. DAC has assisted city and county governments, the Federal government, school districts, and other public entities and municipalities. DAC has also assisted retail, commercial, recreational and corporate clients to comply with state and federal accessibility standards. DAC has developed transition/barrier removal plans, provided consultation and expert witness services. DAC offers both pro-active services as well as support and assistance for companies that are facing penalties and litigation for being out of compliance. DAC has assisted in litigation and has performed compliance audits for public entities and other businesses. To help companies and public entities meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other accessibility stan dards, DAC has developed proprietary software that is a management tool to simplify and streamline the accessibility compliance process. DAC has offices in Nevada, Northern California and Florida.
On October 17, 2006 DAC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement of Merger”) with Disability Access Corporation f/k/a Power-Save Energy Corp. ("Power-Save") a Delaware corporation. Disability Access Corporation was acquired as a subsidiary of PTS. The Power-Save acquisition was completed during October, 2006. The purchase price for Power-Save of $150,000 was paid in September 2006. Since Power-Save had no assets or operations at the date of acquisition, the entire purchase price has been charged to expense during the fourth quarter of 2006.
We originally acquired 150,000,000 shares of Disability Access Corporation. We then effected a forward stock split of Disability Access Corporation. There are now 2,437,676,200 common shares outstanding. During December 2006, we distributed 126,189,788 shares of Disability Access Corporation to our stockholders on a pro rata basis. We now own approximately 48% of Disability Access Corporation common stock, but control a majority of voting power.
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Under the terms of the Agreement of Merger, DAC was to be merged with and into Disability Access Corporation, with DAC continuing as the surviving corporation. Upon further consideration, our Board of Directors reconsidered the structure and decided, for various business optimization purposes that, instead of merging DAC with Disability Access Corporation, DAC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disability Access Corporation.
From January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008, DAC has benefited, and continues, to date, to benefit from a contract with a QSR chain, a large international fast food chain. DAC has contractual commitments to provide services related to approximately 4,000 of their locations. During the aforementioned period DAC enjoyed approximately 53% of its gross revenue from this client. The agreement is not exclusive and does not carry a calendar term, however, it is on an as available basis and as such tends to flow seasonally in parallel with construction seasons. DAC charges clients an original inspection fee for each client restaurant and a lesser fee for each re-inspection (re-inspections are typical for facilities with significant exceptions noted in previous inspections). In addition to the inspection fee the client also reimburses for DAC’s staff travel and expenses. While this client represented a significant part of DAC’s revenues in 2008, DAC expects to continue to diversify its client base and as such, under normal circumstances, DAC does not believe it is overly dependent on this client, particularly in light of the continued growing need for ADA inspections, and the expected inclusion of ADA compliance in the current economic stimulus legislation. As evidence to the absence of dependency, with the exception of the second quarter of 2009 which was subjected to extraordinary timing and economic circumstances in the United States, DAC has experienced quarters where the activity from the client was nominal and DAC filled in the open times with other client work, typically in the areas of public facilities such as schools and universities. Furthermore, DAC has had significant other client activity such that DAC finds itself often times declining request for work from other potential clients. Additionally, as there is no material fixed costs associated with the inspections of the food chain facilities, accord ingly, in the event there is an absence of work from said client there is no unrecoverable incremental costs so at worst the loss of this client would be opportunity loss not hard dollar costs.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2008, the Company formed a new subsidiary, PTS Group Limited, a Hong Kong, China Company in preparations to acquire or to enter into a joint venture with a Chinese company. Management’s focus is to identify and enter into an agreement with the best possible acquisition candidate for the company and its shareholders.
Current Business Plan
Disability Access Consultants, Inc. (“DAC”), out of an effort to create a system to facilitate and expedite the processes related to inspections based on the regulatory standards for the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), has developed a proprietary web-centric process which can be used for such purpose. In addition to its original purpose, the process can also be adapted for other areas of regulatory inspection and requirements. Though DAC’s original business is founded on performing ADA inspections, its efforts to automate the inspection process have resulted in an interactive system which can be readily adapted to a wide range of other regulatory required inspection areas such as but not limited to: Building Inspections, Health Inspections, Mine Safety, OSHA, Fire Inspections, etc.
DAC offers a full continuum of accessibility compliance services, software and automated solutions to comply with the requirements for mandated and recommended services for individuals with disabilities in accordance with federal, state and local laws and regulations. Services are provided to a broad spectrum and growing number of clients as the concept of “ADA is Everyone’s Business” integrates into a large network of businesses and public entities.
Included in DAC’s automated solution for data collection, processing and reporting is compliance with state and federal accessibility regulations and codes. DAC currently uses DACTrak by our staff to inspect sites and “process” a compliance report. DACTrak provides a web based solution for the client to view, interact and manage their compliance data. AcTrak was originally intended to be the intake portion of the software that utilized the labtop tablet. DACTrak was the automatically generated report and the report management features that utilized the web. Over time, AcTrak has blended into DACTrak and the terms are being used in a similar capacity and reference. The use of AcTrak was originally designed as a term for using the software on the pc tablet for the actual inspection process. DACTrak was designed as the data management portion of the software for the clients to update and manage their report. ;To avoid confusion, the terms AcTrak and DACTrak were “blended” or combined to refer to the same software, regardless of their use. The software is now named DACTrak. The term DACTrak will be utilized in this document, as applicable.
