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As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2008
Registration
No. 333-132797
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM
SB-2
ON
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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VYTA
CORP
(Exact
name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
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NEVADA
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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370
17th Street, Suite 3640
Denver,
Colorado 80202
(303)
592-1010
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Paul
H. Metzinger
President,
Chief Executive Officer and acting Chief Financial Officer
Vyta
Corp
370
17th Street, Suite 3640
Denver,
Colorado 80202
(303)
592-1010
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of agent for service)
With
copies sent to:
Robert
J. Ahrenholz, Esq.
Joshua
M. Kerstein, Esq.
Kutak
Rock LLP
1801
California Street, Suite 3100
Denver,
Colorado 80202
(303)
297-2400
Approximate
date of commencement of the proposed sale to the public: From time to time after
this registration statement becomes effective.
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If any of
the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check
the following box. T
If this
Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. £
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. £
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. £
If
delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check
the following box. £
The
information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. A
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. This prospectus is not an offer
to sell securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in
any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject
to completion, dated February 22, 2008
PROSPECTUS
VYTA
CORP
370 17th
Street, Suite 3640
Denver,
Colorado 80202
17,092,184
shares of common stock, including:
· 16,345,467 shares currently
outstanding
· 746,717 shares issuable upon exercise
of warrants
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The
sellers:
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All
of our common stock offered by this prospectus is offered from time to
time by the selling stockholders identified in this
prospectus. These shares of common stock may be sold at fixed
prices, prevailing market prices determined at the time of sale, varying
prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated
prices. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of our
common stock offered by the selling
stockholders.
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Market
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securities:
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Our
common stock is presently quoted on the over-the-counter bulletin board
under the symbol “VYTC.OB.” Our common stock also is traded on
the Berlin Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Munich Stock
Exchange and the Xetra Stock Exchange. On February 19, 2008,
the last reported sale price of our common stock on the over-the-counter
bulletin board was $0.22 per share (rounded to the nearest
penny). See “DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK—Common
Stock.”
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Risk |
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factors:
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Investing
in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “RISK
FACTORS” beginning on page 6.
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Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved any of these securities or determined if this prospectus
is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
The date
of this prospectus is __________ __, 2008
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This
prospectus includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe
harbor created by that Act. We base these forward-looking statements
on our current expectations and projections about future
events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks,
uncertainties, and assumptions about our company, including:
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the
operations and potential profitability of BioAgra, LLC, a company in which
we have a 50% interest;
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the
rate of market development and acceptance of our beta glucan products in
the animal and aquatic animal feed industry within which we are
concentrating our business
activities;
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the
rate of market development and acceptance of our beta glucan products for
human consumption;
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our
ability to compete successfully with growth promotion antibiotic
manufacturers and other providers of feed
additives;
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the
limited revenues and significant operating losses generated by us to
date;
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the
possibility of significant ongoing capital requirements and our ability to
secure financing as and when
necessary;
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our
ability to retain the services of our key management, and to attract new
members to the management team; and
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our
ability to obtain and retain appropriate patent, copyright and trademark
protection for our intellectual properties and any of our
products.
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You
should only rely on the information contained in this prospectus. We
have not authorized any person to provide you with different
information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent
information, you should not rely on it. The selling stockholders are
not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer
or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information
appearing in this prospectus is accurate as of the date on the front cover of
this prospectus only. Our business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
The
following summary highlights certain information contained throughout this
prospectus. It is not complete and may not contain all of the
information that you should consider before investing in the securities offered
by this prospectus. To understand this offering fully, you should
read this entire prospectus carefully, including the risk
factors. When used in this prospectus, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,”
“the company” and similar expressions refer to Vyta Corp, BioAgra, LLC and our
subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.
General
We were
incorporated on June 22, 1996 as a Nevada corporation. In January
2006, we changed our name from NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. to Vyta
Corp. Our corporate offices are located at 370 17th Street, Suite
3640, Denver, Colorado 80202, and our telephone number is (303)
592-1010. We maintain a website at www.vytacorp.com. Information
on our website is not part of this prospectus, and you should not rely on it in
deciding whether to invest in our common stock.
Description
of Business
In 2004,
we instituted steps to change our principal business from electronics technology
to biotechnology. In August 2005, we purchased a 50% equity interest
in BioAgra, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company. The remaining
50% was purchased by Xact Resources International and later assigned to Justin
Holdings, Inc., both unaffiliated parties. BioAgra is engaged in the
production, marketing and sale of Agrastim®, a
natural, non-toxic purified beta-1,3/1,6-D glucan feed additive used to replace
growth promotion antibiotics that are currently in use in the animal feed
industry. In addition to its use as a feed additive, BioAgra intends
to include Agrastim® in
premixed feeds, such as in EquiForce™, a feed
targeted for the equine industry that contains Agrastim®,
vitamins and minerals formulated to supply nutrients to meet the physiological
needs of equine athletes and to boost their immune systems.
BioAgra
also is producing Purestim™, a
purified beta-1,3/1,6-D glucan intended for use by other companies that
manufacture neutraceuticals and dietary supplements for human consumption, and
is designing other products for human, animal and aquaculture consumption based
on beta glucan and other immunoenhancers. Purestim™,
together with Agrastim®, are
sometimes referred to herein as “beta glucan products.”
Prior to
our acquisition of an interest in BioAgra, we were primarily involved in our
patented particle interconnect technology. We acquired the particle
technology in February 1998 to pursue a more focused, strategic application and
development of the particle technology and to commercialize the technology as
the NanoPierce Connection System (NCS™). While
we do not plan, at this time, to continue efforts to manufacture or develop
products that utilize our particle technology, we entered into two provisional
technology license agreements for the manufacture, development and marketing of
products using our particle technology. Each of these licenses
recently expired, although we continue to negotiate with the prospective
licensees. To date, neither of the negotiations have matured into a
full-scale commercial license generating royalty and license revenues for
us.
Recent
Developments
Sale of ExypnoTech,
Gmbh
On
December 27, 2007, we sold our 49% interest in ExypnoTech, Gmbh (“ExypnoTech”)
to TagStar Systems, GmbH for $250,000 cash pursuant to a share purchase
agreement. ExypnoTech is a company that manufactures and develops
radio frequency identification (“RFID”) components used in the production of,
among other things, smart labels, smart cards and smart tags. As a
result of this sale, we no longer have any interest in ExypnoTech, and TagStar
Systems owns 100% of ExypnoTech.
Particle Interconnect
Technology License Agreements
In
November 2006, we signed a six-month technology license agreement to permit a
prospective licensee the non-exclusive opportunity to conduct a market survey
relating to our particle interconnect technology that was extended in May 2007
for an additional six-month period. This prospective licensee has
advised us that it wishes to negotiate a long term royalty paying license
agreement. In January 2007, we signed a separate six-month technology
license agreement to permit a different prospective, third party licensee the
non-exclusive opportunity to conduct a market survey relating to our particle
interconnect technology that was extended in July 2007 for an additional
six-month period. Each of these technology license agreements has
expired, but we continue negotiations with each of these prospective
licensees. If the negotiations with either prospective licensee are
favorable, we could enter into a royalty-paying commercial license with
them.
Preferred Stock Private
Placement
On March
2, 2007, in a private placement transaction, we issued to Arizcan Properties,
Ltd. a total of 500,000 shares of our newly-designated series A nonconvertible
preferred stock for a total purchase price of $500,000, in cash. In
addition to the purchase of the series A nonconvertible preferred stock, Arizcan
purchased for a price of $251,900 a warrant exercisable for 6,000,000 shares of
our common stock. This warrant has an exercise price of $0.50 per
share and provides for cashless exercise. As a result, Arizcan
acquired approximately 51% of our voting power, and, on a fully diluted basis
and as of February 15, 2008, Arizcan would have approximately 85% of our voting
power if it exercises the warrant.
AHD International Reseller
Agreement
On April
1, 2007, BioAgra, LLC and AHD International, LLC signed an agreement whereby AHD
International agreed to purchase beta glucan products from
BioAgra. The agreement has a term of five years with the right for
successive renewals provided minimum sales requirements are met. The
agreement provides that AHD International will purchase beta glucan products for
resale to various end users in thirteen countries. The agreement
grants AHD International the exclusive right to sell the beta glucan products to
all users in ten countries. In addition, the agreement grants the
right to sell the beta glucan products in an additional three countries, with
the exclusivity of such right dependant on the type of end user sold to and the
country.
Progressive Bioactives
License Termination Agreement
On July
11, 2007, BioAgra, LLC entered into a Termination and Mutual General Release
Agreement with Progressive Bioactives, Inc. to terminate the parties’ Technology
License Agreement dated April 15, 2005 that had granted BioAgra the license to
produce and process a yeast beta glucan product. As consideration for
termination of the Technology License Agreement, BioAgra agreed to pay to
Progressive Bioactives 2.5% of its gross sales of beta glucan products from July
1, 2007 through June 30, 2017. Additionally, for a period of two
years beginning on July 1, 2007, BioAgra agreed to use its best efforts not to
pursue marketing and sales of its beta glucan products in the field of
livestock, companion animal, and aquaculture in Canada, South Africa, Australia,
Chile, and South Korea. BioAgra also agreed to indemnify and hold
Progressive Bioactives harmless from any third-party claim arising from any sale
of beta glucan into the human nutrition and cosmetic markets. See
“THE COMPANY—Intellectual Property—BioAgra—Progressive
Bioactives License Termination Agreement” for more information.
This
offering includes 17,092,184 shares of our common stock, including:
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16,345,467
shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus;
and
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746,717
shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants owned by the stockholders
identified later in this
prospectus.
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We will
not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock offered
by this prospectus. Some of the shares of common stock that are being
offered by this prospectus are issuable upon the exercise of warrants owned by
the stockholders identified later in this prospectus. We will receive
proceeds from the exercise of these warrants. See “USE OF PROCEEDS”
for more information.
Your
investment in our common stock offered by this prospectus involves a high degree
of risk. See “RISK FACTORS” beginning on page 6.
The
following table presents our summary consolidated historical financial
information for the periods indicated. You should read this
information together with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005, our unaudited quarterly financial
statements for the six months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 and related notes
and the information under “FINANCIAL STATEMENTS” and “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
AND ANALYSIS” included elsewhere in this prospectus.
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Six Months Ended
December 31,
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Revenues
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Operating
expenses:
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General
and administrative
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(318,957 |
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(546,766 |
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(1,835,973 |
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(893,061 |
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Loss
from operations
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(318,957 |
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(546,766 |
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(1,835,973 |
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(893,061 |
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Other
income (expense):
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Other
income
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Interest
income
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10 |
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12 |
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22 |
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72,307 |
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Gain
on sale of investment in unconsolidated investee (1)
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164,234 |
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Extinguishment
of liabilities
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120,788 |
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Equity
losses of unconsolidated investees (2)
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(667,594 |
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(540,141 |
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(1,426,590 |
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(1,398,202 |
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Provision
for loss on note receivable, unconsolidated investee
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- |
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(1,198,000 |
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Loss
on revaluation of derivative warrant liability
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- |
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(74,295 |
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Interest
expense
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(235,139 |
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Interest
expense, related party
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(219 |
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(503,350 |
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(540,129 |
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(2,624,568 |
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(1,514,760 |
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Net
loss
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(822,307 |
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(1,086,895 |
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(4,460,541 |
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$ |
(2,407,821 |
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Accumulated
dividends on preferred stock (3)
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(18,904 |
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(13,150 |
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- |
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Beneficial
conversion feature, preferred stock
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1,500,000 |
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Net
loss applicable to common shareholders
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(841,211 |
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(1,086,895 |
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(4,473,691 |
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(3,907,821 |
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Net
loss per share, basic and diluted (4)
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$ |
(0.03 |
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$ |
(0.05 |
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$ |
(0.19 |
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$ |
(0.30 |
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Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding (4)
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32,986,258 |
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22,643,512 |
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23,884,955 |
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12,984,849 |
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(1)
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See
Note 3 to our unaudited financial statements for the six months ended
December 31, 2007 in “FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.”
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(2)
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See
Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2006, Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, and Note 2 to our unaudited financial
statements for the six months ended December 31, 2007 in “FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.”
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(3)
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See
Note 5 to our unaudited financial statements for the six months ended
December 31, 2007 in “FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.”
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(4)
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Rounded
to the nearest share. See Note 1 to our consolidated financial
statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2007, and
to our unaudited financial statements for the six months ended December
31, 2007 in “FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.”
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An
investment in our common stock involves a number of risks. Before
making an investment decision, you should carefully consider all of the risks
described in this prospectus and the documents that are incorporated by
reference into this prospectus. The risks discussed in this
prospectus could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition
and results of operations and cause the trading price of our common stock to
decline significantly. If this occurs, you may lose all or part of
your investment.
We
have a history of losses.
We expect
that the manufacturing, developing and marketing of Agrastim® as a
feed additive in the poultry, equine, cattle, swine and aquaculture industries
and Purestim™ for
human consumption will be expensive. We recently have incurred
increased operating expenses without any increase in revenues. We
reported a net loss of $4,460,541, $2,407,821, $822,307 and $1,086,895 for
our fiscal years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and for the six months ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
We
may not be able to continue as a going concern.
Our
independent registered public accounting firm's report on our consolidated
financial statements as of June 30, 2007 includes an explanatory paragraph
expressing substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going
concern. As a result of this going concern modification in our
auditor’s report on our financial statements, we may have a difficult time
obtaining significant additional financing. If we are unable to
secure significant additional financing, we may be obligated to seek protection
under the bankruptcy laws and our stockholders may lose their
investment.
Our
joint venture investment could be adversely affected by our lack of sole
decision-making authority, our reliance on co-venturer’s financial condition and
disputes between our co-venturer and us.
Our
primary business is our 50% interest in BioAgra, LLC and our particle
interconnect technology. Investment in a joint venture involves risks
that would not be present were another party not involved, including the
possibility that our co-venturer, Justin Holdings, Inc. (an entity over which we
have no control), might become bankrupt, fail to fund their share of required
capital contributions or fail to perform its responsibilities under our
agreements with them. Our co-venturer and our licensees also may have
economic or other business interests or goals that are inconsistent with our
business interests or goals, and they may be in a position to make decisions or
to take actions that are contrary to our preferences, policies or
objectives.
We do not
have sole decision making control regarding the BioAgra joint
venture. We have a 50% interest in BioAgra and face the potential
risk of impasses on decisions, such as the business policies, practices and
procedures relating to the production and marketing of beta glucan products or a
sale of the joint venture, because neither we nor the other 50% owner, Justin
Holdings, Inc., has full control over the joint venture. Disputes
between us and our co-venturer may result in litigation or arbitration that
would increase our expenses and prevent our officers and/or directors from
focusing their time and effort exclusively on our
business. Consequently, actions by or disputes with our co-venturer
might result in subjecting properties owned by the joint venture to additional
risk. In addition, we may, in certain circumstances, be liable for
the actions of our co-venturer.
If
our products infringe the intellectual property rights of others, we may pay
unexpected litigation costs or damages for selling our products.
We intend
to avoid infringing (and to cause entities in which we hold equity interests to
avoid infringing) the intellectual property rights of others; however, no
assurances can be given that the manufacture and sale of our products (or
products of entities in which we hold an equity interest) may not infringe or
otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others. If this
were to be the case, we (or the entities in which we hold equity interests) may
be subject to legal proceedings and claims, including claims of alleged
infringement by us (or the entities in which we hold equity interests) of the
patents and other intellectual property rights of third
parties. Intellectual property litigation is expensive and
time-consuming, regardless of the merits of any claim.
If it
were to be found that our products (or the products of an entity in which we
hold an equity interest) potentially infringe or violate the intellectual
property rights of others, we may need to obtain licenses from these parties,
substantially re-engineer products in order to avoid infringement or renegotiate
existing licenses to avoid future infringement. We (or the applicable
entity in which we hold an equity interest) might not be able to obtain the
necessary licenses on acceptable terms, or at all, or be able to re-engineer
products successfully. Moreover, if we are (or an entity in which we
hold an equity interest is) sued for infringement and lose the suit, we (or such
entity) could be required to pay substantial damages and/or be enjoined from
using or selling the infringing products. Any of the foregoing could
cause us to incur significant costs and prevent us (or such entity) from selling
the products subject to any legal action.
BioAgra
entered into a Termination and Mutual General Release Agreement with Progressive
Bioactives, as discussed above under “PROSPECTUS SUMMARY—The Company—Recent
Developments—Progressive Bioactives License Termination Agreement.”
Pursuant to the termination agreement, BioAgra and Progressive Bioactives agreed
not to sue each other for infringement of any current or future intellectual
property rights based on each party’s use of its own methods and processes or
any reasonable modifications thereof, for the development and manufacture of
beta glucan products. However, we can provide no assurance that
Progressive Bioactives will not allege that BioAgra has violated its
intellectual property rights through the production and sale of the beta glucan
product, which could result in substantial monetary damages or injunctions
prohibiting the production of the beta glucan products.
If
BioAgra’s beta glucan products do not satisfy certain governmental regulations,
BioAgra may be unable to obtain regulatory approval or may be required to obtain
multiple licenses to sell the beta glucan products.
BioAgra
has self-certified that all components of its beta glucan products are generally
recognized as safe or GRAS according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(“FDA”) regulations. A GRAS designation exempts the beta glucan
products from the regulations of the FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture,
permitting the sale of the beta glucan products anywhere in the United States
without obtaining a license. Should the beta glucan products lose
their GRAS designation, BioAgra will be required to sell the beta glucan
products as feed additives by obtaining a license to sell from each individual
state in which sales would occur. There is no assurance that BioAgra
would be able to successfully obtain or maintain licenses in all states in which
sales are expected to be made or that the cost of obtaining and maintaining
these licenses would not limit its ability to sell the beta glucan
products.
Operations
of BioAgra may be delayed or cost more than we anticipate.
Operations
at the beta glucan production plant commenced in March of
2006. BioAgra produced approximately 7,600 kilograms of finished
product, of which approximately 5,600 kilograms remains in inventory, and has
halted production pending the sale of at least 50% of the existing
inventory. Once production is recommenced, there can be no assurances
that there will not be future delays in operations or that the average cost to
operate the plant will not be higher than anticipated.
We
cannot guarantee the quality, performance or reliability of BioAgra’s
products.
Except as
described in the prior risk factor, we have no prior experience manufacturing or
producing beta glucan products or any other products. We are relying
upon the skill and experience of BioAgra’s managers and our co-venturer to
timely and cost effectively manufacture the beta glucan product. We
expect that BioAgra’s customers will demand quality, performance and
reliability. We cannot assure you that we or our co-venturer will be
able to meet the quality control standards that may be established by various
industries for feed additives. BioAgra intends to provide a written
guarantee or other assurance to its customers that its beta glucan products will
have a bioactivity level of at least 80%. “Bioactivity” is the
ability to activate the cells of the immune system, specifically white blood
cells that help to kill and digest foreign materials and infectious
microorganisms. The greater the bioactivity level, the greater the
ability to activate the cells of the immune system. However, BioAgra
cannot guarantee that all batches of the beta glucan products produced for
inclusion in various animal feed products will meet that bioactivity
level. Should BioAgra be unable to meet the standard, it may lose
existing customers and be unable to acquire new customers.
There
may be insufficient demand for BioAgra’s beta glucan products.
Sales of
the beta glucan products have been limited to date. The market
acceptance of new products and technologies, including the beta glucan products,
is subject to a number of factors, including the ability of the product to more
effectively and efficiently meet potential customers’ needs than current
products. Antibiotics and growth hormone supplements are widely used
in animal feed. BioAgra must convince potential customers that
Agrastim® is safe
and effective as a feed additive and can be manufactured efficiently and cost
effectively before animal producers will be willing to use the product rather
than existing products such as antibiotics and growth hormone
supplements. In addition, BioAgra must convince potential customers
that Purestim™ is safe
for human consumption. To create this consumer demand, BioAgra will
have to successfully market and sell its products. BioAgra has been
conducting independent research studies and field trials as part of its overall
marketing efforts, which has delayed market acceptance of Agrastim® and
Purestim™. While
results in such research studies and field trials have been favorable, the beta
glucan products may not be viewed by consumers as an improvement over existing
products and may not achieve commercial acceptance.
We
may be unable to meet our ongoing needs for additional capital.
We cannot
accurately predict how much funding we will need to implement our strategic
business plan or to continue operations. Our future capital
requirements, the likelihood that we can obtain money and the terms of any
financing will be influenced by many different factors, including:
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perception of our growth potential by the public, including potential
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If we
cannot obtain adequate financing or if the terms on which we are able to acquire
financing are unfavorable, our business and financial condition could be
negatively affected. We may have to delay, scale back or eliminate
some or all of our development and marketing programs, if any. We may
also have to go to third parties to seek financing and, in exchange, we may have
to give up rights to some of our technologies, patents, patent applications,
potential products or other assets.
We
may be unable to hire and retain key personnel.
Our
future success depends on our ability to attract qualified
personnel. We may be unable to attract or retain these necessary
personnel. If we fail to attract or retain skilled employees, or if
our key employee fails to perform in his current position, we may be unable to
assist in bringing the beta glucan products to the marketplace and to generate
sufficient revenues to offset operating costs.
BioAgra
may be unable to hire and retain independent distributors.
BioAgra’s
future success depends on its ability to attract qualified independent
distributors for the beta glucan products. It may be unable to
attract or retain these independent distributors. If BioAgra fails to
attract or retain independent distributors, or if its existing independent
distributors fail to find end users for the beta glucan products, it may be
unable to successfully bring the beta glucan products to the marketplace and to
generate sufficient revenues to offset operating costs.
We
may be unable to obtain and retain appropriate patent, copyright and trademark
protection of our products or manufacturing process.
We
protect our intellectual property rights through patents, trademarks, trade
names, trade secrets and a variety of other measures. However, these
measures may be inadequate to protect our intellectual property or other
proprietary information. Should we encounter any of the following
issues with our intellectual property, our business and financial condition
could be negatively affected.
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by third parties. Our trade secrets or proprietary
information may become known or be independently developed by
competitors.
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Rights to patents and trade
secrets may be invalidated. Disputes may arise with
third parties over the ownership of our intellectual property
rights. Our patents may be invalidated, circumvented or
challenged, and the rights granted under those patents that provide us
with a competitive advantage may be
nullified.
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Problems with future patent
applications. Our pending or future patent applications
may not be approved, or the scope of the granted patent may be less than
the coverage sought.
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Third parties may develop
similar products or manufacturing process. Competitors
may develop similar products, duplicate our products or may design around
the patents that are owned by us. Competitors may develop a
similar manufacturing process, duplicate our manufacturing process or may
design around any patents that are owned by us in relation to the
manufacturing process.
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Laws in other countries may
insufficiently protect intellectual property rights
abroad. Foreign intellectual property laws may not
adequately protect our intellectual property rights abroad. Our
failure to protect these rights could adversely affect our business and
financial condition.
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Litigation may be required to
protect intellectual property rights. Litigation may be
necessary to protect our intellectual property rights and trade secrets,
to determine the validity of and scope of the rights of third parties or
to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity by third
parties. This litigation could be expensive, divert resources
and management’s time from our sales and marketing efforts, and could have
a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and
results of operations and on our ability to enter into joint ventures or
partnerships with others.
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Economic
factors outside our control may have an adverse effect on BioAgra’s revenues and
our income.
BioAgra’s
revenues may be impacted by economic factors that are beyond its control such as
fluctuations in the price of animal feed and human dietary supplements,
outbreaks of diseases in animals, and demand for products related to cattle,
dairy, poultry, equine, swine, aquatic animals and human neutraceuticals and
dietary supplements. Rising animal feed prices and increases in
production costs for livestock producers may cause a reduction in demand, which,
in turn, could adversely impact BioAgra’s revenues. An outbreak of
disease, such as avian influenza or mad cow disease, could result in increased
government regulation of the livestock industry, a serious drop in demand for
livestock products, and adverse publicity materially affecting the animal
producers for a significant period of time, which could adversely impact
BioAgra’s business, revenues, prospects, financial condition, and results of
operation.
The
market for feed additives is competitive.
The feed
additive market is competitive. BioAgra will compete with producers
of growth promotion antibiotic products, many of which are large companies with
vast resources allocated to the protection of brand recognition and market share
of their products. BioAgra may also compete with companies producing
beta glucan for other purposes, and companies that produce existing alternatives
to growth promotion antibiotic products, such as organic acids, plant extracts,
and mannoproteins. BioAgra has a competitive disadvantage against
many of these competitors in several different areas, including:
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Larger
companies have long-term advantages over BioAgra in research and new product
development and have a greater ability to withstand periodic downturns in the
feed additive market because they have diverse product lines that can provide
revenue even when there is a downturn in the feed additive market.
If
BioAgra becomes unable to use its manufacturing facility, it may be unable to
manufacture its beta glucan products for an extended period of
time.
BioAgra
manufactures at a single location in Georgia, which currently runs a single
production line. Manufacturing products at a single site presents
risks because a disaster, such as a fire or hurricane, may interrupt
manufacturing capability. In such an event, BioAgra will have to
resort to alternative sources of manufacturing that could increase costs, as
well as result in significant delays. Any increase in costs of
manufacturing, slowdowns or shutdowns by BioAgra could have a material adverse
effect on our future business, financial condition and results of
operations.
BioAgra’s
use of a single manufacturing facility may restrict its ability to attract
customers.
BioAgra
will fulfill the needs of varied livestock producers, human dietary supplement
producers and horse owners based on the use of a single manufacturing plant and
a single production line. BioAgra’s manufacturing limitations may
restrict its ability to attract large customers who require certainty in the
production process. If BioAgra is successful, it anticipates
expanding manufacturing operations. While our production area has
enough space for three separate production lines, there is no assurance that
BioAgra will have the financial resources required to expand its production
facilities beyond the single production line currently existing at the Georgia
manufacturing facility.
Manufacturing
capacity restraints and limited experience may have an adverse effect on
BioAgra.
BioAgra
has limited manufacturing capacity and experience. BioAgra may
encounter some difficulties, such as significant unexpected costs and delays, in
scaling up the manufacturing operations of BioAgra to produce quantities
required for it to achieve profitability. The failure to scale-up
BioAgra’s manufacturing operations in a timely and cost-effective manner may
adversely affect our income. We believe that we have adequate
capacity to meet anticipated demand in the near term. However, in the
event the demand for the beta glucan products rapidly increases or spikes in a
certain period, BioAgra may not have the manufacturing ability to fulfill
demand, either in its own facilities or through agreements with third
parties. A potential lack of manufacturing capacity may materially
affect BioAgra’s and our reputation, prospects, revenue, income and results of
operation.
An
increase in the cost or a disruption in the flow of BioAgra’s imported yeast
product may decrease our sales and profits.
BioAgra
obtains its entire supply of spent yeast product, which is used to manufacture
the beta glucan products, from a Brazilian supplier. Risks associated
with BioAgra’s use of imported spent yeast include: disruptions in the flow of
imported goods because of factors such as electricity or raw material shortages,
work stoppages, strikes and political unrest; problems with oceanic shipping,
including shipping container shortages; economic crises and international
disputes; increases in the cost of purchasing or shipping foreign merchandise
resulting from the failure to maintain normal trade relations with source
countries; adverse fluctuations in currency exchange rates; and import duties,
import quotas, trade embargoes and other trade sanctions. A
disruption in the flow of spent yeast from the Brazilian supplier or an increase
in the cost of the spent yeast may limit or decrease our sales and
profits.
Replacing
BioAgra’s sole supplier of key materials could result in unexpected delays and
expenses.
BioAgra
obtains key materials and services for the beta glucan products from sole source
suppliers, primarily with respect to spent brewer’s or distillery
yeast. Specifically, BioAgra obtains its spent yeast product from a
sole source in Brazil. Should the Brazilian supplier become unable to
supply BioAgra with the spent yeast product, BioAgra will be forced to purchase
substitute products. All of these materials are commercially
available elsewhere. However, if BioAgra is required to locate a new
supplier, the substitute or replacement materials may need to be tested for
equivalency. The process of locating a new supplier and any testing
of materials, if necessary, may cause a delay in production of the beta glucan
products and may cause BioAgra to incur additional expense.
We
have a single controlling shareholder, who has the power to elect a majority of
our board of directors and control our strategic direction.
