UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
,
D.C.
20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the quarterly period ended September
30, 2008
[ ]
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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13
OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the transition period
from _________________ to
_______________
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Commission File Number
2-73389
STRIKER OIL & GAS,
INC.
(Exact name of small business issuer as
specified in its charter)
Nevada
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75-1764386
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification
No.)
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5075 Westheimer Rd., Suite
975
,
Houston
,
Texas
77056
(Address of principal executive
offices)
(713) 402-6700
(Issuer’s telephone
number)
Check whether the issuer has (1) filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
during the past 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 [
X]
No
[_]
As of
November 3, 2008
, there were
outstanding 24,
810
,777
shares of common stock, $.001 par value
per share.
Transitional Small Business Disclosure
Format (Check one): Yes [ ] No
[X]
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, and 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.
Large accelerated
filer Ё
|
Accelerated
filer Ё
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Non-accelerated
filer Ё
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Smaller reporting
company x
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Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2
of the
Exchange
Act. Yes Ё No x
STRIKER OIL & GAS,
INC.
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
September 30, 2008
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Part I
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Financial
Information
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Page No.
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Item 1.
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Financial
Statements
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
September
30, 2008 and December 31,
2007
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1
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Consolidated Statements of
Operations (unaudited) Three and
Nine
Months Ended
September
30, 2008 and
2007
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2
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Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flow (unaudited)
Nine
Months Ended
September
30, 2008 and
2007
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3
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated
Financial Statements
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4 - 10
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Item 2.
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Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial
Condition
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11 - 18
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Item 3.
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Controls and
Procedures
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19
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Part II
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Other
Information
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Item 1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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20
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Item 2.
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Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities and Use of Proceeds
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21
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Item 3.
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Exhibits
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22
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PART
I. FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
STRIKER
OIL & GAS, INC.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEETS
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(Unaudited)
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September 30,
2008
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December 31,
2007
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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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153,834
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$
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608,944
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Oil and gas receivable, net of
allowance of $
68,671
and $166,790 respectively
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263,016
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1,574,097
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Prepaid
expenses
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6,720
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333,164
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Deferred
financing costs, net
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43
,
212
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59,131
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Total
current assets
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466,782
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2,575,336
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Property and
equipment:
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Oil and
gas properties, full-cost method:
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Subject
to depletion
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12,
553
,
733
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|
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11,913,806
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Unevaluated
costs
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2,024,781
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711,521
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Other
fixed assets
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461,016
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263,059
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Accumulated
depletion, depreciation and impairment
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(4,161,690
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)
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(3,165,108
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)
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Property and equipment,
net
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10,877,840
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9,723,278
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Other
assets
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13
2
,
448
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128,146
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Total
assets
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11,
477
,
0
7
0
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12,426,760
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$
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585,612
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$
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797,502
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Accrued
liabilities
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146,154
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|
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229,957
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Notes
payable
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75,000
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100,111
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Notes payable – related
party
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451,000
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-
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Drilling contract
liability
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-
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326,187
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Current portion – secured
convertible
N/P,
net of
unamortized discount
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of $
410,664
and
$1,064,419
respectively
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2
34
,
072
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2,166,341
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Derivative
liabilities
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1,361,614
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1,479,268
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Total current
liabilities
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2,853,452
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5,099,366
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Long term
liabilities:
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Secured convertible note payable
net of unamortized discount of
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$
2
,
550
,
635
and $4,232,519,
respectively
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1,453,824
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221,995
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Asset retirement
obligation
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675,504
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748,757
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Total long term
liabilities
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2,129,328
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970,752
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Total current and long term
liabilities
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4,982,780
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6,070,118
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Shareholders'
equity:
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Preferred stock, $.001 par value,
25,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
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--
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--
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Common stock, $.001 par value,
1,500,000,000 shares authorized,
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2
4
,417
,574
and 20,
212
,
968
issued and outstanding,
respectively
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24,417
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20,213
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Treasury stock, at cost; 1,237,839
shares
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(331,014
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)
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(331,014
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)
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Additional paid-in
capital
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25,
471,611
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21,767,652
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Accumulated
deficit
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(
18
,
670,724
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)
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(15,100,209
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)
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Total shareholders’
equity
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6,494,290
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6,356,642
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Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity
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$
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11,477,070
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$
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12,426,760
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See accompanying notes to unaudited
consolidated financial statements.
STRIKER OIL & GAS,
INC.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS
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THREE AND
NINE
MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2008 AND
2007
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(Unaudited)
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Three
Months Ended
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Nine
Months Ended
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September
30, 2008
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September
30, 2007
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September
30, 2008
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September
30, 2007
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Oil and gas
revenue
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$
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862,943
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$
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805,278
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$
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3,498,604
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$
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1,771,180
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Oil and gas production
costs
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455,343
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253,270
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1,212,210
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538,404
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Depletion and accretion
expense
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197,056
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382,719
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1,026,405
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864,239
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Gross profit
(loss)
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210,544
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169,289
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1,259,989
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368,537
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Operating
expenses:
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General &
Administrative
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702,467
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922,184
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2,998,355
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2,833,250
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Drilling rig
contract
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-
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123,025
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-
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525,489
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Depreciation
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14,023
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11,412
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39,603
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33,659
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Other
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75,769
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40,110
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180,797
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222,892
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Total operating
expenses
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792,260
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1,096,731
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3,218,755
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3,615,290
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Income (l
oss
)
from
operations
|
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(581,716
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)
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(927,442
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)
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(1,958,766
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)
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(3,246,753
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)
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Other income
(expense):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Interest
income
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1,357
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|
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17,817
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10,242
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30,392
|
|
Interest
expense
|
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(884,624
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)
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(257,955
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)
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(2,424,898
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)
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(1,433,761
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)
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Change in
FV
of
derivatives
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4,333,746
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1,400,717
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802,903
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|
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1,877,239
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Total other
|
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3,450,479
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1,160,579
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|
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(1,611,753
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)
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|
473,870
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|
Net
Income (
loss
)
|
|
$
|
2,
868,763
|
|
|
$
|
233,137
|
|
|
$
|
(3,570,519
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)
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|
$
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(2,772,883
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)
|
Net
loss per share:
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic
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$
0.12
|
|
|
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$
0.01
|
|
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|
$
(0.17)
|
|
|
|
$
(0.14)
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Diluted
|
|
|
$
0.12
|
|
|
|
$
0.01
|
|
|
|
$
(0.17)
|
|
|
|
$ (0.14)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic
|
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|
23,762,850
|
|
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20,205,794
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|
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21,614,876
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|
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19,826,868
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|
Diluted
|
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24,177,044
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20,235,468
|
|
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21,614,876
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|
|
|
19,826,868
|
|
See accompanying notes to unaudited
consolidated financial statements.
STRIKER
OIL & GAS, INC.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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NINE
MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
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(Unaudited)
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|
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Nine
Months Ended
|
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September
30, 2008
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September
30, 2007
|
Cash flows from operating
activities:
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Net
Loss
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|
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss
to cash used in operating activities:
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$ (3,570,519)
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$ (2,772,883)
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Depletion
,
depreciation
, and
amortization
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|
996,581
|
897,899
|
Impairment of oil and gas
properties
|
|
-
|
372,668
|
Stock issued for
services
|
|
48,282
|
50,235
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Stock option
expense
|
|
-
|
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Amortization of debt
discounts
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1,930,560
|
1,252,884
|
Amortization of deferred financing
costs
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|
15,919
|
11,541
|
Options issued for
services
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|
821,253
|
782,483
|
Gain on settlement of
derivatives
|
|
(802,903)
|
(1,877,239)
|
Accretion of ARO
liability
|
|
(73,253)
|
-
|
Changes in assets and
liabilities:
|
|
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|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
1,311,081
|
(517,458)
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
326,443
|
8,431
|
Prepaid drilling
contract
|
|
(326,187)
|
858,789
|
Deferred financing
costs
|
|
|
(78,500)
|
Accounts payable and accrued
liabilities
|
|
(109,796)
|
491,154
|
Drilling contract
liability
|
|
-
|
(535,000)
|
Net cash used in operating
activities
|
|
567,461
|
(1,058,879)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing
activities:
|
|
|
|
Purchase of certificate of
deposit
|
|
-
|
(100,000)
|
Investment in oil and gas
properties and other fixed assets
|
|
(2,151,142)
|
(5,066,862)
|
Proceeds from sale of oil and gas
property
|
|
-
|
750,032
|
Non-cash investment
income
|
|
(4,301)
|
(3,883)
|
Note receivable – related
party
|
|
-
|
-
|
Deposits
|
|
-
|
-
|
Net cash used in investing
activities
|
|
(2,155,443)
|
(4,416,830)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing
activities:
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from secured convertible
note payable
|
|
-
|
5,500,000
|
Repayments of secured convertible note payable
|
|
(135,655)
|
-
|
Exercise of stock
options
|
|
839,638
|
1,950,040
|
Proceeds from short-term note
payable
|
|
480,000
|
-
|
Repayments of short-term note
payable
|
|
(54,111)
|
-
|
Debt issuance
costs
|
|
|
(580,000)
|
Stock issued for
cash
|
|
3,000
|
5,000
|
Net cash provided by financing
activities
|
|
1,132,872
|
6,875,040
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in
cash
|
|
(455,110)
|
1,399,331
|
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of period
|
|
608,944
|
417,884
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period
|
|
$ 153,834
|
$ 1,817,215
|
See accompanying notes to unaudited
consolidated financial statements.