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Business Strategy
Long range business opportunities include potential expansion of current DAC accessibility and ADA compliance products and services into a large market arena that includes other regulatory areas in addition to the ADA. The business strategy includes regulatory products in addition to the ADA. Our software expansion will be targeted for specific industry standards that may include, but are not limited to: building officials, code enforcement, insurance industry, risk managers, OSHA, insurance carriers, nuclear industry, FEMA, federal government, title insurance, banking and accounting. The list of potential clients and markets represents a large market potential. Revenue generation from the various areas of our current and new products will come from: Software licensing, Software training, Online and Telephone support, Data Storage and Client device utilization. DAC currently has insurance carriers, building officials, code enforcement, r isk managers, city and county governments, federal government as clients for ADA and state accessibility regulations, the software expansion will target content areas and other needs beyond accessibility for each industry. We are currently working on products for Fair Housing, of which we estimate we are roughly thirty-five (35%) complete towards a similar product service and system comparable in nature and method to our existing ADA software and services, along with other federal markets. We expect to complete the software and development of the Fair Housing product in 2009 and further expect release for commercial utilization in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Our Products and Services
Currently our services include onsite facility surveys by our inspectors utilizing DACTrak, review of client policies and procedures for discriminatory practices, consultation, plan reviews, expert witness services and providing training and staff development sessions. Our current principal income is obtained from the use of our services and proprietary software related to accessibility compliance with State and Federal standards.
The new version of DACTrak software has automated the entire inspection process and embraces a new business model, which significantly reduces the inspection and report generation time period, improving productivity by factors in excess of 800%, by using the tools and methodologies as generally outline and described below. Disability Access Corporation has created and is currently testing a do-it-yourself self service, subscription based, fully automated process to be used both internally and marketed to the public. We have completed the training manual and training materials for the do-it-yourself self service product and the product was ready for customers in July 2009.
These tools enable end-to-end do-it-yourself subscription based compliance solutions that are focused on large enterprise clients, specifically the federal government and other large corporate and public entities. In addition, the product is designed to incorporate partnerships with existing competition by enabling them use of the product while safeguarding our knowledgebase and maintaining complete control. In short, we have automated the entire process from a time-consuming, labor intensive and highly specialized procedure to a simple and fast method requiring minimal training.
DACTrak has improved worker productivity, created faster production delivery and provides enterprise management while drastically reducing labor costs and turn around times. Client access to information is managed and readily available through a web browser. Inspections and field data are automatically processed and delivered to the client in real time. The products will be available for large volume jobs such as the US Government. Program updates will be accomplished through an auto feature and will work globally for all clients.
DACTrak is currently working and producing revenue in the current market. Fees vary due to the type, size, location, and quantity of the inspections to be completed and the timeline requested for completion. The potential market of clients that needs not only data collection, but automated processing of complex data and web based interaction and management is large and represents a significant revenue potential. Reports were previously distributed by hard copy or on cd. Reports are now accessed by the client via the web browser. In selected cases, hard copies of the reports can be mailed or sent via PDF.
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Competition
There is currently no do-it-yourself automated model electronic processing system available. Based on our surveys and studies, our competition uses manual processes and rudimentary database lists are the only types of processes used at this time by competitors. As a result, the surveys are laborious, require extensive training and not comprehensive.
Competitive Advantages
Most of DAC’s current competitors are architectural firms that perform design work in addition to ADA inspections and services, generally at higher prices than DAC. DAC is aware of some pricing by bid results and phone calls from clients.
What sets DAC apart from the competition is that DAC has developed the software, methodology and experience that exceed the competition’s data collection and delivery methods. DAC has also developed a method to process complex information and has developed a methodology for data management. Most of our competitors use simple database reporting. Some competitors do not use any databases. DAC is not aware of competitors that have a “self service or automated model” that processes complex information using an automated process. DAC has provided a technology based delivery of our inspection reports, which is not done by the majority of our competitors. DAC has researched the delivery methods of our competitors. DAC does not provide design services.
DAC also has the competitive advantages of lower cost of services that generates competitive pricing, as well as efficient and speedy report generation. Our market speed and recognition will continue to develop and provide for a large increase in volume. DAC has an established diverse client base.
The target market for future DAC clients expands beyond the market for accessibility products and services. Expanding our currently working and revenue generating software into other markets is now a reality.
There is currently no do-it-yourself automated model electronic processing system available from the competition. Based on our surveys and studies, manual processes and rudimentary database lists are the only types of processes used at this time by competitors. As a result, the surveys are laborious, require extensive training and not comprehensive.
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We Are the Developers of Our Technology. For the last 7 years we have been at the forefront in the innovation and design of automating the ADA inspection process.
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We are the Creators of Our Own Technology. We offer a superior technological solution at a far superior price. Based upon research and analysis of our competitors, management believes we are the leading company in technology currently providing ADA inspections.
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We Offer a Turn-Key Solution. DAC offers a complete inspection, evaluation, reporting and data retention process for our ADA customers. DAC further expects to extend this solution basis to other areas of required regulatory compliance.
Customers
Our new customers are mainly derived from “word of mouth” from current and previous customers. Particularly as the litigation community as well as the construction contractor community is fairly small, need by these patrons stimulate peer query and we have enjoyed the resulting positive referrals. Additionally, we obtain new patrons through customer initiated Website searches and from responding to various public “Request For Proposals”.
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A very important component of the Market Strategy is customer retention. The Company’s product is Web based not client based, and as such the customer is compelled to continue with the Company’s services for both software updates and data storage, the absence of which renders the customers final reports as static and of limited use in the changing reporting environment, thus effectively once a customer always a customer.
Though the product utilization opportunities are vast the larger potential core users are much defined and easily targeted for presentation. The following sales methodologies will be utilized; 1) direct sales solicitations; 2) target specific industry trade magazines; 3) web based marketing; 4) seminars and trade shows. Additionally, as the Company’s solutions provide for a timely report turnaround at efficient pricing there will be a natural viral consumer marketing solution as various professionals share their solutions (most of the existing customers for DAC have been obtained in this manner); 5) Future Government Contracts. The federal government is moving its facility requirements to match the current ADA standards, as such both systems and inspections services are expected to be routinely “put out for government bid”.
