Item 1. Business
General
We were incorporated under the laws of Nevada on March 25, 2005. We conduct our operations through our wholly owned subsidiary, Castwell Precast, Inc., a Utah corporation, that was also incorporated in March 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, Castwell Precast Corporation and Castwell Precast, Inc. are collectively referred to throughout this report as “we”, “us” or the “Company.”
We are engaged in the business of manufacturing and installing decorative window wells made from precast concrete. Our window wells are molded on the interior side to resemble a natural stone pattern that is more pleasing to the eye than the typical corrugated metal or fiberglass product. In addition, we believe the strength and durability of concrete make our window wells superior to those manufactured from galvanized steel, aluminum, fiberglass or similar materials which may buckle, shift or break over time and, in the case of composite and fiberglass, are subject to warping or fading as a result of prolonged exposure to sunlight. Our window wells are designed for long-term use and are bolted to the foundation of the home at the time of installation to prevent future settling or movement. Our window wells are available in natural concrete which provides a neutral background and increases the amount of light reflected into the basement as well as a variety of colors that will match the window well to a desired color scheme and provide additional contrast to accentuate the illusion of real stone. We also offer ladders and covers that have been custom made to fit our line of window wells.
The Industry
Window wells are structures that are placed around basement windows to protect them from caving earth and soil build-up. Window wells are also designed to provide light and ventilation to the basement area and, in some cases, to provide an exit from the basement in the event of an emergency. In order to be effective, we believe window wells should extend from several inches below the sill of the basement window to a height that is approximately 4 to 6 inches above grade level. Window wells range in size from small wells whose function is solely to protect a smaller size basement window to large wells designed to provide egress to the outdoors in the event of an emergency. Window wells are governed by local building codes which generally require at least one means of emergency escape from a basement location. Window wells designed to serve as escape or rescue windows must meet the minimum requirements for length, width and accessibility and must be equipped with a ladder or steps if they exceed a certain height. All of our window wells meet the minimum size required for an egress window well in accordance with Salt Lake County, Utah regulations.
Our Products
All of our window wells are made of precast concrete with the interior side molded to resemble natural stone. We manufacture window wells in the following five standard sizes: 6 feet wide, 5.5 feet tall; 5 feet wide, 5.5 feet tall; 5 feet wide, 4.5 feet tall; 4 feet wide, 5.5 feet tall; and 3 feet wide, 5 feet tall. Our window wells have built in bolts for attaching them to the foundation and built in forklift ports to facilitate moving and loading the products. Our window wells can be ordered in natural concrete tones or a variety of colors that are produced
by adding stains to the concrete before it is poured. Our window wells range in price from approximately $400 to $500 each and we typically include installation if the purchaser buys three or more window wells for simultaneous delivery. We also offer custom steel ladders ranging in price from approximately $85 to $105 based on the type of paint finish, and window well covers ranging in price from approximately $230 to $270 based on paint finish. Covers are generally required by building codes for window wells located within three feet of a walking area and ladders are required for window wells with a depth greater than 3 feet.
Manufacturing
Our window wells are manufactured at a manufacturing and warehouse facility owned by our vice president and located at 11744 South 2700 West, Riverton, Utah. We currently use five molds to manufacture window wells in five different dimensions. Each mold is constructed of two pieces of heavy steel which are pinned together to permit pouring of the concrete and are separated when the concrete has hardened so the finished window wells can be removed. One side of the mold is lined with a sculptured rubber mat that creates the appearance of natural stone on that side of the mold. The manufacturing process is a simple one that involves assembling the molds, placing wire mesh, steel and the attaching bolts in the molds, filling the molds with concrete, and disassembling the molds after the concrete has hardened. We purchase our concrete from third party cement plants who deliver the concrete in cement trucks capable of pouring it directly into our molds. We purchase the wire mesh, steel and bolt components from local suppliers and believe all of such supplies are readily available from a variety of sources. Once the window wells have been removed from the molds, they are moved and stacked by forklift to await delivery. Since we work a maximum of one shift per day, we cannot pour cement more than once per day and our current capacity is limited to a maximum of five window wells per day or twenty-five per week.
Installation
Our window wells are loaded onto a trailer with a forklift and transported to the job site. At the job site, the window wells are off-loaded from the truck and moved into position outside each window with the use of a freestanding crane or boom truck with a crane mounted on the truck bed. Once placed in position, the window wells are bolted to the foundation and soil is backfilled around the exterior side of the window well. The interior can then be partially filled with gravel and soil or decorative rock if desired. It is the responsibility of the contractor or homeowner to prepare the site for installation of the window well. The area around the window well must be excavated to the required dimensions and must have a compacted and level base at the prescribed depth below the windowsill. In the typical case, installation takes approximately fifteen to twenty minutes per window well. We currently use our trailer to deliver a maximum of four window wells to a job site and rent a crane or boom truck to install our window wells at the site for a cost of approximately $80 per hour with a two-hour minimum charge.