As of
February 15, 2008, Arizcan Properties Ltd. owned approximately 34% of our
outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis (assuming that all of our
securityholders, including Arizcan Properties, exercise or convert all of their
securities that are convertible into or exercisable for shares of our common
stock). In addition, as a result of the March 2007 private placement
transaction described under “PROSPECTUS SUMMARY—The Company—Recent Developments,” we
issued to Arizcan Properties warrants and shares of series A nonconvertible
preferred stock. As a result, Arizcan Properties acquired
approximately 51% of our voting power, and, on a fully diluted basis as of
February 15, 2008, Arizcan Properties would hold approximately 85% of our voting
power if they exercise the warrant. These shares give Arizcan
Properties Ltd. the power to elect a majority of our board of directors and,
through that board control, control our operations. The ability of
other shareholders to influence our direction (for example, through the election
of directors) is therefore limited or not available.
Sales
of common stock by our controlling shareholder may result in a change of
control.
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd. is our controlling shareholder. Arizcan Properties
Ltd. is a selling stockholder and may offer and sell the shares listed across
from its name as set forth below under “SELLING STOCKHOLDERS.” Arizcan
Properties, Ltd. may cause us to have a change of control if they sell enough of
our common stock by this prospectus or by other means. We are not
aware of any present intention of Arizcan Properties, Ltd. to cause us to have a
change of control and we are not aware of any other arrangements that may result
in a change of control.
We
have a thinly-traded stock and public sale of shares by our controlling
shareholder could cause the market price of our shares to drop
significantly.
As of
February 15, 2008, Arizcan Properties Ltd. owned approximately 34% of our
outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis (assuming that all of our
securityholders, including Arizcan Properties, exercise or convert all of their
securities that are convertible into or exercisable for shares of our common
stock). Arizcan also holds an additional 51% of our voting power as a
result of its ownership of shares of our series A preferred stock. If
Arizcan Properties, Ltd., our controlling shareholder, holds the shares as p
were to begin selling shares in the market rather than holding all of those
shares over a longer term, the added available supply of shares could cause the
market price of our shares to drop. Furthermore, in light of the
large number of shares that it holds and its generally lower acquisition cost of
those shares, Arizcan Properties, Ltd. could be willing to sell it shares at a
price lower than the currently-prevailing market price, thereby depressing that
price.
This
offering and the sale of securities by current stockholders could cause dilution
of existing holders of our common stock by decreasing the price of our common
stock.
The
market price of our common stock could be adversely affected by sales of
substantial amounts of common stock in the public market as a result of this
offering, by investor perception that substantial amounts of common stock could
be sold or by the fact or perception of other events that could have a dilutive
effect on the market for our common stock. As of February 15, 2008,
we had 35,546,511 shares of our common stock outstanding, including shares of
our common stock issued as described under “THE COMPANY.” If all of
our outstanding options and warrants were exercised and all of our reserved
shares of common stock were issued, we could have up to 51,238,645 shares of
common stock outstanding. Future transactions with other investors
could further depress the price of our common stock because of additional
dilution. See “DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK.”
The
price of our common stock could be affected by the ability of holders of our
common stock to sell their stock.
The
market price of our common stock will be influenced by the ability of common
stockholders to sell their stock. As of February 15, 2008,
approximately 22,064,326 shares of our common stock were freely transferable and
constitute the “float” in the public market for our common stock, and
approximately 13,482,185 shares of our common stock were “restricted” or
“control” securities within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of
1933. The restricted or control securities cannot be sold unless they
are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, or unless an exemption from
registration is otherwise available, including the exemption that is contained
in Rule 144. All of the shares of our common stock that are
registered for resale under the registration statement to which this prospectus
relates are restricted or control securities.
We
could issue preferred stock that could adversely affect the rights of our common
stockholders.
We are
authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.0001 par value
per share. Our articles of incorporation give our board of directors
the authority to issue preferred stock without the approval of our common
stockholders. We may issue preferred stock to finance our
operations. We may authorize the issuance of our preferred stock in
one or more series. In addition, we may set several of the terms of
the preferred stock, including:
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privileges and rights of the shares of each authorized
series.
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The
issuance of large blocks of preferred stock could have a dilutive effect on our
existing stockholders and could negatively impact our existing stockholders’
liquidation preferences. In addition, while we include preferred
stock in our capitalization to improve our financial flexibility, we could
possibly issue our preferred stock to third parties as a method of discouraging,
delaying or preventing a change in control in our present
management.
The
resale of our common stock by you may be limited because of its low price, which
could make it more difficult for broker/dealers to sell our common
stock.
The
Securities Enforcement and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990, as amended, requires
additional disclosure relating to the market for penny stocks in connection with
trades in any stock defined as a penny stock. Regulations enacted by
the SEC generally define a penny stock as an equity security that has a market
price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to some
exceptions. Unless an exception applies, a disclosure schedule
explaining the penny stock market and the risks associated with investing in
penny stocks must be delivered before any transaction in penny stock can
occur.
Our
common stock is not a reported security and is currently subject to the
Securities and Exchange Commission’s “penny stock” rules. It is
anticipated that trading in our common stock will continue to be subject to the
penny stock rules for the foreseeable future.
Until
such time as our common stock meets an exception to the penny stock regulations
cited above, trading in our securities is covered by Rule 15g-2 and Rule 15g-9
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under Rule
15g-2, before a broker/dealer can consummate a trade in penny stock, the
broker/dealer must send an additional disclosure, receive a written
acknowledgement of such disclosure from the purchaser of the penny stock, and
wait two business days from the date the additional disclosure was
sent. Under Rule 15g-9, broker/dealers who recommend penny stocks to
persons who are not established customers or accredited investors must make a
special determination in writing for the purchaser that the investment is
suitable, and must also obtain the purchaser’s written agreement to a
transaction before the sale.
The penny
stock regulations could limit the ability of broker/dealers to sell our
securities and, thus, the ability of purchasers of our securities to sell their
securities in the secondary market for so long as our common stock has a market
price of less than $5.00 per share.
We
do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
We have
never paid cash dividends on our common stock. We do not expect to
pay cash dividends on our common stock at any time in the foreseeable
future. The future payment of dividends directly depends upon our
future earnings, capital requirements, financial requirements and other factors
that our board of directors will consider. Since we do not anticipate
paying cash dividends on our common stock, return on your investment, if any,
will depend solely on an increase, if any, in the market value of our common
stock.
The
shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus are being registered for
the account of the selling stockholders named in this
prospectus. Therefore, any proceeds from the sale of our common stock
will be received by the related selling stockholders for their own
account. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of our common
stock offered by this prospectus.
With
respect to the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus, we
previously received $1,500,000 ($400,000 in cash and an unsecured promissory
note for the remaining $1,100,000) from the sale of series A preferred stock
described in “THE COMPANY.” All of these shares were converted
into shares of our common stock and we did not receive any additional proceeds
upon conversion.
We are
also registering shares of our common stock that will be issued to investors
upon the exercise of warrants issued to a number of selling stockholders
described in “SELLING STOCKHOLDERS.” Assuming that all of these
warrants are exercised for cash, we expect to receive an additional $746,717,
substantially all of which we expect to use for general working capital
purposes, to acquire a revenue-generating company or to acquire technology
complimentary to our current technology and any other licensing agreements or
joint venture agreements that we may enter in the future. However, no
assurance can be given that any of these warrants will be
exercised.
We will
incur all of the costs associated with the registration of the shares of our
common stock offered by this prospectus other than underwriting discounts and
selling commissions, if any. See “PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.”
The
selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of their shares of our stock in
the over-the-counter market at prices prevailing at the time of sale, or related
to the market price at the time of sale, or at other negotiated
prices. See “PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.”
Our
common stock is presently quoted on the over the counter bulletin board
maintained by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly known as the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.) (“FINRA”) under the symbol
“VYTC.OB.” Our common stock is also traded on the Berlin Stock
Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Munich Stock Exchange and the Xetra
Stock Exchange under the symbols indicated in the table below:
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The
following table sets forth the range of high and low quotations for our common
stock on the over-the-counter bulletin board for each full quarterly period
during the fiscal year or equivalent period for the fiscal periods ending on the
dates indicated below after giving effect to the reverse stock split of our
common stock that occurred on January 31, 2006 that is described elsewhere in
this prospectus. The quotations were obtained from information
published by FINRA and reflect interdealer prices, without retail mark up,
markdown or commission and may not represent actual transactions.
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September
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0.47 |
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0.32 |
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December
31, 2007
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February
15, 2008
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0.17 |
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2007
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September
30, 2006
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0.41 |
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December
31, 2006
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March
31, 2007
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0.32 |
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June
30, 2007
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2006
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September
30, 2005
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1.60 |
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1.20 |
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December
31, 2005
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1.20 |
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1.20 |
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March
31, 2006
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1.05 |
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June
30, 2006
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As of
February 15, 2008, there were approximately 557 holders of record of our common
stock.
Our board
of directors determines any payment of dividends. We have not paid
any cash dividends on our common stock in the past, and we do not anticipate
paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. Earnings, if any, are
expected to be retained to fund our future operations. There can be
no assurance that we will pay dividends at any time in the future.
The
following table provides information as of June 30, 2007 (after giving effect to
the reverse stock split of our common stock that occurred on January 31, 2006
that is described elsewhere in this prospectus) regarding compensation plans
(including individual compensation arrangements) under which shares of our
common stock are authorized for issuance. No class of our securities
other than our common stock or options to purchase our common stock is
authorized for issuance under any of our equity compensation plans.
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Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants
and rights
(a)
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Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(b)
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Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a)
(c)
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|
|
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Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
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0
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–
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0
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders (1)
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|
2,748,127
|
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$3.00
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226,173
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Total
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2,748,127
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$3.00
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226,173
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(1) The
material features of the plans not approved by the security holders are
described herein under “MANAGEMENT—Director and Executive Officer
Compensation—Stock
Option
Plans.”
We were
incorporated on June 22, 1996 as a Nevada corporation. In January
2006, we changed our name from NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. to Vyta
Corp. Our corporate offices are located at 370 17th Street, Suite
3640, Denver, Colorado 80202, and our telephone number is (303)
592-1010. We maintain a website at www.vytacorp.com,
which is not incorporated in and is not a part of this prospectus and should not
be relied on in deciding whether to invest in our common stock.
General
In 2004,
we instituted steps to change our principal business from electronics technology
to biotechnology. In August 2005, we purchased a 50% equity interest
in BioAgra, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company. The remaining
50% was purchased by Xact Resources International and later assigned to Justin
Holdings, Inc., both unaffiliated parties. BioAgra is engaged in the
production, marketing and sale of Agrastim®, a
natural, non-toxic purified beta-1,3/1,6-D glucan feed additive used to replace
growth promotion antibiotics that are currently in use in the animal feed
industry. In addition to its use as a feed additive, BioAgra intends
to include Agrastim® in
premixed feeds, such as in EquiForce™, a feed
targeted for the equine industry that contains Agrastim®,
vitamins and minerals formulated to supply nutrients to meet the physiological
needs of equine athletes and to boost their immune systems.
BioAgra
is also producing Purestim™, a
purified beta-1,3/1,6-D glucan intended for use by other companies that
manufacture neutraceuticals and dietary supplements for human consumption, and
is designing other products for human, animal and aquaculture consumption based
on beta glucan and other immunoenhancers. Purestim™,
together with Agrastim®, are
sometimes referred to herein as “beta glucan products.”
Prior to
our acquisition of an interest in BioAgra, we were primarily involved in our
patented particle interconnect technology. We acquired the particle
technology in February 1998 to pursue a more focused, strategic application and
development of the particle technology and to commercialize the technology as
the NanoPierce Connection System (NCS™). While
we do not plan, at this time, to continue efforts to manufacture or develop
products that utilize our particle technology, we entered into two provisional
technology license agreements for the manufacture, development and marketing of
products using our particle technology. Each of these licenses
recently expired, although we continue to negotiate with the prospective
licensees. To date, neither of the negotiations have matured into a
full-scale commercial license generating royalty and license revenues for
us.
As a
result of our change in business focus from electronics technology to
biotechnology, we sold our interest in one joint venture, and we have several
inactive or discontinued subsidiaries and investments described
below.
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Exypnotech,
Gmbh. On December 27, 2007, we sold our 49% interest in
ExypnoTech, Gmbh (“ExypnoTech”) to TagStar Systems, GmbH for $250,000 cash
pursuant to a share purchase agreement. ExypnoTech is a company
that manufactures and develops radio frequency identification (“RFID”)
components used in the production of, among other things, smart labels,
smart cards and smart tags. As a result of this sale, we no
longer have any interest in ExypnoTech, and TagStar Systems owns 100% of
ExypnoTech.
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ExypnoTech,
LLC. On June 18, 2004, we organized ExypnoTech, LLC for
the purpose of marketing, primarily in the United States, the RFID
components manufactured by ExypnoTech. ExypnoTech, LLC has had
no active operations since the first calendar quarter of
2005.
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Scimaxx
Solutions, LLC. On September 15, 2003, we entered into a
joint venture with Scimaxx, LLC. The purpose of the joint
venture was to provide the electronics industry with technical solutions
to manufacturing problems based on the need for electrical
connectivity. In April 2005, Scimaxx Solutions ceased
operations.
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BioAgra,
LLC
BioAgra
Business Strategy
Governments
are currently urging, and consumers are demanding, producers to remove growth
promotion antibiotics from the human food chain supply to reduce the development
in humans of increasingly powerful and virulent strains of antibiotic-resistant
bacteria, which makes treatment for illnesses and diseases more difficult and
expensive. In addition, consumers are demanding more natural,
organic, antibiotic-free foods.
Animals
in the cattle, dairy, poultry, turkey, duck, equine, and swine industries and
aquatic animals, such as shrimp, are currently fed growth promotion
antibiotics. BioAgra is targeting the cattle, dairy, poultry, turkey,
duck and swine industries for the sale of Agrastim® as an
alternative to growth promotion antibiotics used in feed. BioAgra is
targeting the equine industry with a product called EquiForce™ that
contains Agrastim® and has
been formulated to supply nutrients to meet the physiological needs of equine
athletes and to boost their immune systems.
BioAgra
has also begun producing and marketing a new beta glucan product under the name
Purestim™. This
product is sold to companies that manufacture neutraceuticals and dietary
supplements for human consumption. BioAgra’s beta glucan products may
be targeted for other uses in the future.
Background
on Beta Glucan Products and the Need for Alternatives to Growth Promotion
Antibiotics
Agrastim® and
Purestim™ are
produced from spent brewer’s or distillery yeast. The beta glucan
products are a combination of bioactive nutrients and B-glucans that are
extracted from the cell walls of yeast using steam injection and a centrifuging
extraction process. Beta glucan is a natural, non-toxic product that
has been shown to stimulate immune systems in animal, poultry and other
organisms. Independent test results were published in an article
titled “The Influence of
B-Glucan on Immune Responses in Broiler Chickens” (“Immunopharmacology and
Immunotoxicology,” Volume 25, 2003 (Marcel Dekker)), demonstrating the
stimulation of the broiler chicken’s immune systems by the
B-glucan. BioAgra’s beta glucan products are designed to enhance the
immune system and to promote accelerated growth in various
organisms.
Antibiotics
have been added to animal feed in an effort to produce healthier animals and to
promote faster growth. Scientists, however, now believe that this
practice may lead to unforeseen and unwanted effects. Some studies
and articles indicate that growth promotion antibiotics contained in animal
feeds may accumulate in the animal body and can cause harm to humans, including
causing allergic and abnormal reactions.
The
excessive use of antibiotics, especially growth promotion antibiotics, in animal
feed may convert some bacteria into antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria
that can infect humans through the consumption of meat products. When
a human develops a resistant strain of bacteria, it becomes difficult and
expensive to treat due to the bacteria’s resistance to
antibiotics. The use of antibiotics in animal feed has already
affected many countries in Europe, which have banned the use of growth promotion
antibiotics in animal feed. It is expected that the United States may
also begin to ban or discourage the use of these antibiotics in animal
feed.
Alternatives
to antibiotics, including Agrastim®, are
increasingly in demand by animal farmers and other producers because they lack
the drawbacks of antibiotics and other chemical
compounds. Agrastim® is a
natural, non-toxic product that has been proven to stimulate immune systems,
thereby eliminating the usage of antibiotics and growth hormone supplements in
animal feeds. Agrastim® is
designed to enhance the immune system and to promote accelerated
growth. We believe Agrastim® as a
feed additive can help resolve the harmful effects of growth promotion
antibiotics that can be toxic to humans and can produce safe and healthy animal
feed that may be claimed as “drug-free.”
Manufacturing
of the Beta Glucan Products
Raw
Materials
BioAgra
produces its beta glucan products from spent brewer’s or distillery
yeast. Brewer’s yeast is used in the production of alcoholic
beverages. Currently, yeast and other raw materials utilized in the
production of the beta glucan products are purchased from a Brazilian supplier
pursuant to invoices documenting each separate purchase. The yeast is
consistent with BioAgra’s production needs and such arrangements currently are
not subject to any volume limitations or import
restrictions. Arrangements are being made with additional commercial
firms that purchase and distribute these types of yeast. BioAgra
believes that there is an adequate supply of these raw materials for the
foreseeable future for BioAgra’s proposed activities. BioAgra intends
to purchase these raw materials from other available worldwide suppliers that
can provide a cost efficient source of high quality raw materials that will
permit it to produce a purified beta glucan product that is at least 80%
pure.
Production
Plant
BioAgra’s
production plant is located at 103 Technology Drive, Hinesville, Georgia
31313. BioAgra has leased the facility from the Liberty County
Industrial Authority pursuant to an Industrial Lease Agreement, dated March 1,
2005, for a period of 120 calendar months at $12,000 per month (of which certain
amount have been paid other than monthly as permitted by the
lessor). At the expiration of the lease term, BioAgra has the option
to purchase the leased premises (real estate and improvement) for
$500,000. The facility is approximately 30,000 square feet,
consisting of both office space and a production area and is also expected to
include a research and development laboratory. The production area
has enough space to hold three separate production lines in its current
configuration, although as of this date, BioAgra only has a single production
line. The facility is located on approximately 7.29
acres.
The plant
commenced operations in March of 2006. The plant went through a
shakedown period in which BioAgra evaluated and better understood the controls
and efficiencies of the plant. BioAgra started operating at
full-scale capacity in April of 2006. The production line has a
designed capacity of producing 10,000 kilograms of Agrastim® per
month. BioAgra has approximately 5,600 kilograms of packaged and
drummed pure Agrastim® finished
and on the floor for sale and delivery. It has discontinued
production at this time until at least 50% of the Agrastim® in
inventory has been sold.
Production
Process
In
manufacturing the beta glucan product, the cell walls of the baker’s or
distillery yeast are exposed to high temperatures using steam
injection. The mixture is then separated into solid and liquid
portions by a centrifuge, and the liquid portion is discarded. The
solid portion is thoroughly washed with water and then exposed to elevated
temperatures using stream injection extracting a residue. The residue
is separated again into solid and liquid portions by a centrifuge and the liquid
portion is discarded. Finally, the solid portion is thoroughly washed
with water and the residue is spray dried, which results in the beta glucan
product.
Agrastim® is a
concentrate that many farmers or producers will be unable to mix with feed in
the required proportions. Therefore, BioAgra expects to produce
specialized premixes containing Agrastim® and
vitamins and/or mannoproteins. Mannoproteins are purified from the
yeast during the manufacturing process. BioAgra will be able to sell
to a broader array of customers through the production of premixed
products. EquiForce™, a
premixed product designed for and marketed to the racing and sport horse
industry, is one of BioAgra’s first premixed products and is a combination of
vitamins, minerals and Agrastim®.
Purestim™ is a
concentrate that is being marketed and sold as an additive to companies that
manufacture and sell neutraceuticals and dietary supplements. These
companies will purchase the Purestim™ as an
ingredient for inclusion in existing products. There has been limited
sales of Purestim™ to
customers of AHD International.
Employees
BioAgra
has three employees. In addition to its two managers and executive
officers, there is one employee employed as a Plant Manager, a Research and
Development Director and an Administrative Assistant. During
production cycles, BioAgra hires additional employees consisting of one manager
and two crew members for each of two 12 hour shifts. When BioAgra
begins full-scale operations, these temporary employees are expected to be hired
on a full-time basis.
Marketing
and Distribution
BioAgra
is focusing its initial marketing efforts on the animal feed
industry. BioAgra has targeted its efforts in the State of Georgia
and those states in which the vast majority of poultry producers in the United
States are located. The initial marketing strategy was to penetrate
the poultry industry by utilizing existing industry distributors or direct sales
on a national and international basis. BioAgra also marketed
Agrastim® by
attendance at various poultry-related conventions. After successful
testing of Agrastim® with
other animals, BioAgra has expanded the scope of its marketing to include the
cattle, dairy, swine, aquatic animal, equine and dietary supplement
industries.
In
addition to BioAgra’s agreement with AHD International, LLC, BioAgra has one
independent distributor, Agra Nutrition, LLC, that is marketing Agrastim® on a
national basis and in several foreign countries. Agra Nutrition, LLC
is owned by Mr. Warren Robold who also functions as Director of U.S. and
International Sales for BioAgra.
Poultry and Turkey
Industry
Poultry
is the largest worldwide source of protein food for human
consumption. In addition, poultry can be raised in small geographical
areas. In the United States, approximately 8 billion chickens and 275
million turkeys are farmed for “broiler” production and processing each
year. Each broiler chicken consumes an average of 10 pounds of feed
during its approximately 42 day life span for a total of 40 million tons of feed
for all the broiler chickens in the United States each year. Each
turkey consumes approximately 110 pounds of feed for a total of 13.75 million
tons of feed. In addition, there are approximately 450 million egg
producing chickens raised in the United States each year, which consume
approximately 132 pounds of feed over a period of 1.5 years for a total of 27
million tons of feed.
Cattle
Industry
The
United States has the largest fed-cattle industry in the world, and is the
world’s largest producer of beef for domestic and export
use. According to the National Cattleman’s Beef Association, there
are roughly 800,000 beef producers in the United States and approximately 97.1
million cattle in the United States. During the production process,
cattle usually spend four to six months in a feedlot, during which time they are
fed scientifically formulated rations. Producers and veterinarians
take great care to use only the optimal amount of antibiotics needed to maintain
an animal in good health. The United States government through the
National AntiMicrobal Resistance Monitoring System strictly tracks antibiotic
resistance as well as products and interventions to assure the safety of the
cattle as well as the beef supply.
Dairy
Industry
According
to Best Food Nation, a group of associations representing all levels of the food
chain, there are approximately 65,000 dairy farms and approximately 9,041,000
dairy cows in the United States. Each year, the United States
produces over 1 billion pounds of butter, more than 7 billion pounds of cheese,
over 1 billion pounds of nonfat dry milk, 1.5 billion pounds of yogurts, and 1
billion gallons of ice cream. Dairy cows eat roughly 100 pounds of
feed each day. Dairy farmers typically employ professional
nutritionists to develop scientifically formulated diets for their
cows. If a cow is being treated with antibiotics, she is taken out of
the milking herd and not put back into the herd until her milk tests free of
antibiotics. Applicable regulations require every tank load of milk
entering dairy processing plants to be strictly tested for animal drug
residues. The United States dairy industry conducts more than 3.5
million tests each year to ensure that antibiotics are kept out of the milk
supply. Any tanker that tests positive is disposed of immediately,
never reaching the public.
Swine
Industry
Another
industry where the use of antibiotics among animals is of concern is the swine
industry. According to the United States Department of Agriculture,
pork is the number one meat consumed in the world and there are approximately
70,000 hog farms in the United States today. Antibiotics may be given
to prevent or treat disease in hogs; however, a “withdrawal” period is required
from the time antibiotics are administered until it is legal to slaughter the
animal. Pigs fed antibiotics are segregated so that residues can exit
the animal’s system and not be present in the meat. Recently, the
pork industry has established programs to encourage producers to implement
management practices that reduce the need for antibiotics, and to use
antibiotics only when other management practices do not, or will not, succeed in
managing a correctly diagnosed problem.
Aquaculture
Industry
Aquaculture
is defined as the production of aquatic animals and plants under controlled
conditions for all or part of their lifecycle. According to the
United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, during the
last two decades, the value of United States aquaculture production rose to
nearly $1 billion and is one of the fastest growing food-producing
sectors. According to the International Trade Report
produced in 2005 by the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. per-capita
seafood consumption has remained around 15 pounds through the late 1980s and
1990s, it is expected to increase as farm-raised products become
cheaper. Currently, the United States consumes nearly 12 billion
pounds of fish a year. By 2025, demand for seafood is projected to
grow by another 4.4 billion pounds above what is consumed today. In
addition, it is estimated that by 2020, 50 percent of the U.S. seafood supply
will come from aquaculture.
Equine
Industry
In
addition to the use of Agrastim® as an
alternative to antibiotics in animal feed, BioAgra has developed a product with
Agrastim® focused
on racing and performance horses. Racing and performance horses are
subject to the outbreak of debilitating and deadly diseases, such as the Equine
Herpesvirus type 1 that killed six horses in an outbreak in December 2006 in
Wellington, Florida. BioAgra’s EquiForce™ product
has been designed to supply vitamins and minerals needed to meet the
physiological needs of equine athletes. In addition, EquiForce™ contains
Agrastim® to boost
equine immune systems to aid in suppressing bacterial and viral infections and
increasing stamina and resistance to stress. A trial of the
EquiForce™ product
was conducted by an equine veterinarian at Fort Valley State University in Fort
Valley, Georgia showing positive immune responses in a controlled
study. BioAgra expects to obtain its first commercial scale order for
the product in the near future.
Neutraceuticals and Dietary
Supplement Industry
Annual
sales of supplements, fortified foods and beverages and neutraceuticals for
human consumption in the United States, are estimated to be approximately $100
billion. The vitamins, minerals and supplements market reached its
present size due to a number of factors, including (i) interest in healthier
lifestyles, living longer and living well, (ii) the publication of research
findings supporting the positive health effects of certain nutritional
supplements and (iii) the aging of the “baby boom” generation combined with the
tendency of consumers to purchase more nutritional supplements and natural foods
as they age. BioAgra is considering the sale of Purestim™ as a
supplement for introduction by outside companies into packaged products for
human consumption.
Customers
BioAgra
is targeting a broad range of customers consisting of both large and small
consumers of animal feed both nationally and internationally to avoid dependency
on one or a small number of customers. In addition, BioAgra is
beginning to target neutraceutical and dietary supplement producers for the sale
of Purestim™ as an
additive in their existing products for human consumption.
On April
1, 2007, BioAgra and AHD International, LLC signed an agreement whereby AHD
International agreed to purchase beta glucan products from
BioAgra. The agreement has a term of five years with the right for
successive renewals provided minimum sales requirements are met. The
agreement provides that AHD International will purchase beta glucan products for
resale to various end users in thirteen countries. The agreement
grants AHD International the exclusive right to sell the beta glucan products to
all users in ten countries, including, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Japan, Vietnam,
South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Denmark. In
addition, the agreement grants the right to sell the beta glucan products in an
additional three countries (South Africa, Mexico and the United States), with
the exclusivity of such right dependant on the type of end user sold to and the
country involved.
Mid South
Feeds of Alma, Georgia began adding Agrastim® to its
top 5 premium lines of dog food and its top 2 premium brands of horse feed in
May 2006. In addition, Mid South Feeds has recently begun to add
Agrastim® to its
equine vitamin supplement, Equi-Match, which has been designed to be fed as a
top-dress supplement for horses in training, competition and
recovery. Mid South Feeds has over 175 distributors in Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and South
Carolina. Besides manufacturing dog and horse feed, Mid South also
manufactures fish and shrimp feed, and starter feed for dairy cattle and
swine. To date, sales of Agrastim® by
MidSouth have been limited.
Management
Managers and
Officers
BioAgra
is a manager-managed Georgia limited liability company. The managers
and officers of BioAgra are as follows:
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Position
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Neal
Bartoletta
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Manager,
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Paul
H. Metzinger
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Manager,
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
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Biographical
Information
Biographical
information regarding Mr. Metzinger is set forth in “MANAGEMENT.” The
following is biographical information about Mr. Bartoletta:
Mr.
Bartoletta has served as the President and a Manager of BioAgra, LLC since
December 2004. From 1980 to 1991, Mr. Bartoletta served as the
President of Bart Warehousing Corp in South Kearny, New Jersey, and from 1978 to
1999, as the President of N.J. Bart Corp, Elizabeth, New Jersey. From
1998 to the present, he has served as the President of Xact Resource
International, Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida. In 2006, Mr. Bartoletta
was appointed the President of Justin Holdings, Inc. of Boca Raton,
Florida. Justin Holdings is the owner of the other 50% equity
interest in BioAgra. Mr. Bartoletta is a graduate of the Academy of
Advanced Traffic.