From January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008, the Company has benefited, and continues to benefit from a contract with a large international fast food chain. During the aforementioned period the Company enjoyed approximately 53% of its gross revenue from this client. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, this client was responsible for 35% of our revenues. We expect this client to continue to comprise a significant portion of our revenues in the coming year. While confidentiality provisions limit reference to the clients name the client is contractually committed to retain DAC’s services related to approximately 4,000 locations. The agreement is not exclusive and does not carry a calendar term; however, it is on an as-available basis and, as such, tends to flow seasonally in parallel with construction seasons. DAC charges client an original inspection fee for each client restaurant and a lesser fee for each re-inspection (r e-inspections are typical for facilities with significant exceptions noted in previous inspections). In addition to the inspection fee, the client also reimburses for DAC’s staff travel and expenses. While this client represented a significant part of DAC’s revenues in 2008, DAC expects to continue to diversify its client base and as such DAC does not believe it is overly dependent on this client, particularly in light of the continued growing need for ADA inspections, and the expected inclusion of ADA compliance in the current economic stimulus legislation. As evidence to the absence of dependency, the company has had quarters where the activity from the client was nominal, and the Company filled in the open times with other client work, typically in the areas of public facilities such as schools and universities. Additionally, there are no material fixed costs associated with the inspections of food chain facilities. Therefore, the absence of work from said client represents opp ortunity loss rather than the incursion of hard dollar costs or unrecoverable incremental costs.
The recently enacted economic stimulus legislation includes provisions for the construction and/or renovation of a number of government facilities, with collective construction budgets well into the billions. By existing law these new and/or renovated facilities will be required to follow ADA compliance and accordingly provide additional business opportunities for our company.
Intellectual Property
We regard the protection of copyrights, service marks, trademarks, trade dress and trade secrets as critical to our future success and will rely on a combination of copyright, trademark, service mark and trade secret laws and contractual restrictions to establish and protect our proprietary rights in products and services. Due to the high cost of filing, we have not filed trademark applications for our brand and logos; however as we increase our capital resources, we intend to submit our most recently developed technology applications for various categories of intellectual property protection.
Government Regulation
Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), federal accessibility standards and state disability laws and regulations applies to business and public entities. The market is unique in that it is driven by accessibility requirements that are mandated. Buildings, facilities, venues and programs that are open to the public are required to be accessible for individuals with disabilities. Properties and services that are not accessible may be discriminatory and present a potential liability for property owners. Purchasing properties that do not meet the required federal and state standards increase exposure to lawsuits and present additional liability for property owners and managers.
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● More than 54 million people (20% of the population) in the United States have a disability ¹.
● The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) passed in 1990 ², requires all organizational entities, public or private, with more than 15 employees, to provide equal access for individuals with disabilities.
● There are more than 6.9 million firms in the United States which have more than 20 employees; these businesses have more than 7 million sites at risk ³.
With the adoption of contemporary state and local building codes and with an increasing aging population demanding safe access, the need for accessibility risk management, compliant buildings and accessible programs will continue to intensify.
¹ U.S. Census Bureau, December 18, 2008 press release
² http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/pubs/ada.txt
³ U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census
Research and Development
The Company recognized that in order to maximize productivity, expand opportunities, and to grow beyond a specialty inspection business that developing unique information technology solutions was and is key to the long term dynamic growth of the Company. Accordingly, the Company has committed significant resources to the development of various information processing solutions, with the goal to provide, in addition to professional inspection services, certain technology solutions as licensable products and services. Though the clients of the company will benefit from the efficiencies gained through our Research and Development, the company will be able to expand and diversify its client base as well as afford an opportunity for business expansion by licensing the resultant developed software. The Company has enjoyed certain successes in this effort and has realized certain anticipated benefits accordingly. The Company remains committed to continuing its Research and Development efforts with the following business goals and targets:
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Expand service areas, markets and applications beyond our current target market of compliance with accessibility regulations for state and local governments and businesses.
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Provide an option for our clients to utilize DACTrak to collect data themselves by licensing DACTrak on our customized pc tablet.
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Develop the infrastructure to support growth to other markets and applications.
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Provide regulatory agencies and businesses with an automated tool that can be used directly by the agency or business to provide consistent and reliable data collection and analysis of field information and the methodology to manage and update data.
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Provide training seminars.
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Develop training materials and publications for purchase.
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Provide licensing or subscription based use of DACTrak and the DAC pc tablet.
Employees
The Company currently has 2 employees. Through our subsidiary, Disability Access Corporation, we have three employees and three independent consultants and through our subsidiary, Disability Access Consultants, Inc., we have ten employees and one independent consultant who serve in administrative positions. Management intends to hire additional employees only as needed and as funds are available.
Barbara Thorpe has extensive experience in accessibility solutions and assisting individuals with disabilities. Ms. Thorpe serves as President and a member of the board of directors of Disability Access Corporation and, along with her management responsibilities, provides the vision to our IT Department to develop and expand the automated inspections systems.
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Acquisition Objectives
In addition the DAC business, we also continue to seek, investigate and, if such investigation warrants, acquire an interest in business opportunities presented to us by persons or firms who or which desire to seek the perceived advantages of a corporation which is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We do not restrict our search to any specific business, industry or geographical location and we may participate in a business venture of virtually any kind or nature.
We may seek a business opportunity with entities which have recently commenced operations, or which wish to utilize the public marketplace in order to raise additional capital in order to expand into new products or markets, to develop a new product or service or for other corporate purposes. We may acquire assets and establish wholly owned subsidiaries in various businesses or acquire existing businesses as subsidiaries.
As part of our investigation of potential merger candidates, our officers and directors will meet personally with management and key personnel, may visit and inspect material facilities, obtain independent analysis or verification of certain information provided, check references of management and key personnel and take other reasonable investigative measures, to the extent of our financial resources and management expertise. The manner in which we participate in an opportunity will depend on the nature of the opportunity, the respective needs and desires of us and other parties, the management of the opportunity, our relative negotiation strength and that of the other management.
