Item 1. Description of Business.
Accelerated Acquisitions XVII, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, the "Company" or the "Registrant") was incorporated in the State of Delaware on October 21, 2011. Since inception, the Company has been engaged in organizational efforts and obtaining initial financing. The Company was formed as a vehicle to pursue a business combination and has made no efforts to identify a possible business combination. As a result, the Company has not conducted negotiations or entered into a letter of intent concerning any target business. The business purpose of the Company is to seek the acquisition of, or merger with, an existing company. The Company selected September 30 as its fiscal year end.
The Company is currently considered to be a "blank check" company. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) defines those companies as "any development stage company that is issuing a penny stock, within the meaning of Section 3 (a)(51) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and that has no specific business plan or purpose, or has indicated that its business plan is to merge with an unidentified company or companies." Under SEC Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, the Company also qualifies as a “shell company,” because it has no or nominal assets (other than cash) and no or nominal operations. Many states have enacted statutes, rules and regulations limiting the sale of securities of "blank check" companies in their respective jurisdictions. Management does not intend to undertake any efforts to cause a market to develop in our securities, either debt or equity, until we have successfully concluded a business combination. The Company intends to comply with the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for so long as it is subject to those requirements.
The Company was organized as a vehicle to investigate and, if such investigation warrants, acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a publicly held corporation. The Company’s principal business objective for the next 12 months and beyond such time will be to achieve long-term growth potential through a combination with a business rather than immediate, short-term earnings. The Company will not restrict its potential candidate target companies to any specific business, industry or geographical location and, thus, may acquire any type of business.
The analysis of new business opportunities will be undertaken by or under the supervision of the Company’s management. As of this date the Company has not entered into any definitive agreement with any party, nor have there been any specific discussions with any potential business combination candidate regarding business opportunities for the Company. The Company has unrestricted flexibility in seeking, analyzing and participating in potential business opportunities. In its efforts to analyze potential acquisition targets, the Company will consider the following kinds of factors:
(a) Potential for growth, indicated by new technology, anticipated market expansion or new products;
(b) Competitive position as compared to other firms of similar size and experience within the industry segment as well as within the industry as a whole;
(c) Strength and diversity of management, either in place or scheduled for recruitment;
(d) Capital requirements and anticipated availability of required funds, to be provided by the Company or from operations, through the sale of additional securities, through joint ventures or similar arrangements or from other sources;
(e) The cost of participation by the Company as compared to the perceived tangible and intangible values and potentials;
(f) The extent to which the business opportunity can be advanced;
(g) The accessibility of required management expertise, personnel, raw materials, services, professional assistance and other required items; and
(h) Other relevant factors.
In applying the foregoing criteria, no one of which will be controlling, management will attempt to analyze all factors and circumstances and make a determination based upon reasonable investigative measures and available data. Potentially available business opportunities may occur in many different industries, and at various stages of development, all of which will make the task of comparative investigation and analysis of such business opportunities extremely difficult and complex. Due to the Company's limited capital available for investigation, the Company may not discover or adequately evaluate adverse facts about the opportunity to be acquired.
FORM OF ACQUISITION
The manner in which the Company participates in an opportunity will depend upon the nature of the opportunity, the respective needs and desires of the Company and the promoters of the opportunity, and the relative negotiating strength of the Company and such promoters.
It is likely that the Company will acquire its participation in a business opportunity through the issuance of common stock or other securities of the Company. Although the terms of any such transaction cannot be predicted, it should be noted that in certain circumstances the criteria for determining whether or not an acquisition is a so-called "tax free" reorganization under Section 368(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") depends upon whether the owners of the acquired business own 80% or more of the voting stock of the surviving entity. If a transaction were structured to take advantage of these provisions rather than other "tax free" provisions provided under the Code, all prior stockholders would in such circumstances retain 20% or less of the total issued and outstanding shares of the surviving entity. Under other circumstances, depending upon the relative negotiating strength of the parties, prior stockholders may retain substantially less than 20% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the surviving entity. This could result in substantial additional dilution to the equity of those who were stockholders of the Company prior to such reorganization.
