UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2000
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM __________ TO __________
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 000-25003
ETRAVELSERVE.COM, INC. f/k/a REVENGE MARINE, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
NEVADA 36-3051776
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number)
C/O EMO Corporate Services, Inc.
100 N.E. 3rd Ave., Ste.1100
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(305) 643-0334
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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
requirements for the past 90 days.
YES [X] NO [ ]
The number of issued and outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock,
$0.001 par value, as of March 31, 2000 as 104,534,201.
ETRAVELSERVE.COM, INC.
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1. Financial Statements:
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2000 and June 30, 1999..............................3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months
Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999...................................................................5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended
March 31, 2000 and 1999.........................................................................6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements...................................................8-12
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations...................................................................13-18
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings..............................................................................19
Item 2. Changes in Securities..........................................................................19
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities................................................................19
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders............................................19
Item 5. Other Information..............................................................................19
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K...............................................................19
Signatures.......................................................................................................20
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etravelserve.com, Inc.
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(Formerly Revenge Marine, Inc.)
A Development Stage Company
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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ASSETS
March 31, 2000 June 30, 1999
(Unaudited)
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Current Assets
Cash $ 87,214 $ --
Proceeds receivable, discontinued operations -- 2,200,000
Prepaid expenses -- 60,000
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Total Current Assets 87,214 2,260,000
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Investments, Net 6,000,000 1,000,000
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Property and Equipment, Net 4,009 1,796
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Other Assets
Deposits 2,671 --
Intangible assets, net 224,264 1,700
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Total Other Assets 226,935 1,700
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Total Assets $6,318,158 $3,263,496
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
March 31, 2000 June 30, 1999
(Unaudited)
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Current Liabilities
Cash overdrafts $ -- $ 3,636
Accounts payable 164,030 933,557
Accounts payable--related parties 160,714 127,304
Accrued liabilities 6,494 198,744
Shareholder loans payable 35,097 --
Escrow deposits 93,789 --
Notes payable--related parties 185,000 --
Notes payable -- 2,116,500
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Total Current Liabilities 645,124 3,379,741
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Commitments and Contingencies 54,897 79,000
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Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock, 5,000,000 shares authorized,
10,016 and 2,718 shares issued and outstanding
at March 31, 2000 and June 30, 1999, respectively 488,738 108,720
Common stock, 500,000,000 shares authorized,
104,534,201 and 10,898,810 shares issued and
outstanding at March 31, 2000 and June 30, 1999,
respectively 104,534 10,899
Additional paid-in-capital 10,957,952 4,354,923
Retained earnings (deficit) (5,096,980) (4,669,787)
Deficit accumulated during the development stage (836,108) --
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Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) 5,618,137 (195,245)
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Total Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity $ 6,318,158 $ 3,263,496
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Accompanying notes are an integral part
of the consolidated financial statements.
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etravelserve.com, Inc.
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(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Income Statements
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(Unaudited)
Three months ended Nine months ended
March 31, March 31, Development
2000 1999 2000 1999 Stage Period
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Operating Revenue $ 11,249 $ -- $ 11,249 $ -- $ 11,249
Selling, General, and Administrative
Expenses 847,357 847,357 847,357
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Operating Loss (836,108) (836,108) (836,108)
Other Income (Expenses), Net -- -- --
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Loss from Continuing Operations (836,108) (836,108) (836,108)
Loss from Discontinued Operations -- (503,486) (427,193) (285,322) --
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Net Loss $ (836,108) $ (503,486) $ (1,263,301) $ (285,322) $ (836,108)
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Weighted Average Common Shares
Outstanding 44,441,247 9,054,600 44,441,247 9,054,600 7,432,535
Basic and Diluted Loss per Common Share:
Loss from continuing operations $ (0.02) $ -- $ (0.02) $ -- $ (0.11)
Loss from discontinued operations -- (0.06) (0.01) (0.03) --
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Net Loss per Share $ (0.02) $ (0.06) $ (0.03) $ (0.03) $ (0.11)
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Interim results are not indicative of the
results expected for a full year.
Accompanying notes are an integral part
of the consolidated financial statements.
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etravelserve.com, Inc.