Joint
Venture Partner
As
described elsewhere in this prospectus, we own a 50% interest in
BioAgra. The remaining 50% of BioAgra is owned by Justin Holdings,
Inc., a Florida corporation. Justin Holdings, Inc. is a holding
company that currently has no other investments and no other substantial
business activities other than its ownership interest in BioAgra. All
of the outstanding capital stock of Justin Holdings is owned by Neal Bartoletta,
who is also the sole officer and director of Justin Holdings and is the manager,
president and CEO of BioAgra. Justin Holdings acquired a 50%
ownership interest in BioAgra as the result of the assignment by Xact Resources
of its membership interest in BioAgra in February 2006.
Particle
Technology
On
February 26, 1998, we acquired the intellectual property rights related to our
particle interconnect technology from Particle Interconnect Corporation, a
Colorado corporation. We acquired the particle technology to pursue a
more focused, strategic application and development of the particle technology
and to commercialize the technology as the NanoPierce Connection System
(NCS™). NCS
is an alternative method of providing temporary or permanent electrical
connections between different flexible, rigid, metallic and non-metallic
surfaces. Through the use of the particle technology, we can also
attach semiconductors directly to various surfaces. While we do not
plan, at this time, to continue efforts to manufacture or develop products that
utilize our particle technology, we will pursue the licensing of our technology
to third parties.
In
November 2006, we signed a six-month technology license agreement to permit a
prospective licensee the non-exclusive opportunity to conduct a market survey
relating to our particle interconnect technology that was extended in May 2007
for an additional six-month period. This prospective licensee has
advised us that it wishes to negotiate a long term royalty paying license
agreement. In January 2007, we signed a separate six-month technology
licensing agreement to permit a different prospective licensee the non-exclusive
opportunity to conduct a market survey relating to our particle interconnect
technology that was extended in July 2007 for an additional six-month
period. Each of these technology license agreements has expired, but
we continue negotiations with each of these prospective licensees. If
the negotiations with either prospective licensee are favorable, we could enter
into a royalty-paying commercial license with them.
ExypnoTech,
Gmbh
As
described elsewhere in this prospectus, we sold our 49% interest in ExypnoTech
in December 2007. ExypnoTech is involved in the manufacture and
development of RFID components used in the manufacture of, among other things,
smart labels, smart cards and smart tags. RFID components are used to
identify objects by short-range radio over a few millimeters to distances as
great as a meter. RFID inlays consist of a small transponder chip
bonded onto a metal foil antenna on an exceptionally thin and small plastic or
paper sheet. ExypnoTech offers RFID components using a method of
ultrasonic bonding originally developed by us.
Our
research and development activities were formerly conducted through NanoPierce
Connection Systems, Inc., a subsidiary with no active operations since prior to
2005, and ExypnoTech, a joint investment until December 2007 as described
elsewhere in this prospectus. For the fiscal years ended June 30,
2007, 2006 and 2005 and for the six months ended December 31, 2007, we incurred
no research and development expenses.
We
anticipate that a substantial amount of research and development activities will
occur at BioAgra, LLC. The expected activities include testing
Agrastim® and
Purestim™ for
quality control and the development of new premixed products containing
Agrastim® that
will allow BioAgra to market and sell to a broader range of
customers. BioAgra expects to fund and build an extensive research
and development laboratory at its main facility and has adequate space at the
facility to build such a laboratory. The laboratory is currently in
the design stages.
BioAgra
sponsors independent university research projects for Agrastim®. One
past research project was an equine study completed by Fort Valley State
University in Fort Valley, Georgia. Another research project was
conducted by the University of Georgia relating to the application of
Agrastim® in
chicken feed as an alternative to antibiotics to treat necrotic enteritis, a
deadly disease affecting poultry and turkey.
BioAgra
and Agra Nutrition, LLC have conducted, in the past, and are currently
conducting numerous field trials of Agrastim® in all
market applications. These trials provide valuable data relating to
the benefits of using Agrastim® in the
feeds of animals. The dairy market is of particular interest to
BioAgra and Agra Nutrition, LLC because of the dramatic reduction on somatic
cell count in milk after application of Agrastim® in the
feed of dairy cattle. A reduction in somatic cell count is directly
related to an increase in overall milk production and can contribute to longer
shelf life of the milk.
BioAgra
Competition
for beta glucan products in the markets targeted by BioAgra is currently
limited. The United States and many other countries are in the
process of eliminating or plan to eliminate the use of growth promotion
antibiotics in the feed of animals intended for human
consumption. There are a limited number of alternatives to growth
promotion antibiotics. Such alternatives include organic acids, plant
extracts such as oregano oil, and mannoproteins. These alternatives
have not experienced a great success rate to date.
Other
potential competitors to BioAgra include those companies already producing beta
glucan for human consumption. This type of “purified” beta glucan is
considered too expensive to use in markets other than for direct human
consumption. Other competitors are those producing beta glucan with a
60% or less bioactivity level for the markets addressed by
BioAgra. “Bioactivity” is the ability to activate the cells of the
immune system, specifically white blood cells that help to kill and digest
foreign materials and infectious microorganisms. The greater the
bioactivity level, the greater the ability to activate the cells of the immune
system. Based upon data provided to us, beta glucan having less than
80% bioactivity is not effective in the animal feed markets chosen by
BioAgra. BioAgra intends to produce beta glucan with at least 80%
bioactivity and intends to provide a written guarantee to its customers that its
beta glucan products will have a bioactivity level of at least 80%.
Competition
will also consist of established producers of growth promotion antibiotic
products. These are large companies with vast resources allocated to
the protection of the brand recognition and market share of their
products. Success will require people switching from the artificial
antibiotic growth products to beta glucan products.
We are
also aware of one company, Fibona Health Products GmbH, which is promoting yeast
beta glucan products in Europe and the United Kingdom. We do not
believe its products will compete with BioAgra’s beta glucan
products.
Particle
Technology
Competition
in the electronic connector and RFID market is fierce. The principal
competitive factors are product quality, performance, price and
service. We and our licensees face competition from well-established
firms with other interconnect technologies. We will face competition
from the development of existing and future competing
technologies. There currently exists approximately 28 different
technologies that can be used to create interconnect solutions, including
dendrite crystals, gold dot technology, anisotropic technology (technologies
using materials whose behavior differs in the up/down and left/right
directions), elastomerics (rubber-like synthetic materials) and Z-axis
conductive adhesives. These technologies currently are produced by
materials and chemical suppliers, flexible and rigid printed circuit board
manufacturers, as well as electronics manufacturers who produce their own
materials and interconnect systems.
BioAgra
Progressive
Bioactives License Termination Agreement
On July
11, 2007, BioAgra, LLC entered into a Termination and Mutual General Release
Agreement with Progressive Bioactives, Inc. to terminate the parties’ Technology
License Agreement dated April 15, 2005 that had granted BioAgra the license to
produce and process a yeast beta glucan product. As consideration for
termination of the Technology License Agreement, BioAgra agreed to pay to
Progressive Bioactives 2.5% of its gross sales of beta glucan products from July
1, 2007 through June 30, 2017. Additionally, for a period of two
years beginning on July 1, 2007, BioAgra agreed to use its best efforts not to
pursue marketing and sales of its beta glucan products in the field of
livestock, companion animal, and aquaculture in Canada, South Africa, Australia,
Chile, and South Korea. BioAgra also agreed to indemnify and hold
Progressive Bioactives harmless from any third-party claim arising from any sale
of beta glucan into the human nutrition and cosmetic markets.
The
termination and mutual release agreement further provided that BioAgra has the
right to manufacture beta glucan products utilizing its own intellectual
property, methods and processes, such methods and processes being independent of
and separate from any patent or other intellectual property rights of
Progressive Bioactives. BioAgra and Progressive Bioactives (and its
affiliates) each acknowledged and agreed that their respective beta glucan
technology does not infringe on the technology of the other party and agreed not
to sue each other or any agent, customer, affiliate, representative distributor
or other person acting on behalf of such party for infringement of any current
or future intellectual property rights based on each party’s use of its own
methods and processes for producing beta glucan or any reasonable modifications
thereof.
Progressive
Bioactives and BioAgra each unconditionally released and discharged each other
from any and all claims, defenses, demands, causes of action, liability,
damages, costs and expenses arising from or related to the subject matter of the
license agreement, which they have or may have up through and including the date
of execution of the termination and mutual release agreement, whether such
claims were known or unknown at the time of the agreement.
Development
of Beta Glucan Products
BioAgra
has developed, and continues to work towards new modifications to, its beta
glucan manufacturing process. BioAgra may file for patent protection
for its beta glucan products or may keep its processes and procedures as a trade
secret.
Particle
Technology
We are
currently in the process of attempting to license our NCS™
technology to third parties. NCS™ is a
method where metallized, hard, microscopic particles are deposited onto one of
two contact surfaces, through electrolytic or electro-less plating methods or
other methods. When the two surfaces are pressed together, the
conductive particles penetrate the second contact surface and create an
electrical connection. Bonding of the contact surfaces can be
achieved using nonconductive adhesives or ultrasonic welding. NCS
provides advantages to potential users including lower costs through the usage
of less expensive materials, the elimination of manufacturing steps, improved
thermal and electrical properties, elimination of special environments for
application, decreased production time, easy integration into existing
production lines, increased design miniaturization, adaptability for specific
applications, and RF (radio frequency) performance.
Other
Intellectual Property
We
currently hold 11 patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office. To reduce expenses, during the fiscal years ended June 30,
2006 and 2005, we abandoned several of our patent applications. We
also hold several trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in
connection with our former name, logo and services.
BioAgra
has self-certified that all components of its beta glucan products are generally
recognized as safe or GRAS according to the FDA regulations. A GRAS
designation exempts the beta glucan products from the regulations of the FDA and
U.S. Department of Agriculture, permitting the sale of the beta glucan products
anywhere in the United States without obtaining a license. Should
BioAgra determine that the beta glucan products can no longer be recognized as
GRAS, it will be required to sell the beta glucan products as food additives by
obtaining a license to sell from each individual state in which sales would
occur. There is no assurance that BioAgra will be able to
successfully obtain or maintain licenses in all states in which sales are
expected to be made or that the cost of obtaining and maintaining these licenses
will not limit BioAgra’s ability to sell the beta glucan products.
We
believe that we are in compliance with all federal and state laws and
regulations governing our limited operations. Further, we believe
that we are in compliance with all German laws and regulations governing our
limited operations in Germany. Compliance with federal and state
environmental laws and regulations did not have a material effect on our capital
expenditures, earnings or competitive position during the fiscal years ended
June 30, 2007 or 2006 or the six months ended December 31, 2007.
As of
February 15, 2008, we and our subsidiaries had one employee. Mr.
Metzinger is our only executive officer and has a signed employment agreement
with us.
Our
corporate headquarters are located at 370 17th Street, Suite 3640, Denver,
Colorado 80202. We moved into our current office space on June 27,
2001 and had a five-year lease on the property, which expired September 2006 and
was extended for a five-year term expiring December 2011. The base
rent is approximately $3,110 per month for the first year of the lease, with
annual increases of approximately $100 per month for each successive year of the
lease, plus certain occupancy costs.
Harvest
Court Litigation
U. S.
District Court Case:
In
connection with a financing obtained in October 2000, we filed various actions
in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against, among
others, Harvest Court, LLC, Southridge Capital Investments, LLC, Daniel Pickett,
Patricia Singer and Thomson Kernaghan, Ltd. for violations of federal and state
securities laws, conspiracy, aiding and abetting and common law fraud among
other claims. As a result of various procedural rulings, in January
2002, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado transferred
the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York.
In this
litigation, Harvest Court, LLC filed counterclaims against us, Paul Metzinger,
Kristi Kampmann, Dr. Neuhaus, Dr. Shaw, a former director Albert Capote and a
number of unrelated third parties. The counterclaims allege
violations of federal securities laws and other laws. Harvest Court,
LLC is seeking various forms of relief including compensatory and punitive
damages. Discovery has been completed and a trial date is expected to
be set by the court.
On
January 28, 2008, United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York issued an opinion regarding motions for summary judgment filed by both
parties involved in the law suit. The Court granted Harvest Court’s
motion for summary judgment and denied the motions for summary judgment filed by
certain of our officers in respect to certain counts and granted the motion for
summary judgment in respect to another count.
At this
time, we and our attorneys are reviewing the opinion, considering our options,
and most likely, planning an appeal. The effect of this ruling has no
financial impact on us; however, it is possible that the ultimate outcome of
this matter could result in a material adverse impact on our financial position,
results of operations and/or cash flows.
We intend
to vigorously prosecute this case and does not believe the outcome of this case
will have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of
operations or liquidity of the Company. However, it is too early at this time to
determine the ultimate outcome of this case.
In May
2001, Harvest Court, LLC filed suit against us in the Supreme Court of the State
of New York, County of New York. The suit alleges that we breached an
October 20, 2000 Stock Purchase Agreement by not issuing 370,945 free trading
shares of our common stock in connection with the reset provisions of the
Purchase Agreement due on the second reset date and approximately 227,265 shares
due in connection with the third reset date. Harvest Court, LLC is
seeking the delivery of such shares or damages in the alternative. In
August 2001, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York
issued a preliminary injunction ordering us to reserve and not transfer the
shares allegedly due to Harvest Court, LLC. In February 2006, in
connection with the reverse stock split of our common stock described elsewhere
in this prospectus, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New
York issued an injunction ordering us to reserve 3.7% of our issued and
outstanding common stock (832,290 shares at February 13, 2006). We
have set aside these shares. We have filed counterclaims seeking
various forms of relief against Harvest Court, LLC.
Depository
Trust Lawsuit
In May
2004, we filed suit against the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
(“DTCC”), the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and the National Securities
Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) in the Second Judicial District Court of the
County of Washoe, State of Nevada. The suit alleges multiple claims
under the Nevada Revised Statutes 90.570, 90.580, 90.660 and 598A.060 and on
other legal bases. The complaint alleges, among other things, that
the DTCC, DTC and NSCC acted in concert to operate the “Stock Borrow Program,”
originally created to address short term delivery failures by sellers of
securities in the stock market. According to the complaint, the DTCC,
NSCC and DTC conspired to maintain significant open fail deliver positions of
millions of shares of our common stock for extended periods of time by using the
Stock Borrow Program to cover these open and unsettled positions. We
were seeking damages in the amount of $25,000,000 and treble
damages. Responsive pleadings have been filed by the
defendants. In April 2005, the court granted a motion to dismiss the
lawsuit. We filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of
Nevada to overturn the motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Oral argument
on the appeal was presented before the Nevada State Supreme Court in February
2007. In September 2007, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that all of
our claims were preempted by federal law and affirmed the district court’s
dismissal of our complaint. We have petitioned the United States
Supreme Court for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari
in this matter.
Other
Litigation
Other
than the above mentioned lawsuits, to the knowledge of our management, there are
no material legal proceedings pending or threatened (other than routine
litigation incidental to business) to which we (or any officer, director,
affiliate of beneficial owner of more than 5% of our voting securities) is
party, or to which our property is subject.
In
connection with our change in business focus from electronics technology to
biotechnology, we completed a corporate restructuring consisting of a private
placement of a new series of convertible preferred stock, which resulted in a
change of who controls us, a reverse stock split of our common stock, and a
subsequent increase in our authorized capital in early 2006. We also
changed our name from NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. to Vyta
Corp. Additionally, we completed an additional private placement of
preferred stock in March 2007, which increased the holdings of our majority
stockholder. Lastly, we sold our 49% interest in ExypnoTech.
Private
Placements
On
January 17, 2006, in a private placement transaction exempt from registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, we issued to Arizcan
Properties, Ltd. a total of 200,000 shares of our newly-designated series A
convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, for a purchase price
of $1,500,000. Arizcan Properties is wholly-owned by Triumphant
Partners, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, which is owned by Stan
Richards. For purposes of acquiring the shares of our series A
preferred stock, Arizcan Properties paid us $400,000 in cash and executed and
delivered an unsecured promissory note bearing interest at 7% for the remaining
$1,100,000 payable on or before one year from the date the series A preferred
stock was issued. The note was paid in full on April 18,
2006. Each share of series A preferred stock was convertible into
1,500 shares of our common stock, votes as a single class with our common stock,
with each share entitled to 1,200 votes. Arizcan Properties converted
all of the shares of series A preferred stock into 15,000,000 shares of our
common stock on February 2, 2006.
On March
2, 2007, in a private placement transaction, we issued to Arizcan Properties a
total of 500,000 shares of our newly-designated series A nonconvertible
preferred stock for a total purchase price of $500,000 in cash. In
addition to the purchase of the series A nonconvertible preferred stock, Arizcan
Properties purchased for a purchase price of $251,900 a warrant exercisable for
6,000,000 shares of common stock. This warrant has an exercise price
of $0.50 per share and provides for cashless exercise. As a result,
Arizcan Properties acquired approximately 51% of our voting power, and, on a
fully diluted basis, Arizcan Properties would hold approximately 89% of our
voting power if they exercise the warrant.
Reverse
Split
On
January 31, 2006, we affected a reverse stock split of our common stock, whereby
each 20 shares of our common stock, either issued and outstanding or held as
treasury stock was reclassified and changed into one fully-paid and
nonassessable share of our common stock. Our authorized capital with
respect to our common stock was reduced in like manner from 200,000,000 shares
to 10,000,000 shares. Our authorized capital with respect to our
preferred stock remained unchanged at 5,000,000 shares. No fractional
shares were issued as a result of the reverse split, and any fractional share
interests were rounded up to the nearest whole share. The reverse
split was approved by our board of directors without stockholder approval in
accordance with the requirements of Nevada law.
Increase
of Authorized Capital
On
January 31, 2006, following the reverse split, our authorized capital with
respect to our common stock was increased from 10,000,000 shares to 200,000,000
shares. Our authorized capital with respect to our preferred stock
remained unchanged. The increase in our authorized capital was
recommended by our board of directors to our stockholders for approval and the
stockholders representing at least a majority of our voting power approved the
increase to our authorized capital by written consent in lieu of a special
meeting in accordance with the requirements of Nevada law.
Name
Change
Concurrently
with the increase to our authorized capital, we changed our name from NanoPierce
Technologies, Inc. to Vyta Corp. The name change was approved by the
stockholders in the same manner as the increase to our authorized
capital. As a result of the name change, our trading symbol changed
to “VYTC.”
Sale
of ExypnoTech
On
December 27, 2007, we sold our 49% interest in ExypnoTech, Gmbh to TagStar
Systems, GmbH for $250,000 cash pursuant to a share purchase
agreement. ExypnoTech is a company that manufactures and develops
RFID components used in the production of, among other things, smart labels,
smart cards and smart tags. As a result of this sale, we no longer
have any interest in ExypnoTech, and TagStar Systems owns 100% of
ExypnoTech.
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to, our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and the unaudited financial statements for
the six months ended December 31, 2007 and the related notes included elsewhere
in this prospectus. The discussions in this section contain
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual
results could differ materially from those discussed below. See “Risk
Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of these risks and
uncertainties.
Six
Months Ended December 31, 2007
At
December 31, 2007, we had cash, on hand, of $33,159. We intend
to use our cash funds to continue to support operations. We intend to
continue to develop the business opportunity presented by our equity investee,
BioAgra and the AgraStim®
product. The development of the business opportunity includes
continued marketing efforts and product testing over the next twelve
months.
In the
continuance of our business operations we do not intend to purchase or sale any
significant assets and we do not expect a significant change in the number of
our employees.
We are
dependent on raising additional equity and/or debt to fund any negotiated
settlements with our outstanding creditors and meet our ongoing operating
expenses. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise the necessary
equity and/or debt that we will need to be able to negotiate acceptable
settlements with our outstanding creditors or fund our ongoing operating
expenses. We cannot make any assurances that we will be able to raise
funds through such activities.
Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2007
At June
30, 2007, we had cash on hand of $354,702, which we do not believe is sufficient
to fund our operations for the next twelve months. We intend to use
our cash funds to continue to support operations. We intend to
continue to develop the business opportunity presented by our investment in an
unconsolidated investee, BioAgra and the Agrastim®
product. The development of this business opportunity includes
continued marketing efforts and product testing over the next twelve
months.
In the
continuance of our business operations, we do not intend to purchase or sell any
significant assets and we do not expect a significant change in the number of
our employees.
We are
dependent on raising additional equity and/or, debt to fund any negotiated
settlements with our outstanding creditors and meet our ongoing operating
expenses. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise the
necessary equity and/or debt that we will need to be able to negotiate
acceptable settlements with our outstanding creditors or fund our ongoing
operating expenses. We cannot make any assurances that we will be
able to raise funds through such activities.
Six
Months Ended December 31, 2007
During
the six months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, we did not have any revenues
from operations.
General
and administrative expenses during the six months ended December 31, 2007 were
$318,957 compared to $546,766 for the six months ended December 31, 2006
($173,209 and $271,352 for the three months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively). The decrease of $227,809 is mainly attributable to a
decrease of $115,620 in consulting expenses and a $10,272 decrease in payroll
expenses.
During
the six months ended December 31, 2007, we recognized a net loss of $822,307
compared to a net loss of $1,086,895 during the six months ended December 31,
2006 ($295,734 and $543,923 during the three months ended December 31, 2007 and
2006, respectively). The $264,588 decrease is primarily a result of
the $164,234 gain on the sale of the investment in ExypnoTech and the $277,809
decrease in general and administrative expenses, discussed above, and offset by
the $127,453 increase in equity losses of unconsolidated investees.
We
recorded a net loss applicable to common shareholders of $841,211 during the six
months ended December 31, 2007, compared to $1,086,895 during the six months
ended December 31, 2006 ($305,186 and $543,923 for the three months ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively). The decrease of $245,684
was a result of the decrease in general and administrative expenses of $227,809
and the gain on the sale of the investment in ExypnoTech of $164,234, offset by
the $18,904 increase in the accumulated dividends recognized in connection with
the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.
Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2007
During
the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, we did not have any revenues from
operations.
We
recognized $22 in interest income during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007
compared to $72,307 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. The
decrease of $72,285 is due primarily to our decision to not accrue interest on a
loan made to one of our equity investees, BioAgra, during the year ended June
30, 2007, due to BioAgra’s inability to make scheduled payments on the
note.
General
and administrative expenses during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 were
$1,835,973 compared to $893,061 for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2006. The increase of $942,912 is mainly attributable to an increase
in stock-based compensation expense of $743,750 due to the issuance of 2,350,000
shares under our stock option plan and the $427,209 increase in consulting
expenses offset by decreases in rent expense, commission expenses, public
relations expenses, legal expenses and payroll expenses.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, we recognized a net loss of $4,460,541
compared to a net loss of $2,407,821 during the fiscal year ended June 30,
2006. The increase of $2,052,720 primarily resulted from the increase
of $942,912 in general and administrative expenses, discussed above and the
$1,198,000 provision for loss on the note receivable owed by
BioAgra. This increase is offset by the $235,139 decrease in interest
expense during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
We
recorded a net loss applicable to common shareholders of $4,473,691 during the
year ended June 30, 2007 compared to $3,907,821 during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2006. The increase of $565,870 was a result of the
$1,198,000 provision for loss on the note receivable offset by the conversion of
the preferred stock during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. We
recognized a $13,150 deemed dividend on preferred stock issued during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2007.
Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2006
During
the years ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, we did not have any revenues from
operations.
We
recognized $72,307 in interest income during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006
compared to $17,672 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. The
increase of $54,635 is due primarily to the interest earned on loans to our
equity investee, BioAgra.
General
and administrative expenses during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 were
$893,061 compared to $872,203 for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005. The increase of $20,858 is mainly attributable to decreases in
consulting expenses, rent expenses, commission expenses and public relations
expenses, offset by an increase in legal expenses and accounting
expenses.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we recognized a net loss of $2,407,821
compared to a net loss of $997,616 during the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005. The increase of $1,410,205 primarily resulted from the increase
of $1,253,879 in the equity losses of affiliates, as a result of our recording
100% of the losses incurred by BioAgra, combined with the $225,978 increase in
interest expense resulting primarily from non-cash expense recorded for warrants
and common stock issued with notes payable, offset by a $120,788 gain on the
extinguishment of liabilities during the fiscal year ended June 30,
2006.
We
recorded a net loss applicable to common shareholders of $3,907,821 during the
year ended June 30, 2006. As a result of the beneficial conversion
feature, net loss applicable to common shareholders was increased by $1,500,000
during the year ended June 30, 2006.
Six
Months Ended September 30, 2007
Net cash
used in operating activities during the six months ended December 31, 2007 was
$359,502, compared to net cash used in operating activities during the six
months ended December 31, 2006 of $238,803. During the six months
ended December 31, 2007, the net cash used represented a net loss of $822,307,
adjusted for certain non-cash items consisting of depreciation expense of
$2,306, equity in losses of unconsolidated investees of $667,594, and a gain on
the sale of our investment in unconsolidated investee (ExypnoTech ) of
$164,234.
During
the six months ended December 31, 2006, the net cash used represented a net loss
of $1,086,895, adjusted for certain non-cash items consisting of the
amortization and depreciation expense of $237,105 and equity in losses of
unconsolidated investees of $540,141.
During
the six months ended December 31, 2007, we raised $579,500 cash through the sale
of 3,863,333 shares of restricted common stock.
During
the six months ended December 31, 2006, we received $476,000 cash, which was a
prepayment on a series of preferred stock, which was issued in March
2007.
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, we loaned $1,686,570 to BioAgra through a series
of secured, 7.5% promissory notes, which were due over the period from June 30
through October 31, 2006. On June 26, 2006, we agreed to combine all of the
promissory notes and accrued interest of $40,257 into a $1,726,827 secured, 7.5%
promissory note with payments to be made monthly starting October 31, 2006,
through October 31, 2007. The funds were loaned to facilitate BioAgra's
completion of its first production line and to support operations. The
promissory note is collateralized by all BioAgra assets. Additionally, the
promissory note is to be paid in full prior to any distributions being made to
the members of the joint venture. During the year ended June 30, 2007, the note
was reduced by $1,478,584, which represents the excess of the BioAgra losses
recognized by us over the adjusted basis of our equity investment in BioAgra
remaining at June 30, 2007.
During
the year ended June 30, 2007, we advanced an additional $1,182,784 to
BioAgra. In October 2007, we executed a second, 7.5% promissory note
for $1,182,784 with BioAgra with the same terms as the note above, but the note
did not provide for scheduled payments. We have classified these
notes receivable as non-current assets on the balance sheet and is not accruing
interest on these notes receivable, as they are currently in default and
non-performing.
During
the fourth quarter of the year ended June 30, 2007, we made a decision to impair
the value of the note receivable. This decision was based on factors
including our evaluation of past and current operating results, failure of
BioAgra to make scheduled payments and our continuing support of the operational
efforts of BioAgra. We also considered the fair value of
BioAgra’s assets and liabilities in making the decision. As a result of this
decision, we recorded an impairment charge of $1,198,000 in the fourth quarter
ended June 30, 2007.
During
the six months ended December 31, 2007, we advanced an additional $541,600 to
BioAgra under the same terms as the as the 7.5% promissory note for $1,182,784
described above.
On
December 27, 2007, we executed a Share Purchase Agreement with TagStar, GmbH,
the holder of the 51% equity interest in ExypnoTech to sell our 49% equity
interest to TagStar for cash of $250,000. We received the funds on
January 2, 2008. At December 27, 2007, our investment in ExypnoTech
was $214,408. We recorded a gain of $164,234 on the sale (which
includes a $131,883 reduction to other comprehensive income related to the
ExypnoTech cumulative translation adjustment) of ExypnoTech.
During
the 2008 fiscal year, we intend to continue our efforts to aid BioAgra with the
continuing development of its sales, nationally and internationally in other
animal feed markets, such as the equine and the swine markets. In
addition, in January 2007, we signed a six-month technology agreement to permit
a prospective licensee the opportunity to conduct a market survey relating to
its NCOS™ technology. The agreement was not
renewed. However, we believe that if the market survey is favorable
the technology agreement may mature into a royalty paying commercial license the
terms and conditions of which are under negotiation with the perspective
licensee.