Marketing and Sales
We typically sell our window wells to smaller homebuilders building specialty homes in the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area who are willing to pay more for the decorative look and durability of our window wells as compared to the conventional corrugated steel, aluminum or fiberglass models. We don’t employ any salesman or marketing personnel and generally sell our window wells by word of mouth and by “cold calls” to residential contractors. We also pay an 8% to 15% sales commission to one independent window well salesman for selling our window wells to residential contractors. We previously attempted to develop a relationship with larger home builders and developers for the installation of all window wells in a large-scale residential development but found that most large scale developments are budgeted to use cheaper galvanized window wells and are not willing to pay more for our products. We offer price discounts on our products based on the volume purchased. The market for our products varies with the level of construction in the area and is typically slowest during periods of bad weather and below freezing temperatures.
Competition
We compete with a variety of window well manufacturers including manufacturers of the low end, traditional corrugated steel, aluminum or fiberglass models, larger manufacturers of precast concrete models and national manufacturers selling large pre-built systems designed to provide easy emergency ingress and egress to a home. We believe our primary local competitor is O Well and that our national competitors include ScapeWel, Wilbert Precast, Inc., Mar-flex Landscapes and others, although we believe shipping costs make it difficult for out-of-state manufacturers to compete on the basis of price. All of our competitors are better established and have more experience and financial and human resources than do we and there is no assurance that we will be able to compete effectively in our chosen market.
Regulation
We are regulated by local building authorities that issue building permits for the construction of new dwellings and the renovation of existing dwellings. We are also subject to federal and state laws applicable to environmental hazards and hazardous wastes in connection with our manufacturing operations. Applicable environmental laws generally require us to place liners in any dumpsters used to dispose of waste concrete and to dispose of such concrete at a concrete recycling facility. At the present time, the cost of complying with such environmental laws is not significant and environmental laws and regulations do not have a material effect on our business or financial condition.
Employees and Consultants
We have no outside employees and we are dependent on our officers for their continued service to operate our business. The loss of our officers, particularly our president/treasurer, would have a material adverse impact on our business and there is no assurance that we could locate qualified replacements. We have not entered into employment agreements with our officers and we do not carry “key man” life insurance on their lives.
Facilities
Our offices are located at the residence of our president and treasurer at 5641 South Magic Drive, Murray, Utah 84107, which space is provided to us without charge. Our manufacturing operations are located in a manufacturing and warehouse facility owned by our vice president and located at 11744 South 2700 West, Riverton, Utah. We use approximately one-third of the facility on a shared basis pursuant to an oral, month-to-month arrangement. We paid no rent for the use of such facility during 2010. We believe these facilities will be adequate for the operation of our business for at least the next twelve months.
Item 1A.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Our business involves significant risks. You are cautioned not to make an investment in our Shares unless you can afford to lose your entire investment. You should carefully consider the following risk factors and the other information included in this report before you decide to buy our Shares.
Our financial statements contain a going concern qualification indicating that we do not have the necessary working capital for our planned activity which raises doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Our annual audited financial statements contain a going concern qualification indicating that we do not have the necessary working capital for our planned activity and stating that this raises doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern. We incurred net operating losses of $44,447 and $56,278 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and we had an accumulated deficit of $320,468 as of December 31, 2010. We have not entered into any agreements or arrangements for the provision of additional debt or equity financing and there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain the additional debt or equity capital required in order to continue our operations.
We were incorporated in March 2005, have a history of operating losses and there can be no assurance that we will be able to operate at a profit in the future.
We were incorporated on March 25, 2005. We incurred a net loss of $61,209 for the approximately nine months ended December 31, 2005, a net loss of $8,700 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, a net loss of $51,173 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, a net loss of $98,661 for the year ended December 31, 2008, a net loss of $56,278 for the year ended December 31, 2009, and a net loss of $44,447 for the year ended December 31, 2010. There can be no assurance that we will be able to operate at a profit in the future.
Our operations are subject to various risks including, but not limited to, the continuation of the housing crisis and the related decrease in new residential construction which has already substantially reduced the demand for our products and has had a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
Our success will depend on our ability to grow our operations so that our revenues can begin to exceed our costs of operation. Our operations are subject to various risks including, but not limited to, the continuation of the housing crisis and the related decrease in new residential construction which has already substantially reduced the demand for our products and has had a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition. If the housing crisis continues, it could further reduce the demand for our products and have a further material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
We depend on our officers and the loss of their services would have an adverse effect on our business.
We are dependent on our officers to operate our business and the loss of any of such persons would have an adverse impact on our operations until such time as they could be replaced, if they could be replaced. We do not have employment agreements with our officers and we do not carry key man life insurance on their lives. (See “Management.”)
There is currently no established trading market for our stock and there is no assurance that any market will develop in the future, which means a purchaser of our shares may not be able to resell the shares in the future.
Although our stock is included for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board, there are currently no published quotations and there is no active trading market for our stock, and there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for our stock will develop in the future. As a result, the acquisition of our common stock must be considered an “illiquid” investment and a purchaser may not be able to resell the shares in the future. (See “Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.”)
Our stock is subject to special sales practice requirements that could have an adverse impact on any trading market that may develop for our stock.
Our stock is subject to special sales practice requirements applicable to “penny stocks” which are imposed on broker-dealers who sell low-priced securities of this type. These rules may be anticipated to affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our stock, which may in turn be anticipated to have an adverse impact on the market price for our stock if and when a trading market should develop. (See “Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.”)
