[1] P. Spencer & Assoc. Ltd. is owned and controlled by Peter Leigh-Spenser who has voting and investment control over the shares it. The address for P. Spencer & Assoc. Ltd. is 44 Woodstock Estates, Sherwood Park, AB Canada T8A 2B4.
[2] Pollack's Home Imp Ltd. is owned and controlled by Tammy Pollack who has voting and investment control over the shares held by Pollack' s Home Imp Ltd. The address for Pollack's Home Imp Ltd. is 109 Colton Brook Rd., QUISPAMSIS, NB Canada E2G 1R3.
[3] Santa Cruz Overseas Corp is owned and controlled by Jack Arens who has voting and investment control over the shares held by Santa Cruz Overseas Corp. The address for Santa Cruz Overseas Corp is 569 Dover Drive, Kelowna, BC Canada, V6N 3K9.
[4] The Champion Trust is administered by Randy Woods, trustee, who has voting and investment control over the shares held by The Champion Trust. The address for The Champion Trust is 3018 Calgary Trail, Edmonton, AB Canada T5N 3V8.
[5] Is an underwriter as a result of being our affiliate.
[6] Lorne Drever, our president, currently owns 100% of the voting shares of 706166 Alberta Ltd. Further, Mr. Drever exercises sole voting and investment control over the shares held by 706166 Alberta Ltd. The address for 706166 Alberta Ltd. is 3124 Parsons Road, Edmonton, AB T6N 1L6.
[7] Ken Smelquist , our vice president, currently owns 100% of the voting shares of Optimum Instruments Inc. Further, Mr. Smelquist exercises sole voting and investment control over the shares held by Optimum Instruments Inc. The address for Optimum Instruments Inc. is #201, 3124 Parsons Road, Edmonton, AB T6N 1L6.
None of the selling shareholders has, or has had within the past three years, any position, office, or other material relationship with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates other than Lorne Drever and Ken Smelquist.
None of the selling shareholders is a broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker dealer.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During the year 2005, we paid management fees to 706166 Alberta Ltd., a company controlled by Lorne Drever, our president, in the amount of $100,000 (2004 and 2003: $100,000 and $139,518 respectively). 706166 Alberta Ltd., owns 5,000,000 common shares of our common stock. Mr. Drever exercise sold voting and investment control over the shares owned by 706166 Alberta Ltd. We also owe $596,881 to 706166 Alberta Ltd. as of June 30, 2006.
We also owe Mr. Drever, individually, $2,975 as of June 30, 2006.
As at June 30, 2006, we are owed $24,254 from Tubtron Controls Corp., an Alberta corporation. Mr. Drever, our president owns 26% of Tubtron Controls Corp.
During the year ended December 31, 2003, consulting fees were paid to Ken Smelquist, one of our shareholders in the amount of $75,000. No consulting fees were paid to shareholders during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.
We have a property lease agreement with a company controlled by Ken Smelquist, one of our shareholders.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, we received donated services for salaries and benefits from Tubtron Controls Inc. a company owned and controlled by Lorne Drever and Ken Smelquist, our officers and directors, in the amount of $213,902.
We have an amount owing of $15,000 (2005: $14,601) to Optimum Wireless Inc., and Optimum Instruments Inc., companies controlled by Ken Smelquist, one of our shareholders for purchases of inventory and rent expense.
During the six months ended June 30, 2006, sales of $21,355 (2005: $38,841) were made to Optimum Instruments Inc., a corporation owned and controlled by Ken Smelquist, our vice president, and recorded as sales revenue.
Other than as disclosed above, our directors, senior officers and principal shareholders, or any associate or affiliate of the foregoing, have not participated in and have no other interest, direct or indirect, in any material transactions in which we have participated, or in any proposed transaction which has materially affected or will materially affect our company during the previous three fiscal years and through to December 31, 2005:
There are no additional interests of management in transactions involving our company except as set forth above.
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Common Stock
Our authorized capital stock consists of an unlimited number of shares of common stock, no par value per share. The holders of our common stock:
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We refer you to our articles of incorporation, bylaws and the applicable statutes of the Province of Alberta for a more complete description of the rights and liabilities of holders of our securities.
Non-cumulative Voting
Holders of shares of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares, voting for the election of directors, can elect all of the directors to be elected, if they so choose, and, in that event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any of our directors. After this offering is completed, present stockholders will own approximately 95.77% of our outstanding shares.
Cash Dividends
As of the date of this prospectus, we have not paid any cash dividends to stockholders. The declaration of any future cash dividend will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon our earnings, if any, our capital requirements and financial position, our general economic conditions, and other pertinent conditions. It is our present intention not to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future, but rather to reinvest earnings, if any, in our business operations.
Reports
After we complete this offering, we will not be required to furnish you with an annual report. Further, we will not voluntarily send you an annual report. We will be required to file reports with the SEC under section 15(d) of the Securities Act. The reports will be filed electronically. The reports we will be required to file are Forms 10-KSB, 10-QSB, and 8-K. You may read copies of any materials we file with the SEC at the SECs Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
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20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that will contain copies of the reports we file electronically. The address for the Internet site is www.sec.gov.
Stock Transfer Agent
We act as our own stock transfer agent for our securities. We intend to retain an Alberta registrar to act as our transfer agent, subject to the sale of 500,000 shares by us in this offering.
UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
This description is our counsel's opinion of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations to investors who hold our common shares as a capital asset. Our counsel is Conrad C. Lysiak, Attorney at Law, 601 West First Avenue, Suite 903, Spokane, Washington 99201. This discussion is based upon, as of the date hereof, the applicable provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), Treasury Regulations promulgated or proposed thereunder, and administrative and judicial interpretation thereof, all of which are subject to change either prospectively or retroactively, or are subject to different interpretations. We have not obtained nor do we intend to obtain, a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service as to any United States federal income tax consequences discussed below and there can be no assurances that the Internal Revenue Service will not take contrary positions.
As used herein, the term "U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of common shares that is for United States federal income tax purposes:
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| * | a trust, if both (a) a United States court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust, and (b) one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. The discussion below does not address all of the United States federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to U.S. Holders in light of their particular circumstances, nor does it address the tax consequences to U.S. Holders subject to special treatment under the United States federal income tax laws, such as: |
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General
Distributions
Subject to the discussion under "Special Tax Provisions" below, distributions of cash or property made by Locate Technologies with respect to the common shares will constitute dividends to U.S. Holders, to the extent that the distributions are made out of current or accumulated earnings and profits of Locate Technologies (as determined for United States federal income tax purposes). Dividends paid by Locate Technologies are includeable in a U.S. Holder's gross income and are taxable as ordinary income. If a portion of a distribution made by Locate Technologies with respect to the common shares exceeds its current and accumulated earnings and profits, that portion will be treated as nontaxable return of capital, which will reduce the U.S. Holder's adjusted basis in the common shares (but not below zero). To the extent a distribution exceeds the U.S. Holder's adjusted basis in the common shares; the distribution will constitute capital gain. Dividends received by a corporate U.S. Holder from Locate Techno logies will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction.
For United States foreign tax credit purposes, a distribution treated as a dividend for United States federal income tax purposes will constitute income from sources outside the United States. In the case of U.S. Holders who are not residents of Canada, the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention (1980), as amended (the "Convention"), provides that dividends received in respect of the common shares generally will be subject to a 15% Canadian withholding tax. Subject to limitations set forth in the Code, as modified by the Convention, including certain minimal holding periods, U.S. Holders may elect to claim a foreign tax credit against their U.S. federal income tax liability for Canadian tax withheld from dividends paid in respect of common shares. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for the foreign tax credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For this purpose, dividends paid by Locate Technologies generally will constitute "passive income," or in the case of cer tain U.S. Holders, "financial services income." The rules relating to the
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United States foreign tax credit are extremely complex and the availability of the foreign tax credit depends on numerous factors.Prospective investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors concerning the application of the United States foreign tax credit rules in light of their particular circumstances.
If a dividend is paid in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, the amount includible in a U.S. Holder's gross income will be the U.S. dollar value of the dividend, calculated by reference to the exchange rate in effect on the date the U.S. Holder receives the dividend, regardless of whether the payment actually is converted into U.S. dollars. Gain or loss, if any, that a U.S. Holder realizes as a result of currency exchange fluctuations during the period from the date the U.S. Holder includes the dividend in gross income to the date the U.S. Holder converts the payment into U.S. dollars will be treated as ordinary income or loss for United States federal income tax purposes. This gain or loss will be from sources within the United States for United States foreign tax credit purposes.
Dispositions
Subject to the discussion of "Special Tax Provisions" immediately below, upon a sale or other taxable disposition of the common shares, a U.S. Holder will recognize taxable gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the fair market value of other property that the U.S. Holder receives in the sale or other taxable disposition (the "amount realized") and the U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the common shares. Subject to the passive foreign investment company rules discussed below, the U.S. Holder's gain or loss will be capital gain or loss. The gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the common shares were held by the U.S. Holder for more than one year. Long-term capital gains recognized by certain non-corporate U.S. Holders (including individuals) are eligible for preferential United States federal income taxation rates. Any gain or loss recognized by U.S. Holders on a sale or other taxable disposition of the common shares will be treated as derive d from U.S. sources for United States foreign tax credit purposes.