To the
extent our operations are not sufficient to fund our capital requirements; we
may enter into a revolving loan agreement with financial institutions or attempt
to raise capital through the sale of additional capital stock or through the
issuance of debt. At the present time we do not have a revolving loan
agreement with any financial institution nor can we provide any assurance that
we will be able to enter into any such agreement in the future or be able to
raise funds through the further issuance of debt or equity.
Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2007
Net cash
used in operating activities in 2007 was $612,724, compared to net cash used in
operating activities in 2006 of $878,306. In 2007, the net cash used
represented a net loss of $4,460,541, adjusted for certain non-cash items
consisting of amortization and depreciation expense of $441,584, equity in net
losses of unconsolidated investees of $1,426,590, a provision for loss on a note
receivable of $1,198,000, and $743,750 in options issued for
compensation.
In 2006,
the net cash used represented a net loss of $2,407,821, adjusted certain
non-cash items consisting of the amortization and depreciation expense of
$34,571, equity in net losses of unconsolidated invested of $1,398,202, gain on
the extinguishment of liabilities of $120,788, amortization of discounts on
notes payable of $213,860 and a loss on the revaluation of derivative warrant
liabilities of $74,295.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, we raised $1,255,950 cash through the sale
of 8,373,000 shares of its restricted common stock.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, we raised $251,900 through the sale of a
warrant to purchase 6,000,000 shares of restricted common stock. The
warrant has an exercise price of $0.50 per share and provides for a cashless
exercise.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, we raised $500,000 through the sale of
500,000 shares of our Series A nonconvertible preferred stock to
Arizcan. The shares provide that when voting as a single class, the
shares have the votes and voting power that at all times is greater by 1% than
the combined voting power of all other classes of securities entitled to vote on
any matter. As a result of the issuance, Arizcan acquired
approximately 51% of our voting power. We have the right, solely at
our discretion, to redeem the shares in ten years at 130% of deemed par
value.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, we raised $50,000 through an unsecured, 8%
promissory note, due in March 2008. In June 2007, the holder of the
note agreed to accept 333,333 shares of our common stock as payment on the
note.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we raised $632,372 cash through the sale of
790,467 shares of our restricted common stock and warrants to purchase 746,717
shares of our restricted common stock.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we raised $1,535,000 cash through the
exercise of 1,535,000 warrants with an exercise price of $1.00 per
share.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we purchased a 50% equity interest in
BioAgra for $905,000 cash (which includes the $405,000 advanced to Exact
Resources during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005) and a note payable of
$595,000 which was paid in full in September 2005.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we completed the sale of 200,000 shares of
our series A preferred stock for $1,500,000 cash. In February 2006,
Arizcan converted the 200,000 shares of preferred stock into 15,000,000 shares
of our restricted common stock. Upon conversion, Arizcan held
approximately 67% of our issued and outstanding common stock.
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, we loaned $1,686,570 to BioAgra through a series
of secured, 7.5% promissory notes, which were due over the period from June 30
through October 31, 2006. On June 26, 2006, we agreed to combine all
of the promissory notes and accrued interest of $40,257 into a $1,726,827
secured, 7.5% promissory note with payments to be made monthly starting October
31, 2006, through October 31, 2007. The funds were loaned to
facilitate BioAgra’s completion of its first production line and to support
operations. The promissory note is collateralized by all BioAgra
assets. Additionally, the promissory note is to be paid in full prior
to any distributions being made to the members of the joint
venture. During the year ended June 30, 2007, the note was reduced by
$1,371,269, which represents the excess of the BioAgra losses recognized by us
over the adjusted basis of our equity investment in BioAgra remaining at June
30, 2007.
During
the year ended June 30, 2007, we advanced an additional $1,182,784 to BioAgra at
7.5% interest. We have classified these notes receivable as
non-current assets on the balance sheet and is not accruing interest on these
notes receivable, as they are currently in default and
non-performing.
During
the fourth quarter of the year ended June 30, 2007, we made a decision to
provide for a loss on the value of the note receivable. This decision
was based on factors including our evaluation of past and current operating
results, failure of BioAgra to make scheduled payments and our continuing
support of the operational efforts of BioAgra. We also considered the
estimated fair value of BioAgra’s assets and liabilities in making the
decision. As a result of this decision, we recorded a provision for
loss of $1,198,000 in the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2007.
During
the year ended June 30, 2007, we did not have any significant operations, and
our management spent a majority of the fiscal year raising additional funds for
the BioAgra investment and supporting it marketing and sales
efforts. During the 2008 fiscal year, we intend to continue our
efforts to aid BioAgra with the continuing development of its sales, nationally
and internationally in other animal feed markets, such as the equine and the
swine markets. In addition, in January 2007, we signed a six-month
technology agreement to permit a prospective licensee the opportunity to conduct
a market survey relating to its NCOS™
technology. We believe that if the market survey is favorable the
technology agreement may mature into a royalty paying commercial license the
terms and conditions of which are under negotiation with the perspective
licensee.
To the
extent our operations are not sufficient to fund our capital requirements, we
may enter into a revolving loan agreement with financial institutions or attempt
to raise capital through the sale of additional capital stock or through the
issuance of debt. At the present time we do not have a revolving loan
agreement with any financial institution nor can we provide any assurance that
we will be able to enter into any such agreement in the future or be able to
raise funds through the further issuance of debt or equity.
Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2006
Net cash
used in operating activities in 2006 was $878,306, compared to net cash used in
operating activities in 2005 of $544,194. In 2006, the net cash used
represented a net loss of $2,407,821, adjusted certain non-cash items consisting
of the amortization and depreciation expense of $34,571, equity in losses of
equity investees of $1,398,202, gain on the extinguishment of liabilities of
$120,788, amortization of discounts on notes payable of $213,860 and a loss on
the revaluation of derivative warrant liabilities of $74,295.
In 2005,
the net cash used represented a net loss of $997,616, adjusted certain non-cash
items consisting of amortization and depreciation expense of $14,758, equity in
losses of equity investees of $144,323, amortization of discounts on notes
payable of $7,272 and a provision for a loss on a note receivable of
$35,000.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we raised $632,372 cash through the sale of
790,467 shares of our restricted common stock and warrants to purchase 746,717
shares of our restricted common stock.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we raised $1,535,000 cash through the
exercise of 1,535,000 warrants with an exercise price of $1.00 per
share.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we purchased a 50% equity interest in
BioAgra for $905,000 cash (which includes the $405,000 advanced to Xact
Resources during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005) and a note payable of
$595,000 which was paid in full in September 2005.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we completed the sale of 200,000 shares of
our Series A preferred stock for $1,500,000 cash. In February 2006,
Arizcan converted the 200,000 shares of preferred stock into 15,000,000 shares
of our restricted common stock. Upon conversion, Arizcan held
approximately 67% of our issued and outstanding common stock.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, we loaned $1,686,570 to BioAgra through a
series of secured, 7.5% promissory notes, which were due over a period from June
30, 2006 through October 31, 2006. On June 26, 2006, we agreed to
combine all of the promissory notes and accrued interest of $40,257 into a
$1,726,827 secured, 7.5% promissory note with payments to be made monthly
starting October 31, 2006. Through October 31, 2007, the entire loan
balance is classified as a non-current asset at June 30, 2006 as BioAgra has not
generated cash flow since its inception. The funds were loaned to
facilitate BioAgra’s completion of its first production line and to support
operations as product is sold. The promissory note is collateralized
by all equipment, furnishings, present and future accounts, collateral securing
such accounts, tangible and intangible personal property and any proceeds from
any of the foregoing located on BioAgra’s premises. Additionally, the
promissory note is to be paid in full prior to any disbursements being made to
the members of the joint venture. At June 30, 2006, interest of
$1,064 was accrued. During the quarter ended September 30, 2006, we
advanced an additional $191,250 to BioAgra.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, we loaned $314,000 to an unrelated third
party and received a payment of $50,000, which included interest of $11,442
during the same period. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005,
we loaned Intercell $35,000. In March 2005, Intercell filed for
protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. We have
recorded a provision for this note receivable of $35,000.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, in connection with an investment in
BioAgra, we advanced Xact Resources International $405,000 to be used for the
purchase of a 50% equity interest in BioAgra, LLC for $1.5 million
cash. The purchase was completed in August 2005.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, we received $112,800 (net of $7,200 of
offering costs) in connection with the exercise of warrants for 1,200,000 shares
of our common stock.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, we received $41,000 in exchange for an
unsecured 5% note payable from Mr. Metzinger, our officer and
director. In August 2005, the note was paid in full.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, we received $150,000 in exchange for an
unsecured 15% per quarter, note payable from an unrelated third
party. In connection with the note, we issued 2,000,000 shares of our
restricted common stock (1,000,000 shares were issued in June 2005 and the
remaining 1,000,000 shares were issued in July 2005) with a relative fair value
of $81,718, to be amortized over the term of the note. The note was
repaid in full in September 2005.
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, we received $25,000 in exchange for an
unsecured 8% per annum note payable, from an unrelated third
party. In connection with the note, we issued 1,500,000 shares of our
restricted common stock (issued in July 2005) with a relative value of $21,428,
to be amortized over the term of the note. The note was paid in full
in August 2005.
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, we did not have any significant operations, and
our management spent a majority of the fiscal year, restructuring and raising
additional funds for the BioAgra investment. During the 2007 fiscal
year, we intend to continue our efforts to aid BioAgra with the continuing
development of its sales, nationally and internationally in other animal feed
markets, such as the equine and the swine markets.
We intend
to raise additional funds to support our operations during the 2007 fiscal
year. Such funds are to be raised through a private offering of
preferred stock, the terms of which are in the process of being
finalized.
To the
extent our operations are not sufficient to fund our capital requirements, we
may enter into a revolving loan agreement with financial institutions or attempt
to raise capital through the sale of additional capital stock or through the
issuance of debt. At the present time, we do not have a revolving
loan agreement with any financial institution nor can we provide any assurance
that it will be able to enter into any such agreement in the future or be able
to raise funds through the further issuance of our debt or equity.
Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2007
The
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are
based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to
make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets
and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates,
including those related to deferred revenues; depreciation or property and
equipment, intangible assets such as our intellectual property, financing
operations, currency valuations and contingencies and litigation. We
base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions
that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which
form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual
results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or
conditions.
We
believe that the following are some of the more critical accounting policies and
estimates (that is those that require the application of significant judgments
by management as to their selection and valuation) used by us:
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stock
based compensation;
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value
of long-lived assets;
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investments
in and notes and advances receivable from unconsolidated
investees;
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international
operations;
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revenue
recognition and deferred revenue;
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contractual
obligations.
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Stock-based
compensation
Beginning
July 1, 2006, we adopted the provisions of and account for stock-based
compensation in accordance with the Statement of Financial Accounting standards
No. 123 – revised 2004 (“SFAS 123R”), Share-Based Payment, which
replaced Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (“SFAS 123”), Accounting for Stock-based
Compensation, and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25 (“APB 25”), Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees. Under the fair value recognition provisions of this
statement, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on
the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense on a straight-line
basis over the requisite service period, which is the vesting
period. We elected the modified-prospective method, under which prior
periods are not revised for comparative purposes. The valuation
provisions of SFAS 123R apply to new grants and to grants that were outstanding
as of the effective date and are subsequently modified. All options
granted prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R and outstanding during the periods
presented were fully-vested.
Long-lived
assets
We assess
the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors we
consider important that could trigger an impairment review include negative
projected operating performance by us and significant negative industry or
economic trends. We do not believe that there has been any impairment
to long-lived assets as of June 30, 2007.
Investments
in and notes and advances receivable from unconsolidated investees
Entities
where we can exercise significant influence, but not control, are accounted for
under the equity method of accounting. Whether or not we exercise
significant influence with respect to a company depends on an evaluation of
several factors including, among others, representation on the company’s board
of directors and ownership level, generally 20% to 50% interest in the voting
securities of the company including voting rights associated with our holdings
in common, preferred and other convertible instruments in the
company. Under the equity method of accounting, our share of the
earnings or losses of these companies is included in the equity income (loss)
section of the consolidated statements of operations.
A loss in
value of an investment in or in the expected relizability of notes and advances
receivable from an unconsolidated investee that is other than a temporary
decline is recognized as a charge to operations. Evidence of a loss
in value might include, but would not necessarily be limited to, absence of an
ability to recover the carrying amount of the investment or notes and advances
receivable or inability of the investee to sustain an earnings capacity that
would justify the carrying amount of the investment or notes and advances
receivable.
International
operations
Operations
of ExypnoTech (which we maintained a 49% interest in until December 2007) are
located in Germany. ExypnoTech transactions are conducted in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, (the currency into which the
subsidiaries’ historical financial statements have been translated) primarily
the Euro. As a result, we were previously exposed to adverse
movements in foreign currency exchange rates, foreign political and economic
environment, trade barriers, managing foreign operations and potentially adverse
tax consequences. Any of these factors previously could have a
material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of
operations. As described elsewhere in this prospectus, we sold our
interest in ExypnoTech in December 2007.
Revenue
recognition and deferred revenue
Our
revenue recognition policy is significant because future revenue could be a key
component of our results or operations. Revenue results are difficult
to predict, and any shortfall in revenue or delay in recognizing revenue could
cause operating results to vary significantly.
Litigation
We are
involved in certain legal proceedings, as described in “THE COMPANY—Legal
Proceedings” of this prospectus and Note 9 to the consolidated financial
statements included in this prospectus.
We intend
to vigorously prosecute these legal proceedings and does not believe the outcome
of these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, results of operations or our liquidity. However, it is too
early at this time to determine the ultimate outcome of these
matters.
Contractual
obligations
For more
information on our contractual obligations on operating leases, refer to Note 9
of the consolidated financial statements included in this
prospectus. At June 30, 2007, our commitments under these obligations
were as follows:
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Operating
Leases
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2008
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38,211 |
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2009
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39,415 |
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2010
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40,618 |
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2011
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20,761 |
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139,005 |
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Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We do not
maintain any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or that are reasonably
likely to have, a material current or future effect on our financial condition,
changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations,
liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2006
The
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are
based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to
make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets
and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates,
including those related to deferred revenues; depreciation or fixed assets,
valuation of intangible assets such as our intellectual property, financing
operations, currency valuations and contingencies and litigation. We
base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions
that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which
form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual
results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or
conditions. We believe that the following are some of the more
significant accounting policies and methods used by us:
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stock
based compensation;
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value
of long-lived assets;
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equity
method investments;
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international
operations;
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revenue
recognition and deferred revenue;
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contractual
obligations.
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Stock-Based
Compensation
SFAS No.
123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation, defines a fair-value-based method
of accounting for stock-based employee compensation plans and transactions in
which an entity issues its equity instruments to acquire goods or services from
non-employees, and encourages but does not require companies to record
compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation plans at fair
value.
We have
chosen to account for employee stock-based compensation using the intrinsic
value method prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 (APB No.
25), Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related
interpretations. Accordingly, employee compensation cost for stock
options is measured as the excess, if any, of the estimated fair value of our
stock at the date of the grant over the amount an employee must pay to acquire
the stock.
In
December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No.
123(R), Share-Based Payment, which addresses the accounting for share-based
payment transactions. SFAS No. 123(R) eliminates the ability to
account for share-based compensation transactions using APB 25, and generally
requires instead that such transactions be accounted and recognized in the
statement of operations based on their fair value. SFAS No. 123(R)
will be effective for us beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2007. Depending upon the number of and terms of
options that may be granted in future periods, the implementation of this
standard could have a significant impact on our financial position and results
of operations in future periods.
Valuation
of Long-Lived Assets
We assess
the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors we
consider important that could trigger an impairment review include negative
projected operating performance by us and significant negative industry or
economic trends. We do not believe that there has been any impairment
to long-lived assets as of June 30, 2006.
Equity
Method Investments
Entities
where we can exercise significant influence, but not control, are accounted for
under the equity method of accounting. Whether or not we exercise
significant influence with respect to a company depends on an evaluation of
several factors including, among others, representation on the company’s board
of directors and ownership level, generally 20% to 50% interest in the voting
securities of the company including voting rights associated with our holdings
in common, preferred and other convertible instruments in the
company. Under the equity method of accounting, our share of the
earnings or losses of these companies is included in the equity income (loss)
section of the consolidated statements of operations.
A loss in
value of an investment that is other than a temporary decline is recognized as a
charge to operations. Evidence of a loss in value might include, but
would not necessarily be limited to, absence of an ability to recover the
carrying amount of the investment or inability of the investee to sustain an
earnings capacity that would justify the carrying amount of the
investment.
International
Operations
Operations
of ExypnoTech (which we maintained a 49% interest in until December 2007) are
located in Germany. ExypnoTech transactions are conducted in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, (the currency into which the
subsidiaries’ historical financial statements have been translated) primarily
the Euro. As a result, we were previously exposed to adverse
movements in foreign currency exchange rates, foreign political and economic
environment, trade barriers, managing foreign operations and potentially adverse
tax consequences. Any of these factors previously could have a
material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of
operations. As described elsewhere in this prospectus, we sold our
interest in ExypnoTech in December 2007.
Revenue
Recognition and Deferred Revenue
Our
revenue recognition policy is significant because future revenue could be a key
component of our results or operations. Revenue results are difficult
to predict, and any shortfall in revenue or delay in recognizing revenue could
cause operating results to vary significantly.
Litigation
We are
involved in certain legal proceedings, as described in “THE COMPANY—Legal
Proceedings” and Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included
herein.
We intend
to vigorously prosecute these legal proceedings and do not believe the outcome
of these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition, results of operations or our liquidity. However, it is too
early at this time to determine the ultimate outcome of these
matters.
Contractual
Obligations
For more
information on our contractual obligations on operating leases, refer to Note 9
of the consolidated financial statements included herein. At June 30,
2006, our commitments under these obligations were as follows:
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2007
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39,822 |
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2008
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38,211 |
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2009
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39,415 |
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2010
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40,618 |
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2011
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20,761 |
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178,827 |
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In
February 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS
155, Accounting for Certain
Hybrid Financial Instruments. SFAS 155 allows financial instruments that
contain an embedded derivative and that otherwise would require bifunction to be
accounted for as a whole on a fair value basis, at the holder’s election. SFAS
155 also clarifies and amends certain other provisions of SFAS 133 and SFAS 140.
SFAS 155 is effective for us for all financial instruments issued or acquired
after July 1, 2007. The adoption of SFAS 155 did not have an impact on our
financial statements.
In June
2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes - An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, (“FIN 48”). FIN 48
clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an
enterprise's financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 also prescribes a recognition threshold and
measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of
a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return that results in a
tax benefit. Additionally, FIN 48 provides guidance on de-recognition, income
statement classification of interest and penalties, accounting in interim
periods, disclosure, and transition. We adopted this statement effective for our
fiscal year beginning July 1 2007. We have described the impact of adopting FIN
48 in our condensed consolidated financial statements in Note 1, Recently Issued
Accounting Pronouncements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141R (Revised 2007), Business Combinations. SFAS
No. 141R will change the accounting for business combinations. Under SFAS No.
141R, an acquiring entity will be required to recognize all the assets acquired
and liabilities assumed in a transaction at the acquisition-date fair value with
limited exceptions. SFAS No. 141R will change the accounting treatment and
disclosure for certain specific items in a business combination. SFAS No. 141R
applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is
on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or
after December 15, 2008. Accordingly, any business combinations we engage in
will be recorded and disclosed following existing GAAP until July 1, 2009. We
expect SFAS No. 141R to have an impact on accounting for business combinations
once adopted, but the effect is dependent upon acquisitions at that
time.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements—An Amendment of ARB No. 51, or SFAS No.
160. SFAS No. 160 establishes new accounting and reporting standards for
the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a
subsidiary. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after
December 15, 2008. We believe that SFAS 160 will not have a material impact on
our financial position or results of operations.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles,
and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement
applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements. SFAS No. 157 will be effective for us for our fiscal
year beginning on July 1, 2008. In November 2007, the FASB announced
that it would defer the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for one year for all
non-financial assets and liabilities, except those that are recognized or
disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring
basis. We are currently assessing the impact the adoption of SFAS No.
157 may have on our consolidated financial statements.
In
February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No.
115. This statement will be effective for us for our fiscal
year beginning on July 1, 2008, and will permit entities to choose to measure
many financial instruments and certain other items at fair
value. Most of the provisions of SFAS No. 159 apply only to entities
that elect the fair value option. The possible adoption of this
statement is not expected to have a material effect on our financial
statements.
In
September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 108 in order
to eliminate the diversity of practice surrounding how public companies quantify
financial statement misstatements. In SAB 108, the SEC staff
established an approach that requires quantification of financial statement
misstatements based on the effects of the misstatements on each of our financial
statements and the related financial statement disclosures. SAB No.
108 is effective for our current 2007 fiscal year end. The adoption
of SAB No. 108 did not have an impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
We are
registering the shares of our common stock offered for resale by this prospectus
in order to satisfy our obligations to the selling stockholders named below
under “—Selling Stockholders Table.” The background for the
registration for each selling stockholder is set forth below.
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In
January 2006, we sold 200,000 shares of our series A preferred stock to
Arizcan Properties as described in “THE COMPANY—Corporate
Restructuring.” Based on the subscription agreement between us
and Arizcan Properties, we are obligated to register for resale under the
Securities Act of 1933 a total of 15,000,000 shares of our common stock
that were issued to Arizcan Properties upon conversion of all 200,000
shares of our series A preferred
stock.
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Between
June 2005 and August 2005, we issued 505,000 shares of our common stock to
various business associates as additional consideration for lending us
$325,000 in the form of notes payable and we agreed to register these
shares for resale by this
prospectus.
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Between
October 2005 and December 31, 2005, we issued 43,751 shares of our common
stock to various business associates for $35,000 and we agreed to register
these shares for resale by this
prospectus.
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Between
November 2005 and January 31, 2006, we issued 746,716 shares of our common
stock, together with warrants to purchase 746,716 shares of our common
stock to various business associates for a total of $572,373 and we agreed
to register the shares of our common stock that will be held by each of
these stockholders assuming they exercise all of these
warrants.
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In
June 2005, we agreed to issue 50,000 shares of our common stock to
business associates for a commission on efforts in aiding our capital
raising efforts and we agreed to register the shares for resale by this
prospectus.
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The
shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus are being sold for the
account of the selling stockholders identified in the following
table. The information in the following table and footnotes is based
solely on information furnished to us by the selling stockholders which, for
each selling stockholder, includes:
(a)
the
name and address of the selling stockholder;
(b)
any
position, office or other material relationship, if any, which the selling
stockholder has had with us, our predecessors or our affiliates within the past
three years;
(c)
the
number of shares of our common stock currently beneficially owned by the selling
stockholder and the percentage that those shares of our common stock represent
of all of our outstanding common stock as of February 15, 2008 (on a
fully-diluted basis);
(d)
the
number of shares of our common stock offered by the selling stockholder;
and
(e)
the
amount and, if 1% or more, the percentage of shares of our common stock that
will be beneficially owned by the selling stockholder after completion of the
offering, assuming the sale of all of the shares of our common stock as shown in
(d) above as of February 15, 2008 (on a fully-diluted basis).
Except as
indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons named in the table have
sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock
shown as beneficially owned by them. Each selling stockholder has
represented to us that it is not a broker-dealer nor is affiliated with a
broker-dealer.
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Selling
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relationship with Vyta Corp within the last 3 years
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offering
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Amount
of common stock offered
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Amount of common
stock/percentage of common stock owned after offering(1)
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Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.(2)
77
South Adams, Suite 906
Denver,
CO 80209
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(2)
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17,503,000
/ 34.12%
|
15,000,000
|
2,530,000
/ 4.94%
|
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|
|
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Terry
Allen
10414
Ashcroft Way
Fairfax,
VA 22032
|
None
|
30,000(3)/*
|
30,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Steve
Anderson
6770
E. Exposition Avenue
Denver,
CO 80224
|
None
|
250,000(3)
/ *
|
250,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Robert Belihar
912
Saddleview Court
Franklin,
TN 37067
|
None
|
12,500(3)
/ *
|
12,500(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bottom
Line Advisors Inc.(4)
13314
Lost Key Place
Bradenton,
FL 34202-5002
|
None
|
62,500(3)
/ *
|
62,500(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dennis
Cionetti and Jeanette Cionetti, JTTEN
334
Clermont Street Parkway
Denver,
CO 80220
|
None
|
25,000(3)
/ *
|
25,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vic
Cionetti
94
South Rosemary Street
Denver,
CO 80230
|
None
|
25,000(3)
/ *
|
25,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zuni
Kitchen LLC(5)
450
Dahlia Street
Denver,
CO 80220
|
None
|
12,500(3)
/ *
|
12,500(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jose
Davila
2183
Pamplona Court
Escondido,
CA 92025
|
None
|
25,000
/ *
|
25,000
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marty
Estes
6753
Norris Farm Road
Trussville,
AL 35173
|
None
|
25,000
/ *
|
25,000
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gerald
Dooher
PO
Box 2408
Edwards,
CO 81635
|
None
|
29,167(3)
/ *
|
25,000(3)
|
4,167/
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Terrence
Dooher
5939
S. Franklin Street
Littleton,
CO 80121
|
None
|
26,250(3)
/ *
|
25,000(3)
|
1,250
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dennis
Ferraro
11643
Shoshone Way
Denver,
CO 80294-2630
|
None
|
69,600(3)
/ *
|
62,500(3)
|
7,100
/ *
|
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
|
Name
and address of
Selling
stockholder
|
Material
relationship with Vyta Corp within the last 3 years
|
Amount
of common stock/percentage of common stock owned before
offering
|
Amount
of common stock offered
|
Amount of common
stock/percentage of common stock owned after offering(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christopher
Gilbert
2963
Albion Street
Denver,
CO 80207
|
None
|
12,500(3)
/ *
|
12,500(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marty
Ida
8776
N. 107th Street, PO Box 94
Longmont,
CO 80502-0094
|
None
|
194,000(3)
/ *
|
187,500(3)
|
6,500
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
Ida
1615
W. 113th Avenue
Denver,
CO 80234-2603
|
None
|
187,500(3)
/ *
|
187,500(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leigh
Kalin
541
High Street
Denver,
CO 80218
|
None
|
25,000(3)
/ *
|
25,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kent
Kloock
82
Glenwood Terrace Ext.
Stuart,
VA 24171
|
None
|
131,384(3)
/ *
|
118,434(3)
|
12,950
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John
Krupa
c/o
Mallory Smith
11211
E. Arapahoe Road, Ste. 116
Centennial,
CO 80112
|
None
|
112,500
/ *
|
100,000
|
12,500
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LZF,
LLC(6)
c/o
Robert S. Hoover
Krabacher
& Sanders, P.C.
201
N. Mill Street, Ste. 201
Aspen,
CO 81611-1557
|
None
|
50,000(3) /
*
|
50,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
James
T. McDonnell
801
Garfield Street
Denver,
CO 80206
|
None
|
12,500(3)
/ *
|
12,500(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jeff
Ploen
6590
E. Lake Place
Centennial,
CO 80111
|
None
|
107,500(3)
/ *
|
107,500(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John
Provazek
6510
50th Avenue Dr. NE
Marysville,
WA 98270
|
None
|
126,107
/ *
|
50,000
|
76,107
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blanche
Richards
14001
E. Marina Drive
Aurora,
CO 80014
|
None
|
78,112(3)
/ *
|
57,500(3)
|
20,612
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Irrevocable
Trust of Blanche Richards(7)
PO
Box 388
Hudson,
CO 80642
|
None
|
60,000
/ *
|
60,000
|
0 /
-
|
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
|
Name
and address of
Selling
stockholder
|
Material
relationship with Vyta Corp within the last 3 years
|
Amount
of common stock/percentage of common stock owned before
offering
|
Amount
of common stock offered
|
Amount of common
stock/percentage of common stock owned after offering(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ralph
Riggs
1520
Wazee Street
Denver,
CO 80202
|
None
|
93,750(3) /
*
|
93,750(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dan
Rudden
5200
S. Ulster Street, Unit 1319
Englewood,
CO 80111
|
None
|
62,500(3) /
*
|
62,500(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ben Sandoval
PO
Box 6295
Santa
Fe, NM 87502-6295
|
None
|
20,000(3) /
*
|
20,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allen
G. Schroeder
PO
Box 1646
Janesville,
WI 53547
|
None
|
8,375(3) /
*
|
6,250(3)
|
2,125
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stephen
G. Schroeder
PO
Box 1646
Janesville,
WI 53547
|
None
|
35,625(3) /
*
|
18,750(3)
|
16,875
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stephen
Seitz
1117
County Highway 5
Otega,
NY 13825
|
None
|
129,535
/ *
|
62,500
|
67,035
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael
Sheppard
4229
Warren Road
Franklin,
Tennessee 37067
|
None
|
272,500
/ *
|
100,000
|
172,500
/ *
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leslie
G. Smith and Randy Smith, JTTEN
3004
N.E. 47th Avenue
Portland,
OR 97213
|
None
|
25,000(3)
/ *
|
25,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beverly
Sweeney
2400
E. Alameda Avenue
Denver,
CO 80209
|
None
|
5,000(3)
/ *
|
5,000(3)
|
0 /
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David
Weilage
285
Potato Patch Circle
Evergreen,
CO 80439
|
None
|
271,339(3)
/ *
|
150,000(3)
|
121,339
/ *
|
____________________
*Less
than 1%
(1) There
is no assurance that the selling stockholders will exercise all or any of their
warrants or that they will sell any or all of their shares of common stock
offered by this prospectus.
