measurement and recognition of share based compensation, accounting and measurement of derivative liabilities, and the adequacy of certain disclosures. The Company responded to the SEC in their letter dated June 1, 2010.
Because the financial statements contained in this Form 10-Q do not meet the requirements of Rule 10-01 (d) of Regulation S-X, the Company may not be considered current in our filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Filing an amendment to this report, when the independent registered public accountants’ review is complete, would eliminate certain consequences of a deficient filing, but the Company may become ineligible to use Form S-3 to register securities until all required reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 have been timely filed for the 12 months prior to the filing of the registration statement for those securities. The Company is evaluating the impact of filing a deficient Form 10-Q due to lack of a review by an independent registered public accounting firm on its covenants under its contractual commitments, its obligations under NASDAQ Stock Market listing standards, and the Securities Exchange Act.
On June 10, 2010 the Board of Directors amended the provisions of the secured promissory notes, Class B and C Common Stock Purchase Warrants (contained within the August 3, 2009 Subscription Agreement) to (1) set a fixed conversion and exercise price of these promissory notes and warrants at $0.60 and $0.50 respectively and (2) eliminate the reset provision therefore removing the derivative nature of the instrument which would require accounting for a liability at fair value.
On June 8, 2010, a Form 8-K, Item 4.02 Non-reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Period. was filed by the management of Conolog Corporation. Management concluded that its financial statements for the year ended July 31 2009, which are included in its Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2009 and the financial statements for three month periods ended October 31, 2009 and January 31, 2010 which are included in its 10-Q for the three months ended October 31, 2009 and January 31, 2010 did not properly account for the timely amortization of certain costs related to its Stock Grant Plan and the Company has revised the amount of inventory to be reserved in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and, as a result, cannot be relied upon. The Company has correctly accounted for these costs in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On June 18, 2010 Thomas R. Fogg, the Company’s Vice-President of Engineering, passed away.
Contrary to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements included in this filing have not been reviewed by our independent public accountant in accordance with professional standards for conducting such reviews.
Due to the complex development of the derivative calculation required for the Class B Common Stock Purchase Warrants a complete review of this Form 10-Q would not have be completed by the required due date.
When the review is complete, the Company will amend this Form 10-Q.
For the three months ended April 30, 2010 product revenues were $515,897 compared to $293,920 for the three months ended April 30, 2009. The Company attributes this increase to additional customer purchase order releases.
Cost of goods sold (Materials and Labor) increased to $220,403 for the quarter ended April 30, 2010 from $78,159 for the same quarter ended April 30, 2009. This increase in cost can be attributed to the increase in products produced and shipped within the quarter and by an increase in fixed labor costs.
Gross profit for the three month periods ended April 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to $295,494 or 57% of revenues and $215,761 or 73% of revenues respectively.
Total Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $849,894 for the three months ended April 30, 2010 compared to $1,152,063 for the three months ended April 30, 2009. This decrease for the three month period was primarily due to a non-cash expense of $1,381,800 for the annual stock incentive grant to employees, officers and directors which was amortized in an earlier period.
Other non-cash non-operating income (expenses) increased to $8,581,657 for the three months ended April 30, 2010 compared to ($184,759) for the three months ended April 30, 2009. This increase consisted primarily of changes in fair market value of derivatives of $13,965,643 offset by related interest expense ($4,946,564) related to recording of equity derivatives on debt.
As a result of the foregoing, the Company reported net income from operations for the three months ended April 30, 2010 of $8,027,257, or $1.22 earnings per share- Basic and $0.47 earnings per share- Diluted, compared to a net loss from operations of ($1,121,061), or ($1.19) (loss) per share –Basic and diluted, for the three months ended April 30, 2009.
Basic earnings per share is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, including potential common shares outstanding for conversion and exercise of secured promissory notes and warrants to purchase common stock, which are recognized as derivative liabilities and separately accounted for at fair value for each reporting period.
The Company determined the fair value of the embedded conversion feature and the free-standing warrants utilizing a Black-Scholes pricing model. The fair values were measured at the commitment date, at the conversion or exercise date, as applicable, and at the end of the interim period, based on the following range of assumptions: strike price - $0.78 (conversion feature) and $1.00 - $1.12 (warrants); expected life – 18 months from commitment date (conversion feature) and 5 years from commitment date (warrants); risk-free rate – 2.36% - 2.43%; dividend yield – none; volatility – 117.4% (conversion feature) and 108.0% (warrants).
Results of Operations (nine months ended April 30, 2010 compared to the nine months ended April 30, 2009.
For the nine months ended April 30, 2010 product revenues were $1,095,913 compared to $1,239,560 for the nine months ended April 30, 2009. The Company attributes this decrease to the scheduling in receiving customer purchase order releases. The Company believes that this scheduling of releases will adjust in the following quarter.