The deduction of capital losses is subject to certain limitations under the Code. A capital loss realized by a non-corporate U.S. Holder is allowable as an offset against capital gain and up to $3,000 of ordinary income. Any capital loss not utilized in any taxable year by a non-corporate U.S. Holder may be carried forward indefinitely and used to offset capital gain and up to $3,000 of ordinary income in any future taxable year of the non-corporate U.S. Holder. A capital loss realized by a corporate U.S. Holder is allowable as an offset only against capital gain. Any capital loss not utilized by a corporate U.S. Holder first must be carried back and applied against capital gain in the three years preceding the year of the sale or other taxable disposition giving rise to the capital loss, and then may be carried forward to the five taxable years subsequent to the year of the sale or other taxable disposition. The amount that a corporate U.S. Holder may carry back is limited, however, to an amount that d oes not increase or produce a net operating loss in the carry back year.
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
Backup withholding and information reporting requirements may apply to distributions made by Locate Technologies to a U.S. Holder with respect to the common shares, or to the proceeds of a sale, redemption or other disposition of the common shares. Under the backup withholding rules, a paying agent may be required to withhold tax from a U.S. Holder's distributions or proceeds, if the U.S. Holder fails to furnish a correct taxpayer identification number and comply with certain
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certification procedures, or otherwise fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. Some U.S. Holders (including, among others, corporations) are exempt from the backup withholding requirements. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be claimed by a U.S. Holder as a credit against the U.S. Holder's United States federal income tax liability and the U.S. Holder may be entitled to receive a refund, provided that the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.
Special Tax Provisions
Some provisions of the Code specifically deal with the United States federal income tax treatment of investments by U.S. persons in foreign corporations and may alter the United States federal income tax consequences described above or propose special rules for United States foreign tax credit purposes.
Passive Foreign Investment Company
U.S. persons owning shares of a "passive foreign investment company" ("PFIC") are subject to a special United States federal income tax regime with respect to specified distributions received from the PFIC and gain from the sale or disposition of PFIC stock. A foreign corporation will be classified as a PFIC for United States federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after applying relevant look-through rules with respect to the income and assets of subsidiaries, either:
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For this purpose, passive income includes, among other things, dividends, interest, rents, royalties, gains from the disposition of passive assets and gains from commodities transactions, other than gains derived from "qualified active sales" of commodities and "qualified hedging transactions" involving commodities, within the meaning of applicable Treasury Regulations. Based on certain estimates of the gross income and gross assets of Locate Technologies, Locate Technologies does not believe that it currently is a PFIC, nor does Locate Technologies anticipate becoming a PFIC in the foreseeable future. However, since PFIC status will be determined by Locate Technologies on an annual basis and PFIC status depends upon the composition of Locate Technologies' income and assets (including, among others, less than 25% owned equity investments), and the nature of its activities, from time to time, there can be no assurance that Locate Technologies will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. In add ition, Locate Technologies will not obtain an opinion of counsel, and no ruling will be sought from the Internal Revenue Service, regarding the characterization of Locate Technologies as a PFIC for United States federal income tax purposes.
If Locate Technologies is treated as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder held common shares, some adverse consequences could apply to the U.S. Holder (see discussion below). For this reason, if Locate Technologies is treated as a PFIC for any taxable year, a U.S. Holder may desire to make an election to treat Locate Technologies as a "qualified electing fund" (a "QEF") with respect to the electing U.S. Holder. A QEF election should be made on or before the due date for filing the electing U.S. Holder's United States federal income tax return for the first taxable year in which the common shares are held by the U.S. Holder and Locate Technologies is treated as a PFIC.
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If a timely QEF election is made, whether or not distributed by Locate Technologies, the electing U.S. Holder will be required to annually include in gross income (a) as ordinary income, a pro-rata share of the ordinary earnings of Locate Technologies, and (b) as long-term capital gain, a pro-rata share of the net capital gain of Locate Technologies. An electing corporate U.S. Holder will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction with respect to the income or gain included in gross income under this rule. In addition, in the event that Locate Technologies incurs a net loss for a taxable year, the loss will not be available as a deduction to an electing U.S. Holder, and may not be carried forward or back in computing the ordinary earnings and net capital gain of Locate Technologies in other taxable years. In some cases in which a QEF does not distribute all of its earnings in a taxable year, electing U.S. Holders may be permitted to elect to defer the payment of some or all of their United State s federal income taxes on the QEF's undistributed earnings, subject to an interest charge on the deferred tax amount.
If Locate Technologies is treated as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder held common shares, Locate Technologies will provide to a U.S. Holder, upon written request, all information and documentation that the U.S. Holder is required to obtain in connection with making a QEF election for United States federal income tax purposes.
A U.S. Holder fails to make a timely QEF election (or mark-to-market election, see discussion below) for any taxable year that Locate Technologies is treated as a PFIC, the United States federal income tax consequences to the U.S. Holder will be determined under the so-called "interest charge" method. Under the interest charge regime:
| * | any gain derived from the disposition of PFIC stock (possibly including a gift, an exchange in a corporate reorganization, or a grant as security for a loan), as well as any "excess distribution" that is received from the PFIC (i.e., a distribution that exceeds 125% of the average distributions from the shorter of the prior three years, or the U.S. Holder's holding period for the stock), will be treated as ordinary income that was earned ratably over each day in the U.S. Holder's holding period for the PFIC stock; |
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In many cases, application of the interest charge regime will have substantially more onerous United States federal income tax consequences than would result if a timely QEF election is made by a U.S. holder. Accordingly, if Locate Technologies is treated as a PFIC for any taxable year, U.S. holders are urged to carefully consider whether to make a QEF election and the consequences of not making the election.
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As an alternative to the QEF election, a U.S. Holder of "marketable stock" in a PFIC may make a "mark-to-market" election, provided the PFIC stock is regularly traded on a "qualified exchange". Under applicable Treasury Regulations, a "qualified exchange" includes a national securities exchange that is registered with the SEC or the national market system established under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under applicable Treasury Regulations, PFIC stock traded on a qualified exchange is regularly traded on the exchange for any calendar year during which the stock is traded, other than in de minimis quantities, on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter. Locate Technologies cannot assure U.S. Holders that the common stock will be treated as regularly traded on a qualified exchange.
If a valid mark-to-market election is made, the electing U.S. Holder would (a) include in gross income, entirely as ordinary income, an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the PFIC stock as of the close of the taxable year and the U.S. Holder's adjusted basis in the PFIC stock, and (b) deduct as an ordinary loss the excess, if any, of the adjusted tax basis of the PFIC stock over its fair market value at the end of the taxable year, but only to the extent of the amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election.
Foreign Personal Holding Company
U.S. persons owning, directly or indirectly (on the last day of the corporation's taxable year), shares of a foreign corporation that is a "foreign personal holding company" ("FPHC") are required to include in their gross income a pro rata share of the FPHC's "foreign personal holding company income" that has not been distributed by the corporation to its shareholders during its taxable year. A foreign corporation will constitute a FPHC if more than 50% of its stock (by vote or value) is owned (directly or indirectly) by five or fewer individuals who are U.S. citizens or residents and at least 60% (50% in certain years following the year in which the corporation becomes a FPHC) of its gross income consists of "foreign personal holding company income." "Foreign personal holding company income" includes interest, dividends, royalties, certain rents, and gain from the sale of stock or securities. Based upon the expected size and distribution of common shares in the offering and among current holders, Locate Technologies does not expect to meet the FPHC stock ownership test immediately after the offering and, therefore, will not be a FPHC at such time. Locate Technologies does not expect to meet the income test immediately after the offering and, therefore, will not qualify as a FPHC based upon our income. However, future changes of ownership and income could cause Locate Technologies to become a FPHC.
CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following discussion is our counsel's opinion of material Canadian federal income tax considerations applicable to the holders of common shares acquired pursuant to this offering who at all relevant times hold such common shares as capital property, deal at arm's length with Locate Technologies, and are not affiliated with Locate Technologies, all within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Canadian Tax Act"). Our counsel is Conrad C. Lysiak, Attorney at Law, 601 West First Avenue, Suite 903, Spokane, Washington 99201. The common shares will be considered to be capital property to you unless held in the course of carrying on a business, in an adventure in the nature of trade, or as "mark-to-market property" for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act. Shareholders who will not hold their Locate Technologies common shares as capital property should
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consult their own tax advisors regarding their particular circumstances, as this summary does not apply to these holders. This summary does not take into account the potential application to certain "financial institutions," as defined in the Canadian Tax Act, of the "mark-to-market" rules.
This summary is based on the current provisions of the Canadian Tax Act, the regulations thereunder, and counsel's understanding of the current published administrative practices and policies of the Canada Revenue Agency, all in effect as of the date of this document. This summary takes into account all specific proposals to amend the Canadian Tax Act or the regulations publicly announced by the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to the date of this document, although no assurances can be given that the proposed amendments will be enacted in the form proposed, or at all. This summary does not take into account or anticipate any other changes in law, whether by judicial, governmental or legislative action or decision, nor does it take into account provincial, territorial or foreign income tax legislation or considerations, which may differ from the Canadian federal income tax considerations described herein.
Holders Resident in Canada
The following section of this summary applies to a holder of Locate Technologies common shares who, for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act and any applicable tax treaty or convention, is or is deemed to be resident in Canada at all relevant times (referred to in this summary as a "Canadian holder"). A Canadian holder whose Locate Technologies common shares might not otherwise qualify as capital property may be entitled to obtain such qualification in certain circumstances by making an irrevocable election permitted by subsection 39(4) of the Canadian Tax Act.