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(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 and
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for the Development Stage Period January 11, 2000 to March 31, 2000
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(Unaudited)
Development
2000 1999 Stage Period
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Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income (loss) $(1,263,301) $ (432,322) $ (836,108)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
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Cash used by operating activities:
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Depreciation 277 189,062 --
Amortization 250 20,721 --
Stock issued for services 792,400 -- 792,400
Increase (decrease) in customer deposits 93,789 637,208 93,789
(Increase) decrease in WIP -- (1,133,363) --
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses 60,000 142,053 --
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities (33,750) 7,846 5,265
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable -- (497,971) --
(Increase) decrease in deposits (2,671) -- (2,671)
(Increase) decrease in inventories -- (805,522) --
Increase (decrease) in cash overdrafts (3,636) -- --
Increase (decrease) in contingent liabilities (24,103) -- --
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable 323,452 664,877 (184,968)
(Increase) decrease in other assets -- (242,103) --
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Net Cash Provided (Used)
by Operating Activities (57,293) (1,449,514) (132,293)
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Additions to Plant, Property & Equipment (2,490) (1,304,787) (2,490)
Goodwill from acquisition (216,479) -- (216,479)
Other asset purchases (21,784) -- (21,784)
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Net Cash Provided (Used)
by Investing Activities (240,753) (1,304,787) (240,753)
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Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Paid in capital withdrawn -- (27,214) --
Increase in additional paid in capital -- 187,249 --
Debt proceeds 185,000 2,358,104 185,000
Principal reductions of debt (75,000) (66,935) --
Stock receivable - cashed -- 100,000 --
Proceeds of related party loans 275,260 -- 275,260
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Net Cash Provided (Used)
by Financing Activities 385,260 2,551,204 460,260
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Accompanying notes are an integral part
of the consolidated financial statements.
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Development
2000 1999 Stage Period
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NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH $ 87,214 (203,097) $ 87,214
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD -- 102,793 --
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CASH AT END OF PERIOD $ 87,214 $ (100,304) $ 87,214
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Supplemental Disclosures:
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
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Common stock issued to convert common
stock options $ 5,000,000
Accompanying notes are an integral part
of the consolidated financial statements.
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Revenge Marine, Inc.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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(Unaudited)
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Note 1 - The Company and Basis of Presentation
Revenge Marine, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as
"Revenge" or "the Company") was incorporated in Nevada on
December 28, 1979. The Company has operated under various
names since its incorporation, most recently operating as
Global Energy Organization Corporation ("Global") prior to
January 1998. The Company had no significant operations from
January 1995 through January 1998.
The Company reorganized in January 1998 and changed
its primary focus to acquiring yacht manufacturing and marine
technology companies. Principal operations commenced in July
1998. In June 1999, the Company discontinued its marine
operations and sold substantially all of its assets.
The Company re-entered the development stage after
redirecting its business plan toward the internet travel and
communication industries. In January 2000, the Company changed
its name to etravelserve.com following the acquisition of JR
Solutions, Inc. (see Note 7).
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial
statements reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of
management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the
results of operations for the periods shown. All significant
intercompany accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.
The results of operations for such periods are not necessarily
indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year of
for any future period.
These financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and
related notes included in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended June 30, 1999. The financial
statements of the Company have been prepared on the basis that
it is a going concern, which contemplates the realization of
assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal
course of business. However, because of the Company's
discontinuance of historical operations and new strategic
direction, such realization of assets and liquidation of
liabilities is subject to significant uncertainty. Further,
the Company's ability to continue as a going concern is highly
dependent near term on its ability to raise capital.
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Revenge Marine, Inc.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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(Unaudited)
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Note 2 - Discontinued Operations
In June 1999, the Company resolved to discontinue its
marine operations and to sell substantially all of its assets.
The assets were disposed of through the rescission of a
previous asset acquisition agreement through two cash sales in
August 1999. Proceeds from the sales totaling $2,200,000 were
recognized in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999 in the
calculation of the loss from the disposal of assets.
In accordance with Accounting Principles Board
("APB") Statement No. 30, "Reporting the Effects of the
Disposal of a Segment of a Business," the prior years'
financial statements have been restated to reflect such
discontinuation.
