UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington , D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
| S | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
or
| £ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Commission File Number 333-137160
(Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1694 Falmouth Road, Suite 150 Centerville, MA | | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $.0001 par value | | |
(Title of each class) | | (Name of each exchange on which registered) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section (g) of the Act:
None
(Title of class)
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K(§229.405) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one):
Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company x
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes £ No S
State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: As of June 30, 2009, the aggregate market value of the Company’s common stock held by non-affiliates was $82,932.03.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of March 24, 2010, there were 25,629,016 shares of common stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Exhibits incorporated by reference are referred to under Part IV.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I | | |
ITEM 1 — BUSINESS | | 1 |
ITEM 1A — RISK FACTORS | | 2 |
ITEM 1B — UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS | | 5 |
ITEM 2 — PROPERTIES | | 5 |
ITEM 3 — LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | | |
ITEM 4 — RESERVED | | 6 |
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PART II | | |
ITEM 5 — MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES | | 6 |
ITEM 6 — SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA | | 6 |
ITEM 7 — MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND PLAN OF OPERATIONS | | 7 |
ITEM 7A — QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK | | 10 |
ITEM 8 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA | | 10 |
ITEM 9 — CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE | | |
ITEM 9A(T) — CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | | 11 |
ITEM 9B — OTHER INFORMATION | | 12 |
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PART III | | |
ITEM 10 — DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | | 13 |
ITEM 11 — EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | | 14 |
ITEM 12 — SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS | | 15 |
ITEM 13 — CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE | | 16 |
ITEM 14 — PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES | | 17 |
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PART IV | | |
ITEM 15 — EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES | | |
SIGNATURES | | |
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | | F-1 |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS | | |
EXHIBIT 31.1 | | |
EXHIBIT 31.2 | | |
EXHIBIT 32 | | |
PART I.
Item 1. Business.
Background
LED Power Group, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company”) was organized under the laws of the State of Nevada on June 8, 2006 under the name “Drayton Harbor Resources, Inc.” and was engaged in the exploration of mineral interest located in British Columbia, Canada. We have relinquished our rights to this mineral interest and changed our focus towards the end of 2008 to the research, development, manufacturing and sales of light-emitting diode (LED) products.
In furtherance of our business objectives, on January 12, 2009, we entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger with LED Power Group, Inc. f.k.a. LED Power, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“LPG”) and Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, whereby Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc. merged with and into LPG, with LPG remaining as the surviving entity and becoming our wholly-owned subsidiary. Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, we issued 9,000,000 pre-split shares of our common stock to Trussnet Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. (“Trussnet”) for all of the issued and outstanding shares of LPG. LPG has limited operations and owns the rights to an Assignment Agreement with Jumbo Power Technology Ltd., Liao Pheng-Piao and Liu Chih-Chun (“Licensors”), dated December 2008 (the “Assignment Agreement”). Under the terms of the Assignment Agreement, LPG was licensed the exclusive rights to certain intellectual property owned by Licensors in relation to the production of LED products. We are currently involved in a dispute with Trussnet involving the Assignment Agreement, and until such dispute is resolved, we are unable to utilize the intellectual property licensed thereunder to develop LED products.
To further facilitate our shift in business focus, on January 16, 2009, we effected a 2.5-for-1 forward stock split of all of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Additionally, on February 2, 2009, we merged with our wholly-owned subsidiary, LPG, for the purposes of effective a name change to “LED Power Group, Inc.” Effective August 10, 2009, we effected a 1-for-100 reverse split of all our issued and outstanding shares of common stock to better position the company for growth for the rest of 2009 and to facilitate investment and broaden ownership, and to ultimately enhance overall shareholder value, resulting in a decrease of the outstanding shares of common stock from 72,500,000 to 725,001 and a decrease of our authorized capital to 6,000,000. Effective November 2, 2009, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to increase its authorized capital to 200,000,000 shares of common stock.
On September 24, 2009, issued an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of our common stock for a purchase price of $10,000 to John J. Lennon, our President, resulting in a change of control and Mr. Lennon owning 57.14% of our issued and outstanding shares. On December 10, 2009, we issued an additional 23,904,015 shares of our common stock pursuant to the conversion of demand notes payable.
We currently have no revenue from operations. In order to meet our business objectives, we will need to raise additional funds through equity or convertible debt financing. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional funds and, if unsuccessful, our plans for expanding operations and business activities may have to be curtailed. Any attempt to raise funds, through debt or equity financing, would likely result in dilution to existing shareholders.
Development
Our future operations are dependent upon the identification and successful completion of additional long-term or permanent equity financings, the support of creditors and shareholders, and, ultimately, the achievement of profitable operations. There can be no assurances that we will be successful, which would in turn significantly affect our ability to roll out our business plan. If not, we will likely be required to reduce operations or liquidate assets. We will continue to evaluate our projected expenditures relative to our available cash and to seek additional means of financing in order to satisfy our working capital and other cash requirements.
We continue to operate with very limited administrative support, and our current officers and directors continue to be responsible for many duties to preserve our working capital. We expect no significant changes in the number of employees over the next 12 months.
We do not anticipate making any major purchases of capital assets in the next six months. We believe that, with our current efforts to raise capital, we will have sufficient cash resources to satisfy our needs over the next 12 months. Our ability to satisfy cash requirements thereafter will determine whether we achieve our business objectives. Should we require additional cash in the future, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional debt or equity financing on terms acceptable to our company, if at all.
Employees
As of December 31, 2009, we had no full time employees. We currently utilize temporary contract labor throughout the year to address business and administrative needs.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
The risks described below are the ones we believe are the most important for you to consider, these risks are not the only ones that we face. If events anticipated by any of the following risks actually occur, our business, operating results or financial condition could suffer and the trading price of our common stock could decline.
Investors should carefully consider the risks described below before deciding whether to invest in our common stock. The risks described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also impair our business operations and financial results. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment. Our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission also contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks we face described below.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
Our limited operating history may not serve as an adequate basis to judge our future prospects and results of operations.
We have a limited operating history. As such, our historical operating results may not provide a meaningful basis for evaluating our business, financial performance and prospects. Accordingly, you should not rely on our results of operations for any prior periods as an indication of our future performance. Our operations will be subject to all the risks inherent in the establishment of a developing enterprise and the uncertainties arising from the absence of a significant operating history. We are in the development stage and potential investors should be aware of the difficulties normally encountered by enterprises in the development stage. If our business plan is not successful, and we are not able to operate profitably, investors may lose some or all of their investment in our company.
We have incurred losses in prior periods and may incur losses in the future.
We incurred net losses of $8,644,350 for the period from June 8, 2006 (inception) to December 31, 2009. We cannot be assured that we can achieve or sustain profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the future. Our operations are subject to the risks and competition inherent in the establishment of a business enterprise. There can be no assurance that future operations will be profitable. We may not achieve our business objectives and the failure to achieve such goals would have an adverse impact on us.