(2)
Arizcan Properties is wholly-owned by Triumphant Partners, LLC, a Colorado
limited liability company that is owned by Stan Richards. Mr.
Richards has voting and dispositive power over the shares of common stock being
offered. As a result of the March 2007 private placement transaction
described under “PROSPECTUS SUMMARY—The Company—Recent Developments,” and
certain other transactions, Arizcan Properties is now our controlling
stockholder. The transactions among Arizcan Properties, its
principals and us are described elsewhere in this prospectus. See
“RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS,” “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS”
and “FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.”
(3)
Assumes the exercise of all of the warrants to purchase shares of our common
stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share expiring on February 2, 2009
issued to the named selling stockholder.
(4) Bottom
Line Advisors Inc. is beneficially owned by Bobbi A. Norris. David L.
Norris and Bobbi A. Norris have voting and dispositive power over the shares of
common stock being offered.
(5) Zuni
Kitchen LLC is beneficially owned by Todd Coleman, who has voting and
dispositive power over the shares of common stock being offered.
(6) LZF,
LLC is beneficially owned by Robert S. Hoover, who has voting and dispositive
power over the shares of common stock being offered.
(7) The
beneficiaries of the Irrevocable Trust of Blanche Richards include Rochelle M.
Richards, Danielle Richards, Ethan Smith and Jasper Smith. R. Mark
Richards, Trustee, has voting and dispositive power over the shares of common
stock being offered.
The
selling stockholders may, from time to time, use this prospectus to sell all or
a portion of the shares of our common stock offered by this
prospectus. These sales and transfers of our common stock may be
effected from time to time in one or more transactions on the over-the-counter
bulletin board, in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions or
otherwise, at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at negotiated prices, or without consideration,
or by any other legally available means.
These
transfers or sales may occur directly or by or through brokers, dealers, agents
or underwriters who may receive compensation in the form of underwriting
discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling holders and/or from
purchasers of the common stock for whom they may act as agent. Any or
all of the shares of common stock may be sold or transferred from time to time
by means of:
|
|
·
|
a
block trade in which the broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell
the common stock as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the
block as principal to facilitate the
transaction;
|
|
|
·
|
purchases
by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by that broker or dealer for
its account based on this
prospectus;
|
|
|
·
|
ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits
purchasers;
|
|
|
·
|
the
writing of options on the common
stock;
|
|
|
·
|
pledges
as collateral to secure loans, credit or other financing arrangements and
any subsequent foreclosure, if any, under those
arrangements;
|
|
|
·
|
gifts,
donations and contributions; and
|
|
|
·
|
any
other legally available means.
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To the
extent required by the Securities Act of 1933, the number of shares of common
stock to be sold or transferred, the purchase price, the name of any agent,
broker, dealer or underwriter and any applicable discounts or commissions and
any other required information with respect to a particular offer will be shown
in an accompanying prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment.
In the
event of the transfer by any selling stockholder of shares of our common stock
offered by this prospectus to any pledge, donee or other transferee, we will
supplement or amend this prospectus (as required by the Securities Act of 1933)
and the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part in order to
have the pledge, donee or other transferee included as a selling
stockholder.
If
necessary to comply with state securities laws, the common stock will be sold
only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition,
the common stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for
sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or
qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
The
selling stockholders and any brokers, dealers, agents or underwriters that
participate in the distribution of the common stock may be deemed to be
“underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, in which event
any discounts, concessions and commissions received by those brokers, dealers,
agents or underwriters and any profit on the resale of the common stock
purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts
under the Securities Act of 1933.
No
underwriter, broker, dealer or agent has been engaged by us or, to our
knowledge, any of the selling stockholders, in connection with the distribution
of the common stock.
We and
the selling stockholders will be subject to the applicable provisions of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations under it,
including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 and, insofar as the selling
stockholders are distributors and we, under certain circumstances, may be a
distribution participant, under Regulation M.
The
anti-manipulation provisions of Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 will apply to purchases and sales of shares of our common stock by the
selling stockholders, and there are restrictions on market-making activities by
persons engaged in the distribution of the shares of our common
stock. Under Regulation M, a selling stockholder or its agents may
not bid for, purchase, or attempt to induce any person to bid for or purchase,
shares of our common stock while they are distributing shares of our common
stock covered by this prospectus. Accordingly, the selling
stockholders are not permitted to cover short sales by purchasing shares of our
common stock while the distribution is taking place.
Any
common stock covered by this prospectus that also qualify for sale based on Rule
144 under the Securities Act of 1933 may be sold under Rule 144 rather than
based on this prospectus. There is no assurance that the selling
stockholders identified in this prospectus will sell any or all of the common
stock. The selling stockholders may transfer, devise or gift common
stock by other means not described in this prospectus.
We will
pay all of the expenses incident to the registration of the common stock, other
than underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. The
aggregate proceeds to the selling holders from the sale of the common stock will
be the purchase price of that common stock less any of these discounts or
commissions.
Our
authorized capital stock consists of 200,000,000 shares of common stock, $.0001
par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.0001 par value
per share. As of February 15, 2008, we had 35,546,511 shares of
common stock and 500,000 shares of preferred stock issued and
outstanding. We have outstanding warrants, options, and convertible
privileges which, if exercised, would total 14,859,844 shares of common
stock. We have also reserved 832,290 shares of our common stock in
connection with our ongoing litigation with Harvest Court, LLC described above
under “THE COMPANY—Legal Proceedings.” Overall, we would have a total
of 51,238,645 shares of common stock issued and outstanding if all of our
outstanding warrants and options were exercised and all of our reserved shares
of common stock were issued.
Each
share of our common stock is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a
vote of the stockholders and is equal to each other share of our common stock
with respect to voting, liquidation and dividend rights. Holders of
our common stock are entitled to receive the dividends, if any, as may be
declared by our board of directors out of assets legally available therefor and
to receive net assets in liquidation after payment of all amounts due to
creditors and any liquidation preference due to preferred
stockholders. Holders of our common stock have no conversion rights
and are not entitled to any preemptive or subscription rights. Our
common stock is not subject to redemption or any further calls or
assessments. Our common stock does not have cumulative voting rights
in the election of directors.
Dividend
Policy
While
there currently are no restrictions prohibiting us from paying dividends to our
stockholders, we have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock in the
past, and we do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable
future. Earnings, if any, are expected to be retained to fund our
future operations. There can be no assurance that we will pay
dividends at any time in the future.
Trading
of Our Common Stock
Our
common stock presently is quoted on the over-the-counter bulletin board
maintained by FINRA under the symbol “VYTC.OB.” Our common stock also
is traded on the Berlin Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Munich
Stock Exchange and the Xetra Stock Exchange under the symbols indicated under
“MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.”
The board
of directors designated 500,000 shares of preferred stock as series A
nonconvertible preferred stock. The series A nonconvertible preferred
stock shall rank senior to all of our common stock as to distributions of assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the company, whether voluntary or
involuntary. Each share of series A nonconvertible preferred stock
shall be paid a dividend equal to eight percent (8%) per annum of the deemed par
value of $1.00 per share. The dividends shall be cumulative from the
date of issuance. The holders of the series A nonconvertible
preferred stock shall have no conversion rights. On or after ten
years after the date of issuance, we shall have the right, in our sole
discretion, to redeem any or all of series A nonconvertible preferred
stock. The redemption price for redeeming each share of series A
nonconvertible preferred stock is 130% of the deemed par value, together with
the accrued but unpaid dividends. The holders of the series A
nonconvertible preferred stock shall have the right to vote on any matter with
holders of common stock voting together as one class.
The
transfer agent for our common stock is Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc., 3200
South Cherry Creek Drive, Suite 430, Denver, Colorado 80209.
One of
the effects of the existence of authorized but unissued shares of our common
stock or preferred stock may be to enable our board of directors to render it
more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us and thereby
protect the continuity of or entrench our management, which may adversely effect
the market price of our common stock. If in the due exercise of its
fiduciary obligations, for example, our board of directors were to determine
that a takeover proposal were not in our best interests, such shares could be
issued by the board of directors without stockholder approval in one or more
private placements or other transactions that might prevent or render more
difficult or make more costly the completion of any attempted takeover
transaction by diluting voting or other rights of the proposed acquirer or
insurgent stockholder group, by creating a substantial voting block in
institutional or other hands that might support the position of the incumbent
board of directors, by effecting an acquisition that might complicate or
preclude the takeover, or otherwise. See “RISK FACTORS—We could issue
preferred stock that could adversely affect the rights of our common
stockholders.”
Our
business, property and affairs are managed under the direction of our board of
directors. The board of directors held one regular and special
meeting during the 2006 fiscal year and held no meetings in the 2007 fiscal
year. All of our directors attended at least 75% of the meetings held
while they were directors (including meetings held by all committees of the
Board on which such director served). In addition to meetings, the
board acted several times during 2006 by unanimous written consent after
telephonic discussion among the members.
We have
voluntarily adopted the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules for determining whether a
director is independent and our board of directors has determined that three of
our four directors, Messrs. Neuhaus, Shaw and Hoback, are “independent” within
the meaning of Rule 4200(a) (15) of the NASDAQ Manual. Mr. Metzinger
is not independent under those standards.
We have
no committees of the board of directors.
Audit
Committee. All members of our board of directors perform the
responsibilities of the audit committee; providing oversight of our accounting
functions and internal controls. Our board of directors has not
designated a Financial Expert, as defined by the SEC, due to factors including
but not limited to our operational status and the limited number of
transactions, accounts and balances that we maintain. Our board of
directors has determined that it is not in our best interests at this time to
incur the costs associated with identifying and designating a Financial
Expert.
Compensation
Committee. All members of our board of directors performed the
responsibilities of the compensation committee, and participated in
deliberations and made decisions concerning executive officer compensation
during the course of regular board meetings or board activities conducted
through unanimous consent board resolutions in lieu of meetings. Mr.
Metzinger did not deliberate and vote on matters relating to his compensation as
our President and Chief Executive Officer.
Nominating
Committee. All members of our board of directors acted as the
nominating committee, and participated in deliberations and made decisions
concerning director nominations during the course of regular board meetings or
board activities conducted through unanimous consent board resolutions in lieu
of meetings.
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Name,
Age and Year First Elected or Appointed
|
Principal
Occupation and Business Experience
|
|
|
|
|
Paul
H. Metzinger
Age: 69
|
Mr.
Metzinger was our President and Chief Executive Officer from February 26,
1998 to May 6, 1998 and has served in that same capacity from December 1,
1998 to present. He has been a director since
February 26, 1998. He has served as a Manager and Vice
President of BioAgra since August 15, 2005. He served as the
General Manager of NanoPierce Card from January 2000 to June
2003. Prior to becoming a director, Mr. Metzinger practiced
securities law in Denver, Colorado for over 32 years. Mr.
Metzinger received his J.D. degree in 1967 from Creighton University Law
School and his L.L.M. from Georgetown University in
1969.
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|
|
|
|
Herbert
J. Neuhaus
Age: 46
|
Dr.
Neuhaus has been a director since January 1, 1999. Since
January 1999, he has been our Executive Vice President of Marketing and
Technology. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of
NanoPierce Connection from January 2002 to September 2003. Dr.
Neuhaus previously served as the Managing Director of Particle
Interconnect Corporation from August 18, 1997 to November 1,
1997. From August 1989 to August 1997, he was associated with
the Electronic Material Venture Group in the New Business Development
Department of Amoco Chemical Company, Naperville,
Illinois. While associated with Amoco Chemical Company he held
among other positions: Business Development Manager/Team Leader; Project
Manager--High Density Interconnect; Product Manager MCM Products and as a
research scientist. Dr. Neuhaus received his Ph.D. degree in
Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts in 1989 and his BS in Physics from Clemson University,
Clemson, South Carolina in 1980.
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|
Name,
Age and Year First Elected or Appointed
|
Principal
Occupation and Business Experience
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
Shaw, Ph.D.
Age: 69
|
Dr.
Shaw has been our director since October 31, 2000. Dr. Shaw
currently is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Farleigh Dickinson
University where he has served on the faculty since September
1988. Dr. Shaw also performs professional research in his
academic areas of specialty, and has held, among others, the positions of
Research Chemist at the American Cyanamid Research Laboratories, Stamford;
Senior Research Physicist at Exxon Research and Engineering Company;
Manager of New Business Development at Exxon Enterprises, Exxon
Corporation, New York, NY; and President of Robert Shaw Associates, Inc.,
Chatham, NJ. Dr. Shaw received his Ph.D. in Solid State Physics
form Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. He was among the
first to conduct academic research on electronic conduction mechanisms in
amorphous semiconductors. He received a B.S. in Inorganic
Chemistry with a minor in Nuclear Physics from North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC.
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|
|
|
|
John
Hoback
Age: 69
|
Mr.
Hoback has been our director since April 2002. Mr. Hoback
currently serves as the President of Z&H Enterprises Solutions, Ltd.,
which position he has held since 2000. Among other positions,
Mr. Hoback was the Director of Marketing and Sales of CTS from 1999 to
2000 and was the Venture Manager of Electronics with Amoco Chemical from
1988 to 1999.
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Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
General
Philosophy and Objectives
In 2004,
we began changing our principal business from electronics technology to
biotechnology. Through our 50% interest in BioAgra, LLC, we hope to
generate revenue through the production and sale of Agrastim® and
Purestim™. While
BioAgra has recently signed its first agreement for the sale of Agrastim®, BioAgra
has generated no revenue and are currently incurring net losses in each
quarter. Due to our lack of revenue and continuing net losses, the
board of directors has not established a general philosophy pertaining to the
compensation of our executive officers. However, should we begin to
generate revenue in the future, the board will establish formal objectives and
policies for the compensation of our executives that is tied to the generation
of value for our stockholders.
Base
Salaries
We
believe that the base salary level of our executive officer is reasonably
related to our current revenue levels. Base salaries are reviewed
annually, and any increases in base salary take into account such factors as
individual past performance, changes in responsibilities, changes in pay levels
of companies deemed comparable by us, inflation and our overall financial
position. The annual base salary for Mr. Metzinger was $150,000 as
required by the terms of his employment agreement with us. However,
due to our net losses, Mr. Metzinger has voluntarily chosen to reduce his annual
salary to $105,000 until such time as we begin generating revenues.
Annual
Cash Bonuses
At this
time, we do not pay annual cash bonuses to our Named Executive
Officers.
Long-Term
Incentive Compensation
At this
time, we do not award equity compensation to our Named Executive
Officers.
Participation
of Named Executive Officers in Compensation Decisions Relating to
Them
Compensation
decisions for the Named Executive Officers are made by the board of
directors. To the extent that a Named Executive Officer is a member
of the board, they recuse themselves from the discussions or and do not
participate in compensation decisions that relate to them.
Tax
Deductibility of Executive Compensation
Section
162(m) of the Code disallows a tax deduction for any publicly held corporation
for individual compensation of more than $1.0 million in any taxable year to any
named executive officers, other than compensation that is performance-based
under a plan that is approved by the Stockholders and that meets certain other
technical requirements. Our policy with respect to Section 162(m) is
to make every reasonable effort to ensure that compensation is deductible to the
extent permitted while simultaneously providing our executives with appropriate
rewards for their performance. In the appropriate circumstances,
however, we are prepared to exceed the limit on deductibility under Section
162(m) to the extent necessary to ensure our executive officers are compensated
in a manner consistent with our best interests and those of our
Stockholders.
Executive
Compensation
The
following table sets forth information with respect to the compensation paid or
earned during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 by our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer who served in such capacities during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2007 (“Named Executive Officers”).
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2007
Summary Compensation Table
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Name
and Principal Position
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Year
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Salary
($)
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Bonus
($)
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Stock
Awards
($)
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Option
Awards
($)
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Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation
($)
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Change
in Pension Value and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
Earnings
($)
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All
Other Compensation
($)
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Total
($)
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
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(e)
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(f)
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(g)
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(h)
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(i)
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(j)
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Paul
Metzinger
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2006
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$ |
105,000 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$ |
105,000 |
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CEO,
President, Acting CFO
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2007
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$ |
105,000 |
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— |
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— |
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$ |
305,000 |
(2) |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$ |
410,000 |
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Kristi
J. Kampmann(1)
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2006
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$ |
78,125 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$ |
78,125 |
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CFO
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2007
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$ |
50,800 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$ |
50,800 |
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____________________
(1) Ms.
Kampmann served as our Chief Financial Officer until February 28,
2007.
(2) Please
see Note 8 in the notes to the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2007 in “FINANCIAL STATEMENTS” for the relevant assumptions
used in calculating the fair value of the option awards using FAS
123R.
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2007
Grants of Plan-Based Awards
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Estimated
Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan
Awards
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Estimated
Future Payouts Under
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Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
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Name
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Grant
Date
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Threshold
($)
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Target
($)
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Maximum
($)
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Threshold
(#)
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Target
(#)
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Maximum
(#)
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All
Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units
(#)
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All
Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options
(#)
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Exercise
or Base Price of Option Awards
($/Sh)
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Grant
Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
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(e)
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(f)
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(g)
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(h)
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(i)
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(j)
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(k)
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(l)
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Paul
Metzinger
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3/27/2007
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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1,000,000
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$0.32
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3/27/2007
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Kristi
J. Kampmann(1)
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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____________________
(1) Ms.
Kampmann served as our Chief Financial Officer until February 28,
2007.
Employment
Contracts and Termination of Employment and
Change
in Control Arrangements
On March
15, 2004, we entered into an employment agreement with Paul H. Metzinger to
serve as our President and Chief Executive Officer. The employment
agreement with Mr. Metzinger expires March 14, 2008. Pursuant to his
employment agreement, we agreed to pay Mr. Metzinger an annual salary of
$150,000. In March 2005, Mr. Metzinger took a salary cut to receive
an annual salary of $105,000.
In
connection with the employment agreements, generally, we or the employee may
terminate the employment agreement at any time with or without
cause. In the event we terminate an employment agreement for cause or
the employee terminates his or her employee agreement without cause, all of such
employee’s rights to compensation would cease upon the date of such
termination. If we terminate an employment agreement without cause,
then such employee terminates his or her employment agreement for cause, or in
the event of a change in control, we are required to pay to such employee all
compensation and other benefits that would have accrued and/or been payable to
that employee during the full term of the employment agreement.
A change
of control is considered to have occurred when, as a result of any type of
corporate reorganization, execution of proxies, voting trusts or similar
arrangements, a person or group of persons (other than incumbent officers,
directors and our principal stockholders) acquires sufficient control to elect
more than a majority of our board of directors, acquires 50% or more of our
voting shares, or we adopts a plan of dissolution of liquidation. The
employment agreement also include a non-compete and nondisclosure provisions in
which each employee agrees not to compete with or disclose confidential
information regarding us and our business during the term of the employment
agreement and for a period of one year thereafter.
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2007
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
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Name
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Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
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Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
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Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Unearned Options
(#)
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Option
Exercise Price
($)
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Option
Expiration Date
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Number
of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
(#)
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Market
Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Been Vested
($)
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Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights
That Have Not Vested
(#)
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Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or
Other Rights That Have Not Vested
($)
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
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(e)
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(f)
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(g)
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(h)
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(i)
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(j)
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Paul
Metzinger
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50,000 |
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— |
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— |
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$ |
6.50 |
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2/26/98-2/26/08
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Paul
Metzinger
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25,000 |
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— |
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— |
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6.50 |
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2/27/98-2/27/08
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Paul
Metzinger
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15,000 |
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— |
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— |
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10.40 |
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3/12/99-3/12/09
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Paul
Metzinger
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1,000,000 |
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— |
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— |
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0.32 |
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3/17/07-3/17/17
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Kristi
J. Kampmann(1)
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2,500 |
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— |
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— |
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6.50 |
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2/26/98-2/26/08
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Kristi
J. Kampmann(1)
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2,500 |
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— |
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— |
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10.40 |
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3/12/99-3/12/09
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Kristi
J. Kampmann(1)
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5,000 |
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— |
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— |
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16.80 |
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10/6/00-10/6/10
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— |
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— |
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____________________
(1) Ms.
Kampmann served as our Chief Financial Officer until February 28,
2007.
2007
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
There
were no exercises of options or vesting of stock awards by any of the Named
Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
2007
Pension Benefits
We do not
have a benefit pension plan.
2007
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
We do not
have a nonqualified defined contribution or other nonqualified deferred
compensation plans.
Stock
Option Plans
We have
two Stock Option Plans. As of February 15, 2008, 311,127 options are
outstanding under the 1998 Compensatory Stock Option Plan and 2,437,000 options
are outstanding under the 2000 Compensatory Stock Option Plan, for a total of
2,748,127 options outstanding. A total of 2,748,127 options are
exercisable at February 15, 2008, under these plans. On March 27,
2007, we issued 2,000,000 options under the 2000 Compensatory Stock Option Plan
to officers, directors and one employee. We have reserved 375,000
shares of common stock for issuance under the 1998 Compensatory Stock Option
Plan. In January 2002, our board of directors passed a resolution
closing the 1998 Compensatory Stock Option Plan for issuance of new
options. We have reserved 250,000 shares of common stock for issuance
under the 2000 Compensatory Stock Option Plan. During the fiscal
years ended June 30, 2006 and 2007, there was no action taken to reprice any
options held by any officers, directors or employees.
Director
Compensation
We hold
quarterly meetings of the board of directors. Although we do not have
any standard arrangements pursuant to which our directors are compensated for
any services provided as a director or for attendance at meetings of the board
of directors, if our financial situation is adequate, we compensate directors
$1,000 per meeting, plus reasonable travel expenses. During the
fiscal years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, our officers and directors were not
compensated for attendance at board meetings. On March 27, 2007, our
officers and directors were issued 1,750,000 options under the 2000 Compensatory
Stock Option Plan. These options have a term of 10 years, an exercise
price of $0.32 per share and are fully-vested.
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Director
Compensation in Fiscal 2007
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Name
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Fees
Earned or Paid in Cash
($)
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Stock
Awards
($)
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Option
Awards
($)
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Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation
($)
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Change
in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Earnings
($)
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All
Other Compensation
($)
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Total
($)
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
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(e)
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(f)
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(g)
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(h)
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Paul
Metzinger
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$ |
— |
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— |
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$ |
305,000 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$ |
305,000 |
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Herbert
Neuhaus
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— |
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— |
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77,500 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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77,500 |
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Robert
Shaw
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— |
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— |
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77,500 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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77,500 |
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John
Hoback
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— |
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— |
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77,500 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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77,500 |
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____________________
Please
see Note 8 in the notes to the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2007 in “FINANCIAL STATEMENTS” for the relevant assumptions
used in calculating the fair value of the option awards using FAS
123R.
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial
ownership of outstanding shares of our common stock as of February 15, 2008, by
(a) each person known by us to own beneficially 5% or more of our outstanding
shares of common stock, (b) our directors, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer and executive officers named in “MANAGEMENT—Director and
Executive Compensation,” and (c) all our directors and executive officers as a
group (in each case after giving effect to the reverse stock split of our common
stock that occurred on January 31, 2006 that is described elsewhere in this
prospectus).
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Name,
Address & Nature of
Beneficial
Owner
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Amount
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Percent of Class(7)
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Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
77
South Adams, Suite 906
Denver,
CO 80209
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17,503,000(1)
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49.23%
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The
Paul H. Metzinger Trust
Paul
H. Metzinger
President,
CEO & CFO, Director
370
Seventeenth Street
Suite
3640
Denver,
CO 80202
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1,186,585(2)
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3.34
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The
Cheri L. Metzinger Trust
Cheri
L. Metzinger
Wife
of Paul H. Metzinger
3236
Jellison Street
Wheatridge,
CO 80033
|
1,186,585(3)
|
3.34
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Dr.
Herbert J. Neuhaus
Director
770
Maroonglen Court
Colorado
Springs, CO 80906
|
317,500(4)
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0.89
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Dr.
Robert E. Shaw, Director
8
Nicklaus Court
Florham
Park, NJ 07932
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270,000(5)
|
0.75
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John
Hoback, Director
20
White Heron Lake
East
Stroudsburg, PA 18301
|
270,000(6)
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0.76
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All
Officers & Directors as a Group
(4
persons)
|
2,039,085
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5.74
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____________________
(1)
Arizcan Properties is wholly-owned by Triumphant Partners, LLC, a Colorado
limited liability company, which is owned by Stan Richards. Includes
11,503,000 common shares held directly and beneficially (of which 6,000,000 are
issuable upon the exercise of a warrant at $0.50 per share) and 7,770 common
shares that are held by Stan Richards. On March 2, 2007, Arizcan
Properties also acquired 500,000 shares of our newly-designated series A
nonconvertible preferred stock that entitles them to 51% of our voting power,
which, on a fully diluted basis, gives them approximately 85.12% of our voting
power.
(2)
Includes 53,697 common shares held directly and beneficially; 47,888 common
shares that Mr. Metzinger owns beneficially though his wife and options held by
Mr. Metzinger consisting of options to purchase 10,000 shares exercisable at
$10.40 per share, options to purchase 75,000 shares exercisable at $6.50 per
share and options to purchase 1,000,000 shares exercisable at $0.32 per
share.
(3) Cheri
L. Metzinger is the wife of Mr. Paul H. Metzinger, our Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer and President. This includes 47,888 shares
held directly and beneficially and 53,697 common shares, 1,085,000 common shares
subject to options owned beneficially by her husband.
(4) Based
on options to purchase 25,000 shares exercisable at $42.50 per share, options to
purchase 5,000 shares exercisable at $55.00 per share, options to purchase
12,500 shares exercisable at $10.40 per share, options to purchase 25,000 shares
exercisable at $4.00 per share and options to purchase 250,000 shares
exercisable at $0.32 per share.
(5) Based
on options to purchase 12,500 shares exercisable at $19.40 per share, options to
purchase 2,500 shares exercisable at $13.40 per share, options to purchase 5,000
shares exercisable at $40.00 per share and options to purchase 250,000 shares
exercisable at $0.32 per share.
(6) Based
on options to purchase 15,000 shares exercisable at $14.00 per share, options to
purchase 5,000 shares exercisable at $14.00 per share and options to purchase
250,000 shares exercisable at $0.32 per share.
(7) Shares
of our common stock subject to options and warrants currently exercisable or
convertible, or exercisable or convertible within 60 days of February 15, 2008,
are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage beneficially
owned by the person or entity holding those securities, but are not deemed
outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage beneficially owned by any
other person or entity. Percentage of beneficial ownership is based
on 35,546,511 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the close of business
on February 15, 2008.
Between
March 27, 2007 and December 28, 2007, we issued to Arizcan Properties a total of
12,569,666 shares of our restricted common stock for cash of $1,885,450, at a
price of $0.15 per share.
On March
2, 2007, in a private placement transaction, we issued to Arizcan Properties a
total of 500,000 shares of our newly-designated series A nonconvertible
preferred stock for a total purchase price of $500,000, in cash. In
addition to the purchase of the series A nonconvertible preferred stock, Arizcan
Properties purchased for a purchase price of $251,900 a warrant exercisable for
6,000,000 shares of common stock. This warrant has an exercise price
of $0.50 per share and provides for cashless exercise. As a result,
Arizcan Properties acquired approximately 51% of our voting power, and, on a
fully diluted basis, Arizcan Properties would have approximately 89% of our
voting power if they exercise the warrant.
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, Arizcan Properties purchased 8,373,000 shares of
restricted common stock for cash of $1,255,950 at a price of $0.15, a discount
from the closing market price of the stock on the date of purchase.
Mr.