Taxation of Dividends
In the case of a Canadian holder who is an individual, dividends received or deemed to be received by the holder on Locate Technologies common shares will be included in computing the holder's income and will be subject to the gross-up and dividend tax credit rules normally applicable to taxable dividends received from taxable Canadian corporations. Dividends received by a corporation on Locate Technologies common shares must be included in computing the corporation's income but will be deductible in computing its taxable income. A "private corporation" (as defined in the Canadian Tax Act) or any other corporation resident in Canada and controlled or deemed to be controlled by or for the benefit of an individual or a related group of individuals, will be liable under Part IV of the Canadian Tax Act to pay a refundable tax of 33 1/3% of dividends received or deemed to be received on Locate Technologies common shares to the extent that such dividends are deductible in computing its taxable income.
Disposition of Common Shares
A disposition or deemed disposition of Locate Technologies common shares by a Canadian holder will generally result in a capital gain (or capital loss) equal to the amount by which the proceeds of disposition, net of any reasonable costs of disposition, exceed (or are less than) the adjusted cost base to the Canadian holder of such shares immediately before the disposition. Under the provisions of the Canadian Tax Act, one-half of any capital gain realized by a Canadian holder will be required to be included as a taxable capital gain in computing income for the year of disposition. One-half of any capital loss (an "allowable capital loss") realized by a Canadian holder may be deducted against
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taxable capital gains realized in the year of disposition. Subject to detailed rules contained in the Canadian Tax Act, any excess of allowable capital losses over taxable capital gains may be carried back up to three taxation years or forward indefinitely and deducted against net taxable capital gains of those other taxation years.
Capital gains realized by an individual or trust (other than certain specified trusts) may be subject to alternative minimum tax under the Canadian Tax Act. If the Canadian holder of common shares is a corporation, the amount of any capital loss realized on the disposition or deemed disposition of a common share may be reduced by the amount of dividends received or deemed to have been received by it on such common share to the extent and under the circumstances prescribed by the Canadian Tax Act. Similar rules may apply where a corporation is a member of a partnership or beneficiary of a trust that owns common shares or that is itself a member of a partnership or a beneficiary of a trust that owns common shares.
A Canadian-controlled private corporation (as defined in the Canadian Tax Act), may also be liable to pay a 6 2/3% refundable tax on certain investment income, including taxable capital gains.
Holders Not Resident In Canada
The following portion of the summary is applicable to a Locate Technologies shareholder:
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Locate Technologies common shares will not be taxable Canadian property to a Non-Resident Shareholder at a particular time provided that such shares are listed on a prescribed stock exchange (which includes the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq National Market) at that time, and the holder, persons with whom the holder does not deal at arm's length, or the holder together with all such persons has not owned 25% or more of the issued shares of any class or series in the capital of Locate Technologies at any time during the 60-month period that ends at the particular time. For this purpose, it is the position of the Canada Revenue Agency that holders of an interest in or option to acquire Locate Technologies common shares will be considered to hold the common shares to which such interest or option relates. Common shares can be deemed to be taxable Canadian property in certain circumstances set out in the Canadian Tax Act.
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Taxation of Dividends
Dividends on Locate Technologies common shares paid or credited or deemed under the Canadian Tax Act to be paid or credited to a Non-Resident Shareholder will be subject to Canadian withholding tax at the rate of 25%, subject to any applicable reduction in the rate of withholding in any applicable tax treaty where the holder is a resident of a country with which Canada has an income tax treaty. If the Non-Resident Shareholder is a United States resident entitled to benefits under the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention, dividends on Locate Technologies common shares will be subject to Canadian withholding tax at the rate of 15%.
Disposition of Common Shares
A Non-Resident Shareholder will not be subject to tax under the Canadian Tax Act in respect of any capital gain realized on the disposition of Locate Technologies common shares.
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
U.S. Eligibility for Future Sales
As described below, no common shares outstanding immediately before this offering will be available for sale in the United States immediately after this offering as a result of various contractual restrictions on resale. Sales of substantial amounts of our common shares in the public market after the restrictions lapse could adversely affect the prevailing market price and our ability to raise equity capital in the future.
Upon completion of this offering, we will have 11,822,463 outstanding common shares. Of these common shares, the 500,000 common shares offered for sale will be freely tradable without restriction in the United States under the Securities Act of 1933 unless purchased by our affiliates.
Of the remaining 11,322,463 common shares, 3,151,171 common shares were offered and sold outside the United States to non-U.S. persons who are not our affiliates, 8,171,292 common shares are held by our affiliates and no common shares held by existing shareholders are restricted securities. Common shares held by our affiliates and restricted securities may be sold in the public market in the United States only if registered or if they qualify for an exemption from registration, including the exemptions described below under Rules 144, 144(k) or 701 promulgated under the Securities Act.
As a result of the lockup agreements, which are described below, and the provisions of Rules 144, 144(k) and 701 described below, these shares will be available for sale in the U.S. public market as follows:
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Rule 144.
In general, under Rule 144, a person, or group of persons whose shares are aggregated, that has beneficially owned any of our common shares that are restricted securities, as defined in Rule 144, for at least one year, is entitled to sell in the United States within any three-month period commencing 90 days after the date of this prospectus a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:
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Rule 144(k).
Under Rule 144(k), a person who is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold for at least two years, including the holding period of any prior owner who is not one of our affiliates, is entitled to sell these shares in the United States without complying with the manner of sale provisions, availability of current public information requirement, volume limitations or notice requirements of Rule 144.
Rule 701.
In general under Rule 701, any of our employees, officers, directors, consultants or advisors who purchased or received shares from us before this offering under a compensatory stock or option plan or written agreement will be eligible to resell their shares in the United States in reliance on Rule 144. Non-affiliates will be able to sell their shares in the United States subject only to the manner of sale provisions of Rule 144. Affiliates are subject to all of the provisions of Rule 144 except that they will be able to sell their shares without compliance with the holding period requirement of Rule 144.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION; TERMS OF THE OFFERING
Our offering is being made in a direct public offering, without any involvement of underwriters or broker-dealers, $500,000 all or nothing basis. Subject to receipt of $500,000, the funds received from subscribers will be used by us as set forth in the Use of Proceeds section of this prospectus.
Funds from this offering will be placed in a separate bank account at Canadian Western Bank, 2142 99th Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6N 1L2. Its telephone number is (780) 988-8607. The funds will be maintained in the separate bank until we receive $500,000 at which time we will remove those funds and use the same as set forth in the Use of Proceeds section of this prospectus. This account is not an escrow, trust or similar account. If we have not sold the 500,000 shares and raised the $500,000 within 270 days of the effective date of our registration statement, all funds will
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be promptly returned to you without a deduction of any kind. However, future actions by creditors in the subscription period could preclude or delay us in refunding your money. During the 270 day period, no funds will be returned to you. You will only receive a refund of your subscription if we do not raise the $500,000 within the 270 day period referred to above. Any interest earned on funds you use to purchase the shares will be retained by us even if we return the funds to you. We reserve the right to terminate the offering at any time in our sole discretion. Sold securities are deemed securities which have been paid for with collected funds prior to expiration of 270 day period. Collected funds are deemed funds that have been paid by the drawee bank. Lorne Drever, one of our officers and directors, will make the determination regarding whether the offering conditions are satisfied. There are no finders fees involved in our distribution.
Our officers, directors, and affiliates will not purchase shares in this offering.
We will sell the shares in this offering through Ken Smelquist, one of our officers and directors. They will receive no commission from the sale of any shares. They will not register as a broker/dealer under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in reliance upon Rule 3a4-1. Rule 3a4-1 sets forth those conditions under which a person associated with an issuer may participate in the offering of the issuer's securities and not be deemed to be a broker/dealer. The conditions are that:
1. The person is not statutorily disqualified, as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(39) of the Act, at the time of his participation;
2. The person is not compensated in connection with his participation by the payment of commissions or other remuneration based either directly or indirectly on transactions in securities;
3. The person is not at the time of their participation, an associated person of a broker/dealer; and,
4. The person meets the conditions of Paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of Rule 3a4-1 of the Exchange Act, in that he (A) primarily performs, or is intended primarily to perform at the end of the offering, substantial duties for or on behalf of the issuer otherwise than in connection with transactions in securities; and (B) is not a broker or dealer, or an associated person of a broker or dealer, within the preceding twelve (12) months; and (C) do not participate in selling and offering of securities for any issuer more than once every twelve (12) months other than in reliance on Paragraphs (a)(4)(i) or (a)(4)(iii).
Ken Smelquist is not statutorily disqualified, is not being compensated, and is not associated with a broker/dealer. He is and will continue to be one of our officers and directors at the end of the offering and has not been during the last twelve months and is currently not a broker/dealer or associated with a broker/dealer. He is not during the last twelve months and will not in the next twelve months offer or sell securities for another corporation.
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Only after our registration statement is declared effective by the SEC, do we intend to advertise, through tombstones, and hold investment meetings in various states where the offering will be registered. We will not utilize the Internet to advertise our offering. We will also distribute the prospectus to potential investors at the meetings and to our friends and relatives who are interested in us and a possible investment in the offering.
We intend to sell our shares in the states of New York, Illinois, Georgia, Wyoming, Colorado, New York, New Jersey and/or Washington D.C.
Section 15(g) of the Exchange Act
Our shares are covered by Section 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rules 15g-1 through 15g-6 promulgated thereunder. They impose additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with their spouses). While Section 15g and Rules 15g-1 through 15g-6 apply to broker/dealers, they do not apply to us.
Rule 15g-1 exempts a number of specific transactions from the scope of the penny stock rules.
Rule 15g-2 declares unlawful broker/dealer transactions in penny stocks unless the broker/dealer has first provided to the customer a standardized disclosure document.
Rule 15g-3 provides that it is unlawful for a broker/dealer to engage in a penny stock transaction unless the broker/dealer first discloses and subsequently confirms to the customer current quotation prices or similar market information concerning the penny stock in question.