Operations from discontinued operations are as
follows:
For the three months
Ended March 31,
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2000 1999
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Operating Revenues $ -- $ 2,466,671
Cost of Goods Sold (2,127,211)
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Gross Profit -- 339,460
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses -- 735,411
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Operating Income (Loss) -- (395,951)
Other Income (Expenses) -- (107,535)
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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations $ -- $ (503,486)
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For the nine months
Ended March 31,
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2000 1999
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Operating Revenues $ 274,826 $ 4,540,348
Cost of Goods Sold -- (2,614,413)
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Gross Profit 274,826 1,925,935
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses 702,019 2,118,881
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Operating Income (Loss) (427,193) (192,946)
Other Income (Expenses) -- (92,376)
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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations $ (427,193) $ (285,322)
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Revenge Marine, Inc.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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(Unaudited)
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Note 3 - Capitalization
The capital stock of the corporation at March 31, 2000 was
as follows:
Series A 8% Non-cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,
$0.001 par value; convertible into Common Stock based on a
ratio of 1:12.5; automatically converts into Common Stock in
the event of (i) the closing of a firmly underwritten public
offering of shares of the Company at a public offering price
of at least $1.50 per share and for a total offering of more
than $10,000,000 or (ii) a 66 2/3% vote of the Preferred
shareholders; authorized 5,000,000 shares; no issued or
outstanding at March 31, 2000; liquidation preference equal to
$10.00 per share of Preferred stock held plus any declared but
unpaid dividends.
Series B 10 % Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, $40
stated value; convertible into Common Stock based on a 40%
discount to the bid price as listed on the NASDAQ Bulletin
Board on the day of conversion; authorized 75,000 shares;
1,206 shares outstanding at March 31, 2000; liquidation
preference equal to the par value of any outstanding shares
plus accrued dividends, if any prior to any distributions to
Common Stock holders.
Series C 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, $50
stated value, convertible into Common Stock upon closing of a
$5,000,000 or greater secondary public offering at a 30%
discount to the bid price as listed on the day of conversion;
authorized 75,000 shares; no shares issued or outstanding at
March 31, 2000; liquidation preference equal to the stated
value of the preferred shares held.
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, $50 stated value,
convertible into Common Stock upon closing of a $6,000,000 or
greater secondary public offering at a 30% discount to the
public offering price as listed on the day of conversion or
convertible anytime at the holder's discretion at a 30%
discount to the 10-day average bid price on the NASDAQ
Bulletin Board; authorized 75,000 shares; 8,810 shares issued
and outstanding at March 31, 2000; liquidation preference
equal to the stated value of the preferred shares held.
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000,000 shares
authorized; 104,534,201 shares issued and outstanding at March
31, 2000.
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Revenge Marine, Inc.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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(Unaudited)
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Note 4 - Income per Common Share
The computations of basic and dilutive income per share were
as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2000 1999
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Income (loss) attributable to common shares $ (836,108) $ (503,486)
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Weighted average common shares outstanding 44,441,247 9,054,600
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Basic and dilutive income (loss) per share $ (0.02) $ (0.06)
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Nine Months Ended
March 31,
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2000 1999
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Income (loss) attributable to common shares $ (1,263,301) $ (285,322)
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Weighted average common shares outstanding 44,441,247 9,054,600
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Basic and dilutive income (loss) per share $ (0.03) $ (0.03)
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Common stock equivalents were not included in the
computation of weighted average shares outstanding because
such inclusion would be antidilutive.
Note 5 - Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
The Company is engaged in legal proceedings arising
from normal business activities. In the opinion of legal
counsel, the maximum future liability arising from these
proceeding would not exceed $54,897.
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Revenge Marine, Inc.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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(Unaudited)
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Note 6 - Related Party Transactions
Allied Capital Corporation
Since inception, Allied Capital Corporation
("Allied") has periodically advanced cash to the Company and
has directly paid legal and other expenses on behalf of the
Company. Allied held approximately 36,000,000 shares of the
104,634,201 shares of common stock outstanding at December 31,
1999. Allied is wholly owned by the Desai Vol Robinson Trust.
Desai Robinson is the former president of Revenge Marine and
is the wife of William C. Robinson, former president and chief
executive officer of the Company, who resigned on December 12,
1999. Mr. Robinson is also the president of Capital Markets
Alliance, Inc. At December 31, 1999, the Company's total debt
to Allied was $345,714.
Link Worldwide, Inc.
In January 2000, the Company exercised options to
purchase 666,666 shares of Link Worldwide, Inc. ("Link"). Paul
Johnson, chief executive officer of etravelserve.com, is also
the president of Link. On January 24, 2000, the Company
exercised the Link options in exchange for etravelserve stock
valued at $5,000,000, based on the closing bid price on the
NASDAQ Bulletin Board on the date the options were exercised.