STRIKER OIL & GAS, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated
Financial Statements
September 30, 2008
Note
1.
Organization and Nature of
Business
The accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements of Striker Oil & Gas, Inc. (formerly Unicorp, Inc.)
(the "Company" or "Striker") have been prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim
financial information and the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments,
consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair
presentation, have been included in the accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements. Operating results for the periods presented are
not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full
year. Notes to the consolidated financial statements that would
substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
, as reported in the Form
10-K
/1A, have been
omitted.
These consolidated financial statements
should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and footnotes, which
are included as part of the Company's Form 10-K/1A for the year ended December
31, 2007.
Striker was originally incorporated in
May 1981 in the State of Nevada under the name of Texoil, Inc., changed its name
to Unicorp, Inc. in March 1999, and subsequently changed its name to Striker Oil
& Gas, Inc. in April 2008. Striker is a natural resource company
engaged in the exploration, exploitation, acquisition, development and
production and sale of natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids from
conventional reservoirs within the United States. Substantial
portions of the Striker’s operations are conducted in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Texas.
On July 29, 2004, the Company closed on
a transaction acquiring all of the common stock of Affiliated Holdings, Inc., a
Texas corporation (“AHI”), pursuant to a stock agreement by and among the
Company, AHI and the stockholders of AHI (the “Stock
Transaction”). As a result of the Stock Transaction, AHI became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, through which oil and gas operations are
being conducted. References herein to the Company include
AHI.
On April 4, 2008, the board of directors
of the Company authorized a 1 for 5 reverse stock split of the common
stock. The reverse stock split became effective for trading in the
Company’s securities on April 24, 2008. Accordingly, all references
to number of shares (except shares authorized), options, warrants and to per
share information in these financial statements have been adjusted to reflect
the reverse stock split on a retroactive basis.
New Accounting
Pronouncements
In June
2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FSP EITF 03-6-1,
“Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions are
Participating Securities” (FSP EITF 03-6-1). FSP EITF 03-6-1
addresses whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are
participating securities prior to vesting and, therefore, need to be included in
computing earnings per share under the two-class method described in SFAS No.
128, “Earnings Per Share.” FSP EITF 03-6-1 is effective for the
Company as of January 1, 2009 and in accordance with its requirements it will be
applied retrospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of
FSP EITF 03-6-1 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial
statements.
In March 2008, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 161”), and an amendment of FASB
Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities” (“SFAS 133”). SFAS 161 requires entities to provide qualitative
disclosures about the objectives and strategies for using derivatives,
quantitative data about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative
contracts, and details of credit-risk-related contingent features in their
hedged positions. The standard is effective for financial statements issued for
fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with
early application encouraged but not required. SFAS 161 also requires entities
to disclose more information about the location and amounts of derivative
instruments in financial statements, how derivatives and related hedges are
accounted for under SFAS 133, and how the hedges affect the entity’s financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows. The Company is currently
evaluating whether the adoption of SFAS 161 will have an impact on its
financial position or results of operations.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 141(R), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141(R)”). SFAS 141(R) replaces
SFAS 141, “Business Combinations”; however it retains the fundamental
requirements that the acquisition method of accounting be used for all business
combinations and for an acquirer to be identified for each business combination.
SFAS 141(R) requires an acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, liabilities
assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition
date, be measured at their fair values as of that date, with specified limited
exceptions. Changes subsequent to that date are to be recognized in earnings,
not goodwill. Additionally, SFAS 141 (R) requires costs incurred in
connection with an acquisition be expensed as incurred. Restructuring costs, if
any, are to be recognized separately from the acquisition. The acquirer in a
business combination achieved in stages must also recognize the identifiable
assets and liabilities, as well as the noncontrolling interests in the acquiree,
at the full amounts of their fair values. SFAS 141(R) is effective for business
combinations occurring in fiscal years beginning on or after December 15,
2008. The Company will apply the requirements of SFAS 141(R) upon its adoption
on January 1, 2009 and is currently evaluating whether SFAS 141(R) will
have an impact on its financial position and results of
operations.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits companies to elect to measure many
financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Upon adoption of
SFAS 159, a company may elect the fair value option for eligible items that
exist at the adoption date. Subsequent to the initial adoption, the election of
the fair value option should only be made at initial recognition of the asset or
liability or upon a remeasurement event that gives rise to new-basis accounting.
The decision about whether to elect the fair value option is applied on an
instrument-by-instrument basis is irrevocable and is applied only to an entire
instrument and not only to specified risks, cash flows or portions of that
instrument. SFAS No. 159 does not affect any existing accounting standards
that require certain assets and liabilities to be carried at fair value nor does
it eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards. The
Company adopted SFAS No. 159 effective January 1, 2008 and did not
elect the fair value option for any existing eligible items.
Fair Value
Measurements
The Company adopted SFAS No. 157
effective January 1, 2008. SFAS 157 established a framework for
measuring fair value in GAAP and clarified the definition of fair value within
that framework. SFAS 157 does not require assets and liabilities that were
previously recorded at cost to be recorded at fair value or for assets and
liabilities that are already required to be disclosed at fair value, SFAS 157
introduced, or reiterated, a number of key concepts which form the foundation of
the fair value measurement approach to be used for financial reporting purposes.
The fair value of the Company’s financial instruments reflects the amounts that
the Company estimates to receive in connection with the sale of an asset or paid
in connection with the transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the measurement date (exit price). SFAS 157 also
established a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the use of inputs used in
valuation techniques into the following three levels:
Level 1—quoted prices in active markets
for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2—observable inputs other than
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and
liabilities.
Level 3—unobservable
inputs.
The adoption of FAS 157 did not have an
effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations, but SFAS
157 introduced new disclosures about how we value certain assets and
liabilities. Much of the disclosure is focused on the inputs used to measure
fair value, particularly in instances where the measurement uses significant
unobservable (Level 3) inputs.
As required by SFAS 157, financial
assets and liabilities are classified based on the lowest level of input that is
significant to the fair value measurement. Our assessment of the significance of
a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may
affect the valuation of the fair value of assets and liabilities and their
placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Following are the major
categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
as of
September 30,
2008
, using quoted prices
in active markets for identical assets (Level 1); significant other observable
inputs (Level 2); and significant unobservable inputs (Level
3):
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|
Fair Value Measurements at
September 30,
2008
Using
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|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Assets
(Liabilities):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
liabilities
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1,361,614)
|
|
|
$
|
(
1
,
361,614
)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1,361,614
)
|
|
|
$
|
(1,361,614
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
The
Level
3
liability relates to derivatives that
resulted from a securities purchase agreement entered into on May 17, 2007 for
the sale of $7,000,000 in secured convertible debentures. In
connection with this financing, the company issued
warrants to purchase shares of its
common stock.
The secured convertible notes are
potentially convertible into an unlimited number of common shares, resulting in
the Company
no longer
having the control t
o
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 the notes are outstanding are required to
be treated as derivative liabilities and recorded at fair value until the
provisions requiring this treatment have been settled.
The convertible notes are hybrid
instruments which contain more than one embedded derivative feature which would
individually warrant separate accounting as derivative instruments under SFAS
133. 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. The single compound embedded
derivative features include the conversion feature with the convertible notes,
the interest rate adjustment, maximum ownership and default
provisions. The Company valued the compound embedded derivatives
based on a probability weighted discounted cash flow
.