If we are unable to obtain additional funding our business operations will be harmed and if we do obtain additional financing our then existing shareholders may suffer substantial dilution.
We will require additional funds to meet our business objectives, and to take advantage of any available business opportunities. In order to meet our obligations, we will have to raise additional funds. Obtaining additional financing will be subject to market conditions, industry trends, investor sentiment and investor acceptance of our business plan and management. These factors may make the timing, amount, terms and conditions of additional financing unattractive or unavailable to us. If we are not successful in achieving financing in the amount necessary to further our operations, implementation of our business plan may fail or be delayed.
If we are unable to successfully recruit qualified managerial and experienced personnel, we may not be able to execute on our business plan.
In order to successfully implement and manage our business plan, we will be dependent upon, among other things, successfully recruiting qualified managerial and experienced personnel. Competition for qualified individuals is intense. There can be no assurance that we will be able to find, attract and retain existing employees or that we will be able to find, attract and retain qualified personnel on acceptable terms.
We are subject to new corporate governance and internal control reporting requirements, and our costs related to compliance with, or our failure to comply with, existing and future requirements could adversely affect our business.
We may face new corporate governance requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as new rules and regulations subsequently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. These laws, rules and regulations continue to evolve and may become increasingly stringent in the future. In particular, under rules proposed by the SEC on August 6, 2006, we are required to include management’s report on internal controls as part of our annual report for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Furthermore, under the proposed rules, an attestation report on our internal controls from our independent registered public accounting firm will be required as part of our annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. The financial cost of compliance with these laws, rules and regulations is expected to be substantial. We cannot assure you that we will be able to fully comply with these laws, rules and regulations that address corporate governance, internal control reporting and similar matters. Failure to comply with these laws, rules and regulations could materially adversely affect our reputation, financial condition and the value of our securities.
If LED lighting does not achieve greater market acceptance, or if alternative technologies are developed and gain market traction, prospects for our growth and profitability would be limited.
Our future success depends on increased market acceptance of LED lighting. Potential customers for LED lighting systems may be reluctant to adopt LED lighting as an alternative to traditional lighting technology because of its higher initial cost and relatively low light output per unit in comparison with the most powerful traditional lighting devices. In addition, our potential customers may have substantial investments and know-how related to their existing lighting technologies, and may perceive risks relating to the novelty, complexity, reliability, quality, usefulness and cost-effectiveness of LED products when compared to other lighting sources available in the market. If acceptance of LED lighting does not increase significantly, then opportunities to grow our revenues and operate profitably would be limited. Moreover, if effective new sources of light other than LED devices are developed, our prospective products and current technologies could become less competitive or obsolete. Any of these factors could have a material and adverse impact on our growth and profitability.
The technology used in the LED industry continues to change rapidly and if we are unable to modify our products to adapt to future changes in the LED industry, we will be unable to attract or retain customers.
The LED industry has been characterized by a rapid rate of development of new technologies and manufacturing processes, rapid changes in customer requirements, frequent product introductions and ongoing demands for greater functionality. Our future success will likely depend on our ability to develop new products for use in LED applications and to adjust our product specifications in response to these developments in a timely manner. If our development efforts are not successful or are delayed, or if our newly developed products do not achieve market acceptance, we may be unable to attract or retain customers and our operating results could be harmed.
Our efforts to develop new products involve several risks, including:
| · | our ability to anticipate and respond in a timely manner to changes in customer requirements; |
| · | the significant research and development investment that we may be required to make before market acceptance of a particular new or enhanced product; |
| · | the possibility that the LED industry may not accept our products after we have invested a significant amount of resources in development; and |
| · | competition from new technologies, processes and products introduced by our current or future competitors. |
Any dispute or other circumstances resulting in our inability to utilize our intellectual property will significantly impair our ability to enter the LED lighting market, thereby harming our prospects for future growth.
We are currently involved in a dispute with Trussnet Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. regarding our license to certain intellectual property. Until our dispute with Trussnet is resolved, we will be unable to utilize the license to the intellectual property on which we will depend to develop LED products. Similar disputes or other circumstances which inhibit our ability to utilize our intellectual property may be costly and time consuming and significantly delay our ability to enter the LED lighting market. Any such delays may significantly affect our ability to grow our business and achieve our objectives, and may harm our ability to generate any revenues from the LED lighting market.
The markets in which we operate are very competitive, and many of our competitors and potential competitors are larger, more established and better capitalized than we are.
The markets in which we operate are very competitive and have been characterized by rapid technological change. This competition could result in increased pricing pressure, reduced profit margins, increased sales and marketing expenses, and failure to increase, or the loss of, market share or expected market share, any of which would likely seriously harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
Some of our competitors and potential competitors are substantially larger and have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. Given their capital resources, the large companies with whom we compete or may compete in the future, are in a better position to substantially increase their manufacturing capacity, research and development efforts or to withstand any significant reduction in orders by customers in our markets. Such larger companies typically have broader and diverse product lines and market focus and thus are not as susceptible to downturns in a particular market. In addition, some of our competitors have been in operation much longer than we have and therefore may have more long-standing and established relationships with potential domestic and foreign customers.
We would be at a competitive disadvantage if our competitors bring their products to market earlier, if their products are more technologically capable than ours, or if any of our competitors’ products or technologies were to become preferred in the industry. Moreover, we cannot be assured that potential customers will not develop their own products, or acquire companies with products, that are competitive with our future products. Any of these competitive threats could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.
We may be subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations, which could expose us to environmental liabilities, increase our manufacturing and related compliance costs or otherwise adversely affect our business and operating results.
We may be subject to a variety of foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment. These environmental laws and regulations include those relating to the use, storage, handling, discharge, emission, disposal and reporting of toxic, volatile or otherwise hazardous materials used in our planned manufacturing processes. These materials may have been or could be released into the environment at properties operated by us, at other locations during the transport of the materials, or at properties to which we send substances for treatment or disposal. If we were to violate or become liable under environmental laws and regulations or become non-compliant with permits required at some of our planned facilities, we could be held financially responsible and incur substantial costs, including investigation and cleanup costs, fines and civil or criminal sanctions, third-party property damage or personal injury claims. In addition, new laws and regulations or stricter enforcement of existing laws and regulations could give rise to additional compliance costs and liabilities.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR COMMON STOCK
Our board of directors does not intend to declare or pay any dividends to our stockholders in the foreseeable future.
The declaration, payment and amount of any future dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, and will depend upon, among other things, the results of our operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, and other factors the board of directors considers relevant. There is no plan to pay dividends in the foreseeable future, and if dividends are paid, there can be no assurance with respect to the amount of any such dividend.
Nevada law and our articles of incorporation authorize us to issue shares of stock, which shares may cause substantial dilution to our existing shareholders and/or have rights and preferences greater than our common stock.