Note 7 - Acquisitions
JR Solutions, Inc.
In pursuit of its new strategy, on January 11, 2000,
the Company acquired JR Solutions, Inc. ("JR") through the
exchange of 80,000,000 shares of newly issued Company common
stock, in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of JR's
common stock. The acquisition was structured as a tax-free
reorganization and was accounted for using the purchase method
of accounting. As these companies were under common control at
the time of the acquisition, the purchase price was based on
the historical cost of the assets purchased.
Preferred Travel and Tours, Inc.
March 7, 2000, the Company acquired all of the
outstanding common stock of Preferred Travel and Tours, Inc.
("Preferred Travel") for a purchase price of $185,000. The
acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting. In accordance with Accounting Principles Board
("APB") No. 16, the aggregate purchase price has been
allocated to the assets and liabilities of Preferred Travel
based upon their fair market values as follows:
Working capital, net $ (31,479)
Goodwill 216,479
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Total $ 185,000
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM OUR FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
RELATED NOTES THERETO INCLUDED IN PART 1-ITEM 1 OF THIS 10-Q. THE DISCUSSION
FOLLOWING CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT THAT INVOLVE RISKS AND
UNCERTAINTIES. OUR ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED IN THESE FORWARD- LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS,
INCLUDING THOSE SET FORTH UNDER THE SECTION ENTITLED "RISK FACTORS" IN OUR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM 10 FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 28, 1998 (SEC FILE NO. 333-87623) AND THOSE ENUMERATED
UNDER MATERIAL CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND
LIQUIDITY HEREIN.
Overview.
We are a start-up company whose objective is to become a leading
provider of online travel services for leisure and recreational enthusiasts and
technology-driven marketing and advertising solutions to advertisers,
advertising agencies, Web publishers and e-commerce merchants worldwide. We
intend to launch our own website, "destinationgenie.com" to be a multimedia,
interactive advertising site and full-service travel shopping mall. Our revenues
will be derived from commissions, fees, and direct merchant sales related to
transactions on our website and from sales of advertisements on our website,
licensing fees for certain value added content, and through the provision of
systems and database design and implementation services to third parties.
The Internet is dramatically changing the way that consumers and
businesses communicate, share information and buy and sell goods and services.
The Internet reduces inefficiencies characteristic in traditional market models
through the disintermediation of functions between the provider of the good or
service and the ultimate consumer. Characteristic of the leisure and
recreational travel industry is the presence of large numbers of geographically
dispersed buyers and sellers and purchase decisions involving large amounts of
information from multiple sources. We believe, therefore, that the leisure and
recreational industry is particularly well-positioned to benefit from the
evolution of the Internet platform and e-commerce model through the
reintermediation of value-added functions like those to be provided by our
Company.
The Internet has also emerged as an attractive new medium for
advertisers due to the rapid growth in the number of Web users, the amount of
time such users spend on the Web, the increase in electronic commerce, the
interactive nature of the Web, the Web's global reach and a variety of other
factors. We believe the number of U.S. online households will grow from
approximately 40 million in 1999 to over 60 million in 2004 and consumer
e-commerce will reach nearly $110 billion in 2003. Consequently, we believe that
U.S. online advertising spending will grow from approximately $3 billion in 1999
to over $20 billion in 2004. In addition, we believe that markets outside the
U.S. will become an increasingly important component of Internet advertising,
growing from approximately $500 million in 1999 to over $10 billion in 2004,
accounting for approximately 33% of worldwide Internet advertising. We believe
that we will be well positioned to capitalize on this large market opportunity
as well.
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Etravelserve.com, Inc., formerly known as Revenge Marine, Inc.
("etravelserve.com" or "the Company"), was incorporated in Nevada on December
28, 1979. Etravelserve.com has operated under various names since its
incorporation, most recently operating as Global Energy Organization Corporation
("Global") prior to January 1998. The Company has no significant operations from
January 1995 through January 1998.
We reorganized the Company in January 1998 and changed its primary
focus to acquiring yacht manufacturing and marine technology companies.
Principal operations commenced in July 1998. In June 1999, the Company
discontinued its marine operations and sold substantially all of its assets.
