The Company’s financial instruments include cash, receivables, notes receivable, marketable securities, short-term payables and notes payable. The carrying amounts of cash, receivables, and short-term payables approximate fair value due to their short-term nature. Marketable equity securities’ fair values are estimates based on quoted market prices or approximate fair values. The carrying amounts of notes receivable and payable approximate fair value based on interest rates currently available.
In determining the quarterly provision for income taxes, the Company uses an annual effective tax rate based on expected annual income and statutory tax rates. Significant discreet items are separately recognized in the income tax provision in the quarter in which they occur.
The determination of the Company’s provision for income taxes requires significant judgment, the use of estimates, and the interpretation and application of complex tax laws. Significant judgment is required in assessing the timing and amounts of deductible and taxable items.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Property and equipment are depreciated using straight-line and accelerated methods over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from five to thirty nine years.
Changes from the Prior Period
We have not made any material changes to our critical accounting estimates or assumptions or the judgments affecting the application of those estimates or assumptions.
Results of Operations
Comparison of 3rd Quarter 2007 and 2006
Revenues. Revenues increased from $11,574,763 for the three months ended September 30, 2006 to $12,472,735 for the three months ended September 30, 2007, which represents and increase of 7.8%. We had no revenues for emergency services in either the of third quarters of 2007 or 2006. Our emergency services revenues are significantly affected by the presence or absence of natural disaster related work such as tornados, hurricanes and other windstorms. Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2007 were higher as a result of the additional sales associated with our acquisition efforts. We expect revenues to continue to grow in 2007.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2007, were $19,078,356 or 153% of revenue, compared to $11,533,563 or 99% of revenue, for the three months ended September 30, 2006. Cost of Sales for the three months ended September 30, 2007 as a percentage of revenue increased from 89% of revenues to 124% of revenues. Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased to $3,591,146 in the third quarter of 2007 compared to $1,344,290 in the third quarter of 2006 primarily as a result of an increase in corporate overhead, manpower, operating and travel expense related to implementing our growth strategy. While we have implemented a number of cost reduction initiatives and function consolidations that are in effect in our third quarter, the full effect of these actions will not be evident until fourth quarter and the first quarter of next year. Based on those third quarter changes and other recent initiatives, we expect administrative cost to decrease quarterly by over $250,000 during the fourth quarter and first quarter of 2008.
Income (Loss) before Provision for Income Taxes. Operating income (loss) before taxes for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, was $(6,471,349) compared to $74,343 for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. The decrease in our 2007 operating income was attributable to higher cost of sales and selling, general, and administrative costs of $3,591,146 partially offset by our increased sales volume. Our cost reduction initiatives when fully implemented coupled with higher sales volume and increased margin should support our continuing selling, general and administrative costs and increase our profitability.
Net Income (Loss). The net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, was $(4,381,553), compared to net income of $63,143 for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. These results were influenced by the factors identified above under Revenues and Operating Expenses.
Comparison of nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006
Revenues. Revenues increased from $23,947,068 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 to $36,859,353 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, which represents an increase of 53.9%. We had no revenues for emergency services in either the first three quarters of 2007 or 2006. Our emergency services revenues are significantly affected by the presence or absence of natural disaster related work such as tornados, hurricanes and other windstorms. Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 were higher as a result of the additional sales associated with our acquisition efforts We expect revenues to continue to grow in 2007.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, were $47,624,916, or 129% of revenue, compared to $24,279,331, or 101% of revenue, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Cost of Sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as a percentage of revenue increased from 87% of revenues to 99% of revenues. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $11,036,417 in the first nine months of 2007 compared to $3,232,753 in the first nine months of 2006 primarily as a result of an increase in corporate overhead, manpower, operating and travel expense related to implementing our growth strategy. While we have implemented a number of cost reduction initiatives and function consolidations that are in effect in our third quarter, the full effect of these actions will not be evident until the fourth quarter and the first quarter of next year. Based on those second quarter changes and other recent initiatives we expect administrative cost to decrease quarterly by over $250,000 during the fourth quarter and first quarter of 2008.
Income (Loss) before Provision for Income Taxes. Operating income (loss) before taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, was $(10,492,331) compared to $76,376 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The decrease in our 2007 operating income was attributable to higher cost of sales and higher selling, general and administrative expenses of $11,036,417 partially offset by our increased sales volume. Our cost reduction initiatives when fully implemented coupled with higher sales volume and increased margin should support our continuing selling, general and administrative costs and increase our profitability.
Net Income (Loss). The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, was $(7,743,550), compared to net income of $81,376 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. These results were influenced by the factors identified above under Revenues and Operating Expenses.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have operating leases and guaranties that are not accrued on the balance sheet. The payments due under the leases are disclosed in footnote 6 of our consolidated financial statements and the contingent loan guaranty is disclosed below and in footnote 7 of our consolidated financial statements. Other than the lease and note guaranty, we have no contractual commitments that do not appear on the balance sheet as of September 30, 2007.
Seasonality
The construction industry, including the roofing industry, is influenced by seasonal factors, as construction activities are usually lower during winter months than other periods. We attempt to increase winter productivity by concentrating our business in the southern half of the United States and by expanding our sales and marketing efforts to control project scheduling. Nevertheless, our revenues and operating results potentially will be lower in the first and fourth quarters.
The roofing industry is also affected by natural disasters, such as tornadoes, hurricanes and other windstorms. Because of the need for immediate repairs and since the costs of repair are typically covered by insurance, the margins are higher on disaster-related work than on discretionary work. Since disaster-related work requires an immediate response, we maintain a capacity that is scalable to respond to these needs. The absence of natural disasters will result in lower revenues and higher relative administrative expenses per revenue dollar.