The following assumptions were utilized
to value the single compound embedded derivative as of September 30,
2008:
Risk free interest
rate
|
|
|
4.43
|
%
|
Timely
registration
|
|
|
95.00
|
%
|
Default
status
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
Alternative financing available
and exercised
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
Trading volume, gross monthly
dollars monthly rate
increase
|
|
|
1.00
|
%
|
Annual growth rate stock
price
|
|
|
29.2
|
%
|
Future projected
volatility
|
|
|
160
|
%
|
The stock purchase warrants
issued as part of the securiities
purchase agreement
are
freestanding derivative financial instruments which were valued using the
Black-Scholes method. Variables used in the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model include (1) 5.11% to 4.50% 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 from 211% to 90%; and (4) zero expected
dividends.
The non-employee options were valued
using the Black-Scholes method and the following variables
were
used: (1) risk free interest rate of 4.23%, (2) expected
life equal to the actual remaining life (.85 to 4.6 years), (3) expected
volatility of 174.79%, and (4) zero expected dividends.
The fair value of these instruments has
been combined and reported as Derivative Liabilities in the consolidated balance
sheet.
Note
2.
Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial
statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which anticipates the
realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities during the normal
course of operations. However, as shown in these consolidated
financial statements, the Company, as of
September 30, 2008
, had
a negative
working capital of $
(2,386,670).
In addition, the Company has
an accumulated deficit of $
18,670,724.
These factors raise doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern will depend on management’s ability to successfully obtain
additional forms of debt and/or equity financing to execute its drilling and
exploration program. The Company believes it can obtain additional
funding to execute its drilling and exploration program, but it cannot give any
assurances that it will be successful in obtaining additional funding on terms
acceptable to it, if at all. These financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to
continue as a going concern.
Note
3.
Stock-Based
Compensation
On July 2004, the Board of Directors
adopted the 2004 Stock Option Plan (the “2004 Plan”), which allows for the
issuance of up to 1,200,000 stock options to directors, executive officers,
employees and consultants of the Company who are contributing to the Company’s
success. The 2004 Plan was approved by the shareholders on September
20, 2004.
As of September 30, 2008, there were
308,400 non-qualified stock options outstanding at exercise prices ranging from
$1.75 to $17.50 per share. As of September 30, 2008, there were
135,859 shares available for issuance pursuant to the 2004
Plan.
On September 4, 2007, the Board of
Directors adopted the 2007 Stock Option Plan (the “2007 Plan”), which allows for
the issuance of up to 1,600,000 stock options to directors, executive officers,
employees and consultants of the Company who are contributing to the Company’s
success. All options are fully vested and have a 3 year
life. As of September 30, 2008, there were
1
4
5
,
0
00 shares available for issuance
pursuant to the 2007 Plan.
During the second quarter
, the Company issued options to purchase
760,700 shares of the Company’s common stock under the 2007 Plan at exercise
prices ranging from $0.50 to $1.50 per share to various consultants for
services. All options are fully vested and have a 3 year
life. The fair market value of the options was $702,091 on the date
of grant. The fair market value of these options was calculated
using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following
inputs: (1) risk free interest rate of 1.25%,
(2) volatility of 270.9% (3) exercise prices ranging from $0.50 to
$1.50 per share, (3) expected term of 1.5 years and (4) zero expected
dividends. All 760,700 options were exercised during the second
quarter and the company received cash proceeds of $779,780.
During the 2008 third
quarter, the Company issued 200,000
options to one Director of the Company. The fair market value of
these options was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and
the following inputs: (1) risk free interest rate of 1.25%,
(2) volatility of 270.9% (3) exercise price of $.05 per share, (3) expected
term of 1.5 years and (4) zero expected dividends.
As of September 30, 2008, there are
417,200 stock options outstanding at prices ranging from $.70 to $1.50 per
share.
During April 2008, the Board of
Directors adopted the 2008 Stock Option Plan (the “2008 Plan”), which allows for
the issuance of up to 2,000,000 stock options to directors, executive officers,
employees and consultants of the Company who are contributing to the Company’s
growth and success. As of September 30, 2008, there are
950,000
stock options outstanding at exercise
prices ranging from $.05 to $.75 and 1,050,000 stock options available for
issuance.
In February, 2008, an option to purchase
130,000 shares of the Company’s common stock was exercised by the former CEO for
gross proceeds of $6,500.
In June 2008, an option to purchase
66,667 shares of the Company’s common stock as exercised by our VP of Land and
Development for gross proceeds of $3,333. In June 2008, the Company
issued 35,000 shares to a vendor as a payment for services. The fair
market value of the shares on the date of issuance was
$44,100.
In September 2008, 200,000
o
ptions we
re issued for services. These
options were exercised
and
the Company received cash proceeds
of
$10,000.
Note
4.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable consists of the
following:
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|
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
December 31,
2007
|
|
Accrued production
receivable
|
|
$
|
250,278
|
|
|
$
|
1,740,887
|
|
Joint interest
receivables
|
|
|
81,409
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Allowance for bad
debts
|
|
|
(68,671
|
)
|
|
|
(166,790
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
263,016
|
|
|
$
|
1,574,097
|
|
Note
5.
Secured Convertible Notes
Payable
To obtain funding for the Company’s
ongoing operations, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement
with YA Global Investments, L.P. (formerly, Cornell Capital Partners L.P.), an
accredited investor, on May 17, 2007, for the sale of $7,000,000 in secured
convertible debentures. YA Global Investments provided the Company
with an aggregate of $7,000,000 as follows:
·
$3,500,000 was disbursed on May 17,
2007;
·
$2,000,000 was disbursed on June 29,
2007; and
·
$1,500,000 was disbursed on October 24,
2007.
Accordingly, during 2007 the Company
received a total of $7,000,000, less a 10% commitment fee of $700,000 and a
$15,000 structuring fee for net proceeds of $6,285,000 pursuant to the
securities purchase agreement. The Company had previously paid an
additional $15,000 to Yorkville Advisors as a structuring fee. The
Company incurred debt issuance costs of $78,500 associated with the issuance of
the secured convertible notes. These costs were capitalized as
deferred financing costs and are being amortized over the life of the secured
convertible notes using the effective interest method. Amortization
expense related to the deferred financing costs was $
7,881
for the three months ended
September 30, 2008
.
In connection with the securities
purchase agreement, the Company issued YA Global Investors warrants to purchase
an aggregate of 1,624,300 shares of common stock. All of the warrants
expire five years from the date of issuance.
In connection with the securities
purchase agreement, the Company also entered into a registration rights
agreement; and a security agreement in favor of YA Global
Investments.
The registration rights agreement
provided for the filing, by July 2, 2007, of a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission registering the common stock issuable upon
conversion of the secured convertible debentures and warrants. The
registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on October 12,
2007.
The Company executed a security
agreement in favor of YA Global Investments granting them a first priority
security interest in certain of the Company’s goods, inventory, contractual
rights and general intangibles, receivables, documents, instruments, chattel
paper and intellectual property. The security agreement states that
if an event of default occurs under the secured convertible debentures or
security agreements, YA Global Investments has the right to take possession of
the collateral, to operate the Company’s business using the collateral, and have
the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any
part of the collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise to satisfy the
Company’s obligations under these agreements.
On February 20, 2008, the Company
entered into an Amendment Agreement with YA Global Investments, amending certain
notes and warrants entered into in connection with the Securities Purchase
Agreement dated May 17, 2007. The amendment agreement includes the
following changes:
·
|
The interest rate was increased
from 9% to 14%;
|
·
|
The maturity date was changed from
November 17, 2009 to December 31,
2010;
|
·
|
The conversion price was changed
from $2.50 per share to $0.75 per share;
and
|
·
|
The Company agreed to make monthly
payments of principal and interest of $100,000 beginning March 1, 2008 and
a one-time balloon payment of $1,300,000 due and payable on December 31,
2009.
|
The amendment agreement modified
warrants as follows:
Warrant
|
Description
|
Original
Exercise
Price per
Share
|
Amended Exercise
Price per
Share
|
A-1
|
Warrant to purchase 509,000 shares
of common stock
|
$2.75
|
$0.75
|
B-1
|
Warrant to purchase 430,800 shares
of common stock
|
$3.25
|
$1.25
|
C-1
|
Warrant to purchase 373,400 shares
of common stock
|
$3.75
|
$1.35
|
D-1
|
Warrant to purchase 311,100 shares
of common stock
|
$4.50
|
$2.50
|
In addition, in connection with the
Amendment, the Company issued the following four warrants:
Warrant
|
Description
|
Exercise Price Per
Share
|
A-2
|
Warrant to purchase 1,357,334
shares of common stock
|
$0.75
|
B-2
|
Warrant to purchase 689,280 shares
of common stock
|
$1.25
|
C-2
|
Warrant to purchase 426,743 shares
of common stock
|
$1.75
|
D-2
|
Warrant to purchase 248,880 shares
of common stock
|
$2.50
|
All of the warrants expire five years
from the date of issuance.