Rule 15g-4 prohibits broker/dealers from completing penny stock transactions for a customer unless the broker/dealer first discloses to the customer the amount of compensation or other remuneration received as a result of the penny stock transaction.
Rule 15g-5 requires that a broker/dealer executing a penny stock transaction, other than one exempt under Rule 15g-1, disclose to its customer, at the time of or prior to the transaction, information about the sales persons compensation.
Rule 15g-6 requires broker/dealers selling penny stocks to provide their customers with monthly account statements.
Again, the foregoing rules apply to broker/dealers. They do not apply to us in any manner whatsoever. The application of the penny stock rules may affect your ability to resell your shares.
Offering Period and Expiration Date
This offering will start on the date of this prospectus and continue for a period of 270 days.
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Procedures for Subscribing
If you decide to subscribe for any shares in this offering, you must
1. execute and deliver a subscription agreement
2. deliver a check or certified funds to us for acceptance or rejection.
All checks for subscriptions must be made payable to " LOCATE TECHNOLOGIES INC."
Events that would terminate the offering
The following material events would cause us to terminate the offering and would cause us to return the subscription price to you:
1. An extension of the offering period beyond the disclosed time frame.
2. A change in the offering price.
3. A change in the 500,000 share threshold requirement
4. A change to allow sales to affiliates in order to meet the 500,000 share threshold.
5. A change in the application of the proceeds.
Right to Reject Subscriptions
We have the right to accept or reject subscriptions in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. All monies from rejected subscriptions will be returned immediately by us to the subscriber,
without interest or deductions. Subscriptions for securities will be accepted or rejected within 48 hours after we receive them.
This offering is being made concurrently in the United States and in the Qualifying Provinces. The common shares will be offered in the United States through the officers and directors directly.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the shares. The initial public offering price of $1.00 was determined by our board of directors. The board of directors considered one factor in determining of the offering price for the 500,000 shares of common stock. That factor was what the board of directors believed a buyer would be willing to pay for the shares of common stock. The board unanimously agreed that the price would be $1.00.
Sales by Selling Shareholders
The selling securityholders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of
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their shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices, however, selling securityholders may not sell their shares other than at the fixed $1.00 per share until such time as the shares are traded on a market such as the Bulletin Board operated by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. There is no assurance that the shares of common stock will ever trade on a market.
The selling securityholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:
- | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
- | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
- | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
- | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
- | privately negotiated transactions; |
- | short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC; |
- | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
- | broker-dealers may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
- | a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
- | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling securityholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling securityholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling securityholders under this prospectus. The selling securityholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein, the selling securityholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling securityholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling securityholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
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The aggregate proceeds to the selling securityholders from the sale of the common stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the common stock less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling securityholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering. Upon any exercise of the warrants by payment of cash, however, we will receive the exercise price of the warrants.
The selling securityholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.
The selling securityholders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the common stock or interests therein may be "underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling securityholders who are "underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
To the extent required, the shares of our common stock to be sold, the names of the selling securityholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the common stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.
We have advised the selling securityholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling securityholders and their affiliates. In addition, we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling securityholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling securityholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
We have agreed to indemnify the selling securityholders against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus.
We will keep the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earlier of (1) such time as all of the shares covered by this prospectus have been disposed of pursuant to and in accordance with the registration statement or (2) the date on which the shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with the common shares offered by this prospectus and certain tax matters will be passed upon for us by Conrad C. Lysiak, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 601 West First Avenue, Suite 903, Spokane, Washington, our United States counsel.
EXPERTS
Our financial statements as at December 31, 2005 and 2004 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005 have been included in this prospectus in reliance upon the report of Manning Elliott LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, 1050 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 3S7, independent chartered accountants, upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the common shares offered hereby. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits thereto, to which reference is hereby made. With respect to each contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to such exhibit for a more complete description of the matter involved. The registration statement and the exhibits thereto filed by us with the SEC may be inspected at the public reference facility of the SEC listed below.
The registration statement, reports and other information filed or to be filed with the SEC by us can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding registrants that make electronic filings with the SEC using its EDGAR system.
As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our executive officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act.
EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
| | SEC registration fee | | | | | | $ | 1,200 |
| | NASD filing fee | | | | | | $ | 0 |
| | Blue Sky fees and expenses | | | | | $ | 2,000 |
| | Attorneys' fees and expenses | | | | | $ | 35,000 |
| | Accountants' fees and expenses | | | | $ | 32,000 |
| | Transfer Agent' s and Registrar' s fees and expenses | | $ | 2,000 |
| | Printing and engraving fees | | | | | $ | 2,000 |
| | Miscellaneous | | | | | | | $ | 800 |
| | Total | | | | | | | | $ | 75,000 |
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
| | | | | | | | | | | Index
|
| | | | |
| Balance Sheets | | | F-1 |
| Statements of Operations | | | F-2 |
| Statements of Cash Flows | | | F-3 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | | | F-4 |
| | | | |
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | | | F-1 |
| Balance Sheets | | | | | | | | F-2 |
| Statements of Operations | | | | | | | F-3 |
| Statements of Cash Flows | | | | | | | F-4 |
| Statement of Stockholders' Deficit | | | | | | F-5 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | | | | | | F-6 |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Balance Sheets
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| |
| June 30, 2006 $ | | December 31, 2005 $ |
| (unaudited) | | (audited) |
| | | |
ASSETS | | | |
| | | |
Current Assets | | | |
Cash | 46,746 | | - |
Accounts receivable | 36,687 | | 19,209 |
Inventory | 110,868 | | 127,123 |
Other current assets
| 240
|
| 6,500
|
| | | |
Total Current Assets | 196 | | 152,832 |
| | | |
Property and Equipment (Note 3) | 19,065 | | 22,804 |
| | | |
Deferred Financing Costs (Note 4)
| 30,096
|
| 30,096
|
Total Assets
| 243,702
|
| 205,732
|
| | | |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT | | | |
| | | |
Current Liabilities | | | |
Bank indebtedness | - | | 1,498 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 81,015 | | 223,837 |
Notes payable (Note 5) | 80,000 | | - |
Due to related parties (Notes 6)
| 592,325
|
| 481,203
|
Total Liabilities
| 753,340
|
| 706,538
|
Contingencies and Commitments (Notes 1 and 7) | | | |
| | | |
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT | | | |
| | | |
Common stock: Unlimited number authorized with no par value; | | | |
11,322,463 issued and outstanding, respectively | 2,110,199 | | 2,110,199 |
| | | |
Common stock subscribed | 16,500 | | 16,500 |
| | | |
Donated capital (Note 6(f)) | 213,902 | | 213,902 |
| | | |
Deficit
| (2,850,239)
|
| (2,841,407)
|
Total Stockholders' Deficit
| (509,638)
|
| (500,806)
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit
| 243,702
|
| 205,732
|
| | | |
F-1
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Operations
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
| | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
| | $ | | $ |
| | | | |
Revenues | | 343,014 | | 520,691 |
| | | | |
Cost of Sales
|
| 98,258
|
| 109,613
|
Gross Margin
|
| 244,756
|
| 411,078
|
Operating Expenses | | | | |
Selling, general and administrative (Schedule) | | 234,240 | | 242,892 |
Research and development | | - | | 124,938 |
Amortization | | 3,739 | | 3,460 |
Total Operating Expenses
|
| 237,979
|
| 371,290
|
| | | | |
Income From Operations | | 6,777 | | 39,788 |
| | | | |
Other Expenses | | | | |
Interest expense
|
| 15,609
|
| 21,878
|
| | | | |
Net Income (Loss)
|
| (8,832)
|
| 17,910
|
| | | | |
Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Basic and Diluted
|
| -
|
| -
|
| | | | |
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
|
| 11,322,000
|
| 11,322,000
|
| | | | |
F-2
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
| | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2006 | | 2005 |
| | $ | | $ |
| | | | |
Operating Activities | | | | |
Net income (loss) for the period | | (8,832) | | 17,910 |
| | | | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | |
Amortization | | 3,739 | | 3,460 |
| | | | |
Change in operating assets and liabilities | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | (17,478) | | 117,467 |
Inventory | | 16,255 | | (25,784) |
Other current assets | | 6,260 | | (5,000) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | (142,822) | | (55,140) |
Other current liabilities | | - | | 10,086 |
Advances from related parties
|
| 111,122
|
| (6,772)
|
| | | | |
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
|
| (31,756)
|
| 56,227
|
| | | | |
Financing Activities | | | | |
Bank indebtedness | | (1,498) | | - |
Issuance of notes payable | | 80,000 | | - |
Repayments of notes payable
|
| -
|
| (60,000)
|
| | | | |
Net Cash Flows Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
|
| 78,502
|
| (60,000)
|
| | | | |
Increase (Decrease) In Cash | | 46,746 | | (3,773) |
| | | | |
Cash, Beginning of Period
|
| -
|
| 27,058
|
| | | | |
Cash, End of Period
|
| 46,746
|
| 23,285
|
| | | | |
Supplemental Disclosures | | | | |
Interest paid | | 15,609 | | 22,324 |
Income taxes paid
|
| -
|
| -
|
| | | | |
F-3
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
1. | Nature of Operations and Continuance |
|
| Locate Technologies, Inc. (" the Company" ) was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act in the Province of Alberta on May 30, 2000 and commenced operations on January 1, 2001. The Company is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and provides proprietary wireless internet solutions to various automatic meter reading (AMR) markets. The Company' s AMR solution employs specialized hardware and software that has residential and commercial applications. |
|
