UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-QSB
[X] Quarterly Report pursuant Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002
[ ] Transition report pursuant section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
0-9040
Commission file number
Aucxis Corp.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction)
Pending
(IRS Employer of incorporation or organization Identification No.)
Suite 500 - 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3P6 Canada.
(Address of principal executive offices)
604-639-3109
(Issuer's telephone number)
220 King Street West, Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1K4 Canada.
(Former Name, Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| (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 |
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| (2) | has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes...X...No........
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Check whether the registrant filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by court. Yes......No....X....
As of November 20, 2002 there were 66,409,415shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share outstanding.
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one);
Yes......No....X....
AUCXIS CORP. (FORMERLY E-AUCTION GLOBAL TRADING INC.)
FORM 10-QSB
INDEX
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION | Page |
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Item 1. Financial Statements | 3 |
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Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2002 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2001 | 4 |
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Consolidated Statements of Operations, Deficit and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited) for | 5 |
the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 | |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the nine months ended | 6 |
September 30, 2002 and 2001 | |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | 7 |
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Item 2. Managements’ Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of | 13 |
Operations | |
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION | 16 |
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings | 16 |
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Item 5: Other Information | 17 |
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Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K | 18 |
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Signatures | 18 |
ITEM 1. Financial Statements
Aucxis Corp.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
(a Nevada Corporation)
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
September 30, 2002
(expressed in U.S. dollars)
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
(a Nevada Corporation)
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
(in U.S. dollars)
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in U.S. dollars)
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CURRENT ASSETS | | | | | | |
Cash and equivalents | $ | 521,183 | | $ | 310,050 | |
Accounts receivable (Note 5) | | 855,292 | | | 1,230,348 | |
Inventory (Note 6) | | 1,989,528 | | | 404,310 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 67,404 | | | 113,528 | |
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Total Current Assets | | 3,433,407 | | | 2,058,236 | |
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Investments (Note 7) | | 132,372 | | | 115,772 | |
Property, plant and equipment (Note 8) | | 443,926 | | | 706,854 | |
Acquired core technology (Notes 4 and 10) | | 337,037 | | | 449,381 | |
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Total Assets | $ | 4,346,742 | | $ | 3,330,243 | |
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LIABILITIES | | | | | | |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 13) | $ | 1,080,731 | | $ | 1,462,832 | |
Due to related parties (Note 14) | | 353,935 | | | 352,335 | |
Deferred revenue | | 2,395,535 | | | 711,551 | |
Current portion of long-term debt (Note 16) | | 482,996 | | | 89,055 | |
Deferred taxes | | 12,843 | | | 11,577 | |
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Total Current Liabilities | | 4,326,040 | | | 2,627,350 | |
Long-term debt (Note 16) | | 116,566 | | | 165,643 | |
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Total | | 4,442,606 | | | 2,792,993 | |
Mandatory Redeemable Shares of Common Stock (Note 4(a)) | | 4,818,181 | | | 4,818,181 | |
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Total Liabilities | | 9,260,787 | | | 7,611,174 | |
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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) | | | | | | |
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COMMON STOCK, $0.001 par value; 62,714,551 shares | | | | | | |
authorized, 62,714,551 issued and outstanding | | 62,773 | | | 62,773 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | 18,736,200 | | | 18,736,200 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income | | 213,020 | | | 149,900 | |
Deficit | | (23,926,038 | ) | | (23,229,804 | ) |
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Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) | | (4,914,045 | ) | | (4,280,931 | ) |
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) | $ | 4,346,742 | | $ | 3,330,243 | |
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Contingencies (Notes 1 and 23) | | | | | | |
Subsequent Events (Note 24) | | | | | | |
Approved on behalf of the Board of Directors:
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(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS, DEFICIT AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
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Revenue | $ | 4,172,485 | | $ | 5,571,147 | | $ | 1,561,714 | | $ | 1,984,138 | |
Cost of goods sold | | 1,717,966 | | | 2,683,028 | | | 398,622 | | | 937,675 | |
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Selling, general and administrative expense | | 2,732,221 | | | 6,015,966 | | | 1,106,958 | | | 1,810,746 | |
Depreciation and amortization expense | | 233,912 | | | 1,874,505 | | | 111,982 | | | 482,072 | |
Research and development | | - | | | 972,390 | | | - | | | (1,525 | ) |
Write off of requiredworkforce and technology | | - | | | 4,383,378 | | | - | | | 3,576,702 | |
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Loss before the under-noted | | (511,614 | ) | | (10,358,120 | ) | | (55,848 | ) | | (4,821,534 | ) |
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Share of income (loss) of equity investment | | (2,950 | ) | | 2,372 | | | (2,950 | ) | | (87,676 | ) |
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Interest income | | - | | | 137,811 | | | - | | | 16,163 | |
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Write down of Kwatrobox’s net liabilities | | - | | | 787,606 | | | - | | | - | |
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Loss on sales and write down of assets | | (122,667 | ) | | - | | | (6,895 | ) | | 787,606 | |
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Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest | | (637,231 | ) | | (9,430,331 | ) | | (65,393 | ) | | (4,105,441 | ) |
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Income tax recovery (expense) | | (59,003 | ) | | (59,979 | ) | | (67,108 | ) | | (64,469 | ) |
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Non-controlling interest | | - | | | (1,791 | ) | | - | | | 904 | |
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Loss for the period | | (696,234 | ) | | (9,492,100 | ) | | (132,801 | ) | | (4,169,006 | ) |
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Deficit beginning of period | | (23,229,804 | ) | | (8,258,366 | ) | | (23,777,042 | ) | | (13,581,461 | ) |
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Deficit end of period | | (23,926,038 | ) | | (17,750,467 | ) | | (23,909,843 | ) | | (17,750,467 | ) |
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Basis loss per share | $ | (.01 | ) | $ | (.15 | ) | $ | (.01 | ) | $ | (0.07 | ) |
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Loss for the period | $ | (696,234 | ) | $ | (9,492,100 | ) | $ | (132,801 | ) | $ | (4,169,006 | ) |
