UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period endedApril 30, 2009
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
For the transition period from ________________ to ________________
Commission file Number:000-52209
CARBIZ INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ontario, Canada | Not Applicable |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
incorporation or organization) |
7115 16th Street East, Suite 105
Sarasota, Florida 34243
(Address of principal executive offices)
(941) 952-9255
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any,
every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of regulation S-T (Section 229.405)
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes [ ] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company”
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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reporting company) |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):
Yes [ ] No [X]
As of June 15, 2009, 104,560,373 common shares of the Registrant were issued and outstanding.
CARBIZ INC.
FORM 10-Q
For the Quarterly Period Ended April 30, 2009
INDEX
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Except for statements of historical fact, certain information contained herein constitutes “forward-looking statements,” within Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In some cases, you can identify the forward-looking statements by our use of the words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” or the negative or other variations of these words, or other comparable words or phrases.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results or achievements to be materially different from any of our future results or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to the following:
(i) | whether we are successful in implementing our business strategy; | |
(ii) | our ability to increase revenues in the future and to continue as a going concern; | |
(iii) | our ability to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all, if our operating revenues fail to increase; | |
(iv) | our ability to attract and retain key personnel; | |
(v) | the impact on the market price of our common shares of the concentration of common share ownership by our directors, officers and greater than 5% shareholders, which may delay, deter or prevent actions that would result in a change of control; | |
(vi) | the significant fluctuation of the market price of our common shares; | |
(vii) | costly difficulties we may face in the assimilation of the operations, technologies and products of companies that we may acquire in the future; | |
(viii) | the adequacy of our insurance coverage to cover all losses or liabilities that may be incurred in our operations; | |
(ix) | our dividend policy; | |
(x) | the impact on our financial position, liquidity and results of operations if we underestimate the default risk of sub-prime borrowers; | |
(xi) | general economic conditions; | |
(xii) | general competition; | |
(xiii) | our ability to comply with federal and state government regulations; | |
(xiv) | potential infringement by us of third parties’ proprietary rights; | |
(xv) | defects in our products; | |
(xvi) | our compliance with privacy laws; | |
(xvii) | our ability to obtain adequate remedies in the event that our intellectual property rights are violated; | |
(xviii) | our ability to develop and market on a timely and cost-effective basis new products that meet changing market conditions, and | |
(xix) | the risk factors identified in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, including factors identified under the headings “Description of Business,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation.” |
Although we believe that expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements or other future events. Moreover, neither we nor anyone else assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these forward-looking statements. We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this report. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts expressed herein are in U.S. dollars.
PART 1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
Item 1. Financial Statements |
CARBIZ INC. |
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
April 30, 2009 | January 31, 2009 | |||||
(unaudited) | ||||||
ASSETS | ||||||
CURRENT | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 782,833 | $ | 674,624 | ||
Accounts receivable, net | 81,430 | 85,649 | ||||
Current portion of notes receivable, net | 2,522,717 | 5,945,345 | ||||
Net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases | 8,335,799 | - | ||||
Inventory | 5,789,802 | 2,923,696 | ||||
Prepaid and other assets | 552,974 | 333,046 | ||||
18,065,555 | 9,962,360 | |||||
NON-CURRENT | ||||||
Notes receivable, less current portion | 4,834,661 | 13,999,053 | ||||
Net investment in direct financing and | ||||||
sales-type leases, less current portion | 3,473,250 | - | ||||
Deferred financing costs | - | 625,197 | ||||
Property plant and equipment, net | 624,722 | 596,415 | ||||
$ | 26,998,188 | $ | 25,183,025 | |||
LIABILITIES | ||||||
CURRENT | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 4,001,483 | $ | 4,527,041 | ||
Notes Payable | ||||||
Line of credit | 4,942,282 | 36,696,175 | ||||
Inventory floor plan | 7,199,054 | 4,596,590 | ||||
Short Term | 335,725 | - | ||||
Related party | - | 200,000 | ||||
Current portion of capital lease obligation | 1,327 | 2,620 | ||||
Current portion of convertible debentures | 44,689 | 255,113 | ||||
Derivative liabilities | 10,255,638 | 11,796,217 | ||||
Deferred revenue | 81,661 | 1,985 | ||||
26,861,859 | 58,075,741 | |||||
NON-CURRENT | ||||||
Line of Credt, less current portion | 4,942,281 | - | ||||
Convertible debenture, less current portion | 302,827 | 1,855,330 | ||||
32,106,967 | 59,931,071 | |||||
COMMITMENTS AND CONTIGENCIES | - | - | ||||
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY | ||||||
COMMON SHARES | 20,818,928 | 19,364,233 | ||||
Unlimited shares authorized, 102,520,603 and 87,744,296 common shares | ||||||
issued and outstanding at April 30, 2009 and January 31, 2009 | ||||||
ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL | 7,702,447 | 6,788,937 | ||||
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS | (385,197 | ) | (385,197 | ) | ||
ACCUMULATED DEFICIT | (33,244,957 | ) | (60,516,019 | ) | ||
(5,108,779 | ) | (34,748,046 | ) | |||
$ | 26,998,188 | $ | 25,183,025 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations |
(Unaudited) |
For the three months ended | ||||||
April 30, | ||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||
SALES | ||||||
Used car sales | $ | 4,753,463 | $ | 6,500,034 | ||
Used car sales from sales type leases | 2,104,738 | - | ||||
Consulting and collection services | 185,399 | 575,317 | ||||
Interest and lease income | 1,471,774 | 1,847,921 | ||||
8,515,374 | 8,923,272 | |||||
COST OF SALES | ||||||
Used car costs | 4,630,483 | 4,419,361 | ||||
Consulting and collection services | 237,295 | 380,332 | ||||
4,867,778 | 4,799,693 | |||||
GROSS PROFIT | 3,647,596 | 4,123,579 | ||||
OPERATING EXPENSES | ||||||
Personnel expenses | 559,043 | 639,325 | ||||
Selling expenses | 156,991 | 193,317 | ||||
Professional fees | 298,194 | 484,302 | ||||
Provision for credit losses | 1,589,046 | 1,731,041 | ||||
Other operating expenses | 1,247,615 | 1,178,221 | ||||
3,850,889 | 4,226,206 | |||||
OPERATING LOSS | (203,293 | ) | (102,627 | ) | ||
INTEREST AND OTHER EXPENSES | (961,832 | ) | (1,906,421 | ) | ||
GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES | (4,763,100 | ) | 2,034,358 | |||
GAIN ON EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEBT | 33,199,287 | - | ||||
NET INCOME FOR THE PERIOD | $ | 27,271,062 | $ | 25,310 | ||
NET INCOME PER SHARE: | ||||||
Basic | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.00 | ||
Diluted | $ | 0.12 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |
WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING | ||||||
Basic | 98,318,064 | 65,225,095 | ||||
Diluted | 183,673,129 | 106,223,503 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
(unaudited) |
For the Three Months Ended | ||||||
April 30, 2009 | April 30, 2008 | |||||
NET INFLOW (OUTFLOW) OF CASH RELATED | ||||||
TO THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||||||
Net Income | $ | 27,271,062 | $ | 25,310 | ||
Items not affecting cash: | ||||||
Depreciation of property and equipment | 36,165 | 45,912 | ||||
(Gain) loss on derivative liabilities | 4,763,100 | (2,034,358 | ) | |||
Gain on extinguishment of debt | (33,199,287 | ) | - | |||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 13,889 | 168,562 | ||||
Amortization of debt discount | 436,868 | 428,216 | ||||
Share-based compensation | 67,625 | 78,376 | ||||
Provision for bad debts | 1,589,046 | 1,731,041 | ||||
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||
Accounts receivable | 4,219 | 33,266 | ||||
Notes receivable | 6,651,921 | (1,218,419 | ) | |||
Net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases | (12,059,049 | ) | - | |||
Prepaids and other assets | (219,928 | ) | 88,910 | |||
Inventory | (2,866,106 | ) | (990,684 | ) | ||
Deferred costs | - | 1,671 | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 1,725,581 | 622,880 | ||||
Deferred revenue | 79,676 | (11,145 | ) | |||
NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | (5,705,218 | ) | (1,030,462 | ) | ||
INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||||||
Acquisition of property and equipment | (64,472 | ) | (142,680 | ) | ||
NET CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | (64,472 | ) | (142,680 | ) | ||
FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||
Repayment of capital leases | (1,293 | ) | (2,030 | ) | ||
Proceeds from credit facilities, net | 5,049,341 | 180,108 | ||||
Repayment of related party debt | (200,000 | ) | - | |||
Proceeds from exercise of warrants | 1,029,851 | - | ||||
NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | 5,877,899 | 178,078 | ||||
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH | ||||||
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | - | (347 | ) | |||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND | ||||||
CASH EQUIVALENTS | 108,209 | (995,411 | ) | |||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, | ||||||
BEGINNING OF PERIOD | 674,624 | 1,141,271 | ||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, | ||||||
END OF PERIOD | $ | 782,833 | $ | 145,860 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
1. | BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the periods presented have been included. Operating results for the three months ended April 30, 2009 and 2008 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year. The balance sheet at January 31, 2009 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. | |
You should read these consolidated financial statements together with the historical consolidated financial statements of the Company for the years ended January 31, 2009, and 2008, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 24, 2009 (the “Annual Report”). | |
References to the Company or Carbiz include the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries. All dollar figures presented in the consolidated financial statements are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. | |
Accounts and notes receivable and net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases | |
Accounts and notes receivable, and net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases consist of balances due from customers related to the sale and lease of used automobiles or consulting and collections services, and are presented in the consolidated balance sheet net of an allowance for doubtful accounts and credit losses. Notes and lease receivables have remaining terms of 12 to 60 months requiring weekly, bi-weekly or monthly payments. For note receivables, interest is calculated weekly based on the outstanding balance. For net investment in leases, the interested is imputed in the lease payments. | |
Allowance for credit losses and concentration of credit risk | |
The allowance reflects the Company’s best estimate of probable losses inherent in the accounts, notes and lease receivables. The Company determines the allowances based on known troubled accounts, historical experience, credit quality of customers and other industry and Company economic considerations. | |
The Company initiates steps to pursue collection of payments for notes or lease receivables upon the customer’s first missed payment. The Company takes steps to repossess an automobile when the account becomes severely delinquent (14 days for weekly pay accounts, 30 days for bi-weekly pay accounts and 60 days for monthly pay accounts). Notes and lease receivables for accounts held in repossession have been written off and are not included in Notes receivable, net, in the consolidated balance sheets and Net investments in direct financing and sales-type leases. Accounts are charged off at the earlier of the expiration of the applicable State’s statutory notice period for repossessed accounts (from 0 to 30 days), or when management determines timely collection of future payments is not probable for accounts where the Company has been unable to repossess the automobile. When a customer’s account becomes severely delinquent, the Company suspends accrual of interest income. | |