The Company analyzed the convertible
notes and the warrants for derivative financial instruments, in accordance with
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 convertible notes are hybrid instruments which contain more than
one embedded derivative feature which would individually warrant separate
accounting as derivative instruments under SFAS 133. 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. The single compound embedded derivative features include
the conversion feature with the convertible notes, the interest rate adjustment,
maximum ownership and default provisions. The Company valued the
compound embedded derivatives based on a probability weighted discounted cash
flow model. The value at inception of the single compound embedded
derivative liability was $1,958,285 and was bifurcated from the debt host
contract and recorded as a derivative liability. The discount for the
derivative will be accreted to interest expense using the effective interest
method over the life of the convertible notes.
Probability - Weighted Expected Cash
Flow Methodology
Assumptions:
Single Compound Embedded Derivative
within Convertible Note
|
|
Inception
May 17,
2007
|
|
|
As of
September 30,
2008
|
|
Risk free interest
rate
|
|
|
4.86
|
%
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
29.7
|
%
|
|
|
29.
0
|
%
|
Future projected
volatility
|
|
|
211
|
%
|
|
|
160
|
%
|
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 warrants was recorded at $2,723,239 at inception on May 17,
2007. The unamortized discount of the warrant derivative liability of
$2,539,093 will be accreted to interest expense using the effective interest
method over the life of the convertible notes, or 37 months. The
total accretion
expense was
$
181,233 and
$416,286
for the
three
and nine
months ended September 30,
2008
,
respectively
. The remaining
value of $955,739
was
expensed at inception to change in fair value of derivative financial
instruments since the total fair value of the derivative at inception exceeded
the note proceeds.
Variables used in the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model include (1) 5.11% to
2.28
% 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 from 211% to 1
60
%; 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.
To determine the appropriate
ac
counting for the February
2008 m
odifications noted
above, the Company applied the provisions of EITF 96-19. Under EITF 96-19, a
substantial modification of loan terms results in accounting for the
modification as a debt extinguishment. EITF 96-19 specifies that a modification
should be considered substantial if the present value of the cash flows under
the new terms is at least 10% different from the present value of the remaining
cash flows under the original loan terms. EITF 96-19 requires the use of the
original effective interest rate for calculating the present value of the cash
flows under the modified loan.
In order to apply EITF 96-19, the
Company determined the annual payments (principal and interest) under the new
loan terms. If either debt instrument is callable or putable, EITF
96-19 requires that the present value calculation should be made assuming the
instrument is called (put) and assuming the instrument is not called (put). The
cash flow assumptions that generate the smaller change are to be used in the 10%
test. In this case, both instruments had a call options.
Using the original effective interest
rate as the discount factor for each set of cash flows, the Company computed the
present values under the various scenarios. In completing the analysis, the
change in value based on the modification and issuance of additional warrants
was treated as a current period cash flow. Based on this analysis,
the Company determined that the difference between the cash flows under the
original terms and the modified terms was not in excess of 10% which suggested
that the February 2008 Modifications were not substantial and the notes were not
extinguished. The value of the additional warrants issued are
accounted for as a derivative liability and treated as an additional
debt discount of $1,030,193 to the note and that is amortized over the remaining
life of the note.
Total
accretion expense
related to this portion of the
discount
was
$
84
,819
and $203,476
for the three months
and nine months
ended
September 30, 2008,
respectively
. The embedded
derivatives and warrants continue to be reported at fair with the
change in fair value recorded in current earnings.
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 and through
September 30, 2008
are as follows:
|
|
Period ending
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
Year ending
December 31,
2007
|
|
Derivative liability – single
compound embedded derivatives within the convertible
notes
|
|
$
|
206,470
|
|
|
$
|
1,233,244
|
|
Derivative liability –
warrants
|
|
|
1,118,287
|
|
|
|
206,156
|
|
Derivative liability –
options
|
|
|
36,857
|
|
|
|
40,492
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1
,3
61
,
614
|
|
|
$
|
1,479,892
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in fair value of
derivatives
|
|
|
(3,911,368
|
)
|
|
|
(3,437,780
|
)
|
The following summarizes the financial
presentation of the convertible notes at inception and
September 30, 2008
:
|
|
|
|
|
At
Inception
|
|
|
|
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
May 17,
2007
|
|
Notional amount of convertible
notes
|
|
$
|
4,649,195
|
|
|
$
|
3,500,000
|
|
Adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unamortized
discount
|
|
|
(2,961,298
|
)
|
|
|
(3,500,000
|
)
|
Convertible notes balance,
net
|
|
$
|
1,6
87
,897
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Existing Non-Employee Stock
Options
The secured convertible notes are
potentially convertible into an unlimited number of common shares, resulting in
the Company no longer having the control too 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 the notes
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 notes
on May 17, 2007, the fair value of options to purchase 717,000 shares totaling
$107,766 was reclassified to the liability caption “Derivative liability” from
additional paid-in
capital. The fair value of $36,857 as of September 30, 2008, was
determined using the closing price of $0.21, the respective exercise price
($1.75 to $17.50),
the
remaining term on each contract (.85 to 4.6 years), the relevant risk free
interest rate (4.23%) as well as the relevant volatility
(174.79%).
The determination of fair value for the
non-employee stock options includes significant estimates by management
including volatility of the Company’s common stock and interest rates, among
other items. The recorded value of the non-employee stock options can
fluctuate significantly based on fluctuations in the fair value of the Company’s
common stock, as well as in the volatility of the stock price during the term
used for observation and the term remaining for exercise of the stock
options. The fluctuation in estimated fair value may be significant
from period-to-period which, in turn, may have a significant impact on the
Company’s reported financial condition and results of
operations.
Note 6.
Notes
Payable
During March 2006, the Company issued
$75,000 principal amount in the form of a two-year, 10% convertible unsecured
note to La Mesa Partners, L.C. The note became due on March 9, 2008
and the funds were used to pay for lease bonus costs on the Company’s Ohio and
Logan County, Kentucky prospects. At the option of the note holder,
the note is convertible into common stock of the Company at a conversion price
of $1.00 per share anytime after March 9, 2007. Interest on the 10%
convertible note is payable quarterly out of available cash flow from operations
as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, or if not paid but accrued,
will be paid at the next fiscal quarter
.
The conversion price of the
note was calculated based on a discount to the bid price on the date of
funding. As the conversion price was below the fair value of the
common stock on the date issued, the Company has recorded the beneficial feature
of the note in accordance with the provisions found in EITF 98-5 by recording a
$22,500 discount on the note. The discount was being amortized over a
twelve month period beginning April 1, 2006.
N
otes payable at
September 30, 2008
and December 31, 2007, are as
follows:
|
|
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
December 31,
2007
|
|
La Mesa Partners,
L.C.
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
Advantage Premium
Finance
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
25,111
|
|
Total convertible notes
payable
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
$
|
100,111
|
|
Note 7. Notes Payable –
Related Party
During August 2008, the Company issued a
$480,000 note to Mr. Kevan Casey, our Chief Executive Officer. The
note has a 12 month maturity and a 10% interest. Interest on the note
is accrued monthly. Funds were utilized to finance the Company’s
current drilling of various Catfish wells. During September, the
Company repaid $29,000 of the note, leaving an outstanding balance at September
30, 2008 of $451,000
Note
8.