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other comprehensive income (loss) | | 63,120 | | | 101,902 | | | 69,338 | | | (56,333 | ) |
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Comprehensive loss | $ | (593,259 | ) | $ | (9,390,198 | ) | $ | (63,463 | ) | $ | (4,225,339 | ) |
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Shares used in computing basic earnings per share | | 62,738,926 | | | 62,714,551 | | | 62,738,926 | | | 62,714,551 | |
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(Diluted loss per share has not been presented as the result is anti-dilutive) | | | | | | | |
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES | | | | | | |
Loss for the period | $ | (696,234 | ) | $ | (9,492,101 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash | | | | | | |
Interest | | 23,048 | | | - | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 233,912 | | | 1,874,505 | |
Foreign exchange | | 69,630 | | | (6,465 | ) |
Write-off of acquired workforce, core technology and goodwill | | - | | | 4,383,378 | |
Write-off of bank overdraft and long-term debt | | - | | | (975,834 | ) |
Write-off of capital assets | | - | | | 646,378 | |
Gain on settlement of payables | | - | | | (51,259 | ) |
Loss on disposal of assets | | - | | | 17,918 | |
Stock-based compensation | | - | | | 4,795 | |
Non-controlling interest | | - | | | 1,790 | |
Stock options issued to non-employees | | - | | | - | |
Share of (income) loss of equity investment | | 2,950 | | | (2,372 | ) |
Provision for impairment | | 82,003 | | | - | |
Loss on sale of assets and other | | 40,664 | | | - | |
Net change in non-cash working capital items (Note 19) | | 140,711 | | | (1,272,173 | ) |
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CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES | | (103,316 | ) | | (4,871,440 | ) |
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES | | | | | | |
Bank indebtedness | | - | | | 437,186 | |
Related party repayments | | - | | | (820,214 | ) |
Long-term debt (repayment) | | 321,816 | | | 29,233 | |
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CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES | | 321,816 | | | (353,795 | ) |
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Purchase of property, plant and equipment (net of disposal proceeds) | | (1,440 | ) | | (504,132 | ) |
Disposal of fixed assets | | - | | | 305,507 | |
Investment | | (5,927 | ) | | - | |
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CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES | | (7,367 | ) | | (198,625 | ) |
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DURING THE PERIOD | | 176,113 | | | (3,292,281 | ) |
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EFFECT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE ON CASH | | 35,020 | | | (47,124 | ) |
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS BEGINNING OF PERIOD | | 310,050 | | | 4,179,394 | |
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS END OF PERIOD | $ | 521,183 | | $ | 751,799 | |
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Interest paid | | | | $ | 46,826 | |
Taxes paid | | | | $ | 59,003 | |
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
1. | NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND CONTINUANCE OF BUSINESS Aucxis Corp. (the “Company”) changed its name from e-Auction Global Trading Inc. in June 2001. The Company is currently developing e-business services for the perishable commodity marketplace primarily in Europe. In addition, through its subsidiary, Aucxis Trading Solutions N.V. (ATS) (formerly Schelfhout Computer Systemen N.V.), the Company is engaged in the installation and maintenance of auction clock and cooling systems for traditional auction halls and the development of software for auctions. In September 2001, the Company decided to discontinue its financial support for its subsidiaries in The Netherlands, including V-Wholesale N.V., Kwatrobox B.V., Palm Verlingsystemen B.V., Scoop Software B.V., Automatiseringsbureau Palm N.V., and Nieaf Systems B.V. (together “Kwatrobox”) as the businesses operated by these companies no longer form part of the company’s refocused business strategy. As a result, Kwatrobox and its operating subsidiaries, Automatiseringsbureau Palm N.V. and Nieaf Systems B.V., filed for bankruptcy and under the bankruptcy laws of the Netherlands, a trustee took control of Kwatrobox and its subsidiaries in October 2001. The Company has a serious working capital deficiency as at September 30, 2002 and has suffered recurring operating losses and has an accumulated deficit as at September 30, 2002. These factors raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon effective implementation of revenue and cost management alternatives and the success of potential future external financing initiatives. Management is considering various revenue and cost management alternatives and is examining a variety of options to raise additional financing. It is not possible at this time to predict with any assurance the success of these initiatives.
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2. | BASIS OF PRESENTATION These financial statements consolidate the accounts of the Company, Aucxis Corp. (Nevada) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries as follows: Aucxis N.V. (Belgium) Aucxis Trading Solutions N.V. (formerly Schelfhout Computer Systemen N.V. (Belgium) I-Three Inc. e-Auction Global Trading Inc. (Barbados) Aucxis Corp. (Canada)
The September 30, 2001 comparative figures also include the Netherlands subsidiaries described in Note 1 as these entities were controlled by the Company at that time. The financial statements also include the Company’s share of the net assets and earnings or loss of the Company’s 48.2% investment in Aucxis Limited (Australia) and 40% (2001 – 100%) investment in SDL Invest N.V. (Belgium) and the company’s interest in Auction Trading Services Netherlands B.V. which are accounted for by the equity method.
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AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
3. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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| (a) | Foreign exchange translation The Company’s functional currency is U.S. dollars, except that its main operating subsidiaries function in Netherland guilders and euros. Foreign denominated non-monetary assets, liabilities and other items are measured in U.S. dollars using the exchange rate prevailing at the respective transaction dates. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are measured at exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Resulting remeasurement adjustments are included in income. The Company applies the current exchange rate to translate the operating subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities and average exchange rate for the year to translate revenues, expenses and gains and losses, into U.S. dollars. The resulting translation adjustments are included as a separate component of comprehensive loss within shareholders’ equity. |
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| (b) | Financial instruments The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents and bank indebtedness, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities amounts, due to related parties, deferred revenue, long-term debt and contingencies. The fair values of these financial instruments approximate their carrying values due to their short-term nature and normal trade terms.
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| (c) | Property, plant and equipment Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Property, plant and equipment are depreciated from the date of acquisition using the following rates and methods: Building 40 years straight-line Furniture and fixtures 10 years straight-line Leaseholds 4 years straight-line Tools and equipment 5 years straight-line Vehicles 5 years straight-line Software 5 years straight-line
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| (d) | Acquired workforce Acquired workforce is recorded at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over its expected life of approximately five years. Acquired workforce related to I-Three Inc. was written off in the third quarter of 2001.