Our officers and directors own a majority of our issued and outstanding shares and other stockholders have little or no ability to elect directors or influence corporate matters
As of March 22, 2011, our officers and directors were the beneficial owners of approximately 54% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Such persons will able to determine the outcome of actions taken by us that require stockholder approval. For example, they will be able to elect all of our directors and control the policies and practices of the Company. (See “Principal Stockholders.”)
All shares previously sold by us without registration are currently eligible for sale under Rule 144, which may have an adverse impact on any trading market that may develop for our common stock.
Substantially all of the 2,978,348 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock that were issued without registration were issued more than one year ago and are currently eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 adopted under the Securities Act. As a result, non-affiliates are able to sell their shares in any market for our common stock without limitation. For stockholders who are “affiliates” of the Company, which generally includes officers, directors and 10% or greater stockholders, Rule 144 generally requires that they not make any sales unless there is publicly available current information about the Company within the meaning of Rule 144, the Company is current in the filing of periodic reports with the SEC, that they file notices on Form 144 with respect to such sales, and that their public sales of restricted securities do not exceed the greater of 1% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock or 1% of the average trading volume on a national exchange during the preceding four weeks. The possibility of sales under Rule 144 may, in the future, have a depressive effect on the price of the Company’s securities in any market which may develop. The 2,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock held by Amie Coleman and Jason T. Haislip are also subject to the requirements of a Promotional Shares Lock-In Agreement with the Company and such persons are required to sell their shares in accordance with the requirements of such agreement until such time as it has terminated. (See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions: Promotional Shares Lock-In Agreement.”)
Item 2.
Item 2. Properties.
Our offices are located at the residence of our president and treasurer at 5641 South Magic Drive, Murray, Utah 84107, which space is provided to us without charge. Our manufacturing operations are located in a manufacturing and warehouse facility owned by our vice president and located at 11744 South 2700 West, Riverton, Utah. We use approximately one-third of the facility on a shared basis pursuant to an oral, month-to-month arrangement and we paid no rent for the use of such facility during 2010. We believe these facilities will be adequate for the operation of our business for at least the next twelve months.
Item 3.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The Company is not a party to any material legal proceedings and, to our knowledge, no such legal proceedings have been threatened against us.
Part II
Item 5.
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
In December, 2008, the Company's common stock became included on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "CPXE." However, there currently are no published quotations and there is no active trading market for the Company's stock. There can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for the Company's stock will develop in the future.
On March 22, 2011, there were no published bid or asked quotations for the Company’s common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board.
At March 22, 2011, there were approximately 62 holders of record of the Company's common stock, as reported by the Company's transfer agent. In computing the number of holders of record, each broker-dealer and clearing corporation holding shares on behalf of its customers is counted as a single stockholder.
No dividends have ever been paid on the Company's securities, and the Company has no current plans to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
Special Sales Practice Requirements with Regard to “Penny Stocks”
In order to protect investors from patterns of fraud and abuse that have occurred in the market for low priced securities commonly referred to as “penny stocks,” the SEC has adopted regulations that generally define a “penny stock” to be any equity security having a market price (as defined) less than $5.00 per share, or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Since the price of our stock is well below $5.00 per share, our stock is subject to the “penny stock” regulations. As a result, broker-dealers selling our common stock are subject to additional sales practices when they sell our stock to persons other than established clients and “accredited investors.” For transactions covered by these rules, before the transaction is executed, the broker-dealer must make a special customer suitability determination, receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction and deliver a risk disclosure document relating to the penny stock market. The broker-dealer must also disclose the commission payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative taking the order, current quotations for the securities and, if applicable, the fact that the broker-dealer is the sole market maker and the broker-dealer’s presumed control over the market. Monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks. Such “penny stock” rules may restrict trading in our common stock and may deter broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our common stock.
Equity Compensation Plans
We do not have in effect any compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance and we do not have any outstanding employee stock options.
Transfer Agent
Colonial Stock Transfer Co., Inc., 66 Exchange Place, Suite 100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, telephone (801) 355-5740, serves as the transfer agent and registrar for our common stock.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During our 2010 fiscal year, we sold 170,000 shares of our common stock to two accredited investors for aggregate proceeds of $25,500. The investors represented that they were “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D. No underwriter was involved in any of the foregoing transactions and the shares were sold by the Company directly to the investors. The shares were sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on the exemption from such registration requirements provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for transactions not involving any public offering. The shares were sold without general advertising or solicitation, the purchasers acknowledged that they were purchasing restricted securities which had not been registered under the Securities Act and which were subject to certain restrictions on resale, and the certificates representing the shares were imprinted with the usual and customary restricted stock legend.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
We have not adopted a stock repurchase plan and we did not purchase any shares of our equity securities during the 2010 fiscal year.
Item 6.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Not applicable. The Company is a "smaller reporting company."