Common Stock
During the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, the Company issued the f
ollowing shares of common
stock:
·
|
20,000
shares of its common stock to an individual for legal services which were
valued at $12,000 ($0.60 per
share).
|
·
|
10,000
shares of its common stock to an individual for consulting services valued
at $6,000 ($0.60 per share).
|
·
|
130,000
shares of its common stock upon the exercise of an option for gross
proceeds of $6,500.
|
·
|
35,000
to an individual for legal services which were valued at $32,102 ($0.92
per share).
|
·
|
66,668
to the Company’s VP of Land upon the exercise of an option for gross
proceeds of $3,334
|
·
|
150,000
to an individual upon the exercise of an option for gross proceeds of
$75,000. Options were issued for services which were valued at
$95,198.
|
·
|
55,000
to an individual upon the exercise of an option for gross proceeds of
$48,750. Options were issued for services which were valued at
$61,306.
|
·
|
555,700
to an individual upon the exercise of an option for gross proceeds of
$656,030. Options were issued for services which were valued at
$545,587.
|
·
|
77,100 shares of common stock were
issued to Mr. Ryan Cravey. Options were granted to Mr. Cravey
for services rendered to the Company in quarter ending June 30,
2008. Options were fully
vested.
|
·
|
36,380 shares of common stock were
issued for $27,238, as payment in kind to YA Global Investments on August
15, 2008.
|
·
|
293,268 shares of common stock
were issued for $100,000, as payment in kind to YA Global Investments on
August 4, 2008.
|
·
|
280,025 shares of common stock
were issued, for $45,700, as payment in kind to YA Global Investments on
September 5, 2008.
|
·
|
125,270 shares of common stock,
for $22,000 was issued as payment in kind to YA Global Investments for
quarter ending September 30, 2008. However shares were issued
on October 1, 2008
|
·
|
8,571 shares of common stock for
$3,000 on September 5, 2008 to Mr. Kevan Casey, which were purchased on
July 30, 2008.
|
·
|
200,000 options were issued and
the Company received proceeds of $10,000 on September 30,
2008. Shares were issued in
November
2008.
|
Note
9
.
Subsequent Events
On October 24, 2008, the Company
issued
250,000
shares of common stock
to a Consultant
for various services. The
Company also issued 288,722 shares of
common
stock to YA Global Investments as
payment in kind
under the
secured convertible debentures.
ITEM
2.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
The following discussion and analysis of
the Company’s financial condition as of
September 30, 2008, and its results of
operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007,
should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements
and notes included in Striker’s Form 10-K/1A for the year ended December 31,
2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Overview
Striker is a natural resource company
engaged in the exploration, acquisition, development, production and sale of
natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids from conventional reservoirs
within the United States. A majority of the Company’s operations are
in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Property and
Equipment
Following is a description of the
properties to which the Company is participating as of September 30, 2008, or
intends to participate during fiscal 2008.
Abbeville Field – Vermillion Parish,
Louisiana
The Company has a 96.25% and 73.5%
working interest, respectively, in two producing oil wells and a saltwater
disposal well with production facilities in the Abbeville Field located in
Vermillion Parish, Louisiana. The two wells are currently producing
approximately 23 gross barrels of oil per day. The Company’s consulting
geophysicist has found a prospect on the Company’s leasehold believed to contain
significant fault separated additional reserves from one of the primary
producing zones in the field. The prospect was located using the 3-D seismic
survey which the Company owns in the field.
The Company is the designated operator
of the field and intends to perform a full reservoir engineering analysis to
determine if there are additional opportunities to expand production within the
field and at the same time will utilize the 3-D seismic survey to search for
additional exploration and/or development prospects.
North Edna Field – Jefferson Davis
Parish, Louisiana
The Company has a 35% working interest
and a 25.9% net revenue interest in the LeJeune well No. 1. The
well was successfully worked over during the previous quarter but is currently
shut-in due to equipment problems. The Company expects that additional downhole
and surface equipment will be installed by the operator in the fourth quarter to
restore the No. 1 well to production.
North Sand Hill Field – Greene County,
Mississippi
This well is producing approximately 3
gross barrels of oil per day. In addition to the producing well, the
Company has acquired an “orphan well” from the State of Mississippi which it
intends to convert into a saltwater disposal well. The Company has a
60% working interest and an approximate 47.55% net revenue
interest. An additional proven undeveloped well location has been
identified by the Company’s independent reservoir engineer in this field which
the Company anticipates will be drilled during the first half of fiscal
2009.
South Creole Prospect – Cameron Parish,
Louisiana
The Company has one producing well - the
Carter 29-1 well in which it owns a 21.247% working interest and an approximate
14.87% net revenue interest in the well.
As of the end of the reporting quarter,
this well was producing approximately 3,100 gross Mcf of gas and 40 gross
barrels of condensate per day.
North Cayuga Prospect – Henderson
County, Texas
On January 2007, the Company entered
into an agreement to participate in the North Cayuga prospect located in
Henderson County, Texas. The Easter Seals Well No. 1-R had been
drilled to a depth of approximately 9,000 feet and initially tested
approximately 50 barrels of oil per day from the Rodessa Bacon Lime sand but did
not sustain production. The Company and its working interest partners
are attempting to farm out this acreage.
Catfish Creek Prospect – Henderson and
Anderson Counties, Texas
In April 2007, the Company entered into
a participation agreement to participate in the Catfish Creek prospect located
in Henderson and Anderson Counties, Texas. The operator of this
prospect recompleted the previously drilled Catfish Creek well No. 1 in
September 2007 which flow tested 87 barrels of oil and 266 gross Mcf of gas per
day from the Rodessa Bacon Lime formation located between the depths of 9,651 to
9,658 feet. Production was commenced from the well in October 2007 at a
restricted rate for gas flaring until a gas pipeline is installed. In addition
to the No.1 well, the Catfish Creek well No. 2 has been drilled and completed in
the Pettet formation with pay behind pipe in the Bacon Lime and Gloyd lobes of
the Rodessa formation. Operations to drill the No. 3 will commence in early
October 2008. The Catfish Creek prospect area consists of over 10,000
gross acres of leasehold. . The Company has a 33.32%
before payout and 25% after payout working interest in each shallow well drilled
above 10,800 feet and an approximate 25% before payout and 18.75% after payout
working interest in each deep well drilled below 10,800
feet
. The Company expects that
the installation of a four and one-half mile gas pipeline to connect its gas
production from the Catfish Creek Prospect will be completed by the end of
November 2008. Once completed the No. 1 and No. 2 wells will be sand fractured
to enhance production and ramped up to full production
status.
Welsh Field – Jefferson Davis Parish,
Louisiana
The Company currently has two producing
wells in the field; however mechanical issues with one of the salt water
disposal wells has caused the Company to shut in two production wells due to
insufficient disposal capacity. Current gross production is 34
barrels of oil per day. The Company intends to perform well repairs
and/or recomplete into new formations the remaining seven wells. In
addition to the Welsh Field, the Company obtained additional acreage in the
North, Northeast and Northwest Welsh prospects and is evaluating two proven
undeveloped well locations for possible drilling in 2009.
Lavaca River Prospect – Lavaca County,
Texas
The Company has a 10% carried working
interest to casing point in the Lavaca River Prospect. The Company received a
cash payment of $50,000 in connection with lowering its carried interest from
15% to 10%. This prospect will target the Yegua sands at a depth of
approximately 5,500 feet and has expected reserves of 1 to 2 Bcf of gas. Striker
expects this well to be drilled in the fourth quarter of
2008.
Critical Accounting
Policies
General
The Unaudited Consolidated Financial
Statements and Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain
information that is pertinent to this management’s discussion and
analysis. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of any contingent assets and
liabilities. Management believes these accounting policies involve
judgment due to the sensitivity of the methods, assumptions and estimates
necessary in determining the related asset and liability
amounts. Management believes it has exercised proper judgment in
determining these estimates based on the facts and circumstances available to
its management at the time the estimates were made. The significant
accounting policies are described in more detail in Note 2 to the Company’s
audited consolidated financial state
ments included in its Form
10-K
/1A filed with the
SEC.
Oil and 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. Net
capitalized costs are limited to the lower of unamortized costs net of deferred
tax or the cost center ceiling. The cost center ceiling is defined as
the sum of (i) estimated future net revenues, discounted at 10% per annum, from
proved reserves, based on unescalated year-end prices and costs, adjusted for
contract provisions and financial derivatives, if any, that hedge its oil and
gas reserves; (ii) the cost of properties not being amortized; (iii) the lower
of cost or market value of unproved properties included in the cost center being
amortized and; (iv) income tax effects related to differences between the book
and tax basis of the natural gas and crude oil properties.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized when title to the
products transfer to the purchaser. The Company follows the “sales
method” of accounting for its natural gas and crude oil revenue, so that it
recognizes sales revenue on all natural gas or crude oil sold to its purchasers,
regardless of whether the sales are proportionate to its ownership in the
property. A receivable or liability is recognized only to the extent
that it has an imbalance on a specific property greater than the expected
remaining proved reserves.
