The Company periodically assesses the likelihood that it will be able to recover its deferred tax assets and determines if a valuation allowance is necessary. As a result of this analysis the Company concluded that it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will not be recovered and, accordingly, recorded 100% of the deferred tax asset to a valuation allowance as of July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011.
The Company accounts for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions in accordance with the provisions of ASC 740-10 (Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes). The Company evaluates these unrecognized tax benefits each reporting period. As of July 31, 2012, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate is $135,000. The unrecognized tax benefit is the result of the Company’s position to deduct the write off of the obsolete inventory for income tax purposes. The Company maintains some of its obsolete inventory utilization in repairing its products previously sold in accordance with the Company’s warranty program.
The Company, over the years, has discarded obsolete inventory; however, the company did not keep a detailed log of the inventory that was discarded. These inventory items were written down to zero in the Company’s inventory system as they were deemed to have no value and therefore the Company deducted the amounts on its income tax returns.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to United States federal income tax as well as income tax of multiple state jurisdictions. These uncertain tax positions are related to the Sale of the Company’s NJ NOL’s and are within the tax years that remain subject to examination by the relevant taxing authorities.
It is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits will increase or decrease in the next twelve months. These changes may be the result of new state audits. The balance of the unrecognized tax benefits is primarily related to uncertain tax positions for which there are no current ongoing federal or state audits and therefore, an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible outcomes cannot be made.
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The Company has recorded accrued interest of $31,000 and $16,000 as of July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011 respectively, which has been included in accrued expenses in the Balance Sheet. During the fiscal years ended July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011 the Company included $15,000 and $11,000 of interest expense in the statement of operations.
NOTE 4 – STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
On January 6, 2011, Conolog Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with Robert Benou, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, pursuant to which the Company sold to Robert Benou a total of 277,777 shares of its Common Stock at a price per share of $0.36 for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000.
At various times during the year ended July 31, 2011, $1,000,000 of convertible debt was converted into 3,333,333 shares of common stock.
At various times during the year ended July 31, 2011, $88,177 of interest expense was converted into 229,666 shares of common stock.
At various times during the year ended July 31, 2011, an aggregate 1,955,782 Class C Warrants were exercised in cashless exercises into 1,646,723 shares of common stock.
On January 31, 2011, the Company received notice from the Listing Qualifications Staff of the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) indicating that the Company had failed to regain compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(b), which requires the Company to have a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity (the “Rule”), and that, accordingly, its common stock will be delisted from The NASDAQ Capital Market and that trading of its common stock was suspended, effective with the open of business on February 2, 2011. The Company securities have traded on the OTCQB under the symbol “CNLG” since the suspension of trading on NASDAQ. The Company intends to continue to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
During December of 2011, the company granted to employees, officers, and directors 1,100,000 shares of Common Stock priced at $.09 per share and 45,000 shares priced at $.07 per share for an aggregate expense of $102,600.
Between October 4, 2011 and May 24, 2012, the Company issued and sold an aggregate of 6,754,072 of its common stock for $675,407, in a first private placement offering. This offering contains an “Anti-Dilution” provision that calls for the issuance of additional shares to the investors, if the company issues or sells additional common shares on or before December 31, 2012. The number of shares to be issued will be such that each investor’s percentage of ownership remains the same as it was before the additional common shares were issued or sold.
On May 3, 2012, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 214,286 shares, valued at $15,000, of the Company’s common stock (par value $.01) to a vendor for payment of a previously recorded expense.
Between May 14, 2012 and July 31, 2012, the Company issued and sold units containing an aggregate of 802,000 shares of its common stock and 1,604,000, 2 year warrants with an exercise price of $.01 for $200,500, in a second private placement offering. These warrants are not exercisable until January 1, 2013 and will expire on December 31, 2014. In addition, subject to the terms of the first private placement the Company is obligated to issue to the investors in the first private placement 266,712 anti-dilution shares at $.01 par value. These shares have been recorded and are included in the financial statements as of July 31, 2012.
The Series A Preferred Stock provides 4% cumulative dividends, which were $133,183 ($0.86 per share) and $130,083 ($0.84 per shares) in arrears at July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011, respectively. In addition, each share of Series A Preferred Stock may be exchanged for one share of Common Stock upon surrender of the Preferred Stock
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and payment of $5,760,000 (due to reverse stock splits) per share. The Company may redeem the Series A Preferred Stock at $.50 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends. The liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock was $210,683 and $207,583 at July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011, respectively.
The Series B Preferred Stock provides cumulative dividends of $0.90 per share, which were $44,250 ($36.97 per share) and $43,173 ($36.07 per share) in arrears at July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011, respectively. In addition, each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into .005 of one share of Common Stock. The liquidation preference of the Series B Preferred Stock is the dividend in arrears plus $15 per share. The liquidation preference was $62,205 and $61,128 at July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011, respectively.