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| (e) | Acquired core technology Acquired core technology is recorded at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over its expected life of approximately five years. Acquired core technology related to I-Three Inc. was written off in the third quarter of 2001.
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AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
3. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
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| (f) | Goodwill Goodwill represents the costs of acquired businesses in excess of the fair values of the net identifiable assets acquired and is amortized on a straight-line basis over its expected life of five years. Late in 2001, the Company wrote off the remaining goodwill related to its acquisition of Kwatrobox as the Company discontinued its financial support for the business operated by Kwatrobox as described in Notes 1, 4(b) and 11. Late in 2001, the Company also wrote off the remaining goodwill related to its acquisition of ATS (formerly Schelfhout Computer Systemen N.V.) as the Company no longer considered the carrying amount of this portion of the goodwill to represent the amount by which the fair value of ATS exceeded the fair value of its net identifiable assets as described in Notes 4(a) and 11.
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| (g) | Impairment of long-lived assets The Company evaluates potential impairment of its long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate doubts about the recoverability of such assets. Recoverability of assets held and used is measured by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to estimated future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If an asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its estimated fair value. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value. Fair value is based on the amount of consideration which would be paid by an arms length party under no compulsion to transact.
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| (h) | Internal use software The company has acquired and is developing software for internal use in its e-business services. As the company is still in the preliminary stages of developing its e-business services all related costs have been expensed in the year. |
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| (i) | Income taxes The company provides for income taxes under the asset and liability method in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between the financial reporting and income tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted tax rates and laws. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts which are more likely than not to be realized. To date, the company’s deferred tax assets, relating primarily to losses carried forward, have not been considered more likely than not to be realized and, accordingly, a valuation allowance equal to the deferred tax assets has been recorded.
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| (j) | Revenue recognition The Company derives revenue from the development and installation of clock systems, cooling installations and maintenance services related to these systems. Clock and cooling installations take three to four months to complete and are accounted for using the percentage of completion method in accordance with Statement of Position 81.-1. Revenue from contracts with customers that include customer acceptance provisions that are not confirmed until delivery and installation of the systems is recognized when the installation is complete and customer acceptance has occurred under the completed contract method of accounting.
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AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
3. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
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| (j) | Revenue recognition (continued) Revenue from the sale of customized hardware and software applications is recognized when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed and collectibility is reasonably assured. Maintenance contracts to service installed clock and cooling systems are sold separately from these systems. Revenue from maintenance contracts is recognized rateably over the contract period during which services are performed, as vendor specific objective evidence of fair value for maintenance service is obtained.
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| (k) | Inventory Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost being determined using the weighted average cost method. Obsolete or defective inventories are reduced to net realizable value. The work-in-progress inventory represents direct costs, including raw materials, labour and an allocation of overhead.
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| (l) | Stock options SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” requires that stock awards granted be recognized as compensation expense based on their fair values at the date of grant. Alternatively, a company may account for granted stock awards under Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and disclose pro forma income amounts which would have resulted from recognizing such awards at their fair value. The Company has elected to account for stock-based compensation for employees under APB No. 25 and make the required pro forma disclosures for compensation expense. Stock based compensation for non-employees are accounted for using SFAS No. 123. The Company has modified the terms of its option plan for certain employees and, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 44 (FIN 44), Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, the Company has adopted variable plan accounting for these options. Under variable plan accounting, compensation expense is calculated and recorded each period from the date of modification to the date of measurement.
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| (m) | Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on deposit and highly liquid short-term, interest bearing securities, having original terms to maturity of three months or less. |
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| (n) | Warranty provision One of the Company’s subsidiaries provides a warranty for some of the products sold. A provision for estimated warranty costs is charged to operations on the basis of management’s estimate of costs to be incurred servicing warranty claims.
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| (o) | Use of estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Financial results as determined by actual events could differ from those estimates. |
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
3. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
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| (p) | Comparative figures Certain amounts in the financial statements have been reclassified to be consistent and comparable from year-to-year.
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4. | ACQUISITIONS AND IMPAIRMENT OF ACQUIRED ASSETS |
| (a) | ATS (formerly Schelfhout Computer Systemen N.V.) On January 10, 2000, the Company completed and closed the purchase of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of ATS (formerly Schelfhout Computer Systemen N.V.), a Belgian company that supplies clocks and cooling systems to auction houses. The Company acquired the shares of ATS in exchange for 3,636,364 shares of common stock and cash of $4,000,000. The shares of common stock were valued at $3,636,364, based on their estimated fair value at January 10, 2000. Fair value was determined based on the cash price paid for stock in a contemporaneous private placement, the put feature related to the shares issued to acquire ATS and the market price of the Company’s stock around the acquisition date. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the vendors agreed not to sell or transfer any of their shares except on the basis of a time release formula which presumes that the shares will be freely tradable at the time of release for sale or transfer. The terms of the purchase agreement also provide the vendors with a put feature which allows the vendors to sell the shares back to the Company at $1.65 per share at the time of release if they are not freely tradable. Under the time release formula, 454,545 shares are to be released on each of the 6, 12, 18 and 24 month anniversary dates of the closing and 606,061 shares are to be released on each of the 36, 48 and 60 month anniversary dates of the closing. Since the 3,636,364 shares issued to the vendors are subject to the put feature described above, which is beyond the Company’s direct control, they have been classified as mandatory redeemable shares of common stock. During 2001, the Company accreted $243,817 to the mandatory redeemable shares of common stock all of which was recognized in the last quarter of 2001. The first 454,545 shares were not free trading on July 10, 2000, the six-month anniversary date of the acquisition and during 2001 the vendors sought to exercise their right to retract 909,090 shares, representing the first two tranchees under the time release agreement, on the basis that they were not free trading on their respective release dates (see also Note 24(b)). In December 2001, the Company wrote off the net carrying value of goodwill of $3,924,267 related to the ATS acquisition as the Company no longer considered the carrying amount of this goodwill to represent the amount by which the fair value of ATS exceeded the fair value of its net identifiable assets (see Note 11).
