UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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FOR
THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008.
OR
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o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
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ACT
OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM __________ TO ____________.
COMMISSION
FILE NO. 333-121070
ABC
FUNDING, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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56-2458730
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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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4606
FM 1960 West, Suite 400
Houston,
Texas 77069
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(281)
315-8890
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.
Yes
þ
No
o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
accelerated filer
o
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Accelerated
filer
o
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Non-accelerated
filer
o
(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2
of the Exchange Act).
Yes
o
No
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At
November 18, 2008, the number of outstanding shares of the issuer’s common stock
was 24,885,397.
ABC FUNDING, INC.
INDEX
TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR
THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
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Page
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PART I – FINANCIAL
INFORMATIO
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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3
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2008, (unaudited) and June 30,
2008
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3
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008 and
2007 (unaudited)
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4
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008 and
2007 (unaudited)
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5
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Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
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7
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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20
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Item
4T.
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Controls
and Procedures
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28
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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30
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SIGNATURES
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31
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT
31.1
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EXHIBIT
31.2
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EXHIBIT
32.1
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EXHIBIT
32.2
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial
Statements.
ABC
FUNDING, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
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September
30,
2008
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June
30,
2008
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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774,805
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$
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12,158
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Restricted
cash
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50,000
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--
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Accounts
receivable:
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Accrued
oil and gas production revenue
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1,059,541
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--
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Other
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92,116
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--
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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26,984
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31,215
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Deferred
financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of
$55,871
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--
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143,472
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Total
current assets
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2,003,446
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186,845
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Oil
and gas properties, using full cost method:
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Proved
properties
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33,447,300
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--
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Unevaluated
properties
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7,291,249
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976,284
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Less
accumulated depletion
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(205,959
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--
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Net
oil and gas properties
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40,532,590
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976,284
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Fixed
assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $675 and $183 at September
30
and June 30, 2008, respectively
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9,461
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7,881
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Deferred
financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of
$45,485
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1,864,865
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--
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Derivative
assets
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634,528
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--
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2,508,854
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7,881
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Total
assets
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$
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45,044,890
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$
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1,171,010
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$
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564,530
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$
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404,027
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Accounts
payable – related parties
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10,671
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20,825
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Accrued
liabilities
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1,062,266
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1,397
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Convertible
debt
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25,000
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25,000
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Note
payable, net of unamortized discount of $14,552
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542,948
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--
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Senior
secured convertible debentures, net of unamortized discount of
$778,362
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--
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121,638
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Derivative
liabilities
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28,717,058
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11,893,573
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Total
current liabilities
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30,922,473
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12,466,460
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Credit
facility – revolving loan
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10,500,000
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--
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Credit
facility - term loan, net of unamortized discount
of $200,278
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21,799,722
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--
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Asset
retirement obligations
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765,658
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--
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Total
liabilities
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63,987,853
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12,466,460
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Commitments
and contingencies
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--
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Series
C Preferred stock , $0.001 par value, 1,000 shares authorized and
outstanding at
September
30, 2008, with mandatory redemption
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100,000
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Stockholders’
deficit:
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Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 842,505 and
863,505
undesignated authorized at September 30 and June 30, 2008,
respectively
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Series
A Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 99,395 shares authorized and
outstanding at
September
30 and June 30, 2008
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99
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99
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Series
B Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 37,100 shares authorized and
outstanding at
September
30 and June 30, 2008
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37
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37
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Series
D Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000 shares authorized and
outstanding at
September
30, 2008
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10
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--
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Series
E Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000 shares authorized and
outstanding at
September
30, 2008
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10
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--
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value, 24,000,000 shares authorized, 24,709,198 and
24,378,375
issued and outstanding at September 30 and June 30, 2008,
respectively
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24,709
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24,378
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Additional
paid-in capital
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12,560,783
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769,318
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Accumulated
deficit
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(31,628,611
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(12,089,282
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Total
stockholders’ deficit
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(19,042,963
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(11,295,450
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Total
liabilities and stockholders' deficit
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$
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45,044,890
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$
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1,171,010
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
ABC
FUNDING, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
(Unaudited)
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Three
Months Ended September 30,
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2008
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2007
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Operating
revenues:
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Natural
gas sales
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$
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456,831
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$
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--
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Oil
sales
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337,353
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--
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Total
operating revenue
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794,184
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--
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Operating
costs and expenses:
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Lease
operating expenses
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154,373
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--
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Production
taxes
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55,361
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--
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General
and administrative expenses
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707,345
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208,711
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Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
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206,451
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--
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Total
operating costs and expenses
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1,123,530
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208,711
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Loss
from operations
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(329,346
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(208,711
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Other
income (expense):
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Interest
income
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1,397
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4,833
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Interest
expense
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(1,167,454
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(171,303
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Risk
management
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683,391
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--
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Loss
on extinguishment of debt
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(804,545
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--
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Change
in fair value of derivatives
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(17,922,772
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--
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Total
other income (expense)
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(19,209,983
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)
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(166,470
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)
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Net
loss
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$
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(19,539,329
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)
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$
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(375,181
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)
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Net
loss per share:
Basic
and diluted
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$
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(0.80
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$
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(0.02
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Weighted
average common shares outstanding:
Basic
and diluted
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24,487,451
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22,227,374
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
ABC
FUNDING, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
(Unaudited)
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Three
Months Ended
September
30,
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2008
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2007
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
loss
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$
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(19,539,329
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)
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$
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(375,181
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)
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Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
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Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
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206,450
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--
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Share
based compensation
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337,984
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145,500
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Common
stock issued for interest
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--
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5,266
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Common
stock issued for loan extensions
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--
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98,100
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Amortization
of deferred financing costs
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188,956
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--
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Amortization
of debt discounts
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786,509
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36,973
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Change
in fair value of derivatives
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17,922,772
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--
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Loss
on extinguishment of debt
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804,545
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--
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Gain
on derivative
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(634,528
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)
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--
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Changes
in assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(1,191,068
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)
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--
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Prepaid
and other current assets
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610
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1,251
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Accounts
payable, related parties and other
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477,912
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13,562
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Accrued
liabilities
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1,120,869
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16,328
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Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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481,682
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(58,201
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)
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Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Cash
paid for acquisition of oil and gas properties, net of acquisition
costs
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(30,590,707
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)
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--
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Purchase
of fixed assets
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(2,071
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--
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Restricted
cash supporting letter of credit issuance
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(50,000
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--
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Net
cash used in investing activities
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(30,642,778
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)
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--
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Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds
from issuance of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
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100,000
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--
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Repayment
of convertible debenture
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(450,000
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)
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--
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Repayment
of convertible notes
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--
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(410,000
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)
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Proceeds
from credit facility
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33,500,000
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--
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Repayment
of credit facility
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(1,000,000
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)
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Debt
issuance costs
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(1,226,257
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)
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--
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Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
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30,923,743
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(410,000
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)
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Net
increase (decrease) in cash
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762,647
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(468,201
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)
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Cash
at beginning of period
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12,158
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550,394
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Cash
at end of period
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$
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774,805
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$
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82,193
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Supplemental
information:
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Cash
paid for interest
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$
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15,768
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$
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14,637
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Cash
paid for income taxes
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$
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--
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$
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--
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
ABC
FUNDING, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
(Unaudited)
(Continued)
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Three
Months Ended
September
30,
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2008
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2007
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Non-Cash
Investing and Financing Activities:
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Common
shares issued in payment of interest
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$
|
--
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$
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39,358
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Preferred
shares issued for acquisition of oil and gas properties
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9,100,000
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--
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Current
assets acquired with acquisition
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43,032
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--
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Current
liabilities assumed with acquisition
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531,132
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--
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Preferred
shares issued in payment of convertible debenture
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450,000
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--
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Note
issued for debt issuance costs
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557,500
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--
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Removal
of derivative liability due to repayment of debt
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1,099,287
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--
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Debt
discount due to imputed interest
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16,977
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--
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Debt
discount due to overriding revenue royalty interest
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206,000
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--
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Asset
retirement obligation assumed
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765,658
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--
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Debt
issuance costs accrued
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143,569
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--
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
ABC
FUNDING, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2008
NOTE
1.
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PREPARATION
Headquartered
in Houston, Texas, ABC Funding, Inc. (the “Company” or “ABC”), is incorporated
under the laws of the State of Nevada, with its primary business focus to engage
in the acquisition, exploitation and development of properties for the
production of crude oil and natural gas. The Company intends to
explore for oil and gas reserves through the drill bit and acquire established
oil and gas properties. ABC intends then to exploit such properties
through the application of conventional and specialized technology to increase
production, ultimate recoveries, or both, and participate in joint venture
drilling programs with repeatable low risk results.
The
Company’s stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) under the ticker
symbol AFDG. Upon the effectiveness of an amendment to its Articles
of Incorporation increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock that
it may issue and changing its name (the “Charter Amendment”), the Company will
change its name to Cross Canyon Energy Corp. and obtain a new ticker symbol for
trading of its stock on the OTCBB. The name change will better
reflect its business model.
On September 2, 2008, the Company
consummated the acquisition of Voyager Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
(the “Voyager Acquisition”), whereby it purchased all of the outstanding capital
stock of Voyager Gas Corporation, the owner of interests in oil and gas lease
blocks located in Duval County, Texas, including working and other interests in
oil and gas leases, producing wells, and properties, together with rights under
related operating, marketing, and service contracts and agreements, seismic
exploration licenses and rights, and personal property, equipment and
facilities. Upon the completion of the Voyager Acquisition, Voyager
Gas Corporation became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABC. (See Note.
3) and the Company no longer qualified as a development stage enterprise as
defined under SFAS No. 7 “Accounting and Reporting by Development State
Enterprises”.
As of September 30, 2008, the Company
has two subsidiaries, Energy Venture, Inc., and Voyager Gas
Corporation. Energy Venture, Inc. currently has no operations, assets
or liabilities. However, the Company has begun using this subsidiary
as an operating company to perform the operations of its oil and gas
business.
