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U.
S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
(Mark
One)
[X]
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the fiscal year ended
December 31,
2009
[ ]
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from ___________ to _____________
Commission
File Number: 000-53372
AVT,
INC.
(Name of
small business issuer as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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11-3828743
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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341
Bonnie Circle, Suite 102
Corona,
CA 92880
________________________________________________________________________
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip
code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area
code:
(951)
737-1057
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act: common stock, $.001 par
value
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as
defined in Rule 405
of
the Securities Act
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pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of
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Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act form their obligations under those
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12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
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past 90 days. Yes [X] No
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Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not
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or any amendment of this Form 10-K. Yes [ ]
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
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reporting company)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
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Yes
No
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State the
aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by
non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was
last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the
last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal
quarter: $16,157,962.
Note - If a determination as
to whether a particular person or entity is an affiliate cannot be made without
involving unreasonable effort and expense, the aggregate market value of the
common stock held by non-affiliate may be calculated on the basis of assumptions
reasonable under the circumstances, provided that the assumptions are set forth
in this Form.
APPLICABLE
ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS
DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant filed all documents and reports required to
be filed by Section 12, 13, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 after the
distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes
[ ] No [ ]
(APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS)
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of April 14, 2009 ,
there were 22,140,973 shares of our common stock were issued and
outstanding.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE
List
hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of
the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is
incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or
information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or
(c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be
clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to securities
holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).
PART
I
Item
1. Business
Cautionary
Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
The
following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our audited
consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this
report. This report contains “forward-looking statements.” The
statements contained in this report that are not historic in nature,
particularly those that utilize terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,”
“expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “believes,” or “plans” or comparable
terminology are forward-looking statements based on current expectations and
assumptions.
Various
risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed in forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not limited
to, those set forth under the section “Risk Factors” set forth in this
report.
The
forward-looking events discussed in this report, the documents to which we refer
you and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives,
may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are
subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. For these
statements, we claim the protection of the “bespeaks caution”
doctrine. All forward-looking statements in this document are based
on information currently available to us as of the date of this report, and we
assume no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results to
differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The
Company
AVT, Inc., is a public
company. Our common stock is quoted on the Pink Sheets in the
over-the-counter market.
Our
primary focus is on the manufacture of vending and product dispensing systems
which utilize an innovative approach of development, integration of technology
and advertising media. Our products define the cutting edge of the
vending industry and position us as an industry innovator.
We are
also a vending operator having approximately 1,000 vending systems throughout
the Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside, California counties. It is our
vending operation experience over the past years that adds to the distinctive
advantage and overall success as a manufacture and leader of technology based
vending products. Our executive offices, engineering and manufacturing facility
and warehouse are located at 341 Bonnie Circle, Suite 102, Corona, CA
92880. Our telephone number is (951) 737-1057.
We also
own and operate a Mexican fast food restaurant, known as AC Mexican Food, Inc.
dba, Jalapenos. The restaurant is located in a food court of a retail
mall at 20532 El Toro Road, #112, Mission Viejo, CA 92692. The
restaurant is a typical Mexican fast food restaurant that operates from mid
morning through late evening with the majority of its business
being lunch and dinner patrons.
We were originally incorporated under
the laws of the State of Delaware on February 25, 1969 as Infodex,
Incorporated. In October, 2005, we acquired Automated Vending
Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation and began focusing our business on
vending operations. In December, 2006 we merged our operating wholly owned
subsidiary into the parent company and in January of 2008, we changed our state
of domicile to the State of Nevada and renamed the company to “AVT,
Inc.” We operate in the State of California as “AVT Vending,
Inc.”
We have received a going concern
opinion from our auditors.
THE
BUSINESS
AVT, Inc. is an innovative vending
operator and manufacturer of technology based vending solutions and
equipment. We currently employ a workforce of approximately 25 people
and services approximately 300 commercial and government vending accounts in
Southern California. We use our patent
pending technologies to drive our vending innovations which are in
various stages of development. AVT’s technology staff ranges from
electrical and mechanical engineers to software programmers and IT specialists
thereby enabling us to design and control all of our unique products while
keeping the “edge” on all of our developed products
Our
business currently focuses on the following:
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Manufacturing
of the RAM 4000 vending machine, a refrigerated beverage/snack combination
vending machine containing more sophisticated technology then our
competitors and offered at competitive
pricing.
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Manufacturing
of the RAM 5000 vending machine, a high capacity non-refrigerated
snack/chip/pastry combination vending machine containing more
sophisticated technology then our competitors and offered at competitive
pricing.