Pursuant to our Articles of Incorporation, we have, as of the date of this Report, 200,000,000 shares of common stock authorized. As of March 24, 2010, we have 25,629,016 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. As a result, our Board of Directors has the ability to issue a large number of additional shares of common stock without shareholder approval, which, if issued, could cause substantial dilution to our existing shareholders.
A limited public trading market exists for our common stock, which makes it more difficult for our stockholders to sell their common stock in the public markets.
Although our common stock is quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol “LPWR” there is a limited public market for our common stock. No assurance can be given that an active market will develop or that a stockholder will ever be able to liquidate its shares of common stock without considerable delay, if at all. Many brokerage firms may not be willing to effect transactions in the securities. Even if a purchaser finds a broker willing to effect a transaction in these securities, the combination of brokerage commissions, state transfer taxes, if any, and any other selling costs may exceed the selling price. Furthermore, our stock price may be impacted by factors that are unrelated or disproportionate to our operating performance. These market fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions, such as recessions, lack of available credit, interest rates or international currency fluctuations may adversely affect the market price and liquidity of our common stock.
Our common stock may be subject to the penny stock rules which may make it more difficult to sell our common stock.
The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price, as defined, less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Our securities may be covered by the penny stock rules, which impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and accredited investors such as, institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or an individual with net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with his or her spouse. For transactions covered by this rule, the broker-dealers must make a special suitability determination for the purchase and receive the purchaser’s written agreement of the transaction prior to the sale. Consequently, the rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and also affect the ability of our stockholders to sell their shares in the secondary market.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 2. Properties.
We currently maintain our registered offices at 1694 Falmouth Road, Suite 150, Centerville, MA 02632-2933.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item 4. Reserved.
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information
Our common stock currently trades on the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) exchange under the symbol LPWR.OB. The following table sets forth the range of high and low bid information for our common stock as reported on the OTCBB for each calendar quarter indicated below. Prior to October 6, 2008, there was no established trading market for our common stock. Our common stock began trading on the OTCBB on October 6, 2008. The quotations below reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commission, and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
All prices listed below have been adjusted to give retroactive effect to a 2.5-for-1 forward stock split of all issued and outstanding shares of our common stock on January 16, 2009 and a 1-for-100 reverse split of all issued and outstanding shares of our common stock on August 10, 2009.
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Fourth Quarter (October 6, 2008 - December 31, 2008) | | $ | 20.00 | | | $ | 42.80 | |
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First Quarter (March 31, 2009) | | $ | 14.00 | | | $ | 52.00 | |
Second Quarter (June 30, 2009) | | $ | 3.00 | | | $ | 11.00 | |
Third Quarter (September 30, 2009) | | $ | 0.27 | | | $ | 4.00 | |
Fourth Quarter (December 31, 2009) | | $ | 0.13 | | | $ | 0.75 | |
The closing price for our common stock on December 31, 2009 was $0.13.
Stockholders
As of March 24, 2010, we had 25,629,016 shares of common stock outstanding held by 33 shareholders.
Dividends
We have not paid dividends to date and do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. Our Board of Directors intends to follow a policy of retaining earnings, if any, to finance our growth. The declaration and payment of dividends in the future will be determined by our Board of Directors in light of conditions then existing, including our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The discussion and financial statements contained herein are for our fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report. Forward looking statements are statements not based on historical information and which relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Forward-looking statements are based upon estimates, forecasts and assumptions that are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control and many of which, with respect to future business decisions, are subject to change. These uncertainties and contingencies can affect actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us, or on our behalf. We disclaim any obligation to update forward-looking statements.
Plan of Operation
Background
We were organized under the laws of the State of Nevada on June 8, 2006 under the name “Drayton Harbor Resources, Inc.” and were engaged in the exploration of mineral interest located in British Columbia, Canada. We have relinquished our rights to this mineral interest and changed our focus towards the end of 2008 to the research, development, manufacturing and sales of light-emitting diode (LED) products.
In furtherance of our business objectives, on January 12, 2009, we entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger with LED Power Group, Inc. f.k.a. LED Power, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“LPG”) and Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, whereby Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc. merged with and into LPG, with LPG remaining as the surviving entity and becoming our wholly-owned subsidiary. Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, we issued 9,000,000 pre-split shares of our common stock to Trussnet Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. for all of the issued and outstanding shares of LPG. LPG has limited operations and owns the rights to an Assignment Agreement with Jumbo Power Technology Ltd., Liao Pheng-Piao and Liu Chih-Chun (“Licensors”), dated December 2008 (the “Assignment Agreement”). Under the terms of the Assignment Agreement, LPG was licensed the exclusive rights to certain intellectual property owned by Licensors in relation to the production of LED products.
To further facilitate our shift in business focus, on January 16, 2009, we effected a 2.5-for-1 forward stock split of all of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Additionally, on February 2, 2009, we merged with our wholly-owned subsidiary, LPG, for the purposes of effective a name change to “LED Power Group, Inc.”
Effective August 10, 2009, we effected a 1-for-100 reverse split of all our issued and outstanding shares of common stock to better position the company for growth for the rest of 2009 and to facilitate investment and broaden ownership, and to ultimately enhance overall shareholder value, resulting in a decrease of the outstanding shares of common stock from 72,500,000 to 725,001 and a decrease of our authorized capital to 6,000,000. Effective November 2, 2009, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to increase its authorized capital to 200,000,000 shares of common stock.
On September 24, 2009, we issued an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of our common stock for a purchase price of $10,000 to John J. Lennon, our President, resulting in a change of control and Mr. Lennon owning 57.14% of our issued and outstanding shares. On December 10, 2009, we issued an additional 23,904,015 shares of our common stock pursuant to the conversion of demand notes payable.
We currently have no revenue from operations. In order to meet our business objectives, we will need to raise additional funds through equity or convertible debt financing. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional funds and, if unsuccessful, our plans for expanding operations and business activities may have to be curtailed. Any attempt to raise funds, through debt or equity financing, would likely result in dilution to existing shareholders.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management of our company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
Our management routinely makes judgments and estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. As the number of variables and assumptions affecting the probable future resolution of the uncertainties increase, these judgments become even more subjective and complex. Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 3 to our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 included in the Form 10-K. We have identified the following accounting policies, described below, as the most important to an understanding of our current financial condition and results of operations.
Development stage company
The Company complies with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement (“SFAS”) No. 7, Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises, as amended, for its characterization of the Company as a Development Stage Company. The Company is devoting substantially all of its present efforts to establish a new business and none of its planned principal operations have commenced.
Loss per share
In accordance with ASC subtopic 260-10, the basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during each period. Diluted loss per common share is not presented because it is anti-dilutive. The weighted average number of shares outstanding during the periods has been retroactively restated to reflect a forward stock split of four new shares for one old share, effective on January 4, 2008, a forward stock split of 2.5 new shares for one old share, effective on January 16, 2009, and a reverse stock split of one new share for 100 old shares, effective on August 10, 2009.