The
consolidated financial statements herein have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of
ABC Funding, Inc. and its subsidiaries, which are wholly owned. All
inter-company transactions are eliminated upon consolidation.
NOTE
2. SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Interim Financial
Statements.
The accompanying unaudited interim financial
statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the Unites States of America for interim
financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q as prescribed by
the SEC for smaller reporting companies and do not include all of the financial
information and disclosures required by GAAP. The financial
information as of September 30, 2008, and for the three months ended September
30, 2008 and 2007, is unaudited. In the opinion of management, such
information contains all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring
accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the
interim periods. The results of operations for the three months ended
September 30, 2008, are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations
that will be realized for the year ended June 30, 2009. The interim
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements
as of June 30, 2008, and notes thereto, included in the Company’s Form 10-KSB
filed with the SEC on September 9, 2008.
Use of
Estimates.
The preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP 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
period. Actual results could differ from these
estimates. Significant estimates affecting these financial statements
include estimates for quantities of proved oil and gas reserves, period end oil
and gas sales and expenses and asset retirement obligations, and are subject to
change.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents.
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the
Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Revenue and Cost
Recognition.
The Company uses the sales method of accounting
for oil and natural gas revenues. Under this method, revenues are
recognized based on the actual volumes of natural gas and oil sold to
purchasers. The volume sold may differ from the volumes to which the
Company is entitled based on its interest in the properties. Costs
associated with production are expensed in the period incurred.
Income
Taxes
. Pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(“SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” (“SFAS No. 109”), the Company
follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, under
which the Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future
tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax
bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the
enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which the
Company expects to recover or settle those temporary differences.
As changes in tax laws or rates are
enacted, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through the
provision for income taxes. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a
valuation allowance if, based on available evidence, it is more likely than not
that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be
realized. The classification of current and noncurrent deferred tax
assets and liabilities is based primarily on the classification of the assets
and liabilities generating the difference.
Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per
Share.
The Company computes net income (loss) per share
pursuant to SFAS No. 128 “Earnings per Share”. Basic net income
(loss) per share is computed by dividing income or loss applicable to common
shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of the Company’s common
stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per
share is determined in the same manner as basic net income (loss) per share
except that the number of shares is increased assuming exercise of dilutive
stock options, warrants and convertible debt using the treasury stock method and
dilutive conversion of the Company’s convertible preferred stock.
Stock Based
Compensation
. In December 2004, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 123R, "Share-Based
Payments". The Company adopted the disclosure requirements of SFAS
123R as of July 1, 2006, using the modified prospective transition method
approach as allowed under SFAS 123R. SFAS 123R establishes standards
for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity
instruments for goods or services. SFAS 123R focuses primarily on
accounting for transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in
share-based payment transactions. SFAS 123R requires that the fair
value of such equity instruments be recognized as expense in the historical
financial statements as services are performed. The Company did not
issue any stock options or restricted stock awards during the quarterly period
ended September 30, 2008.
Oil and Natural Gas
Properties.
The Company follows the full cost method of
accounting for its oil and gas properties. Accordingly, all costs
associated with the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and gas
properties, including costs of undeveloped leasehold, geological and geophysical
expenses, dry holes, leasehold equipment and overhead charges directly related
to acquisition, exploration and development activities, are
capitalized. Proceeds received from disposals are credited against
accumulated cost except when the sale represents a significant disposal of
reserves, in which case a gain or loss is recognized.
The sum
of net capitalized costs and estimated future development and dismantlement
costs for each cost center is depleted on the equivalent unit-of-production
method, based on proved oil and gas reserves as determined by independent
petroleum engineers. Excluded from amounts subject to depletion are
costs associated with unevaluated properties. Natural gas and crude
oil are converted to equivalent units based upon the relative energy content,
which is six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of crude
oil.
The
Company performs a review of the carrying value of its oil and natural gas
properties, referred to as a ceiling test, under the full cost accounting rules
of the SEC on a quarterly basis. Under the ceiling test, capitalized
costs, less accumulated depletion and related deferred income taxes, may not
exceed an amount equal to the sum of the present value of estimated future net
revenues less estimated future expenditures to be incurred in developing and
producing the proved reserves, less any related income tax
effects. Future net revenues are calculated by using the current
prices and costs as of the end of the appropriate quarterly or annual
period.
Asset Retirement
Obligations.
The Company records a liability for legal
obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets in the
period in which they are incurred in accordance with SFAS No. 143 “Accounting
for Asset Retirement Obligations.” Under this method, when
liabilities for dismantlement and abandonment costs (“ARO”) are initially
recorded, the carrying amount of the related oil and natural gas properties are
increased. Accretion of the liability is recognized each period using
the interest method of allocation, and the capitalized cost is depleted over the
useful life of the related asset. Revisions to such estimates are
recorded as adjustments to the ARO, capitalized asset retirement costs and
charges to operations during the periods in which they become
known. At the time the abandonment cost is incurred, the Company will
be required to recognize a gain or loss if the actual costs do not equal the
estimated costs included in ARO.
Valuation of the Embedded and
Warrant Derivatives.
The valuation of the Company’s embedded
derivatives and warrant derivatives is determined primarily by a lattice model
using probability weighted discounted cash flow based upon future projections
over a range of potential outcomes and the Black-Scholes option pricing
model. An embedded debenture derivative is a derivative instrument
that is embedded within a contract, which under the convertible debenture (the
host contract) includes the right to convert the debenture by the holder, reset
provisions with respect to the conversion provisions, call/redemption options
and liquidated damages. In accordance with SFAS No. 133, as amended,
“Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, these embedded
derivatives are marked-to-market each reporting period, with a corresponding
non-cash gain or loss charged to the current period. A warrant
derivative liability is determined 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” (“EITF
00-19”). Based on EITF 00-19, warrants which are determined to be
classified as derivative liabilities are marked-to-market each reporting period,
with a corresponding non-cash gain or loss charged to the current
period. The practical effect of this has been that when the Company’s
stock price increases so does its derivative liability, resulting in a non-cash
loss charge that reduces earnings and earnings per shares. When the
Company’s stock price declines, it records a non-cash gain, increasing its
earnings and earnings per share.
To determine the fair value of its
embedded derivatives, management evaluates assumptions regarding the probability
of certain events. Other factors used to determine fair value include
the Company’s period end stock price, historical stock volatility, risk free
interest rate and derivative term. The fair value recorded for the
derivative liability varies from period to period. This variability
may result in the actual derivative liability for a period either above or below
the estimates recorded on the Company’s consolidated financial statements,
resulting in significant fluctuations in other income (expense) because of the
corresponding non-cash gain or loss recorded.
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments
. The Company’s financial instruments consist of
cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, notes payable
and derivative liabilities/assets associated with the Company’s oil and gas
hedging activities and certain instruments issued by the Company that are
convertible into common stock (see Note 5). The carrying amounts of
cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and notes
payable approximate fair value due to the highly liquid nature of these
short-term instruments. The derivative liabilities/assets have been
marked-to-market as of September 30, 2008.
New Accounting
Pronouncements
. In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161,
“Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment
of SFAS No. 133” (“SFAS No. 161”). SFAS No. 161 requires additional
disclosures about derivative and hedging activities and is effective for fiscal
years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. The
Company is evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 161 will have on its
financial statement disclosures. The Company’s adoption of SFAS No.
161 will not affect its current accounting for derivative and hedging
activities.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), “Business
Combinations”. This statement requires assets acquired and
liabilities assumed to be measured at fair value as of the acquisition date,
acquisition-related costs incurred prior to the acquisition to be expensed and
contractual contingencies to be recognized at fair value as of the acquisition
date. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company is
currently assessing the impact, if any, the adoption of this statement will have
on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE
3. ACQUISITION
OF BUSINESS
On
September 2, 2008, the Company consummated the acquisition of Voyager Gas
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (the “Voyager Acquisition”), whereby it
purchased all of the outstanding capital stock of Voyager Gas Corporation, the
owner of interests in oil and gas lease blocks located in Duval County, Texas,
including working and other interests in oil and gas leases, producing wells,
and properties, together with rights under related operating, marketing, and
service contracts and agreements, seismic exploration licenses and rights, and
personal property, equipment and facilities.
Upon the
completion of the Voyager Acquisition, Voyager Gas Corporation became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of ABC. The newly acquired subsidiary’s
properties consist of approximately 14,300 net acres located in Duval County,
Texas. The purchase price also included a proprietary 3-D seismic
data base covering a majority of the acquired properties.
The
purchase price paid in the Voyager Acquisition consisted of cash consideration
of $35.0 million and
10,000
newly issued shares of the Company’s preferred stock designated as Series D
preferred stock having an agreed upon value of $7.0 million. The
Company performed a fair value valuation of the preferred on the date of the
acquisition and recorded the fair value of the preferred stock at $9.1
million. Upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation increasing the number of shares of common stock that
it may issue (the “Charter Amendment”), the Series D Preferred will
automatically convert into 17.5 million shares of ABC’s common
stock.
The
acquired properties have established production over a substantial acreage
position with proved reserves from over ten different horizons located at depths
ranging from 4,000 to 7,500 feet. As of April 1, 2008, the Duval
County Properties had independently engineered proved reserves of 16.2
Bcfe. By category, this includes 5.2 Bcfe of proved developed
producing, 5.6 Bcfe of proved developed non-producing, and 5.4 Bcfe of proved
undeveloped reserves. Approximately 69% of total proved reserves is
natural gas. In addition to proved reserves, the Company’s management
has identified additional exploration opportunities on the acquired acreage
utilizing its acquired 3-D seismic data base.
The preliminary allocation of the
purchase price and the estimated fair market values of the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed are subject to modification and are shown
below.