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AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
4. | ACQUISITIONS AND IMPAIRMENT OF ACQUIRED ASSETS (continued)
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| (b) | Purchase of Kwatrobox B.V. Effective November 1, 2000, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Kwatrobox B.V. (“Kwatrobox”), a provider of electronic auction infrastructure and enterprise resource planning software, for cash of $1,573,250 and 1,250,000 shares of the Company plus performance related contingent consideration of up to 200,000 shares of common stock of the Company. Total consideration, excluding the contingently issueable shares was $2,883,250. 750,000 of the shares issued upon closing on November 1, 2000, were held in escrow subject to a time release arrangement; 150,000 of which remain to be released on June 5, 2002. The performance shares were contingent upon Kwatrobox and its subsidiaries earning combined pre-tax income of between $1.0 million and $1.4 million for the period commencing on June 5, 2000 and ending July 4, 2003. No additional consideration is required where pre-tax earnings are less than $1 million for this period. The performance shares were not included in the purchase consideration at the time of purchase. Any additional consideration arising after the purchase was to be based on the fair value of the shares to be issued at that time and was to be recorded as an increase in goodwill. In September 2001, the Company decided to discontinue its financial support for Kwatrobox B.V. and its Netherlands subsidiaries as described in Note 1. As a result, the Company wrote off a net asset deficiency of $445,989 and goodwill of $3,386,785 related to Kwatrobox and its subsidiaries. Although Kwatrobox and its primary operating subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy and a trustee has been appointed pursuant to the Netherlands bankruptcy laws, the Company’s management believes that the Company is not exposed to further claims by creditors of Kwatrobox and its subsidiaries and no amounts have been accrued in these financial statements for such claims. |
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| (c) | Purchase of I-Three Inc. On November 27, 2000, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of I-Three Inc. in exchange for 455,000 shares of the Company. I-Three Inc. specialized in real-time, business-to-business infrastructure technology. The total consideration paid was $218,400. In June 2001, the Company determined that the acquired workforce and acquired core technology obtained through the acquisition of I-Three Inc. would be terminated and abandoned respectively. As a result, the Company wrote off acquired workforce of $144,461 and goodwill of $563,211 related to I-Three Inc. On August 29, 2001, the Company made an agreement with BoomBoat Inc. (“BoomBoat”) whereby the Company paid BoomBoat to take over I-Three Inc.’s operations and employees paying BoomBoat a one-time fee of $181,943. In exchange, BoomBoat agreed to pay the Company, a royalty of 1% of revenues received from August 30, 2001 up to and including August 29, 2006. The Company retained the rights to its technology and intellectual property.
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AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
4. | ACQUISITIONS AND IMPAIRMENT OF ACQUIRED ASSETS (continued)
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| (d) | Impairment of goodwill, acquired workforce and acquired core technology The impairment provision for the year ended December 31, 2001 for goodwill, acquired workforce and acquired core technology is comprised as follows:
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| Goodwill for ATS | $ | 3,924,267 | |
| Goodwill for Kwatrobox | | 3,386,785 | |
| Acquired workforce for I-Three Inc. | | 144,461 | |
| Acquired core technology for I-Three Inc. | | 563,211 | |
| Less gain on disposal of other identifiable assets | | | |
| and liabilities for Kwatrobox | | (445,989 | ) |
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| | $ | 7,572,735 | |
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5. | ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Accounts receivable consists of the following amounts: |
| | | September 30, 2002 | | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Accounts receivable | $ | 855,292 | | $ | 1,243,188 | |
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | | – | | | (12,840 | ) |
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| | $ | 855,292 | | $ | 1,230,348 | |
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6. | INVENTORY Inventory consists of the following: |
| | | September 30, 2002 | | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Raw materials | $ | 292,403 | | $ | 235,990 | |
| Work-in-progress | | 1,572,434 | | | 45,418 | |
| Finished goods | | 124,691 | | | 122,902 | |
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| | $ | 1,989,528 | | $ | 404,310 | |
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7. | INVESTMENT During 2001, the Company recognized an impairment in the carrying amount of its equity investment in Aucxis Limited (Australia) in the amount of $484,448 because management believed that the Company will not be able to recover its investment in Aucxis Limited (Australia). This impairment is included in share of loss of equity investment for the year ended December 31, 2001. The remaining investments balance consists of the Company’s interest in SDL Invest N.V. (Belgium) and the Company’s interest in Auction Trading Services Netherlands B.V. |
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
8. | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
| | | | | | | | September 30 | | December 31, | |
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| | | | | Accumulated | | Net Carrying | | Net Carrying | |
| | Cost | | Depreciation | | Value | | Value | |
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| Furniture and fixtures | $ | 96,520 | | $ | 16,550 | | $ | 79,970 | | $ | 124,919 | |
| Leaseholds | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 27,619 | |
| Software | | 288,880 | | 166,669 | | | 122,211 | | | 157,582 | |
| Tools and equipment | | 60,808 | | | 34,606 | | | 26,202 | | | 122,761 | |
| Vehicles | | 511,642 | | 296,099 | | | 215,543 | | | 273,973 | |
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| | $ | 957,850 | | $ | 519,924 | | $ | 443,926 | | $ | 706,854 | |
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| | | September 30, 2002 | | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Cost | $ | – | | $ | 166,898 | |
| Accumulated amortization | | – | | | (22,437 | ) |
| Written off I-Three Inc. (Note 4(c)) | | – | | | (144,461 | ) |
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10. | ACQUIRED CORE TECHNOLOGY |
| | | September 30, 2002 | | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Cost | $ | 748,969 | | $ | 1,394,310 | |
| Accumulated amortization | | (411,932 | ) | | (381,718 | ) |
| Written off I-Three Inc. (Note 4(c)) | | – | | | (563,211 | ) |
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| | $ | 337,037 | | $ | 449,381 | |
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| | | September 30, 2002 | | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Cost | $ | – | | $ | 10,677,812 | |
| Accumulated amortization | | – | | | (3,366,760 | ) |
| Written off ATS (Note 4(a)) | | – | | | (3,924,267 | ) |
| Written off Kwatrobox (Note 4(b)) | | – | | | (3,386,785 | ) |
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AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
12. | BANK INDEBTEDNESS The Company’s subsidiary, ATS, has available a bank credit facility of approximately $220,000 (247,000 EUR) which can be used for operating purposes. This credit facility bears interest at the bank’s base rate plus 1.25% and is secured by certain assets of ATS. The Company has executed a postponement agreement in favour of the bank. Under the agreement the Company may not cause the ATS subsidiary to pay dividends to the Company or otherwise make payments to other companies in the group without the consent of the bank.