Metzinger, an officer and director, during the year ended June 30, 2007,
advanced us a total of $25,203. During the six months ended December
31, 2007, he advanced an additional $4,108. During January 2007, he
advanced an additional $1,051. We have repaid $28,829 of the funds at
January 31, 2007.
During
the year ended June 30, 2007, we issued options to purchase 2,350,000 shares of
common stock to our officer and directors. The options are fully
vested, have a term of 10 years and an exercise price of $0.41 per
share. The options were determined to have a value of $743,750 using
the Black-Scholes Model of valuation and certain assumptions considered
appropriate by management.
Related
Party Transaction Policy
The board
of directors recognizes that related party transactions can present conflicts of
interest and questions as to whether the transactions are in our best
interests. Accordingly, effective in September 2007, the board of
directors adopted a written policy formalizing the policy for the review,
approval and ratification of transactions with related persons. For
the purposes of the policy, a “related party transaction” is a transaction or
relationship involving a director, executive officer or 5% stockholder or their
immediate family members that is reportable under the SEC’s rules regarding such
transactions.
Under the
policy, a related party transaction should be approved or ratified based upon a
determination that the transaction is in, or not opposed to, our best interests
and on terms no less favorable to us than those available with other
parties. The policy provides for the board of directors to review and
approve all related party transactions, other than transactions involving
amounts less than $100,000 in aggregate. Pursuant to the policy,
management shall recommend any related party transaction, including the proposed
aggregate value of the transaction, if applicable. After review, the
board of directors shall approve or disapprove of such transaction.
The
General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada and our articles of incorporation
provide for indemnification of our directors for liabilities and expenses that
they may incur in such capacities. In general, our directors and
officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith and in a
manner such person believed to be in our best interests, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceedings, actions that such person has no reasonable cause
to believe were unlawful. Furthermore, the personal liability of our
directors is limited as provided in our articles of incorporation.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of
the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore unenforceable.
Our
consolidated financial statements for each of the two years ended June 30, 2007
and 2006 included in this prospectus and registration statement have been
audited by GHP Horwath, P.C. (“GHP”), an independent registered public
accounting firm, for the periods and to the extent set forth in their report,
which describes an uncertainty related to our ability to continue as a going
concern, appearing herein and elsewhere in the registration
statement. Such financial statements have been so included in
reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in
auditing and accounting.
We are
subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and, in compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, file periodic
reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These reports and the other information we file with the
SEC can be inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room maintained by the
SEC in Washington, D.C. at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
20549. The SEC’s telephone number to obtain information on the
operation of the public reference room is (800) SEC-0330. In
addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy
statements and other information regarding registrants like us that file
electronically with the SEC at the following Internet address:
http://www.sec.gov. The SEC’s telephone number is (800)
SEC-0330.
We have
filed with the SEC in Washington, D.C. a registration statement on Form S-1
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the shares of our common stock
offered by this prospectus.
We file
annual, quarterly and other reports, and other information with the
SEC. You may read and copy the materials we file at the SEC’s Public
Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please
call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the
Public Reference Rooms. Our SEC filings are also available to the
public from the SEC’s Internet site on the Internet at
http://www.sec.gov. This site contains reports, proxy and information
statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with
the SEC. Our commission file number is 033-19598-D.
We
maintain a site on the Internet at www.vytacorp.com. The information
contained on our website is not part of this prospectus and you should not rely
on it in deciding whether to invest in our common stock.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
On
January 19, 2006, our board of directors approved an amendment to our Articles
of Incorporation to affect a one-for-twenty reverse stock split of our common
stock effective January 31, 2006. All references to shares, options,
warrants and conversion and exercise prices in the Financial Statements have
been adjusted to reflect the post-reverse split amounts.
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Audited
Financial Statements
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For
the Years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
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Page
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-1
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Consolidated
Financial Statements:
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Consolidated
Balance Sheet – June 30, 2007
|
F-2
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations –
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Years
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
|
F-3
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Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Loss –
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Years
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
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F-4
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Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity –
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Years
ended June 30, 2007 and 200
|
F-5
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows –
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Years
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
|
F-8
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-10
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Unaudited
Financial Statements
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For
the six months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheet –
|
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December
31, 2007
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F-25
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations –
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Six
and three months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
F-26
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss –
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|
Six
and three months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
F-27
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Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
–
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Six
months ended December 31, 2007
|
F-28
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows –
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Six
months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
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F-29
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Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-30
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of
Directors
Vyta
Corp
Denver,
Colorado
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Vyta Corp and
subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2007, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders’ equity
and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended June 30,
2007. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Vyta Corp and subsidiaries
as of June 30, 2007, and the results of their operations and their cash flows
for each of the years in the two-year period ended June 30, 2007, in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2
to the consolidated financial statements, the Company reported a net loss
applicable to common shareholders of approximately $4,474,000, substantially all
derived from its equity in development stage net losses of its principal
investee, a 50% joint venture, whose ability to continue as a going concern is
in substantial doubt, and significant cash outflows from operations for the year
ended June 30, 2007, and an accumulated deficit of approximately $30,498,000 as
of June 30, 2007. These factors raise substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans
in regard to these matters, which do not include any direct revenue-producing
activities in the foreseeable future, are also described in Note
2. The consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
As
discussed in Notes 1 and 8 to the consolidated financial statements, effective
July 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123(R), Share Based Payment.
/s/ GHP
HORWATH, P.C.
Denver,
Colorado
October
12, 2007
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET
JUNE
30, 2007
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
354,702 |
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
1,840 |
|
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
356,542 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
and equipment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Office
equipment and furniture
|
|
|
67,107 |
|
|
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(61,670 |
) |
|
|
|
|
5,437 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
in unconsolidated investee (Note 5)
|
|
|
205,196 |
|
|
Note
and advances receivable, net, unconsolidated investee (Note
4)
|
|
|
340,344 |
|
|
Deposits
and other
|
|
|
19,562 |
|
|
|
|
|
565,102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
927,081 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and Shareholders’ Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
76,797 |
|
|
Advances
payable, officer (Note 6)
|
|
|
24,612 |
|
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
7,063 |
|
|
Total
liabilities (all current)
|
|
|
108,472 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and contingencies (Notes 3, 6, 7 and 9)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders’
equity (Note 8):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock; $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; Series A, 8%;
deemed par value $1.00 per share; 500,000 shares issued and outstanding;
liquidation preference of $513,150
|
|
|
513,150 |
|
|
Common
stock; $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 31,349,845 shares
issued and outstanding
|
|
|
3,135 |
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
30,678,462 |
|
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
121,543 |
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
|
(30,497,681 |
) |
|
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
818,609 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
|
$ |
927,081 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
|
|
|
|
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative expense
|
|
$ |
(1,835,973 |
) |
|
$ |
(893,061 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
from operations
|
|
|
(1,835,973 |
) |
|
|
(893,061 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
72,307 |
|
|
Extinguishment
of liabilities (Note 6)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
120,788 |
|
|
Equity
losses of unconsolidated investees (Note 5)
|
|
|
(1,426,590 |
) |
|
|
(1,398,202 |
) |
|
Provision
for loss on note receivable, unconsolidated investee (Note
4)
|
|
|
(1,198,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
Loss
on revaluation of derivative warrant liability (Note 7)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(74,295 |
) |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(235,139 |
) |
|
Interest
expense, related party
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(219 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(2,624,568 |
) |
|
|
(1,514,760 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
(4,460,541 |
) |
|
|
(2,407,821 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
dividends on preferred stock (Note 8)
|
|
|
(13,150 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneficial
conversion feature (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,500,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss applicable to common shareholders
|
|
$ |
(4,473,691 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,907,821 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss per common share, basic and diluted (Note 1)
|
|
$ |
(0.19 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.30 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding (Note 1)
|
|
|
23,884,955 |
|
|
|
12,984,849 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(4,460,541 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,407,821 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in unrealized gain on securities
|
|
|
(619 |
) |
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
(8,197 |
) |
|
|
7,457 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
loss
|
|
$ |
(4,469,357 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,400,305 |
) |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
(NOTE
1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Accumulated
other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock
|
|
|
Common
stock
|
|
|
paid-in
|
|
|
comprehensive
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
shareholders’
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
income
|
|
|
deficit
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances,
July 1, 2005
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
4,663,045 |
|
|
$ |
466 |
|
|
$ |
24,059,377 |
|
|
$ |
122,843 |
|
|
$ |
(23,629,319 |
) |
|
$ |
553,367 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued upon exercise of warrants, net of offering costs (Note
8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,535,000 |
|
|
|
154 |
|
|
|
734,846 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
735,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forgiveness
of offering cost liability (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
800,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
800,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued with notes payable (Notes 6 and 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
455,000 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
117,841 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
117,886 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock and warrants issued for cash (Notes 7 and 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
790,467 |
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
453,067 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
453,146 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued as payment of accrued commissions (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
89,995 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
90,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series
A preferred stock issued for cash (Note 8)
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued upon conversion of Series A preferred stock (Note
8)
|
|
|
(200,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,500,000 |
) |
|
|
15,000,000 |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
1,498,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock originally issued for services, returned for non- performance (Note
8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(50,000 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(89,995 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(90,000 |
) |
|
(Continued)
|
|
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
(NOTE
1)
(CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Accumulated
other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock
|
|
|
Common
stock
|
|
|
paid-in
|
|
|
comprehensive
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
shareholders’
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
income
|
|
|
deficit
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock and warrants issued for services (Notes 1 and 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
20 |
|
|
$ |
464,980 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
465,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification
of derivative warrant liability to equity (Note 7)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
253,522 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
253,522 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
contribution of accrued payroll owed to and forgiven by officer
/shareholder (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
8,750 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
8,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,407,821 |
) |
|
|
(2,407,821 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in unrealized gain on securities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
Change
in foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
7,457 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
7,457 |
|
|
Balances,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June
30, 2006
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
22,643,512 |
|
|
$ |
2,264 |
|
|
$ |
28,390,883 |
|
|
$ |
130,359 |
|
|
$ |
(26,037,140 |
) |
|
$ |
2,486,366 |
|
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
(NOTE
1)
(CONTINUED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Accumulated
other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock
|
|
|
Common
stock
|
|
|
paid
in
|
|
|
comprehensive
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
shareholders’
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
income
|
|
|
deficit
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances,
July 1, 2006
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
22,643,512 |
|
|
$ |
2,264 |
|
|
$ |
28,390,883 |
|
|
$ |
130,359 |
|
|
$ |
(26,037,140 |
) |
|
$ |
2,486,366 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series
A preferred stock issued for cash, of which $100,000 was received in
advance as of June 30, 2006 (Note 8)
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant
issued for cash (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
251,900 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
251,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued for cash (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
8,373,000 |
|
|
|
838 |
|
|
|
1,255,112 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,255,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued in settlement of note payable, shareholder (Note
6)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
333,333 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
49,967 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options
issued for compensation (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
743,750 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
743,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
dividends on Series A preferred stock (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
13,150 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(13,150 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,460,541 |
) |
|
|
(4,460,541 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in unrealized gain on securities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(619 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(619 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(8,197 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(8,197 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
$ |
513,150 |
|
|
|
31,349,845 |
|
|
$ |
3,135 |
|
|
$ |
30,678,462 |
|
|
$ |
121,543 |
|
|
$ |
(30,497,681 |
) |
|
$ |
818,609 |
|
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(4,460,541 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,407,821 |
) |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consulting
expense
|
|
|
436,197 |
|
|
|
28,803 |
|
|
Depreciation
expense
|
|
|
5,387 |
|
|
|
5,768 |
|
|
Provision
for loss on note receivable, equity investee
|
|
|
1,198,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Equity
in net losses of unconsolidated investees
|
|
|
1,426,590 |
|
|
|
1,398,202 |
|
|
Options
issued for compensation
|
|
|
743,750 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Gain
on extinguishment of liabilities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(120,788 |
) |
|
Amortization
of discounts on notes payable
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
213,860 |
|
|
Loss
on revaluation of derivative warrant liability
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
74,295 |
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease
(increase) in prepaid expenses
|
|
|
14,742 |
|
|
|
(52,777 |
) |
|
Increase
(decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
23,151 |
|
|
|
(17,848 |
) |
|
Total
adjustments
|
|
|
3,847,817 |
|
|
|
1,529,515 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(612,724 |
) |
|
|
(878,306 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of equipment
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(750 |
) |
|
Advances
to unconsolidated investee
|
|
|
(1,182,784 |
) |
|
|
(1,686,570 |
) |
|
Payment
on note receivable
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
275,442 |
|
|
Investment
in joint venture
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(500,000 |
) |
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(1,182,784 |
) |
|
|
(1,911,878 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock and warrants issued for cash
|
|
|
1,255,950 |
|
|
|
2,167,372 |
|
|
Proceeds
applied to preferred stock and warrant purchase
|
|
|
651,900 |
|
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
Proceeds
from subscribed preferred stock
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
Payment
of notes payable
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(960,663 |
) |
|
Proceeds
from issuance of notes payable and common stock
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
150,000 |
|
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
1,957,850 |
|
|
|
2,956,709 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
162,342 |
|
|
|
166,525 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning
|
|
|
192,360 |
|
|
|
25,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, ending
|
|
$ |
354,702 |
|
|
$ |
192,360 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
(CONTINUED)
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
23,569 |
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription
payable converted to preferred stock
|
|
$ |
100,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
Conversion
of Series A Preferred Stock to common stock
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
1,500,000 |
|
|
Beneficial
conversion feature
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
1,500,000 |
|
|
Issuance
of common stock for payment of note payable
|
|
$ |
50,000 |
|
|
$ |
117,886 |
|
|
Issuance
of common stock in exchange for accrued commissions
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
90,000 |
|
|
Issuance
of common stock in exchange for deferred consulting costs
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
465,000 |
|
|
Notes
receivable applied to investment in unconsolidated
investee
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
405,000 |
|
|
Investment
in unconsolidated investee acquired in exchange for note
payable
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
595,000 |
|
|
Liability
recorded for offering costs of common stock issuance
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
800,000 |
|
|
Forgiveness
of offering costs owed in connection with common stock
issuance
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(800,000 |
) |
|
Forgiveness
of accrued payroll owed to officer/shareholder
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
8,750 |
|
|
Capitalization
of derivative warrant liability as equity
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
253,522 |
|
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
1. BASIS
OF PRESENTATION, BUSINESS, AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES:
BASIS
OF PRESENTATION:
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Vyta
Corp, a Nevada corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, NanoPierce
Connection Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (NCOS), which was incorporated in
November 2001 and ExypnoTech, LLC (ET LLC), a Colorado limited liability
company, which was formed in June 2004 (collectively referred to as the
“Company”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
On
January 19, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation to effect a one-for-twenty reverse stock
split effective January 31, 2006. All references to shares, options,
and warrants in the year ended June 30, 2006 and in prior periods, have been
retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse split amounts.
As a
result of the reverse split, the Company’s authorized capital was reduced from
200,000,000 shares to 10,000,000 shares. As part of the reverse
split, the Company amended and restated its Articles of Incorporation to
increase the authorized capital of the Company to 200,000,000
shares.
BUSINESS:
NCOS and
ET LLC had no revenues or operations in 2007 and 2006. The Company
has two unconsolidated investees which are accounted for using the equity method
of accounting, ExypnoTech, GmbH (EPT), and BioAgra, LLC (BioAgra), which operate
in two segments, the RFID industry and the animal feed industry,
respectively. EPT’s activities primarily consist of manufacturing
inlay components used in, among other things, Smart Labels, which is a paper
sheet holding a chip-containing module that is capable of memory storage and/or
processing. BioAgra (a development stage enterprise) manufactures and
plans to sell a beta glucan product, Agrastim®, to be
used as a replacement for hormone growth steroids and antibiotics in products
such as poultry feed.
SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
Use
of Estimates in the Financial Statements:
The
preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments:
The fair
values of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable
approximate their carrying amounts due to the short maturities of these
instruments. The fair values of the note and advances receivable from
the unconsolidated investee and advances payable to an officer of the Company
are not subject to reasonable estimation, based upon the related party nature of
the underlying transactions.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Cash
and Cash Equivalents:
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of
three months or less and money market instruments to be cash
equivalents.
Deferred
Consulting Costs:
In June
2006, the Company entered into a one year consulting services agreement with two
unrelated parties, in which the parties agreed to provide lobbying and public
relations services. Compensation consisted of 200,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock with a market value of approximately $182,000 (based on a
closing market price of $0.91 per share at the date the transaction was entered
into) and a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock,
with an exercise price of $0.91 per share and a term of 3 years. The
warrant was valued at $283,000 using the Black-Scholes pricing
model. The deferred cost was amortized on a straight-line basis as
earned over the one year period from the date of the
agreement. During the year ended June 30, 2007, the value of the
shares and warrant was amortized in full, and the Company recognized an expense
of $436,197. During the year ended June 30, 2006, $28,803 was
expensed.
Available
for Sale Securities:
Available
for sale securities consist of 1,180 shares of common stock of Intercell
International Corporation (Intercell). These securities are carried
at estimated fair value ($291 at June 30, 2007) based upon quoted market prices,
and are included in other long-term assets in the Company’s June 30, 2007
consolidated balance sheet. During the years ended June 30, 2007 and
2006, the Company did not sell any available for sale securities.
Equity
Method Investments:
Investee
entities in which the Company can exercise significant influence, but not
control, are accounted for under the equity method of
accounting. Whether the Company exercises significant influence with
respect to an investee depends on an evaluation of several factors including,
among others, representation on the company’s board of directors and ownership
level, generally 20% to 50% interest in the voting securities of the company
including voting rights associated with the Company’s holdings in common,
preferred and other convertible instruments in the company. Under the
equity method of accounting, the Company’s share of the earnings or losses of
these companies is included in the equity income (loss) section of the
consolidated statements of operations.
A loss in
value of an investment that is other than a temporary decline is recognized as a
charge to operations. Evidence of a loss in value might include, but
would not necessarily be limited to, absence of an ability to recover the
carrying amount of the investment or inability of the investee to sustain an
earnings capacity that would justify the carrying amount of the
investment.
Property
and Equipment:
Property
and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation expense is provided by
use of accelerated and straight-line methods over the estimated useful lives of
the assets, which range from five to seven years.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Accounting
For Obligations and Instruments Potentially Settled in the Company’s Common
Stock:
The
Company accounts for obligations and instruments potentially to be settled in
the Company’s stock in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue
No. 00-19, Accounting For
Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in a
Company’s Own Stock. This issue addresses the initial balance
sheet classification and measurement of contracts that are indexed to, and
potentially settled in, the Company’s stock. Under EITF 00-19,
contracts are initially classified as equity or as either assets or liabilities,
depending on the situation. All contracts are initially measured at
fair value and subsequently accounted for based on the then current
classification. Contracts initially classified as equity do not
recognize subsequent changes in fair value as long as the contracts continue to
be classified as equity. For contracts classified as assets or
liabilities, the Company reports changes in fair value in earnings and discloses
these changes in the financial statements as long as the contracts remain
classified as assets or liabilities. If contracts classified as
assets or liabilities are ultimately settled in shares, any previously reported
gains or losses on those contracts continue to be included in
earnings. The classification of a contract is reassessed at each
balance sheet date.
Legal
Defense Costs:
The
Company does not accrue for estimated future legal and related defense costs, if
any, to be incurred in connection with outstanding or threatened litigation and
other disputed matters but rather, records such as period costs when the
services are rendered.
Stock-Based
Compensation:
Beginning
July 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of and accounts for stock-based
compensation in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 123 – revised 2004 (SFAS 123R), Share-Based Payment, which
replaced SFAS No. 123 (SFAS 123), Accounting for Stock-based
Compensation, and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25 (APB 25), Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees. Under the fair value recognition provisions of this
statement, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on
the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense on a straight-line
basis over the requisite service period, which generally is the vesting
period. The Company elected the modified-prospective method, under
which prior periods are not revised for comparative purposes. The
valuation provisions of SFAS 123R apply to new grants and to grants that were
outstanding as of the effective date and are subsequently
modified. All options granted prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R and
outstanding during the periods presented were fully-vested at the date of
adoption.
Foreign
Currency Translation:
The
financial statements of the Company’s foreign equity investment (EPT) are
measured using the local currency (the Euro) as the functional
currency. Assets and liabilities of EPT are translated at exchange
rates as of the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are
translated at average rates of exchange in effect during the
period. The resulting cumulative translation adjustments have been
recorded as a component of comprehensive income (loss), included as a separate
item in shareholders’ equity.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Loss
Per Share:
Basic
loss per share of common stock is computed based on the average number of common
shares outstanding during the year. Stock options and warrants are
not considered in the calculation, as the impact of the potential common shares
(14,859,844 shares at June 30, 2007 and 6,519,469 shares at June 30, 2006) would
be to decrease loss per share (anti-dilutive). Therefore, diluted
loss per share is equivalent to basic loss per share.
Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements:
In
February 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No.
155, Accounting for Certain
Hybrid Financial Instruments. SFAS No. 155 allows financial
instruments that contain an embedded derivative and that otherwise would require
bifurcation to be accounted for as a whole on a fair value basis, at the
holder’s election. SFAS No. 155 also clarifies and amends certain other
provisions of SFAS No. 133 and SFAS No. 140. SFAS No. 155 is
effective for the Company for all financial instruments issued or acquired after
the beginning its fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. The adoption of
SFAS No. 155 is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
In June
2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes - An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, (FIN
48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes
recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with FASB
Statement No. 109, Accounting
for Income Taxes. FIN 48 also prescribes a recognition
threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and
measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return that
results in a tax benefit. Additionally, FIN 48 provides guidance on
de-recognition, income statement classification of interest and penalties,
accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. This
interpretation will be effective for the Company on July 1, 2007, but is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements, with the possible exception of certain disclosures relative to the
Company’s net operating loss carry forwards and the related valuation
allowance.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles,
and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement
applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements. SFAS No. 157 will be effective for the Company for its fiscal year
beginning on July 1, 2008. The Company is currently assessing the
impact the adoption of SFAS No. 157 may have on its consolidated financial
statements.
In
February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No.
115. This statement permits entities to choose to measure many
financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Most of
the provisions of SFAS No. 159 apply only to entities that elect the fair value
option. The possible adoption of this statement is not expected to
have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
In
September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 108 in order to eliminate the diversity of
practice surrounding how public companies quantify financial statement
misstatements. In SAB 108, the SEC staff established an approach that
requires quantification of financial statement misstatements based on the
effects of the misstatements on each of the Company’s financial statements and
the related financial statement disclosures. SAB No. 108 was
effective for the Company’s current 2007 fiscal year end. The
adoption of SAB No. 108 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated
financial statements.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
2.
GOING CONCERN UNCERTAINTY AND MANAGEMENT’S PLANS:
The
Company’s financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2007 have been
prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets
and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of
business. The Company reported a net loss of $4,460,541 (net loss
applicable to common shareholders of $4,473,691) for the year ended June 30,
2007, and an accumulated deficit of $30,497,681 as of June 30,
2007. Cash flows used in operations for 2007 substantially exceeded
its working capital remaining at year end, and the Company had no revenues from
its activities during the year ended June 30, 2007.
The
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern may be dependent on the success
of management’s plan discussed below. The financial statements do not
include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of
assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary
should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
During
the 2008 fiscal year, the Company intends to continue its efforts to assist
BioAgra with the continuing development of its sales, nationally and
internationally in other animal feed markets, such as the equine and the swine
markets. The Company intends to continue to raise funds to support
the efforts through the sale of its equity securities.
To the
extent the Company’s operations are not sufficient to fund the Company’s capital
requirements, the Company may attempt to enter into a revolving loan agreement
with financial institutions or attempt to raise capital through the sale of
additional capital stock or through the issuance of debt. At the
present time, the Company does not have a revolving loan agreement with any
financial institution nor can the Company provide any assurance that it will be
able to enter into any such agreement in the future or be able to raise funds
through the further issuance of debt or equity in the Company.
3.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS:
Since the
Company’s foreign equity investment’s (EPT) operations (Note 5) are located in
Germany, its transactions are conducted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar
(the currency into which EPT’s historical financial statements have been
translated) primarily the Euro. As a result, the Company is exposed
to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates.
In
addition, the Company is subject to risks including adverse developments in the
foreign political and economic environment, trade barriers, managing foreign
operations and potentially adverse tax consequences that could have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations in
the future.
4.
NOTES AND ADVANCES RECEIVABLE – UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTEE:
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company loaned $1,686,570 to BioAgra through a
series of secured, 7.5% promissory notes, which were due from June 30 through
October 31, 2006. On June 26, 2006, the Company agreed to combine all
of the promissory notes and accrued interest of $40,257 into a $1,726,827
secured, 7.5% promissory note with payments to be made monthly beginning October
31, 2006, through October 31, 2007. The funds were loaned to BioAgra
to facilitate completion of its first production line and to support its
development stage activities. The promissory note is collateralized
by all BioAgra assets. Additionally, the promissory note is to be
paid in full prior to any distributions being made to the members of the joint
venture. During the year ended June 30, 2007, the note was reduced by
$1,371,269, which represents the excess of the BioAgra losses recognized by the
Company over the adjusted equity method basis of the Company’s investment in
BioAgra (Note 5).
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
During
the year ended June 30, 2007, the Company advanced an additional $1,182,784 to
BioAgra at 7.5% interest. The Company has classified the note and
advances receivable as non-current assets and is not accruing interest on these
receivables, as they are currently in default and
non-performing. During the quarter ended September 30, 2007, the
Company advanced an additional $284,135 to BioAgra.
During
the fourth quarter of the year ended June 30, 2007, the Company made a decision
to provide for a loss on the value of the note receivable. This
decision was based on factors including the Company’s evaluation of past and
current operating results, failure of BioAgra to make scheduled payments, and
the Company’s continuing support of the development stage activities of
BioAgra. The Company also considered the estimated fair value of
BioAgra’s assets and liabilities in making the decision. As a result
of this decision, the Company recorded provision for loss of $1,198,000 in the
fourth quarter ended June 30, 2007.
5.
INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTEES:
EPT:
At June
30, 2007, the Company’s investment in EPT is $205,196. During the
years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company’s proportionate income was
approximately $43,800 and $1,900, respectively. Financial information
of EPT as of June 30, 2007, and for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 is as
follows:
|
|
|
June 30,
2007
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets (1)
|
|
$ |
300,888 |
|
|
Equipment
|
|
|
3,587 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
304,475 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and members’ equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
$ |
11,267 |
|
|
Members’
equity
|
|
|
293,208 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
304,475 |
|
____________________
(1) Current
assets include receivables in the amount of $280,674 due from the 51% owner of
EPT.
|
|
|
Year
ended
June 30,
2007
|
|
|
Year
ended
June 30,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
(1)
|
|
$ |
3,714,845 |
|
|
$ |
2,492,828 |
|
|
Expenses
(2)
|
|
|
(3,625,463 |
) |
|
|
( 2,489,249 |
) |
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
89,382 |
|
|
$ |
3,579 |
|
____________________
(1) Revenues
include $1,842,199 and $2,492,751 of sales to the 51% owner of EPT for the years
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
(2) Expenses
include $229,754 and $97,155 of charges paid to the 51% owner of EPT for the
years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
BIOAGRA
On August
15, 2005, the Company entered into a joint venture with Xact Resources
International, Inc., a privately held company. The Company purchased
a 50% equity interest in the joint venture, BioAgra, for
$1,500,000. BioAgra manufactures and plans to sell a beta glucan
product, YBG-2000 also known as Agrastim®, which
can be used as a replacement for hormone growth steroids and antibiotics in
animal feed products such as poultry feed. As of June 30, 2007,
BioAgra (a development stage company) has completed construction of a production
line; however BioAgra has not yet recognized any significant revenues from
product sales.