Cash
|
|
$
|
1,864,446
|
|
Accounts
receivables
|
|
|
39,410
|
|
Security
deposit
|
|
|
3,622
|
|
Oil
and gas property
|
|
|
39,972,891
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
|
41,880,369
|
|
Severance
tax payable
|
|
|
65,418
|
|
Royalties
payable
|
|
|
405,714
|
|
Ad
valorem taxes payable
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
|
531,132
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retained
earnings assumed
|
|
|
1,376,346
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$
|
39,972,891
|
|
The following summary presents
unaudited pro forma consolidated results for the three months ended September
30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, as if the Voyager Acquisition had occurred as
of July 1, 2007. The pro forma results are for illustrative purposes
only and include adjustments in addition to the pre-acquisition historical
results, such as increased depreciation, depletion and amortization expense
resulting from the allocation of fair value to oil and gas properties
acquired. The unaudited pro forma information is not necessarily
indicative of the operating results that would have occurred if the acquisition
had been consummated at that date, nor is it necessarily indicative of future
operating results.
|
|
Pro
Forma
|
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
3,009,771
|
|
|
$
|
2,556,515
|
|
Operating
costs and expenses
|
|
|
1,821,479
|
|
|
|
1,958,258
|
|
Income
(loss) from operations
|
|
|
1,188,292
|
|
|
|
598,257
|
|
Other
income (expense)
|
|
|
(19,611,246
|
)
|
|
|
(761,889
|
)
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
$
|
(18,422,954
|
)
|
|
$
|
(163,632
|
)
|
Earnings
(loss) per share – basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.75
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
volumes:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural
gas (Mcf)
|
|
|
166,041
|
|
|
|
259,291
|
|
Oil
(Bbls)
|
|
|
11,868
|
|
|
|
7,129
|
|
Mcfe
|
|
|
237,249
|
|
|
|
302,065
|
|
Mcfe/day
|
|
|
2,579
|
|
|
|
3,283
|
|
NOTE
4. ACCRUED
LIABILITIES
Accrued liabilities consisted of the
following at September 30 and June 30, 2008:
|
|
September
30,
2008
|
|
|
June
30,
2008
|
|
Royalties
payable
|
|
$
|
610,392
|
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
Severance
taxes payable
|
|
|
108,815
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Accrued
interest payable
|
|
|
176,492
|
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
Accrued
ad valorem taxes payable
|
|
|
166,178
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Other
|
|
|
389
|
|
|
|
397
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,062,266
|
|
|
$
|
1,397
|
|
NOTE
5. NOTES
PAYABLE
Notes payable consisted of the
following at September 30 and June 30, 2008:
|
|
September
30,
2008
|
|
|
June
30,
2008
|
|
2006
convertible notes, convertible at $0.25 into 50,000 shares of common
stock
due
February 28, 2008
|
|
$
|
25,000
|
|
|
$
|
25,000
|
|
Senior
secured convertible debentures due September 29, 2008
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
900,000
|
|
Short-term,
interest free note payable due March 15, 2009
|
|
|
557,500
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
First
lien revolving credit facility with CIT Capital USA Inc., as
administrative agent,
bearing
interest at an adjusted rate as defined in the agreement
(5.31313%
at
September 30, 2008) payable quarterly, principal and unpaid interest
due
on
August 31, 2011, collateralized by a first mortgage on the
Company’s
oil
and gas properties.
|
|
|
10,500,000
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Second
lien term credit facility with CIT Capital USA Inc., as administrative
agent,
bearing
interest at an adjusted rate as defined in the agreement
(7.81313%
at
September 30, 2008) payable quarterly, principal and unpaid interest
due
on
March 31, 2012, collateralized by a second mortgage on the
Company’s
oil
and gas properties.
|
|
|
22,000,000
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Unamortized
discount on senior secured convertible debentures
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
(778,362
|
)
|
Unamortized
discount on second lien term credit facility
|
|
|
(200,278
|
)
|
|
|
--
|
|
Unamortized
discount on short-term note payable due March 15, 2009
|
|
|
(14,552
|
)
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
$
|
32,867,670
|
|
|
$
|
146,638
|
|
CIT
Credit Facility
On
September 2, 2008, the Company entered into (i) a credit agreement (the
“Revolving Loan”) among the Company, CIT Capital USA Inc. (“CIT Capital”), as
Administrative Agent and the lender named therein and (ii) a second lien term
loan agreement (the “Term Loan”) among the Company, CIT Capital and the
lender. The Revolving Loan and Term Loan are collectively referred to
herein as the “CIT Credit Facility.”
The
Revolving Loan provides for a $50.0 million senior secured revolving credit
facility which is subject to an initial borrowing base of $14.0 million, or an
amount determined based on semi-annual review of the Company’s proved oil and
gas reserves. As of September 30, 2008, the Company had $10.5 million
borrowed to finance the Voyager Acquisition, to repay the related bridge loan
and transaction expenses, and to fund capital expenditures
generally. Monies advanced under the Revolving Loan mature on
September 1, 2011, and bear interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 1.75% to
2.50%, as the case may be.
The Term
Loan provides for a one-time advance to the Company of $22.0
million. The Company drew down the full amount on September 2, 2008
to finance the Voyager Acquisition and to repay the related bridge loan and
transaction expenses. Monies borrowed under the Term Loan mature on
March 1, 2012, and bear interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 5% during the
first twelve months after closing and LIBOR plus 7.50%, thereafter.
The loan
instruments evidencing the Revolving Loan contain various restrictive covenants,
including financial covenants requiring that the Company will not: (i) as of the
last day of any fiscal quarter, permit its ratio of EBITDAX for the period of
four fiscal quarters then ending to interest expense for such period to be less
than 2.0 to 1.0; (ii) at any time permit its ratio of total debt as of such time
to EBITDAX for the four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the fiscal
quarter immediately preceding the date of determination for which financial
statements are available to be greater than 4.0 to 1.0; and (iii) permit, as of
the last day of any fiscal quarter, its ratio of (a) consolidated current assets
(including the unused amount of the total commitments, but excluding non-cash
assets under FASB Statement No. 133) to (b) consolidated current liabilities
(excluding non-cash obligations under FAS 133 and current maturities under the
CIT Credit Facility) to be less than 1.0 to 1.0.
The loan
instruments evidencing the Term Loan contain various restrictive covenants,
including financial covenants requiring that the Company will not: (i) permit,
as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, its ratio of (a) consolidated current
assets (including the unused amount of the total commitments, but excluding
non-cash assets under FASB Statement No. 133) to (b) consolidated current
liabilities (excluding non-cash obligations under FAS 133 and current maturities
under the CIT Credit Facility) to be less than 1.0 to 1.0; and (ii) as of the
date of any determination permit its ratio of total reserve value as in effect
on such date of determination to total debt as of such date of determination to
be less than 2.0 to 1.0
Upon the
Company’s failure to comply with covenants, the lender has the right to refuse
to advance additional funds under the revolver and/or declare any outstanding
principal and interest immediately due and payable. As of September
30, 2008, the Company is in compliance with all of the restrictive covenants of
the CIT Credit Facility.
All
borrowings under the Revolving Loan are secured by a first lien on all of the
Company’s assets and those of its subsidiaries. All borrowings under
the Term Loan are secured by a second lien on all of the Company’s assets and
those of its subsidiaries.
Under the
CIT Credit Facility, the Company was required to enter into hedging arrangements
mutually agreeable between the Company and CIT Capital. Effective on
September 2, 2008, the Company entered into hedging arrangements with a bank
whereby effective October 1, 2008, the Company hedged 65% of its proved
developed producing natural gas production and 25% of its proved developed
producing oil production through December 2011 at $7.82 per Mmbtu and $110.35
per barrel, respectively. (See Note 6).
CIT
Capital is entitled to one percent (1%) overriding royalty interest of the
Company’s net revenue interest in the oil and gas properties acquired in the
Voyager Acquisition. The overriding royalty interest is applicable to
any renewal, extension or new lease taken by the Company within one year after
the date of termination of the ORRI Properties, as defined in the
overriding royalty agreement covering the same property, horizons and
minerals. The Company recorded a discount of $206,000 based upon the
estimated fair value of the overriding royalty interest that was conveyed to the
lender upon closing. The Company is amortizing this discount to
interest expense over the term of the Term Loan. As of September 30,
2008, $5,722 of this discount had been amortized as a component of interest
expense.
CIT
Capital also received, and is entitled to receive in its capacity as
administrative agent, various fees from the Company while monies advanced or
loaned remain outstanding, including an annual administrative agent fee of
$20,000 for each of the Revolving Loan and Term Loan and a commitment fee
ranging from 0.375% to 0.5% of any unused portion of the borrowing base
available under the Revolving Loan.
In
connection with the Company’s entering into the CIT Credit Facility, upon
closing the Voyager Acquisition, the Company paid its investment banker, Global
Hunter Securities, LLC (“GHS”), the sum of $557,500 and delivered to GHS a
non-interest bearing promissory note, payable on or before March 15, 2008, in
the principal amount of $557,500.
The
Company incurred debt issuance costs of $1,910,350 associated with the CIT
Credit Facility. These costs were capitalized as deferred financing
costs and are being amortized over the life of the CIT Credit Facility using the
effective interest method. Amortization expense related to the CIT
Credit Facility was $45,485 for the period September 2, 2008 (inception) through
September 30, 2008.
Convertible
Debentures
On May
21, 2008, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with those
purchasers identified therein (the “Bridge Financing”), whereby the Company
received proceeds of $800,000 evidenced by senior secured convertible debentures
(the “Debentures”). The proceeds from the Debentures were used to
fund the Company’s payment of the deposit for the Voyager
Acquisition.
The
Debentures were to mature the earlier of September 29, 2008, or the closing date
under the Voyager Agreement, and were to be satisfied in full by the Company’s
payment of the aggregate redemption price of $900,000 or, at the election of the
purchasers, by the conversion of the Debentures into shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Conversion Shares”), at an initial conversion price of $0.33,
subject to adjustments and full-ratchet protection under certain
circumstances.