The sole stockholder of the Company will likely not have control of a majority of the voting securities of the Company following a reorganization transaction. As part of such a transaction, the Company's sole director may resign and one or more new directors may be appointed without any vote by stockholders.
In the case of an acquisition, the transaction may be accomplished upon the sole determination of management without any vote or approval by stockholders. In the case of a statutory merger or consolidation directly involving the Company, it will likely be necessary to call a stockholders' meeting and obtain the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding securities. The necessity to obtain such stockholder approval may result in delay and additional expense in the consummation of any proposed transaction and will also give rise to certain appraisal rights to dissenting stockholders. Most likely, management will seek to structure any such transaction so as not to require stockholder approval.
It is anticipated that the investigation of specific business opportunities and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial cost for accountants, attorneys and others. If a decision is made not to participate in a specific business opportunity, the costs theretofore incurred in the related investigation might not be recoverable. Furthermore, even if an agreement is reached for the participation in a specific business opportunity, the failure to consummate that transaction may result in the loss to the Registrant of the related costs incurred.
We presently have no employees apart from our management. Our officers and sole director are engaged in outside business activities and anticipates that he will devote very limited time to our business until the acquisition of a successful business opportunity has been identified. We expect no significant changes in the number of our employees other than such changes, if any, incident to a business combination.
Item 1A.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide this information.
Item 1B.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide this information.
Item 2.
Item 2. Description of Property.
The Company neither rents nor owns any properties. The Company utilizes the office space and equipment of its management at no cost. Management estimates such amounts to be immaterial. The Company currently has no policy with respect to investments or interests in real estate, real estate mortgages or securities of, or interests in, persons primarily engaged in real estate activities.
Item 3.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
To the best knowledge of our officers and directors, the Company is not a party to any legal proceeding or litigation.
Item 4.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
PART II
Item 5.
Item 5. Market for Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Small Business Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Common Stock
Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Common Stock is not listed on a publicly-traded market. As of January 7, 2015, there was 1 holder of record of the Common Stock.
Preferred Stock
Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The Company has not yet issued any of its preferred stock.
Dividend Policy
The Company has not declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock and does not intend to declare or pay any cash dividend in the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends, if any, is within the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on the Company’s earnings, if any, its capital requirements and financial condition and such other factors as the Board of Directors may consider.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The Company does not have any equity compensation plans or any individual compensation arrangements with respect to its common stock or preferred stock. The issuance of any of our common or preferred stock is within the discretion of our Board of Directors, which has the power to issue any or all of our authorized but unissued shares without stockholder approval.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On October 21, 2011 the Registrant sold 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock to Accelerated Venture Partners, LLC for an aggregate investment of $2,000.00. The Registrant sold these shares of Common Stock under the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
No securities have been issued for services. Neither the Registrant nor any person acting on its behalf offered or sold the securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising. No services were performed by any purchaser as consideration for the shares issued.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
Item 6.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide this information.
Item 7.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation
The Company was organized as a vehicle to investigate and, if such investigation warrants, acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a publicly held corporation. Our principal business objective for the next 12 months and beyond such time will be to achieve long-term growth potential through a combination with a business rather than immediate, short-term earnings. The Company will not restrict our potential candidate target companies to any specific business, industry or geographical location and, thus, may acquire any type of business.
The Company currently does not engage in any business activities that provide cash flow. During the next twelve months we anticipate incurring costs related to:
(i)
filing Exchange Act reports, and
(ii)
investigating, analyzing and consummating an acquisition.
We believe we will be able to meet these costs through use of funds in our treasury, through deferral of fees by certain service providers and additional amounts, as necessary, to be loaned to or invested in us by our stockholders, management or other investors.
The Company may consider acquiring a business which has recently commenced operations, is a developing company in need of additional funds for expansion into new products or markets, is seeking to develop a new product or service, or is an established business which may be experiencing financial or operating difficulties and is in need of additional capital. In the alternative, a business combination may involve the acquisition of, or merger with, a company which does not need substantial additional capital but which desires to establish a public trading market for its shares while avoiding, among other things, the time delays, significant expense, and loss of voting control which may occur in a public offering.