The following table summarizes the warrants activities:
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Exercised | | | (1,955,782 | ) | $ | .60 | | | — | | | — | |
Cancelled / Expired | | | (417 | ) | $ | 25.00 | | | — | | | — | |
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Outstanding at July 31, 2011 | | | 982,837 | | $ | 3.40 | | | 3.24 | | $ | — | |
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Granted | | | 1,604,000 | | $ | 0.01 | | | 2.42 | | $ | 112,280 | |
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Cancelled / Expired | | | (84,750 | ) | $ | 21.00 | | | — | | | — | |
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On June 18, 2010, the Company entered into an amendment with the holders of its outstanding convertible debentures and warrants. Pursuant to the amendments, the parties agreed to the following: (i) remove the above provision which allowed for an adjustment to the conversion price of the debentures or exercise price of the debentures, (ii) the conversion feature of the February 2010 debentures were adjusted to a fixed conversion price $0.60, (iii) the exercise price of the outstanding Class C warrants shall be adjusted from $1.12 to $0.50 per share, (iv) the exercise price of the outstanding selling agent warrants shall be adjusted from $1.12 to $0.60 per share.
As a result of the June 18, 2010 amendments the embedded conversion features of the debentures and the warrants were considered indexed to the Company’s stock. Accordingly, the outstanding derivative liabilities were reclassified to additional paid in capital at their fair value on June 18, 2010 with the change in fair value being recorded in the statement of operations.
NOTE 5 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
2002 Stock Option Plan
On April 23, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the 2002 Stock Option Plan (“the 2002 Plan”). Under the 2002 Plan, the Company may grant up to 158 shares of common stock as either incentive stock options under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code or nonqualified stock options. Subject to the terms of the 2002 Plan, options may be granted to eligible persons at any time and under such terms and conditions as determined by the 2002 Stock Option Committee (‘the Committee”). Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, each stock option shall terminate no later than ten years (or such shorter time as may be fixed by the Committee) after the date in which it was granted. The exercise price for incentive stock options must be at least one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of common stock as determined on the date of the grant. The exercise price for nonqualified stock options may not be granted at less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant.
The Plan terminated in April 2012.
As of July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011, there had been no shares granted under the 2002 Plan.
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Stock Incentive Plans
The Company has Stock Incentive Plans pursuant to which the Company may grant a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock to the Company’s officers, directors, employees and consultants. The Company’s 2008 and 2009 Stock Incentive Plan was approved by its shareholders, authorizing the Board to, from time-to-time, issue up to 800,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to the Company’s officers, directors, employees and consultants under each plan.
The specific number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock granted to any officer, director, employee or consultant will be determined by the Board.
Pursuant to the Corporation’s 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, no common shares of Company stock were issued to current officers, directors, employees and consultants for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2012 and July 31, 2011.
Securities Issued for Services
During December of 2011, the company granted to employees, officers, and directors 1,100,000 shares of Common Stock priced at $.09 per share and 45,000 shares priced at $.07 per share for an aggregate expense of $102,600.
NOTE 6 - MAJOR CUSTOMERS
The following summarizes sales to major customers (each 10% or more of net sales) by the Company:
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July 31, 2012 | | $ | 831,718 | | $ | 543,322 | | | 2 | | | 65.3 | % |
July 31, 2011 | | $ | 1,691,852 | | $ | 1,373,787 | | | 3 | | | 81.2 | % |
NOTE 7 – COMMITMENTS
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer is serving under an employment agreement commencing June 1, 1997 and ending May 31, 2002, which pursuant to its terms, renews for one-year terms until cancelled by either the Company or the Chief Executive Officer. His annual base salary as of July 31, 2012, was $450,000 and increases by $20,000 annually on January 1st of each year. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer is entitled to an annual bonus equal to 6% of the Company’s annual “income before income tax provision” as stated in its annual Form 10-K. The employment agreement also entitles Chief Executive Officer to the use of an automobile and to employee benefit plans, such as; life, health, pension, profit sharing and other plans. Under the employment agreement, employment terminates upon death or disability of the employee and the employee may be terminated by the Company for cause. During the fiscal years ended July 31, 2012, and 2011, the Company’s CEO did not receive any payment of his salary and forgave $0 and $107,500 of his salary, respectively. The Company has accrued and expensed $450,000 for the unpaid portion of his salary for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2012 and accrued and expensed $334,167 for the unpaid portion of his salary for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011.
The Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer is serving under an employment agreement commencing May 3, 2012 and ending May 3, 2016, which pursuant to its terms, renews for one-year terms until cancelled by either the Company or employee. His annual base salary as of July 31, 2012 was $199,000 and he receives annual increases of $3,000 on May 3rd of each year. The Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer is entitled to an annual bonus equal to 6% of the Company’s annual “income before income tax provision” as stated in its annual
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Form 10-K. The employment agreement also entitles him to the use of an automobile and to employee benefit plans, such as life, health, pension, profit sharing and other plans. Under the employment agreement, employment is terminated upon death or disability of the employee and employee may be terminated by the Company for cause. During the fiscal years ended July 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer was paid $84,467 and $61,873 of his salary, respectively. During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011, the Company’s president forgave $24,167 of his salary. The Company has accrued and expensed $158,658 for the unpaid portion of his salary for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2012 and accrued and expensed $169,150 for the unpaid portion of his salary for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011..
INSTALLMENT AGREEMENT:
The Company has an outstanding balance with its former auditors Withum, Smith & Brown and has agreed to pay the balance of $122,500 as follows:
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| • | 8% of all additional net financing received by the Company over the next 22 months beginning February 25, 2011 and ending December 31. 2012. |
| • | If there is still a remaining balance after December 31, 2012, the balance will be paid in Conolog common stock at the fair market value of the stock on December 31, 2012. |
As of July 31, 2012, the remaining balance on this indebtedness was $90,704, which is included as part of accrued expenses on the Balance Sheet.
NOTE 8 – LOANS FROM OFFICERS
On July 28, 2011, Conolog Corporation issued two promissory notes in favor of Robert Benou in the aggregate principal amount of $256,350, consisting of amounts advanced by Mr. Benou to the Company between January 24, 2011 and July 18, 2011.
During the year ended July 31, 2012, the Company made repayments to Robert Benou totaling $181,350 for loans made by him during the year ended July 31, 2011.
On March 23, 2012, Conolog Corporation issued a promissory note in favor of Robert Benou in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000, consisting of amounts advanced by Mr. Benou to the Company on that date.
On July 16, 2012, Conolog Corporation issued a promissory note in favor of Robert Benou in the aggregate principal amount of $15,000, consisting of amounts advanced by Mr. Benou to the Company on that date.
Mr. Benou is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company. The Notes are payable on demand and do not bear interest. The Notes are subject to various default provisions, and the occurrence of such an Event of Default will cause the outstanding principal amount under the Note, together with any and all other amounts payable under the Note, to become immediately due and payable to Mr. Benou. The outstanding balance as of July 31, 2012, was $190,000.
NOTE 9 – SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
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NOTE 10– PROFIT SHARING PLAN
The Company sponsors a contributing thrift and savings plan which qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code that covers eligible employees meeting age and service requirements. Eligible participating employees may elect to contribute up to the maximum allowed under the IRS code to an investment trust. Employer contributions to the plan are discretionary and determined annually by management. The Company did not make any matching contributions to the plan for either the fiscal year ended July 31, 2012 or the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011.
NOTE 11 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued and up to the time of filing of the financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Between August 1 and November 29, 2012, the Company issued units consisting of 68,000 shares of its common stock and 136,000 warrants valued at $17,000 as part of its secondary private placement offering. Pursuant to Anti-Dilution provisions, the Company is obligated to issue an additional 22,614 shares of its common stock to investors in the Company’s first private placement.
On October 4, 2012, Conolog Corporation issued a promissory note in favor of Robert Benou in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000, consisting of amounts advanced by Mr. Benou to the Company on that date. The note is not interest bearing and is payable on demand.
On November 13, 2012, the Company filed a form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) stating that in light of the unprecedented interruptions caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Company would be unable to file its Form 10-K by the 12b-25 extension deadline of Monday, November 13, 2012. The next day, the SEC issued press release 2012-226 which states, in part, “Companies that receive an extension on filing Exchange Act annual reports or quarterly reports pursuant to the order will be considered to have a due date of Nov. 21, 2012 for those reports for purposes of Exchange Act Rule 12b-25”.
On November 13, 2012, Mr. Marc R. Benou (“Mr. Benou”) resigned from his position as the Secretary of the Company. Mr. Benou shall remain with the Company in the capacity of President, Chief Operating Officer and Director. Mr. Benou’s resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
On November 13, 2012, the Board approved, by unanimous written consent, the appointment of Mr. Michael Horn as the Company’s Vice President and Secretary. Mr. Horn has been a director of the Company since August 2011.
On November 21, 2012, Conolog Corporation issued a promissory note in favor of Robert Benou in the aggregate principal amount of $98,000, consisting of amounts advanced by Mr. Benou to the Company on that date. The note is not interest bearing and is payable on demand.
On December 11, 2012 the Company entered into agreements to sell up to $2,208,444 of its unused tax losses and received net proceeds of $92,732 related to the sale.
Between August 1, 2012 and January 4, 2013, the Company paid an aggregate amount of $103,000 to Robert Benou as repayment towards his outstanding notes.
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