| As at June 30, 2006, the Company has a stockholders' deficit of $509,638 and a working capital deficiency of $557,799. The Company plans to generate sufficient cash flow from sales to meet its long-term requirements; however, the Company needs additional financing to carry out its business plan. No commitments to provide additional funds have been made by management or shareholders. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that any additional funds will be available on terms acceptable to the Company. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that may be required should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. |
|
| The Company is in the process of filing an amended F-1 Registration Statement ("F-1" ) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to register 11,322,463 shares of common stock for resale by existing shareholders of the Company at $1.00 per share until the shares are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, and thereafter at prevailing market prices. Also pursuant to the F-1, the Company plans to offer up to 500,000 common shares at a price of $1.00 per share for maximum proceeds of $500,000 to the Company. |
|
|
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Principles |
|
| a) | Basis of Presentation |
| | These financial statements and notes are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and are expressed in Canadian dollars. The Company' s year end is December 31. |
|
| b) | Cash and Cash Equivalents |
| | The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents. |
|
| c) | Use of Estimates |
| | The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Areas where significant estimates have been applied include the recoverability of property and equipment. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |
|
| d) | Inventory |
| | Inventory consists primarily of hardware components and is valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is determined on a first-in, first-out basis. |
|
| e) | Property and Equipment |
| | Property and equipment is recorded at cost and amortized using the declining balance method. Half amortization is taken in the year of acquisition and none in the year of disposal. The annual amortization rates are as follows: |
F-4
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (continued) |
Furniture and fixtures | 20% |
Computer equipment | 30% |
Computer software | 100% |
Shop equipment | 20% |
| | Amortization of leasehold improvements is recorded on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the lease plus the first renewal option, being a total term of six and one-half years. |
|
| f) | Research and Development Costs |
| | Research and development costs related to the enhancement of existing modems and computer products are charged to operations as incurred until technological feasibility in the form of a working model has been established. The time period between the establishment of technological feasibility and completion of product development is expected to be short, therefore the Company has not capitalized product development costs during the respective periods. For the six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company has not incurred any research and development costs. |
|
| g) | Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share |
| | The Company computes net income (loss) per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share" ("SFAS 128"). SFAS 128 requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period including stock options, using the treasury stock method, and convertible preferred stock, using the if-converted method. In computing Diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti dilutive. The Company has no dilutive potential shares. |
|
| h) | Revenue Recognition |
| | The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of products and services in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 ("SAB 104"), "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements." Revenue is recognized only when the price is fixed or determinable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the service is performed or products shipped, and collectibility is reasonably assured. Revenue is recorded when the product has been shipped. |
|
| | The Company will recognize revenue from licensing its products in accordance with AICPA Statement of Position No. 97-2, as amended, "Software Revenue Recognition" and SAB 101. Revenue from licensing its products is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, collection of the resulting receivable is probable, and returns can be reasonably estimated. This policy is prospective in nature as the Company has not generated any licensing revenues. |
|
| i) | Allowance for Bad Debts |
| | The Company continually monitors timely payments and assesses any collection issues. The allowance for its bad debts is based on the Company' s detailed assessment of the collectibility of specific customer accounts. Any significant customer accounts that are not expected to be collected are excluded from revenues. |
F-5
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (continued) |
|
| j) | Comprehensive Income |
| | SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in the financial statements. The Company has no items that represent comprehensive income for any of the periods presented and, therefore, has not included a schedule of comprehensive income in these financial statements. |
|
| k) | Long-Lived Assets |
| | In accordance with SFAS No. 144, " Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets" , the carrying value of intangible assets and other long-lived assets is reviewed on a regular basis for the existence of facts or circumstances that may suggest impairment. The Company recognizes impairment losses when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its estimated fair value. |
|
| l) | Foreign Currency |
| | The Company' s functional and reporting currency is the Canadian dollar. Foreign currency transactions and balances are translated in accordance with SFAS, No. 52 " Foreign Currency Translation" .. Transactions undertaken in a currency other than the Canadian dollar are remeasured into Canadian dollars using exchange rates at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are remeasured at each balance sheet date at the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses arising on remeasurement or settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the determination of income. The Company has not, to the date of these financials statements, entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. |
|
| m) | Concentrations |
| | Financial instruments consist of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, bank overdraft, notes payable and advances due and from related parties. The fair values of these financial instruments were estimated to approximate their carrying values due to their immediate or short-term maturity. The Company does not use derivative instruments to reduce its exposure to foreign currency risk. |
|
| | The Company' s products are primarily sold to utility companies located throughout North America. For the period ended June 30, 2006 and for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, sales to a single customer represented approximately 76%, 75%, 54% and 91% of total revenues, respectively. |
|
| n) | Income taxes |
| | Potential benefits of income tax losses are not recognized in the accounts until realization is more likely than not. The Company has adopted SFAS No. 109 "Accounting for Income Taxes" as of its inception. Pursuant to SFAS No. 109 the Company is required to compute tax asset benefits for net operating losses carried forward. Potential benefit of net operating losses have not been recognized in these financial statements because the Company cannot be assured it is more likely than not it will utilize the net operating losses carried forward in future years. |
|
| o) | Advertising |
| | The Company charges to operations the costs of advertising as incurred. Advertising expense was $6,958, $5,659 and $8,852, for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively and nil for the six months ended June 30, 2006. |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (continued) |
|
| p) | Share Issuance Costs |
| | Costs incurred in connection with raising equity capital and shares are initially capitalized until the equity is issued and then deducted from proceeds when received. |
|
| q) | Shipping and Handling Costs |
| | The Company' s shipping and handling costs are included in cost of sales. |
|
| r) | Stock-based Compensation |
| | Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for stock-based awards under the recognition and measurement provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" using the intrinsic value method of accounting, under which compensation expense was only recognized if the exercise price of the Company' s employee stock options was less than the market price of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123R "Share Based Payments", using the modified retrospective transition method. The Company has not issued any stock options or share based payments since its inception. Accordingly, there was no effect on the Company' s reported loss from operations, cash flows or loss per share as a result of adopting SFAS No 123R. |
|
| s) | Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
| | In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Integration No. 48, " Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statements No. 109" (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing a two-step method of first evaluating whether a tax position has met a more likely than not recognition threshold and second, measuring that tax position to determine the amount of benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. FIN 48 provides guidance on the presentation of such positions within a classified statement of financial position as well as on derecognition, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company' s results of operations or financial position. |
|
| | In February, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (" FASB" ) issued SFAS No. 155 "Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments" and in March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156 "Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets" , but they will not have any relationship to the operations of the Company. Therefore a description and its impact for each on the Company' s operations and financial position have not been disclosed. |
|
| | In May 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 154, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections - A Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and SFAS No. 3". SFAS 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle and applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle. It also applies to changes required by an accounting pronouncement in the unusual instance that the pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods' financial statements of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. The provisions of SFAS No. 154 are effective for accounting changes and correction of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company' s results of operations or financial position. |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
3. Property and Equipment
| Cost $ | | Accumulated Amortization $ | | June 30, 2006 Net Book Value $ | | December 31, 2005 Net Book Value $ |
| | | | | | | |
Furniture and fixtures | 6,341 | | 4,103 | | 2,238 | | 2,486 |
Leasehold improvements | 20,446 | | 15,719 | | 4,727 | | 6,295 |
Computer equipment | 24,385 | | 15,436 | | 8,949 | | 10,523 |
Computer software | 3,130 | | 3,130 | | - | | - |
Shop equipment
| 7,500
|
| 4,349
|
| 3,151
|
| 3,500
|
| | | | | | | |
| 61,802
|
| 42,737
|
| 19,065
|
| 22,804
|
| | | | | | | |
4. | Deferred Financing Costs |
|
| The Company paid $30,096 for professional fees relating to the preparation of a Registration Statement which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to register and offer for sale 500,000 common shares at $1 per share. These costs will be deducted from proceeds when received. |
|
5. | Notes Payable |
|
| Commencing in December 2004, the Company issued short-term, unsecured promissory notes for cash proceeds. The notes are payable on demand with terms not to exceed 60 days. As at June 30, 2006, a note payable for $80,000 is unsecured, due July 14, 2006, and bears interest and loan fees totalling $5,600. |
|
| Interest expense of $15,609 at June 30, 2006 (June 30, 2005: $21,878) was charged to operations. |
|
6. | Related Party Transactions/Balances |
|
| a) | During the six month period ended June 30, 2006, the Company paid management fees of $50,000 to a company controlled by a shareholder and director of the Company (December 31, 2005: $100,000). The related company owns 5,000,000 common shares, or approximately 44%, of the Company. The Company also has a Management Agreement with this related company (see Note 8(a)). The Company owes $596,881 to this related company as of June 30, 2006 (December 31, 2005: $420,241). |
|
| b) | As of June 30, 2006, the Company has an amount owing of $2,975 to the President of the Company (December 31, 2005: $48,002). |
|