We intend to concentrate on identifying preliminary prospective business opportunities that may be brought to our attention through present associations of our officers and directors, or by our shareholders. In analyzing prospective business opportunities, we will consider such matters as the available technical, financial and managerial resources; Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 compliance; working capital and other financial requirements; history of operations, if any; prospects for the future; nature of present and expected competition; the quality and experience of management services which may be available and the depth of that management; the potential for further research, development or exploration; specific risk factors not now foreseeable but which then may be anticipated to impact our proposed activities; the potential for growth or expansion; the potential for profit; the perceived public recognition or acceptance of products, services or tra des; name identification; and other relevant factors.
Our officer and director will meet personally with management and key personnel of the business opportunity as part of our investigation. We will not acquire or merge with any company for which audited financial statements cannot be obtained within a reasonable period of time after closing of the proposed transaction, as required by the Exchange Act.
We will not restrict our search to any specific kind of firms, but may acquire a venture which is in its preliminary or development stage, which is already in operation, or which is in essentially any stage of its corporate life. It is impossible to predict at this time the status of any business in which we may become engaged, in that such business may need to seek additional capital, may desire to have its shares publicly traded or may seek other perceived advantages which we may offer.
Other Business Developments
Effective November 8, 2004 we entered into a stock exchange agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Glove Box™, Inc. from two parties. In January, 2005 we issued 2,500,000 shares of Series B preferred stock and 7,500,000 shares of Series C preferred stock for all of the outstanding stock of The Glove Box, Inc. The preferred shares have been valued at an aggregate of $100,000. We also assumed net liabilities of $14,739. The Glove Box had no significant assets or operations, but owns the underlying technology to which we hold marketing licenses. As previously disclosed, we intend to continue to develop the technology. As a result of this acquisition, we now own the underlying Glove Box technology. The Glove Box™ solves a long standing contamination problem in hospitals and medical offices caused by the normal retrieval and donning of the gloves from a standard glove box. With its patented, free-standing dispenser (looking much like a filing cabinet), users select from three glove sizes, slip their hands through sealed openings into air-filled gloves, then hit a foot switch to release the gloves onto their hands. A significant benefit of the Glove Box™ is its unique design feature that permits the dispensing of un-powdered gloves that, without the use of the Glove Box™, are increasingly the cause of both contamination and communicable health problems. The first prototype was finished during the first quarter of 2004 and the test was successful. On March 10, 2006, Glove Box™, Inc., was granted U.S. Patent number 6,953,130 for the Glove Box™ product.
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During the quarter ended June 30, 2008, the Company formed a new subsidiary, PTS Group Limited, a Hong Kong, China Company in preparations to acquire or to enter into a joint venture with a Chinese company. Management’s focus is to identify and enter into an agreement with the best possible acquisition candidate for the company and its shareholders.
On June 9, 2008, the Company entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire 51% of ChengDu PuJian Medical Equipment Manufacturing Co, Ltd. (“PuJian”). The Company intended to bring in technical support to upgrade PuJian’s current products as well to bring in more range of medical products including GloveBox™ technologies to PuJian and sell through the well established sales network that PuJian has established in the last several decades. Further, the Company intended to bring addition capital to increase the overall revenue and financial positions of PuJian. On October 15, 2008, the Company announced its decision to rescind 51% stake proposal in PuJian. After extensive research, the Company’s management consulted with various parties which included legal opinions, accountants and especially a local audit firm. The opinion’s conclusion was, that due to the nature of PuJian’s business model, which is to man ufacture OEM products specializing in X-ray systems, which generally have low profit margins due to the Chinese government imposing a limit of profit that the manufacturer can make, and the cost to acquire the 51% controlling shares of PuJian, it would not be economically feasible for the Company to pursue this course. The Company’s new intention was to form a joint venture between Glove Box Inc.™ and PuJian. The purpose of this joint venture was to develop the third generation of the Glove Box™; however, due to the global economic circumstances and liquidity constraints, management of both Companies have agreed to place the joint venture on hold indefinitely
DAC presently is devoting resources to developing alternative commercial uses for its proprietary technology and product development software. Towards this end, the Board of Directors has elected to expand its software customer market base into Asia where certain parties have shown great interest in the Company’s proprietary technology. Accordingly, the Company has sent representatives to China to establish the basis for introducing our products and services and has continued discussions with interested parties, to which efforts the Company believes will be productive post the global economic crisis. The Company’s Board feels this future expansion opportunity will help maximize growth opportunities as well as yielding enhanced shareholder value for the long term. DAC has certain long term client contract relations, which provides an excellent baseline of annual revenue and continues to expand its client base among public and private entities. DA C has several contracts in the final stage of negotiations, for the current fiscal year, and will inform shareholders when finalized. In addition, pending Federal government funding and allocation, DAC is a candidate for a very significant services contract to the Federal Government. Further, the Company continues to receive solicitations from both private and state government sectors to make its proprietary software available for licensed use. Management feels strongly that it will be the same within Asia. The potential licensing of the software has been a key long-term business goal of DAC and the demand has been deemed to be large enough to warrant continued and further development of that business opportunity. The ability of DAC to continue operations is dependent upon its ability to successfully appoint key management and secure additional financing.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect our reported assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Future events, however, may differ markedly from our current expectations and assumptions. While there are a number of significant accounting policies affecting our consolidated financial statements, we believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most complex, difficult and subjective estimates and judgments.
On September 30, 2009, the Company adopted changes issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) to the authoritative hierarchy of GAAP. These changes establish the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM (“Codification”) as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The FASB will no longer issue new standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions, or Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts; instead the FASB will issue Accounting Standards Updates. Accounting Standards Updates will not be authoritative in their own right as they will only serve to update the Codificatio n. These changes and the Codification itself do not change GAAP. Other than the manner in which new accounting guidance is referenced, the adoption of these changes had no impact on the Financial Statements.