The terms
of the joint venture provide for the Company to share in 50% of joint venture
net income, if any, or net losses. The Company is accounting for its
investment in BioAgra as an equity method investment. Net losses
incurred by BioAgra have exceeded the underlying equity attributed to BioAgra’s
other joint venture investor. As a result, the excess of the losses
attributable to the other joint venture investor have been charged to the
Company. BioAgra losses during the years ended June 30, 2006,
recorded by the Company as equity losses and a reduction to the BioAgra equity
investment were $1,392,684. At June 30, 2006, the investment balance
of BioAgra was $107,316. During the quarter ended September 30, 2006,
BioAgra losses were applied to the equity investment and reduced the balance to
$0. Since September 30, 2006 and through June 30, 2007, the carrying
value of the Company’s investment in BioAgra was $0. BioAgra losses for the year
ended June 30, 2007 in excess of the carrying value of the Company’s investment
in BioAgra ($1,371,269) were applied to reduce the value of the note receivable
due from BioAgra.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Financial
information of BioAgra as of June 30, 2007, for the year ended June 30, 2007 and
for the period from August 15, 2005 through June 30, 2006, is as
follows:
|
|
|
June 30,
2007
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
$ |
223,135 |
|
|
Land,
building and equipment, net (2)
|
|
|
2,680,799 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,903,934 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and members’ deficiency:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities (1)
|
|
$ |
3,317,256 |
|
|
Obligation
under capital lease (2)
|
|
|
957,942 |
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
4,275,198 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Members’
deficiency
|
|
|
( 1,371,264 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
2,903,934 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
___________________
(1) Includes
$2,909,611 owed to the Company.
(2) BioAgra
leases land and a building under a ten-year lease expiring in February 2015,
which requires a monthly lease payment of $12,000.
|
|
|
Year
ended
June 30,
2007
|
|
|
August 15,
2005
through
June 30,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
68,754 |
|
|
$ |
5,340 |
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
(1,547,339 |
) |
|
|
(1,398,024 |
) |
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(1,478,585 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,392,684 |
) |
6.
NOTES AND ADVANCES PAYABLE:
SHAREHOLDER:
In March
2007, a non-related party shareholder of the Company loaned $50,000 to the
Company for an unsecured, 8% note payable due in March 2008. In June
2007, the shareholder agreed to accept 333,333 shares of the Company’s common
stock as payment on the note (Note 8).
RELATED
PARTY:
At June
30, 2007, the Company owes its President $24,612 for amounts advanced to the
Company or for reimbursements. This amount is unsecured, non-interest
bearing and due on demand.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
OTHER
PARTIES:
Prior to
July 1, 2005, an unrelated third party loaned $150,000 to the Company in
exchange for an unsecured promissory note due in September 2005 with interest at
15% per quarter and 100,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock
(50,000 shares were issued in June 2005 and the remaining 50,000 shares were
issued in July 2005). At the date of issuance, the common stock had a
market value of $180,000 (based on the closing market price of $1.80 per share
on the date of the transaction). The relative fair value of the
common stock, ($81,718) was accounted for as a discount applied against the face
amount of the note. The effective interest rate on this note was 54%.
As of July 1, 2005, $7,272 of the discount had been amortized to interest
expense. In September 2005, the Company paid the $150,000, plus accrued interest
of $22,500. Through that date, the remaining discount of $74,446 was
fully amortized to interest expense.
Prior to
and during the year ended June 30, 2006, various third parties loaned the
Company $175,000 in exchange for unsecured 8% promissory notes due in December
of 2005 and 405,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common
stock. The common stock had a market value of $724,000 (based on
closing market prices which ranged from $1.60 to $2.00 per share at the date of
each transaction). The relative fair value of the common stock
($139,314) was accounted for as a discount against the face amount of the
notes. The discount was amortized over the terms of the promissory
notes as additional interest expense. The effective interest rate on
these notes was 85%. In August 2005, the Company paid the $175,000, plus accrued
interest of $850. Through that date, the discount of $139,314 was
fully amortized to interest expense.
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, four vendors agreed to forgive payment on $120,788
of liabilities owed, and as a result, the Company recognized a gain of $120,788
on the extinguishment of liabilities.
7.
DERIVATIVE WARRANT LIABILITY:
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company sold 746,717 shares of its restricted
common stock for $597,372. In connection with the sale of the
restricted common shares, the Company issued five year warrants exercisable into
746,717 shares of the Company’s common stock. The common stock had a
total market value of $1,058,153 (based on the closing market prices which
ranged from $1.00 to $1.60 per share at the date of each
transaction). The warrants had an aggregate estimated fair value of
$462,965 (using the Black-Scholes pricing model utilizing an expected volatility
of 83%, a risk-free interest rate of 3.8% and a dividend yield of
0%).
The
relative fair value of the warrants ($179,227) was accounted for as a liability
in accordance with EITF 00-19, as the Company’s authorized and unissued shares
available to settle the warrants (after considering all other commitments that
could have required the issuance of stock during the maximum period the warrant
could remain outstanding) were determined to be insufficient.
Through
January 2006, the Company’s authorized and unissued common shares were
insufficient to settle these warrant contracts. As a result, the
value of these warrants was classified as a liability. As a result of
the one-for-twenty reverse stock split in February 2006 and the increase in
authorized shares, there are now sufficient authorized and unissued common
shares to settle these contracts. Accordingly, the fair value of the
warrants at the effective date of the stock split ($253,522) was reclassified to
additional paid-in capital. During the year ended June 30, 2006, the
Company recorded a loss of $74,295 on these contracts. The
appropriateness of the classification of these contracts is reassessed at each
balance sheet date.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
8.
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
PREFERRED
STOCK:
In
February 2007, the Company sold 500,000 shares of Series A, cumulative,
non-convertible preferred stock (the “Series A”) for $500,000 cash to Arizcan
Properties, Ltd. (Arizcan), the Series A majority shareholder of the
Company. Arizcan had previously advanced (as of June 30, 2006)
$100,000 to the Company under a subscription agreement, prior to the issuance of
the shares. The Series A shares provide that when voting as a single
class, the shares have the votes and the voting power that at all times is 1%
greater than the combined votes and voting power of all other classes of
securities entitled to vote on any matter. As a result of the
issuance, Arizcan acquired approximately 51% of the voting power of the
Company. The Company has a right, solely at its discretion, to redeem
the shares in 2017 at 130% of then deemed par value.
The
holder of the Series A is entitled to a dividend equal to 8% per annum of the
deemed par value ($1.00 per share). Accumulated dividends for the
period from Series A issuance (February 2007) through June 30, 2007, were
$13,150, which have been recorded as an increase in the net loss per common
shareholder. Also, the holder is entitled to a liquidation preference
of the then deemed par value for each outstanding share and any accrued but
unpaid dividends upon the liquidation of the Company.
COMMON
STOCK:
Fiscal
2007 Transactions:
Between
March and June 2007, the Company issued an aggregate of 8,373,000 shares of its
restricted common stock for cash proceeds of $1,255,950. The shares
were sold for $0.15 per share (based upon an approximate 38% discount from the
closing market price, ranging from $0.37-$0.46 per share on the dates of the
transactions).
In June
2007, the Company issued 333,000 shares of its restricted common stock to a
non-related party shareholder as payment on a $50,000 promissory
note. The shares were issued for $0.15 per share, based on the cash
proceeds per share in the transactions noted above.
Fiscal
2006 Transactions:
In
connection with the issuance of $175,000 in promissory notes in June 2005, the
Company agreed to issue 175,000 shares of its restricted common stock, valued at
$103,146, of which 50,000 shares were issued in June 2005, and 125,000 shares
were issued in July 2005. Also in July and August 2005, in connection
with the issuance of promissory notes totaling $150,000, the Company issued
450,000 shares of its restricted common stock, valued at $117,886.
In August
2005, warrants to purchase 1,535,000 shares of common stock were exercised for
cash of $1,535,000 in exchange for 1,535,000 shares of common
stock. The exercise price of these warrants was lowered from $2.00
and $3.00 per share to $1.00 per share in connection with the
exercise. The Company had recorded an $800,000 payable to Arizcan,
which represents the costs incurred in connection with this offering of equity
securities. In March 2006, Arizcan terminated the agreement and
forgave the payment of this liability. As a result, in March 2006,
the Company accounted for the forgiveness of the liability as a contribution to
equity.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
In
September 2005, the Company executed a subscription agreement with Arizcan to
sell shares of the Company’s preferred stock. In January 2006,
Arizcan purchased 200,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock (“Convertible Preferred Stock”) for $400,000 cash and an unsecured
promissory note for $1,100,000. The promissory note had an interest
rate of 8% per annum and was due in January 2007. In February 2006,
Arizcan converted the 200,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock into
15,000,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock. Upon the
conversion, Arizcan held approximately 67% of the issued and outstanding common
stock of the Company. In May 2006, Arizcan then paid the Company cash
of $1,100,000 plus interest to repay the note in full. The conversion
feature was deemed beneficial and accordingly resulted in a beneficial
conversion feature valued at $1,500,000. The intrinsic value assigned
to the beneficial conversion feature was limited to the total amount of the
proceeds received. As a result of the beneficial conversion feature,
net loss applicable to common shareholders was increased by $1,500,000 during
the year ended June 30, 2006.
In
October 2005, the Company issued 50,000 shares of its restricted common stock,
valued at $90,000, in satisfaction of a $90,000 liability previously incurred in
connection with the Company’s financing efforts.
Between
October 2005 and January 2006, the Company issued 790,467 shares of its
restricted common stock and warrants to purchase 746,717 shares of its
restricted common stock for $632,372 in cash. The warrants have an
exercise price of $1.00 per share and a term of three years. The
shares of common stock were sold for $0.80 per share (based on a 50% discount
from the closing market price, $1.60 per share, on the date of each
transaction).
In May
2006, 50,000 shares of the Company’s restricted stock, that had been issued in
June 2005 to an unrelated party for services were returned to the Company and
were cancelled.
In June
2006, in connection with two, twelve-month consulting agreements, the Company
issued 200,000 shares of its restricted common stock to unrelated third
parties. The market value of the shares was $182,000 (based on a
closing market price of $0.91 per share at the date of the
transaction). In addition, the Company issued a warrant exercisable
for 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $0.91
per share and a term of 3 years. The warrant was deemed to have a
value of $283,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model utilizing a
contractual term of 3 years, an expected volatility of 97%, a risk-free interest
rate of 3.93%, and a dividend yield of 0%.
STOCK
OPTIONS:
Stock
Options:
The
Company has two stock option plans which permit the grant of shares to attract,
retain and motivate employees, directors and consultants of up to 2,863,000
shares of common stock. Options are generally granted with an
exercise price equal to the Company’s market price of its common stock on the
date of the grant and with vesting rates as determined by the Board of
Directors. The maximum contractual term of stock options under the
plan is 10 years. All options outstanding at July 1, 2006 and June
30, 2007 are fully-vested and exercisable.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
During
the year ended June 30, 2007, the Company granted 2,350,000 stock options to an
officer, directors and an employee at exercise prices ranging from $0.32 to
$0.41 per share. The fair value of stock options at the date of grant
was $743,750 based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model and was recorded as
compensation expense. The weighted average grant date fair value of
the stock options granted was $0.32 per option. The Company used the
following assumptions to determine the fair value of stock option grants during
the year ended June 30, 2007:
|
Expected
term
|
5
years
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
183%
- 172%
|
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.82%
- 4.94%
|
|
Dividend
yield
|
0%
|
The
Company did not grant any options during the year ended June 30,
2006.
The
expected term of stock options represents the period of time that the stock
options granted are expected to be outstanding based on historical exercise
trends. The expected volatility is based on the historical price
volatility of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate
represents the U.S. Treasury bill rate for the expected term of the related
stock options. The dividend yield represents our anticipated cash
dividend over the expected term of the stock options.
At June
30, 2007, all outstanding and exercisable options were fully
vested. The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding fully-vested
options as of June 30, 2007 was approximately $185,000.
A summary
of the option plans are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding,
Beginning of Year
|
|
|
398,127 |
|
|
$ |
20.00 |
|
|
|
439,377 |
|
|
$ |
20.00 |
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
2,350,000 |
|
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(41,250 |
) |
|
|
2.00 |
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Outstanding,
End of Year
|
|
|
2,748,127 |
|
|
$ |
3.00 |
|
|
|
398,127 |
|
|
$ |
22.00 |
|
|
Options
Exercisable at End of Year
|
|
|
2,748,127 |
|
|
$ |
3.00 |
|
|
|
398,127 |
|
|
$ |
22.00 |
|
The
following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding as of
June 30, 2007:
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Range
of Exercise Prices
|
|
|
Number
of Options
|
|
|
Weighted-Average
Remaining Contractual Life (years)
|
|
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Number
of Options
|
|
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $ |
0.32–3.99
|
|
|
|
2,350,000 |
|
|
|
9.86 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
|
|
2,350,000 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
| |
4.00–10.00
|
|
|
|
162,750 |
|
|
|
1.37 |
|
|
|
6.41 |
|
|
|
162,750 |
|
|
|
6.41 |
|
| |
10.20–20.00
|
|
|
|
114,777 |
|
|
|
4.74 |
|
|
|
13.65 |
|
|
|
114,777 |
|
|
|
13.36 |
|
| |
20.20–40.00
|
|
|
|
43,000 |
|
|
|
3.66 |
|
|
|
30.39 |
|
|
|
43,000 |
|
|
|
30.39 |
|
| |
40.20–60.00
|
|
|
|
77,100 |
|
|
|
2.23 |
|
|
|
62.21 |
|
|
|
77,100 |
|
|
|
62.21 |
|
| |
100.20–120.00
|
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
2.69 |
|
|
|
120.00 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
120.00 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
2,748,127 |
|
|
|
3.89 |
|
|
$ |
3.00 |
|
|
|
2,748,127 |
|
|
$ |
3.00 |
|
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, officers and a director of the Company agreed to
cancel options under the Company’s 1998 Compensatory Stock Option Plan
exercisable for 41,250 shares of the Company’s stock.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
The
officers and director did not receive any consideration in return for the
cancellations.
WARRANTS:
At June
30, 2007, the following warrants to purchase common stock were
outstanding:
|
Number
of common shares covered by warrants
|
|
|
Exercise
Price
|
|
Expiration
Date
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
22,500 |
|
|
$ |
12.00 |
|
January
2010
|
| |
1,250,000 |
|
|
|
3.00 |
|
January
2009
|
| |
92,500 |
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
January
2009
|
| |
4,246,717 |
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
February
2009
|
| |
6,000,000 |
|
|
|
0.50 |
|
March
2012
|
| |
500,000 |
|
|
|
0.91 |
|
June
2009
|
| |
12,111,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal
2007 Transactions:
In
February 2007, the Company sold to Arizcan, a warrant exercisable immediately
for up to 6,000,000 shares of restricted common stock for $251,900 in
cash. The warrant has an exercise price of $0.50 per share and
provides for cashless exercise. The warrant has a term of 5
years.
In
January 2007, warrants to purchase 9,625 shares of common stock expired
unexercised.
Fiscal
2006 Transactions:
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, warrants to purchase 202,709 shares of common
stock expired unexercised.
In August
2005, warrants to purchase 1,535,000 shares of common stock were exercised for
cash of $1,535,000 in exchange for 1,535,000 shares of common
stock. The proceeds were used to purchase a 50% equity interest in
BioAgra. The warrants’ exercise price was lowered from $2.00 and
$3.00 per share to $1.00 per share in connection with the exercise.
In
December 2005, warrants to purchase 238,667 shares of common stock were canceled
by their holders. The warrants were cancelled to reduce the total dilutive
securities below the authorized share limit, to allow the Company to enter into
additional equity financing in December 2005. In return for the
cancellation of such warrants, the Company agreed to issue warrants to purchase
3,500,000 common shares. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.00
and have a term of 3 years. These warrants were issued in February
2006.
In
February 2006, the Company issued warrants to purchase 746,717 shares of common
stock. The warrants were issued to fulfill commitments made with the
sale of common stock from November 2005 through January 2006, as discussed
above. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.00 per share and a
term of 3 years.
OTHER
CAPITAL TRANSACTION:
In August
2005, an officer/shareholder of the Company forgave $8,750 of accrued salary,
which has been accounted for as a capital contribution and has resulted in an
increase in additional paid in capital.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
9.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
LITIGATION:
Depository
Trust Suit:
In May
2004, the Company filed suit against the Depository Trust and Clearing
Corporation (“DTCC”), the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and the National
Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) alleging, among other things, that the
DTCC, DTC and NSCC acted in concert to operate the “Stock Borrow Program,”
originally created to address short term delivery failures by sellers of
securities in the stock market. According to the complaint, the DTCC,
NSCC and DTC conspired to maintain significant open fail deliver positions of
millions of shares of the Company’s common stock for extended periods of time by
using the Stock Borrow Program to cover these open and unsettled
positions. The Company was seeking damages of $25,000,000 and treble
damages. In April 2005, the court granted a motion to dismiss the
lawsuit. The Company filed an appeal to overturn the motion to
dismiss the lawsuit; however, in September 2007, the court ruled that all of the
Company’s claims were pre-empted by federal law and affirmed the dismissal of
the Company’s complaint.
Financing
Agreement Suit:
In
connection with a financing obtained in October 2000, the Company filed various
against, among others, Harvest Court, LLC, Southridge Capital Investments, LLC,
Daniel Pickett, Patricia Singer and Thomson Kernaghan, Ltd. for violations of
federal and state securities laws, conspiracy, aiding and abetting and common
law fraud among other claims.
In May
2001, Harvest Court, LLC filed suit against the Company alleging that the
Company breached an October 20, 2000 Stock Purchase Agreement, by not issuing
370,945 free trading shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with the
reset provisions of the Purchase Agreement due on the second reset date and
approximately 225,012 shares due in connection with the third reset
date. Harvest Court, LLC is seeking the delivery of such shares or
damages in the alternative. In August 2001, the Supreme Court of the
State of New York, County of New York issued a preliminary injunction ordering
the Company to reserve and not transfer the shares allegedly due to Harvest
Court, LLC. The Company has filed counterclaims seeking various forms
of relief against Harvest Court, LLC. Discovery has been completed in
these cases and a trial date is expected to be set by the court.
In this
litigation, Harvest Court, LLC also filed counterclaims against the Company and
certain officers and former board members of the Company, and a number of
unrelated third parties. The counterclaims allege violations of
federal securities laws and other laws. Harvest Court, LLC is seeking various
forms of relief including compensatory and punitive
damages. Responsive pleadings have been filed and the litigation is
currently in the discovery stage.
The
Company intends to vigorously prosecute all litigation and does not believe the
outcome of the litigation will have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, results of operations or liquidity of the
Company. However, it is too early at this time to determine the
ultimate outcome of these matters.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
LEASES:
The
Company has entered into certain facilities and equipment leases. The
leases are non-cancelable operating leases that expire through December 31,
2011. Future minimum lease payments under these operating leases are
as follows:
|
Year
ending June 30,
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
$ |
38,211 |
|
|
2009
|
|
|
39,415 |
|
|
2010
|
|
|
40,618 |
|
|
2011
|
|
|
20,761 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
139,005 |
|
Rental
expense was $54,396 and $86,783 for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
10. INCOME
TAXES:
The
Company and its subsidiaries did not incur income tax expense for the years
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006. The reconciliation between income taxes
computed at the statutory federal tax rate of 34% and the effective tax rate for
the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected
income tax benefit
|
|
$ |
(1,517,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(818,000 |
) |
|
Increase
in valuation allowance
|
|
|
1,517,000 |
|
|
|
818,000 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
The tax
effects of temporary differences that would give rise to substantially all
deferred tax assets subject to the valuation allowance at June 30, 2007 are as
follows:
|
Deferred
tax assets, non-current:
|
|
|
|
|
Net
operating loss carry forwards
|
|
$ |
4,724,000 |
|
|
Receivables
|
|
|
407,000 |
|
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
|
|
253,000 |
|
|
Losses
in unconsolidated investees
|
|
|
221,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,605,000 |
|
|
Less
valuation allowance
|
|
|
(5,605,000 |
) |
|
Net
deferred tax assets
|
|
$ |
- |
|
As of
June 30, 2007, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately
$13,890,000, which expire between 2013 and 2027, and may be subject to annual
limitations, which could reduce or defer the utilization of the losses as a
result of an ownership change as provided in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER
31, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
33,159 |
|
|
Received
(Note 3)
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
|
|
1,368 |
|
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
284,527 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
and equipment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Office
equipment and furniture
|
|
|
67,107 |
|
|
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(63,976 |
) |
|
|
|
|
3,131 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits
and other
|
|
|
19,504 |
|
|
Notes
and advances receivable, net, unconsolidated investee (Note
2)
|
|
|
211,389 |
|
|
|
|
|
230,893 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
518,551 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and Shareholders’ Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
56,769 |
|
|
Accounts
payable, officer (Note 4)
|
|
|
4,228 |
|
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
3,295 |
|
|
Total
liabilities (all current)
|
|
$ |
64,292 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders’
equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock; $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; Series A, 8%;
deemed par value $1.00 per share; 500,000 shares issued and outstanding;
liquidation preference of $532,054
|
|
|
532,054 |
|
|
Common
stock; $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 35,213,178 shares
issued and outstanding
|
|
|
3,521 |
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
31,238,672 |
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
|
(31,319,988 |
) |
|
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
|
$ |
454,259 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
|
$ |
518,551 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
|
|
|
|
|
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
THREE
AND SIX MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended December 31,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative expense
|
|
$ |
(173,209 |
) |
|
$ |
(271,352 |
) |
|
$ |
(318,957 |
) |
|
$ |
(546,766 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
from operations
|
|
|
(173,209 |
) |
|
|
(271,352 |
) |
|
|
(318,957 |
) |
|
|
(546,766 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
Gain
on sale of investment in unconsolidated investee (Note 3)
|
|
|
164,234 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
164,234 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Equity
losses of unconsolidated investees (Note 2)
|
|
|
(286,769 |
) |
|
|
(272,593 |
) |
|
|
(667,594 |
) |
|
|
(540,141 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(122,525 |
) |
|
|
(272,571 |
) |
|
|
(503,350 |
) |
|
|
(540,129 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
(295,734 |
) |
|
|
(543,923 |
) |
|
|
(822,307 |
) |
|
|
(1,086,895 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
dividends on Series A preferred stock (Note 5)
|
|
|
(9,452 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(18,904 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss applicable to common shareholders
|
|
$ |
(305,186 |
) |
|
$ |
(543,923 |
) |
|
$ |
(841,211 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,086,895 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss per common share, basic and diluted (Note 1)
|
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding (Note 1)
|
|
|
33,912,454 |
|
|
|
22,643,512 |
|
|
|
32,986,258 |
|
|
|
22,643,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
|
|
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
THREE
AND SIX MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended December 31,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(295,734 |
) |
|
$ |
(543,923 |
) |
|
$ |
(822,307 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,086,895 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in unrealized gain on securities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
171 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in foreign currency translation adjustments, net of reclassification
adjustment for gain included in net income (Note 3)
|
|
|
10,340 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
10,340 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
loss
|
|
$ |
(285,394 |
) |
|
$ |
(543,787 |
) |
|
$ |
(811,967 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,086,724 |
) |
See notes
to condensed consolidated financial statements.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Accumulated
other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock
|
|
|
Common
stock
|
|
|
paid
in
|
|
|
comprehensive
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
shareholders’
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
income
|
|
|
deficit
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances,
July 1, 2007
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
$ |
513,150 |
|
|
|
31,349,845 |
|
|
$ |
3,135 |
|
|
$ |
30,678,462 |
|
|
$ |
121,543 |
|
|
$ |
(30,497,681 |
) |
|
$ |
818,609 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued for cash
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,863,333 |
|
|
|
386 |
|
|
|
579,114 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
579,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(822,307 |
) |
|
|
(822,307 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
dividends on Series A preferred stock
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
18,904 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(18,904 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in foreign currency translation adjustment (Note 3)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(121,543 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(121,543 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances,
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
$ |
532,054 |
|
|
|
35,213,178 |
|
|
$ |
3,521 |
|
|
$ |
31,238,672 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(31,319,988 |
) |
|
$ |
454,259 |
|
See notes
to condensed consolidated financial statements.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER, 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(822,307 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,086,895 |
) |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization
expense
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
234,411 |
|
|
Depreciation
expense
|
|
|
2,306 |
|
|
|
2,694 |
|
|
Equity
losses of unconsolidated investees
|
|
|
667,594 |
|
|
|
540,141 |
|
|
Gain
on sale of investment in unconsolidated investee
|
|
|
(164,234 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease
in prepaid expenses and other
|
|
|
1,390 |
|
|
|
15,967 |
|
|
(Decrease)
increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
(44,251 |
) |
|
|
54,879 |
|
|
Total
adjustments
|
|
|
462,805 |
|
|
|
848,092 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(359,502 |
) |
|
|
(238,803 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sale
of marketable securities
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Increase
in notes and advances receivable, unconsolidated investee
|
|
|
(541,600 |
) |
|
|
(387,118 |
) |
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(541,541 |
) |
|
|
(387,118 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from advance
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Payment
of Advance
|
|
|
(50,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
Common
stock issued for cash
|
|
|
579,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Proceeds
applied to preferred stock and warrant purchase
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
476,000 |
|
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
579,500 |
|
|
|
476,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(321,543 |
) |
|
|
(149,921 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning
|
|
|
354,702 |
|
|
|
192,359 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, ending
|
|
$ |
33,159 |
|
|
$ |
42,438 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure of non-cash investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivable
|
|
$ |
(250,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
Investment
in unconsolidated investee
|
|
|
217,649 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Reduction
in cumulative translation adjustment
|
|
|
(131,883 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
Gain
on sale
|
|
$ |
(164,234 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
See notes
to condensed consolidated financial statements.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
1. BASIS
OF PRESENTATION, MANAGEMENT’S PLANS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES:
BASIS
OF PRESENTATION:
Presentation
of Interim Information:
The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
Vyta Corp, a Nevada corporation (the Company), its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
NanoPierce Connection Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (NCOS), and
ExypnoTech, LLC (ET LLC), a Colorado limited liability company. NCOS and ET LLC
had no revenues or operations in 2007 and 2006. The Company has two investments
which are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. These equity
method investments consist of BioAgra, LLC (BioAgra) and through December 27,
2007, ExypnoTech, GmbH (EPT) (Note 3). The Company's equity investees, EPT and
BioAgra, operate in two segments, the RFID industry and the animal feed
industry, respectfully. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
On
December 27, 2007, the Company sold its 49% equity interest in EPT to TagStar,
GmbH (TagStar), the 51% equity interest owner of EPT, for cash of $250,000 (Note
3).
In the
opinion of the management of the Company, the accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements include all material adjustments, including
all normal and recurring adjustments, considered necessary to present fairly the
financial position and operating results of the Company for the periods
presented. The financial statements and notes are presented as
permitted by Form 10-QSB, and do not contain certain information included in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2007. It is the Company’s opinion that when the interim financial
statements are read in conjunction with the June 30, 2007 Annual Report on Form
10-KSB, the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not
misleading. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results
for a full year or any future period.
Management’s
Plans:
In the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007,
the Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm includes an
explanatory paragraph that describes substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. The Company’s interim financial
statements for the six months ended December 31, 2007 have been prepared on a
going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the
settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The
Company reported a net loss of $822,307 and a net loss applicable to common
stockholders of $841,211 for the six months ended December 31, 2007, and an
accumulated deficit of $31,319,988 as of December 31, 2007. The Company has not
recognized any revenues from its business operations.
During
the 2008 fiscal year, the Company intends to continue its efforts to assist
BioAgra with the continuing development of its sales, nationally and
internationally in other animal feed markets, such as the equine and the swine
markets. The Company intends to continue to raise funds to support the efforts
through the sale of its equity securities.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
Currently,
the Company does not have a revolving loan agreement with any financial
institution, nor can the Company provide any assurance it will be able to enter
into any such agreement in the future, or be able to raise funds through a
further issuance of debt or equity in the Company.
These
factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern. The financial statements do not contain any
adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of assets or the
amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the
Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION:
Beginning
July 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of and accounts for stock-based
compensation in accordance with the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(“SFAS”) No. 123 – revised 2004 (“SFAS 123R”), Share-Based Payment. Under
the fair value recognition provisions of this statement, stock-based
compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the
award and is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite
service period, which is the vesting period. The Company elected the
modified-prospective method, under which prior periods are not revised for
comparative purposes. The valuation provisions of SFAS 123R apply to new grants
and to grants that were outstanding as of the effective date and are
subsequently modified. All options granted prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R
and outstanding during the periods presented were fully-vested. The Company did
not grant any options during the six months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
(Note 5).
LOSS
PER SHARE:
Basic
loss per share of common stock is computed based on the average number of common
shares outstanding during the year. Stock options and warrants are not
considered in the calculation, as the impact of the potential common shares
(14,859,844 shares at December 31, 2007 and 6,519,469 shares at December 31,
2006) would be to decrease loss per share (anti-dilutive). Therefore, diluted
loss per share is equivalent to basic loss per share.