Accounting For Stock-Based
Compensation
In December 2004, the Financial
Accounting Standards Boards (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised
2004),
Share-Based Payment
(“SFAS
No. 123(R)”)
.
This statement requires the cost
resulting from all share-based payment transactions be recognized in the
financial statements at their fair value on the grant date. SFAS No.
123(R) was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2006. The Company
previously accounted for stock awards under the recognition and measurement
principles of APB No. 25,
Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees
,
and related interpretations. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R)
using the modified prospective application method described in the
statement. Under the modified prospective application method, the
Company applied the standard to new awards and to awards modified, repurchased,
or cancelled after January 1, 2006.
Results of Operations for the Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2008 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30,
2007
Revenue
For the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, the Company generated revenue from the
sale of oil and natural gas of $
3,498,604
, an increase of $
1,727,424
(
97.5
%) over the prior year
period
’s
amount of $
1,771,180
. Re
venue from the sale of oil was
$
1,926,857
for the 2008 period compared to
$
1,336,308
for the same period in
2007. The average price received per barrel
of oil
was $109.20 for the 2008 period compared
to
$62.96 for the 2007
period.
Oil and
gas revenues are as follows:
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
|
Volume
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
Oil
(barrels)
|
|
|
17,609
|
|
|
$
|
1,926,857
|
|
Gas (mcfs)
|
|
|
146,019
|
|
|
|
1,571,747
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,498,604
|
|
September 30,
2007
|
|
|
|
Volume
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
Oil
(barrels)
|
|
|
21,224
|
|
|
$
|
1,336,308
|
|
Gas (mcfs)
|
|
|
62,123
|
|
|
|
434,872
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,771,180
|
|
Oil and Gas Production Costs and
Depletion Expense
Oil and gas production costs are
comprised of the cost of operations, maintenance and repairs and severance taxes
of the Company’s interests in its producing oil and gas
properties. Oil and gas production costs were $
1,212,210
for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, compared to $
538,404
for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2007
. The Company experienced an
increase in lease operating expenses of $
673,809
(including severance taxes) over the
prior year period. The increase was attributable to an increase in
the number of producing properties over the prior year period and well repair
expenses.
Depletion expense was $
956,979
for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, which was a
n increase, $92,740
over the prior year period of
$
864,239
. The Company follows the
full cost method of accounting for its oil and gas properties. As the
oil and gas properties are evaluated, they are transferred to the full cost
pool, either as successful with associated oil and gas reserves, or as
unsuccessful with no oil and gas reserves.
Gross Profit (Loss)
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September
30, 2008
|
|
|
September
30, 2007
|
|
|
September
30, 2008
|
|
|
September
30, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil and gas
revenue
|
|
$
|
862,943
|
|
|
$
|
805,278
|
|
|
$
|
3,498,604
|
|
|
$
|
1,771,180
|
|
Oil and gas production
costs
|
|
|
455,343
|
|
|
|
253,270
|
|
|
|
1,212,210
|
|
|
|
538,404
|
|
Depletion and accretion
expense
|
|
|
197,056
|
|
|
|
382,719
|
|
|
|
1,026,405
|
|
|
|
864,239
|
|
Gross profit
(loss)
|
|
|
210,544
|
|
|
|
169,289
|
|
|
|
1,259,989
|
|
|
|
368,537
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company experienced increases in
gross profit from oil and
gas operations
for both,
three and nine months ending in September 30, 2008.
The Company has experienced a
significant increase in revenue due to the successful completion of the Carter
29 Well No.1, State Lease 139
44
Well No. 1, Farmers Well No. 11 and
Catfish Creek Well No. 1. As discussed above, the Company experienced
an increase in oil and gas production costs due to the addition of these
producing properties, well repairs at North Edna Fields and increased severance
taxes as a result of increased revenue.
Operating Expenses –
for the nine months
ended
September 30, 2007
and 2008
Operating expenses for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
were $
3,218,755
which was a decrease of
$396,535
when compared to
the prior year period of $
3,615,290
. The major components of
operating expenses are as follows:
·
|
Office
administration
–
Office administration expenses are comprised primarily of office rent,
office supplies, postage, telephone and communications and
Internet. The increase in office administration expense for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 was primarily driven by an
increase in rent and office supplies
.
|
|
|
Three months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Office
Administration
|
|
|
52,958
|
|
|
|
50,024
|
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
|
181,720
|
|
|
|
163,752
|
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
·
|
Payroll and
related
– Payroll and
related expenses increased from $
522,558
for the 2007 period to
$
742,719
for the 2008 period, an increase
of
42
%. Payroll expenses
increased as the Company added technical and administrative personnel to
fully implement its business plan. The Company also increased
its employee benefits expense, which has also increased the overall
payroll expenses.
|
|
|
Three months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Payroll &
Related
|
|
|
269,488
|
|
|
|
246,955
|
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
|
|
742,719
|
|
|
|
522,558
|
|
|
|
42
|
%
|
·
|
Professional
services
–
Professional services are comprised of accounting and audit fees, legal
fees, engineering fees, directors’ fees and other outside consulting
fees.
Cost increased primarily reflecting legal settlement and legal
contingencies.
|
|
|
Three months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Professional
Services
|
|
|
220,786
|
|
|
|
263,601
|
|
|
|
-16
|
%
|
|
|
652,727
|
|
|
|
585,061
|
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
·
|
Investor
relations
- The
Company continued to invest in its investor relations program during the
period to inform current and potential investors of its projects and
results of operations.
The Company intends to continue to
incur these costs in the future to keep its investors apprised of the
progress of the Company.
|
|
|
Three months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Investor
Relations
|
|
|
39,874
|
|
|
|
92,400
|
|
|
|
-57
|
%
|
|
|
709,045
|
|
|
|
446,703
|
|
|
|
59
|
%
|
·
|
Stock option
expense
– For the nine months
ended September 30, 2008, the Company performed a Black-Scholes valuation
of stock options issued to its employees and various contractors and
recorded additional expense for the
period.
|
|
|
Three months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Stock Option
Expense
|
|
|
119,362
|
|
|
|
270,775
|
|
|
|
-56
|
%
|
|
|
810,262
|
|
|
|
763,266
|
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
·
|
Drilling rig
contract
– The
Company had an agreement with the operator of the St. Martinville
prospect, the second well drilled with the rig, that the operator would
pay a flat fee of $200,000 to truck the rig to the operator’s well and rig
up in preparation for drilling. The Company was obligated to
pay the excess cost which amounted to $345,414 and was charged to
expense. Additionally, pursuant to its rig sharing agreement
with a third party, the Company reimbursed the third party 50% of the cost
to move the drilling rig from the St. Martinville prospect to the third
party’s location. This resulted in a charge to expense of
$402,464 for the period ending
September 30, 2007
. The Company has
fulfilled its obligation pursuant to the drilling rig contract and does
not anticipate any charges in the
future.
|
·
|
Depreciation
– The Company has record
depreciation expense associated with its computer and office equipment,
furniture and fixtures and leasehold improvements. The
Company is depreciating these assets using the straight-line method over
useful lives from three to seven
years.
|
|
|
Three mont
hs ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
14,023
|
|
|
|
11,412
|
|
|
|
23
|
%
|
|
|
39,603
|
|
|
|
33,659
|
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
·
|
Other
operating expenses
–
Other operating expenses are comprised primarily of travel and
entertainment,
geological and geophysical costs
of maps, logs and log library memberships and licenses and
fees.
The
Company has been able to reduce these expenses long-term and will continue
to do so as the Company sees
feasible.
|
|
|
Three months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Other Operating
Expenses
|
|
|
75,769
|
|
|
|
40,110
|
|
|
|
53
|
%
|
|
|
180,797
|
|
|
|
222,892
|
|
|
|
-17
|
%
|
Other Income
(Expense)
During the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, the Company received interest income
of $
10,242
on its interest bearing checking
accounts and certificates of deposits.
Interest income decreased
reflecting lower interest rates on our investments’ accounts and a reduction in
the average balance of interest-bearing investments.
During the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, the Company incurred interest expense
of $
2
,
847
,
276
related to its convertible
debt. This compares with $1,
433
,7
61
for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2007
. The increase of
$
1,413,516
or
99
% is due to the interest and related
discount amortization of convertible notes placed in May
2007.