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13. | ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consist of the following:
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| | | September 30, 2002 | | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Trade payables | $ | 534,573 | | $ | 853,412 | |
| Accrued liabilities | | 385,139 | | | 263,000 | |
| Payroll | | 161,019 | | | 346,420 | |
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| | $ | 1,080,731 | | $ | 1,462,832 | |
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14. | DUE TO RELATED PARTIES |
| | | September 30, 2002
| | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Due to former Kwatrobox shareholders | | 353,935 | | | 352,335 | |
| Less: Current portion | | (353,935 | ) | | (352,335 | ) |
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| The amount due to former Kwatrobox shareholders relates to the acquisition of Kwatrobox from these former shareholders and the balance is non-interest bearing. Included in the accounts payable is $43,214 (2001 - $59,000) due to a firm in which a director is a partner. Included in accounts payable is $Nil (2001 - $33,494) due to a company controlled by directors of a subsidiary. |
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
15. | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company incurred the following amounts to related parties during the nine month period and year ended September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 respectively. |
| | | September 30, 2002 | | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Management fees to companies controlled by former directors | $ | – | | $ | 242,975 | |
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| Professional fees paid to a firm in which a director is a partner | | 64,214 | | | 59,000 | |
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| Administration fees to a company with common directors | | _ | | | 38,391 | |
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| Consulting fees to a company controlled by a director | | 63,380 | | | 61,150 | |
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| Consulting fees paid to company controlled by the directors | | | | | | |
| of a subsidiary | | – | | | 148,690 | |
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| Rent paid to SDL Invest N.V. (Belgium) | | 74,150 | | | 87,140 | |
| | | September 30, 2002 | | | December 31, 2001 | |
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| Convertible bridge loan | $ | 398,048 | | $ | - | |
| Vehicle and other loans | | 201,514 | | | 254,698 | |
| Less: Current portion | | (482,996 | ) | | (89,055 | ) |
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| Long-term debt | $ | 116,566 | | $ | 165,643 | |
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| The vehicle loans have interest rates ranging from 3.67% to 8.82%, and maturity dates ranging from September 2002 through May 2006, and are secured by the related vehicles. The debt repayments over the next five years are as follows: |
| 2002 | $ | 5,760 | | | | |
| 2003 | | 92,102 | | | | |
| 2004 | | 59,454 | | | | |
| 2005 | | 35,159 | | | | |
| 2006 | | 9,039 | | | | |
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| | $ | 201,514 | | | | |
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| The weighted average interest rate on borrowings is approximately 6.5%. |
On April 16, 2002, the Company and three lenders, ABN Capital (Belgium) NV, Bodin Saphir Pension Scheme, and J.J. Mennillo, entered into a Convertible Bridge Loan Agreement for $125,000 each, representing an aggregate loan by the lenders to the Compnay of $375,000. The Company and lenders placed the loan in escrow. The loan bears interest at a rate at 12.5% per annum, which accrues until the loan is repaid or converted to shares. Subject to certain terms and conditions of this agreement, each of the lenders is entitled to convert only such amounts as have been drawn down from its respective part of the principal of the loan into shares at $.01 per share. Interest has been capitalized to the loan balances.
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
17. | INCOME TAXES The Company has adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 109 (SFAS 109), Accounting for Income Taxes. Pursuant to SFAS 109, the Company is required to compute tax asset benefits for net operating losses carried forward. The potential tax benefit of net operating losses has not been recognized in the financial statements because the Company cannot be assured that it is more likely than not that it will utilize the net operating losses carried forward in future years. The Company has U.S. and European tax losses of approximately $18,600,000 to offset future years taxable income. These losses expire between fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2016. The components of the net deferred tax asset, the statutory tax rate, the effective tax rate and the elected amount of the valuation allowance are outlined below: |
| | Period ended | | Year ended | |
| | September 30, | | December 31, | |
| | 2002 | | 2001 | |
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| Net combined U.S. and European operating losses | $ | 18,600,000 | | $ | 18,000,000 | |
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| Statutory combined U.S. and European tax rate | | 35% | | | 35% | |
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| Effective tax rate | | – | | | – | |
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| Deferred tax asset | | 6,510,000 | | | 6,300,000 | |
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| Valuation allowance | | (6,510,000 | ) | | (6,300,000 | ) |
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| Net deferred tax asset | $ | – | | $ | – | |
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| | Number | | | Value | | | Paid In | | | Total | |
| | of Shares | | | ($.001) | | | Capital | | | Value | |
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| Balance, December 31, 2000 | 62,714,551 | | | 62,715 | | | 18,735,673 | | | 18,798,388 | |
| Issued on exercise of options | 58,500 | | | 58 | | | 527 | | | 585 | |
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| Balance on December 31, 2001 and | | | | | | | | | | | |
| September 30, 2002 | 62,773,051 | | $ | 62,773 | | $ | 18,736,200 | | $ | 18,798,973 | |
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| Balance December 31, 2000 | 8,213,000 | | | 0.34 | |
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| Exercised | (58,500 | ) | | .01 | |
| Cancelled | (5,100,000 | ) | | .35 | |
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| Balance December 31, 2001 and September 30, 2002 | 3,054,500 | | | .34 | |
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| The following table summarizes information about the Company’s share options outstanding as at December 31, 2001 and September 30, 2002. |
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
18. | COMMON STOCK (Continued) |
| | Weighted average | |
Exercise | | Remaining | |
price | Number outstanding | contractual life | Number exercisable |
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$0.01 | 96,500 | 2.0 | 96,500 |
$0.35 | 2,958,000 | 9.0 | 2,958,000 |
| The following reflects pro-forma net income and loss per share as if the Company had elected to adopt the fair value approach of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) 123: |
| | | September 30, | |
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| Loss for the period | | | |
| As reported | $ | 696,234 | |
| Pro-forma | | 900,000 | |
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| Basic and diluted loss per share | | | |
| As reported | | .01 | |
| Pro forma | | .01 | |
| The estimated fair value of each option granted was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. |
19. | CHANGE IN NON-CASH WORKING CAPITAL |
| | | September 30, | |
| | | 2002 | |
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| Accounts receivable | $ | 375,056 | |
| Inventory | | (1,585,218 | ) |
| Prepaid expenses | | 46,124 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | (380,501 | ) |
| Deferred items | | 1,685,250 | |
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| | $ | 140,711 | |
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20. | SEGMENTED INFORMATION The Company operates in one operating segment, this being the installation of auction clocks and cooling systems. Geographic information |
| | | September 30, 2002 | | | September 30, 2001 | |
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| Revenue | | | | | | |
| Canada | $ | – | | $ | 76,053 | |
| Belgium | | 4,172,485 | | | 2,957,243 | |
| Netherlands | | – | | | 2,916,327 | |
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| | $ | 4,172,485 | | $ | 5,571,147 | |
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AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
| | | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
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| Identifiable long lived assets | | | | | | |
| Canada | $ | 158,303 | | $ | 278,892 | |
| Belgium | | 285,626 | | | 877,343 | |
| Netherlands | | – | | | – | |
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| | $ | 433,926 | | $ | 1,156,235 | |
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21. | LOSS PER COMMON SHARE The weighted average number of shares of common stock used for calculating the basic loss per share is 62,738,926 (2001 – 62,714,551). Fully diluted loss per share is the same as the basic loss per share for the periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. Loss per share is determined based on the loss available to common shareholders as presented in the statement of operations, deficit and comprehensive loss. The 3,054,500 outstanding stock options are not included in the computation of earnings per share as they are anti-dilutive for the periods presented.