Any target business that is selected may be a financially unstable company or an entity in its early stages of development or growth, including entities without established records of sales or earnings. In that event, we will be subject to numerous risks inherent in the business and operations of financially unstable and early stage or potential emerging growth companies. In addition, we may effect a business combination with an entity in an industry characterized by a high level of risk, and, although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, there can be no assurance that we will properly ascertain or assess all significant risks.
The Company anticipates that the selection of a business combination will be complex and extremely risky. Because of general economic conditions, rapid technological advances being made in some industries and shortages of available capital, our management believes that there are numerous firms seeking even the limited additional capital which we will have and/or the perceived benefits of becoming a publicly traded corporation. Such perceived benefits of becoming a publicly traded corporation include, among other things, facilitating or improving the terms on which additional equity financing may be obtained, providing liquidity for the principals of and investors in a business, creating a means for providing incentive stock options or similar benefits to key employees, and offering greater flexibility in structuring acquisitions, joint ventures and the like through the issuance of stock. Potentially available business combinations may occur in many different industries and at various stages of development, all of which will make the task of comparative investigation and analysis of such business opportunities extremely difficult and complex.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company had a total of $0 and $0 in assets, respectively. The Company also had $0 and $0 current liabilities as of September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
The following is a summary of the Company's cash flows provided by (used in) operating, and financing activities for the years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013:
The Company has nominal assets and has generated no revenues since inception. The Company is also dependent upon the receipt of capital investment or other financing to fund its ongoing operations and to execute its business plan of seeking a combination with a private operating company. In addition, the Company is dependent upon certain related parties to provide continued funding and capital resources. If continued funding and capital resources are unavailable at reasonable terms, the Company may not be able to implement its plan of operations.
Results of Operations
The Company has not conducted any active operations since inception, except for its efforts to locate suitable acquisition candidates. No revenue has been generated by the Company from October 21, 2011 (Inception) to September 30, 2014. It is unlikely the Company will have any revenues unless it is able to effect an acquisition or merger with an operating company, of which there can be no assurance. It is management's assertion that these circumstances may hinder the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company’s plan of operation for the next twelve months shall be to continue its efforts to locate suitable acquisition candidates.
For the year ended September 30, 2013, the Company had a net loss of $6,596, consisting of legal, accounting, audit, filing and other professional service fees incurred in relation to the filing of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
For the year ended September 30, 2014, the Company had a net loss of $1,250, consisting of legal, accounting, audit, filing and other professional service fees incurred in relation to the filing Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
Contractual Obligations
As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide this information.
Item 7A.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide this information.
Item 8.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Audited financial statements begin on the following page of this report.
ACCELERATED ACQUISITIONS XVII, INC.
A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY
September 30, 2014
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Accelerated Acquisitions XVII, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Accelerated Acquisitions XVII, Inc. as of September 30, 2014 and 2013 and the related statements of operations, stockholder's equity and cash flows for the years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 . These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Accelerated Acquisitions XVII, Inc. as of September 30, 2014 and 2013 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has incurred a loss since inception, had a net accumulated deficit and may be unable to raise further equity. These factors raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding those matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Anton & Chia, LLP
Anton & Chia, LLP
Newport Beach, CA
January 13, 2015
PART - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ACCELERATED ACQUISITIONS XVII, INC.
BALANCE SHEETS
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
ACCELERATED ACQUISITIONS XVII, INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
ACCELERATED ACQUISITIONS XVII, INC.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
ACCELERATED ACQUISITIONS XVII, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
ACCELERATED ACQUISTIONS XVII, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 1
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ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
(a)
Organization and Business:
Accelerated Acquisitions XVII, Inc. (“the Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware on October 21, 2011 for the purpose of raising capital that is intended to be used in connection with its business plan which may include a possible merger, acquisition or other business combination with an operating business.
The Company is currently in the development stage. All activities of the Company to date relate to its organization, initial funding and share issuances.