The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses on an aggregate basis for the notes and lease receivable portfolio. Management considers the allowance for credit losses to be sufficient to cover estimated losses in the collection of outstanding receivables. The allowance is based primarily upon historical credit loss experience, with consideration given to recent credit loss trends, changes in loan characteristics (i.e., average amounts financed and terms of the notes), delinquency levels, collateral values, economic conditions, and underwriting and collection practices. The allowance for credit losses is periodically reviewed by management with any changes reflected in current operations. Although it is |
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
1. | BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
at least reasonably possible that events or circumstances could occur in the future that are not presently foreseen which could cause actual credit losses to be materially different from the recorded allowance, the Company believes that it has given appropriate consideration to all relevant factors and has made reasonable assumptions in determining the allowance. | |
For accounts where the automobile was repossessed, the difference between the loan or lease balance and the fair value of the repossessed automobile (based on the average wholesale selling price at auction) is charged to the allowance for credit losses. Generally, repossessed automobiles are sold at auction. On average, accounts are approximately 90 days past due at the time of write-off. For previously written-off accounts that are subsequently recovered, the amount of such recovery is credited to the allowance for credit losses. | |
The Company expenses all costs incurred in connection with the process of initiating, refinancing or restructuring notes or lease receivables to include all costs related to underwriting, securing collateral, closing transactions, processing loan documents, and determining credit worthiness. | |
Inventory | |
Inventory consists of used vehicles and is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined on a specific item basis. | |
Net Income (loss) per share | |
Net Income per share was computed based on the following basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding: |
Three months ended April 30, | ||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||
Net income attributable to common stockholders | $ | 27,271,062 | $ | 25,310 | ||
Basic: | ||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding | 98,318,064 | 65,225,095 | ||||
Net income per common share - basic | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.00 | ||
Diluted: | ||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic | 98,318,064 | 65,225,095 | ||||
Effect of dilutive securities | 85,355,065 | 40,998,408 | ||||
Adjusted weighted average share | 183,673,129 | 106,223,503 | ||||
Net Income per common share (diluted) | $ | 0.12 | ($0.02 | ) |
The effects of 6,821,891 stock options, 3,185,670 common stock warrants, 2,040,000 non-vested shares from an incentive stock grant and 12,218,355 shares indexed to the derivative liabilities outstanding have been excluded from dilutive securities for the three months ended April 30, 2009, as their effect would be anti-dilutive.
Fair value of financial assets and liabilities
The Company measures the fair value of financial assets and liabilities based on guidance of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”) which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. FAS 157 describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value as follows:
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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
1. | BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2 - quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable;
Level 3 - inputs that are unobservable (for example cash flow modeling inputs based on assumptions).
The following table summarizes the level of inputs used to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis as of April 30, 2009:
Fair Value Measurements Using | |||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||
Derivative | |||||||||||||
liabilities at | |||||||||||||
April 30, 2009 | $ | -- | $ | -- | $ | 10,255,638 | $ | 10,255,638 |
Revenue recognition
The Company’s revenue is primarily derived from the sale and leasing of used vehicles, and the sale of consulting and collections services to dealers in the automobile industry
(1) | Used automobile sales: | |
The Company recognizes revenue on the sale of automobiles upon execution of the sales contract, the customer taking possession of the automobile, and financing having been approved. Customers are required to meet certain underwriting guidelines in order to obtain financing of the automobile through the Company. |
(2) | Used automobile leases: | |
The Company recognizes revenue on the lease of automobiles upon execution of the lease contract, the customer taking possession of the automobile, and lease financing having been approved. Customers are required to meet certain underwriting guidelines in order to obtain lease financing of the automobile through the Company. The Company accounts for all new leases as a “sales-type lease”. |
(3) | Consulting and collections services | |
The Company generates revenue from the sale of consulting and collections services. These fees include charges for training seminars, performance group seminars, consulting engagements and collection and skip tracing services to the automobile industry. Revenue is recognized when a signed contract has been executed, the services have been delivered, fees are fixed or determinable, collectability is reasonable assured and when all significant obligations have been fulfilled. Therefore, for services that extend over a period of time, revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the contract. |
(4) | Consulting products | |
The Company also generates non-recurring revenue from the sale of various products to automotive dealerships. Revenue is recognized when a signed contract is executed, the product has been delivered, fees are fixed or determinable, collectability is probable and when all significant obligations have been fulfilled. Generally, this occurs at the time of shipment. The Company does not offer product warranties related to these sales. |
Lease transactions
To qualify for financing under the new DSC financing agreement (see note 4), the Company converted a number of existing auto note receivables to lease receivables. The Company considered these transactions to be “direct financing leases” and accounted for the leases including the minimum lease payments and the
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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
1. | BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
unguaranteed residual value as the gross investment in the lease. The difference between this gross investment and the cost or carrying amount was recorded as unearned income. The unearned income and initial direct costs are being amortized to income over the lease term so as to produce a constant periodic rate of return on the net investment in the lease. The difference between the original finance note receivable and the new lease total of payments was recorded as a period expense and charged to income (see note 4). The sales tax and title fees costs related to this conversion was also taken as a period expense.
Any new leases are considered “sales-type leases” and the minimum lease payments and the residual value of the underlying auto are considered in the fair value. The revenue recognition for sales-type leases involves recognizing both a profit element and a financing element at the time of the lease initiation.
Transfer of Financial Assets
From time to time during the three months ending April 30, 2009 the Company has sold portions of its previously generated financed note receivable portfolio. All portfolio sales during this period have met the requirements for a sale and the Company did not retain the right to service the loan or collect those loans.
Use of estimates
In preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are used when accounting for items and matters such as the allowances for doubtful accounts and loan losses, accrued liabilities, share-based payments, derivative liabilities and contingencies.
Effect of recent accounting pronouncements
In April 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) 107-1 and APB 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments (“FSP 107-1”). FSP 107-1 amends FASB Statement No. 107 to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods of publicly traded companies in addition to the annual financial statements. FSP 107-1 also amends APB No. 28 to require those disclosures in summarized financial information at interim reporting periods. FSP 107-1 is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009. Prior period presentation is not required for comparative purposes at initial adoption. The adoption of FSP 107-1 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP 115-2 and 124-2, Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments (“FSP 115-2 and 124-2”). FSP 115-2 and 124-2 amends the other-than-temporary impairment guidance in U.S. GAAP for debt securities to make the guidance more operational and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments on debt and equity securities in the financial statements. FSP 115-2 and 124-2 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after June 15, 2009. The adoption of FSP 115-2 and 124-2 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That are Not Orderly (“FSP 157-4”). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FASB Statement No. 157 when the volume and level of activity for both financial and nonfinancial assets or liabilities have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after July 1, 2009 and shall be applied prospectively. Early adoption for periods ending before March 15, 2009, is not permitted. The adoption of FSP 157-4 on July 15, 2009 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
1. | BASIS OF PREPARATION AND SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
In May 2009, the FASB issued Statement No. 165, Subsequent Events which provides guidance establishing standards for disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued. The Statement is effective for fiscal years and interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. The adoption is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. | |
2. | LIQUIDITY AND MANAGEMENT’S PLANS |
As of April 30, 2009, the Company had $782,833 in cash and cash equivalents. The Company has incurred significant net losses and negative cash flows from operations in each of the two years ended January 31, 2009. However, during the three months ended April 30, 2009 the Company recorded a $27 million net income, exclusively related to $33.2 million gain on the forgiveness of debt. As of April 30, 2009, the Company had a stockholders’ deficit of $5.2 million, versus $34.7 million at January 31, 2009. | |
In February 2009, the Company completed a restructuring of floor plan and receivables debt held by SWC Services LLC (SWC) with Dealer Services Corporation (DSC). The restructured debt agreement provides the Company with a maximum credit facility of $19.5 million for floor plan and lease financing. Although the Company had approximately $43.3 million of outstanding notes payable as of January 31, 2009, effective February 20, 2009, the Company is only obligated to repay $12.0 million of this amount due to the restructuring with SWC and DSC. The $12.0 million is payable in installments over the next 24 months and is included in the aforementioned new credit facility. | |
During the three months ending April 30, 2009 a board member warrant holder exercised 11,762,351 common stock warrants with proceeds of $1,029,851. | |
The Company’s existing cash and cash equivalents are believed by management to be sufficient to finance planned operations, debt repayment obligations and capital expenditures through the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 (approximately October, 2009). Therefore, additional capital may be required in order to proceed with the Company’s current plan for operations in the Buy-Here-Pay-Here and Lease-Here-Pay-Here industries. The Company’s ability to arrange such financing in the future will depend in part upon the prevailing capital market conditions as well as business performance. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in these efforts to arrange additional financing, if needed, on terms satisfactory to it or at all. Available resources may be consumed more rapidly than currently anticipated, resulting in the need for additional funding sooner than anticipated. The failure to obtain adequate financing could result in a substantial curtailment of the Company’s operations. Accordingly, the Company anticipates that it may be required to raise additional capital through a variety of sources, including: |
public equity markets;
private equity financings;
public or private debt; and
exercise of existing warrants and stock options.