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22. | COMMITMENTS The Company has future minimum lease payments under operating leases relating to premises at September 30, 2002 as follows: |
| 2002 | $ | 33,375 | |
| 2003 | | 89,000 | |
| 2004 | | 89,000 | |
| 2005 | | 89,000 | |
| 2006 | | 89,000 | |
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| In addition, the Company has an outstanding commitment to sell its remaining 40% investment in SDL Invest N.V. to a former director of ATS under the terms of an option held by former the ATS director. |
23. | CONTINGENCIES
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| (a) | Claims totalling approximately $800,000 have been made against ATS, the Company’s main Belgian subsidiary, by a competitor, Agro Marches Internationalaux S.A. No amounts have been recorded in these financial statements to provide for any possible settlement of these claims as management is unable to determine whether they have merit. |
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| (b) | Certain customers of a subsidiary have filed claims totalling $70,000 against the subsidiary company. At present, there is insufficient information available to ascertain the likelihood of these claims being successful. Accordingly, no recognition of this contingent loss has been made.
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| (c) | A former employee of I-Three Inc. has received a judgement from a Texas court against the Company for approximately $25,000. No provision has been made in these financial statements for this judgement as management believes this court has no jurisdiction over the matter. |
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| (d) | The former owners of the Company’s subsidiary, ATS (formerly Schelfhout Computer Systemen N.V.), sought to enforce the mandatory redemption feature related to the first two trenches of shares totalling 909,090 be released under the terms of the purchase agreement described in Note 4(a) on the basis that these shares were not free trading at the time of release as contemplated in the agreement. |
AUCXIS CORP.
(formerly e-Auction Global Trading Inc.)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in U.S. dollars)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
23. | CONTINGENCIES (Continued) The former owners of the Company’s subsidiary, who were directors of the subsidiary at the time, brought an action against the Company to enforce a pledge on the shares of ATS, which was provided to secure the obligations of the Company under the agreement. This action was heard by a Belgian court which granted a remedy to the former owners of the subsidiary which allowed them to re-acquire a 7½% interest in the subsidiary from the Company in exchange for the transfer for cancellation of the first tranche of 454,545 shares of the Company in full satisfaction of the Company’s obligations in relation to such shares under the agreement. No further action has been taken with respect to the second tranche of 454,545 shares released on January 10, 2001. |
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| (e) | On April 16, 2002, Mr. Schelfhout and Mrs. De Laet filed a request for arbitration against Aucxis Corp. N.V. and the Company. The plaintiffs allege that the Company and Aucxis N.V. deliberately committed a number misrepresentations both prior to and subsequent to the closing the ATS share purchase agreement. They have alleged damages of up to USD 1,190,309 for which they seek to be compensated by Aucxis Corp. N.V. and the Company. On March 29, 2002 Mr. Schelfhout and Mrs. De Laet brought an ex parte application before the President of the Commercial Court of Dendermonde (Belgium), which granted them authorization to apply a restraint order to a portion of the ATS shares held by Aucxis N.V. The Company appealed this ruling and the Court heard these actions on June 25, 2002 and on October 22, 2002 the appeal was denied. The Company also brought an action against Mr. Schelfhout and Mrs. De Laet relating to irregularities in discharging their obligations as directors of ATS. This action is expected to be heard by the Court by November 30, 2002 and the Company is currently waiting the decision. On April 30, 2002, Mr. Schelfhout resigned as the managing director of ATS and ceased to perform the duties required of him under his management contract. The Company brought an action against Mr. Schelfout related to his default under a management agreement. The action was expected to be heard on September 20, 2002 and has been reopened for details to be argued on December 20, 2002. All of these proceedings are currently in their initial stages and decisions are not expected before the end of the year. Management believes that the claims brought against the Company are without merit and does not expect that any impact resulting from them will have a material effect on the Company.
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24. | NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS The Company will be required to adopt SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities for the 2002 fiscal year. At present, the company does not use derivative financial instruments and does not enter into hedging transactions. Therefore, the impact of adopting SFAS 133 on financial reporting will not be material. The Company will also be required to adopt SFAS 142 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets for its 2002 fiscal year. Based on the Company’s existing intangible assets and its current accounting policy for such items, the impact of adopting SFAS 142 is not expected to result in a significant impact on the Company. |
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
When used herein, the words “may”, “will”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “project”, “intend”, “plan” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding events, conditions and financial trends that may affect the Company's future plans of operations, business strategy, operating results and financial position. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-QSB which address activities, events or developments which the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future capital expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof), business strategy, expansion and growth of the Company’s business and operations, and other such matters are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the Company in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments as well as other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and significant uncertainties and that actual results may differ materially from those included within the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. The occurrence of any unanticipated events may cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date of this report.