Long lived assets
Property and equipment are stated on the basis of historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized, while minor replacements, maintenance and repairs are charged to current operations.
Impairment losses are recorded on fixed assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets' carrying amount. There were no impairment losses in 2008. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Company recorded $8,280,000 for impairment of a license as it does not have marketable value at this time
Results of Operations
The following is management’s discussion and analysis of certain significant factors which have affected the Company’s financial condition and results of operations during the periods included in the accompanying financial statements.
Financial Condition as of December 31, 2009
We reported total current assets of $5,493 at December 31, 2009, consisting of cash of $206 and prepaid expenses of $5,287. Total current liabilities reported of $105,803 consisted of $55,244 in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and of $50,559 in notes payable, interest on notes and advances. We had a working capital deficiency of $100,310 at December 31, 2009.
Stockholders’ Deficiency increased from $87,841 for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $100,310 at December 31, 2009.
We are currently a development stage company focused in the LED industry, and evaluating opportunities for expansion within that industry through acquisitions or other strategic relationships.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As of December 31, 2009, we had cash of $206. As such, we anticipate that we will have to raise additional capital through debt or equity financings to fund our operations and execute our business plan during the next 6 to 12 months.
Results of Operations For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, we incurred a net loss of $8,541,509.
Results of Operations For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2008
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, we incurred a net loss of $70,296.
Results of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2009 as Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2008
Results of Operations, Year Ended | | | | | | |
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Operating Expenses | | | | | | |
General and administrative | | $ | 15,442 | | | $ | - | |
Executive compensation | | | 30,000 | | | | 2,500 | |
Professional fees | | | 87,832 | | | | 45,045 | |
Investor relations and marketing | | | 116,621 | | | | 22,500 | |
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Other Expenses | | | | | | | | |
Impairment of license | | | 8,280,000 | | | | - | |
Interest expense | | | 11,614 | | | | 251 | |
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Total | | $ | 8,541,509 | | | $ | 70,296 | |
General and administrative expenses
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, we incurred total expenses of $8,541,509, as compared to $70,296 for the year ended December 31, 2008. These expenses were related mainly to investor relations and professional fees. Other expenses were incurred in relation to activities associated with maintaining a public listing, such as legal and accounting fees. The Company also recorded $8,280,000 for impairment of a license as it does not have marketable value at this time
Expenses or other cash flows in this period may not be indicative of future periods as we are in the early development stage.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2009, we had cash of $206, and working capital deficiency of $100,310. During the year ended December 31, 2009, we funded our operations from the proceeds of private sales of equity. We plan to continue further financings, and we believe that this will provide sufficient working capital to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months. Changes in our operating plans, increased expenses, additional acquisitions or other events may cause us to seek additional equity or debt financing in the future.
For the period ended December 31, 2009, we used $229,852 of net cash to fund operating activities. Net cash used in operating activities reflected $4,713 in prepaid expenses offset by $15,668 in accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
We raised $10,000 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 from the proceeds of a sale of common stock to John J. Lennon, our President. Additionally, we borrowed $220,059 through the issuance of convertible promissory notes.
We anticipate that our cash requirements will be significant in the near term due to contemplated development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of our LED technologies and products. Accordingly, we expect to continue to use cash to fund operations for at least the remaining of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, as we look to generating sufficient revenue to meet our needs.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
There are no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Capital Expenditures
We did not make any capital expenditures in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
Contractual Obligations
The following table outlines payments due under our significant contractual obligations over the periods shown, exclusive of interest:
| | | | | Payments Due by | |
Contractual Obligations At December 31, 2009 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Debt | | $ | 50,559 | | | $ | 50,559 | | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
The above table outlines our obligations as of December 31, 2009 and does not reflect any changes in our obligations that have occurred after that date.
Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Reference is made to the financial statements, the report of our independent registered public accounting firm, and the notes thereto of this report, which financial statements, report, and notes are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
As previously disclosed, on August 3, 2009, Moore and Associates, Chartered was dismissed as our independent accountant. On August 7, 2009, we engaged Weaver and Martin LLC as our new independent accountant. In connection with this change in accountants, there was no disagreement (as that term is used in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer, who is also our principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined by Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of our fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. This conclusion is based primarily upon the factors discussed below.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and includes those policies and procedures that:
| - | Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; |
| - | Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and |
| - | Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. |
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Because of the inherent limitations of internal control, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.
As of December 31, 2009, our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and SEC guidance on conducting such assessments. Based on that evaluation, they concluded that, during the period covered by this report, such internal controls and procedures were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of U.S. GAAP rules as more fully described below. This was due to deficiencies that existed in the design or operation of our internal controls over financial reporting that adversely affected our internal controls and that may be considered to be material weaknesses.
The matters involving internal controls and procedures that our management considered to be material weaknesses under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board were: (1) lack of a functioning audit committee of our board of directors due to a lack of a majority of independent board members and a lack of a majority of outside directors on our board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures; (2) inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives; and (3) ineffective controls over period end financial disclosure and reporting processes.
Our management believes that the material weaknesses set forth in items (2) and (3) above did not have an effect on our financial results. However, our management believes that the lack of a functioning audit committee and the lack of a majority of outside directors on our board of directors results in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures, which could result in a material misstatement in our financial statements in future periods.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Our management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only our management’s report in this annual report.
Management’s Remediation Initiatives
In an effort to remediate the identified material weaknesses and other deficiencies and enhance our internal control over financial reporting, we have initiated, or plan to initiate upon the receipt of sufficient funds and increase in operations, the following series of measures:
| · | We will create a position to segregate duties consistent with control objectives and will increase our personnel resources and technical accounting expertise within the accounting function; |
| · | We plan to appoint one or more outside directors to our board of directors who shall be appointed to an audit committee resulting in a fully functioning independent audit committee who will undertake the oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures such as reviewing and approving estimates and assumptions made by management. |
We anticipate that these initiatives will be at least partially, if not fully, implemented by December 31, 2010. Additionally, we plan to test our updated controls and remediate our deficiencies by December 31, 2010.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have had very limited operations and there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended December 31, 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting. We believe that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the control system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within any company have been detected.
Item 9B. Other Information.
On December 30, 2009, we issued a convertible note to a foreign accredited investor for proceeds of $22,557. The amount is unsecured and is due on demand. The principal amount bears interest at 10% per annum calculated and payable annually. At any time that the principal and interest shall remain outstanding, the lender has the right to convert such principal and interest to shares of our common stock at such price and on such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion. We offered and sold the convertible note in reliance on Section 506 of Regulation D and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act, and comparable exemptions for sales to "accredited" investors under state securities laws.
On December 31, 2009, we issued a convertible note to a foreign accredited investor for proceeds of $10,994. The amount is unsecured and is due on demand. The principal amount bears interest at 10% per annum calculated and payable annually. At any time that the principal and interest shall remain outstanding, the lender has the right to convert such principal and interest to shares of our common stock at such price and on such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion. We offered and sold the convertible note in reliance on Section 506 of Regulation D and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act, and comparable exemptions for sales to "accredited" investors under state securities laws.