Item 7.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this report. The following information contains forward-looking statements. (See “Forward Looking Statements” and “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”)
General
We were incorporated on March 25, 2005 to engage in the business of manufacturing and installing precast concrete window wells. On April 4, 2008, we completed the sale of 1,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form SB-2 from which we received gross proceeds of $150,000 before deducting the costs of the offering. Although we have not yet operated on a profitable basis, the proceeds received from such offering were sufficient to sustain our operations through December 31, 2009. During March, 2010, we sold 170,000 shares of our common stock in two private transactions for $25,500 to provide the Company with additional working capital and as of December 31, 2010 such additional funds had been exhausted.
Our executive offices are located at the residence of our president and treasurer for which we pay no rent. Our manufacturing operations are located in a manufacturing and warehouse facility owned by our vice president and located at 11744 South 2700 West, Riverton, Utah. We use approximately one-third of the facility on a shared basis pursuant to an oral, month-to-month arrangement and we paid no rent for the use of such facility during 2010. We believe these facilities will be adequate for the operation of our business for at least the next twelve months.
Our operations involve the manufacture, sale and installation of decorative pre-cast concrete window wells. Substantially all of such work is performed by our officers with limited marketing assistance from an independent contractor. To date, we have not operated on a profitable basis.
2010 Fiscal Year Compared to 2009 Fiscal Year
As discussed below, the housing crisis and the related drop in new residential construction have drastically reduced the demand for our products and have had a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition. If the housing crisis continues, our losses will increase and we will be forced to either obtain additional debt or equity capital or to cease operations. In March 2010, we sold 170,000 shares of our common stock in two private transactions for $25,500 to provide the Company with additional working capital and as of December 31, 2010 such additional funds had been exhausted. Except for the foregoing, we have not entered into any agreement or arrangement for the provision of additional debt or equity funding and no assurance can be given that such funding would be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.
During the year ended December 31, 2010, our revenues were $2,400 compared to revenues of $2,620 for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $220 or 8.4%. The decrease is primarily attributable to reduced product sales during 2010 as result of the continuing housing crisis and the precipitous decrease in the construction of new homes. During 2010, our gross profit was $941compared to a gross loss for the 2009 fiscal year of $687, an increase of $1,628.
During the year ended December 31, 2010, our total operating expenses were $45,388, which was lower than our operating expenses of $55,591 for the year ended December 31, 2009. The $10,203 decrease in operating expenses from 2009 to 2010 is primarily attributable to reductions in payroll ($4,326), legal/professional fees ($9,359) and rent ($2,210), partially offset by an increase in contract labor ($8,000).
During the year ended December 31, 2010, our net loss was $44,447 compared to a net loss of $56,278 for the year ended December 31, 2009. The $11,831decrease in net loss from 2009 to 2010 was primarily attributable to the $1,628 increase in gross profit discussed above and the $10,203 reduction in total operating expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On a consolidated basis, as of December 31, 2010, we had current assets in the form of cash in the amount of $4,247 and current liabilities of $13,750, which resulted in a working capital deficit of $9,503. As of December 31, 2009, we had cash in the amount of $1,362 and current liabilities of $3,942, which resulted in working capital of $2,580. The decrease in working capital from December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2010 is the result of our operating loss during such period and the payment of expenses and accounts payable which more than offset the proceeds we received from the sale of our common stock in March 2010.
As indicated in Note 5 to our financial statements, we incurred a net operating loss of $44,447 for the year ended December 31, 2010 and we have an accumulated deficit of $320,468 as of December 31, 2010. In addition, we had only $2,400 in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements included with this report do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
At December 31, 2010, we did not have sufficient resources to permit us to continue our business plan and conduct our operations for the next six months and we were dependent on the receipt of additional debt or equity funding in order to continue our operations. We have not entered into any agreement or arrangement for the provision of additional funding and no assurance can be given that such funding will be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.
Cash Flows
Operating Activities
Net cash used by operating activities was $22,615 for the 2010 fiscal year resulting primarily from the net loss of $44,447 partially offset by $12,024 in depreciation and an increase in accrued expenses of $9,808. Net cash used by operating activities was $41,262 during the 2009 fiscal year resulting primarily from the net loss of $56,278 partially offset by $12,024 in depreciation.
Investing Activities
Net cash used by investing activities was $0 in 2010 and 2009.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $25,500 in 2010 compared to $0 in 2009 as a result of our receipt of $25,500 in proceeds from the private sales of our common stock during 2010.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We consider our critical accounting policies to be those that require the more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of financial statements, including the following:
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue upon delivery of its precast concrete products.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects the Company’s best estimate of probable losses inherent in the accounts receivable balance. The Company determines the allowance based on known troubled accounts, historical experience, and other currently available evidence. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had a zero balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company has determined that the book value of the Company’s financial instruments at December 31, 2010 and 2009 approximates fair value.
Use of Estimates
In preparing the Company’s financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Depreciation
The Company’s fixed assets consist mainly of machinery and equipment used to produce the concrete products it uses in its operations. The Company provides for depreciation of its equipment by the straight-line method, using an estimated useful life of 7 years. Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $12,024 and $12,024, respectively.
Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings (loss) per common share is computed similarly to basic earnings (loss) per common share, except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company did not have any dilutive common stock equivalents.