| c) | The Company has an amount owing of $24,254 from a related company incorporated in Alberta, Canada. At December 31, 2005, the Company was owed $1,641. The President of the Company owns 26% and a shareholder of the Company owns 31% of this related company. |
|
| d) | The Company owes $15,000 (December 31, 2005: $14,601) to companies controlled by a significant shareholder of the Company for inventory, rent and other advances. |
|
| e) | The Company has a property lease agreement with a company controlled by a shareholder (Note 8(b)). |
|
| f) | During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company received donated services from a related company having a fair value of $213,902. |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
6. | Related Party Transactions/Balances (continued) |
|
| g) | During the six months ended June 30, 2006, sales to a related party of $21,355 (December 31, 2005: $38,841) were recorded as revenue. |
|
|
7. | Common Shares |
|
| a) | During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company repurchased 51,803 common shares for $20,450 and cancelled them. The Company received subscriptions for 66,000 common shares for total proceeds of $16,500. These common shares have not been issued as of June 30, 2006. |
|
| b) | During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company issued 1,203,057 common shares for total proceeds of $595,087, net of issuance costs of $11,500. The Company issued 1,340,726 common shares subscribed for during the year ended December 31, 2002 (see Note (c)). |
|
| c) | During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company received subscriptions for 1,340,726 common shares for total proceeds of $670,363. These common shares were issued during the year ended December 31, 2003. |
|
|
8. | Commitments |
|
| a) | The Company has a Management Agreement (the " Agreement' ) with a related company, owned by the President of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement the Company pays a management fee of $100,000 annually, payable in equal monthly instalments on the last day of each month. The Agreement expires on July 31, 2006. Either party may cancel the Agreement within ninety days of the end of the term or any renewal period. |
|
| b) | The Company' s total contractual obligation for 2006, under a one year property lease agreement, exclusive of occupancy costs, is $18,000. The Company incurred total rent expense of $9,000 for the 6 months ended June 30, 2006 (for the year ended December 31, 2005: $18,000; December 31,2004: $18,000). |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Schedule of Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
| June 30, |
| 2006 $ | | 2005 $ |
| | | |
Selling, General and Administrative | | | |
| | | |
Advertising and promotion | 48,254 | | 47,038 |
Contract service | 10,079 | | 34,348 |
Interest and bank charges | 649 | | 524 |
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange | 514 | | (10,398) |
Management fees | 50,000 | | 50,000 |
Office and administration | 10,139 | | 22,808 |
Professional fees | 46,984 | | 34,723 |
Rent and utilities | 14,221 | | 16,393 |
Salaries and related benefits | 48,004 | | 40,765 |
Travel
| 5,396
|
| 6,691
|
| | | |
Total Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
| 234,240
|
| 242,892
|
| | | |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
Locate Technologies, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Locate Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders' deficit for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Locate Technologies, Inc., as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has not attained profitable operations since inception and has a working capital deficit. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also discussed in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
MANNING ELLIOTT LLP.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Vancouver, Canada
April 1, 2006
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Balance Sheets
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| December 31, |
| 2005 $ | | 2004 $ |
| | | |
ASSETS | | | |
| | | |
Current Assets | | | |
Cash | - | | 27,058 |
Accounts receivable | 19,209 | | 156,764 |
Inventory | 127,123 | | 88,769 |
Other current assets
| 6,500
|
| -
|
| | | |
Total Current Assets | 152,832 | | 272,591 |
| | | |
Property and Equipment (Note 3) | 22,804 | | 24,676 |
| | | |
Deferred Financing Costs (Note 4)
| 30,096
|
| 30,096
|
| | | |
Total Assets
| 205,732
|
| 327,363
|
| | | |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT | | | |
| | | |
Current Liabilities | | | |
Bank overdraft | 1,498 | | - |
Accounts payable | 175,671 | | 158,431 |
Accrued liabilities | 40,000 | | 16,001 |
Notes payable (Note 6) | - | | 140,000 |
Other current liabilities | 8,166 | | 20,457 |
Due to related parties (Note 5)
| 481,203
|
| 236,183
|
| | | |
Total Liabilities
| 706,538
|
| 571,072
|
| | | |
Contingencies and Commitments (Notes 1 and 8) | | | |
| | | |
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT | | | |
| | | |
Common stock: Unlimited number authorized with no par value; | | | |
11,322,463 issued and outstanding, respectively | 2,110,199 | | 2,110,199 |
| | | |
Common stock subscribed | 16,500 | | 16,500 |
| | | |
Donated capital (Note 5(f)) | 213,902 | | 213,902 |
| | | |
Deficit
| (2,841,407)
|
| (2,584,310)
|
| | | |
Total Stockholders' Deficit
| (500,806)
|
| (243,709)
|
| | | |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit
| 205,732
|
| 327,363
|
| | | |
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements)
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Operations
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| | Years Ended December 31, |
| | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 |
| | $ | | $ | | $ |
| | | | | | |
Revenues | | 778,533 | | 474,167 | | 135,964 |
| | | | | | |
Cost of Sales
|
| 223,031
|
| 228,736
|
| 77,582
|
| | | | | | |
Gross Margin
|
| 555,502
|
| 245,431
|
| 58,382
|
| | | | | | |
Operating Expenses | | | | | | |
Selling, general and administrative (Schedule) | | 532,748 | | 408,952 | | 467,597 |
Research and development | | 236,420 | | 194,844 | | 195,074 |
Amortization
|
| 7,122
|
| 10,505
|
| 14,124
|
| | | | | | |
Total Operating Expenses
|
| 776,290
|
| 614,301
|
| 676,795
|
| | | | | | |
Loss From Operations | | (220,788) | | (368,870) | | (618,413) |
| | | | | | |
Other Expenses | | | | | | |
Interest expense | | (36,309) | | (14,036) | | (2,282) |
Loss on disposal of assets
|
| -
|
| (6,509)
|
| -
|
| | | | | | |
Net Loss
|
| (257,097)
|
| (389,415)
|
| (620,695)
|
| | | | | | |
Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted
|
| $(0.02)
|
| $(0.03)
|
| $(0.06)
|
| | | | | | |
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
|
| 11,322,000
|
| 11,350,000
|
| 10,085,000
|
| | | | | | |
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements)
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| | Years Ended December 31, |
| | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 |
| | $ | | $ | | $ |
| | | | | | |
Operating Activities | | | | | | |
Net loss | | (257,097) | | (389,415) | | (620,695) |
| | | | | | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | | |
Amortization | | 7,122 | | 10,505 | | 14,124 |
Loss on disposal of assets | | - | | 6,509 | | - |
Donated salaries and benefits | | - | | 213,902 | | - |
| | | | | | |
Change in operating assets and liabilities | | | | | | |
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable | | 137,555 | | (156,764) | | 6,077 |
(Increase) in inventory | | (38,354) | | (53,473) | | (19,695) |
(Increase) decrease in other current assets | | (6,500) | | 6,421 | | 24,549 |
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | 41,239 | | 56,490 | | (7,354) |
Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities | | (12,291) | | 20,457 | | - |
Increase (decrease) in advances from related company
|
| 245,020
|
| 207,641
|
| 24,414
|
| | | | | | |
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
|
| 116,694
|
| (77,727)
|
| (578,580)
|
| | | | | | |
Investing Activities | | | | | | |
Purchase of property and equipment | | (5,250) | | (2,960) | | (2,170) |
Proceeds on disposal of property and equipment
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| | | | | | |
Net Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities
|
| (5,250)
|
| (2,960)
|
| (2,170)
|
| | | | | | |
Financing Activities | | | | | | |
Borrowings from bank overdraft | | 1,498 | | - | | 3,039 |
Repayment of bank overdraft | | - | | (28,305) | | - |
Proceeds from notes payable | | - | | 140,000 | | - |
Repayment of note payable | | (140,000) | | - | | - |
Proceeds from common stock subscriptions | | - | | 16,500 | | - |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | | - | | - | | 588,087 |
Payment on retirement of common stock | | - | | (20,450) | | - |
Payment of deferred financing costs
|
| -
|
| -
|
| (10,376)
|
| | | | | | |
Net Cash Flows Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
|
| (138,502)
|
| 107,745
|
| 580,750
|
| | | | | | |
Change In Cash and Cash Equivalents | | (27,058) | | 27,058 | | - |
| | | | | | |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period
|
| 27,058
|
| -
|
| -
|
| | | | | | |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period
|
| -
|
| 27,058
|
| -
|
| | | | | | |
Supplemental Disclosures | | | | | | |
Interest paid | | 39,883 | | 9,933 | | 4,115 |
Income taxes paid
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements)
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Statement of Stockholders' Deficit
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| Common Stock | Common Stock Subscribed | Donated | | Total Stockholders' |
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit |
| # | $ | # | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| | | | | | | |
Balance - December 31, 2002 | 8,830,483 | 865,199 | 1,340,726 | 670,363 | - | (1,574,200) | (38,638) |
| | | | | | | |
Issuance of subscribed shares | 1,340,726 | 670,363 | (1,340,726) | (670,363) | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | |
Issuance of common shares for cash proceeds of $0.50 per share, net of $11,500 of issuance costs | 1,203,057 | 595,087 | - | - | - | - | 595,087 |
| | | | | | | |
Net loss for the year
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| (620,695)
| (620,695)
|
| | | | | | | |
Balance - December 31, 2003 | 11,374,266 | 2,130,649 | - | - | - | (2,194,895) | (64,246) |
| | | | | | | |
Subscriptions for common shares | - | - | 66,000 | 16,500 | - | - | 16,500 |
| | | | | | | |
Cancellation of common shares purchased for $0.39 per share | (51,803) | (20,450) | - | - | | - | (20,450) |
| | | | | | | |
Donated services received from related company | - | - | - | - | 213,902 | - | 213,902 |
| | | | | | | |
Net loss for the year
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| (389,415)
| (389,415)
|
| | | | | | | |
Balance - December 31, 2004 | 11,322,463 | 2,110,199 | 66,000 | 16,500 | 213,902 | (2,584,310) | (243,709) |
| | | | | | | |
Net loss for the year
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| (257,097)
| (257,097)
|
| | | | | | | |
Balance - December 31, 2005
| 11,322,463
| 2,110,199
| 66,000
| 16,500
| 213,902
| (2,841,407)
| (500,806)
|
| | | | | | | |
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements)
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
1. | Nature of Operations and Continuance |
|
| Locate Technologies, Inc. ("the Company") was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act in the Province of Alberta on May 30, 2000 and commenced operations on January 1, 2001. The Company is based in Edmonton, Canada and provides proprietary wireless internet solutions to various automatic meter reading (AMR) markets. The Company's AMR solution employs specialized hardware and software that has residential and commercial applications. |
|
| The Company has a stockholders' deficit of $530,902 at December 31, 2005 and a working capital deficiency of $553,706. The Company plans to generate sufficient cash flows from sales to meet its long-term requirements; however, the Company needs additional financing to carry out its business plan. No commitments to provide additional funds have been made by management or shareholders. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that any additional funds will be available on terms acceptable to the Company. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that may be required should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. |
|
| The Company is in the process of filing an amended F-1 Registration Statement ("F-1") with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to register 11,322,463 shares of common stock for resale by existing shareholders of the Company at $1.00 per share until the shares are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, and thereafter at prevailing market prices. Also pursuant to the F-1, the Company plans to offer up to 500,000 common shares at a price of $1.00 per share for maximum proceeds of $500,000 to the Company. |
|
|
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Principles |
|
| a) | Basis of Presentation |
| | The financial statements and notes are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and are expressed in Canadian dollars. The Company's year end is December 31. |
|
| b) | Cash and Cash Equivalents |