Subsequent to December 31, 2009, on March 6, 2010, we issued a convertible note to a foreign accredited investor for proceeds of $46,611. The amount is unsecured and is due on demand. The principal amount bears interest at 10% per annum calculated and payable annually. At any time that the principal and interest shall remain outstanding, the lender has the right to convert such principal and interest to shares of our common stock at such price and on such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion. We offered and sold the convertible note in reliance on Section 506 of Regulation D and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act, and comparable exemptions for sales to "accredited" investors under state securities laws.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executives Officers and Corporate Governance.
Directors and Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the names and ages of our current directors and executive officers, the principal offices and positions held by each person:
Person | | Age | | Position |
John J. Lennon | | 55 | | President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, Director |
John J. Lennon. On December 1, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. John J. Lennon as President, Secretary, Treasurer and sole member of the Board of Directors of the Company. Our board concluded Mr. Lennon should serve as a director based on his background in natural resource exploration, experience in raising funds through debt and equity financing, and previous public company leadership positions.
Mr. Lennon has served as President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of UV Flu Technologies, Inc., a public company, since November 2009, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Far East Wind Power Corp., a public company, since September 2009, President of Chamberlain Capital Partners since 2004, Director of American Durahomes from 2006, and Treasurer/Director/VP of Finance of US Starcom from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Lennon also has served as a Director of American Petro-Hunter, Inc., a public company, since February 2009, and served as President of this company from February 2009 to June 2009. Chamberlain Capital Partners assists companies in the area of maximizing shareholder value through increased sales, cost reduction and refined business strategy. Mr. Lennon has also assisted companies in obtaining debt financing, private placements and other methods of funding. He is responsible for corporate reporting, press releases, and funding related initiatives for American Durahomes, a private corporation, and previously for US Starcom, a public entity. On December 31, 2007, Mr. Lennon was appointed Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and director of Explortex Energy Inc., a publicly reporting company, which is a natural resource exploration company engaged in the participation in drilling of oil and gas in the United States. From 1987 to 2004, Mr. Lennon served as Senior Vice President of Janney Montgomery Scott, Osterville, MA, Smith Barney and Prudential Bache Securities, managing financial assets for high net worth individuals. Mr. Lennon also previously served as a Director, Treasurer and VP of Finance of Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products, Inc., a public company, from August 2008 to July 2009 and President of Explorex Energy, a private corporation, from January 2008 to June 2009.
There are no arrangements, understandings, or family relationships pursuant to which our executive officers were selected.
Audit Committee
Our Board of Directors has not established a separately-designated standing audit committee within the meaning of Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. Instead, the entire Board of Directors acts as the audit committee within the meaning of Section 3(a)(58)(B) of the Exchange Act. We are seeking candidates for outside directors to serve on a separate audit committee when we establish one. Due to our small size and limited operations and resources, it has been difficult to recruit outside directors.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
Due to our small size and limited operations and resources, we currently do not have an audit committee financial expert on our Board of Directors.
Code of Ethics
Given our limited operations and resources and because we are in the development stage, we have not yet adopted a code of ethics. Upon commencement of significant operations and hiring other executive officers, we intend to adopt a code of ethics that will apply to all our officers, directors and employees.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Based solely upon a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 delivered to us as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, each of our former President and Director, Bhupinder Malhi, and our former Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Rogel Gregorio, failed to file on a timely basis Form 3 and Form 4s as required pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act. Mr. Malhi and Mr. Gregorio failed to file any reports during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
Except as set forth above, and based solely upon a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 delivered to us as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, our executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock timely filed all required reports pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The summary compensation table below shows certain compensation information for services rendered in all capacities to us by our principal executive officer and by each other executive officer whose total annual salary and bonus exceeded $100,000 during the fiscal periods ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008. Other than as set forth below, no executive officer’s total annual compensation exceeded $100,000 during our last fiscal period.
Summary Compensation Table
Name and Principal Position (a) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation | | | Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | | | | | | | |
John J. Lennon, | 2009 | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | 30,000 | | | $ | 30,000 | |
President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, Director (1) | 2008 | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | -0- | | | $ | 2,500 | | | $ | 2,500 | |
(1) The Company entered into a Management and Governance Consultant Agreement with Chamberlain Capital Partners on December 1, 2008. Pursuant to the agreement, Chamberlain Capital Partners provides services to us relating to corporate management and governance and consults with our officers and employees concerning matters relating to corporate management, governance, including day-to-day operations, accounting, regulatory compliance, marketing and investor relation services. We agreed to pay Chamberlain Capital Partners $2,500 per month for services rendered pursuant to the agreement. The agreement expired pursuant to its own terms on November 30, 2009, and either party had the right to terminate the agreement at any time by providing 30 days written notice to the other party. Effective December 1, 2009, the agreement with Chamberlain Capital Partners is continuing on a month-to-month basis. Mr. Lennon is the president of Chamberlain Capital Partners, and billed our Company a total of $30,000 and $2,500 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively, for services performed under the Management and Governance Consultant Agreement.
Director Compensation
We do not pay compensation to directors for attendance at meetings. We do reimburse directors for reasonable expenses incurred during the course of their performance. There has been no compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to any of our named directors during the last fiscal year.
Pension and Retirement Plans; Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control
Currently, we do not offer any annuity, pension or retirement benefits to be paid to any of our officers, directors or employees, in the event of retirement. There are also no compensatory plans or arrangements with respect to any individual named above which results or will result from the resignation, retirement or any other termination of employment with our company, or from a change in the control of our Company.
Compensation Policies and Practices As They Relate to the Company’s Risk Management
We believe that our compensation policies and practices for our employees, including our executive officers, do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our company.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management
The following table sets forth, as of March 24, 2010, the number and percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock owned by (i) each director and each named executive officer, (ii) all directors and named executive officers as a group, and (iii) each person known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding common stock. Share ownership is deemed to include all shares that may be acquired through the exercise or conversion of any other security immediately or within the next 60 days. Such shares that may be so acquired are also deemed outstanding for purposes of calculating the percentage of ownership for that individual or any group of which that individual is a member. Unless otherwise indicated, the stockholders listed possess sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1) | | Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (2) | | | Percent of Class of Common | |
Directors and Executive Officers John J. Lennon 104 Swallow Hill Drive Barnstable, MA 02630 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 3.9 | % |
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Ownership of all directors and executive officers as a group (1 person) | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 3.9 | % |
(1) | Unless otherwise noted, the security ownership disclosed in this table is of record and beneficial. Unless provided for otherwise, the address for each of the beneficial owners named below is the Company’s business address. |
(2) | Under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, shares not outstanding but subject to options, warrants, rights, conversion privileges pursuant to which such shares may be acquired within 60 days after March 24, 2010 are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding shares owned by the persons having such rights, but are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage for such other persons. |
We do not know of any other shareholder who has more than 5 percent of the issued shares.