As
additional consideration for the bridge loan evidenced by the Debentures, the
Company issued common stock purchase warrants to the purchasers and their
affiliates, exercisable to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Warrant Shares”), based upon an initial exercise price of
$0.33 subject to adjustments and full-ratchet protection under certain
circumstances. These warrants remain outstanding as of September 30,
2008.
The
Company incurred debt issuance costs of $199,343 associated with the issuance of
the Debentures. These costs were capitalized as deferred financing
costs and were being amortized over the life of the Debentures using the
effective interest method. Amortization expense related to the
deferred financing costs was $55,871 for the period May 21, 2008 (inception)
through June 30, 2008 and the remaining balance of $143,472 was charged to
expense during the three months ended September 30, 2008.
The
Debentures and the other outstanding convertible instruments of the Company,
specifically the Series A, B, D and E Preferred and the convertible note, if
converted, would exceed the number of authorized shares the Company has
available for issuance. In addition, the Debentures contain more than
one embedded derivative feature which would individually warrant separate
accounting as derivative instruments under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” and EITF 00-19, “Accounting for
Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a
Company's Own Stock”. The Company evaluated the application of SFAS
No. 133 and EITF 00-19 and determined the various embedded derivative features
have been bundled together as a single, compound embedded derivative instrument
that has been bifurcated from the debt host contract, and referred to as the
"Single Compound Embedded Derivatives within Convertible Note". The
single compound embedded derivative features include the conversion feature with
the reset provisions within the Debentures, the call/redemption options, the
interest rate adjustment and liquidated damages. The value of the
single compound embedded derivative liability was bifurcated from the debt host
contract and recorded as a derivative liability, which results in a reduction of
the initial carrying amount (as unamortized discount) of the Debentures of the
value at inception. The value of the embedded derivative at issuance
exceeded the notional amount of the loan, and the excess amount was expensed to
interest in the amount of $1,468,316. The unamortized discount has
been amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the
life of the Debentures. At June 30, 2008, $121,638 had been amortized
and the remaining balance of $778,362 was charged to expense during the three
months ended September 30, 2008.
Due to
the insufficient unissued authorized shares to settle the Debentures, other
outstanding convertible instruments of the Company, specifically the Series A,
B, D and E Preferred, convertible note and non-employee stock options, have been
classified as derivative liabilities under SFAS No. 133. Each
reporting period, this derivative liability is marked-to-market with the
non-cash gain or loss recorded in the period as a gain or loss on
derivatives. At September 30, 2008, the aggregate derivative
liability was $28,717,058.
On
September 2, 2008, the Company satisfied in full the Debentures by repayment of
$450,000 of principal with funds advanced under the CIT Credit Facility and by
delivery of shares of the Company’s Series E Preferred in exchange for the
principal amount of $450,000, which shares of preferred stock automatically
convert into an aggregate of 1,363,636 shares of the Company’s common stock,
based upon an implied conversion price of $0.33 per share of common stock upon
the effectiveness of the Charter Amendment. The fair value of the
underlying shares of common stock on August 31, 2008, the date of the conversion
into Series E Preferred exceeded the conversion price of $0.33 per share and the
company recorded a loss on the extinguishment of debt of $804,545 during the
three months ended September 30, 2008.
Probability
- Weighted Expected Cash Flow Methodology
Assumptions: Single
Compound Embedded Derivative within Debentures
|
|
Inception
|
|
|
As
of
|
|
|
|
May
21, 2008
|
|
|
September
30, 2008
|
|
Risk
free interest rate
|
|
|
4.53
|
%
|
|
|
4.43
|
%
|
Timely
registration
|
|
|
95.00
|
%
|
|
|
95.00
|
%
|
Default
status
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
Alternative
financing available and exercised
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
Trading
volume, gross monthly dollars monthly rate increase
|
|
|
1.00
|
%
|
|
|
1.00
|
%
|
Annual
growth rate stock price
|
|
|
29.14
|
%
|
|
|
29.05
|
%
|
Future
projected volatility
|
|
|
150.00
|
%
|
|
|
60.00
|
%
|
The stock
purchase warrants are freestanding derivative financial instruments which were
valued using the Black-Scholes method. The fair value of the
derivative liability of the compound embedded derivatives, the warrants issued
with the Debentures and the other tainted convertible instruments was recorded
at $1,470,868 and $5,967,587, respectively, on May 21, 2008. The
unamortized discount was accreted to interest expense using the effective
interest method over the life of the Debentures. The total accretion
expense was $1,060,366 for the period May 21, 2008 through September 30,
2008. The remaining value of $1,468,316 was expensed at inception to
interest expense since the total fair value of the derivatives at inception
exceeded the face value of the Debentures. The effective interest
rate on the Debentures was 1,551.9%.
The
Debentures were settled in September 2008; however, as long as the other
outstanding convertible instruments of the Company, specifically the Series A,
B, D and E Preferred and the convertible note are outstanding, they are
potentially convertible into an unlimited number of common shares, resulting in
the Company no longer having the control to physically or net share settle
existing non-employee stock options. Thus under EITF 00-19, all
non-employee stock options that are exercisable during the period that these
instruments are outstanding are required to be treated as derivative liabilities
and recorded at fair value until the provisions requiring this treatment have
been settled.
As of the
date of issuance of the Debentures on May 21, 2008, the fair value of options to
purchase 8,900,000 shares and other tainted convertible instruments totaling
$5,856,395 was reclassified to the liability caption “Derivative liabilities”
from additional paid-in capital. The change in fair value of
$17,922,772 as of September 30, 2008, has been included in earnings under the
caption “Change in fair value of derivatives.”
Variables
used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model include: (1) 4.53% to 4.59%
risk-free interest rate; (2) expected warrant life is the actual remaining life
of the warrant as of each period end; (3) expected volatility is 150.00%; and
(4) zero expected dividends.
Both the
embedded and freestanding derivative financial instruments were recorded as
liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet and measured at fair
value. These derivative liabilities will be marked-to-market each
quarter with the change in fair value recorded as either a gain or loss in the
income statement.
The
impact of the application of SFAS No. 133 and EITF 00-19 in regards to the
derivative liabilities on the balance sheet and statements of operations as of
inception (May 21, 2008) and through September 30, 2008 are as
follows:
|
|
Transaction
Date
|
|
|
Liability
As
of
|
|
|
|
May
21, 2008
|
|
|
Sept.
30, 2008
|
|
Derivative
liability – single compound embedded derivatives
within
the debentures
|
|
$
|
797,447
|
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
Derivative
liability – other tainted convertible instruments
|
|
|
7,438,455
|
|
|
|
10,794,286
|
|
Net
change in fair value of derivatives
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
17,922,772
|
|
Derivative
liabilities
|
|
$
|
8,235,902
|
|
|
$
|
28,717,058
|
|
2006
Convertible Notes
During 2006, EV Delaware sold
$1,500,000 of convertible promissory notes (the "2006 Notes") which were
expressly assumed by the Company in the May 2006 merger of EV Delaware into our
wholly-owned subsidiary. The 2006 Notes had an original maturity date
of August 31, 2007, carried an interest rate of 10% per annum, payable in either
cash or shares, and were convertible into shares of Common Stock at a conversion
rate of $0.50 per share at the option of the investor. Each investor
also received a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 20% of his or her
investment divided by $0.50. Thus, a total of 600,000 shares were
initially issued to investors in the 2006 Notes. The relative fair
value of these shares was $250,000 and was recorded as a debt discount and as
additional paid-in capital. The debt discount was amortized over the
original term of the notes payable using the effective interest
method. The original issue discount rate was
23.44%. During the period from February 21, 2006 (inception) to
August 31, 2007, the entire discount of $250,000 was amortized and recorded as
interest expense.
We evaluated the application of SFAS
No. 133 and EITF 00-19. Based on the guidance of SFAS No. 133 and
EITF 00-19, we concluded that these instruments were not required to be
accounted for as derivatives.
On August 31, 2007 (the original
Maturity Date), we repaid in cash six of the holders of the 2006 Notes an
aggregate amount of $424,637, of which $410,000 represented principal and
$14,637 represented accrued interest. On September 4, 2007, an
additional $44,624 of accrued and current period interest was repaid through the
issuance of 89,248 shares of our Common Stock. The remaining holders
of the 2006 Notes entered into an agreement with us whereby the maturity date of
the 2006 Notes was extended to February 28, 2008 and, beginning September 1,
2007 until the 2006 Notes are paid in full, the interest rate on the outstanding
principal increased to 12% per annum. In addition, we agreed to issue
to the remaining holders of the 2006 Notes, 218,000 shares of our common stock
with a value of $98,100 as consideration for extending the 2006 Note's maturity
date. We evaluated the application of EITF 96-19, "Debtor's
Accounting for a Modification or Exchange of Debt Instruments" and concluded
that the revised terms constituted a debt modification rather than a debt
extinguishment and accordingly, the value of the common stock has been treated
as interest expense in the accompanying statements of operations.
On February 28, 2008, $1,090,000 of
the 2006 Notes came due and we were unable to repay them. We
continued to accrue interest on the notes at 12%, the agreed upon rate for the
extension period. On March 6, 2008, we issued 130,449 shares of
common stock in lieu of cash in payment of $65,221 of accrued and current period
interest to holders of 2006 Notes. On April 22, 2008, we repaid
$100,000 principal amount in cash to one of the holders of the
notes. During May 2008, we exchanged 99,395 shares of our Series A
Preferred in full satisfaction of our obligation under the notes to pay $965,000
of principal and $28,950 of interest, with each share of such preferred stock
being automatically convertible into 20 shares of our common stock, for an
aggregate of 1,987,900 shares of our common stock. The Series A
Preferred will automatically convert into shares of our Common Stock upon the
effectiveness of the Charter Amendment. At September 30, 2008, the
Company has outstanding $25,000 principal amount of the 2006 Notes with on note
holder.