(b)
Basis of Presentation:
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP").
(c)
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheet and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
(d)
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers highly liquid financial instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company had no cash at September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
(e)
Loss Per Common Share
Basic loss per share is calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each reporting period. Diluted per share includes potentially dilutive securities such as outstanding options and warrants, using various methods such as the treasury stock or modified treasury stock method in the determination of dilutive shares outstanding during each reporting period. The Company has incurred a loss during the current period; therefore any potentially dilutive shares are excluded, as they would be anti-dilutive. The Company does not have any potentially dilutive instruments for this reporting period.
ACCELERATED ACQUISTIONS XVII, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 1
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ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (continued)
(f)
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company follows guidance for accounting for fair value measurements of financial assets and financial liabilities and for fair value measurements of nonfinancial items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. Additionally, the Company adopted guidance for fair value measurement related to nonfinancial items that are recognized and disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a nonrecurring basis. The guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to measurements involving significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.
• Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
• Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.
The carrying amounts of financial assets such as cash approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments.
NOTE 2
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GOING CONCERN
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the Company will realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. As reflected in the accompanying financial statements, the Company had an accumulated deficit and had no working capital at September 30, 2014. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate future profitable operations and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is also dependent on its ability to find a suitable target company and enter into a possible reverse merger with such company. Management’s plan includes obtaining additional funds by equity financing through a reverse merger transaction and/or related party advances; however there is no assurance of additional funding being available. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might arise as a result of this uncertainty.
ACCELERATED ACQUISTIONS XVII, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 3
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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
At inception, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of restricted common stock to the majority shareholder for initial funding, in the amount of $2,000.
The Company does not have employment contracts with its sole offer and director, who is the majority shareholder.
The sole officer and director of the Company is involved in other business activities and may, in the future, become involved in additional business opportunities that become available. A conflict may arise in selecting between the Company and other business interests. The Company has not formulated a policy for the resolution of such conflicts.
We depend on our sole officer and director, to provide the Company with the necessary funds to implement our business plan, as necessary. The Company does not have a funding commitment or any written agreement for our future required cash needs.
The Company does not own or lease property or lease office space. The office space used by the Company was arranged by the sole officer and director of the Company to use at no charge.
The above amount is not necessarily indicative of the amount that would have been incurred had a comparable transaction been entered into with independent parties.
Accelerated Venture Partners, LLC, advances $6,540 and $1,250 to the Company and forgive the amount during the periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2014.
NOTE 4
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INCOME TAXES
The Company has incurred net operating losses of $10,615 since inception. The Company has not reflected any benefit of such net operating loss carry forward in the financial statements.
In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income.
ACCELERATED ACQUISTIONS XVII, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 4
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INCOME TAXES (continued)
Based on the level of historical taxable losses and projections of future taxable income (losses) over the periods in which the deferred tax assets can be realized, management currently believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefits of these deductible differences. Accordingly, the Company has provided a valuation allowance against the gross deferred tax assets.
As of September 30, 2014, the Company had a net operating loss carryforward of approximately $10,615, which will begin to expire in the tax year 2028.
Federal tax laws impose significant restrictions on the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards and research and development credits in the event of a change in ownership of the Company, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code Section 382. The Company’s net operating loss carryforwards and research and development credits may be subject to the above limitations.
The relevant FASB standard resulted in no adjustments to the Company’s liability for unrecognized tax benefits. As of the date of adoption and as of September 30, 2014 there were no unrecognizable tax benefits. Accordingly, a tabular reconciliation from beginning to ending periods is not provided. The Company will classify any future interest and penalties as a component of income tax expense if incurred. To date, there have been no interest or penalties charged or accrued in relation to unrecognized tax benefits. The Company is subject to federal and state examinations for the year 2011 forward. There are no tax examinations currently in progress.
NOTE 5
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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Adopted
In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-10, Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements. ASU 2014-10 eliminates the distinction of a development stage entity and certain related disclosure requirements, including the elimination of inception-to-date information on the statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity. The amendments in ASU 2014-10 will be effective prospectively for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and interim periods within those annual periods, however early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2014-10 during the quarter ended September 30, 2014, thereby no longer presenting or disclosing any information required by Topic 915.