The recent worldwide financial and credit crisis has strained investor liquidity and contracted credit markets. If this environment continues or worsens, it may make the future cost of raising funds through the debt or equity markets more expensive or make those markets unavailable at a time when the Company requires additional financial investment. If the Company is unable to attract additional funds it may adversely affect its ability to achieve its development and commercialization goals, which could have a material and adverse effect on its business, results of operations and financial condition.
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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
3. | ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NOTES RECEIVABLE AND NET INVESTMENT IN DIRECT FINANCING AND SALES-TYPE LEASES |
The average net balance of outstanding note receivables and investment in direct financing and sales-type leases were approximately $19.7 million and $15.6 million during the three months ended April 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Company earned approximately $1.5 million and $1.9 million of interest and lease income on note and lease receivables with an average yield of 18.5% and 19.17 during the three months ended April 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Those amounts have been included as interest and lease income within revenues in these consolidated financial statements. The Company paid an average effective interest rate of 7.5% to finance the notes receivable and net investment in direct financing and sales-type lease balances during both the three months ended April 30, 2009 and 2008. | |
Accounts, notes receivable and investment in direct financing and sales-type leases consist of the following: |
Active Account Balances as of April 30, 2009 | |||||||||||||
Accounts | Accounts | ||||||||||||
Active | Held in | Delinquent | |||||||||||
Accounts | Repossession | >90 Days | Total | ||||||||||
Trade accounts receivable | $ | 82,523 | $ | 82,523 | |||||||||
Less: Allowance for doubtful | 1,093 | 1,093 | |||||||||||
$ | 81,430 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 81,430 | ||||||
Notes receivable | $ | 9,679,584 | $ | 658,033 | $ | 378,802 | $ | 10,716,419 | |||||
Investment in direct financing | |||||||||||||
and sales-type leases | 15,538,215 | 265,012 | 15,803,227 | ||||||||||
Less: Allowance for credit losses | (6,051,372 | ) | (923,045 | ) | (378,802 | ) | (7,353,219 | ) | |||||
$ | 19,166,427 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 19,166,427 | ||||||
Notes receivable, net : | |||||||||||||
Current | $ | 2,522,717 | $ | 2,522,717 | |||||||||
Non-current | 4,834,661 | 4,834,661 | |||||||||||
Investment in direct financing | |||||||||||||
and sales-type leases, net | |||||||||||||
Current | 8,335,799 | 8,335,799 | |||||||||||
Non-current | 3,473,250 | 3,473,250 | |||||||||||
$ | 19,166,427 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 19,166,427 |
Number of Accounts as ofApril 30, 2009 | |||||||||||||
Trade Accounts | 53 | 53 | |||||||||||
Notes | 1623 | 73 | 66 | 1762 | |||||||||
Leases | 2596 | 40 | 0 | 2636 |
Notes receivable and net investments in direct financing and sales-type leases have an average remaining portfolio life of 35 and 17 months, respectively.
The components of the Net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases at April 30, 2009 are as follows:
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
3. | ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NOTES RECEIVABLE AND NET INVESTMENT IN DIRECT FINANCING AND SALES-TYPE LEASES (continued) |
Total future minimum lease payments | $ | 17,086,460 | ||
Unguaranteed residual value | 3,218,444 | |||
Unearned income | (4,501,677 | ) | ||
Gross net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases | $ | 15,803,227 | ||
Loss allowance for credit losses | (3,994,178 | ) | ||
$ | 11,809,049 |
The average remaining life for the lease portfolio is 17 months, and the future expected maturities are approximately $8.4 million in 2010 and $3.5 million in 2011.
As a result of the U.S. and the industry’s economic and financial condition, management performed a further strategic review of the Company’s collection policies and procedures and collection efforts. Although the Company has not changed the methodology for determining the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses, the Company uses a higher than historical rate for its loan loss reserve to reflect higher expected losses due to the continued weakening of the U.S. economy and rising unemployment in the U.S.
Allowance for loan loss activity is as follows for the three months ended 2009 and 2008:
Software and | Used Car | ||||||
Consulting | Sales and Leases | ||||||
January 31, 2008 | $ | 8,543 | $ | 7,747,188 | |||
Provision for credit losses | 61,591 | 12,677,471 | |||||
Write-offs of gross notes receivable | (69,041 | ) | (16,210,919 | ) | |||
Fair value of repossessed vehicles | - | 2,032,547 | |||||
Recoveries of notes receivable | - | 3,744 | |||||
January 31, 2009 | 1,093 | 6,250,031 | |||||
Provision for credit losses | - | 1,589,046 | |||||
Write-offs of notes and lease receivables | - | (812,989 | ) | ||||
Fair value of repossessed vehicles | - | 327,131 | |||||
April 30, 2009 | $ | 1,093 | $ | 7,353,219 |
4. | NEW LOAN AGREEMENT – DEALER SERVICES CORPORATION |
On January 16, 2009, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Dealer Services Corporation (“DSC”) and the Chapter 7 Trustee of SWC Services LLC (“SWC Trustee”). Pursuant to the agreement, DSC agreed to purchase all of the rights and interest of SWC under the Company’s loan agreement with SWC for $12 million. | |
In connection therewith, DSC agreed to forgive all of the outstanding balance due by the Company under the SWC Loan Agreement in excess of $12,000,000. On February 20, 2009, the Asset Purchase Agreement was consummated when the Company had a total balance of approximately $43.3 million outstanding under the SWC credit facilities. DSC forgave approximately $31.3 million dollars worth of that debt and executed a $14 million new credit facility (“New Loan Agreement”), $12 million of which represented the then remaining balance due under the SWC Loan Agreement. | |
Pursuant to that New Loan Agreement, the Company had to convert a number of outstanding notes receivable due by the Company from consumers into closed-end leases. The Company delivered to DSC a set of conversion documents, consisting of a signed closed-end lease and a bill of sale for each vehicle. | |
The Company incurred costs of approximately $4.6 million in connection with the conversion of these notes receivable, which include incentives to borrowers, sales tax, and license and title fees. |
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
4. | NEW LOAN AGREEMENT – DEALER SERVICES CORPORATION (continued) |
All of the financial covenants contained in the prior loan agreement have been deleted from the New Loan Agreement and replaced by an obligation for the Company to maintain a minimum of $3,500,000 of accounts receivable. As was the case under the previous loan agreement, the obligation of the Company and its operating subsidiaries to pay all amounts due under the New Loan Agreement is secured by a pledge to DSC of all of the assets of the Company and its operating subsidiaries, The Company also paid DSC a loan origination fee of $120,000 and a commitment fee of $250,000 in addition to issuing DSC warrants to purchase 9,718,289 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $.03 per share. The warrants will expire on February 28, 2014. | |
In addition, on February 20, 2009, the Company issued to DSC warrants to purchase 9,718,289 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $.03 per share when the Company and DSC began negotiating the terms of the New Loan Agreement. The warrants will expire on February 28, 2014. The Company has agreed to enter into a registration rights agreement on or before December 31, 2010, pursuant to which the Company will be required to register for resale by DSC the shares to be issued to DSC under the warrant, and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents to enter into such agreement. | |
Pursuant to the warrants issued to DSC in connection with the New Loan Agreement, the issuance of warrant to Ross Quigley on February 20, 2009 would have required the Company to increase the 9,718,289 shares issuable under the existing DSC Warrant to 10,222,604 shares and reduce the exercise price for all of the shares issuable from $0.03 per share to $0.02852 per share. However, DSC agreed that in lieu of these modifications, the Company issued an additional warrant to DSC to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $0.08. The warrants will expire on February 20, 2014. | |
In connection with entering into the Asset Purchase Agreement and the New Loan Agreement, the holder of the Company’s convertible debentures (Trafalgar – See Note 5) consented to the execution and delivery of the New Loan Agreement, which consent was required by a subordination and inter-creditor agreement with Trafalgar. | |
On February 25, 2009, the Company, its operating subsidiaries and DSC further amended and restated the New Loan Agreement to provide for the inclusion of five new Carbiz subsidiaries in the credit facility. Four of these subsidiaries have been formed to carry out the business of the Company in Indiana and one has been formed to carry out the business of the Company in Nebraska. Under this amendment and the promissory notes executed by the operating subsidiaries thereunder, the amount of available credit was expanded from $14 million to $19.5 million. | |
As with the New Loan Agreement, Trafalgar also consented to this amendment since such consent was similarly required by the Trafalgar subordination and inter-creditor agreement. | |
Since all of the aforementioned events relate directly to the debt forgiveness, all of the costs associated therewith have been recognized as an adjustment of the gain on debt extinguishment, as follows: |
DSC Debt Forgiveness | $ | 31,374,909 | |
Write off of SWC Deferred Financing Costs | (603,943 | ) | |
DSC Origination and Commitment Fee | (370,000 | ) | |
Fair Value of DSC Warrants | (1,385,815 | ) | |
Lease Conversion Costs | (4,596,053 | ) | |
Gain on Debt forgiveness | 24,419,098 | ||
Trafalgar Loan Modification (See Note 5) | 8,780,189 | ||
Gain on Extinguishment of Debt | $ | 33,199,287 |
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
4. | NEW LOAN AGREEMENT – DEALER SERVICES CORPORATION (continued) |
The balance outstanding under the DSC loan facility at April 30, 2009 is comprised of the following: |
Current | Long-Term | |||||
Liabilities | Liabilities | |||||
Line of Credit | $ | 4,942,282 | $ | 4,942,281 | ||
Inventory Floor Plan | 7,199,054 | |||||
Short Term Note | 335,725 | |||||
Total | $ | 12,477,061 | $ | 4,942,281 |
As of April 30, 2009, these loans bear an interest rate of 7.5%, and are payable monthly and are collateralized by all of the Company’s assets and the Chairman of the Board’s stock in the Company. | |
5. | CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES |
Convertible debentures consist of the following as of April 30, 2009: |
Convertible debentures, at face value | |||
Maturing through September 2010 | 5,641,464 | ||
Maturing December 1, 2010 | 34,091 | ||
5,675,555 | |||
Less: unamortized discount | (5,328,039 | ) | |
$ | 347,516 | ||
Current | $ | 44,689 | |
Long-term | 302,827 | ||
$ | 347,516 |
The Convertible Debentures were originally sold to Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund, Luxembourg (“Trafalgar”) during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008 and modified and extended a number of times during fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. See Note 7 to the Financial Statements in the January 31, 2009 Form 10-K.