The Company re-entered the development stage in July 1999 after
redirecting its business plan toward the online travel and communications
industries. On January 11, 2000, the Company changed its name to
etravelserve.com, Inc. following the acquisition of JR Solutions, Inc. ("JR")
through the exchange of 80,000,000 shares of newly issued Company stock, in
exchange for all of the outstanding shares of JR's common stock.
On March 7, 2000, JR acquired 100% of the stock of Preferred Travel and
Tours, Inc., a Florida corporation ("Preferred"), for $185,000 in cash. The
acquisition of Preferred provides us with a physical travel agency presence to
complement our Internet-based travel services platform.
We anticipate making further strategic acquisitions in the travel,
communication and recreation businesses where such opportunities will provide
synergies complementary to our existing core competencies. We will leverage our
international relationships to create a unique global, interactive, destination
and community site oriented to on-line retailing, advertising, direct marketing
and promotion, product and name branding, travel promotions, and provision of
value-added marketing services. We intend to develop both business to business
("B2B") and business to consumer ("B2C") market models.
With our current technological competencies and through the realization
of our plan to add additional superior technology personnel, either directly or
through strategic alliances, we intend to develop a full array of value-added,
B2B systems design and database architecture services, to market to the marine
and recreational business submarket, which has traditionally trailed in such
initiatives. The types of value-added services which we anticipate offering in
this niche will include site design and development, implementation, integration
and testing. Other fee-based engagements would include the design, installation
and testing of Web sites for marine industry and other recreational businesses;
the implementation of messaging and internet/intranet technologies; the
provision of value-added customer fulfillment and affinity functions; and the
design and installation of network, intranet and extranet systems, architecture
and enterprise information technology solutions.
Our proposed B2C marketing approach will microtarget the
demographically and psychograpically appealing affluent, well-educated,
recreational and excursion consumer, through the creation and development of a
superior, one-stop content based, interactive vacation and travel on-line
destination. This model will provide compelling content for such recreational
travelers and vacationers through the provision of exciting vacation and travel
excursions involving sports fishing, boating, golfing, and athletic and
recreational event themes. As a part of this model, our site will provide
airline, cruise and other common carrier travel solutions as well as hotel and
other resort
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accommodations complementary of the theme chosen. Additionally, we anticipate
developing strategic relationships to provide a dynamic multi-media portal for
recreational sports travel-related consumer merchandise, apparel and
accessories, sports and boating travel news, information and travel tips,
interactive chat rooms, on-line auctions and a robust e-commerce marketplace for
marketing of travel related equipment and accessories. Through the development
of our brand awareness our superior target market, we hope to garner significant
portions of brick and mortar marketers' and merchants' advertising budgets
targeting our user profiles.
Once our anticipated site traffic is achieved, we anticipate being able
to deliver superior advertising return on investment, which will justify
advertising fee premiums yet yielding efficient CPMs (costs per thousand
impressions).
Material Changes in Financial Condition, Results of Operations and
Liquidity.
In June 1999, we resolved to discontinue our marine operations and to
sell substantially all of our assets used in the marine business line. We
disposed of these assets through the recission of the asset acquisition
agreement in which such assets were previously acquired, through two cash
settlements occurring in August 1999. Sales of these assets in the amount of
$2,200,000 were recognized on the accrual basis of accounting as of the end of
our previous fiscal year ended June 30, 1999 as part of the calculation of the
loss from the disposal of assets. The income statements for prior year
comparative periods were restated in accordance with applicable accounting
pronouncements to show the effects on operations in connection with our
discontinued business line then and now. Marine operations were formally
discontinued in the prior year. As a measure to enhance our business model, on
March 7, 2000, we acquired Preferred Travel and Tours, Inc. for $185,000, which
has an existing business base and recurring revenue stream. This cash
acquisition was funded by a loan from Allied Capital Corporation ("Allied"), one
of our majority shareholders. Through this acquisition, which comports well with
our stated objective of growing the Company through strategic alliances, our
business model has evolved into a "clicks and bricks" platform, a strategy which
serves to hedge the market risk of adhering to a pure "Cyber" model.