| | The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents. |
|
| c) | Use of Estimates |
| | The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Areas where significant estimates have been applied include the recoverability of property and equipment. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |
|
| d) | Inventory |
| | Inventory consists primarily of hardware components and is valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is determined on a first-in, first-out basis. |
|
| e) | Property and Equipment |
| | Property and equipment is recorded at cost and amortized using the declining balance method. Half amortization is taken in the year of acquisition and none in the year of disposal. The annual amortization rates are as follows: |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (continued)
Furniture and fixtures | 20% |
Computer equipment | 30% |
Computer software | 100% |
Shop equipment | 30% |
| | Amortization of leasehold improvements is recorded on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the lease plus the first renewal option, being a total term of six and one-half years. |
|
| f) | Development Costs |
| | Costs related to the enhancement of existing modems and computer products are expensed as incurred until technological feasibility in the form of a working model has been established. The time period between the establishment of technological feasibility and completion of product development is expected to be short, therefore the Company has not capitalized product development costs during the respective periods. |
|
| g) | Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share |
| | The Company computes net income (loss) per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share" (" SFAS 128" ). SFAS 128 requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period including stock options, using the treasury stock method, and convertible preferred stock, using the if-converted method. In computing Diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti dilutive. The Company has no dilutive potential shares. |
|
| h) | Revenue Recognition |
| | The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of products and services in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 (" SAB 104" ), " Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements." Revenue is recognized only when the price is fixed or determinable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the service is performed or products shipped, and collectibility is reasonably assured. |
|
| | The Company will recognize revenue from licensing its products in accordance with AICPA Statement of Position No. 97-2, as amended, " Software Revenue Recognition" and SAB 101. Revenue from licensing its products is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, collection of the resulting receivable is probable, and returns can be reasonably estimated. This policy is prospective in nature as the Company has not generated any licensing revenues. |
|
| i) | Allowance for Bad Debts |
| | The Company continually monitors timely payments and assesses any collection issues. The allowance for its bad debts is based on the Company' s detailed assessment of the collectibility of specific customer accounts. Any significant customer accounts that are not expected to be collected are excluded from revenues. |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (continued) |
|
| j) | Comprehensive Loss |
| | SFAS No. 130, " Reporting Comprehensive Income," establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive loss and its components in the financial statements. The Company has no items that represent comprehensive loss for any of the periods presented and, therefore, has not included a schedule of comprehensive loss in the financial statements. |
|
| k) | Long-Lived Assets |
| | In accordance with SFAS No. 144, " Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets" , the carrying value of intangible assets and other long-lived assets is reviewed on a regular basis for the existence of facts or circumstances that may suggest impairment. The Company recognizes impairment losses when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its estimated fair value. |
|
| l) | Foreign Currency |
| | The Company' s functional and reporting currency is the Canadian dollar. Foreign currency transactions and balances are translated in accordance with SFAS, No. 52 " Foreign Currency Translation" .. Transactions undertaken in a currency other than the Canadian dollar are remeasured into Canadian dollars using exchange rates at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are remeasured at each balance sheet date at the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses arising on remeasurement or settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the determination of income. The Company has not, to the date of these financials statements, entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. |
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| m) | Concentrations |
| | Financial instruments consist of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, bank overdraft, notes payable and advances due and from related parties. The fair values of these financial instruments were estimated to approximate their carrying values due to their immediate or short-term maturity. The Company does not use derivative instruments to reduce its exposure to foreign currency risk. |
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| | The Company' s products are primarily sold to utility companies located throughout North America. For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, sales to a single customer represented approximately 75%, 54% and 91% of total revenues, respectively. |
|
| n) | Income taxes |
| | Potential benefits of income tax losses are not recognized in the accounts until realization is more likely than not. The Company has adopted SFAS No. 109 "Accounting for Income Taxes" as of its inception. Pursuant to SFAS No. 109 the Company is required to compute tax asset benefits for net operating losses carried forward. Potential benefit of net operating losses have not been recognized in these financial statements because the Company cannot be assured it is more likely than not it will utilize the net operating losses carried forward in future years. |
|
| o) | Advertising |
| | The Company charges to operations the costs of advertising as incurred. Advertising expense was $6,958, $5,659 and $8,852, for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (continued) |
|
| p) | Research and Development |
| | Expenditures for research and development are charged to operations as incurred. |
|
| q) | Share Issuance Costs |
| | Costs incurred in connection with issuing and registering shares are deducted from proceeds received. |
|
| r) | Shipping and Handling Costs |
| | The Company' s shipping and handling costs are included in cost of sales. |
|
| s) | Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
|
| | In May 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 154, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections - A Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and SFAS No. 3". SFAS 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle and applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle. It also applies to changes required by an accounting pronouncement in the unusual instance that the pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods' financial statements of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. The provisions of SFAS No. 154 are effective for accounting changes and correction of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company' s results of operations or financial position. |
|
| | In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, "Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets - An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29". The guidance in APB Opinion No. 29, "Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions", is based on the principle that exchanges of nonmonetary assets should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. The guidance in that Opinion, however, included certain exceptions to that principle. SFAS No. 153 amends Opinion No. 29 to eliminate the exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A nonmonetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. The provisions of SFAS No. 153 are effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Early application is permitted and companies must apply the standard prospectively. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company' s results of operations or financial position. |
|
| | In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 123R, "Share Based Payment". SFAS 123R is a revision of SFAS No. 123 "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation", and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and its related implementation guidance. SFAS 123R establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity' s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments. SFAS 123R focuses primarily on accounting for transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. SFAS 123R requires a public entity to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (continued) |
|
| s) | Recent Accounting Pronouncements (continued) |
| | (with limited exceptions). That cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award - the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). SFAS 123R requires that the compensation cost relating to share-based payment transactions be recognized in financial statements. That cost will be measured based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. Public entities that file as small business issuers will be required to apply SFAS 123R in the first interim or annual reporting period that begins after December 15, 2005. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company' s results of operations or financial position. |
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| | In March 2005, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (" SAB 107" ) to give guidance on the implementation of SFAS 123R. The Company will consider SAB 107 during implementation of SFAS 123R. |
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3. | Property and Equipment |
| Cost $ | | Accumulated Amortization $ | | 2005 Net Book Value $ | | 2004 Net Book Value $ |
| | | | | | | |
Furniture and fixtures | 6,341 | | 3,855 | | 2,486 | | 3,070 |
Leasehold improvements | 20,446 | | 14,151 | | 6,295 | | 9,439 |
Computer equipment | 24,385 | | 13,862 | | 10,523 | | 7,847 |
Computer software | 3,130 | | 3,130 | | - | | - |
Shop equipment
| 7,500
|
| 4,000
|
| 3,500
|
| 4,320
|
| | | | | | | |
| 61,802
|
| 38,998
|
| 22,804
|
| 24,676
|
4. | Deferred Financing Costs |
|
| The Company paid $30,096 for professional fees relating to the preparation of an F-1 Registration Statement which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These costs will be deducted from proceeds received from securities offered for sale pursuant to the F-1 Registration Statement. |
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5. | Related Party Transactions/Balances |
|
| a) | During the year, the Company paid management fees to a company controlled by a shareholder and director in the amount of $100,000 (2004 and 2003: $100,000 and $139,518 respectively). The related company, 706166 Alberta Ltd., owns 5,000,000 common shares or approximately 44% of the Company. The Company has a Management Agreement with this related company (see Note 9(a)). The Company has an amount owing of $420,241 and $132,932 owing to this related company as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. |
|
| b) | The Company has an amount owing of $48,002 and $36,465 to the President of the Company as of December 31, 2005 and 2004. |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
5. | Related Party Transactions/Balances (continued) |
| c) | As at December 31, 2005, the Company has an amount owing of $1,641 from Tubtron Controls Corp., a related company incorporated in Alberta, Canada. At December 31, 2004, the Company owed the related company $38,523. The President of the Company owns 26% of this related company. A shareholder of the Company owns 31% of this related company. |
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| d) | During the year ended December 31, 2003, consulting fees were paid to a shareholder of the Company in the amount of $75,000. No consulting fees were paid for during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004. |
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| e) | The Company has a property lease agreement with a company controlled by a shareholder (Note 8(b)). |
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| f) | During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company received donated services for salaries and benefits from a related company in the amount of $213,902. |
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| g) | The Company has an amount owing of $14,601 and $28,263 to Optimum Wireless Inc., and Optimum Instruments Inc., companies controlled by a significant shareholder in the Company for purchases of inventory and rent expense as of December 31, 2005 and 2004. |