ACCELERATED ACQUISTIONS XVII, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 5
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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (continued)
Not Adopted
In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-11: Balance Sheet (topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which requires new disclosure requirements mandating that entities disclose both gross and net information about instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position as well as instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. In addition, the standard requires disclosure of collateral received and posted in connection with master netting agreements or similar arrangements. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Entities should provide the disclosures required retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2011-11 on the financial statements.
The FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2012-02-Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment, on July 27, 2012, to simplify the testing for a drop in value of intangible assets such as trademarks, patents, and distribution rights. The amended standard reduces the cost of accounting for indefinite-lived intangible assets, especially in cases where the likelihood of impairment is low. The changes permit businesses and other organizations to first use subjective criteria to determine if an intangible asset has lost value. The amendments to U.S. GAAP will be effective for fiscal years starting after September 15, 2012. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on our financial statements.
Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future financial statements.
Item 9.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
There are not and have not been any disagreements between the Company and its accountants on any matter of accounting principles, practices or financial statement disclosure. On December 17, 2012 Peter Messineo, CPA, declined re-election as our registered public accountants. The Board elected Anton & Chia, LLP, Newport Beach CA. as our auditor. Prior to Board approval, we had not consulted with Anton & Chia, LLP on any accounting or audit matters.
Item 9A(T).
Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our chief executive officer (our principal executive officer principal financial officer and principle accounting officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this annual report.
Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer (our principal executive officer principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) concluded that as of September 30, 2014 our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Our procedures were designed to ensure that the information relating to our company required to be disclosed in our SEC reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer, as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management is currently evaluating the current disclosure controls and procedures in place to see where improvements can be made.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes (including corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses) in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2014 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting pursuant to section 404 of the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Board of Management of Accelerated Acquisitions XVII, Inc. (the Company) is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the US Securities Exchange Act). Internal control over financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) Standards.
Internal control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; providing reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation of our financial statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of company assets are made in accordance with management authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of company assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected.
The Board of Management conducted an assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the “Internal Control-Integrated Framework” established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO 1992). Based on that assessment, the Board of Management concluded that, as of September 30, 2014, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is considered effective.
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2014, has not been audited by Anton &Chia, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
Board of Management
September 30, 2014
Item 9B.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
PART III
Item 10.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
(a) Identification of Directors and Executive Officers. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the Company’s sole officer and director:
Timothy J. Neher, has been the President, Secretary and sole director of the Company since its founding in May 2010. Mr. Neher is the founding partner of Accelerated Venture Partners, LLC, a private venture capital firm based in Foster City, California, and has over 15 years of experience in connection with the provision of debt and equity financing, mergers and public offering transactions. Mr. Neher is a Director of Pinpointed Solutions Inc. a private company since 2008, Director of Ipaypod Inc., a private company since 2007, Director of Internet Card Present, Inc., a private company since 2007 and Director of Virolab, Inc a public company since 2010. He is also the President, Secretary and sole director of the following public reporting companies: Accelerated Acquisitions XIX. Prior to founding Accelerated Venture Partners, Internet Card Present Industries, Pinpointed Solutions and Ipaypod, Timothy was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wherify Wireless, a private to public company from 1999 to 2007. Other past experience includes roles as VP of Marketing & Sales for CTH Consumer Plastics and VP of Operations for Windy City Product Development.
The term of office of each director expires at our annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Directors are not compensated for serving as such. Officers serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors
(b) Significant Employees.
As of the date hereof, the Company has no significant employees.
(c) Family Relationships.
There are no family relationships among directors, executive officers, or persons nominated or chosen by the issuer to become directors or executive officers.
(d) Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings.