Overview
Aucxis Corp. (“Aucxis” or the “Company”) was originally incorporated in Nevada on January 8, 1998 under the name Kazari International, Inc. (Kazari). On February 26, 1999, Kazari and e-Auction Global Trading Inc. (Barbados) entered into a share exchange agreement pursuant to which agreement Kazari purchased e-Auction (Barbados) shares on a one for one basis. Kazari had no viable business activities at the time of the share exchange agreement. On June 10, 1999, Kazari amended its name to e-Auction Global Trading Inc. During fiscal year 2000, Aucxis acquired Schelfhout Computer Systemen N.V., Kwatrobox B.V., and I-Three, Inc. On June 12, 2001 the Company amended its charter to change its name to Aucxis Corp.
Aucxis currently has a wholly owned subsidiary, e-Auction (Barbados), which in turn has one wholly owned subsidiary, Aucxis Corp. (Canada). The Company also owns Aucxis Corp. (Belgium), directly, which in turn has one wholly owned subsidiary, Aucxis Trading Solutions NV (“ATS”) (formerly Schelfhout Computer Systemen N.V.(Schelfhout)), a Belgium company. ATS has a 40% ownership interest in SDL Invest N.V. and a 33.3% interest in ATS Holland B.V. Aucxis als o has a 48.2% investment in Aucxis Limited. (Australia) (formerly Hunter Capital Limited), that was written off in the prior year. Previously, Aucxis Limited was accounted for by the equity method.
The Company owns V-Wholesaler B.V. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Kwatrobox B.V. and the subsidiaries of Kwatrobox B.V., 100% of Aucxis Business Solutions (“ABS”) (formerly Automatiserngbureau Palm B.V.), 80% of Scoop Software B.V., 100% of Palm Veilingsystemen B.V., 100% of Nieaf Systems B.V. (“Nieaf”). Leading up to September 2001, management at ABS was unable to generate positive cash flow and continued to seek financial support from Aucxis Corp. Previous management had funded this subsidiary in an effort to support management efforts in excess of USD$2,000,000. After reviewing the subsidiaries, the new board of directors determined that ABS management had not shown an ability to generate profit and that it would not be in the interest of Aucxis Corp’s shareholders to continue funding Kwatrobox or any of its subsidiaries. As a result, Kwatrobox B.V. and it’s operating subsidiaries, ABS and Nieaf, filed for voluntary bankruptcy. Under the bankruptcy laws of the Netherlands, a trustee took control of Kwatrobox and its aforementioned bankrupt subsidiaries in October 2001. Due to the loss of control Aucxis Corp. has written off the assets and liabilities in its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2001.
ATS (formerly Schelfhout) is a solutions provider for perishable commodity (fish, flower, fruits and vegetables) auction houses. Over the past 17 years ATS has developed trading systems for numerous selling organizations all over the world. Through ATS, the Company has the potential to access electronic trading hubs representing billions of dollars in annual turnover, including European trade of more than USD$7 billion. ATS delivers the tools to bring together supply and demand under optimum conditions and thus create a better market situation. ATS has focused on two market sectors: (i) the computerization of auctions
and (ii) automation for the preservation of perishable products. As an ancillary to the auction system, a modular graphic display panel was developed by ATS in 1992 and added to the product range.
Through its subsidiary ATS, Aucxis is engaged in the installation and maintenance of auction clock and cooling systems for traditional auction halls and the development of software for auctions, including Internet-based auction systems. The development of e-business services for perishable commodity marketplaces has been temporarily suspended pending further review of the business opportunities in this area. Aucxis continues to maintain a “staging environment” in Canada for testing and further research and development. It is managements’ intention to review this area of the business in order to evaluate alternatives to maximize shareholder value.
Highlights of the Quarter
Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 was $4,172,485 compared to $5,571,147 in the same period in 2001. Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2002 was $1,561,714 compared to $1,984,138 for the three months ended September 30, 2001.
Although overall revenue has decreased, revenue from ATS for the six months ended September 30, 2002 has actually increased by $1,400,000 from the same six month period in 2001 due primarily to the large contracts secured early in the year. The decrease in overall revenue is a direct result of managements’ decision to discontinue its financial support for the loss making Palm Automatisering (Aucxis Business Solutions “ABS”) and Nieaf companies. ABS had continued to consume shareholder funds within a business that no longer forms part of Aucxis’ refocused business strategy. Aucxis was unable to extract Nieaf from the Kwatrobox failure in spite of the fact that it did fit with the overall strategy. The assets of Nieaf were purchased from the receiver in partnership with the two largest flower auctions in the Netherlands. This is now operating as Auction Trading Systems Holland B.V.-ATS Holland B.V. currently has arrangements with current employee of the previous Nieaf employees to provide contractual services in support of installations. ATS Holland is ramping up staff in line with revenues to ensure continued ongoing maintenance of existing installations.
Revenue for the quarter was driven entirely by ATS with continued growth in the installation of auction clock systems and cooling systems. ATS continues to derive its revenues from the development and installation of clock systems, cooling installations and associated maintenance contracts for auctions.
Selling, general and administrative expense for the nine months ended September 30 2002 was $2,732,221 as compared to $6,015,966 for the corresponding nine-month period in 2001. Selling, general and administrative expense for the three months ended September 30 2002 was $1,106,958 as compared to $1,810,746 for the corresponding three-month period in 2001.
The decrease of 3,283,700 in selling, general and administrative expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 is directly attributed to the Company’s cost management initiatives including the elimination of the expenses of Palm and Nieaf from the consolidated financial statements due to their bankruptcy last year. As I-Three is essentially inactive, no expenses were incurred in this subsidiary. There has been no change in the number of employees as at September 30, 2002 in Belgium. Following the resignation of Neil Murphy as COO on October 29, 2002 Aucxis head office has one contract executive and continues to use the services of a company controlled by the CFO to provide all accounting and administration functions on an “as needed” basis. Also, subsequent to the end of the quarter ended September 30, 2002, the Company has mu tually agreed to terminate the contract advisor position.
Depreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 is down approximately 87% ($1,640,593) from the same nine-month period last year. This decrease is the result of write-offs in the prior year of goodwill, acquired workforce and acquired core technology. All goodwill, acquired workforce and acquired core technology was written off for I-three. Goodwill related to the Kwatrobox acquisition was written off as a result of the voluntary bankruptcy of Kwatrobox and its subsidiaries, declared on September 19, 2001 by Nieaf, September 26, 2001 by Aucxis Business Solutions and October 3, 2001 by Kwatrobox. In addition, the net carrying value of goodwill related to the acquisition of ATS was written down as the Company no longer considered the carrying amount of this goodwill to
represent the amount by which the fair value of ATS exceeds the fair value of the its net identifiable assets. During this quarter the only remaining items subject to depreciation were the ATS acquired core technology and the capital assets of the Company.
Research and development costs were nil for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to $974,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2001 due in part to the temporary suspension of development of the Collateral Management Utility, but mostly due to the elimination of the operations of Kwatrobox and its subsidiaries due to their bankruptcy last year.
The loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 was $696,234 compared to $9,430,331 for the same period in 2001. Approximately $4,400,000 of the loss in 2001 relates to the write-off of required workforce and technology. There were no similar write-downs for the nine months ended September 30, 2002. The significant improvement is attributed to the Company’s ongoing cost management initiatives.
Management is continuing its revenue enhancing and cost management initiatives while simultaneously exploring various strategic options for the Company including disposition of business units and/or assets, and business combinations and/or joint ventures with other companies in the perishable goods marketplace. Management will be reviewing the Collateral Management Utility (CMU) and related hardware to determine if the CMU justifies additional research and development. It is expected that this review will lead to discussions with interested parties for the development or sale of the CMU, depending on the outcome of any financings or business unit sale initiatives.
Discussions with Agro Marches Internationaux have ceased as it was felt that it would not to be in the best interest of the shareholders to merge the two organizations at this time. The Company will continue to focus on the development of ATS as this business unit continues to capture new business and strives to be the premier supplier of electronic trading systems to perishable agriculture and fish trading world-wide.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As at September 30, 2002, the Company had a cash balance of $521,183, an increase of $211,000 from the cash balance on December 31, 2001. In June of 2002, the Company was successful in raising $375,000 in the form of a convertible loan for working capital purposes. Cash from this loan and from ATS operations including bank lines of credit have been used primarily to fund inventory and work in progress (an increase of approximately $1,600,000 from December 31, 2001) and for general working capital purposes. Future cash flows for the Company will be derived from increased growth within ATS, the success of future external financing initiatives and the disposal of business units and other assets. Management continues to examine a variety of options to raise additional financing. At the ATS level management has been successful securing the necessary credit lines and bank guarantees needed to fulfill the requirements under the various contracts that have been secured. Aucxis is continuing its revenue enhancement and cost management initiatives, including decreasing operating costs and working with creditors regarding outstanding payables. It is not possible at this time to predict with any assurance the success of any other initiatives, however management is working diligently towards the goal of self-sustainability.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
On March 29, 2002 Mr. Schelfhout and Mrs. De Laet brought an ex parte application before Court of Dendermonde (Belgium), which granted them authorization to apply a restraint order to a portion of the ATS shares held by Aucxis NV (Belgium). The restraint order was effectively applied on that same date with a view to securing the alleged damages that may be due in respect of the arbitration proceedings. On April 29, 2002 Aucxis NV (Belgium) appealed the said authorization and restraint order, which it also believes to be without merit, before the Court of Dendermonde (Belgium). The judge for Attachments of Dendermonde heard the case on June 25, 2002 and on October 22, 2002 the appeal was denied. No further action with respect to the appeal has been taken at this time.
On March 26, 2002, Mr. Schelfhout resigned as the managing director of ATS, as a consequence of which ATS brought a civil law action before the Commercial Court of Dendermonde (Belgium) on May 17, 2002, aiming at establishing that such resignation has caused the management contract under which Mr Schelfhout performed his management duties to be terminated, entitling ATS to cease all payments of management fees and to demand damages. Written pleadings submitted by the Company and by Luc and Hilde Schelfout were heard on October 25, 2002. The action has been reopened for details to be argued on December 20, 2002.
On May 14, 2002 Aucxis NV (Belgium) brought an action against Mr. Schelfhout and Mrs. De Laet before the Court of Dendermonde (Belgium) relating to certain irregularities in the deletion of a non-compete clause from ATS’ articles of association. After all written pleadings have been submitted, the Commercial Court of Dendermonde heard the case on or about November 12, 2002 and the Company is currently awaiting the decision.
Except as described above, management does not have knowledge of any material litigation pending, threatened or contemplated, or unsatisfied judgments against the Company or its affiliates, or any proceedings in which the Company or its affiliates is a party. Similarly, management is without knowledge as to any legal actions pending or threatened or judgments entered against the Company's executive officers and directors in their capacity as such, other than to the extent such individuals are named in the above actions.
Item 5. Other Information
On September 17, 2002 Dennis Petke resigned as a director of the Company for personal reasons but continues to provide the services of CFO. On October 29, 2002 Neil Murphy resigned as COO of Aucxis and is currently Interim Daily Manager of Aucxis Trading Solutions in Belgium. Also, on October 29, 2002 Nicholas Saphire resigned as director of ATS and Aucxis NV and, by mutual consent, has terminated his services as an advisor to Aucxis Corp.
Item 6. | | Exhibits And Reports On Form 8-K |
| (a) | Exhibits. |
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| | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the |
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| (b) | Reports on Form 8-K |
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| The Company did not file any reports on Form 8-K during the quarter ended September 30, 2002. |
SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: | November 20, 2002 | Aucxis Corp. |
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| | By: | /s/ Dennis E. Petke |
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| | | Chief Financial Officer (duly authorized officer) |
Exhibit 99.1 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 In connection with the Quarterly Report of Aucxis Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Dennis Petke, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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(1) | The Report complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
(2) | The financial information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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| /s/ Dennis Petke Dennis Petke Chief Financial Officer November 20, 2002
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