More recently, a further modification effective on February 20, 2009 (“February 2009 modification”) was made allowing the Company to modify the terms of the Company’s other debt arrangements including the revolving line-of-credit, term and floor plan notes payable, which were also effective February 20, 2009 (See Note 4). In the February 2009 modification, Trafalgar revised the payment terms related to certain of the convertible debentures. Debenture principal and interest payments were and are due as follows: $250,000 in March 2009; $50,000 per month April 2009 through December 2009; $100,000 per month January 2010 through August 2010; and the remaining balance of approximately $5,100,000 will be due in September 2010, but only as long as that the Company holds consumer notes that are not in default from its Buy-Here Pay-Here business which have an aggregate balance of at least $10 million and only if cash on hand that exceeds its payables by at l east $1 million. A further modification was made by Trafalgar which allowed the Company to further modify the terms of its loan agreements with DSC. See Note 4.
The Company accounted for the modifications to the debentures based on the provisions of EITF 96-19, “Debtors Accounting for Modification or Exchange of Debt Instruments” which establishes the criteria to determine if substantial modifications of the terms of the debt instruments have occurred. The revisions to the terms of certain of the outstanding debentures were considered substantial, as defined, and therefore, for accounting purposes the debentures have been accounted for as debt extinguishments and the revised debentures recorded at fair value on the date of execution of the February 2009 Modification. The Company recorded a gain on modification of debt of $8,780,189, as a result of these transactions.
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
5. | CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES (continued) |
During the period ended April 30, 2009, the Company issued 11,073,419 and 1,599,494 shares of common stock in connection with the exercise of warrants and the conversions of convertible debentures, respectively, for which $888,310 and $199,419 of related derivative liability was credited to equity. | |
6. | STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
Stock option activity for the three months ended April 30, 2009 is as follows: |
Number | Weighted Average | |
Of Options | Exercise Price (*) | |
Outstanding, February 1, 2009 | 7,421,891 | $ 0.15 |
Options granted during the period | - | - |
Options cancelled during the period | (600,000) | 0.25 |
Options exercised during the period | - | - |
Outstanding, April 30, 2009 | 6,821,891 | $ 0.14 |
At April 30, 2009, the outstanding stock options had no aggregate intrinsic value.
Stock options outstanding and exercisable as of April 30, 2009 are as follows:
April 30, 2009 | ||||
Options Outstanding | Options Exercisable | |||
Exercise | Weighted | Weighted | ||
Price | Number | Average Life (Yrs) | Number | Average Life (Yrs) |
0.13 | 5,600,000 | 2.72 | 2,240,000 | 2.72 |
0.21 | 1,221,891 | 0.38 | 1,221,891 | 0.38 |
6,821,891 | 2.30 | 4,061,891 | 1.89 |
(*) The 1998 series of options were denominated in Canadian dollars. For purpose of this schedule the exercise prices have been converted into U.S. dollars based on the foreign exchange rate as at the end of the period.
During the three months ended April 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company recognized share-based compensation expense of $25,200 and $20,076, respectively for stock options granted to employees, and $32,300 and $32,300, respectively, for incentive stock granted to employees and directors.
A summary of the Company’s non-vested stock options as of April 30, 2009, and changes during the year then ended, is summarized as follows:
Shares | |||
Non-vested at February 1, 2009 | 3,360,000 | ||
Granted | - | ||
Vested | - | ||
Forfeited/Cancelled | (600,000 | ) | |
Non-vested at April 30, 2009 | 2,760,000 |
At April 30, 2009, the options had a weighted average grant date fair value of $0.09 and no intrinsic value.
As of April 30, 2009, there was approximately $274,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options granted. These costs will be expensed over the next two years and nine months.
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
6. | STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued) |
On January 25, 2007, the Company awarded 3,400,000 common shares as restricted stock to certain directors, officers, and key employees of the Company of which 1,360,000 shares have been vested as of April 30, 2009. | |
Warrants classified as equity | |
The Company has granted warrants to purchase shares of common stock. Warrants outstanding and exercisable at April 30, 2009 are as follows: |
Weighted | ||||||||||
Average | Weighted | |||||||||
Remaining | Average | |||||||||
Number | Contractual | Exercise | ||||||||
Exercise Prices | Outstanding | Life (Years) | Price | |||||||
$0.01 | 144,334 | 1.41 | $ 0.01 | |||||||
$0.08 | 10,000,000 | 2.81 | $ 0.08 | |||||||
$0.10 | 144,334 | 1.41 | $ 0.10 | |||||||
$0.15 | 194,334 | 1.41 | $ 0.15 | |||||||
$0.15 | 1,000,000 | 1.83 | $ 0.15 | |||||||
$0.20 | 194,334 | 1.41 | $ 0.20 | |||||||
11,667,366 | 2.65 | $ 0.09 |
See Note 7 for summary of warrants classified as liabilities.
Conversion of Trafalgar convertible debentures
During the three months ended April 30, 2009, the Company issued 980,392 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $0.08 in a Trafalgar Convertible Debenture conversion.
Conversion of October 1, 2007 related party convertible debentures
On February 19, 2009, a holder of certain of the Company’s October 1, 2007 convertible debentures converted $50,000 of principal and $8,196 of accrued interest due under the debentures into 619,102 shares of common stock of the Company. The conversion price was $0.094. The holder is the spouse of a member of the board of directors.
Exercise of related party warrants
On February 16, 2009, 11,073,419 shares of common stock were issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants. The Company received proceeds of $996,578 based on the CDN$0.12 warrant exercise price.
On February 16, 2009, the Company issued 289,332 shares of common stock upon exercise of outstanding warrants. The Company received proceeds of $33,273 at exercise prices of $0.01 (72,333 shares), $0.10 (72,333 shares), $0.15 (72,333 shares) and $0.20 (72,333 shares).
The warrant holder is a member of the board of directors of the Company.
Unregistered shares issued to officers and directors for directors fees
On March 24, 2009, the board of directors authorized the fees payable to directors for their services during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009 to be paid in shares of common stock. Accordingly, on March 24, 2009 the Company issued 1,687,500 unregistered common shares valued at $0.08 per share aggregating $135,000 in payment of this liability, recorded at January 31, 2009.