The Company is required to measure the
fair value of the warrants and the embedded conversion features related to its
secured convertible notes on the date of each reporting period. The
effect of this re-measurement is to adjust the carrying value of the liabilities
related to the warrants and the embedded conversion
features. Accordingly, the Company recorded $
1,877
,
239
non-cash other income
related to the change in FV of
derivatives during the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
. The Company recorded
non-cash other income of $
802,903
in the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2007
, related to the change in the fair
market value of the warrants and embedded derivative
liability.
Net Income (Loss)
The Company recorded net loss for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, of $
3
,570
,518
, or $0.
17
per share (basic and diluted), and a
net loss of $
2
,
772
,
883
or $0.1
4
per share (basic and diluted), for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2007
.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
As of
September 30, 2008
, the Company has a
negative
working capital balance of $
(1,025,055)
(excluding the derivative liability of
$
1,361
,
614
) and cash balances in non-restrictive
accounts of $
153,
83
4
. The Company is required to obtain
additional funding to fully implement its development drilling program at its
Catfish Creek and North Cayuga prospects and development of its Welsh Field
acquisition and to continue to seek new acquisitions and drilling
opportunities. The funding the Company will be seeking will be either
through debt and/or equity financings and there can be no assurance that the
Company will be successful in raising such financing. The failure to
raise such financing would require the Company to scale back its current
operations and possibly forego future opportunities.
Net cash used by operating
activities for the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, was $567,461
. The Company recorded net
loss of $
3,570,519.
The Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern will depend on management’s ability to successfully obtain
additional forms of debt and/or equity financing to execute its drilling and
exploration program. The Company is required in the future to obtain
additional funding to fully develop its current and future projects for which it
intends to participate and there can be no assurance that the Company will be
able to obtain funding on terms acceptable to it, or at all.
The Company believes it can obtain
additional funding to execute its drilling and exploration program, but it
cannot give any assurances that it will be successful in obtaining additional
funding on terms acceptable to it, if at all. These financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company
is unable to continue as a going concern.
Anticipated Revenue
The company previously announced that it
expected to achieve $5 million in revenue for fiscal 2008. However the company
now expects to achieve revenue of $3.8 – 4.1 million for fiscal 2008. This
downward revision is due to various factors including: shut-in production from
Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike, recent drop in hydrocarbon prices and the
delay of the installation of its pipeline in East Texas.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
In June 2008, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board issued FSP EITF 03-6-1, “Determining Whether
Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions are Participating
Securities” (FSP EITF 03-6-1). FSP EITF 03-6-1 addresses whether
instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are participating
securities prior to vesting and, therefore, need to be included in computing
earnings per share under the two-class method described in SFAS No. 128,
“Earnings Per Share.” FSP EITF 03-6-1 is effective for the Company as
of January 1, 2009 and in accordance with its requirements it will be applied
retrospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of FSP EITF
03-6-1 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial
statements.
In March 2008, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 161”), and an amendment of FASB
Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities” (“SFAS 133”). SFAS 161 requires entities to provide qualitative
disclosures about the objectives and strategies for using derivatives,
quantitative data about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative
contracts, and details of credit-risk-related contingent features in their
hedged positions. The standard is effective for financial statements issued for
fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with
early application encouraged but not required. SFAS 161 also requires entities
to disclose more information about the location and amounts of derivative
instruments in financial statements, how derivatives and related hedges are
accounted for under SFAS 133, and how the hedges affect the entity’s financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows. The Company is currently
evaluating whether the adoption of SFAS 161 will have an impact on its
financial
position or results of
operations.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 141(R), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141(R)”). SFAS 141(R) replaces
SFAS 141, “Business Combinations”; however it retains the fundamental
requirements that the acquisition method of accounting be used for all business
combinations and for an acquirer to be identified for each business combination.
SFAS 141(R) requires an acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, liabilities
assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition
date, be measured at their fair values as of that date, with specified limited
exceptions. Changes subsequent to that date are to be recognized in earnings,
not goodwill. Additionally, SFAS 141 (R) requires costs incurred in
connection with an acquisition be expensed as incurred. Restructuring costs, if
any, are to be recognized separately from the acquisition. The acquirer in a
business combination achieved in stages must also recognize the identifiable
assets and liabilities, as well as the noncontrolling interests in the acquiree,
at the full amounts of their fair values. SFAS 141(R) is effective for business
combinations occurring in fiscal years beginning on or after December 15,
2008. The Company will apply the requirements of SFAS 141(R) upon its adoption
on January 1, 2009 and is currently evaluating whether SFAS 141(R) will
have an impact on its financial position and results of
operations.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits companies to elect to measure many
financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Upon adoption of
SFAS 159, a company may elect the fair value option for eligible items that
exist at the adoption date. Subsequent to the initial adoption, the election of
the fair value option should only be made at initial recognition of the asset or
liability or upon a remeasurement event that gives rise to new-basis accounting.
The decision about whether to elect the fair value option is applied on an
instrument-by-instrument basis is irrevocable and is applied only to an entire
instrument and not only to specified risks, cash flows or portions of that
instrument. SFAS No. 159 does not affect any existing accounting standards
that require certain assets and liabilities to be carried at fair value nor does
it eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards.
Baseline adopted SFAS No. 159 effective January 1, 2008 and did not
elect the fair value option for any existing eligible items.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines
fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands
disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 does not impose
fair value measurements on items not already accounted for at fair value; rather
it applies, with certain exceptions, to other accounting pronouncements that
either require or permit fair value measurements. Under SFAS No. 157, fair
value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to
transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in
the principal or most advantageous market. The standard clarifies that fair
value should be based on the assumptions market participants would use when
pricing the asset or liability. In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff
Position No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157 (“FSP FAS
157-2”), which delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for all non-financial
assets and liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair
value in the financial statements on a recurring basis, until fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2008. These non-financial items include assets
and liabilities such as non-financial assets and liabilities assumed in a
business combination, reporting units measured at fair value in a goodwill
impairment test and asset retirement obligations initially measured at fair
value. Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS 157 for fair
value measurements not delayed by FSP FAS No. 157-2. The adoption resulted
in additional disclosures as required by the pronouncement (See Note 5 – Notes
Payable) related to our fair value measurements for oil and gas derivatives and
marketable securities but no change in our fair value calculation methodologies.
Accordingly, the adoption had no impact on our financial condition or results of
operations.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
The Company does not have any
off-balance sheet arrangements.
ITEM
3.
CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls
and procedures
The Company's management evaluated, with
the participation of its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial
Officer (“CFO”), the effectiveness of the design/operation of its disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(c) and 15d-15(c) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”)) as of
September 30, 2008
.
Disclosure controls and procedures refer
to controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to
be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act, is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and
communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief
financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures,
management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well
designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the
desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in
evaluating and implementing possible controls and
procedures.
Management conducted its evaluation of
disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision of our principal
executive officer and our principal financial officer. Based on that evaluation,
management concluded that our financial disclosure controls and procedures were
not effective related to the preparation of the Form 10-Q
/
A filing as of
March 31, 2008
In June 2008, the Company determined
that certain errors were made in the accounting for derivatives related to its
YA Global financing as follows:
The payment of principal due under the
YA Global financing during the fourth quarter of 2007 resulted in a change in
the fair value of associated derivative. The change should not have
been presented as a Gain on settlement of derivatives but included in the Change
in fair value of derivatives caption.
The discount associated with the YA
Global debt paid off in cash during the period should not have been recorded as
a reduction in Additional paid in capital, but as additional interest
expense.
The mark to market adjustment for the
derivative liability associated with the Company’s nonemployee stock options
should not have been recorded as a reduction in Additional paid in
capital. Pursuant to paragraph 9 of EITF 00-19, the adjustment should
have been reported in earnings as a Change in fair value of
derivatives.
These errors required the Company to
restate its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2007 included in its 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K and its condensed
consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The
decision to restate the consolidated financial statements was made by the
Company’s Audit Committee. The disclosure of the restatement and its
impact on the originally reported amounts is disclosed in Note 9 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements found in Part I, Item 1 of Form
10-Q/A.
As a result of the errors noted above,
the Company identified a material weakness in internal control related to the
accounting for derivative instruments. The Company has engaged
outside accounting experts to advise it regarding the accounting for derivative
instruments to ensure accounting entries are properly recorded. The Company
believes this change to our system of disclosure and procedure controls will be
adequate to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be
disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported correctly.
(b) Changes in internal control over
financial reporting
There have been no changes in internal
control over financial reporting during the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2008
, that has materially affected or is
reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting. As noted in 3(a) above, we noted a material
weakness in our financial disclosure controls at March 31, 2008. We are in the
process of updating our remediation process as noted in Item
3(a).