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| h) | During the year ended December 31, 2005, sales of $38,481 (2004 and 2003: nil) were made to a related party and recorded as sales revenue. |
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6. | Notes Payable |
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| The Company issues short-term notes payable for cash proceeds to finance its' sales operations. The notes are unsecured, and payable on demand with terms not to exceed 120 days. |
| 2005 $ | 2004 $ |
| | |
Promissory note, due February 7, 2005 bearing interest and loan fees totalling $5,600 | - | 80,000 |
| | |
Promissory note, due February 16, 2005 bearing interest and loan fees totalling $4,200
| -
| 60,000
|
| | |
| -
| 140,000
|
| | |
| As at December 31, 2005 and 2004, interest expense of $36,309 and $11,893 was incurred on the notes payable respectively. |
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7. | Common Shares |
|
| a) | During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company repurchased and cancelled 51,803 common shares for total proceeds of $20,450. The Company also received subscriptions for 66,000 common shares for total proceeds of $16,500. The common shares from the subscription have not been issued. |
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| b) | During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company issued 1,203,057 common shares for total proceeds of $595,087, net of issuance costs of $11,500. Also the Company issued 1,340,726 common shares subscribed for during the year ended December 31, 2002 (see Note (c)). |
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| c) | During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company received subscriptions for 1,340,726 common shares for total proceeds of $670,363. The common shares were issued during the year ended December 31, 2003. |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
8. | Commitments |
|
| a) | The Company has a Management Agreement (the "Agreement') with a related company, 706166 Alberta Ltd., which is owned by the President of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement the Company pays a management fee of $100,000 annually which is payable in equal monthly instalments on the last day of each month. The Agreement expires on July 31, 2006. Either party may cancel the Agreement within ninety days of the end of the term or any renewal period. Under the Agreement, the related company was granted an option, which was exercised during the year ended December 31, 2000, to acquire 5,000,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.00001 per share. |
|
| b) | The Company's total contractual obligation for 2006, under a one year property lease agreement, exclusive of occupancy costs is $18,000. |
|
| | The Company incurred total rent expense of $18,000, $18,000 and $14,331 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003 respectively. |
|
9. | Income Taxes |
|
| A reconciliation of the provision (benefit) for income taxes at the federal statutory rate of 35.6% compared to the Company's effective tax rate follows: |
Statutory federal provision (benefit) from income taxes | | (91,527) | | (138,710) | | (221,092) |
| | | | | | |
Utilization of tax loss carryforward | | - | | - | | - |
Valuation allowance
|
| 91,527
|
| 138,710
|
| 221,092
|
| | | | | | |
Provision for income taxes
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| | | | | | |
| The Company utilizes the liability method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in SFAS No. 109, " Accounting for Income Taxes" .. Under the liability method, deferred taxes are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than not that some of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The valuation allowance established against the deferred tax assets increased by $76,000 and $250,000 for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. |
|
| The tax effect of the significant temporary differences that would comprise tax assets and liabilities at year end are as follows: |
| | 2005 $ | | 2004 $ |
Deferred tax assets: | | | | |
Property and equipment | | 18,000 | | 16,000 |
Operating loss carryforwards
|
| 889,000
|
| 815,000
|
| | | | |
Total deferred tax assets | | 907,000 | | 831,000 |
| | | | |
Valuation allowance
|
| (907,000)
|
| (831,000)
|
| | | | |
Net deferred tax assets
|
| -
|
| -
|
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
9. | Income Taxes (continued) |
|
| In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered realizable could change materially in the near term based on future taxable income during the carryforward period. |
|
| The Company has approximately $2,645,000 of losses available for Canadian income tax purposes to reduce taxable income of future years. The losses expire as follows: |
2008 | $758,000 |
2009 | $747,000 |
2010 | $565,000 |
2014 | $355,000 |
2015 | $220,000 |
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Locate Technologies, Inc.
Schedules of Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
For the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(unaudited)
| 2005 $ | | 2004 $ | | 2003 $ |
| | | | | |
Selling, General and Administrative | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Advertising and promotion | 78,814 | | 62,972 | | 28,963 |
Contract service | 79,818 | | 23,533 | | 76,352 |
Interest and bank charges | 3,742 | | 1,481 | | 4,129 |
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange | (10,054) | | 10,926 | | (3,824) |
Management fees | 100,000 | | 100,000 | | 139,518 |
Office and administration | 48,962 | | 31,901 | | 24,298 |
Professional fees | 103,838 | | 72,369 | | 82,358 |
Rent and utilities | 32,266 | | 34,551 | | 22,136 |
Salaries and related benefits | 67,768 | | 53,826 | | 57,912 |
Travel
| 27,594
|
| 17,393
|
| 35,755
|
| | | | | |
Total Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
| 532,748
|
| 408,952
|
| 467,597
|
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No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representations. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Prospectus Summary | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Risk Factors | | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| Use of Proceeds | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| Dividend Policy | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| Capitalization | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| Dilution | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| Selected Financial and Other Data | | | | | | | 14 |
| Management' s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation | | | 15 |
| Business | | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| Management | | | | | | | | | | 34 |
| Principal and Selling Shareholders | | | | | | | 37 |
| Related Party Transactions | | | | | | | | 41 |
| Description of Securities | | | | | | | | 42 |
| United States Federal Income Tax Considerations | | | | | 43 |
| Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations | | | | | 48 |
| Shares Eligible for Future Sale | | | | | | | 51 |
| Plan of Distribution | | | | | | | | | 52 |
| Legal Matters | | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| Experts | | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| Where You Can Find More Information | | | | | | 58 |
| Expenses of Issuance and Distribution | | | | | | 58 |
| Index to Financial Statements | | | | | | | 59 |
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Through and including _______________________, 2006 (the 90th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to a dealer's obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.
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PART II
Information Not Required in Prospectus
Item 6.Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Articles of Association of Locate Technologies (the "Company") provide that every director or officer, former director or officer, or person who acts or acted at the Company's request, as a director or officer of the Company, in the absence of any dishonesty on the part of such person, shall be indemnified by the Company against, and it shall be the duty of the directors out of the funds of the Company to pay, all costs, losses and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or claim or satisfy a judgment, that such director, officer or person may incur or become liable to pay in respect of any claim made against such person or civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which such person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Company, whether the Company is a claimant or party to such action or proceeding or otherwise; and the amount for which such indemnity is proved shall immediately attach as a lien on the property of the Company and have priority as against the shareholders over all other claims.
The Articles of Association further provides that no director or officer, former director or officer, or person who acts or acted at the Company's request, as a director or officer of the Company, in the absence of any dishonesty on such person's party, shall be liable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other director, officer or such person, or for joining in any receipt or other act for conformity, or for the loss, damage or expense happening to the Company through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired for or on behalf of the Company, or through the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the funds of the Company are invested, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious acts or any person with whom any funds, securities or effects are deposited, or for any loss occasioned by error of judgment or oversight on the part of such person, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatso ever which happens in the execution of the duties of such person or in relation thereto.
Item 7.Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Since January 1, 2003, Locate Technologies has sold and issued 2,543,783 restricted shares of common stock to 87 persons without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 and raised CN$1,265,450. The price of the shares ranged from CN$1.05 per share to CN$0.05 per share. All sales were made pursuant to Reg. S of the Securities Act of 1993. All sales were made outside the United States with non-U.S. persons and the transactions were concluded outside of the United States. Further, section 5 of the Securities Act was not applicable to the transactions because the instrumentalities of U.S. interstate commerce were not involved in any of the offers or sales. There were no underwriters involved in any of the sales.
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Item 8.Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Document Description |
| |
3.1* | Articles of Incorporation |
3.2* | Bylaws |
5.1 | Legal Opinion |
8.1 | Tax Opinion |
10.1* | Contract Management Agreement |
10.2* | Employment Agreement |
10.3* | Agreement between Optimum Instruments Inc. and Locate Technologies |
10.4* | Management Agreement |
23.1 | Consent of Manning Elliott, Chartered Accountants |
23.2 | Consent of Conrad C. Lysiak, Legal Counsel |
99.1* | Subscription Agreement |
Item 9.Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
| (1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
|
| | (i) | To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
|
| | (ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the>> Calculation of Registration Fee' ' table in the effective registration statement; and |
|
| | (iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. |
|
| (2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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| (3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
|
| (4) | To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. |
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| (5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first u se. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this amended Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Edmonton, Province of Alberta, on this 13th day of October, 2006.
| LOCATE TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
| Registrant |
|
| By: | LORNE DREVER |
| | Lorne Drever |
| | president, chief executive officer, treasurer, principal accounting officer and chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amended Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature | Title | | Date |
|
LORNE DREVER | | president, chief executive officer, | | October 13, 2006 |
Lorne Drever | | treasurer, principal accounting officer, chief financial officer and |
| | | | | a member of the board of directors | |
|
|
KEN SMELQUIST | | vice president of technology | | | October 13, 2006 |
Ken Smelquist |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Under the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States, of Locate Technologies, Inc. has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in Spokane, Washington, on October 13, 2006.
| | |
AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE |
| |
By: | | CONRAD C. LYSIAK |
Name: | | Conrad C. Lysiak |
Title: | | Attorney at Law |
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