disclosure requirements as a public company while we seek to identify a suitable business opportunity or business combination.
Total cash inflow for the year ended November 30, 2008 was $3,721 compared to a cash outflow of $15,993 for the year ended November 30, 2007 and a cash outflow of $61,381 for the year ended November 30, 2006. The increase in cash inflow of our 2008 fiscal year end as compared to our 2007 fiscal year end was due to advances of $40,000 from a director and shareholder of the Company. The decrease in cash outflow from our 2007 fiscal year to our fiscal 2006 was due to lower operating expenses.
Net loss and comprehensive loss was $47,508 or $(0.01) per share for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $61,980 or $(0.01) per share in the same period in 2007 and $58,145 or $(0.01) per share in the same period in 2006. The decrease in the net loss of fiscal 2008 as compared to fiscal 2007 was due to a decrease in professional fees, mineral property exploration and office and miscellaneous. The increase in the net loss of fiscal 2007 as compared to fiscal 2006 was due to an increase in professional fees.
Liquidity
We have cash of $4,623 as at November 30, 2008, compared to $902 as at November 30, 2007. During the year ended November 30, 2008, we spent $47,508 on operating activities, received $25,000 from a director and $15,000 from a shareholder as advances and received a refund of $5,000 that was used as a deposit in connection with the general acquisition of an exploration permit, thereby increasing our cash position from $902 at November 30, 2007 to $4,623 at November 30, 2008. Our company’s operating expenses of $47,508 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2008 included professional fees (accounting, administration and legal) of $34,665, transfer agent and regulatory fees of $6,576 and office and miscellaneous fees of $5,015.
We had cash of $902 as at November 30, 2007, compared to $16,895 as at November 30, 2006. During the year ended November 30, 2007, we spent $61,980 on operations and had no cash inflows from financing activities, thereby decreasing our cash position from $16,895 at November 30, 2006 to $902 at November 30, 2007. Our company’s operating expenses of $61,980 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2007 included professional fees (accounting, administration and legal) of $39,996, mineral property exploration of $3,921, transfer agent and regulatory fees of $5,790 and office and miscellaneous fees of $9,757.
We are currently seeking a business opportunity or business combination. If our company is successful in locating such a business and ultimately seeks to acquire or combine with the business, our company will incur expenses as part of the due diligence and transactional process. If an acquisition or business combination agreement is concluded in fiscal 2009, we anticipate that significant professional, filing and due diligence costs will be incurred by our company and, as a result, we will be forced to seek additional financing to fund the acquisition or business combination.
Our current plan of operation is to acquire a prospective business opportunity. We did not enter into any definitive agreements during fiscal 2008 in regards to the acquisition of a suitable business opportunity. Our company has limited financing upon which to continue our operations, and we anticipate that any acquisition that our company may ultimately seek to enter into will require additional financing. We presently do not have any arrangements in place for the financing of our continued operations or the costs associated with locating, acquiring and developing a prospective business opportunity.
Even if we are able to acquire a business opportunity or an interest in a business opportunity, there is no assurance that any revenues will be generated by us or that revenues generated would be sufficient to provide a return to investors.
Operating Activities
Operating activities used cash of $41,279 for the year ended November 30, 2008 compared to $60,993 for the year ended November 30, 2007.
Investing Activities
Investing activities provided cash of $5,000 for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to cash used of $5,000 for the year ended November 30, 2007.
Financing Activities
Financing activities provided cash of $40,000 for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $50,000 for the year ended November 30, 2007.
Capital Resources
We anticipate that we will incur approximately $50,000 for operating expenses over the next twelve months, exclusive of any acquisition or development costs. These expenses include professional legal and accounting expenses associated with our company being a reporting issuer in the United States under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and a reporting issuer in British Columbia.
This estimate may increase if we are required to carry out due diligence investigations in regards to any prospective business opportunity or if the costs of negotiating acquisition agreements are greater than anticipated. We had cash in the amount of $4,623 and a working capital deficiency in the amount of $95,267 as of November 30, 2008. Presently, we are in the process of seeking a business opportunity and do not receive any revenue to meet our operating and capital expenses. We will require additional funding to carry out our plan of operation for the next twelve months. Due to the uncertainty of our ability to meet our current operating expenses and the capital expenses, our independent auditors have expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.
Transactions with Related Parties
During the fiscal years ended November 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006, our Company entered into the following related party transactions:
(a) The Company incurred $nil (2007 - $5,245; 2006 - $5,858) for office rent to a company with a common director, which is included in office and miscellaneous expenses.
(b) he Company incurred $2,000 (2007 - $nil; 2006 - $5,000) for management fees to a company with a common director.
(c) The Company incurred $3,000 (2007 - $nil; 2006 - $nil) for bookkeeping fees to a company with a common director.
(d) As at November 30, 2008, the Company owes $50,000 (2007 - $50,000) to a director for advances, which are unsecured, non-interest bearing and payable on demand.
(e) As at November 30, 2008, the Company owes $15,000 (2007 - $Nil) to a company owned by a shareholder for advances, which is unsecured, non-interest bearing and payable on demand.