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
6. | STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued) |
Unregistered shares issued under cross marketing agreement | |
On March 24, 2009 the company issued 125,562 unregistered common shares valued at $0.08 per share aggregating $10,125 to Dealer Services Corporation as partial consideration for execution of a cross marketing agreement under which the Company will derive revenue from marketing and training services to be provided for a lease here pay here funding program. | |
7. | DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES |
Fair values of derivative liabilities at April 30, 2009 were as follows: |
Number of | |||||||
Indexed | |||||||
Common | |||||||
Balance | Shares | ||||||
Compound Embedded Derivatives associated with: | |||||||
Convertible debentures, $5,000,000 | |||||||
original face value; $5,641,464 | |||||||
face value plus accrued | |||||||
interest as of April 30, 2009; | |||||||
Due September 2010 | $ | 8,764,140 | 69,863,327 | ||||
Convertible debentures, $800,000 original | |||||||
face value; $34,091 and face | |||||||
value plus accrued interest as of | |||||||
April 30, 2009; due December 2010 | 54,565 | 349,940 | |||||
Warrant Liabilities Expiring: | |||||||
October 2009 | 353,941 | 8,417,777 | |||||
October 2010 | 52,237 | 776,468 | |||||
April 2010 | 23,787 | 314,294 | |||||
October 2011 | 44,820 | 876,200 | |||||
February 2014 | 962,148 | 10,468,289 | |||||
$ | 10,255,638 | 91,066,295 |
Derivative liabilities are adjusted quarterly to their estimated fair values and any changes in fair value are recorded as gain (loss) on derivative liabilities in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Gain (loss) on derivative liabilities consists of the following:
Three Months Ended | |||||||
April 30, | |||||||
2009 | 2008 | ||||||
Compound embedded derivatives | (4,946,247 | ) | 274,111 | ||||
Warrant derivatives | 183,147 | 1,760,247 | |||||
$ | (4,763,100 | ) | $ | 2,034,358 |
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
8. | SEGMENT INFORMATION |
The Company operates and manages its business in two segments, which are its used car sales and leasing segment (“CarBiz Auto Credit”) and consulting and collections services offered to independent car dealerships (“Consulting and Collections”). | |
Three months ended April 30, |
2009 | ||||||||||
Carbiz | Consulting and | |||||||||
Auto Credit | Collections | Total | ||||||||
Sales | $ | 8,329,975 | $ | 185,399 | $ | 8,515,374 | ||||
Cost of Sales | 4,630,483 | 237,295 | 4,867,778 | |||||||
Gross Profit | 3,699,492 | (51,896 | ) | 3,647,596 | ||||||
Operating Expenses (1) | 3,445,221 | 355,615 | 3,800,836 | |||||||
Income (Loss) From Segments | 254,271 | (407,511 | ) | (153,240 | ) | |||||
Depreciation & Amortization | (50,053 | ) | ||||||||
Total Operating Loss | (203,293 | ) | ||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 26,866,473 | $ | 131,715 | $ | 26,998,188 |
2008 | ||||||||||
Carbiz Auto | Software and Other | |||||||||
Credit | Products | Total | ||||||||
Sales | $ | 8,347,955 | $ | 575,317 | $ | 8,923,272 | ||||
Cost of Sales | 4,419,361 | 380,332 | 4,799,693 | |||||||
Gross Profit | 3,928,594 | 194,985 | 4,123,579 | |||||||
Operating Expenses (1) | 3,219,640 | 959,654 | 4,179,294 | |||||||
Income (Loss) From Segments | 708,954 | (764,669 | ) | (55,715 | ) | |||||
Depreciation & Amortization | (46,912 | ) | ||||||||
Total Operating Loss | (102,627 | ) | ||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 30,317,006 | $ | 860,677 | $ | 31,177,683 |
(1) Excluding depreciation and amortization
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CARBIZ INC. |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
April 30, 2009 and 2008 |
(unaudited) |
9. | INCOME TAXES |
Net deferred tax assets consist of the following as of: |
April 30, 2009 | January 31, 2009 | ||||||
Net operating loss – United States | $ | 10,050,000 | $ | 9,790,000 | |||
Net operating loss – Canada | 5,000,000 | 4,580,000 | |||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 2,300,000 | 2,350,000 | |||||
Accrued expenses | 130,000 | 160,000 | |||||
Basis difference in debentures | (1,600,000 | ) | (1,200,000 | ) | |||
Basis difference in capital assets | 90,000 | 90,000 | |||||
Capital loss carry-forward – Canada | 80,000 | 80,000 | |||||
Extinguishment of debt | (9,200,000 | ) | - | ||||
Other | 180,000 | 200,000 | |||||
7,030,000 | 16,050,000 | ||||||
Valuation allowance | (7, 030,000 | ) | (16,050,000 | ) | |||
$ | - | $ | - |
The provision (benefit) for income tax varies from that which would be expected based upon applying the statutory rate to the net losses before income tax expense for the three month ended April 30, 2009 are as follows:
Statutory federal rate | 34.00 % | ||
State rate | 3.63 | ||
Permanent items | (5.31 | ) | |
Change in valuation allowance | (32.89 | ) | |
Other | .57 | ||
0.00 % |
As of April 30, 2009, the Company had net operating loss carry-forwards (NOLs) of approximately $26.7 million (expiring from 2010 through 2030) and $13.7 million (expiring 2010 through 2017) in the United States and Canada, respectively. The use of the United States NOLs may be limited in any given year as a result of previous changes in ownership.
The Company recorded a gain on the extinguishment of debt of approximately $33.2 million during the three months ended April 30, 2009 which has been included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements (Note 4). The $24.4 million of U.S. gain on debt extinguishment has been excluded from income for income tax purposes based on Internal Revenue Code Section 108. This amount has been accounted for as a deferred tax liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. As of February 1, 2011, the Company will be required to reduce certain U.S. tax attributes which will include the reduction of available NOLs. The Company expects available U.S. NOLs to be reduced by approximately $24.4 million. The $8.8 million of Canadian gain on debt extinguishment is not includable in Canadian income and has been treated as a permanent item.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements concerning our revenues, operating results, and financial condition. Such forward-looking statements include our intent to open additional credit centers in the future; our expectations regarding the future revenues for, and the market acceptance of, our consulting service, and our expectations regarding future expense levels related to our credit center business and interest expenses. The following discussion should also be read in conjunction with the Company’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of April 30, 2009 and the January 31, 2009 audited consolidated financial statements included in our January 31, 2009 Form 10-K.
Overview
The financial services industry is facing unprecedented challenges in the face of the current national and global economic crisis. The overall U.S. economy is experiencing significantly reduced business activity as a result of, among other factors, disruptions in the financial markets during the past year. During the past year, Carbiz has been further challenged by the credit crisis due to our primary lender, SWC Services LLC (SWC), filing bankruptcy in October 2008, which decreased our access to operating cash flow during the period from October 2008 through February 2009. Accordingly, these financing constraints negatively impacted our planned revenue and operating income for the three months ended April 30, 2009. On January 16, 2009, Carbiz Inc. and its operating subsidiaries entered into amended financing arrangements among Dealer Services Corporation (DSC), the trustee for SWC and certain guarantors to the SWC Loan Agreement. The agreement provided for the transfer of SWC’s interests in the Loan Documents to DSC with the terms subject to the Trustee’s receipt of a final order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The agreement also provided that DSC would forgive approximately $31.3 million of a total of approximately $43.3 million outstanding debt previously due to SWC and to additionally provide future inventory floor plan financing of up to $7.5 million. We anticipate increased revenues and operating earnings due to the increased cash flow available for operations. We will continue to seek additional funding as necessary in order to sustain and grow our operations. A portion of this strategy will be the packaging and sale of loan portfolios to third parties under a variety of financing techniques.
As a result of the current economic conditions, many financial institutions and other lenders have tightened underwriting standards due to the overall deterioration in credit quality. Therefore, management believes that more consumers are currently moving to the sub-prime lending market to obtain financing. We have attracted new customers with higher credit ratings and the ability to purchase higher priced automobiles. Beginning in February 2009, we commenced our leasing program which focuses on higher priced automobiles with average lease prices of $11,000. This program will further expand our financing possibilities and we will continue with this strategy in an effort to reach more customers and service those customers who now seek Buy Here-Pay Here (“BHPH”) financing and our newly introduced leasing program – Lease Here–Pay Here (“LHPH”). We will continue to pursue supplemental revenues by serving those customers who are no longer able to purchase automobiles and meet the financial requirements of traditional lenders due to the economy and in order to further grow our business for the future.
Loan loss estimates for notes and lease receivable were higher than our historic figures as a result of increased charge-offs and delinquency due to rising unemployment rates, the deteriorating U.S. economic environment as discussed above in all geographic locations serviced by us. Higher loss severities, particularly for less fuel efficient vehicles, also contributed to the increase. Although the Company has not changed the methodology for determining the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses, the Company will continue to use a higher loan loss ratio than what was historically used.
Prior to fiscal 2004, we have been a software company that has also offered business model consulting services to the North American automobile industry. In May 2004, we entered the direct automobile sales market utilizing our own software and business model consulting products by opening our first “credit center” in Palmetto, Florida, which is a used car dealership that offers financing on-site to customers with poor credit.
Over the past eighteen months we have experienced significant changes in every area of our operations. In October 2007, we began a process of significant change through the acquisition of a large Midwestern chain of automobile dealerships and a portfolio of associated consumer loans. Subsequently, in December 2007, we purchased an additional portfolio of consumer loans and opened our first store Houston, Texas. In July 2008 we
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sold our software operations and retained our business model consulting services. In February 2009 we began our LHPH operations and note sales.
Critical Accounting Policies
Revenue Recognition
The Company’s revenue is primarily derived from the sale and leasing of used vehicles and consulting and collection services to dealers in the automobile industry
(1) | Used automobile sales: | |
The Company recognizes revenue on the sale of automobiles upon execution of the sales contract, the customer taking possession of the automobile, and financing having been approved. Customers are required to meet certain underwriting guidelines in order to obtain financing of the automobile through the Company. | ||
(2) | Used automobile leases: | |
The Company recognizes revenue on the lease of automobiles upon execution of the lease contract, the customer taking possession of the automobile, and lease financing having been approved. Customers are required to meet certain underwriting guidelines in order to obtain lease financing of the automobile through the Company. The Company accounts for all leases as a “sales-type lease”. | ||
(3) | Consulting and collection services: | |
The Company generates revenue from consulting and collections services. These fees include charges for training seminars, performance group seminars, consulting engagements and collection services to the automobile industry. Revenue is recognized when a signed contract has been executed, the services have been delivered, fees are fixed or determinable, collectability is reasonable assured and when all significant obligations have been fulfilled. Therefore, for services that extend over a period of time, revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the contract. | ||
(4) | Products: | |
The Company also generates non-recurring revenue from the sale of various products to automotive dealerships. Revenue is recognized when a signed contract is executed, the product has been delivered, fees are fixed or determinable, collectability is probable and when all significant obligations have been fulfilled. Generally, this occurs at the time of shipment. The Company does not offer product warranties related to these sales. |
Lease transactions
To qualify for financing under the new DSC financing agreement, the Company converted a number of existing auto note receivables to lease receivables. The Company considered these transactions to be “direct financing leases” and accounted for the leases including the minimum lease payments and the unguaranteed residual value as the gross investment in the lease. The difference between this gross investment and the cost or carrying amount was recorded as unearned income. The unearned income and initial direct costs will be amortized to income over the lease term so as to produce a constant periodic rate of return on the net investment in the lease.