Revenues of $11,249 were realized during the quarter ended March 31,
2000, which revenues were attributable to the operations of Preferred. There
were no revenues for the corresponding prior period ended March 31, 1999 since
the quarter ended March 31, 2000 represents the first such three- month period
in our development stage. Selling, general and administrative expenses of
$847,357 were incurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2000. During such
quarter, 3,962,000 of the Company's shares, valued at $792,400 in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, were issued to various persons in
lieu of cash compensation for services rendered. These expenses were incurred
primarily pursuant to the development of our Internet-based platform. The
remainder of the operating expenses for the most recent fiscal quarter were
attributable to normal operating expenses. As with revenues for the quarter
ended March 31, 1999, there were also no selling, general and administrative
expenses for the period ended March 31, 1999 since we did not enter the
development stage under our new business model until July, 1999.
We have incurred operating losses and negative cash flow since
inception, and we expect this trend to continue in the foreseeable future as we
invest in marketing and promotional activities to launch our web site. Since our
web site has not yet been launched, there are no operating revenues to report
for the nine months ended March 31, 2000 in connection with our prospective
e-commerce model. Our acquisition of bricks and mortar Preferred should provide
some operating stability and
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cash flow as we execute our Internet commerce model and grow through further
congruent combinations. We do expect that our operating results will be volatile
as we build our technology infrastructure and deploy our Web site due to a
variety of factors, many of which are out of our control. During the initial
phases of implementing our business plan, we will be heavily reliant on external
sources of equity and debt financing.
Factors That May Affect Future Results and Market Price of Stock.
Etravelserve.com, Inc. is engaged in the pursuit of commerce on the
Internet platform. This form of commerce involves many opportunities, as well as
significant threats, many of which are out of our control. Some of the risks
which we face are as follows:
Consumers, travel suppliers and advertisers may not accept our website
as a valuable commercial tool, which would impair the growth of our business.
For us to achieve the level of growth that we have projected,
consumers, travel suppliers, merchants and advertisers must accept our website
model as a valuable commercial tool. Consumers who have historically purchased
travel products using traditional commercial channels must change that paradigm
and purchase instead through our site. Consumers frequently "surf" sites like
our prospective site in search of route and rate information and then ultimately
revert to the traditional purchase channel. If this paradigm is not shifted, we
may never achieve our anticipated growth.
Similarly, travel suppliers, advertisers and merchants will also need
to accept and use our website. In order for this to occur, travel suppliers,
advertisers and merchants will need to perceive our site as efficient and
profitable channels of distribution for their travel products, for expenditure
of their advertising budgets and for their merchandise.
In order to achieve the acceptance of consumers, travel suppliers,
advertisers and merchants contemplated by our business plan, we will need to
make substantial investments in technology and brand. We can not, however,
assure you that these investments will be successful. Our failure to make
succeed in these areas will hamper the opportunities to achieve our business
plan.
We expect there to be operating losses and negative cash flows.
We expect to incur net losses and negative cash flows for the
foreseeable future and there can be no assurance that we will ever achieve
profitability or generate positive cash flows. As we launch our site and deploy
our business plan, we expect to incur significant operating expenses
particularly in the sales, marketing and operations. These types of expenses
will grow as we expand the scope and reach of our operations. If our revenues do
not grow as expected, or if our actual expenses exceed our budgeted expenses,
there could be a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and
financial condition. We will need to raise additional funds through the issuance
of equity, equity-related or debt securities. If we are unable to obtain
additional financing on reasonable terms to enable the development of our
business plan, we may never be able implement our on-line strategy.
The success of our business will depend on continued growth of online
commerce and the Internet.
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Because we do not intend to provide our service through any commercial
medium other than the Internet, our future revenues and profits depend upon the
widespread acceptance and use of the Internet and online services as a medium
for commerce. Rapid growth in the use of the Internet and online services is a
recent phenomenon. This growth may not continue. A sufficiently broad base of
consumers may not accept, or continue to use, the Internet as a medium of
commerce. Demand for and market acceptance of recently introduced products and
services over the Internet involve a high level of uncertainty.
The Internet has experienced, and is expected to continue to
experience, significant growth in the number of users and amount of traffic. Our
success will depend upon the development and maintenance of the Internet's
infrastructure to cope with this increased traffic. This will require a reliable
network backbone with the necessary speed, data capacity and security and the
timely development of complementary products for providing reliable Internet
access and services . Major online service providers and the Internet itself
have experienced outages and other delays as a result of software and hardware
failures and could face such outages and delays in the future. Outages and
delays are likely to affect the level of Internet usage and the processing of
transactions on our websites. In addition, the Internet could lose its viability
because of delays in the development or adoption of new standards to handle
increased levels of activity or of increased government regulation. The adoption
of new standards or government regulation may require us to incur substantial
compliance costs.