(f) As at November 30, 2008, the Company owes $25,000 (2007 - $Nil) to a company owned by the President of the Company for advances, which are unsecured, non-interest bearing and no fixed term of repayments.
These transactions were in the normal course of operations and were measured at the exchange amount.
Fourth Quarter
During the fourth quarter ended November 30, 2008, our company pursued prospective business opportunities. Our management, however, was unsuccessful in locating such an opportunity during this time. During this process, our company incurred normal operating expenses of $17,315. These expenses included $16,100 for professional fees (accounting, administration and legal), transfer agent and regulatory fees of $609, bank fees of $50, loss/gain on foreign exchange of $48, office and miscellaneous fees of $508 and shareholder information of $947.
Application of Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
Significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to the impairment of mineral property interests, the determination of reclamation obligations and stock-based compensation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. These accounting policies are summarized below.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company uses the fair value based method for all stock-based awards granted on or after December 1, 2004 and to account for the grants as compensation expense in its financial statements.
The value of stock options granted is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model requires the input of subjective assumptions, including the expected term of the option and stock price volatility. The expected term of options granted is determined based on historical data on the average hold period before exercise, expiry or cancellation. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the share price of the Company. These estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management judgment. In addition, the Company is required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognizes expense for those options expected to vest. As a result, if other assumptions had been used, the recorded stock-based compensation expense could have been different from that reported.
Adoption of new Accounting Policies
Financial Instruments
The Company follows Section 3855 “Financial Instruments – Recognition and Measurement” and Section 3861 “Financial Instruments – Disclosure and Presentation”. Section 3855 prescribes when a financial asset, financial liability or non-financial derivative is to be recognized on the balance sheet and at what amount, requiring fair value or cost-based measures under different circumstances. Under Section 3855, financial instruments must be classified into one of these five categories: held-for-trading, held-to-maturity, loans and receivables, available-for-sale financial assets or other financial liabilities. All financial instruments, including derivatives, are measured initially and subsequently on the balance sheet at fair value except for loans and receivables, held-to-maturity investments and other financial liabilities which are measured subsequently on the balance sheet at amortized cost. Available-for-sale financial instruments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value
recorded in other comprehensive income until the investment is derecognized or impaired at which time the amounts would be recorded in net earnings.
The Company adopted the CICA guidelines of Section 3862, Financial Instruments – Disclosures, and Section 3863, Financial Instruments – Presentation. These standards replace CICA 3861, Financial Instruments – Disclosure and Presentation. These standards increase the disclosures currently required, which will enable users to evaluate the significance of financial instruments for an entity’s financial position and performance, including disclosures about fair value. In addition, disclosure is required of qualitative and quantitative information about exposure to risks arising from financial instruments, including specified minimum disclosures about credit risk, liquidity risk, and market risk. The quantitative disclosures must provide information about the extent to which the company is exposed to such risk, based on information provided internally to the entity’s key management personnel.
Financial instruments issued by the Company are treated as equity only to the extent that they do not meet the definition of a financial liability. The Company’s common shares are classified as equity instruments.
Subsequent measurement and changes in fair value will depend on their initial classification, as follows: held-for-trading financial assets are measured at fair value and changes in fair value are recognized in net earnings; available-for-sale financial instruments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income until the investment is derecognized or impaired at which time the amounts would be recorded in net earnings.
The Company classifies and measures its financial instruments as follows:
| • | Cash are classified as “held-for-trading”. They are measured at fair value and changes in fair value are recognized in the statements of operations. |
| • | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities and advances payable are classified as other financial liabilities and are measured at fair value at inception. They are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate at subsequent periods. Change in fair value is recognized in the statements of comprehensive loss. |
The Company’s risk exposures and the impact on the Company’s financial instruments are summarized below:
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Company manages credit risk by investing its cash with a Canadian Chartered bank. The Company’s other asset is Goods and Services Tax recoverable from the Federal Government of Canada. The maximum exposure to credit risk at minimal at this time.
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company is not able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain adequate financing in the future or that the terms of such financing will be favourable. The Company may seek additional financing through equity offerings and advances from
related parties, but there can be no assurance that such financing will be available on terms acceptable to the Company.
Interest rate risk is the risk that future cash flows will fluctuate as a result of changes in market interest rates. As the Company has no interest-bearing investments or debt, it is not exposed to interest rate risk at this time. In respect of financial liabilities, the advances payable are not subject to interest rate risk because they are non-interest bearing payable.
Foreign currency exchange rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows will fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates. As significant transactions of the Company are denominated in Canadian dollars, the Company is not significantly exposed to foreign currency exchange risk at this time.
Accounting Changes
The Company adopted CICA Handbook Section 1506 “Accounting Changes” which revises the standards on changes in accounting policy, estimates or errors to require a change in accounting policy to be applied retrospectively (unless doing so is impracticable or is specified otherwise by a new accounting standard), changes in estimates to be recorded prospectively, and prior period errors to be corrected retrospectively. Voluntary changes in accounting policy are allowed only when they result in financial statements that provide reliable and more relevant information. In addition, these revised standards call for enhanced disclosures about the effects of changes in accounting policies, estimates and errors on the financial statements. The impact of this new standard cannot be determined until such time as the Company makes a change in accounting policy, other than the changes resulting from the implementation of the new CICA Handbook standards discussed in this note.