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Manufacturing
an attractive, built-in, secure access vending cabinet for hotels that do
not have on-site food service. Our AEM™ cabinet incorporates patent
pending touch-screen to vend or TSV™ which replaces both stand-alone
machines and in-room locked mini-fridges while providing controlled access
and a range of direct customer billing
options.
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AVT
has developed a variety of ‘high end” PC based product dispensing
systems.
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These
systems are derivatives of the AVT RAM 4000 or 5000 base housing having
front panels which are unique or customized to end customer’s needs for
digital signage or large color touch screens. These systems
allow a variety of AVT designed technologies to be integrated into the
system to meet specific customer needs for a custom dispensing
system. Our current high end product dispensing includes the
Ivend, 24Hr. Vend Mart, and
Tech-Store.
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We
manufacture Patent-Pending, affordable, wireless VMS™ technology enabling
vending machine owners/operators to remotely manage their vending systems
and receive real time information via the Internet. This system
also utilizes a cashless payment system enabling patrons to use credit
card or membership card for completing vending
transactions.
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We
offer advertising via our highly visible, remotely-programmable, AVTI
Media™ Network video panels which are integrated into vending machine
signage that creates a new opportunity for advertisers to reach consumers
in a captive setting.
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Our goal is to be the leader in
technology based vending and product dispensing solutions that are reflective of
today’s “got to have it now” consumers. Serving international vending owners and
operators whose desire is to have a better experience with vending equipment. We
strive to grow our business by developing superior customer solutions, adapting
new technologies, and pursuing appropriate mergers and
acquisitions. Our growth is dependant upon the development of new
technology, the incorporation of advertisement on the vending machines, the
sales of our RAM 4000 and RAM 5000 systems, the introduction of the next
generation Product Dispensing Centers, and the development
of revolutionary vending technologies.
Vending
History
Vending machines had been introduced to
Americans over 70 years earlier by Thomas Adams, who installed them on New York
City's elevated train platforms to sell his Chicklets gum. After World War II
the vending industry grew twice as fast as the gross national product, driven by
three primary factors: rising labor costs made machines an attractive
alternative to human laborers; technological advances in food preservation and
dispensing equipment permitted service of hot meals, sandwiches, coffee, and
soft drinks; and technological advances were made in money-changing equipment.
Vendors targeted "captive" markets in factories, offices, schools, and other
institutions--a huge market with plenty of potential for growth and competition.
The vending industry had achieved $2.5 billion in annual sales by 1960, and with
statistics showing that Americans ate one in four meals away from home, vendors
and stockbrokers foresaw a fine future for vending.
The
Market
The vending industry is a $42 billion
domestic market as reported by The Vending Times Census of the Industry
2004. This figure represents the revenues generated by vending
owners/operators and excludes office coffee and manual food
service. Manual food service represents an additional $10 billion in
annual demand for convenience food. Vended Food Products, which
include refrigerated, frozen, can/bowl pack, and other meal items represents a
$3.1 billion segment. While data on vended frozen foods is not stated
specifically, industry sources including Vending Times and The Automatic
Merchandiser Magazine concur that frozen food is a growth category while fresh
foods are declining. Frozen food machines include ice cream machines as well as
frozen entree machines that require an adjacent microwave oven to heat the
item.
According to the Vending Times, there
are an estimated 1.4 million vending locations throughout the
United States situated in manufacturing plants, factories, offices,
government buildings, schools, colleges, hospitals and other public locations.
These are served by approximately 9,000 vending operators. In
addition, there are approximately 52,000 hotels in the United States and 300,000
worldwide according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association
(www.ahma.com). There are approximately 6,000 business-oriented hotels with more
than 150 rooms, and approximately 14,000 hotels with 75 to 150 rooms. The growth
rate for the overall vending market is 5% annually.
OUR
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
We have a family of products which are
geared towards improving the experience of consumers, establishments, and
operators in the convenience food, digital signage and product dispensing
industry.
Our
current line of products and services are described below.