Income Taxes
On December 31, 2010, the Company had a net operating loss available for carry forward of $320,468. The tax benefit of approximately $112,000 from the loss carry forward has been fully offset by a valuation reserve because the use of the future tax benefit is doubtful as the Company has been unable to establish a projection of operating profits for future years. The loss carryover will begin to expire in 2026.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Management believes that the adoption of any new relevant accounting pronouncements will not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or its financial position.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on its financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources that is material to investors.
Item 7A.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
Not applicable. The Company is a "smaller reporting company."
Item 8.
Item 8. Financial Statements
The following financial statements are being filed with this report and are located immediately following the signature page.
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2010
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets, December 31, 2010 and 2009
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Item 9.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A(T).
Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our President and Treasurer who serves as our principal executive and principal financial office, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“the Exchange Act”) as of December 31, 2010, the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our President and Treasurer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2010 were effective such that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our President and Treasurer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. A controls system cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our management, with the participation of our President and Treasurer, who serves as our principal executive and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010. In making this evaluation, our management used the COSO framework, an integrated framework for the evaluation of internal controls issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, our management, with the participation of President and Treasurer concluded that as of December 31, 2010, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.
In conducting its evaluation, our President and Treasurer identified a weakness in the Company’s internal control, which arises from the fact that the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers are the same person, which does not allow for segregation of duties. The President and Treasurer believes the weakness is mitigated by the limited number of transactions each year and the engagement of an outside certified public accounting firm to assist us with period end financial disclosure and reporting processes and the preparation of quarterly financial statements. As such, our President and Treasurer does not believe the weakness has a material effect on the accuracy and completeness of our financial reporting and disclosure as included in this report or that the weakness constitutes a material weakness such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or deterred on a timely basis.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
Part III
Item 10.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Directors and Executive Officers
The following table indicates the name, age, term of office and position held by each of our officers and directors. The term of office for each officer position is for one year or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified by the board of directors. The term of office for a director is for one year or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified by the stockholders.
Name
Age
Term
Of
Office
Positions Held
Jason Haislip
President, Treasurer and Director
Amie Coleman
Secretary and Director
Duane J. Smith
Vice President and Director
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Certain biographical information with respect to our officers and directors is set forth below.
Jason T. Haislip, is a founder and principal stockholder of the Company and has served as president from January 10, 2008 to the present, as secretary from March 2005 through January 10, 2008 and as treasurer and a director of the Company since its inception in March 2005. From November 2008 to the present, Mr. Haislip has also been employed by L.N. Curtis & Sons Sales as a sales representative for firefighting equipment. From March 2000 through April 2005, Mr. Haislip was employed by L.N. Curtis & Sons Sales in a similar capacity. The board believes Mr. Haislip is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his extensive knowledge of the Company as a result of his status as a founder and his knowledge of the window well industry.
Amie Coleman, is a founder and principal stockholder of the Company who has served as secretary and a director of the Company since January 10, 2008. The board believes Ms. Coleman is qualified to serve as a director due to her extensive knowledge of the Company as a result of her status as a founder. Ms. Coleman is and has since November 2004, been self-employed as a hair stylist. Since 2008, she has also been engaged on a part-time basis as a certified Pilates instructor at Poise and Strength Pilates. From approximately 2005 through 2008, she was employed by Salon Juliano where she completed an apprenticeship to be a licensed cosmetologist.
Duane J. Smith, was appointed as vice president and a director of the Company on January 10, 2008. Mr. Smith is also self-employed as a licensed general contractor and ranch foreman. From approximately January 2000 through January 2009, Mr. Smith was also the president and owner of Day & Night Glass, a commercial and residential glass company. The board believes Mr. Smith is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his experience as a general contractor and his knowledge of the construction industry.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among our directors, executive officers or persons nominated or chosen to become directors or executive officers.
Director Meetings and Stockholder Meeting Attendance
The Board of Directors held no formal meetings during 2010, but the directors met during 2010 for informal discussions and took action by unanimous written consents in lieu of meetings. Our policy is to encourage, but not require, members of the Board of Directors to attend annual stockholder meetings. We did not have an annual stockholder meeting during the prior year.
Board of Directors
Our board of directors consists of three persons; Jason Haislip, Amie Coleman and Duane Smith. None of our directors is “independent” within the meaning of Rule 4200(a)(15) of the NASDAQ Marketplace because they are officers and employees of the Company.
Our board of directors has not appointed any standing committees, there is no separately designated audit committee and the entire board of directors acts as our audit committee. The board of directors does not have an independent “financial expert” because it does not believe the scope of the Company’s activities to date has justified the expense involved in obtaining such a financial expert. In addition, our securities are not listed on a national exchange and we are not subject to the special corporate governance requirements of any such exchange.
The Company does not have a compensation committee and the entire board participates in the consideration of executive officer and director compensation. The Company’s executive officers are also members of the Company’s board of directors and such persons participate in determining the amount and form of executive and director compensation. To date, the Company has not engaged independent compensation consultants to determine or recommend the amount or form of executive or director compensation.
The Company does not have a standing nominating committee and the Company’s entire board of directors performs the functions that would customarily be performed by a nominating committee. The board of directors does not believe a separate nominating committee is required at this time due to the limited size of the Company’s business operations and the limited resources of the Company which do not permit it to compensate its directors. The board of directors has not established policies with regard to the consideration of director candidates recommended by security holders or the minimum qualifications of such candidates.