Cash Distributions
The Company follows the CICA Handbook Section 1540, Cash Flow Statements, which has been amended to require additional disclosures where cash distributions are made in accordance with a contractual obligation for cash distributions. The adoption of this section has not resulted in any changes on the disclosure within the financial statements.
International financial reporting standards (‘IFRS”)
In 2006, the AcSB published a new strategic plan that will significantly affect financial reporting requirements for Canadian companies. The AcSB strategic plan outlines the convergence of Canadian GAAP with IFRS over an expected five year transitional period. In February 2008, the AcSB announced that 2011 is the changeover date for publicly-listed companies to use IFRS, replacing Canada’s own GAAP. The date is for interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. The transition date of January 1, 2011 will require the restatement for comparative purposes of amounts reported by the Company for the year ended November 30, 2012. While the Company has begun assessing the adoption of IFRS for 2011, the financial reporting impact of the transition to IFRS cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The Company is currently
assessing the impact of the above new accounting standards on the Company’s financial positions and results of operations.
Outstanding Securities
The authorized capital of our company consists of 100,000,000 common shares, divided into 75,000,000 common shares without par value and 25,000,000 preference shares without par value. As of March 30, 2009, there were 6,058,256 common shares issued and outstanding and no preference shares issued and outstanding in the capital of our company. The company has no options or warrants outstanding.
Additional Disclosure for Venture Issuers Without Significant Revenue
| Year Ended November 30, 2008 | | Year ended November 30, 2007 | |
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Expensed Research and Development Costs | $ | Nil | | $ | Nil |
General and Administrative Expenses | | 47,508 | | | 61,980 |
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Additional Information
Additional information relating to our company is available for viewing on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com
FORM 52-109FV1
CERTIFICATION OF ANNUAL FILINGS
VENTURE ISSUER BASIC CERTIFICATE
I, Richard Coglon, Chief Executive Officer of Bradner Ventures Ltd., certify the following:
Review: I have reviewed the AIF, if any, annual financial statements and annual MD&A, including, for greater certainty, all documents and information that are incorporated by reference in the AIF (together, the “annual filings”) of Bradner Ventures Ltd. (the “Issuer”) for the financial year ended November 30, 2008.
No Misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the annual filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, for the period covered by the annual filings.
Fair Presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the annual financial statements together with the other financial information included in the annual filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the annual filings.
Date: March 27, 2009 | |
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“Richard Coglon” | |
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Richard Coglon | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
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NOTE TO READER
In contrast to the certificate required for non-venture issuers under National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings (NI 52-109), this Venture Issuer Basic Certificate does not include representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as defined in NI 52-109. In particular, the certifying officers filing this certificate are not making any representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of
i) | controls and other procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and |
ii) | a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer’s GAAP. |
The issuer’s certifying officers are responsible for ensuring that processes are in place to provide them with sufficient knowledge to support the representations they are making in this certificate. Investors should be aware that inherent limitations on the ability of certifying officers of a venture issuer to design and implement on a cost effective basis DC&P and ICFR as defined in NI 52-109 may result in additional risks to the quality, reliability, transparency and timeliness of interim and annual filings and other reports provided under securities legislation.
FORM 52-109FV1
CERTIFICATION OF ANNUAL FILINGS
VENTURE ISSUER BASIC CERTIFICATE
I, Richard Coglon, Chief Financial Officer of Bradner Ventures Ltd., certify the following:
Review: I have reviewed the AIF, if any, annual financial statements and annual MD&A, including, for greater certainty, all documents and information that are incorporated by reference in the AIF (together, the “annual filings”) of Bradner Ventures Ltd. (the “Issuer”) for the financial year ended November 30, 2008.
No Misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the annual filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, for the period covered by the annual filings.
Fair Presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the annual financial statements together with the other financial information included in the annual filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the annual filings.
Date: March 27, 2009 | |
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“Richard Coglon” | |
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Richard Coglon | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
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NOTE TO READER
In contrast to the certificate required for non-venture issuers under National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings (NI 52-109), this Venture Issuer Basic Certificate does not include representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as defined in NI 52-109. In particular, the certifying officers filing this certificate are not making any representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of
i) | controls and other procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and |
ii) | a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer’s GAAP. |
The issuer’s certifying officers are responsible for ensuring that processes are in place to provide them with sufficient knowledge to support the representations they are making in this certificate. Investors should be aware that inherent limitations on the ability of certifying officers of a venture issuer to design and implement on a cost effective basis DC&P and ICFR as defined in NI 52-109 may result in additional risks to the quality, reliability, transparency and timeliness of interim and annual filings and other reports provided under securities legislation.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BRADNER VENTURES LTD.
/s/ Richard Coglon
Richard Coglon
President
Date: May 29, 2009
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