NOTE
6. DERIVATIVE
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The
Company, in an effort to manage its natural gas and crude oil commodity price
risk exposures utilizes derivative financial instruments. The
Company, from time to time, enters into over-the-counter swap transactions that
convert its variable-based oil and natural gas sales arrangements to fixed-price
arrangements. The Company accounts for its derivative instruments in
accordance with SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities,” as amended. SFAS No. 133 requires the recognition of all
derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet
and the measurement of those instruments at fair value. The Company
entered into various derivative instruments during the period ended September
30, 2008. These swap contracts are not being accounted for as cash
flow hedges under SFAS No. 133, but are recognized as derivatives and fair
valued.
The
Company marks-to-market its open swap positions at the end of each period and
records the net unrealized gain or loss during the period in derivative gains or
losses in the consolidated statements of operations. For the three
months ended September 30, 2008, the Company recorded gains of $634,528, related
to its swap contracts in the consolidated statements of
operations. These swap contracts were related to an agreement entered
into on September 2, 2008, with Macquarie Bank Limited, and were entered into as
a condition of the CIT Credit Facility. In the first contract the
Company agreed to be the floating price payer (based on Inside FERC Houston Ship
Channel) on specific quantities of natural gas over the period beginning October
1, 2008 through December 31, 2011 and receive a fixed payment of $7.82 per
MMBTU. In the second contract the Company agreed to be the floating
price payer (based on the NYMEX WTI Nearby Month Future Contract) on specific
monthly quantities of crude oil over the period beginning October 1, 2008
through December 31, 2011 and receive a fixed payment of $110.35 per
barrel.
Fair
value is estimated based on forward market prices and approximates the net gains
and losses that would have been realized if the contracts had been closed out at
period-end. When forward market prices are not available, they are
estimated using spot prices adjusted based on risk-free rates, carrying costs,
and counterparty risk.
As of September 30, 2008, the Company had the following hedge contracts
outstanding:
Instrument
|
Beginning
Date
|
Ending
Date
|
|
Fixed
|
|
|
Total
Bbls
2008
|
|
|
Total
Bbls
2009
|
|
|
Total
Bbls
2010
|
|
|
Total
Bbls
2011
|
|
Swap
|
Oct-08
|
Dec-11
|
|
$
|
110.35
|
|
|
|
3,522
|
|
|
|
10,762
|
|
|
|
7,575
|
|
|
|
5,712
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indexed
to NYMEX WTI
|
|
Instrument
|
Beginning
Date
|
Ending
Date
|
|
Fixed
|
|
|
Total
MMBtu
2008
|
|
|
Total
MMBtu
2009
|
|
|
Total
MMBtu
2010
|
|
|
Total
MMBtu
2011
|
|
Swap
|
Oct-08
|
Dec-11
|
|
$
|
7.82
|
|
|
|
131,781
|
|
|
|
427,953
|
|
|
|
328,203
|
|
|
|
262,080
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indexed
to Inside FERC Houston Ship Channel
|
|
NOTE
7. PREFERRED
STOCK AND COMMON STOCK
Preferred
Stock
On August 20, 2008 the Company issued
500 shares of its newly designated Series C Preferred to Alan D. Gaines, the
Company’s largest stockholder and a director of the Company, in exchange for the
cancellation of a promissory note made by the Company in favor of Mr. Gaines, in
the principal amount of $50,000. In addition to these shares of
Series C Preferred, on August 20, 2008, the Company also issued an additional
500 shares of Series C Preferred to Mr. Gaines for cash consideration of
$50,000. The Series C Preferred are automatically redeemable by the
Company at the rate of $100 for every one (1) share of Series C Preferred being
redeemed upon the closing of a debt or equity financing whereby the Company
realizes gross proceeds in excess of $5,000,000. The Company’s lender
in the CIT Credit Facility did not permit the Company to redeem the Series C
Preferred upon funding, with the understanding that, based upon the success of
the Company’s workover program and increased production resulting from the
Voyager Acquisition, the lender would permit a subsequent distribution to Mr.
Gaines for his Series C Preferred.
As set
forth above in Note. 3, the Company issued 10,000 shares of Series D Preferred
to the seller in the Voyager Acquisition. As set forth in the
Certificate of Designations filed with the State of Nevada on August 27, 2008
with respect to the Series D Preferred, upon the effectiveness of the Charter
Amendment, each share of Series D Preferred will automatically convert into
1,750 shares of common stock for an aggregate of 17,500,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock.
Concurrent
with the closing of the Voyager Acquisition, the Company issued 10,000 shares of
its newly designated Series E Preferred to the former holder of a $450,000
Debenture in satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under such Debenture. As
set forth in the Certificate of Designations filed with the State of Nevada on
August 29, 2008, with respect to the Series E Preferred, upon the
effectiveness of the Charter Amendment, each share of Series E Preferred will
automatically convert into 136.3636 shares of common stock for an aggregate of
1,363,636 shares of the Company’s common stock.
The
shares of Series D and Series E Preferred rank senior to all other shares of the
Company’s capital stock and are on parity with each other.
Common
Stock
On March 4, 2008, the Company’s Board
of Directors approved the Charter Amendment providing for, among other things,
an increase in the number of authorized common shares that the Company may issue
from 24,000,000 to 149,000,000 shares. The holders of a majority of
the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock consented to the Charter
Amendment on March 4, 2008, which consent was subsequently ratified on August
29, 2008. As of November 19, 2008, the number of authorized shares of
common stock that the Company may issue remained at 24,000,000 shares, pending
the effectiveness of the Charter Amendment.
NOTE
8. GRANTS
OF WARRANTS AND OPTIONS
The
Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate option fair
values. The option-pricing model requires a number of assumptions, of
which the most significant are: expected stock price volatility, the expected
pre-vesting forfeiture rate and the expected option term (the amount of time
from the grant date until the options are exercised or expire).
Volatilities
are based on the historical volatility of the Company’s closing common stock
price. Expected term of options and warrants granted represents the
period of time that options and warrants granted are expected to be
outstanding. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual
life of the options and warrants is based on the comparable U.S. Treasury rates
in effect at the time of each grant.
None of the stock options or warrants
which have been granted are exercisable until such time as the Company files its
Charter Amendment with the State of Nevada to increase its authorized shares of
common stock from the current authorized of 24,000,000 shares to 149,000,000
shares.
As part
of the consideration for entry into the CIT Credit Facility, on September 2,
2008 the Company granted CIT Capital a warrant, exercisable for up to 24,199,996
shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $0.35 per share
(the “CIT Warrant”). The CIT Warrant expires on September 2, 2013 and
is exercisable upon the effectiveness of the Charter Amendment.
NOTE
9. ASSET
RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
The Company’s asset retirement
obligations relate to estimated future plugging and abandonment expenses or
disposal of its oil and gas properties and related facilities. These
obligations to abandon and restore properties are based upon estimated future
costs which may change based upon future inflation rates and changes in
statutory remediation rules. The following table provides a summary
of the Company’s asset retirement obligations:
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September
30, 2008
|
|
Balance
as of June 30, 2008
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
Liabilities
incurred in current period
|
|
|
--
|
|
Liabilities
assumed in business combination
|
|
|
765,658
|
|
Accretion
expense
|
|
|
--
|
|
Balance
September 30, 2008
|
|
$
|
765,658
|
|
NOTE
10. RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTION
See Note. 7 for a discussion of Series
C Preferred stock issued to a director for cash consideration of
$100,000.
NOTE
11. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
Commencing August 1, 2008, Voyager
Gas Corporation entered into an office lease agreement with GPI Tollway –
Madison, LLC (“Landlord”) to provide office space in Addison,
Texas. The lease provides for approximately 2,173 rentable square
feet at monthly rental rates ranging from $3,622 to $3,803 per month and
terminates on October 31, 2011. Effective November 1, 2008, Voyager
Gas Corporation executed an Assignment of Lease between Voyager Gas Corporation
as Tenant, GPI Tollway – Madison, LLC as Landlord and Addison Oil, LLC as
Assignee pursuant to which Addison Oil, LLC assumed and agreed to make all
payments and to perform and keep all promises, covenants and conditions and
agreements of the lease by Tenant to be made, kept and performed from and after
the assignment date. Pursuant to the Assignment of Lease, Voyager Gas
Corporation does hereby remain liable for the performance of all covenants,
agreements and conditions contained in the lease should Addison Oil LLC default
on its obligations.
NOTE
12. SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
Repayment
of Note Payable
On October 6, 2008, pursuant to a
mutual agreement between the Company and Global Hunter Securities, LLC, (“GHS”)
the Company made a cash payment in the amount of $300,000 as full settlement of
the non-interest bearing promissory note in the principal amount of $575,500
originally due March 15, 2009.
2008
Stock Incentive Plan
On September 19, 2008, the Company’s
Board of Directors authorized the adoption of the ABC Funding, Inc. 2008 Stock
Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”). The 2008 Plan was approved by
holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock on
September 19, 2008, effective on the twenty-first (21
st
) day
after mailing to all stockholders of record the Company’s definitive Information
Statement on Schedule 14C relating to adoption of the 2008 Plan, in compliance
with Regulation 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The 2008 Plan provides for the issuance of up to 8,500,000
shares of the Company’s common stock to employees and non-employee directors
through the issuance of stock options, restricted stock awards, stock
appreciation rights and bonus stock. The Company’s Board of Directors
feel the stock options and stock-based incentives offered under the 2008 Plan
play an important role in retaining the services of outstanding personnel and in
encouraging such personnel, together with existing employees, to have a greater
financial investment in the Company.
Issuance
of Stock Options and Restricted Stock Awards
On October 1, 2008, the Company
entered into an employment agreement pursuant to which the Company, effective as
of October 1, 2008, engaged Jim B. Davis, to serve as its Senior Vice President
of Operations. The Company also entered into a restricted stock
agreement and option agreements with Mr. Davis, pursuant to which the Company
has agreed to issue up to an aggregate of 1,750,000 shares of its common stock
to Mr. Davis, subject to the effectiveness of the Charter Amendment in the State
of Nevada.