Automated
Express Market
We
have developed and created our Automated Express Market (AEM™) system which is
Controlled Access Cabinet system. These custom built wood and steel based
cabinets are PC based and designated for use in specialized locations such as
hotels, Inns, c-stores, malls and retail stores that are limited in the ability
to effectively sell and market food, convenience items or higher priced items
which are subject to pilfering. The cabinets can be merchandised to dispense
more than seventy-two selections including snacks, hot meals, ice cream,
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages as well as personal amenities such as
sunscreen, toothpaste, and brushes. They can also be configured for
high ticket items such as cell phones, digital cameras mp3 players personal
electronic devise and more. The AEM™ system gives the hotel’s customers the
convenience of billing directly to their room through touch screen pin
technology so they do not have to carry cash or coin to make purchases. The
system automatically posts the charge to the guest’s account by utilizing touch
screen vending (TSV™) and multi-payment capabilities. AEM™ cabinets have
multiple payment options built in that include touch screen payment technology,
credit/debit acceptors and smart card readers. We are currently
exploring opportunities with many limited service hotel chains in the U.S., a
market that totals more than 50,000 establishments as well as c-stores and
retail stores and shopping malls.
Media
Advertising
We
have developed AVTi Media™ which allows for an advertising medium to be added to
virtually any of AVT designed systems including AEM™ cabinets and all four next
generation vending machines. By incorporating AVTI Media, we allow
the consumer to view the media, advertising or hotel messaging while they make
their selections. AVTi Media can generate advertising revenue for
owners and operators in many settings such as conference rooms, hotel lobbies,
airport terminals, restaurants, car rental outlets and surgery center waiting
rooms. By having vending machines in prominent locations within major
companies, the vending operator “owns” the valuable space that can be used to
generate advertising revenue through the Digital TV Message Board or (DTVMB)
technology. Our Vending Management System software allows for the
management of machine inventory, repairs, collections and advertising through
remote access. VMS™ enables owner/operators to reduce costs and increase profits
by enabling real time access to inventory levels, system status, machine service
and daily receivables with little to no machine down time.
Vending
Management System™ (VMS)
Our
VMS systems allow us to view item information for each machine to help plan for
daily replenishment, sales statistics and alerts us of defects to operators as
well as defect history for each machine. This technology increases operational
efficiency of vending operations and helps to prevent inventory shrinkage and
skimming, both major control issues in the vending industry. A key
differentiator relative to the offerings of other established players in the
vending machine management space is that our VMS solution works via a DSL line
cellular modem or Internet Wi-Fi and be substantially less expensive to own and
operate than competing systems who do not use the internet for bi-directional
transmission of vending system data.
Vend
Sensing System (VSS)
We
have developed and have a patent pending on our VSS product to provide a
surefire solution for detecting all vended items. The VSS was
developed specifically to detect that a vending type of product has dropped from
one of the dispensing columns directly above the sensing system and has fallen
into the customer delivery bin at the base of the vending system.
The VSS is coupled directly with the
vending system control electronics in such that the VSS circuitry is disabled
until the vending system control electronics has received
payment. Once payment has been received and the vending system starts
the dispensing process, the control electronics enables the VSS circuitry to
detect product which has been dispensed and has dropped into the delivery bin
below. During this sensing period, the VSS circuitry is only enabled
for the empirical time period it takes to detect any one of the vendible
products to fall into the delivery bin.
During the sensing period of time, the
VSS circuitry uses an auto-calibrated ultrasonic beam to detect if an object of
just about any size, form or shape (designed for detection of any object that
can be vended) has fallen into the detectable space of the customer product
delivery bin. If an object (vended product) enters the detectable
vending space, the VSS circuitry detects the object and in turn sends a
“detected” signal to the Control Electronics. If the VSS circuitry
does not detect an object has entered the customer delivery bin space within the
allotted empirical time frame, the VSS circuitry returns a command signal to the
control electronics that a “no vend object detected”. It is the
control electronics responsibility to determine the next appropriate action to
take.
This invention for product detection
provides many distinct and exciting advantages over conventional
detection. First and foremost, the VSS is calibrated to “look” across
the entire cross-sectional area of the delivery bin. This is a
primary advantage over the conventional light beam detection
method. The detection system is compatible in cost to that of
traditional vending detection systems. The “self calibration mode
allows the system to be able to retrofit into other vending systems with minimal
modification needed.
Vending
Machine Manufacturing, Sales and Placements
We
currently manufacture next generation refrigerated and high capacity snack
machines as well as standard and customized product dispensing systems. These
machines have been designed to meet or exceed our specific performance
specifications and give us the ability to minimize costs traditionally
associated with purchasing new equipment. The manufacturing of our
own equipment also allows us to incorporate our technology into the systems
during at the time of production reducing the costs associated with retrofitting
units. We sell these systems directly to distributors, vending operators and end
users located primarily throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. We
believe that we are currently the only manufacturing entity with this capability
in the vending industry, giving us a tremendous lead and advantage over our
competition.