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Revenue Recognition
DAC generates revenue from services regarding compliance with state, federal and local accessibility codes. Services include inspections of facilities, production of accessibility reports, consultation, expert witness services, and review of policies and procedures of the client. In all cases, revenue is recognized as earned by the Company. Though contracts may vary between a progress-basis and completed project basis, as the client becomes liable to the Company for services provided, as defined in the agreement, the client is then invoiced and revenue is accordingly recognized and recorded. The Company does not recognize or record any revenues for which it does not have a legal basis for invoicing or legally collecting. For progress-basis contracts, the Company invoices the client when it has completed the specified portion of the agreement, there by, ensuring the client is legally liable to the Company for payment of the invoice. On pr ogress-basis contracts, revenue is not recognized until this criteria is met. The Company generally seeks progress-based agreements when the length of engagement will exceed two months and the size of contract exceeds $25,000.
Software Development Costs
Costs incurred internally in creating a computer software product are charged to expense when incurred as research and development until technological feasibility has been established for the product. Technological feasibility is established upon completion of a detail program design or, in its absence, completion of a working model. Thereafter, all software production costs are capitalized and subsequently reported at the lower of unamortized cost or net realizable value. Capitalized costs are amortized based on current and future revenue for each product with an annual minimum equal to the straight-line amortization over the remaining estimated economic life of the product.
Stock-Based Compensation
We account for our stock based compensation under ASC 718 “Compensation – Stock Compensation” which was adopted in 2006, using the fair value based method. Under this method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized over the service period, which is usually the vesting period. This guidance establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges it equity instruments for goods or services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments.
Research and Development
We expense software development costs up until the attainment of technological feasibility of our software products. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, we have capitalized $18,743 and $150,824, respectively, of costs related to the development of software products which have achieved technological feasibility. No costs were capitalized during 2007. In 2006, DAC expended funds on their tablet software, reaching technical feasibility in January 2007. In 2007, DAC internally utilized the software on its existing clients testing software. In 2008, DAC decided to expand the initial product to be marketed to external users. During 2007 while the staff was using the new software various new solutions, logic pathways, end user functionalities were identified, as these were identified through the course of other normal recurring work specific charges were not recorded as Research and Development and would have been immaterial if those costs had been separately tracked. The aforementioned solutions and functionalities became the foundation for the product development capitalized in 2009 and 2008.
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Potential Derivative Instruments
We periodically assess our financial and equity instruments to determine if they require derivative accounting. Instruments which may potentially require derivative accounting are conversion features of debt and common stock equivalents in excess of available authorized common shares.
We have determined that the conversion features of our debt instruments are not derivative instruments because they are not readily convertible to cash based on our historical trading volume.
We have determined that common stock equivalents in excess of available authorized common shares are not derivative instruments due to the fact that an increase in authorized shares is within our control because our chief executive officer, Peter Chin, and his spouse control over 50% of our voting power.
Intangible and Long-Lived Assets
We assess the impairment of identifiable long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors considered important that could trigger an impairment review include, but are not limited to, the following: a significant underperformance to expected historical or projected future operating results, a significant change in the manner of the use of the acquired asset or the strategy for the overall business, or a significant negative industry or economic trend. We assess the carrying value of long-lived assets in accordance with ASC Topic 360, "Property, Plant and Equipment". We have not recorded any impairment of long-lived assets.
Goodwill is accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 350, "Intangibles – Goodwill and Other” We assess the impairment of long-lived assets, including goodwill and intangibles on an annual basis or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the fair value is less than its carrying value. Factors that we consider important which could trigger an impairment review include poor economic performance relative to historical or projected future operating results, significant negative industry, economic or company specific trends, changes in the manner of our use of the assets or the plans for our business, market price of our common stock, and loss of key personnel. We have determined that there was no impairment of goodwill during 2009 or 2008.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008.
Revenue
Total revenue was $441,306 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $324,973 during the three months ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $116,333, or 36%. The increase resulted from an increase in 2009 inspections and projects, due to earlier delays in client implementation. As ADA litigation continues to increase across the United States, and the Federal Government continues to tie Federal funding to requiring ADA compliance the Company expects to see both continued growth and demand for its range of products and services.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by $29,392, or 16%, to $153,378 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $182,770 for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The components of cost of revenue are compensation costs of inspection staff and travel expense. Travel expense decreased by $29,498 from 2008.
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Selling Expenses
Selling expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $19,802 and $19,857, respectively. Selling expenses consist primarily of compensation costs.
General and Administrative Expenses
Total general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by $63,836 or 22%, to $231,794 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $295,630 for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The primary components of our general and administrative expenses are compensation costs not associated with cost of revenues or the sales process, consulting fees, professional fees, travel and entertainment, rent and depreciation. The decrease in general and administrative expenses resulted primarily from decreases in compensation costs of approximately $14,000 (including a decrease of $1,500 in stock based compensation) and in consulting fees of approximately $45,000 (including a decrease of $18,800 in stock based cost).
We do not expect general and administrative expenses to increase substantially in the coming 12 months. We intend to focus on operating efficiencies, increasing revenues, and attaining profitability during this period. As our core support infrastructure is now in place we expect that increases in revenue will enjoy significant high margin profitability, particularly as our staff expansions will be in revenue generation and not support staff, (for example should the Company need to significantly expand the inspection staff, there will not be a need to expand administrative support nor management for that staffing, accordingly higher margins will be obtained).
Interest Expense, Finance Costs, Loss on Extinguishment of Debt and Fair Value of Derivative Liability (Other income/expense)
Other income/expense and finance cost for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was a net expense of $21,407 as compared to $21,690 for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Total noncash expense was $3,510 and $2,037 for 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008.