There are no voting trusts or similar arrangements known to us whereby voting power is held by another party not named herein which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control. We know of no trusts, proxies, power of attorney, pooling arrangements, direct or indirect, or any other contract arrangement or device with the purpose or effect of divesting such person or persons of beneficial ownership of our common shares or preventing the vesting of such beneficial ownership.
Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Related Party Transactions
In connection with Mr. Lennon’s appointment as President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director, we entered into a Management and Governance Consultant Agreement with Chamberlain Capital Partners on December 1, 2008. Pursuant to the agreement, Chamberlain Capital Partners provides services to us relating to corporate management and governance and consults with our officers and employees concerning matters relating to corporate management, governance, including day-to-day operations, accounting, regulatory compliance, marketing and investor relation services. We agreed to pay Chamberlain Capital Partners $2,500 per month for services rendered pursuant to the agreement. The agreement expired pursuant to its own terms on November 30, 2009, and either party had the right to terminate the agreement at any time by providing 30 days written notice to the other party. Mr. Lennon is the President of Chamberlain Capital Partners.
Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons
Although we have not adopted a Code of Ethics, we rely on our board to review related party transactions on an ongoing basis to prevent conflicts of interest. Our board reviews a transaction in light of the affiliations of the director, officer or employee and the affiliations of such person’s immediate family. Transactions are presented to our board for approval before they are entered into or, if this is not possible, for ratification after the transaction has occurred. If our board finds that a conflict of interest exists, then it will determine the appropriate remedial action, if any. Our board approves or ratifies a transaction if it determines that the transaction is consistent with the best interests of the Company.
Director Independence
During 2009, we did not have any independent directors on our board. We evaluate independence by the standards for director independence established by applicable laws, rules, and listing standards including, without limitation, the standards for independent directors established by The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NASDAQ National Market, and the SEC.
Subject to some exceptions, these standards generally provide that a director will not be independent if (a) the director is, or in the past three years has been, an employee of ours; (b) a member of the director’s immediate family is, or in the past three years has been, an executive officer of ours; (c) the director or a member of the director’s immediate family has received more than $120,000 per year in direct compensation from us other than for service as a director (or for a family member, as a non-executive employee); (d) the director or a member of the director’s immediate family is, or in the past three years has been, employed in a professional capacity by our independent public accountants, or has worked for such firm in any capacity on our audit; (e) the director or a member of the director’s immediate family is, or in the past three years has been, employed as an executive officer of a company where one of our executive officers serves on the compensation committee; or (f) the director or a member of the director’s immediate family is an executive officer of a company that makes payments to, or receives payments from, us in an amount which, in any twelve-month period during the past three years, exceeds the greater of $1,000,000 or two percent of that other company’s consolidated gross revenues.
Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight
John J. Lennon serves the Company both as its principal executive officer and sole director. At present, we have determined this leadership structure is appropriate for our Company due to our small size and limited operations and resources.
The Board is actively involved in the general oversight of risks that could affect our Company. This oversight is conducted primarily through regular monitoring and oversight of particular risks within the Company, as well as the Company’s engagement of Chamberlain Capital Partners, which provides our Company with, among other things, corporate management and governance and regulatory compliance consulting services.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
The following table shows the fees paid or accrued by us for the audit and other services provided by Moore and Associates, Chartered, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2008 and for fiscal year 2009 until August 3, 2009 for the fiscal periods shown:
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Audit Fees | | $ | 0 | | | $ | 6,500 | |
Audit - Related Fees | | | - | | | | - | |
Tax Fees | | | - | | | | - | |
All Other Fees | | | - | | | | - | |
Total | | $ | 0 | | | $ | 8,000 | |
The following table shows the fees paid or accrued by us for the audit and other services provided by Weaver & Martin LLC, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since August 7, 2009 for the fiscal period shown:
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Audit Fees(1) | | $ | 12,000 | |
Audit Related Fees | | $ | 3,500 | |
Tax Fees | | | - | |
All Other Fees | | | - | |
Total | | $ | 15,500 | |
(1) | The registration of the Company’s prior auditor, Moore and Associates, Chartered, under the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board was revoked on August 27, 2009. As a result, the audit opinion of Moore and Associates for fiscal year 2008 has been rendered invalid. Accordingly, amounts included in Audit Fees include amounts paid or accrued by us for the audit of both fiscal years 2008 and 2009 by Weaver and Martin LLC. |
Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our financial statements and review of the interim financial statements included in quarterly reports and services that are normally provided by the above auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory fillings or engagements.
In the absence of a formal audit committee, the full Board of Directors pre-approves all audit and non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors pre-approved 100% of the audit, audit-related and tax services performed by the independent registered public accounting firms in fiscal 2009 and 2008. The percentage of hours expended on the respective principal accountants’ engagement to audit the Company’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the respective principal accountants’ full-time, permanent employees was 0%.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules
| (1) | Financial Statements are listed in the Index to Financial Statements on page F-1 of this report. |
| (2) | No financial statement schedules are included because such schedules are not applicable, are not required, or because required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto. |
(b) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | | Exhibit |
3.1 | | Articles of Incorporation of Company, including all amendments to date. (1) |
3.2 | | Bylaws of Company. (2) |
10.1 | | Agreement and Plan of Merger among Drayton Harbor Resources, Inc., Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc. and LED Power, Inc. dated January 12, 2009. (3) |
10.2 | | Management and Governance Consultant Agreement between Drayton Harbor Resources Inc. and Chamberlain Capital Partners dated December 1, 2008. (4) |
10.3 | | Assignment and Assumption Agreement between Trussnet Capital Partners (HK) Ltd. and LED Power, Inc. dated January 12, 2009. (4) |
10.4 | | Exclusive License Agreement among Jumbo Power Technology Ltd., Liao Pheng-Piao, and Liu Chih-Chun and Trussnet Capital Partners (HK) Ltd. dated December 2008. (4) |
16 | | Letter from Moore & Associates, Chartered, dated August 7, 2009. (5) |
21 | | List of Subsidiaries. |
31.1 | | Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
31.2 | | Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
32.1 | | Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| (1) | Incorporated herein by reference to exhibits previously filed on Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-1, filed on September 7, 2006, Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed February 5, 2009 and August 11, 2009, and Schedule 14C Information, filed on October 13, 2009. |
| (2) | Incorporated herein by reference to exhibits previously filed on Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on May 14, 2009. |
| (3) | Incorporated herein by reference to exhibits previously filed on Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 16, 2009. |
| (4) | Incorporated herein by reference to exhibits previously filed on Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 31, 2009. |
| (5) | Incorporated herein by reference to exhibits previously filed on Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 7, 2009. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| LED POWER GROUP, INC. |
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Dated: March 30, 2010 | /s/ John J. Lennon |
| By: John J. Lennon |
| Its: President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Dated: March 30, 2010 | /s/ John J. Lennon |
| By: John J. Lennon |
| Its: President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director |
| (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature | | Capacity | | Date |
| | | | |
/s/ John J. Lennon | | President, Secretary, | | March 30, 2010 |
John J. Lennon | | Treasurer and Director | | |
LED Power Group, Inc.