Interruptions in service from third parties could impair the quality of
our service.
We will rely upon third-party computer systems and third party service
providers, including the computerized central reservations systems of the
airline, hotel and car rental industries to make airline ticket, hotel room and
car rental reservations and credit card verifications and confirmations. Any
interruption in these third-party services or a deterioration in their
performance could impair the quality of our service. If our arrangement with any
of these third party were to be terminated, we may not be able to find an
alternative source of systems support on a timely basis or on commercially
reasonable terms.
Our success depends upon the development and maintenance of superior
technology systems and infrastructure.
In order to be successful, we must provide reliable, real-time access
to our systems for our customers and suppliers. As our operations grow in both
size and scope, domestically and internationally, we will need to continually
upgrade our systems and infrastructure to offer our customers and travel
suppliers enhanced products, services, features, and functionality. The
expansion of our systems will require additional financial, operational and
technical resource expenditures before business volume may reach levels
sufficient to yield profitability, with no assurance that the volume of business
will increase or that profitability will be achieved. Consumers and suppliers
will not tolerate a service hampered by slow delivery times, unreliable service
levels or insufficient capacity, any of which could have a material adverse
effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
The success of our business will depend upon the continued growth of
online commerce and the Internet.
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Since we do not intend to provide our service in any other medium than
the Internet, our future revenues and profits depend on the widespread
acceptance and use of the Internet and online services as a medium for commerce.
Rapid growth in the use of the Internet and online services is a recent
phenomenon. Such growth may not continue and a sufficiently broad base of
consumers may not accept, or continue to use, the Intenet as a medium of
commerce. Demand for and market acceptance of recently introduced products
involve a high level of uncertainty.
The Internet has experienced, and is expected to continue to
experience, significant growth in the number of users and amount of traffic. Our
success will depend upon the development and maintenance of the Internet
infrastructure and other technological advances which may evolve to accommodate
this increased traffic. This will require a reliable network backbone with the
necessary speed, data capacity and security and the timely development of
complementary products for providing reliable Internet access services.
Our business is exposed to risks associated with online commerce
security and credit card fraud.
Consumer concerns over the security of transactions conducted on the
Internet or the privacy of users may inhibit the growth of the Internet and
online commerce. To transmit confidential information such as customer credit
card numbers securely, we will rely upon encryption and authentication
technology. Unanticipated events or developments could result in a compromise or
breach of integrity of our consumer transaction data. Our servers could also be
vulnerable to viruses transmitted over the Internet, which if not detected,
could create a service interruption.
Our success depends in large part upon the efforts of a few individuals
and our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled employees.
We depend substantially on the services and performance of our senior
management, particularly Paul R. Johnson our Chief Executive Officer, Kaz Chary,
our Chief Information Officer and John Moschella our Director of Security. These
individuals may not be able to fulfill their responsibilities adequately and may
not remain with us. The loss of the services any executive officer or other key
employees could hurt our business.
We are controlled by our principal shareholders. The directors and
executive officers of the Company own a majority of the outstanding Common Stock
in the Company. In particular, Paul R. Johnson and Allied Capital Corporation,
and entity controlled by former officer and director William C. Robinson,
constitute the largest shareholders of the Company's Common Stock. As a result,
Mssrs. Johnson and Robinson may be able to control the election of members of
the Company's Board of Directors and generally exercise control over the
Company's corporate actions. Such concentration of ownership may also have the
effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None.
ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES
See Item 5 below.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
On January 21, 2000 the Company elected to increase the number
of authorized $.001 par value common stock from 50,000,000 to 500,000,000 shares
in order to accommodate the January 21, 2000 acquisition of J.R. Solutions, Inc.
The Company filed a Report on Form 8-K reporting this acquisition on January 21,
2000. The Report on Form 8-K contained information required under Item 1 -
Change in Control of Registrant, Item 2 - Acquisition and Disposition of Assets
and Item 5 - Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
On March 7, 2000, JR
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
A. Exhibits
27.1 Financial Data Schedule
B. Reports on Form 8-K
Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2000 reporting information under Item 5,
Other Events.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
Date: May 22, 2000 ETRAVELSERVE.COM, INC.
By /s/ Paul R. Johnson
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Paul R. Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer
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