PART
II.
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Michael, Annette,
Christopher, and Travis Tripkovich v. Affiliated Holdings, Inc.,
No. 72217-F, 16th Judicial District
Court, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana was filed July 6, 2007, and served on
Affiliated Holdings, Inc. on July 26, 2007. The Petition alleges that
Michael Tripkovich was employed as a natural gas compression technician land
supervisor with American Warrior, when he was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous
leukemia in January of 2006. Prior to his employment with American
Warrior, Mr. Tripkovich was employed by Hanover Corporation, Energy Industries,
Fusion Plus, Inc., PMSI, Inc., and Southern Maintenance, Inc., and others for
approximately nineteen (19) years. At all of these places of
employment, his job duties included maintaining natural gas compressors at
onshore and offshore oil and gas production and collection facilities located
throughout Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. According to
the Petition, almost all of the sites inspected by Mr. Tripkovich housed glycol
units, which separated water from oil and which dried natural
gas.
The plaintiff contends that during the
course of his employment as a natural gas compression technician land
supervisor, he was exposed to radon, radon-emitting matter, benzene and
benzene-containing substances, including but not limited to, glycol, condensate,
toluene, xylene, natural gas, and crude oil. Specifically, he
contends that he worked at and/or near natural gas production sites and glycol
units, which emitted radon, radon-emitting matter, and benzene and
benzene-containing substances. Further, he alleges that he became
overwhelmed by radon and/or benzene fumes and was forced to inhale toxic fumes
emitted from the glycol units on a daily basis. In fact, the
plaintiff provides an extensive list of the glycol units on which he worked,
including serial number and location, one of which he contends was owned by
Affiliated Holdings, Inc. in Abbeville, Louisiana.
Mr. Tripkovich, his wife, and children
are suing for past, present, and future medical bills; past, present and future
physical pain and suffering; mental anguish and distress; past, present, and
future lost wages and loss of earning capacity; loss of enjoyment of life;
possibility and fear of death; loss of consortium and punitive
damages.
At the present time, the Company is
filing a formal motion for extension of time to file responsive
pleadings. The Company anticipates responding to the Petition by
filing Exceptions on a number of bases, including the dilatory exception
vagueness and ambiguity of the Petition, the peremptory exception of
prescription, and the peremptory exception of no cause of action on the issue of
punitive damages (or one that will seek to limit the time frame during which
punitive damages were available), among others. Additionally, the
Company will file a Motion for Summary Judgment on the basis that the
plaintiff’s sole remedy against Affiliated Holdings, Inc. is worker’s
compensation, if the appropriate facts are elicited during the Company’s
investigation of this matter. The Company was one of 113 companies
identified in the suit.
We have
reached a tentative settlement agreement with Mr. Tripkovich under which the
Company will pay $22,000 to Mr. Tripkovich. Payment was made on October
17, 2008.
ITEM
2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
AND USE OF PROCEEDS
|
Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities
|
None.
ITEM
3.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
Articles of Incorporation of
Registrant, filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form S-2,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13, 1981 and
incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
Certificate of Amendment to
Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, filed as an exhibit to the annual
report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 6, 1998 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
Bylaws, as amended, filed as an
exhibit to the annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 6, 1998 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
4.1
|
Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated May 17, 2007, by and between Unicorp, Inc. and Cornell Capital
Partners L.P., filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed with the Commission on May 21, 2007 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
Secured Convertible Debenture
issued to Cornell Capital Partners L.P., dated May 17, 2007, filed as an
exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
May 21, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
Registration Rights Agreement,
dated May 17, 2007, by and between Unicorp, Inc. and Cornell Capital
Partners L.P., filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed with the Commission on May 21, 2007 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
4.4
|
Form of Warrant, dated May 17,
2007, issued by Unicorp, Inc. to Cornell Capital Partners L.P., filed as
an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
May 21, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
Security Agreement, dated May 17,
2007, by and between Unicorp, Inc. and Cornell Capital Partners L.P.,
filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on May 21, 2007 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.1
|
Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization dated December 15, 1997 by and between Unicorp, Inc., The
Laissez-Faire Group, Inc., and L. Mychal Jefferson II with respect to the
exchange of all of the shares owned by L. Mychal Jefferson II in The
Laissez-Faire Group, Inc. for an amount of shares of Unicorp, Inc. equal
to 94 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of its capital stock,
filed as an exhibit to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 1998 and incorporated
herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.2
|
Agreement of Purchase and Sale of
Assets effective as of January 1, 1998 by and between Unicorp, Inc. and
Equitable Assets Incorporated with respect to purchase of 58,285.71 tons
of Zeolite, filed as an exhibit to the current report on Form 8-K, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 1998 and
incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.3
|
Option to Acquire the Outstanding
Stock of Whitsitt Oil Company, Inc. effective as of January 1, 1998 by and
between Unicorp, Inc. and AZ Capital, Inc., filed as an exhibit to the
current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 9, 1998 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization dated March 1, 1999 by and between Unicorp, Inc., The Auto
Axzpt.com Group, Inc. and R. Noel Rodriguez with respect to the exchange
of all of ‘the shares owned by the shareholders in The Auto Axzpt.com,
Inc. for shares of Unicorp, Inc., filed as an exhibit to the current
report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 7, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.5
|
Agreement dated as of March 23,
2001, between Unicorp, Inc., Equitable Assets, Incorporated, Texas Nevada
Oil & Gas Co. and Opportunity Acquisition Company, filed as an exhibit
to the quarterly report on Form 10-QSB, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 16, 2002 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.6
|
July 31, 2001 First Amendment of
Agreement dated March 23, 2001, between Unicorp, Inc., Equitable Assets,
Incorporated, Texas Nevada Oil & Gas Co. and Houston American Energy
Corp., filed as an exhibit to the quarterly report on Form 10-QSB, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2002 and
incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.7
|
Exchange Agreement dated July 29,
2004, between Unicorp, Inc. and Affiliated Holdings, Inc., filed as an
exhibit to the quarterly report on Form 10-QSB, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2004 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.8
|
2004 Stock Option Plan, filed as
an exhibit to the definitive information statement on Schedule 14C, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2004 and
incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
Employment Agreement with Kevan
Casey, filed as an exhibit to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.10
|
Employment Agreement with Carl A.
Chase, filed as an exhibit to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.11
|
Standby Equity Agreement dated as
of February 3, 2006, by and between Unicorp, Inc. and Cornell Capital
Partners, L.P., filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form
SB-2, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16,
2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.12
|
Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of February 3, 2006, by and between Unicorp, Inc. and Cornell
Capital Partners, LP, filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on
Form SB-2, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November
16, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.13
|
Assignment and Bill of Sale
effective June 1, 2005 between Affiliated Holdings, Inc. and Jordan Oil
Company, Inc., filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form
SB-2, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16,
2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.14
|
Assignment and Bill of Sale
effective August 1, 2005 between Affiliated Holdings, Inc. and Walter
Johnson, filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form SB-2,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2005 and
incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.15
|
Participation Letter Agreement
dated June 2, 2005 between Affiliated Holdings, Inc. and Jordan Oil
Company, Inc., filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form
SB-2, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16,
2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.16
|
Participation Letter Agreement
dated July 21, 2005 between Affiliated Holdings, Inc. and Jordan Oil
Company, Inc., filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form
SB-2, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16,
2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
10.17
|
Farmout Agreement dated April 12,
2005 between Affiliated Holdings, Inc. and La Mesa Partners, L.C, filed as
an exhibit to the registration statement on Form SB-2, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2005 and incorporated
herein by reference.
|
|
|
|
|
14.1
|
Code of Ethics, filed as an
exhibit to the annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 15, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
|
|
|
21.1
|
List of subsidiaries, filed as an
exhibit to the quarterly report on Form 10-QSB, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2004 and incorporated herein by
reference.
|
|
31.1
|
Certification of Kevan
Casey
,
CEO
|
|
31.2
|
Certification of
Kevan Casey,
CFO
|
|
32.1
|
Certification for Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of Kevan Casey
,
CEO
|
|
32.2
|
Certification for Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of
Kevan Casey,
CFO
|
|
* Indicates management contract or
compensatory plan or arrangement.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of
the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kevan
Casey
Chief Executive
Officer and
Director
November 19
, 2008
Kevan
Casey
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