Item
2. Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Cautionary
Notice Regarding Forward Looking Statements
ABC Funding, Inc. (referred to herein
as "we" or the "Company") desires to take advantage of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. This report contains a number of forward-looking statements
that reflect management's current views and expectations with respect to our
business, strategies, future results and events and financial
performance. All statements made in this quarterly report other than
statements of historical fact, including statements that address operating
performance, events or developments that management expects or anticipates will
or may occur in the future, including statements related to future reserves,
cash flows, revenues, profitability, adequacy of funds from operations,
statements expressing general optimism about future operating results and
non-historical information, are forward-looking statements. In
particular, the words "believe," "expect," "intend," " anticipate," "estimate,"
"may," "will," variations of such words and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such
statements and their absence does not mean that the statement is not
forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties, including those discussed below. Our
actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from
historical results as well as those expressed in, anticipated or implied by
these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation
to revise these forward-looking statements to reflect any future events or
circumstances.
Readers should not place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which are based on management's current
expectations and projections about future events, are not guarantees of future
performance, are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions (including
those described below) and apply only as of the date of this
report. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ
materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to those discussed elsewhere in this
report, and the risks discussed in our press releases and other communications
to shareholders issued by us from time to time, which attempt to advise
interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our
business. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
General
Overview
On September 2, 2008, we completed the
Voyager Acquisition giving us ownership interests in oil and natural gas lease
blocks in the Duval County, Texas (the “Duval County Properties”) covering
approximately 14,300 net acres. We paid cash consideration of $35.0
million, plus 10,000 shares of our Series D Preferred, having an agreed upon
value of $7.0 million, in the Voyager Acquisition. We fair valued the
preferred stock on September 2, 2008, and recorded the fair value of the
preferred stock of $9.1 million.
Having
consummated the Voyager Acquisition, we intend to engage in the exploration,
production, development, acquisition and exploitation of the crude oil and
natural gas properties located in the Duval County Properties. We
believe that these properties and other assets acquired in the Voyager
Acquisition will provide us a number of opportunities to realize increased
production and revenues. We also believe that the reserve base
located in the Duval County Properties can be further developed through infill
and step-out drilling of new wells, workovers targeting proved reserves and
stimulating existing wells. As such, we plan to investigate and
evaluate various formations therein to potentially recover significant
incremental oil and natural gas reserves and to create new drilling programs to
exploit the full reserve potential of the reservoirs located
therein.
To date,
management has identified four non-productive wells with immediate capital
recompletion or expense workover potential to new and/or existing
formations. We have prepared capital recompletion and expense
workover procedures on three of these non-productive wells and have begun
operations to return them to a productive status. In addition, we
have identified two currently producing wells whereby we intend to add
additional perforations to the currently producing and/or new zones in
anticipation of increasing production. Our total estimated cost to
perform the well work on these five identified projects is approximately
$410,000. Our estimated capital expenditures for the one remaining
capital recompletion we have identified is $100,000. In addition to
the recompletions and workovers, we have identified drilling opportunities for
six proved undeveloped locations and seven potential exploratory
locations. Total estimated capital expenditures for drilling of these
13 wells is $11.7 million. These recompletions and drilling
opportunities will be funded through a combination of cash flow from the Duval
County Properties and borrowings under our Credit Facility.
We expect
to utilize 3-D seismic analysis from our acquired seismic database and other
modern technologies and production techniques to improve drilling results and
ultimately enhance our production and returns. We also believe use of
such technologies and production techniques in exploring for, developing and
exploiting oil and natural gas properties will help us reduce drilling risks,
lower finding costs and provide for more efficient production of oil and natural
gas from our properties.
We will
continue to review opportunities to acquire additional producing properties,
leasehold acreage and drilling prospects that are located in and around the
Duval County Properties, or which might result in the establishment of new
drilling areas. When identifying acquisition candidates, we focus
primarily on underdeveloped assets with significant growth
potential. We seek acquisitions which allow us to absorb, enhance and
exploit properties without taking on significant geologic, exploration or
integration risk.
The
implementation of our foregoing strategy will require that we make significant
capital expenditures in order to replace current production and find and develop
new oil and gas reserves. In order to finance our capital program, we
will depend on cash flow from anticipated operations, cash or cash equivalents
on hand, or committed credit facilities, as discussed below in “
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
.”
If we are unable to raise additional
capital from conventional sources, including lines of credit
and sales of stock in the future, we may be forced to curtail or
cease our business operations. We may also be required to seek
additional capital by selling debt or equity securities, selling assets, or
otherwise be required to bring cash flows in balance when we approach a
condition of cash insufficiency. We cannot assure you, however, that
financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, or at
all. This is particularly a concern in light of the current
illiquidity in the credit markets, as well as the current suppressed oil and
natural gas pricing levels. Even if we are able to continue our
operations, the failure to obtain sufficient financing could have a substantial
adverse effect on our business prospects and financial results.
Our forecasted operating needs and
funding requirements, as well as our projected ability to obtain adequate
financial resources, involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could
vary as a result of a number of factors.
Our
business and prospects must also be considered in light of the risks and
uncertainties frequently encountered by companies in the oil and gas
industry. The successful development of oil and gas fields is highly
uncertain and we cannot reasonably estimate or know the nature, timing and
estimated expenses of the efforts necessary to complete the development of, or
the period in which material net cash inflows are expected to commence from, any
oil and gas production from our existing fields or other fields, if any,
acquired in the future. Risks and uncertainties associated with oil
and gas production include:
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reservoir
performance and natural field
decline;
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changes
in operating conditions and costs, including costs of third party
equipment or services such as drilling rigs and
shipping;
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the
occurrence of unforeseen technical difficulties, including technical
problems that may delay start-up or interrupt
production;
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the
outcome of negotiations with co-venturers, governments, suppliers, or
other third party operators;
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our
ability to manage expenses
successfully;
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regulatory
developments, such as deregulation of certain energy markets or
restrictions on exploration and production under laws and regulations
related to environmental or energy security matters;
and
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volatility
in crude oil and natural gas prices, actions taken by the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase or decrease production and
demand for oil and gas affected by general economic growth rates and
conditions, supply disruptions, new supply sources and the competitiveness
of alternative hydrocarbon or other energy
sources.
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Revenue
and Expense Drivers
Crude Oil and Natural Gas
Sales.
Our revenues are generated from production of crude oil
and natural gas which are substantially dependent upon prevailing
prices. Our future production is impacted by our drilling success,
acquisitions and decline curves on our existing production. Prices
for oil and natural gas are subject to large fluctuations in response to
relatively minor changes in the supply of or demand for oil and natural gas,
market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors beyond our
control. We enter into derivative instruments for a portion of our
oil and natural gas production to achieve a more predictable cash flow and to
reduce our exposure to adverse fluctuations in the prices of oil and natural
gas.
We generally sell our oil and natural
gas at current market prices determined at the wellhead. We are
required to pay gathering, compression and transportation costs with respect to
substantially all of our products or incur such costs to deliver our products to
a sales point. We market our products in several different ways
depending upon a number of factors, including the availability of purchasers for
the product at the wellhead, the availability and cost of pipelines near the
well, market prices, pipeline constraints and operational
flexibility.
Our operating expenses primarily
involve the expense of operating and maintaining our wells.
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Lease
Operating.
Our lease operating expenses include repair
and maintenance costs, contract labor and supervision, salt water disposal
costs, expense workover costs, compression, electrical power and fuel
costs and other expenses necessary to maintain our
operations. Our lease operating expenses are driven in part by
the type of commodity produced and the level of maintenance
activity. Ad valorem taxes represent property taxes on our
properties.
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Production
Taxes.
Production taxes represent the taxes paid on
produced oil and gas on a percentage of market (our price received from
the purchaser) or at fixed rates established by federal, state or local
taxing authorities.
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General and Administrative
Expenses.
General and administrative expenses include employee
compensation and benefits, professional fees for legal, accounting and
advisory services and corporate
overhead.
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Depreciation, Depletion and
Amortization
. Depreciation, depletion and amortization
represent the expensing of the capitalized cost of our oil and gas
properties using the unit of production method and our other property and
equipment.
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Other
Income and Expenses
Other income and expenses consist of
the following:
Interest
Income.
We generate interest income from our cash
deposits.
Interest
Expense.
Our interest expense reflects our borrowings under
our CIT Credit Facility, other short-term notes and amortization of debt
discounts.
Risk
Management.
The results of operations and operating cash flows
are impacted by changes in market prices for oil and natural gas. To
mitigate a portion of this exposure, we have entered into certain derivative
instruments which have not been elected to be designated as cash flow hedges for
financial reporting purposes. Generally, our derivative instruments
are comprised of fixed price swaps as defined in the
instrument. These instruments are recorded at fair value and changes
in fair value, including settlements, have been reported as risk management in
the statements of operations.
Change in Fair Value of
Derivatives.
We mark-to-market our derivative liabilities each
reporting period and record the change in the derivative liability to change in
fair value of derivatives in the statements of operations.
Oil
and Natural Gas Properties – Impact of Petroleum Prices on Ceiling
Test
We review the carrying value of our oil
and natural gas properties under the full cost accounting rules of the SEC on a
quarterly and annual basis. This review is referred to as a ceiling
test. Under the ceiling test, capitalized costs, less accumulated
depletion and related deferred income taxes, may not exceed an amount equal to
the sum of the present value of estimated future net revenues less estimated
future expenditures to be incurred in developing and producing the proved
reserves, less any related income tax effects. Any excess of the net
book value, less deferred income taxes, is generally written off to expense as
an impairment.
Three
months Ended September 30, 2008
Revenues.
The
following table summarizes our oil and natural gas revenues and sales for the
three months ended September 30, 2008. As the Voyager Acquisition was
our initial oil and gas acquisition, we did not have any revenue for the three
months ended September 30, 2007.