Revenue
Total revenue was $890,397 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $1,104,595 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, a decrease of $214,198, or 19%. Revenue recognized in 2009 on the completion of fourth quarter 2008 projects was offset by a decrease in 2009 inspections and projects, due to delays in client implementation. As ADA litigation continues to increase across the United States, and the Federal Government continues to tie Federal funding to requiring ADA compliance the Company expects to see both continued growth and demand for its range of products and services.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by $64,851, or 14%, to $407,004 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $471,855 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The components of cost of revenue are compensation costs of inspection staff and travel expense. Compensation costs of inspection staff decreased by $39,838 and travel expense decreased by $25,013 from 2008. The decreases result from reductions in overtime costs.
Selling Expenses
Selling expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $59,302 and $60,021, respectively. Selling expenses consist primarily of compensation costs.
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General and Administrative Expenses
Total general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by $115,180, or15%, to $678,841 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $794,021 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The primary components of our general and administrative expenses are compensation costs not associated with cost of revenues or the sales process, consulting fees, professional fees, travel and entertainment, rent and depreciation. The decrease in general and administrative expenses resulted primarily from decreases in compensation costs of approximately $67,000 (including a decrease of $7,600 in stock based compensation) consulting fees of approximately $67,000 (including a decrease of $62,400 in stock based cost), travel and entertainment expense of approximately $31,000 and rent of approximately 15,000, offset by an increase in depreciation and amortization of approxim ately $36,000 and a decrease in bad debt recoveries of approximately $26,000.
We do not expect general and administrative expenses to increase substantially in the coming 12 months. We intend to focus on operating efficiencies, increasing revenues, and attaining profitability during this period. As our core support infrastructure is now in place we expect that increases in revenue will enjoy significant high margin profitability, particularly as our staff expansions will be in revenue generation and not support staff, (for example should the Company need to significantly expand the inspection staff, there will not be a need to expand administrative support nor management for that staffing, accordingly higher margins will be obtained).
Interest Expense, Finance Costs, Loss on Extinguishment of Debt and Fair Value of Derivative Liability (Other income/expense)
Other income/expense and finance cost for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was a net expense of $84,011 as compared to $555,796 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease results primarily from a decrease in a noncash loss on extinguishment of debt of $140,575 and a decrease in the noncash charge for the change in fair value of our derivative liability of $334,577. Total noncash expense was $29,258 and $492,019 for 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2009, we had a deficiency in working capital of $903,933. Cash provided by operations was $10,411 during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. A loss of $312,942 was offset by a decrease in accounts receivable of $68,331, an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $133,778 and by non-cash charges of $81,602 of depreciation and amortization, $27,225 in stock based expense, $21,054 in financing expense and $8,204 of loss attributable to extinguishment of debt. We also had a loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest of $25,819. Net cash used in investing activities totaled $18,743 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, expended on software development. Cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $8,478, resulting from additional loans and advances of $54,500 offset by principal payments on notes of $46,022.
The Company expects to incur substantial additional costs related to ongoing development activities. Our future cash requirements will depend on many factors, including continued progress in our sales and development program, and the cost of product commercialization. Accordingly, we may require external financing to sustain our operations if we cannot continue to achieve a positive cash flow. Success in our future operations are subject to a number of technical and business risks, including our continued ability to obtain future funding and market acceptance for our services.
Our independent certified public accountants have stated in their report, included in our Form 10-K, that due to our net losses and negative cash flows from operations that there is a substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. In the absence of significant revenue and profits, we will be completely dependent on additional debt and equity financing arrangements. There is no assurance that any financing will be sufficient to fund our capital expenditures, working capital and other cash requirements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. No assurance can be given that any such additional funding will be available or that, if available, can be obtained on terms favorable to us. If we are unable to raise needed funds on acceptable terms, we will not be able to execute our business plan, develop or enhance existing services, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competi tive pressures or unanticipated requirements. A material shortage of capital will require us to take drastic steps such as further reducing our level of operations, disposing of selected assets or seeking an acquisition partner. If cash is insufficient, we will not be able to continue operations.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
On September 30, 2009, the Company adopted changes issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) to the authoritative hierarchy of GAAP. These changes establish the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM (“Codification”) as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The FASB will no longer issue new standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions, or Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts; instead the FASB will issue Accounting Standards Updates. Accounting Standards Updates will not be authoritative in their own right as they will only serve to update the Codificatio n. These changes and the Codification itself do not change GAAP. Other than the manner in which new accounting guidance is referenced, the adoption of these changes had no impact on the Financial Statements.
In December 2007 the FASB issued new accounting guidance which establishes accounting and reporting standards for the non-controlling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a non-controlling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. This guidance changes the way the consolidated income statement is presented. It requires consolidated net income to be reported at amounts that include the amounts attributable to both the parent and the non-controlling interest. It also requires disclosure, on the face of the consolidated statement of income, of the amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the non-controlling interest. This guidance establishes disclosure requirements in the consolidated financial statements, which will enable users to clearly distinguish between the intere sts of the parent’s owners and the interests of the non-controlling owners of a subsidiary. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008; earlier adoption is prohibited. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In March 2008, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which requires enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. This guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008; earlier adoption is encouraged. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In June 2008, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which requires that all unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends should be included in the basic Earnings Per Share (EPS) calculation. The new guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of this guidance had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In April 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance to be utilized in determining whether impairments in debt securities are other than temporary, and which modifies the presentation and disclosures surrounding such instruments. This guidance is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, but early adoption is permitted for interim periods ending after March 15, 2009. The adoption of this guidance during the second quarter of 2009 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
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In April 2009, the FASB issued new accounting which provides additional guidance in determining whether the market for a financial asset is not active and a transaction is not distressed for fair value measurement purposes. The guidance is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, but early adoption is permitted for interim periods ending after March 15, 2009. The adoption of this guidance during the second quarter of 2009 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In April 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which requires disclosures about fair value of financial instruments in interim financial statements as well as in annual financial statements. This guidance is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, but early adoption is permitted for interim periods ending after March 15, 2009. The adoption of this guidance during the second quarter of 2009 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In May 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. The guidance will be effective for interim and annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company adopted the guidance during the three months ended June 30, 2009 and has evaluated subsequent events through the issuance date of these financial statements. The adoption of this guidance had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which will require more information about the transfer of financial assets where companies have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. This guidance is effective at the start of a company’s first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2009, or January 1, 2010 for companies reporting earnings on a calendar-year basis.