RECENTLY
ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS:
In
February 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No.
155, Accounting for Certain
Hybrid Financial Instruments. SFAS No. 155 allows financial
instruments that contain an embedded derivative and that otherwise would require
bifurcation to be accounted for as a whole on a fair value basis, at the
holder’s election. The Company adopted SFAS No. 155 on July 1,
2007. The adoption of SFAS 155 did not have an impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
The
Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes" ("FIN 48") on July 1, 2007. The Company did not identify any
controversial tax positions taken on open tax years and did not have any
unrecognized tax benefits, and there was no effect on the Company's financial
condition or results of operations as a result of implementing FIN 48. The
Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various
state jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal tax
examinations for years before 2003. State jurisdictions that remain subject to
examination range from 2002 to 2006. The Company does not believe there will be
any material changes in its unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months.
The Company's policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on
unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of the date
of adoption of FIN 48, the Company did not have any accrued interest or
penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits and no interest expense
or penalties were recognized during the quarter.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (Revised 2007), Business Combinations, (“SFAS
No. 141R”). SFAS No. 141R will change the accounting for business combinations.
Under SFAS No. 141R, an acquiring entity will be required to recognize all the
assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a transaction at the acquisition-date
fair value with limited exceptions. SFAS No. 141R will also change the
accounting treatment and disclosure for certain specific items in a business
combination. SFAS No. 141R applies prospectively to business combinations for
which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual
reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Accordingly, any
business combinations the Company engages in will be recorded and disclosed
following existing GAAP until July 1, 2009. The Company expects SFAS No. 141R
will have an impact on accounting for business combinations once adopted, but
the effect is dependent upon acquisitions at that time.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements—An Amendment of ARB No. 51, or SFAS No.
160. SFAS No. 160 establishes new accounting and reporting standards for the
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a
subsidiary. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after
December 15, 2008. We believe that SFAS 160 will not have a material impact on
the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
2. NOTES
AND ADVANCES RECEIVABLE – UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTEE:
During
the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company loaned $1,686,570 to BioAgra through a
series of secured, 7.5% promissory notes, which were due over the period from
June 30 through October 31, 2006. On June 26, 2006, the Company agreed to
combine all of the promissory notes and accrued interest of $40,257 into a
$1,726,827 secured, 7.5% promissory note with payments to be made monthly
starting October 31, 2006, through October 31, 2007. The funds were loaned to
facilitate BioAgra's completion of its first production line and to support
operations. The promissory note is collateralized by all BioAgra assets.
Additionally, the promissory note is to be paid in full prior to any
distributions being made to the members of the joint venture. During the year
ended June 30, 2007, the note was reduced by $1,371,269, which represents the
excess of the BioAgra losses recognized by the Company over the adjusted basis
of the Company’s equity investment in BioAgra.
During
the year ended June 30, 2007, the Company advanced an additional $1,182,784 to
BioAgra. During the six months ended December 31, 2007, the Company advanced an
additional $541,600 to BioAgra at 7.5% interest. In October 2007, the Company
executed a second, 7.5% promissory note for $1,182,784 with BioAgra with the
same terms as the note above, but the note did not provide for scheduled
payments. The Company has classified these notes receivable as non-current
assets on the balance sheet and is not accruing interest on these notes
receivable, as they are currently in default and non-performing.
3. INVESTMENTS
IN UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTEES:
INVESTMENT
IN EPT:
On
December 27, 2007, the Company executed a Share Purchase Agreement with TagStar,
GmbH, the holder of the 51% equity interest in EPT, pursuant to which the
Company sold its 49% equity interest to TagStar for cash of
$250,000. The Company has a receivable of $250,000 recorded at
December 31, 2007, and received the funds on January 2, 2008. The
Company recorded a gain of $164,234 in connection with the sale of the equity
interest in EPT.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
At
December 27, 2007, the Company's investment in EPT was $217,649. The Company's
proportionate income was $2,960 and $67,547 for the six months ended December
31, 2007 and 2006, respectively ($16,659 and $36,319 for the three
months ended December 27, 2007 and 2006, respectively). The cumulative
translation adjustment was $121,543 and $131,883 at July1, 2007 and December 31,
2007, respectively. On December 27, 2007, a $131,883 reduction to
other comprehensive income was recorded and recognized as a component of the
gain on the sale of EPT. Financial information of EPT for the periods
from July 1, 2007 through December 27, 2007 and October 1, 2007 through December
27, 2007, and the six and three months ended December 31, 2006 is as
follows:
|
|
|
Period
from October 1, 2007 through December 27, 2007
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
Period
from July 1, 2007 through December 27, 2007
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues(1)
|
|
$ |
1,330,057 |
|
|
$ |
1,271,198 |
|
|
$ |
2,158,689 |
|
|
$ |
1,839,740 |
|
|
Expenses(2)
|
|
|
(1,296,241 |
) |
|
|
(1,182,660 |
) |
|
|
(2,152,831 |
) |
|
|
(1,674,991 |
) |
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
33,816 |
|
|
$ |
88,538 |
|
|
$ |
5,858 |
|
|
$ |
164,749 |
|
(1)
Revenues include $2,155,669 and $1,839,740 for the period
from July 1, 2007 through December 27, 2007 and the six months ended December
31, 2006, respectively ($1,329,980 and $1,271,198 for the period from October 1,
2007 through ended December 27, 2007 and the three months ended December 31,
2006, respectively), of sales to
the 51% owner of EPT.
(2) Expenses include $211,508
and $80,677 for the period from July 1, 2007 through December 27, 2007 and the
six months ended December 31, 2006, respectively ($114,837 and $42,399, for the
period from October 1, 2007 through December 27, 2007 and the three months ended
December 31, 2006, respectively), of charges paid to the 51% owner of
EPT.
INVESTMENT
IN BIOAGRA
The
Company has a 50% equity interest in the joint venture, BioAgra, which
manufactures and sells a beta glucan product, YBG-2000 also known as
AgraStim(TM),
which can be used as a replacement for hormone growth steroids and antibiotics
in animal feed products such as poultry feed. As of December 31, 2007, BioAgra
(a development stage company) has completed construction of a production line;
however BioAgra has not yet recognized any significant revenues from product
sales.
The terms
of the joint venture provide for the Company to share in 50% of joint venture
net income, if any, or net losses. The Company is accounting for its investment
in BioAgra as an equity method investment. Net losses incurred by BioAgra have
exceeded the underlying equity attributed to BioAgra’s other joint venture
investor. As a result, the excess of the losses attributable to the
other joint venture investor have been charged to the Company. Since September
30, 2006 and through December 31, 2007, the carrying value of the Company’s
investment in BioAgra was $0. BioAgra losses for the six months ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006 were $670,554 and $620,867, respectively ($303,399,
and $315,962, for the three months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively). Losses of $670,554 and $620,867, respectively, were applied to
reduce the value of the notes receivable from BioAgra.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
Financial information of BioAgra as
of December 31, 2007 and for the six and three months ended December 31, 2007
and 2006, is as follows:
|
|
|
December 31,
2007
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
$ |
206,632 |
|
|
Land,
building and equipment, net
|
|
|
2,527,404 |
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
2,734,036 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and members’ deficiency:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities(1)
|
|
$ |
3,840,307 |
|
|
Obligation
under capital lease(2)
|
|
|
935,550 |
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
4,775,857 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Members’
deficiency
|
|
|
(2,041,821 |
) |
|
Total
liabilities and members’ deficiency
|
|
$ |
2,734,036 |
|
| ____________________ |
|
|
|
|
| (1) Includes
$3,413,112 owed to the Company. |
|
|
|
|
| (2) BioAgra leases
land and a building under a ten-year lease expiring in February 2015,
which requires a monthly lease payment of $12,000. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
62,928 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
83,255 |
|
|
$ |
31,642 |
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
(366,327 |
) |
|
|
(315,962 |
) |
|
|
(753,809 |
) |
|
|
(652,509 |
) |
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(303,399 |
) |
|
$ |
(315,962 |
) |
|
$ |
(670,554 |
) |
|
$ |
(620,867 |
) |
4. ADVANCES
PAYABLE, OFFICER:
At
December 31, 2007, the Company owes its President $4,228 for amounts advanced to
the Company or for reimbursements. This amount is unsecured,
non-interest bearing and due on demand.
5. SHAREHOLDERS'
EQUITY:
PREFERRED
STOCK:
In
February 2007, the Company sold 500,000 shares of Series A nonconvertible
preferred stock for $500,000 cash to Arizcan Properties, Ltd. (Arizcan). Arizcan
had advanced the funds to the Company, prior to the issuance of the shares. The
shares provide that when voting as a single class, the shares have the votes and
the voting power that at all times is greater by 1% than the combined votes and
voting power of all other classes of securities entitled to vote on any matter.
As a result of the issuance, Arizcan acquired approximately 51% of the voting
power of the Company. The Company has a right, solely at the Company's
discretion, to redeem the shares in ten years at 130% of deemed par
value.
The
holder of the Series A is entitled to a dividend equal to 8% per annum of the
deemed par value ($1.00 per share). Accumulated dividends for the period from
Series A issuance (February 2007) through December 31, 2007, were $32,054
($18,904 and $9,452 for the six and three months ended December 31,
2007, respectively), which have been recorded as an increase to net loss per
common shareholder. Also, the holder is entitled to a liquidation
preference of the deemed par value for each outstanding share and any accrued
but unpaid dividends upon the liquidation of the Company.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
COMMON
STOCK:
Between
July 2007 and October 2007, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,863,333 shares
of its restricted common stock for $579,500 cash. The shares were
sold for $0.15 per share (based upon an approximately 55% discount from the
closing market price at the time of sale, ranging from $0.39-$0.40 per share on
the dates of the transactions).
STOCK
OPTIONS:
The
Company has two stock option plans which permit the grant of shares to attract,
retain and motivate employees, directors and consultants of up to 2,863,000
shares of common stock. Options are generally granted with an exercise price
equal to the Company's market price of its common stock on the date of the grant
and with vesting rates, as determined by the Board of Directors. All options
outstanding at July 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007 are fully-vested and
exercisable. The Company did not grant any options during the six months ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006. The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding
fully-vested options as of December 31, 2007 was approximately
$155,000.
A summary
of the stock option activity for the six months ended December 31, 2007 is as
follows:
|
|
|
Shares
Under Option
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at July 1, 2007
|
|
|
2,748,127 |
|
|
$ |
3.00 |
|
|
3.89
years
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
2,748,127 |
|
|
$ |
3.00 |
|
|
3.34 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
2,748,127 |
|
|
$ |
3.00 |
|
|
3.34 years
|
|
6. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
LITIGATION:
Financing
Agreement Suit, U. S. District Court Case:
In connection with a financing obtained in
October 2000, the Company filed various actions in the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado against, among others, Harvest Court, LLC,
Southridge Capital Investments, LLC, Daniel Pickett, Patricia Singer and Thomson
Kernaghan, Ltd. for violations of federal and state securities laws, conspiracy,
aiding and abetting and common law fraud among other claims. As a result of
various procedural rulings, in January 2002, the United States District Court
for the District of Colorado transferred the case to the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York, New York City, New York.
In this litigation, Harvest Court, LLC filed
counterclaims against the Company and certain officers and former board members
of the Company, and a number of unrelated third parties. The counterclaims
allege violations of federal securities laws and other laws. Harvest Court, LLC
is seeking various forms of relief including compensatory and punitive
damages.
VYTA
CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SIX
MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(UNAUDITED)
On
January 28, 2008, United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York, New York City, New York issued an opinion regarding motions for summary
judgment filed by both parties involved in the law suit. The Court
granted Harvest Court’s motion for summary judgment and denied the motions for
summary judgment filed by certain officers of the Company in respect to certain
counts and granted the motion for summary judgment in respect to another
court.
At this
time, the Company and its attorneys are reviewing the opinion, considering its
options, and most likely, planning an appeal. The effect of this
ruling has no immediate material financial impact on the Company; however, it is
possible that the ultimate outcome of this matter could result in a material
adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or
cash flows.
Financing
Agreement Suit, State Court Case:
In May
2001, Harvest Court, LLC filed suit against the Company in the Supreme Court of
the State of New York, County of New York. The suit alleges that the Company
breached an October 20, 2000 Stock Purchase Agreement, by not issuing 370,945
free trading shares of the Company's common stock in connection with the reset
provisions of the Purchase Agreement due on the second reset date and
approximately 225,012 shares due in connection with the third reset date.
Harvest Court, LLC is seeking the delivery of such shares or damages in the
alternative. In August 2001, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County
of New York issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Company to reserve and
not transfer the shares allegedly due to Harvest Court, LLC. The Company has
filed counterclaims seeking various forms of relief against Harvest Court,
LLC.
The
Company intends to vigorously prosecute this case and does not believe the
outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company. However, it is too
early at this time to determine the ultimate outcome of this case.
|
The
only sources of information given to you by us about your investment
decision are this prospectus and any documents referred to in this
prospectus. We did not authorize anyone to give you any other
information about your investment decision.
This
prospectus is not an offer to sell securities and is not meant to induce
the sale of securities if it would violate state law. If the
persons who are trying to offer the securities for sale, or the persons
who receive those offers for sale are prohibited from doing so under state
law, this prospectus is not meant to induce sale of the securities
described in this prospectus.
|
|
17,092,184
shares of common stock
VYTA
CORP
COMMON
STOCK
_____________________
PROSPECTUS
_____________________
_________
__, 2008
|
|
PART
II
|
|
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item
24.
Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
|
|
Article
VII of the registrant’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provides
that the registrant shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and
agents to the maximum extent and in accordance with the provisions of the
Nevada General Corporation Law, as in effect from time to
time. Sections 78.7502 and 78.751 of the Nevada General
Corporation Law provide generally and in pertinent part that a Nevada
corporation may indemnify its directors and officers against expenses,
judgments, fines and settlements actually and reasonably incurred by them
in connection with any civil suit or action or any administrative or
investigative proceeding, except actions by or in the right of the
corporation, if, in connection with the matters in issue, they acted in
good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and in connection with
any criminal suit or proceeding, if in connection with the matters in
issue, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful. Section 78.7502 further provides that in connection
with the defense or settlement of any action by or in the right of the
corporation, a Nevada corporation may indemnify its directors and officers
against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection
therewith, provided that they acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation. Section 78.751 permits a Nevada corporation to
grant its directors and officers additional rights of indemnification
through bylaw provisions and otherwise and Section 78.752 permits a Nevada
corporation to purchase indemnity insurance or make other financial
arrangements on behalf of its directors and officers.
Article
VIII of the registrant’s Articles of Incorporation provides that directors
shall not be liable to the registrant or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability
arising from (a) any breach of the director’s loyalty to the registrant or
its stockholders, (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) any transaction
from which the director receives an improper personal benefit, or (d) any
other act expressly proscribed or for which directors are otherwise liable
under the Nevada General Corporation Law. See Item 28
“Undertakings” herein.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item
25. Other
Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
|
|
The
following are the estimated expenses in connection with the original
registration and distribution of the shares of the registrant’s common
stock (excluding the fees and expenses relating to post-effective
amendments to the registration statement):
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Registration
Fee $2,076
Printing
and Engraving
Expenses 2,000
Accounting
Fees and
Expenses 15,000
Legal
Fees and
Expenses 75,000
Miscellaneous 1,000
Total
$95,076
All
the expenses have been or will be incurred by the registrant and not by
the selling stockholders.
|
Item
26. Recent Sales
of
Unregistered
Securities
The
following table sets forth unregistered sales of the Company’s securities for
the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and the period from
July 1, 2007 through the date hereof (all share numbers prior to January 31,
2006 do not reflect the 1 for 20 reverse split of our common stock that occurred
on January 31, 2006):
|
Date
|
Title
|
Number
of Shares
|
Purchase/Holder
|
Consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6/27/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
50,000
|
Lyons
Capital
|
Consulting
Agreement
|
|
6/27/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
1,000,000
|
Davila
Marketing & Capital Group
|
$150,000
promissory note
|
|
7/8/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
1,000,000
|
Business
Associate
|
Additional
Consideration for Promissory Note for $150,000
|
|
7/11/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
1,500,000
|
Business
Associate
|
Additional
Consideration for Promissory Note for $25,000
|
|
7/11/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
1,000,000
|
Business
Associate
|
Additional
Consideration for Promissory Note for $25,000
|
|
7/15/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
1,200,000
|
Business
Associate
|
Additional
Consideration for Promissory Note for $15,000
|
|
7/22/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
400,000
|
Business
Associate
|
Additional
Consideration for Promissory Note for $10,000
|
|
7/25/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
1,000,000
|
Business
Associate
|
Additional
Consideration for Promissory Note for $25,000
|
|
8/4/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
2,000,000
|
Business
Associate
|
Additional
Consideration for Promissory Note for $50,000
|
|
8/12/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
1,000,000
|
Business
Associate
|
Additional
Consideration for Promissory Note for $25,000
|
|
10/28/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
625,000
|
Business
Associate
|
$25,000
|
|
10/31/2005
|
Common
Stock
|
250,000
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
11/2/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
11/10/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
125,000
6,250
|
Business
Associate
|
$5,000
|
|
11/30/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
1,250,000
62,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$50,000
|
|
12/2/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
625,000
31,250
|
Business
Associate
|
$25,000
|
|
Date
|
Title
|
Number
of Shares
|
Purchase/Holder
|
Consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/2/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
625,000
31,250
|
Business
Associate
|
$25,000
|
|
12/2/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
625,000
31,250
|
Business
Associate
|
$25,000
|
|
12/6/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
1,875,000
93,750
|
Business
Associate
|
$75,000
|
|
12/6/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
1,875,000
93,750
|
Business
Associate
|
$75,000
|
|
12/7/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
625,000
31,250
|
Business
Associate
|
$25,000
|
|
12/7/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
12/12/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
200,000
10,000
|
Business
Associate
|
$8,000
|
|
12/20/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
375,000
18,750
|
Business
Associate
|
$15,000
|
|
12/22/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
125,000
6,250
|
Business
Associate
|
$5,000
|
|
12/22/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
937,500
46,875
|
Business
Associate
|
$37,500
|
|
12/22/2005
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
1/3/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
1/3/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
1/3/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
1/3/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
1/3/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
|
1/3/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
1,250,000
62,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$50,000
|
|
1/5/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
450,000
22,500
|
Business
Associate
|
$18,000
|
|
1/5/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
625,000
31,250
|
Business
Associate
|
$25,000
|
|
1/5/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
187,500
9,375
|
Business
Associate
|
$7,500
|
|
1/10/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
300,000
15,000
|
Business
Associate
|
$12,000
|
|
1/13/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
62,500
3,125
|
Business
Associate
|
$2,500
|
|
1/17/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
371,823
18,592
|
Business
Associate
|
$14,873
|
|
1/17/2006
|
Preferred
Stock(1)
|
200,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$400,000
|
|
Date
|
Title
|
Number
of Shares
|
Purchase/Holder
|
Consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1/26/2006
|
Common
Stock Warrant
|
250,000
12,500
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Business
Associate
|
$10,000
|
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2/27/2007
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Preferred
Stock
|
500,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$500,000
|
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3/2/2007
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Warrant
|
6,000,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$251,900
|
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3/27/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
3,110,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$466,500
|
|
4/1/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
5,263,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$789,450
|
|
6/30/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
333,333
|
Business
Associate
|
$50,000
|
|
7/9/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
180,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$27,000
|
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8/1/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
150,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$22,500
|
|
8/2/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
150,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$22,500
|
|
8/7/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
300,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$45,000
|
|
8/8/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
150,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$22,500
|
|
8/17/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
150,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$22,500
|
|
9/28/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
450,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$67,500
|
|
10/11/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
600,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$90,000
|
|
11/23/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
200,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$30,000
|
|
11/26/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
600,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$90,000
|
|
12/3/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
600,000
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$90,000
|
|
12/28/2007
|
Common
Stock
|
333,333
|
Arizcan
Properties, Ltd.
|
$50,000
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____________________
(1) Each
share of preferred stock is convertible into 75 shares of common stock (the
conversion ratio as adjusted from the reverse stock split of our common stock
that occurred in January of 2006). Arizcan Properties converted the
preferred stock into 15,000,000 shares of common stock in February of
2006.
The above
issuances by us of our unregistered securities was made in reliance upon Section
4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Regulation D promulgated
thereunder. The entities/individuals that purchased the unregistered
securities were known to us and our management, through pre-existing business
relationships, friends and employees. All purchasers were provided
access to all material information that they requested, and all information
necessary to verify such information and was afforded access to our management
in connection with their purchases. All holders of the unregistered
securities acquired such securities for investment and not with a view toward
distribution, acknowledging such intent to us. All certificates or
agreements representing such securities that were issued contained restrictive
legends, prohibiting further transfer of the certificates or agreements
representing such securities, without such securities either being first
registered or otherwise exempt from registration under the Securities Act of
1933 in any further resale or disposition.
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Item
27.
Exhibits.
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The
following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of this
registration statement and this list is intended to comprise the exhibit
index. Exhibit numbers correspond to the numbers in the exhibit
table of Item 601 of Regulation S-B.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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3.01
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Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation filed with the Nevada Secretary of
State on January 31, 2006 (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 31, 2006)
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|
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3.02
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Certificate
of Designation of Rights and Preferences of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K, dated January 17, 2006)
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3.03
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Certificate
of Designation of Series A Nonconvertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 6,
2007)
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|
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3.04
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Amended
and Restated By-laws of the Company (Incorporated by reference to
Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2003)
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|
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4.01
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Form
of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1998)
|
|
|
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*5.01
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Opinion
of Kutak Rock LLP
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|
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10.01
|
1998
Compensatory Stock Option Plan dated February 26, 1998 (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated
November 21, 2000)
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|
|
|
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10.02
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2000
Compensatory Stock Option Plan dated October 31, 2000 (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated
November 21, 2000)
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|
|
|
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10.03
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Employment
Agreement, dated March 15, 2004, between Paul H. Metzinger and the Company
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-
QSB for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004)
|
|
|
|
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10.04
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Operating
Agreement, dated August 15, 2005, between the Company and Xact Resources
International (now Justin Holdings, Inc. as a result of the assignment by
Xact Resources in February 2006), Inc. for BioAgra, LLC (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 12,
2005)
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|
|
|
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10.05
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Investment
Agreement, dated December 11, 2003, by and between TagStar Systems, GmbH,
NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. and ExypnoTech, GmbH (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 11,
2003)
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|
|
|
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10.06
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Consulting
Agreement, effective as of June 1, 2006, between the Company and Edwin
Buckham (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement
on Form S-8, dated August 23, 2006)
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|
10.07
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Consulting
Agreement, effective as of June 1, 2006, between the Company and Terry
Allen (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement
on Form S-8, dated August 23, 2006)
|
|
|
|
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10.08
|
Technology
License Agreement dated April 18, 2005 by and between Progressive
Bioactives, Inc. and BioAgra LLC (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2, dated March 29,
2006)
|
|
|
|
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10.09
|
Termination
and Mutual General Release Agreement dated July 11, 2007 by and between
Progressive Bioactives, Inc. and BioAgra LLC (Incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 11,
2007)
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|
|
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10.10
|
Agreement,
dated April 1, 2007 by and between AHD International, Inc. and BioAgra LLC
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated April 18, 2007)
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|
|
|
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10.11
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Share
Purchase Agreement, dated December 27, 2007 by and between the Company and
TagStar Systems, GmbH relating to the sale of the Company’s interest in
ExypnoTech, Gmbh (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31,
2007)
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|
|
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*21.01
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Subsidiaries
of the Company
|
|
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#23.01
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Consent
of independent registered public accounting firm, GHP Horwath,
P.C.
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*23.03
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Consent
of Kutak Rock LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01)
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|
|
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*24.00
|
Power
of Attorney
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____________________
*Previously
filed.
# Filed
herewith.
Item
28. Undertakings.
(a) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to:
(i) File,
during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to:
(1) include
any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”);
(2) reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent
a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement; and
Notwithstanding the forgoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospects filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in the volume and price represent no
more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
“Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration
statement;
(3) include
any additional or changed material information on the plan of
distribution.
(ii) For
determining liability under the Securities Act, treat each post-effective
amendment as a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the
offering of the securities at that time to be the initial bona fide
offering.
(iii) File
a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities
that remain unsold at the end of the offering.
(b) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-1 and has duly caused this post-effective
amendment no. 1 on Form S-1 to the registration statement on Form SB-2 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Denver, State of Colorado, on February 21, 2008.
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VYTA
CORP
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By
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/s/ Paul H. Metzinger
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PAUL H. METZINGER,
President, Chief Executive Officer, acting Chief Financial Officer and
Director
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
post-effective amendment no. 1 on Form S-1 to the registration statement on Form
SB-2 is signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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| |
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/s/ Paul H. Metzinger
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President,
Chief Executive Officer, acting Chief Financial Officer and
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February
21, 2008
|
| Paul
H. Metzinger |
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Director
(Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer) |
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| |
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***
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|
Director
|
February
21, 2008
|
|
Herbert
J. Neuhaus
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|
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| |
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***
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Director
|
February
21, 2008
|
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Robert
Shaw
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|
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| |
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***
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Director
|
February
21, 2008
|
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John
Hoback
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| |
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***
By:
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/s/ Paul H.
Metzinger
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Paul
H. Metzinger
As
attorney-in-fact
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
|
|
|
|
3.01
|
Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation filed with the Nevada Secretary of
State on January 31, 2006 (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 31, 2006)
|
|
|
|
|
3.02
|
Certificate
of Designation of Rights and Preferences of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K, dated January 17, 2006)
|
|
|
|
|
3.03
|
Certificate
of Designation of Series A Nonconvertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 6,
2007)
|
|
|
|
|
3.04
|
Amended
and Restated By-laws of the Company (Incorporated by reference to
Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2003)
|
|
|
|
|
4.01
|
Form
of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1998)
|
|
|
|
|
*5.01
|
Opinion
of Kutak Rock LLP
|
|
|
|
|
10.01
|
1998
Compensatory Stock Option Plan dated February 26, 1998 (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated
November 21, 2000)
|
|
|
|
|
10.02
|
2000
Compensatory Stock Option Plan dated October 31, 2000 (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated
November 21, 2000)
|
|
|
|
|
10.03
|
Employment
Agreement, dated March 15, 2004, between Paul H. Metzinger and the Company
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10
QSB for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004)
|
|
|
|
|
10.04
|
Operating
Agreement, dated August 15, 2005, between the Company and Xact Resources
International (now Justin Holdings, Inc. as a result of the assignment by
Xact Resources in February 2006), Inc. for BioAgra, LLC (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 12,
2005)
|
|
|
|
|
10.05
|
Investment
Agreement, dated December 11, 2003, by and between TagStar Systems, GmbH,
NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. and ExypnoTech, GmbH (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 11,
2003)
|
|
|
|
|
10.06
|
Consulting
Agreement, effective as of June 1, 2006, between the Company and Edwin
Buckham (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement
on Form S-8, dated August 23, 2006)
|
|
|
|
|
10.07
|
Consulting
Agreement, effective as of June 1, 2006, between the Company and Terry
Allen (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement
on Form S-8, dated August 23, 2006)
|
|
|
|
|
10.08
|
Technology
License Agreement dated April 18, 2005 by and between Progressive
Bioactives, Inc. and BioAgra LLC (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2, dated March 29,
2006)
|
|
10.09
|
Termination
and Mutual General Release Agreement dated July 11, 2007 by and between
Progressive Bioactives, Inc. and BioAgra LLC (Incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 11,
2007)
|
|
|
|
|
10.10
|
Agreement,
dated April 1, 2007 by and between AHD International, Inc. and BioAgra LLC
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated April 18, 2007)
|
|
|
|
|
10.11
|
Share
Purchase Agreement, dated December 27, 2007 by and between the Company and
TagStar Systems, GmbH relating to the sale of the Company’s interest in
ExypnoTech, Gmbh (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31,
2007)
|
|
|
|
|
*21.01
|
Subsidiaries
of the Company
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consent
of independent registered public accounting firm, GHP Horwath,
P.C.
|
|
|
|
|
*23.03
|
Consent
of Kutak Rock LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01)
|
|
|
|
|
*24.00
|
Power
of Attorney
|
____________________
*
Previously filed.
# Filed
herewith.