Natural
gas sales:
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Revenue
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$
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456,831
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Volumes
– Mmbtu
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57,945
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Price
- $/Mmbtu
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$
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7.88
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Oil
sales:
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Revenue
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$
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337,353
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Volumes
– Bbls
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3,278
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Price
- $/Bbl
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$
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102.91
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We closed on the Voyager Acquisition on
September 2, 2008, and therefore reported revenue only for the month of
September 2008. The effective date of the Voyager Acquisition was
April 1, 2008, and all revenue and lease operating expenses for the period April
1 through September 1, 2008 were treated as a purchase price
adjustment. Total revenue for the month of September 2008 was
$794,184. Revenue from the sale of natural gas for the month of
September totaled $456,831 at an average price of $7.88 per
Mmbtu. Natural gas sales volume was 57,945 Mmbtu’s, or a daily rate
of 1,932 Mmbtu’s. Revenue from the sale of crude oil for the month of
September was $337,353 at an average price of $102.91 per
barrel. Crude oil sales volume was 3,278 barrels, or a daily rate of
109 barrels.
Lease Operating
Expenses.
Lease operating expenses for the month of September
2008, were $154,373. The primary components of lease operating
expenses were salt water disposal costs of $63,479, lease road maintenance of
$17,964, ad valorem taxes of $17,695 and costs associated with natural gas
compression of $22,338. The remainder of the lease operating expenses
were comprised of contract gauging of wells, contract services and other
expenses. We did not have lease operating expenses during the 2007
period.
Production
Taxes.
Production taxes for the month of September 2008, were
$55,361. All of our revenue is attributable to the State of
Texas. Severance taxes in the State of Texas are based upon the value
of crude oil sold and natural gas produced. Crude oil is taxed at the
rate of 4.6% of the value sold and natural gas is taxed at the rate of 7.5% of
the natural gas produced. We did not have production taxes during the
2007 period.
General and Administrative
Expenses.
General and administrative expenses were $707,345
for the three months ended September 30, 2008, compared to $208,711 for the
three months ended September 30, 2007. Payroll and related expenses
for the 2008 period were $472,312 compared to $145,500 for the 2007
period. We had no employees during the 2007 period and incurred
non-cash stock expense of $145,500 during the 2007 period. During the
2008 period, we had three employees resulting in salaries, payroll taxes and
health insurance of $134,328. In addition, we incurred $337,984 for
non-cash stock expense pursuant to stock options and restricted stock awards
granted to our CEO and CFO. We incurred professional fees during the
2008 period of $161,336 comprised of legal, accounting and engineering
fees. The increase in professional fees was a result of increased
activity primarily attributable to the Voyager Acquisition and public company
reporting. Professional fees for the 2007 period were
$33,933. Expenses associated with office administration were $12,963
and other expenses comprised of investor relations, travel and meals, filing
fees and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance were
$60,732. This compares to $29,278 incurred for other expenses of the
2007 period.
Interest
Expense.
Interest expense for the three months ended September
30, 2008, totaled $1,167,454 and was comprised of interest expense incurred
pursuant to our CIT Credit Facility of $190,375, amortization of deferred
financing costs of $188,956, amortization of debt discounts of $786,509 and
other interest expense of $1,614. Interest expense for the 2007
period was $171,303 which was comprised of accrued interest on notes payable of
$134,330 and amortization of debt discounts of $36,973.
Risk
Management.
The gain recorded from our risk management
position for the three months ended September 30, 2008, was
$683,391. We mark-to-market our open swap positions at the end of
each period and record the net unrealized gain or loss during the period in
derivative gains or losses in our statements of operations. For the
three months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded gains of $634,528, related to
our swap contracts. These swap contracts are related to an agreement
entered into on September 2, 2008, with Macquarie Bank Limited. In
the first contract we agreed to be the floating price payer (based on Inside
FERC Houston Ship Channel) on specific quantities of natural gas over the period
beginning October 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011 and receive a fixed payment
of $7.82 per MMBTU. In the second contract we agreed to be the
floating price payer (based on the NYMEX WTI Nearby Month Future Contract) on
specific monthly quantities of oil over the period beginning October 1, 2008
through December 31, 2011 and receive a fixed payment of $110.35 per
barrel.
Fair
value is estimated based on forward market prices and approximates the net gains
and losses that would have been realized if the contracts had been closed out at
period-end. When forward market prices are not available, they are
estimated using spot prices adjusted based on risk-free rates, carrying costs,
and counterparty risk.
In
addition to the above, we were required to unwind Voyager Gas Corporation’s
hedge positions upon closing of the Voyager Acquisition on September 2,
2008. We recorded a gain from unwinding Voyager’s hedge position of
$48,863.
Loss on Extinguishment of
Debt.
On August 31, 2008, we converted $450,000 principal
amount of the Debentures to 10,000 shares of our Series E Preferred stock which
will convert into 1,363,636 shares of our common stock upon the effectiveness of
our Charter Amendment to be filed with the State of Nevada. We fair
valued the common stock at August 31, 2008, and recorded a loss on
extinguishment of debt of $804,545.
Change in Fair Value of
Derivatives.
We mark-to-market our derivative liabilities each
period to report the change in fair value. For the three months ended
September 30, 2008, the change in fair value of our derivative liabilities was a
loss of $17,922,772. The derivative liabilities exist because we have
insufficient authorized and unissued shares of our common stock to settle our
contracts including the outstanding preferred stock (Series A, B, D, and E), our
outstanding warrants and stock options and our outstanding convertible
debt. Upon the effectiveness of the Charter Amendment to increase our
number of authorized shares of common stock from 24,000,000 to 149,000,000, we
will have sufficient authorized and unissued shares to settle these
contracts. At that point, the derivative liability will be eliminated
and we will record a gain on the change in fair value of
derivatives.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our main
sources of liquidity and capital resources for the fiscal year 2009 will be
cash, short-term cash equivalent investments on hand , anticipated internally
generated cash flows from operations following the Voyager Acquisition and
committed credit facilities.
Credit Facility
On
September 2, 2008 we entered into the Credit Facility, consisting of a $50
million senior secured revolving loan (“Revolving Loan”) and a $22 million term
loan (“Term Loan”).
The
Revolving Loan is subject to an initial borrowing base of $14.0 million, or an
amount determined based on semi-annual reviews of our proved oil and gas
reserves. As of September 2, 2008, we had borrowed $11.5 million
under the Revolving Loan to finance the Voyager Acquisition, to repay the
related bridge loan and transaction expenses, and to fund capital expenditures
generally. Monies advanced under the Revolving Loan mature on
September 1, 2011 and bear interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 1.75% to
2.50%, as the case may be. On September 4, 2008, we obtained a three
month LIBOR rate expiring December 4, 2008, resulting in an annual interest rate
of 5.31%. On September 30, 2008, we repaid $1 million of principal on
the revolver and on October 22, 2008, we borrowed $1 million on the Revolving
Loan.
The Term
Loan provides for a one-time advance to us of $22.0 million. We drew
down the full amount on September 2, 2008, to finance the Voyager Acquisition
and to repay the related bridge loan and transaction expenses. Monies
borrowed under the Term Loan mature on March 1, 2012 and bear interest at a rate
equal to LIBOR plus 5% during the first twelve months after closing and LIBOR
plus 7.50%, thereafter. On September 4, 2008, we obtained a three
month LIBOR rate expiring December 4, 2008, resulting in an annual interest rate
of 7.81%.
All
borrowings under the Revolving Loan are secured by a first lien on all of our
assets and those of our subsidiaries. All borrowings under the Term
Loan are secured by a second lien on all of our assets and those of our
subsidiaries.
The loan
instruments evidencing the revolver contain various restrictive covenants,
including financial covenants requiring that we will not: (i) as of the last day
of any fiscal quarter, permit our ratio of EBITDAX for the period of four fiscal
quarters then ending to interest expense for such period to be less than 2.0 to
1.0; (ii) at any time permit our ratio of total debt as of such time to EBITDAX
for the four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding the date of determination for which financial statements
are available to be greater than 4.0 to 1.0; and (iii) permit, as of the last
day of any fiscal quarter, our ratio of (a) consolidated current assets
(including the unused amount of the total commitments, but excluding non-cash
assets under FAS 133) to (b) consolidated current liabilities (excluding
non-cash obligations under SFAS No. 133 and current maturities under the Credit
Facility) to be less than 1.0 to 1.0.
The loan
instruments evidencing the term loan also contain various restrictive covenants,
including financial covenants requiring that we will not: (i) permit, as of the
last day of any fiscal quarter, our ratio of (a) consolidated current assets
(including the unused amount of the total commitments, but excluding non-cash
assets under SFAS No. 133) to (b) consolidated current liabilities (excluding
non-cash obligations under FAS 133 and current maturities under the Credit
Facility) to be less than 1.0 to 1.0; and (ii) as of the date of any
determination permit our ratio of total reserve value as in effect on such date
of determination to total debt as of such date of determination to be less than
2.0 to 1.0
Upon our
failure to comply with covenants, the lender has the right to refuse to advance
additional funds under the revolver and/or declare any outstanding principal and
interest immediately due and payable. We were in compliance with all
covenants as of September 30, 2008.
CIT
Capital, as lender, is entitled to a one percent (1%) overriding royalty
interest of our net revenue interest in the oil and gas properties acquired in
the Voyager Acquisition. The overriding royalty interest is
applicable to any renewal, extension or new lease taken by us within one year
after the date of termination of the ORRI Properties, as defined in the
overriding royalty agreement covering the same property, horizons and
minerals.
CIT
Capital also received, and is entitled to receive in its capacity as
administrative agent, various fees from us while monies advanced or loaned
remain outstanding, including an annual administrative agent fee of $20,000 for
each of the Revolving Loan and Term Loan and a commitment fee ranging from
0.375% to 0.5% of any unused portion of the borrowing base available under the
Revolving Loan.
Under the
Credit Facility, we were required to enter into hedging arrangements mutually
agreeable between us and CIT Capital. Effective on September 2, 2008,
we entered into hedging arrangements with a bank whereby we hedged 65% of our
proved developed producing natural gas production and 25% of our proved
developed producing oil production from October 1, 2008 through December 31,
2011 at $7.82 per Mmbtu and $110.35 per barrel, respectively.