In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which will change how a company determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be consolidated. Under this guidance, determining whether a company is required to consolidate an entity will be based on, among other things, an entity's purpose and design and a company's ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity's economic performance. This guidance is effective at the start of a company’s first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2009, or January 1, 2010 for companies reporting earnings on a calendar-year basis.
Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the AICPA, and the SEC did not, or are not believed by management to, have a material impact on the Company's present or future consolidated financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We believe that we do not have any material exposure to interest or commodity risks. Our financial results are quantified in U.S. dollars and our obligations and expenditures with respect to our operations are incurred in U.S. dollars. Although we do not believe we currently have any materially significant market risks relating to our operations resulting from foreign exchange rates, if we enter into financing or other business arrangements denominated in currency other than the U.S. dollars, variations in the exchange rate may give rise to foreign exchange gains or losses that may be significant.
We do not use financial instruments for trading purposes and we are not a party to any leveraged derivatives.
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Risks Relating to Our Business
We are subject to the requirements of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. If we are unable to timely comply with section 404 or if the costs related to compliance are significant, our profitability, stock price and result of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
We are required to comply with the provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which require us to maintain an ongoing evaluation and integration of the internal controls of our business. We were required to document and test our internal controls and certify that we are responsible for maintaining an adequate system of internal control procedures for the year ended December 31, 2008. In subsequent years, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to opine on those internal controls and management’s assessment of those controls. In the process, we may identify areas requiring improvement, and we may have to design enhanced processes and controls to address issues identified through this review.
We cannot be certain that we will be able to successfully complete the procedures, certification and attestation requirements of Section 404 or that our auditors will not have to report a material weakness in connection with the presentation of our financial statements. If we fail to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of if our auditors report such material weakness, the accuracy and timeliness of the filing of our annual report may be materially adversely affected and could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative affect on the trading price of our common stock. In addition, a material weakness in the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting could result in an increased chance of fraud and the loss of customers, reduce our ability to obtain financing and require additional expenditures to comply with these requirements, each of whic h could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Further, we believe that the out-of-pocket costs, the diversion of management’s attention from running the day-to-day operations and operational changes caused by the need to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could be significant. If the time and costs associated with such compliance exceed our current expectations, our results of operations could be adversely affected.
We are not likely to succeed unless we can overcome the many obstacles we face.
As an investor, you should be aware of the difficulties, delays and expenses we encounter, many of which are beyond our control, including unanticipated market trends, employment costs, and administrative expenses. We cannot assure our investors that our proposed business plans as described in this report will materialize or prove successful, or that we will ever be able to finalize development of our products or services or operate profitably. If we cannot operate profitably, you could lose your entire investment. As a result of the nature of our business, initially we expect to sustain substantial operating expenses without generating significant revenues.
Our acquisition strategy involves a number of risks.
We intend to pursue growth through the opportunistic acquisition of companies or assets that will enable us to expand our service lines to provide more cost-effective customer solutions. We routinely review potential acquisitions. This strategy involves certain risks, including difficulties in the integration of operations and systems, the diversion of our management’s attention from other business concerns, and the potential loss of key employees of acquired companies. We may not be able to successfully acquire, and/or integrate acquired businesses into our operations.
Risks Relating to Our Stock
We may need to raise additional capital. If we are unable to raise necessary additional capital, our business may fail or our operating results and our stock price may be materially adversely affected.
Due to the lack of significant revenue, we need to secure adequate funding. If we are unable to obtain adequate funding, we may not be able to successfully develop and market our products and services and our business will most likely fail. We do not have commitments for additional financing. To secure additional financing, we may need to borrow money or sell more securities, which may reduce the value of our outstanding securities. Under these circumstances, we may be unable to secure additional financing on favorable terms or at all.
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Selling additional stock, either privately or publicly, would dilute the equity interests of our stockholders. If we borrow more money, we will have to pay interest and may also have to agree to restrictions that limit our operating flexibility. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing, we may have to curtail business operations which would have a material negative effect on operating results and most likely result in a lower stock price.
Our common stock has experienced in the past, and is expected to experience in the future, significant price and volume volatility, which substantially increases the risk that you may not be able to sell your shares at or above the price that you pay for the shares.
Because of the limited trading market for our common stock, and because of the possible price volatility, you may not be able to sell your shares of common stock when you desire to do so. During 2008 and 2007, our common stock was sold and purchased at prices that ranged from a high of $0.005 to a low of $0.00071 per share. The inability to sell your shares in a rapidly declining market may substantially increase your risk of loss because of such illiquidity because the price for our common stock may suffer greater declines due to its price volatility.
The price of our common stock that will prevail in the market after this offering may be higher or lower than the price you pay. Certain factors, some of which are beyond our control, that may cause our share price to fluctuate significantly include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Variations in our quarterly operating results;
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The development of a market in general for our products and services;
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Changes in market valuations of similar companies;
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Announcement by us or our competitors of significant contracts, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
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Loss of a major customer or failure to complete significant transactions;
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Additions or departures of key personnel; and
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Fluctuations in stock market price and volume.
Additionally, in recent years the stock market in general, and the OTC Bulletin Board and technology stocks in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. In some cases, these fluctuations are unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the underlying company. These market and industry factors may materially and adversely affect our stock price, regardless of our operating performance.