There have been no events under any bankruptcy act, no criminal proceedings and no judgments, injunctions, orders or decrees material to the evaluation of the ability and integrity of any director, executive officer, promoter or control person of Registrant during the past five years.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors and officers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file reports of beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of the Company’s securities with the SEC on Forms 3, 4 and 5. Officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
Based solely on the Company’s review of the copies of the forms received by it during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014 and written representations that no other reports were required, the Company believes that no person who, at any time during such fiscal year, was a director, officer or beneficial owner of more than 10% of the Company’s common stock failed to comply with all Section 16(a) filing requirements during such fiscal years.
Code of Ethics
We have not adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions in that our sole officer and director serve in these capacities.
Nominating Committee
We have not adopted any procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to our Board of Directors.
Audit Committee
The Board of Directors acts as the audit committee. The Company does not have a qualified financial expert at this time because it has not been able to hire a qualified candidate. Further, the Company believes that it has inadequate financial resources at this time to hire such an expert. The Company intends to continue to search for a qualified individual for hire.
Item 11.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The Company’s officers and sole director have not received any cash remuneration since inception. He will not receive any remuneration until the consummation of an acquisition. No remuneration of any nature has been paid for on account of services rendered by a director in such capacity. Our sole officer and director intends to devote very limited time to our affairs.
It is possible that, after the Company successfully consummates a business combination with an unaffiliated entity, that entity may desire to employ or retain one or a number of members of our management for the purposes of providing services to the surviving entity. However, the Company has adopted a policy whereby the offer of any post-transaction employment to members of management will not be a consideration in our decision whether to undertake any proposed transaction. There are no understandings or agreements regarding compensation our management will receive after a business combination that is required to be disclosed, or otherwise.
No retirement, pension, profit sharing, stock option or insurance programs or other similar programs have been adopted by the Company for the benefit of its employees.
Director Compensation
We do not currently pay any cash fees to our directors, nor do we pay directors’ expenses for attending board meetings.
Employment Agreements
The Company is not a party to any employment agreements.
Item 12.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
(a) The following table sets forth, as of September 30, 2013, the number of shares of common stock owned of record and beneficially by executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. Unless otherwise set forth below, each of the stockholders has an address located at c/o Accelerated Venture Partners, LLC, 951 Mariners Island Blvd., Suite 300, San Mateo, CA 94404.
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(1)
Accelerated Venture Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is currently owned by Timothy J. Neher, who serves as its Managing Member.
(2)
Represents shares of common stock owned by Accelerated Venture Partners, LLC. Mr. Neher may be deemed the indirect beneficial owner of these shares of common stock since he has sole voting and investment control over the shares.
(3)
Mr. Neher is President, Secretary, Treasurer and sole director of the Company.
(b) The Company currently has not authorized any compensation plans or individual compensation arrangements.
Item 13.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
Except as otherwise indicated herein, there have been no related party transactions, or any other transactions or relationships required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K.
Item 14.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Audit Fees
The aggregate fees billed by Peter Messineo, CPA our prior auditor, for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statement and limited review of financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings were $2,000 for the period from October 21, 2011 (Inception) to September 30, 2012. Anton & Chia, LLP was elected as our auditor in December 2012 for our Form 10-K, estimated costs will be $1,250 amd $750 for the years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Audit-Related Fees
There were no fees billed or to be filled by Messineo or Anton & Chia, LLP for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements for the period from October 21, 2011 (Inception) to September 30, 2014.
Tax Fees
There were no fees billed or to be filled by Messineo Anton & Chia, LLP for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning or the period from October 21, 2011 (Inception) to September 30, 2014.
All Other Fees
There were no fees billed or to be billed by Messineo or Anton & Chia, LLP for other products and services for the period from October 21, 2011 (Inception) to September 30, 2014.
Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Process
The Board of Directors acts as the audit committee of the Company, and accordingly, all services are approved by all the members of the Board of Directors.
Part IV
Item 15.
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
(a) Financial Statements.
None
(b) Index to Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
* Filed as an exhibit to the Company's registration statement on Form 10, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2011 and incorporated herein by this reference.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Title
Date
/s/ Timothy J. Neher
President and Sole Director
January 13, 2015
Timothy J. Neher
Chief Executive Officer