Convertible Debentures (Bridge Loan)
On May
21, 2008, we entered into the Bridge Loan, whereby we issued the Debentures and
used the proceeds to fund our payment of the deposit required under the Voyager
Acquisition.
The
Debentures matured the earlier of September 29, 2008 and the completion of the
Voyager Acquisition, and may be satisfied in full by our payment of the
aggregate redemption price of $900,000 or, at the election of the purchasers, by
the conversion of the Debentures into shares of our common stock, at an initial
conversion price of $0.33 subject to adjustments and full-ratchet protection
under certain circumstances.
On
September 2, 2008, we repaid $450,000 principal amount of the Debentures in cash
from our Credit Facility and issued, in full satisfaction of our obligation with
respect to the other $450,000 principal amount, 10,000 shares of our Series E
Preferred. Each share of preferred stock automatically converted into
136.3636 shares of our common stock, for an aggregate of 1,363,636 shares of our
common stock, on the Charter Amendment Effective Date, as provided by the
Certificate of Designation governing the Series E Preferred.
2007 Convertible Notes
On
November 1, 2007, we sold $350,000 in convertible notes (the "2007 Notes"),
which 2007 Notes mature on October 31, 2008 and bear interest at 10% per annum,
payable in either cash or shares of our common stock based upon a conversion
price of $0.35 per share. The investors in the 2007 Notes also
received 200,004 shares of common stock. During May 2008, we
exchanged 37,100 shares of our Series B Preferred in full satisfaction of our
obligation under the 2007 Notes to pay $350,000 of principal and $21,000 of
interest, with each share of such preferred stock becoming convertible into
28.58 shares of our common stock, for an aggregate of 1,060,318 shares of our
common stock, on the Charter Amendment Effective Date.
2006 Convertible Notes
As a
result of the May 2006 Merger, we assumed $1,500,000 of convertible promissory
notes (the "2006 Notes") previously sold by Energy Venture. The 2006
Notes had an original maturity date of August 31, 2007, carried an interest rate
of 10% per annum, payable in either cash or shares, and were convertible into
shares of common stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per share at the option of
the investor. Each investor also received a number of shares of
common stock equal to 20% of his or her investment divided by
$0.50. Thus, a total of 600,000 shares were initially issued to
investors in the 2006 Notes.
On August
31, 2007 (the original maturity date), we repaid in cash six of the holders of
the 2006 Notes an aggregate amount of $424,637, of which $410,000 represented
principal and $14,637 represented accrued interest. On September 4,
2007, an additional $44,624 of accrued and current period interest was repaid
through the issuance of 89,248 shares of our common stock. The
remaining holders of the 2006 Notes entered into an agreement with us whereby
the maturity date of the 2006 Notes was extended to February 28, 2008 and,
beginning September 1, 2007 until the 2006 Notes are paid in full, the interest
rate on the outstanding principal increased to 12% per annum. In
addition, we agreed to issue to the remaining holders of the 2006 Notes, 218,000
shares of our common stock with a value of $98,100 as consideration for
extending the 2006 Note's maturity date.
On February 28, 2008, $1,090,000 of the
2006 Notes came due and we were unable to repay them. We continued to
accrue interest on the notes at 12%, the agreed upon rate for the extension
period. On March 6, 2008, we issued 130,449 shares of common stock in
lieu of cash in payment of $65,221 of accrued and current period interest to
holders of 2006 Notes. On April 22, 2008, we repaid $100,000
principal amount in cash to one of the holders of the 2006 Notes in satisfaction
thereof. During May 2008, we exchanged 99,395 shares of our Series A
Preferred for the remaining 2006 Notes in payment of the $965,000 of principal
and $28,950 of interest thereunder. Each share of Series A Preferred
is automatically convertible into 20 shares of our common stock, for an
aggregate of 1,987,900 shares of our common stock, upon the Charter Amendment
Effective Date, as provided by the Certificate of Designation with respect to
the Series A Preferred filed with the State of Nevada on May 15,
2008. At September 30, 2008, $25,000 principal amount of the 2006
Notes held by one note holder remained outstanding.
We
believe our short-term and long-term liquidity is adequate to fund operations,
including capital expenditures and interest during our fiscal year ending June
30, 2009.
Should
our estimated capital needs prove to be greater than we currently anticipate,
our cash flow from operating activities be less than we currently anticipate or
should we change our current operations plan in a manner that will increase or
accelerate our anticipated costs and expenses, the depletion of our working
capital would be accelerated. Although we anticipate that adequate
funds will remain available to us under the Credit Facility, if we were unable
to access such funding by reason of our failure to satisfy borrowing covenants
thereunder we would have to use other alternative resources. To the
extent it becomes necessary to raise additional cash in the future if our
current cash and working capital resources are depleted, we will seek to raise
it through the public or private sale of debt or our equity securities, funding
from joint venture or strategic partners, or a combination of the
foregoing. We may also seek to satisfy indebtedness without any cash
outlay through the private issuance of debt or equity securities. The
sale of additional equity securities or convertible debt securities would result
in dilution to our shareholders. We cannot give you any assurance
that we will be able to secure the additional cash or working capital we may
require to continue our operations in such circumstances. Any
assurance as to our present ability to raise additional capital outside of our
existing credit facility and business operations is particularly uncertain given
the current instability in the financial and equity markets and current oil and
natural gas pricing levels.
Recent
Accounting and Reporting Pronouncements
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (SFAS No.
161”). SFAS No. 161 requires additional disclosures about derivative
and hedging activities and is effective for fiscal years and interim periods
beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company is evaluating the
impact the adoption of SFAS No. 161 will have on its financial statement
disclosures. The Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 161 will not affect
its current accounting for derivative and hedging activities.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 141(R), “Business Combinations”. This statement requires assets
acquired and liabilities assumed to be measured at fair value as of the
acquisition date, acquisition-related costs incurred prior to the acquisition to
be expensed and contractual contingencies to be recognized at fair value as of
the acquisition date. This statement is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, the
adoption of this statement will have on its financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
Item
4T. Controls
and Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure
controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the
reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Act") is accumulated and communicated to the issuer's management,
including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons
performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure. As of the end of the period covered by this
Quarterly Report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with
the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of
the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures. Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded
that our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective because of the
identification of a material weakness in our internal control over financial
reporting which is identified below, which we view as an integral part of our
disclosure controls and procedures.
Evaluation
of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Our internal control system was
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of
inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting may
not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any
evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate due to change in conditions, or that the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our
management carried out an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2008, using the
criteria set forth in the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(COSO). Based on that assessment, management concluded that our
internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of September 30,
2008. This conclusion results from the continued existence of
material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting first
reported in our annual report on Form 10-KSB for the period ended June 30,
2008. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that
there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s
annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a
timely basis.
As noted
in our annual report, the material weaknesses in our internal control over
financial reporting relates to the lack of segregation of duties in financial
reporting because currently our financial reporting and all accounting functions
continue to be performed by the same officer, our Chief Financial Officer hired
on May 22, 2008, and prior to then, by one external consultant. Our
Chief Executive Officer does not possess accounting expertise and we presently
do not have an audit committee.
These
weaknesses stem primarily from our lack of business operations and related
working capital to hire additional staff during the periods covered by this
report and our last report on Form 10-KSB. With the completion of the
Voyager Acquisition, there is an ever greater risk that a material misstatement
of the financial statements could be caused, or at least not detected in a
timely manner, due to our limited staff and insufficient segregation of
duties.
In light
of the foregoing and our recent completion of the Voyager Acquisition, as a
result of which we emerged from “shell company” status, during the current
fiscal quarter, we intend to implement a number of measures to remediate such
ineffectiveness and strengthen our internal controls
environment. Planned action includes our initial retention of an
outside consulting firm to assist us in the evaluation and testing of our
internal control system and the identification of opportunities to improve the
efficacy of our accounting and financial reporting
processes. Additional anticipated remedial action will involve
organizational and process changes to address the identified deficiencies,
including (i) hiring additional personnel to assist with financial reporting and
business operations as soon as our finances will allow, (ii) establishing and
complying with delegation of authority guidelines to be prepared for approval by
the Board of Directors, (iii) modifying analytical procedures to ensure the
accurate, timely and complete reconciliation of all major accounts; (iv)
ensuring proper segregation of duty controls throughout our company, and (v)
implementing formal processes requiring periodic self-assessments and
independent tests.
Along
these lines, and as previously reported, on October 1, 2008, we retained a
senior officer of operations and, as a result, separated the responsibility of
CFO to pay operational invoices from the review and approval of such invoices, a
process now within the purview of the senior operating officer just
retained. Recently, we have also approached potential candidates to
serve as additional members to our Board of Directors, including candidates
having accounting backgrounds to form an audit committee.
At this
time, our management recognizes that many of the intended actions and
enhancements will require continual monitoring and evaluation for effectiveness,
and will necessarily evolve as we continue to evaluate and improve our internal
controls over financial reporting. Management will accordingly review
progress on activities taken on a consistent and ongoing basis at the CEO and
senior management level in conjunction with our Board of Directors.
Changes
in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
Aside
from undertaking certain activity in anticipation of implementing remedial steps
during the current and subsequent quarters, there have been no changes in our
internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter just ended
that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
our internal controls over financial reporting.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item
6. Exhibits
No.
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Description
of Exhibit
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31.1
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Certification
by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.2
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Certification
by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.1
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Certification
by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.2
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Certification
by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
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ABC FUNDING, INC.
(Registrant)
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Date: November
19, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Robert
P. Munn
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Robert
P. Munn
President
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
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Date: November
19, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Carl
A. Chase
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Carl
A. Chase
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Accounting and Financial Officer)
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
No.
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Description
of Exhibit
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31.1
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Certification
by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.2
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Certification
by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.1
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Certification
by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.2
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Certification
by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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