Any new leases are considered “sales-type leases” and the minimum lease payments and the residual value of the underlying auto are considered in the fair value. The revenue recognition for sales-type leases involves recognizing both a profit element and a financing element.
Transfer of Financial Assets
From time to time during the three months ending April 30, 2009, the Company has sold portions of its previously generated auto receivable note portfolio. All portfolio sales during this period met the requirements for a sale, and the Company did not retain the right to service the loans.
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Use of Estimates
In preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are used when accounting for items and matters such as the allowances for doubtful accounts and loan losses, accrued liabilities, share-based payments, derivative liabilities and contingencies.
Share-Based Compensation
The Company uses the fair-value method to determine compensation for all arrangements under which employees and others receive shares of stock or equity instruments. The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes valuation model that uses assumptions for expected volatility, expected dividends, expected term, and the risk-free interest rate. Expected volatilities are based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock over the expected term of the options. The expected term of options granted to employees is derived using the “simplified method” which computes expected terms as the average of the sum of the vesting term plus the contract term. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield rates in effect at the time of grant for the period of the expected term.
Derivative instruments
The Company generally does not use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to cash-flow, market or foreign-currency risks. However, the Company has entered into certain other financial instruments and contracts, such as debt financing arrangements and freestanding warrants with features that are either not afforded equity classification, embody risks not clearly and closely related to host contracts, or may be net-cash settled by the counterparty. These instruments are required to be carried as derivative liabilities, at fair value, in the Company’s consolidated financials.
The Company estimates fair values of derivative financial instruments using the Black-Scholes-Merton or the Flexible Monte Carlo valuation models which embody all of the requisite assumptions (including trading volatility, estimated terms and risk free rates) necessary to fair value these instruments. Estimating fair values of derivative financial instruments requires the development of significant and subjective estimates that may, and are likely to, change over the duration of the instrument with related changes in internal and external market factors. In addition, option-based techniques are highly volatile and sensitive to changes in the Company’s trading market price which has high-historical volatility. Since derivative financial instruments are initially and subsequently carried at fair values, the Company’s income will reflect the volatility in these estimate and assumption changes.
Allowance for credit losses and concentration of credit risk
The allowance reflects the Company’s best estimate of probable losses inherent in the accounts, notes receivable and investments in lease balances. The Company determines the allowances based on known troubled accounts, historical experience, credit quality of customers and other industry and Company economic considerations.
The Company initiates steps to pursue collection of payments for notes or investment in leases upon the customer’s first missed payment. The Company takes steps to repossess an automobile when the account becomes severely delinquent (14 days for weekly pay accounts, 30 days for bi-weekly pay accounts and 60 days for monthly pay accounts). Notes and investment in lease balances for accounts held in repossession have been written off and are not included in Notes receivable, net, in the consolidated balance sheets and Net investments in leases. Accounts are charged off at the earlier of the expiration of the applicable State’s statutory notice period for repossessed accounts (from 0 to 30 days), or when management determines timely collection of future payments is not probable for accounts where the Company has been unable to repossess the automobile. When a customer’s account becomes severely delinquent, the Company suspends accrual of interest income.
The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses on an aggregate basis for the notes receivable and investment in lease portfolio. Management considers the allowance for credit losses to be sufficient to cover estimated losses in the collection of outstanding receivables. The allowance is based primarily upon historical credit loss experience, with consideration given to recent credit loss trends, changes in loan characteristics (i.e.,
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average amounts financed and terms of the notes), delinquency levels, collateral values, economic conditions, and underwriting and collection practices. The allowance for credit losses is periodically reviewed by management with any changes reflected in current operations. Although it is at least reasonably possible that events or circumstances could occur in the future that are not presently foreseen which could cause actual credit losses to be materially different from the recorded allowance, the Company believes that it has given appropriate consideration to all relevant factors and has made reasonable assumptions in determining the allowance.
For accounts where the automobile was repossessed, the difference between the loan or investment in lease balance and the fair value of the repossessed automobile (based on the average wholesale selling price at auction) is charged to the allowance for credit losses. Generally, repossessed automobiles are sold at auction. On average, accounts are approximately 90 days past due at the time of write-off. For previously written-off accounts that are subsequently recovered, the amount of such recovery is credited to the allowance for credit losses.
The Company expenses all costs incurred in connection with the process of initiating, refinancing or restructuring notes or lease receivables to include all costs related to underwriting, securing collateral, closing transactions, processing loan documents, and determining credit worthiness.
Three Month Financial Information
The following summary of selected financial information for the three month period ended April 30, 2009 and 2008 is derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our condensed consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto as of and for periods ended April 30, 2009 and 2008.
Three months ended April 30, 2009 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2008
April | % of | April | % of | |||||||||
2009 | Revenue | 2008 | Revenue | |||||||||
Revenue | $ | 8,515,374 | 100.0 | $ | 8,923,272 | 100.0 | ||||||
Cost of sales | 4,867,778 | 57.2 | 4,799,693 | 53.8 | ||||||||
Gross profit | 3,647,596 | 42.8 | 4,123,579 | 46.2 | ||||||||
Operating expenses | 3,850,889 | 45.2 | 4,226,206 | 47.4 | ||||||||
Operating loss | (203,293 | ) | (2.4 | ) | (102,627 | ) | (1.15 | ) | ||||
Interest expense | (961,832 | ) | 14.7 | (1,906,421 | ) | 21.4 | ||||||
Gain (loss) on derivative instruments | (4,763,100 | ) | 55.9 | 2,034,358 | (22.8 | ) | ||||||
Gain on debt extinguishment | 31,199,287 | 443.85 | - | - | ||||||||
NET INCOME | $ | 27,271,062 | 316.9 | $ | 25,310 | 0.3 | ||||||
Income (loss) per common share | ||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.00 | ||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.12 | $ | (0.02 | ) |
Revenue
In the three months ended April 30, 2009, our revenues decreased by $407,898 compared to the same period ended April 30, 2008. This decrease was primarily due to the sale of the software division in July 2008 and the loss of that revenue. There was maturing of the portfolio and reduction of interest revenue has also contributed to its decline.
Total revenue from car sales and leases during the three months ended April 30, 2009 was $6,858,201 compared to $6,500,034 during the three months ended April 30, 2008, an increase of 5.5% . This was a result of an increase in both the total cars sold and the average selling price per car.
Interest and lease income for the three months ended April 30, 2009 decreased by $376,147 compared to the previous year’s three month period. During the SWC bankruptcy proceedings, October 2008 to February 2009, we were unable to replace maturing accounts in our portfolio because the titles for our floor planed vehicles were under the control of the bankruptcy trustee and were not released until February 20, 2009. This is the main reason for the decrease in interest income.
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Cost of Sales
Our cost of sales expense increased by $68,035 for the three months ended April 30, 2009, compared to the previous year’s three month period. Used car costs increased by $211,122, due to our purchasing of higher priced vehicles. Our Consulting and collections cost of sales decreased by $143,037 during the three months ended April 30, 2009 due to the sale of the software operations in July 2008, and the subsequent reduction of staff and overhead.
Expenses
For the three months ended April 30, 2009, our personnel expenses decreased by $80,282 compared to the previous year’s three month period. This was due to the planned reduction of staff at both at the corporate level and store level. Selling expenses decreased for the three months ended April 30, 2009 by $36,326 due to a reduction of print and radio advertising. Professional fees decreased by $186,108, because in the prior year, the Company hired outside consultants to assist with internal control testing for management and the Company needed additional legal and accounting assistance due to the Midwest and Houston acquisitions. Other operating expenses increased by $69,394 during the three month period ended April 30, 2009, mostly due to cost of living increases in rent and utilities.
Interest Expense
Our interest expense and other expenses decreased by $944,589 for the three months ended April 30, 2009, compared to the previous year’s three month period, due to the lower amount of outstanding debt and the lower interest rate on that debt. The outstanding debt was approximately $41.1 million in the prior year as compared to $17.5 million in the current year. Interest expense associated with convertible debenture financings is recognized based on the effective interest method, and interest expense is therefore expected to increase due to increased carrying values. The current line of credit balance reflects the total borrowed against the acquired loan portfolios and newly generated sales at the Midwest and Texas locations.
Gain/Loss on Derivative Instruments
For the three months ended April 30, 2009, we incurred a non-cash loss of $4,763,100 as a result of the fair value adjustment of outstanding derivative instruments which is based primarily on fluctuations in our stock price. During the three months ended April 30, 2008 we incurred a non-cash gain of $2,034,358. We expect gains and losses on derivative instruments in the future while the convertible debentures, the host instrument of the derivative liabilities, and related warrants remain outstanding.
Gain on debt forgiveness
During the three months ended April 30, 2009, we had a $33.2 million gain on extinguishment of debt. $24.7 million of the extinguishment gain came from the DSC debt forgiveness of $31.0 less the cost of converting our financed receivables to leases of approximately $4.6 million, the fair value of the DSC warrants issued or approximately 1.4 million and the write off of deferred financing costs of approximately $600,000. The remaining $8.8 million gain on debt extinguishment was derived from a modification of the Trafalgar debenture agreement. There was no such gain in the three months ended April 30, 2008.