Cost of goods sold (Materials and Labor) increased to $514,394 for the nine months ended April 30, 2010 from $312,522 for the same nine months period ended April 30, 2009. The Company attributes this increase in cost of $201,872 to production of more costly systems combined with an increase in fixed labor costs.
Gross profit for the nine month periods ended April 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to $581,519 or 53% of revenues and $927,038 or 75% of revenues respectively.
Total Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $3,434,412 for the nine months ended April 30, 2010 compared to $2,285,610 for the nine months ended April 30, 2009.This increase of $1,148,802 was primarily due to the amortization of a non-cash expense of $1,381,800 for the annual stock incentive grant to employees, officers and directors in an earlier period.
Other non-cash non-operating expenses increased to $25,644,348 for the nine months ended April 30, 2010 compared to $428,413 for the nine months ended April 30, 2009. This increase in expenses consisted primarily of negative change in fair market value of derivatives of ($2,102,682) and the increase in interest expense ($23,678,829) related to recording of equity derivatives on debt.
As a result of the foregoing, the Company reported a net loss from operations for the nine months ended April 30, 2010 of ($28,500,376), or ($7.24) (loss) per share –Basic and Diluted, compared to a net loss of ($1,786,985), or ($2.46) (loss) per share for the nine months ended April 30, 2009.
Basic earnings per share is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, including potential common shares outstanding for conversion and exercise of secured promissory notes and warrants to purchase common stock, which are recognized as derivative liabilities and separately accounted for at fair value for each reporting period.
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The Company determined the fair value of the embedded conversion feature and the free-standing warrants utilizing a Black-Scholes pricing model. The fair values were measured at the commitment date, at the conversion or exercise date, as applicable, and at the end of the interim period, based on specific assumptions for each reporting period including: strike price (conversion feature and warrants); expected life – 18 months from commitment date (conversion feature) and 5 years from commitment date (warrants); risk-free rate; dividend yield – none; and volatility.
LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Inventories from the Company’s product segment increased from $850,920 at July 31, 2009 to $1,247,721 for the nine months ended April 30, 2010, an increase of $188,455. The Company classifies ( in accordance with GAAP) as current assets only that amount of inventory it expects to realize in the next 1 year operating cycle, the balance of the inventory is classified as non-currentAccounts Receivable-trade increased to $396,118 for the nine months ended April 30, 2010 from $245,980 as of July 31, 2009.
Cash expenditures have exceeded revenues for the prior year and Management expects this consumption of cash to continue into next year. Our operations have been and will continue to be funded from existing cash balances and private placements of equity. The Company also anticipates additional financing during the next12 months of up to $3,000,000 from current investors.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This quarterly report contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of The Securities Act of 1933, as amended and section 21E of The Securities Act of 1934, as amended. Such Statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, significant variations in recognizing revenue due to customer-caused delays, and intense competition from more well known companies, that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected. The Company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company wishes to advise readers that the factors listed above, among other factors, could affect the Company’s financial performance and could cause the Company’s actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods in any current statements. The Company does not undertake, and specifically declines any obligations, to publicly release the results of any revisions, which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
ITEM 3 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
N/A
ITEM 4T – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
It is management’s responsibility to establish and maintain adequate internal control over all financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the filing date of Form 10-Q Quarterly Report. Based upon their evaluation as of April 31, 2010, the end of the period covered by this 10-Q report, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to ensure that information required to be included in the Company’s periodic SEC filings is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms.
The significant deficiency consisted primarily of inadequate staffing and supervision that could lead to the untimely identification and resolution of accounting and disclosure matters and failure to perform timely effective reviews.
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Additionally, due to the Company’s poor expertise in applying the FASB Codification guidance in regard to interpreting the requirement for a derivative liability; the error in the presentation of employee stock-based compensation and an error in calculating earnings per share, it has engaged outside expects to advise management on all required disclosures.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings –A Promissory Note dated October 22, 2002 from Natony Corp. and Independent Computer Maintenance, LLC to Conolog Corporation came into default during November 2009. The Company has filed for a judgment seeking full payment and penalty against the makers.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds: During the quarter ended April 30, 2010, a Note Holders exercised conversion rights to convert $289,400 principal and $13,217 of interest to 387,971 unregistered shares of common stock. In connection with the foregoing, the Company relied upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Rule 506 of Regulation D as promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) an/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. No advertising or general solicitation was employed in offering the securities. The offerings and sales were made to a limited number of persons, all of whom were accredited investors, and transfer was restricted by the Company in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities – None
ITEM 4 – Removed and Reserved
ITEM 5. Other Information – None
ITEM 6 ..Exhibits
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31.1 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act |
31.2 | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act |
32 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. |
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant’s caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto and duly authorized
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| CONOLOG CORPORATION |
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Date: June 21, 2010 | By /s/ Robert S. Benou |
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| Robert S. Benou |
| Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, |
| (Chief Accounting Officer) |
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