Commitments and Contingencies
In regard to the sale of assets and liquidation of Zenex Communications in 2002, we are a guarantor on notes with an outstanding balance of $161,030 at September 30, 2007, with approximately $6,353 in monthly principal and interest payments. The purchaser is currently in default on the required payment obligations.
We warrant our work in the normal course of business. In management’s opinion, there were no outstanding
claims which would have a material effect on our operations or financial position.
Information regarding our legal proceedings are discussed later in this document under, “Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings”.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Total assets increased from $33,340,732 to $35,763,648, liabilities increased from $21,683,678 to $30,048,981 and shareholders’ equity decreased from $11,657,054 to $5,714,667 from December 31, 2006, to September 30, 2007. The increase in assets comes from higher receivables and fixed assets and with more cash. The increase in liabilities results primarily from an increase in our accounts and subcontract payables.
Our net cash at September 30, 2007 is $786,026. We are using our credit line primarily due to the financing of our acquisition and capital expenditures. We secured financing in September that will be utilized as working capital. For the nine months ended September, 2007, net cash provided by operating activities was $186,565 compared to $19,233,778 used for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Net cash used by investing activities during this period was $560,210 compared to $3,356,172 used by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Net cash provided by financing activities during this period was $1,159,671 compared to $982,466 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. At September 30, 2007, we had negative working capital of $8,234,503 compared to a negative working capital at December 31, 2006 of $864,202.
We have a $10,000,000 revolving line of credit. The line bears interest at 3.375% over LIBOR (currently 5.72%) and is secured by all accounts, property and equipment. The line matures on December 15, 2007. There were no outstanding advances at September 30, 2006 and the outstanding advance at September 30, 2007 was $9,734,933.
At September 30, 2007, we had $1,269,324 of long-term debt as compared to $135,742 of long-term debt at September 30, 2006. The increase in the amount of long-term debt outstanding was due to the earn out portion of our Brent Anderson acquisition and capital investments.
Adequacy of Current Liquidity
We meet all of our funding needs for ongoing operations with internally generated cash flows from operations, access to our line of credit, with existing cash and short-term investment balances and with additional term debt or equity.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our primary market risk relates to changes in interest rates. Market risk is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market prices and rates, including interest rates. We do not enter into derivatives or other financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
At September 30, 2007, we had $9.7 million drawn on revolving line of credit. Interest on the revolving line of credit is variable and is equal to LIBOR plus 3.375%. Amounts drawn of the revolving line of credit are the only variable rate debt we have outstanding. A one-percentage point change in the interest rate for our revolving line of credit would change our cash interest payments on an annual basis by approximately $97,000.
>Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
It is the responsibility of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer to ensure that we maintain controls and other procedures designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified by in the Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As of September 30, 2007, management, including the chief executive officer and interim chief financial officer, conducted an evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15 as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded the disclosure controls and procedures currently in place are effective. There have been no significant changes in internal controls, or in factors that could significantly affect internal controls, subsequent to the date the chief executive officer and chief financial officer completed their evaluation.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Eric Beitchman v. Timothy Aduddell, et al., Case No. 5:05-cv-01465-HE, United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. On December 19, 2005, a shareholder’s derivative action was filed, claiming that we entered into certain non-arms length transactions with certain of our officers and/or directors. Among the transactions complained of is one in which we allegedly entered into a Telecommunications Equipment and Software Upgrade Agreement with a company partially owned and controlled by one of our officers/directors. In addition, the plaintiff complained of our contracting with and making payments to Oklahoma Development Group, LLC (“ODG”) in connection with our outsourcing of emergency response services to ODG in 2005. Based on these and other allegations in the Complaint, the plaintiff claimed that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties to us, that they abused control of us, that they engaged in gross mismanagement, and, with respect to certain officers/director defendants, that they engaged in unjust enrichment. Plaintiff sought damages, imposition of a constructive trust, restitution and attorneys’ fees. We and the individual defendants denied the substantive allegations of the Complaint. On February 9, 2007, the parties participated in a mediation that resulted in a settlement of the lawsuit. Final documentation has not yet occurred; however, the settlement terms include payment by us of a nonmaterial amount along with certain non-monetary relief.
We have been sued by First Bankcentre (the "Bank") in the Oklahoma District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma Case No. CJ-2006-03621. The Petition was filed on June 7, 2006. Plaintiff claims that we must issue 500,000 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $.01 per share pursuant to a warrant held by the Bank.
We believe the warrant is unenforceable. We have filed an Answer setting forth our defenses. Among them are that the warrant was issued without corporate authority, that the warrant violated the anti-tying restrictions of the Bank Holding Company Act and that the warrant represents a clog on our equity of redemption from the Bank under a prior loan that was repaid in full. A scheduling order has been entered in the case. Although a trial date has not been set, we anticipate trial in the spring of 2008. Written discovery has been issued to the Bank, and its responses are due November 30, 2007. We intend to vigorously defend this lawsuit.
In addition, we are, from time to time, parties to various litigation matters arising in the normal course of our business, most of which involve claims for personal injury and property damage incurred in connection with our operations. We are not currently involved in any litigation of this nature that we believe, based on our examination of such matters, are likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
None.
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
None.
Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
None.
None.
Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit |
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31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 |
31.2 | Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 |
32.1 | Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer |
32.2 | Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer |
SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| ADUDDELL INDUSTRIES, INC. | |
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November 19, 2007 | By: | /s/ Tim Aduddell |
| | Tim Aduddell, President |
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November 19, 2007 | By: | /s/ Josh Brock |
| | Josh Brock, Interim Chief |
| | Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit> | Method of Filing |
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31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 | Filed herewith electronically |
31.2 | Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 | Filed herewith electronically |
32.1 | Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer | Filed herewith electronically |
32.2 | Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer | Filed herewith electronically |