Consulting and collections services
Through June 30, 2008, this segment of our business consisted of new sales and monthly revenue for software products and new sales and other related products including revenue from credit bureau fees, supply sales, and forms programming, and new sales and monthly revenue for consulting products. The software operation of this segment was sold on July 2, 2008. As of July 2, 2008, our ongoing revenue stream will consist of new sales and monthly revenue from consulting products, training products, Buy Here-Pay Here performance groups, seminars, other one time dealer assistance, and supply sales. In the beginning of fiscal year 2010, the Company opened a collection facility at the corporate headquarters to provide collection services to both our own stores and independent car dealerships.
Total consulting and collections revenue during the three months ended April 30, 2009 decreased from the prior year’s three month period by $389,918 The three month period this year included no software revenue as compared to three month’s revenue in the same period last year.
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Bad Debt Provision
As of April 30, 2009, the total Carbiz Auto Credit loan portfolio was approximately $10.7 million and the net investment in lease receivables was approximately $15.8 million. The allowance for doubtful accounts at the same date was approximately $3.4 million for the vehicle loan portfolio, and $3.99 million for the net investment in leases, a total of $7.39 million.
Significant Financing Arrangements
Trafalgar Secured Subordinated Debenture Financings
January 2009 and subsequent modifications
In January 2009, the Company executed another debenture modification agreement with Trafalgar which terms were effective on February 20, 2009 (the “February 2009 modification”). The February 2009 modification was made pursuant to the Company modifying the terms of the Company’s other debt arrangements including the revolving line-of-credit, term and floor plan notes payable, which were also effective February 20, 2009. Pursuant to the February 2009 modification, Trafalgar revised the payment terms related to certain of the convertible debentures. Debenture principal and interest payments are due as follows: $250,000 in March 2009; $50,000 per month April 2009 through December 2009; $100,000 per month January 2010 through August 2010; and the remaining balance of approximately $5,100,000, in September 2010, so long as the Company holds consumer notes that are not in default from its BHPH business which have an aggregate balance of at least $10 million and only if cash on hand that exceeds its payables by at least $1 million.
Additional Unsecured Subordinated Debenture Financing
On April 27, 2009, the Company issued 980,392 shares to Trafalgar at a conversion price of $0.08 for a partial conversion of the Senior Convertible Debenture. On February 19, 2009, a holder of certain of the Company’s October 1, 2007 convertible debentures converted $50,000 principal and $8,196 of accrued interest due under the debentures into 619,102 shares of common stock of the Company. The conversion price was $0.094. The holder is the spouse of a member of the board of directors. On February 16, 2009 11,073,419 shares of common stock were issued upon exercise, by a Company director, of outstanding warrants issued as part of the previously reported October 6, 2004 sale of convertible debentures. The Company received proceeds of $996,578 based on the CDN$ 0.12 warrant exercise price. On February 16, 2009, the Company issued 289,332 shares of common stock upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued as part of the October 1, 2007 convertible debent ure financing. The Company received proceeds of $33,273 at exercise prices of $0.01 (72,333 shares), $0.10 (72,333 shares), $0.15 (72,333 shares), and $0.20 (72,333 shares). The warrant holder was a member of the board of directors.
Senior Credit Facilities
New loan agreement with Dealer Services Corporation
On January 16, 2009, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Dealer Services Corporation (“DSC”) and the bankruptcy Trustee of SWC Services LLC (“Trustee”), pursuant to which DSC agreed to purchase and the Trustee agreed to transfer and assign to DSC all of the rights and interest of SWC under the Loan Agreement and the other documents entered into by us and the various guarantors in connection with the SWC Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Loan Documents”).
The Asset Purchase Agreement provided that, in consideration for the transfer to DSC of SWC’s rights in the Loan Documents, DSC would pay to the Trustee the sum of $12,000,000. The final order was effective on February 20, 2009, and $12,000,000 was paid to the Trustee, and upon receipt of such amount the Trustee transferred to DSC its liens and encumbrances in and to our automobile inventory.
The Asset Purchase Agreement also provided that the Loan Agreement would be amended, effective as of February 20, 2009, pursuant to the terms of the Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and between us, DSC and the other parties thereto (the “New Loan Agreement”). The New Loan Agreement substantially revised the terms of the Loan Agreement, and provided that DSC would forgive all of the outstanding balance due under the SWC Loan Agreement in excess of $12,000,000. At February 20, 2009, there was a total balance of approximately $43.3 million borrowed under the SWC credit facilities. The forgiveness of such amount
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resulted in us recognizing income in the our fiscal year 2010 for both financial reporting and federal income tax purposes in the amount of the difference between the amount owed as of the closing date and $12,000,000, less the amount of any costs incurred. We incurred normal transaction costs including commitment fees and legal costs related to the restructuring of current notes receivable as required under the New Loan Agreement. It is anticipated that we will apply IRC Section 108 to the gain associated with the forgiveness of SWC debt in fiscal year 2010. We believe that we have net operating loss carry forwards (NOLs) available that will be adequate to absorb any remaining taxable income. However, as a consequence of using IRC Section 108, these NOLs will most likely be reduced to zero in the year following the transaction. There may also be other adjustments that we must make that would have the effect of deferring any potential income tax liabilities. We believe that beyond the reduction of the NOLs that these other adjustments will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position.
As DSC primarily provides financing to automobile dealers who lease automotive vehicles to consumers, the New Loan Agreement provided that we had to convert a number of outstanding notes receivable due from consumers who have purchased vehicles from us into closed-end leases or pay a substantial penalty to DSC. Under the New Loan Agreement, we delivered to DSC by the Final Closing Date a set of conversion documents, consisting of a signed closed-end lease and a bill of sale for each vehicle, with respect to vehicles with an aggregate Floor Plan Value (as defined below) of approximately $9,000,000. We incurred significant costs of approximately $4.6 million in connection with the conversion of these notes receivable, including incentives to borrowers under the notes receivables. The New Loan Agreement provides us with floor plan financing, and generally provides that all advances borrowed to purchase vehicles must be repaid ratably over a two-year period, or upon the sale of the associated vehicle. For loans which are converted to closed-end leases, the two years will commence on the date of conversion. The total credit limit under the New Loan Agreement, as amended, is $19,500,000, which includes the $12,000,000 paid to the Trustee under the Asset Purchase Agreement. As amounts are repaid to DSC, we will be able to re-borrow funds to purchase additional vehicles; provided however, that all advances under the New Loan Agreement are at the sole discretion of DSC. The interest rate for all advances under the floor plan facility, including the amount paid to the Trustee for our inventory of vehicles and all vehicles subject to the conversion documents, will be variable, based upon published rates of DSC. The rate as of April 30, 2009 was 7.5% and our outstanding balance at April 30, 2009 is $17,419,342.
All of the financial covenants contained in the prior Loan Agreement have been deleted from the New Loan Agreement and replaced by an obligation for us to maintain a minimum of $3,500,000 of accounts receivable. As was the case under the previous Loan Agreement, the obligation to pay all amounts due under the New Loan Agreement is secured by a pledge to DSC of all of our assets. Also, Carl Ritter, our Chief Executive Officer, has pledged his shares of our Company’s common stock (3,944,112 shares) to DSC as additional collateral.
In connection with entering into the New Loan Agreement, we paid DSC a loan origination fee of $120,000 and a commitment fee of $250,000. In addition, on February 20, 2009, we issued to DSC warrants to purchase 9,718,289 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $.03 per share, which was the share price in late December/early January when the Company and DSC began negotiating the terms of the New Loan Agreement. The warrants will expire on February 28, 2014. We have agreed to enter into a registration rights agreement on or before December 31, 2010, pursuant to which we will be required to register for resale by DSC the shares to be issued to DSC under the warrant, and to use our commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents to enter into such agreement.
In connection with entering into the Asset Purchase Agreement and the New Loan Agreement, we, DSC and Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund, Luxembourg (“Trafalgar”), entered into a Fifth Amendment To and Reaffirmation Of Subordination and Inter-creditor Agreement, dated January 14, 2009, amending the Subordination and Inter-creditor Agreement between Trafalgar and DSC, as SWC’s assignee of that agreement. Under the Fifth Amendment, Trafalgar consented to the execution and delivery of the New Loan Agreement.
In connection with the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the New Loan Agreement, the Company requested that Ross Quigley, a director and significant shareholder of the Company, exercise certain warrants previously issued to him to purchase 11,073,419 shares of Company common stock at CDN$.12 per share, 72,333 shares at US$.20 per share, 72,333 shares at US$.15 per share, 72,333 shares at US$.10 per share and 72,333 shares at US$.01 per share, in order to provide additional equity financing to the Company. As a condition to such purchase, Mr. Quigley requested that the Company issue to him an additional warrant to purchase up to 10 million shares of Company common stock at any time prior to February 20, 2014 for US$.08 per share (the “New Quigley Warrant”) and, upon approval of the transaction by the Board of Directors, the Company agreed to issued such warrant to Mr. Quigley. On February 20, 2009, Mr. Quigley delivered $750,000 of the $1,029,861 to exercise the
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warrants to the Company. The remaining balance of $279,861 was paid on March 13, and the Company issued 11,362,751 shares of common stock to Mr. Quigley.
Under the warrant issued to DSC in connection with the New Loan Agreement (the “Existing DSC Warrant”), the issuance of the New Quigley Warrant would have required the Company to increase the 9,718,289 shares issuable under the Existing DSC Warrant to 10,222,604 shares and reduce the exercise price for all of the shares issuable under the Existing DSC Warrant from $0.03 per share to $0.02852 per share. However, DSC agreed that in lieu of the Company increasing the number of shares issuable under the Existing DSC Warrant and reducing the exercise price for all of the shares issuable under the Existing DSC Warrant, the Company could issue to DSC a new warrant to purchase up to 750,000 shares of Company common stock at any time prior to February 20, 2014 for $.08 per share (the “New DSC Warrant”). The Company has issued such warrant to DSC.