Communications with Directors
Shareholders may communicate with the Board of Directors or any individual director by sending written communications addressed to the Board of Directors, or any individual director, to: Castwell Precast Corporation, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 5641 South Magic Drive, Murray, Utah 84107. All communications will be compiled by the corporate secretary and forwarded to the Board of Directors or any individual director, as appropriate. In order to facilitate a response to any such communication, the Company’s Board of Directors suggests, but does not require, that any such submission include the name and contact information of the shareholder submitting the communication.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
The Company does not have a class of equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a result, no reports are required to be filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act by the Company’s directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities.
Code of Ethics
We have not adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to our executive officers, including our principal executive, financial and accounting officers. We do not believe the adoption of a code of ethics at this time would provide any meaningful additional protection to the Company because we have only three employees, all of whom are officers and directors, and our business operations are not extensive or complex.
Item 11.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the annual compensation paid to our chief executive officer in all capacities for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. No executive officer of the Company received total annual compensation in excess of $100,000 per year during the 2010 or 2009 fiscal years.
Summary Compensation Table
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Jason Haislip served as secretary of the Company from its inception in March 2005 through January 10, 2008, as treasurer from inception in March 2005 through the present and as president from January 10, 2008 to the present.
We have not granted our officers or directors any stock options, stock awards or other forms of equity compensation. We do not currently provide our officers or directors with medical insurance or other similar employee benefits, although we may do so in the future.
We do not have any retirement, pension, profit sharing, or insurance or medical reimbursement plans covering our officers or directors, and we are not contemplating implementing any such plans at this time.
Officer Compensation
The compensation for our officers is determined by our board of directors based on management’s recommendations. Jason Haislip, president and director, and Duane Smith, vice president and director, participate in the determination of management compensation. As a result of the downturn in the Company’s business, in early 2009, Mr. Haislip agreed to serve without compensation pending an increase in revenues from operations or our receipt of additional financing and Mr. Smith agreed to serve on a contract basis based on time devoted to the Company’s affairs. We will continue to reimburse our officers for reasonable costs and expenses incurred by them in connection with our business. We may pay additional compensation to our officers in the future, including medical insurance and retirement benefits and increases in compensation, if justified based on the growth of our business and the time such persons are required to devote to our business. We have not entered into an employment agreement with any of our officers.
Director Compensation
Our directors do not currently receive any compensation for serving in their capacity as directors. For the year ended 2010, the Company paid Duane Smith, who is also an officer of the Company, $8,000 for services provided to the Company. Mr. Smith, the landlord of our manufacturing facility did not charge the Company rent for such facility during 2010 as a result of the downturn in our business.
Item 12.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The following table sets forth as of March 22, 2011, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001, owned of record or beneficially by each person known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, and by each of the Company’s officers and directors, and by all officers and directors as a group. On such date, there were 3,978,348 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock.
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(1) Except as otherwise noted, the shares are owned beneficially and of record, and such record stockholder has sole voting, investment, and dispositive power over the shares indicated.
(2) Includes 100,000 shares which may be acquired by Cambria Investment Fund at a price of $0.10 per share pursuant to presently exercisable common stock purchase warrants. The shares of common stock underlying the warrants are deemed to be outstanding shares for the purpose of computing the stockholder’s percentage ownership.
(3) Includes 406,473 shares of which Mr. Vanderhoof is the record and beneficial owner, 77,930 shares owned of record by his spouse, and 151,875 shares and 100,000 presently exercisable common stock purchase warrants owned of record by Cambria Investment Fund, L.P., with respect to which Mr. Vanderhoof may be deemed to share investment and dispositive power as a result of his status as a manager of the general partner of Cambria Investment Fund, L.P. The shares of common stock underlying the warrants are deemed to be outstanding shares for the purpose of computing the stockholder’s percentage ownership.
Item 13.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Unless otherwise indicated, the terms of the following transactions between related parties were not determined as a result of arm’s length negotiations.
Office and Manufacturing Space
Our executive offices are located at the residence of our president and we pay no rent for the use of such space. We reimburse our president for actual out-of-pocket costs incurred on our behalf for paper, copies, long distance telephone charges and similar items used in connection with our operations. Our manufacturing operations are located in a manufacturing and warehouse facility owned by our vice president and located at 11744 South 2700 West, Riverton, Utah. We use approximately one-third of the facility on a shared basis pursuant to an oral, month-to-month arrangement. We did not pay rent for the use of such space during 2010.
Payments to Vice President
For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company made payments to Duane Smith, its vice president, of $8,000 for services provided to the Company.