Over the past few months, there have been periods of significant increases in trading volume of our common stock during which the price of our stock has both increased and decreased. The historical trading of our common stock is not necessarily an indicator of how it will trade in the future and our trading price as of the date of this report does not necessarily portend what the trading price of our common stock might be in the future.
Our directors have the right to authorize the issuance of preferred stock and additional shares of our common stock.
Our directors, within the limitations and restrictions contained in our articles of incorporation and without further action by our stockholders, have the authority to issue shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more series and to fix the number of shares and the relative rights, conversion rights, voting rights, and terms of redemption, liquidation preferences and any other preferences, special rights and qualifications of any such series. Any issuance of preferred stock could adversely affect the rights of holders of our common stock.
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Should we issue additional shares of our common stock at a later time, each investor’s ownership interest inPTS, Inc. would be proportionally reduced. No investor will have any preemptive right to acquire additional shares of our common stock, or any of our other securities.
If we fail to remain current on our reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTC Bulletin Board which would limit the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market.
Companies trading on the OTC Bulletin Board, such as PTS, Inc., must be reporting issuers under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and must be current in their reports under Section 13, in order to maintain price quotation privileges on the OTC Bulletin Board. If we fail to remain current on our reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTC Bulletin Board. As a result, the market liquidity for our securities could be severely adversely affected by limiting the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market.
Our common stock is subject to the “penny stock” rules of the SEC and the trading market in our securities is limited, which makes transactions in our stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an investment in our stock.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule 15g-9 which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Inasmuch as that the current bid and ask price of common stock is less than $5.00 per share, our shares are classified as “penny stock” under the rules of the SEC. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require:
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That a broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks; and
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The broker or dealer receives from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased.
In order to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must:
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Obtain financial information and investment experience objectives of the person; and
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Make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks.
The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the Commission relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form:
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Sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination; and
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That the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction.
Generally, brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of our stock.
Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.
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Investors in penny stock should be prepared for the possibility that they may lose their entire investment.
Item 4T. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e)) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time specified in the Commission's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer's management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, the Company carried out an evaluation with the participation of the Company’s management, including Peter Chin, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of September 30, 2009 to ensure that information requiring disclosure by the Company in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’ ;s management, including the Company’s CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in internal controls
Our management, with the participation our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, performed an evaluation to determine whether any change in our internal controls over financial reporting occurred during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that no change occurred in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal controls over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Not applicable.
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009:
We issued 27,225 shares of Series E preferred stock, valued at $27,225, for services. We have recorded a deemed dividend of $11,233 upon issuance of these shares due to the fact that they were initially convertible at a price below that on date of issue.
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We issued 106,937,500 shares of common stock pursuant to the conversion of 855,000 shares of Series A preferred stock, 2,250,000 shares of Series C preferred stock and 7,250 shares of Series E preferred stock.
We issued 66,593,481 shares of common stock upon conversion of $25,000 of convertible notes plus $1,404 of accrued interest.
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
Item 5.
Other Information.
None.
Item 6.
Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. | Identification of Exhibit | Location |
3.1 | Articles of Incorporation, dated November 5, 1996. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on March 3, 1999. |
3.2 | Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated June 29, 1998. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on March 3, 1999. |
3.3 | Articles of Exchange between the Company and Elast Technologies, Inc. dated June 11, 2001. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 26, 2001. |
3.4 | Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated June 26, 2001. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 26, 2001. |
3.5 | Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated March 16, 2004. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Definitive Information Statement filed on March 16, 2004. |
3.6 | Certificate of Designation establishing our Series A Preferred Stock, filed effective July 15, 2004. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
3.7 | Certificate of Designation establishing our Series B Preferred Stock, filed effective September 13, 2004. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
3.8 | Certificate of Designation establishing our Series C Preferred Stock, filed effective November 8, 2004. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
3.9 | Certificate of Designation establishing our Series D Preferred Stock, filed effective January 6, 2005. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
3.10 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation establishing our Series C preferred stock, filed effective April 5, 2005. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
3.11 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation establishing our Series D preferred stock, filed effective April 5, 2005 | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
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3.13 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation establishing our Series C preferred stock, filed effective November 10, 2005. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2005 filed on April 20, 2006. |
3.14 | Certificate of Designation establishing our Series E Preferred Stock, filed effective November 15, 2005. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2005 filed on April 20, 2006. |
3.15 | Certificate of Designation establishing our Series F Preferred Stock, filed effective November 15, 2005. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2005 filed on April 20, 2006. |
3.16 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation of the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C preferred stock, filed effective December 29, 2006. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2006 filed on April 2, 2007. |
3.17 | Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated October 9, 2007. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2007 filed on March 31, 2008. |
3.12 | Bylaws. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on March 3, 1999. |
10.1 | Stock exchange agreement with American Fire Retardant Corp., a Nevada corporation, dated November 29, 2004. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
10.2 | Stock exchange agreement with Stephen F. Owens, dated November 29, 2004. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
10.3 | Stock purchase agreement with Global Links Corp., a Nevada corporation, dated December 24, 2004. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2004 filed on May 20, 2005. |
10.4 | Stock exchange agreement with Disability Access Consultants, Inc., a California corporation, dated November 15, 2005. | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 22, 2005. |
10.5 | Stock purchase agreement and convertible note with James Brewer and PTS Card Solutions, Inc. dated October 10, 2006 | Incorporated by reference from PTS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 19, 2006. |
10.6 | Employment Agreement with Peter Chin dated July 1, 2009 | Filed herewith. |
31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Filed herewith. |
31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Filed herewith. |
32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Filed herewith. |
32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Filed herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 13, 2009
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| PTS, Inc.
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| By: /s/ Peter Chin Peter Chin, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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