On February 25, 2009, the Company, its operating subsidiaries and DSC further amended and restated the New Loan Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Fourth Loan Agreement”).
The Fourth Loan Agreement provides for the inclusion of five new Carbiz subsidiaries in the credit facility. Four of these subsidiaries have been formed to carry out the business of the Company in Indiana, and one has been formed to carry out the business of the Company in Nebraska. Under the Fourth Loan Agreement and the promissory notes executed by the operating subsidiaries thereunder, the amount of available credit was expanded from $14 million to $19.5 million.
In connection with entering into the Fourth Loan Agreement, the Company, DSC and Trafalgar entered into a Sixth Amendment To and Reaffirmation Of Subordination and Inter-creditor Agreement, dated February 23, 2009, amending the Subordination and Inter-creditor Agreement between Trafalgar and DSC. Under the Sixth Amendment, Trafalgar consented to the execution and delivery of the Fourth Loan Agreement and the performance of the terms thereof.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of April 30, 2009 and January 31, 2009 we had $782,833 and $674,624, respectively, in cash and cash equivalents. During the three month period ended April 30, 2009, we decreased our accounts payable and accrued liabilities by $525,558, which totaled $4,001,483 at April 30, 2009. During the three months ended April 30, 2009, we made capital lease payments totaling $1,293.
During the three months ended April 30, 2009, we issued approximately 980,392 shares at a conversion price of $0.0765 in a Trafalgar convertible debenture conversion. Approximately $19,000 of the payment was charged to interest expense, and the remaining amount went to several of the financial instrument’s derivative components. Accordingly, no future cash will be required to pay off this portion of the debentures.
In January 2009, the Company executed another debenture modification agreement with Trafalgar which terms are effective on February 20, 2009 (“February 2009 modification”). The February 2009 modification was made pursuant to the Company modifying the terms of the Company’s other debt arrangements including the revolving line-of-credit, term and floor plan notes payable, which were also effective February 20, 2009 (See Note 5). Pursuant to the February 2009 modification, Trafalgar revised the payment terms related to certain of the convertible debentures. Debenture principal and interest payments are due as follows: $250,000 in March 2009; $50,000 per month April 2009 through December 2009; $100,000 per month January 2010 through August 2010; and the remaining balance of approximately $5.1 million in September 2010, so long as the Company holds consumer notes that are not in default from its BHPH business which have an aggregate balance of at least $10 million and only if cash on hand that exceeds its payables by at least $1 million.
In February 2009, we completed a restructuring of our floor plan and receivables financing with DSC as discussed in Senior Credit facilities above. Our restructured debt agreement provides us with a maximum credit facility of $7.5 million for floor plan and receivables financing. Although we had approximately $43.3 million of outstanding notes payable as of the date of restructuring, effective February 20, 2009, the Company is only obligated to repay $12 million of this amount due to the restructuring with SWC and DSC. The $12.0 million is payable in installments over the next 24 months based upon the underlying auto lease agreements.
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We have incurred significant net losses and negative cash flows from operations, although the gain on debt restructuring during the three months ending April 30, 2009 offset this trend and decreased our stockholders’ deficit. At April 30, 2009, we had a stockholders’ deficit of $5.4 million versus $34.7 million at January 31, 2009. The continued worldwide financial and credit crisis has strained investor liquidity and contracted credit markets. If this environment continues or worsens, it may make the future cost of raising funds through the debt or equity markets more expensive or make those markets unavailable at a time when we require additional financial investment. If we are unable to attract additional funds it may adversely affect our ability to achieve our development and commercialization goals, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. As a result of our lack of finan cial liquidity and negative stockholders’ equity, there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern”.
Our existing cash and cash equivalents are believed by our management to be sufficient to finance planned operations, debt repayment obligations and capital expenditures through the third quarter of 2010. Therefore, additional capital may be required in order to proceed with our current plan for operations in the BHPH and LHPH industries. Our ability to arrange such financing in the future will depend in part upon the prevailing capital market conditions as well as our business performance. Available resources may be consumed more rapidly than currently anticipated, resulting in the need for additional funding. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to arrange additional financing, if needed, on terms satisfactory to us or at all. The failure to obtain adequate financing could result in a substantial curtailment of our operations. Accordingly, we anticipate that we may be required to raise additional capital through a variety of sources, including:
- public equity markets;
- private equity financings;
- public or private debt; and
- exercise of existing warrants and stock options.
Additional capital may be unavailable on favorable terms, if at all. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to significantly reduce or refocus our operations or potential markets, either of which could have a material adverse effect on us, our financial condition and our results of operations in our fiscal year 2010 and beyond. To the extent that additional capital is raised through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of such securities would result in ownership dilution to existing shareholders.
As of April 30, 2009, payments due by us over the next five fiscal years for operating and capital leases, and long-term debt are approximately as follows:
Less Than | One to Three | Three to Five | Greater than | ||||||||||||
One Year | Years | Years | Five Years | Total | |||||||||||
Operating Leases | $ | 1,452,000 | $ | 1,592,000 | $ | 942,000 | $ | 1,378,000 | $ | 5,364,000 | |||||
Capital Leases | 1,327 | 1,327 | |||||||||||||
Long-Term Debt | 12,477,061 | 4,942,281 | 17,419,343 | ||||||||||||
Convertible Debentures | 1,002,254 | 302,827 | 1,305,081 | ||||||||||||
$ | 14,932,642 | $ | 6,837,108 | $ | 942,000 | $ | 1,378,000 | $ | 24,089,751 |
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of April 30, 2009, we do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not required
Item 4T. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
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procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the last day of the period covered by this report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures were operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act, is recorded, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Disclosure controls and procedures include without limitations, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, included the Certifying Officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during our most recent quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Internal Controls
Readers are cautioned that our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all fraud and material error. An internal control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any control design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are not aware of any material legal proceedings against us nor are we currently a party to any material legal proceedings.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Trafalgar agreement
On April 27, 2009, the Company issued 980,392 shares to Trafalgar at a conversion price of $0.08 for a partial conversion of the Senior Convertible Debenture.
Conversion of October 1, 2007 convertible debentures
On February 19, 2009, a holder of certain of the Company’s October 1, 2007 convertible debentures converted $50,000 principal and $8,196 of accrued interest due under the debentures into 619.102 shares of common stock of the Company. The conversion price was $0.094. The holder is the spouse of a member of the board of directors.
Warrants exercised
On February 16, 2009 11,073,419 shares of common stock were issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued as part of the previously reported October 6, 2004 sale of convertible debentures. The Company received proceeds of $996,578 based on the CDN$ 0.12 warrant exercise price.
On February 16, 2009, the Company issued 289,332 shares of common stock upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued as part of the October 1, 2007 convertible debenture financing. The Company received proceeds of $33,273 at exercise prices of $0.01 (72,333 shares), $0.10 (72,333 shares), $0.15 (72,333 shares), and $0.20 (72,333 shares). The warrant holder was a member of the board of directors.
Unregistered shares issued to officers and directors for directors fees
On March 24, 2009, the board of directors authorized the fees payable to directors for their services during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009 to be paid in shares of common stock. Accordingly, on March 24, 2009 the Company issued 1,687,500 unregistered common shares valued at $0.08 per share aggregating $135,000.
Unregistered shares issued under cross marketing agreement
On March 24, 2009 the company issued 125,562 unregistered common shares valued at $0.08 per share aggregating $10,125 to Dealer Services Corporation as partial consideration for execution of a cross marketing agreement under which the Company will derive revenue from marketing and training services to be provided for a lease here pay here funding program.
On February 20, 2009, the Company issued to DSC warrants to purchase 9,718,289 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $.03 per share when the Company and DSC began negotiating the terms of the New Loan Agreement. The warrants will expire on February 28, 2014. The Company has agreed to enter into a registration rights agreement on or before December 31, 2010, pursuant to which the Company will be required to register for resale by DSC the shares to be issued to DSC under the warrant, and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents to enter into such agreement.
Pursuant to the warrants issued to DSC in connection with the New Loan Agreement, the issuance of warrant to Ross Quigley on February 20, 2009 (see below) would have required the Company to increase the 9,718,289 shares issuable under the Existing DSC Warrant to 10,222,604 shares and reduce the exercise price for all of the shares issuable from $0.03 per share to $0.02852 per share. However, DSC agreed that in lieu of these modifications, the Company issued an additional warrant to DSC to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $0.08. The warrants will expire on February 20, 2014.
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In connection with the closing of the New Loan Agreement, the Company requested that Ross Quigley, a director and significant shareholder of the Company, exercise certain warrants previously issued to him to purchase 11,073,419 shares of Company common stock in order to provide additional equity financing to the Company. As a condition to such purchase, Mr. Quigley requested that the Company issue to him an additional warrant to purchase up to 10 million shares of Company common stock at any time prior to February 20, 2014 for US$.08 per share and, upon approval by the Board of Directors, the Company issued such warrant to Mr. Quigley on February 20, 2009.
All of the securities described above were issued by us in transactions that were exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by virtue of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed (or incorporated by reference herein) as part of this Form 10-Q:
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CARBIZ INC. | |
Date: June 15, 2009 | /s/ Carl Ritter |
Carl Ritter | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
(principal executive officer) |
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