Promotional Shares Lock-In Agreement
In accordance with requirements imposed by the Utah Securities Division with regard to the Company’s initial public offering, the Company entered into that certain Promotional Shares Lock-In Agreement (the “Lock-In Agreement”) dated as of December 5, 2007, with Jason Haislip and Mathew Martindale, then officers, directors and principal stockholders of the Company, and Amie Coleman, then the spouse of Mathew Martindale and a principal stockholder of the Company (collectively, the “Lock-In Holders”). The Lock-In Agreement generally provides that while the Lock-In Agreement is in effect, the Lock-In Holders will not sell, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of an aggregate of 2,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock held by them except: (a) by will, the laws of descent and distribution, the operation of law or by court order; (b) the hypothecation by the estate of a deceased Lock-In Holder to pay the expenses of the deceased person’s estate; and (c) by gift to the Lock-In Holder’s family members as long as the Promotional Shares remain subject to the terms of the Lock-In Agreement. The Promotional Shares will be released from the requirements of the Lock-In Agreement as follows: (a) beginning two years after the completion date of the Offering, 2 ½ % of the Promotional Shares may be released each quarter on a pro rata basis and on the fourth anniversary of the Offering all remaining Promotional Shares shall be released; and (b) notwithstanding the foregoing, all of the Promotional Shares shall be released from the Lock-In Agreement upon the occurrence of one of the following events: (i) the Offering is terminated and either no securities were sold in the Offering or the proceeds received from investors from the sale of securities in the Offering have been returned to
the investors; (ii) the Offering did not qualify for registration with the Utah Securities Division; (iii) the Company’s common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor thereto having substantially the same eligibility and reporting requirements) and the bid price for such stock posted by non-affiliated market makers is equal to or greater than the $0.15 offering price for the Offering (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends etc.) for a period of 20 consecutive trading days; or (iv) the Company’s common stock should become a “Covered Security” as defined in Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act. If, during the time the Lock-In Agreement is in effect, the Company enters into any merger, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or other transaction or proceeding with a person who is not a promoter of the Company that results in a distribution of the Company’s assets or securities, then: (a) all holders of the Company’s equity securities will initially share on a pro rata, per share basis in the distribution, in proportion to the amount of cash or other consideration that they paid per share for their equity securities (provided that the Utah Securities Division has accepted the value of the other consideration), until the stockholders who purchased the Company’s equity securities in the Offering (the “Public Stockholders”) have received, or have had irrevocably set aside for them, an amount that is equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the offering price per share times the number of shares of equity securities they purchased in the Offering and which they still hold at the time of the distribution, as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends recapitalizations and the like; (b) after such distribution, all holders of the Company’s equity securities will participate on an equal, per share basis times the number of shares of equity securities they held at the time of the distribution, adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like; and (c) a distribution may proceed on lesser terms and conditions than the terms and conditions stated above if a majority of the equity securities that are not held by promoters, or their associates or affiliates, vote, or consent by consent procedure to approve the lesser terms and conditions at a special meeting called for that specific purpose. If the Company enters into any merger, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or other transaction or proceeding with a promoter that results in a distribution while this Agreement remains in effect, the Promotional Shares will remain subject to the terms of the Lock-In Agreement. At the time the Lock-In Agreement was executed, 1,300,000 of the Promotional Shares were owned jointly by Mathew Martindale and Amie Coleman. In January 2008, Mr. Martindale conveyed all his interest in such shares to Amie Coleman and the shares remained subject to the Lock-In Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Lock-In Agreement is summary in nature and is qualified by reference to the Lock-In Agreement, a copy of which is included as an exhibit to this report.
Indemnification
Our articles of incorporation provide that our directors shall have no personal liability to our company or our stockholders for damages for breaches of their fiduciary duties as directors or officers, except for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, or the payment of certain unlawful distributions. In addition, Section 78.037 of the Nevada corporation law, Article VI of our articles of incorporation, and Article VIII of our bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers in a variety of circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is contrary to public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and, therefore, is unenforceable.
Item 14.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Madsen & Associates CPA’s Inc. served as the Company’s independent accountants for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, fees for services provided by Madsen & Associates CPA’s, Inc. were as follows:
“Audit Fees” consisted of fees billed for services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements, review of financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other services normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. “Audit-Related Fees” consisted of fees billed for due diligence procedures in connection with acquisitions and divestitures and consultation regarding financial accounting and reporting matters. “Tax Fees” consisted of fees billed for tax payment planning and tax preparation services. “All Other Fees” consisted of fees billed for services in connection with legal matters and technical accounting research.
The Company’s Board of Directors has adopted a policy requiring the pre-approval of any non-audit engagement of Madsen & Associates CPA’s, Inc. and has pre-approved the engagement of such firm to assist the Company with federal and state tax returns. In the event the Company wishes to engage such firm to perform accounting, technical, diligence or other permitted services not related to the services performed by such firm as our independent auditor, the Company’s President will prepare a summary of the proposed engagement, detailing the nature of the engagement, the reasons why Madsen & Associates CPA’s, Inc. is the preferred provider of such services and the estimated duration and cost of the engagement. The report will be provided to our Board of Directors, who will evaluate whether the proposed engagement will interfere with the independence of such firm in the performance of its auditing services.
Item 15.
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
The following documents are included as exhibits to this report.
(a) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
SEC
Reference Number
Title of Document
Location
3.1
Articles of Incorporation
Incorporated by Reference*
3.2
Bylaws
Incorporated by Reference*
10.1
Warrant to Purchase Securities Between Castwell Precast Corporation and Cambria Investment Fund, LP dated November 14, 2005
Incorporated by Reference*
10.2
Proceeds Escrow Agreement between Castwell Precast Corporation and Colonial Stock Transfer dated as of December 7, 2007
Incorporated by Reference**
10.3
Promotional Shares Lock-In Agreement among Castwell Precast Corporation, Jason Haislip and Amie Martindale dated as of December 6, 2007
Incorporated by Reference**
21.1
Schedule of Subsidiaries
This Filing
31.1
Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer
This Filing
32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive and Chief
Financial Officer
This Filing
*Incorporated by reference to the Company’ Form SB-2 Registration Statement filed July 16, 2007.
**Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’ Form SB-2 Registration Statement filed December 11, 2007.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of 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.
CASTWELL PRECAST CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Dated: March 31, 2011 By /s/ Jason T. Haislip
Jason T. Haislip, President
In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Dated: March 31, 2011 /s/ Jason T. Haislip
Jason T. Haislip
President, Treasurer and Director
(Principal Executive and Accounting Officer)
Dated: March 31, 2011 /s/ Amie Coleman
Amie Coleman
Secretary and Director
Dated: March 31, 2011 /s/ Duane Smith
Duane Smith
Vice President and Director
CASTWELL PRECAST CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2010
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CASTWELL PRECAST CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Castwell Precast Corp. and Subsidiary
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Castwell Precast Corp. and Subsidiary (the Company) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010. Castwell Precast Corp. and Subsidiary’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Castwell Precast Corp. and Subsidiary as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has an accumulated deficit and recurring net operating losses, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are described in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Madsen & Associates CPA’s, Inc.
Madsen & Associates CPA’s, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 31, 2011
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CASTWELL PRECAST CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS
Castwell Precast Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Nevada on March 25, 2005. Since inception, the Company’s purpose has been to design, develop, and market precast concrete products.
On March 25, 2005, the Company formed Castwell Precast, Inc. to be operated as a subsidiary of the Company. As of December 31, 2010, the Company owned 100% of the shares of issued and outstanding stock of Castwell Precast, Inc.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
A summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of the accompanying financial statements follows.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company recognizes revenue upon delivery of its precast concrete products.
ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects the Company’s best estimate of probable losses inherent in the accounts receivable balance. The Company determines the allowance based on the known troubled accounts, historical experience, and other currently available evidence. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had a zero balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts.
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company has determined that the book value of the Company’s financial instruments at December 31, 2010 and 2009 approximates fair value.
USE OF ESTIMATES
In preparing the Company’s financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
DEPRECIATION
The Company’s fixed assets consist mainly of machinery and equipment used to produce concrete products it uses in its operations. The Company provides for depreciation of its equipment by the straight-line method, using an estimated useful life of 7 years. Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $12,024 and $12,024, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
In accordance with ASC Topic 260, “Earnings per Share,” the basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing the net earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings (loss) per common share is computed similarly to basic earnings (loss) per common share, except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company did not have any dilutive common stock equivalents.
INCOME TAXES
On December 31, 2010, the Company had a net operating loss available for carry forward of $320,468. The tax benefit of approximately $112,000 from the loss carry forward has been fully offset by a valuation reserve because the use of the future tax benefit is doubtful as the Company has been unable to establish a projection of operating profits for future years. The loss carryover will begin to expire in 2026.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Management believes that the adoption of any new relevant accounting pronouncements will not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or its financial position.
NOTE 3 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
During 2005, the Company issued 100,000 warrants in conjunction with debt. This debt was converted to stock in December 2005, and the warrants remain outstanding as of December 31, 2010. At the time the warrants and debt were issued, the warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes model, and the related value was not material to the financial statement presentation.
The Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001, and 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.001.
On April 4, 2008, the Company completed the sale of 1,000,000 shares of common stock offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form SB-2. The offering price was $0.15 per share and the Company received gross proceeds of $150,000.
On March 25, 2010, the Company completed the sale of 100,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor. The sale price was set at $0.15 per share and the Company received gross proceeds of $15,000.
On March 31, 2010, the Company completed the sale of 70,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor. The sale price was set at $0.15 per share and the Company received gross proceeds of $10,500.
As of December 31, 2010 the Company had zero shares of preferred stock outstanding and 3,978,348 shares of common stock outstanding.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 4 - GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For the year ended December 31, 2010, general and administrative expenses consisted of the following:
For the year ended December 31, 2009, general and administrative expenses consisted of the following:
NOTE 5 - GOING CONCERN
The Company incurred a net operating loss of $44,447 and $56,278 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and has an accumulated deficit of $320,968 as of December 31, 2010. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
Management’s plans to overcome the Company’s negative cash flows from operating activities and recurring operating losses include increased marketing activity in an attempt to increase the Company’s sales of window wells in connection with remodels as opposed to new construction, an attempt to identify other sources of revenue to provide the Company with cash flow pending the recovery of the housing market, and the reduction of operating expenses. No assurances can be given that the Company will be able to accomplish these objectives or that if achieved, they will be adequate to eliminate the Company’s operating losses. If the Company is unable to stem its history of operating losses before its capital is exhausted, it will be required to seek additional debt or equity funding in order to continue its operations. The Company has not entered into any agreements or arrangement with regard to the provision of such additional funding and no assurances can be given that such funding will be available to the Company.
NOTE 6 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company made payments to its vice president of $8,000 for services provided to the Company.
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