Index to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
INDEX
Report of independent registered public accounting firm | | F-2 |
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Balance sheets – December 31, 2009 and 2008 | | F-3 |
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Statements of operations – For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the period from June 8, 2006 (Inception) to December 31, 2009 | | F-4 |
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Statements of stockholders’ equity - For the period from June 8, 2006 (Inception) to December 31, 2009 | | F-5 |
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Statements of cash flows – For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the period from June 8, 2006 (Inception) to December 31, 2009 | | F-6 |
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Notes to the financial statements | | F-7 |
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
LED Power Group, Inc.
Centerville, Massachusetts
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of LED Power Group, Inc. (A Development Stage Company) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the years then ended and for the period of June 8, 2006 (Inception) to December 31, 2009. LED Power Group, Inc.’s management is responsible for these financial statements. 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. Our audit of the financial statements includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and 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 LED Power Group, Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the results of its operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the years then ended and for the period of June 8, 2006 (Inception) to December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and is dependent upon the continued sale of its securities or obtaining debt financing for funds to meet its cash requirements. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/Weaver & Martin, LLC
Weaver & Martin, LLC
Kansas City, Missouri
March 30, 2010
LED Power Group, Inc.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements.
LED Power Group, Inc.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements.
LED Power Group, Inc.
*The common stock issued has been retroactively restated to reflect forward stock splits of 4 new shares for 1 old share, effective January 4, 2008, a 2.5 new shares for 1 old share, effective January 16, 2009 and a 1 new share for 100 old shares, effective August 10, 2009
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements.
LED Power Group, Inc.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements
LED Power Group, Inc.
LED Power Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada, United States of America, on June 8, 2006, under the name Drayton Harbor Resources, Inc.
The Company had limited operations acquiring and exploring mineral interests and, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, relinquished its rights to the mineral interest and changed its business focus to the research, development, manufacturing and sales of light-emitting diode (LED) products. In furtherance of its business objectives, on January 12, 2009, the Company entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger with LED Power Group, Inc. f.k.a. LED Power, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("LPG") and Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc., wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, incorporated on December 3, 2008, whereby Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc. merged with and into LPG, with LPG remaining as the surviving entity and becoming its wholly-owned subsidiary. LPG has limited operations and owns the rights to an assignment agreement with Jumbo Power Technology Ltd., Liao Pheng-Piao and Liu Chih-Chun (“Licensors”) dated December 2008 (the “Assignment Agreement”). Under the terms of the Assignment Agreement, LPG was licensed the exclusive rights to certain intellectual property owned by Licensors in relation to the production of LED products.
The Company is listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol LPWR.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which assumes that the Company will be able to meet its obligations and continue its operations for its next fiscal year. Realization values may be substantially different from carrying values as shown and these financial statements do not give effect to adjustments that would be necessary to the carrying values and classification of assets and liabilities should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. At December 31, 2009, the Company had not yet achieved profitable operations, has accumulated losses of $8,644,350 since its inception, has a working capital deficiency of $100,310 and expects to incur further losses in the development of its business, all of which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate future profitable operations and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due.
The Company expects to continue to incur substantial losses as it executes its business plan and does not expect to attain profitability in the near future. Since its inception, the Company has funded operations through short-term borrowings and equity investments in order to meet its strategic objectives. The Company's future operations are dependent upon external funding and its ability to execute its business plan, realize sales and control expenses. Management believes that sufficient funding will be available from additional borrowings and private placements to meet its business objectives including anticipated cash needs for working capital, for a reasonable period of time. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain sufficient funds to continue the development of its business operation, or if obtained, upon terms favorable to the Company.
The accompanying financial statements of LED Power Group, Inc. have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Because a precise determination of many assets and liabilities is dependent upon future events, the preparation of financial statements for a period necessarily involves the use of estimates, which have been made using careful judgment. Actual results may vary from these estimates.
Cash and cash equivalents are defined as cash on hand, demand deposits and short-term, highly liquid investments with an original maturity of ninety days or less.
The Company complies with Financial Accounting Standard Board Statement (“SFAS”) No. 7 for its characterization of the Company as a Development Stage Company. The Company is devoting substantially all of its present efforts to establish a new business and none of its planned principal operations have commenced.
In accordance with ASC subtopic 260-10, the basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during each period. Diluted loss per common share is not presented because it is anti-dilutive. The weighted average number of shares outstanding during the periods has been retroactively restated to reflect the following:
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC topic 740-10-25. Under ASC 740-10-25, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between their financial statement carrying amounts and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
Property and equipment are stated on the basis of historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized, while minor replacements, maintenance and repairs are charged to current operations.
Impairment losses are recorded on fixed assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets' carrying amount. There were no impairment losses in 2008. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Company recorded $8,280,000 for impairment of a license as it does not have marketable value at this time (refer to notes 9 and 13).
The Company issues common stock and other equity instruments in order to raise capital. In each case, the Company evaluates the characteristics of these instruments in the context of the provisions of SFAS 150 in order to determine the appropriate equity or liability classification.
Monetary items denominated in a foreign currency are translated into US dollars, the reporting currency, at exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date and non-monetary items are translated at exchange rates prevailing when the assets were acquired or obligations incurred. Foreign currency denominated revenue and expense items are translated at exchange rates prevailing at the transaction date. Gains or losses arising from the translations are included in operations.
The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. The Company has not incurred advertising expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009, and for the period from inception to December 31, 2009.
In November 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued for comment a proposed roadmap regarding potential use of financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Under the proposed roadmap, the Company would be required to prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS in fiscal year 2014, including comparative information also prepared under IFRS for fiscal 2013 and 2012. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of IFRS on its financial statements and will continue to follow the proposed roadmap for future developments.
The Company maintains cash deposits with financial institutions, which from time to time may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in connection with these deposits and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk from cash.
Financial instruments that are subject to fair disclosure requirements are carried in the financial statements at amounts that approximate fair value and include cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses and notes payable. Fair values are based on assumptions concerning the amount and timing of estimated future cash flows and assumed discount rates reflecting varying degrees of risk.
The Company is exposed to liquidity risk as its continued operations are dependent upon obtaining additional capital or achieving profitable operations to satisfy its liabilities as they come due.
The Company adopted ASC Topic 820-10 at the beginning of 2009 to measure the fair value of certain of its financial assets required to be measured on a recurring basis. The adoption of ASC Topic 820-10 did not impact the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. ASC Topic 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). ASC Topic 820-10 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820-10 are described below:
Level 1 – Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that an entity has the ability to access.
Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3 – Valuations based on inputs that are supportable by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability.
The following table presents a reconciliation of all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2008:
During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company received $17,006 pursuant to promissory notes with two of its former directors. The notes are unsecured, bear no interest and don’t have any specific terms of repayment. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, these notes are included on the balance sheets.
On February 4, 2008, the Company received $636 pursuant to a convertible promissory note. On June 25, 2008, the Company received $6,432 pursuant to another convertible promissory note. The notes are unsecured, bear no interest and are due on demand. These notes can be converted, at the option of the lender, into shares of common stock of the Company, at such price and in such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion. On November 15, 2009, these notes were converted into 706,777 shares of common stock of the Company.
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company received $151,508 pursuant to 14 convertible promissory notes. These notes are unsecured, bears interest at 10% per annum calculated annually, and are due on demand. Any payments of principal or interest in arrears bear interest at 30% per annum calculated annually. Default in payment shall, at the option of the holder, render the entire balance payable. The notes and accrued interest can be converted, at the option of the lender, into shares of common stock of the Company, at such price and in such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion. On November 15, 2009, these notes and accrued interest of $7,114 were converted into 15,862,222 shares of common stock of the Company, as follows:
On July 15, 2009, the Company received $35,000 pursuant to a convertible promissory note. The note is unsecured, bears interest at 6% per annum calculated annually, and is due on demand. Any payments of principal or interest in arrears bear interest at 30% per annum calculated annually. Default in payment shall, at the option of the holder, render the entire balance payable. The note and accrued can be converted, at the option of the lender, into shares of common stock of the Company, at such price and in such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion. On November 15, 2009, this note and accrued interest of $1,179 was converted into 3,617,946 shares of common stock of the Company.
On December 30, 2009, the Company received $22,557 pursuant to a convertible promissory note. The note is unsecured, bears interest at 10% per annum calculated annually, and is due on demand. Any payments of principal or interest in arrears bear interest at 30% per annum calculated annually. Default in payment shall, at the option of the holder, render the entire balance payable. The note and accrued can be converted, at the option of the lender, into shares of common stock of the Company, at such price and in such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion. At December 31, 2009, the Company has accrued $1 in interest pursuant to this note.
On December 31, 2009, the Company received $10,994 pursuant to a convertible promissory note. The note is unsecured, bears interest at 10% per annum calculated annually, and is due on demand. Any payments of principal or interest in arrears bear interest at 30% per annum calculated annually. Default in payment shall, at the option of the holder, render the entire balance payable. The note and accrued can be converted, at the option of the lender, into shares of common stock of the Company, at such price and in such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion.
Subsequent to December 31, 2009, on March 6, 2010, the Company received $46,611 pursuant to a convertible promissory note. The note is unsecured, bears interest at 10% per annum calculated annually, and is due on demand. Any payments of principal or interest in arrears bear interest at 30% per annum calculated annually. Default in payment shall, at the option of the holder, render the entire balance payable. The note and accrued can be converted, at the option of the lender, into shares of common stock of the Company, at such price and in such terms as being offered to investors at the time of conversion.
On January 4, 2008, the Company forward split its issued common shares on the basis of four new shares for one old share. The Company increased its authorized share capital from 150 million to 600 million shares.
On January 12, 2009, the Company issued 9,000,000 (pre-split) (225,000 post-split) shares of its common stock to Trussnet Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. for all of the issued and outstanding shares of LED Power Group, Inc. pursuant to a merger agreement and underlying assignment agreement. Under the terms of the agreements, the Company has acquired the license to exclusive rights of certain intellectual property in relation to the production of LED products. The shares were valued at fair market on the day of the agreements, being $0.92 per share (refer to note 14).
On January 16, 2009, the Company forward split its issued common shares on the basis of 2 and one half new shares for one old share.
On August 10, 2009, the Company reverse split its issued common shares on the basis of one new share for one hundred old shares, and reduced its authorized capital form 600,000,000 to 6,000,000 shares of common stock.
On September 24, 2009, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock at $0.01 per share, for gross proceeds of $10,000.
Effective November 2, 2009, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to increase its authorized capital to 200,000,000 shares of common stock.
The number of shares referred to in these financial statements has been restated to give retroactive effect on the stock splits.
On December 10, 2009, the Company issued an additional 23,904,015 shares of its common stock pursuant to the conversion of demand notes payable.
At December 31, 2009, the Company had 25,629,016 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
The Company follows ASC subtopic 740-10 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”) for recording the provision for income taxes. ASC 740-10 requires the use of the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are computed based upon the difference between the financial statement and income tax basis of assets and liabilities using the enacted marginal tax rate applicable when the related asset or liability is expected to be realized or settled. Deferred income tax expenses or benefits are based on the changes in the asset or liability each period. If available evidence suggests that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is required to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Future changes in such valuation allowance are included in the provision for deferred income taxes in the period of change.
Deferred income taxes may arise from temporary differences resulting from income and expense items reported for financial accounting and tax purposes in different periods. Deferred taxes are classified as current or non-current, depending on the classification of assets and liabilities to which they relate. Deferred taxes arising from temporary differences that are not related to an asset or liability are classified as current or non-current depending on the periods in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. Our deferred tax assets consist of the benefit from net operating loss (“NOL”) carry-forwards and from the impairment of our license in 2009. The NOL carry-forwards begin to expire in 2028. Our deferred tax assets are offset by a valuation allowance due to the uncertainty of their realization.
The Company’s effective income tax rate is higher than would be expected if the federal statutory rate were applied to income before tax, primarily because of expenses deductible for financial reporting purposes that are not deductible for tax purposes during the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2009.
The provision for income tax, using an effective tax rate of thirty-four percent (34%), consists of the following for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:
On January 12, 2009, the Company entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger with LED Power Group, Inc. f.k.a. LED Power, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("LPG") and Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, whereby Drayton Acquisition Sub, Inc. merged with and into LPG, with LPG remaining as the surviving entity and becoming the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary. Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, the Company issued 9,000,000 pre-split shares of its common stock to Trussnet Capital Partners (Cayman) Ltd. for all of the issued and outstanding shares of LPG. LPG has limited operations and owns the rights to an assignment agreement with Jumbo Power Technology Ltd., Liao Pheng-Piao and Liu Chih-Chun (“Licensors”) dated December 2008 (the “Assignment Agreement”). Under the terms of the Assignment Agreement, LPG was licensed the exclusive rights to certain intellectual property owned by Licensors in relation to the production of LED products. Additionally, on February 2, 2009, the Company merged with our wholly-owned subsidiary LPG for the purposes of effective a name change to “LED Power Group, Inc.”
The 9,000,000 shares were valued at fair market on the day of the agreements, being $0.92 per share. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, $8,280,000 was recorded for impairment of the license as it does not have marketable value at this time.
In preparing these financial statements, the Company has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through March 24, 2010, the date the financial statements were issued.