The major competitive advantages of
AVT’s next generation machines is they all have the capability of being
configured with an integrated PC. The integrated PC allows for a
variety of additional functions which include but are not limited to, cashless
vending, remote sales management and media advertising for creating additional
revenue through the sale and display of advertising play loops. The
feature of playing multiple looping advertisements yields the possibility of
adding additional stream of revenue which may exceed that of the sales of vended
product. Another significant advantage is the ability to
plug into a standard 120 VAC household power outlet. As an operator, AVT’s
experience is that the unit price of a machine and sometimes the required 220VAC
circuits for the units represent major constraints to growth of a vending
company. Our next generation machines will cut machine acquisition
cost by greater than 50% and eliminate expensive power outlet upgrades for
establishments and operators increasing placement and sales
opportunities. Through the design and manufacturing of vending and
product dispensing systems using new technologies, we have become a vendor of
equipment for the entire gamete of food and high priced consumer electronics and
dispensed items. With capabilities to produce machines that are far less
expensive, less power demanding and having multi-pay options other than the
traditional market standard, we have the opportunity to grow the mainstream as
well as specialty segment of vending machine manufacturing and operations to
become a major equipment provider to other distributors, all without a heavy
capital investment.
BUSINESS
STRATEGY
Manufacturing
Capabilities
Our goal is to become a full service
developer and manufacture of highly integrated vending systems. Over
the past several years, AVT has assembled an integral team of experienced
engineers and qualified technicians to develop vending solutions comprised of
original and inventive technology and integrating this technology into a line of
sophisticated self service products.
Our engineers use creative tools such
as “Solid Works” to develop and generate CAD drawings used by our local
manufacturing partners as well as our OEM manufacture in China to produce our
state of the art vending systems components which are shipped to our 30 thousand
square foot facility in Corona, California for integration, assembly, final
testing and deployment.
A
multitude of electrical and software tools are also used to create AVT’s
proprietary control boards, sensors, and firmware used by all AVT branded
product.
PRODUCTS
The
RAM4000 Vending Machine
Our RAM4000 is a refrigerated vending
system.. This is a refrigerated snack/beverage combo machine that
uses all of our current technology to vend 4 rows of food, beverage, snack and
candy or any combination thereof . The RAM4000 is ideal for smaller
populated vending accounts, OCS locations and the school segment. The
RAM400 uses our optional Multi-Pay system allows the machine to accept Cash,
ATM, and Credit Cards. The system also accepts AVT’s optional AVTi
Media product and VSS product drop detection system.
The
RAM5000 Vending Machine
Our RAM5000 machine is our answer to
the industry’s need for a higher capacity non refrigerated snack machine which
utilizes all of our current technology. The RAM5000 vends 5 rows of
non-refrigerated snack and candy or any combination thereof. RAM5000 is ideal
for smaller populated vending accounts needing a high capacity vending machine,
OCS locations and the school segment. Like the RAM4000, the RAM5000 uses our
optional Multi-Pay system allows the machine to accept Cash, ATM, and Credit
Cards. The system also accepts AVT’s optional AVTi Media product and
VSS product drop detection system.
Kiosk
Systems
In addition to our vending machines, we
have incorporated a line of computer and technology based kiosk
systems. These kiosks will be deployed in conjunction with our line
of RAM vending systems as well as being sold as self service or control center
kiosks systems. All kiosks have the ability to be fitted with digital
signage which runs our media software products to be come a part of AVTi Media
Network.
AVTi
Media
AVTi Media is an advertising medium
option available basically all AVT products including our next generation
vending RAM 4000/5000 vending systems. AVTi Media displays media,
advertising, or hotel messaging on video screens located on the vending machine
or product dispensing systems.. Consumers may view the media while
they make their selections at the vending machine. AVTi Media can
generate advertising revenue for owners and operators in many settings. Our
target market are surgery centers, health clubs, dentist offices, retail sites,
and any organization that has a high-traffic, captive audience that is striving
to enhance the experience of their customers.
Fabrication
We fabricate the housing for our
vending machines utilizing offshore contract manufacturers. Our final
fabrication and assembly is based in Corona, California at our main
facility. Local manufacturing includes approximately 10,000 sq/ft of
sheet metal fabrication and 15,000 sq/ft of assembly. In-house
Fabrication Capabilities include; Sheet Metal Forming, Welding, NC Punching, pot
Welding, Machining and Fab Win (Fabrication Programming
Software). In-House Assembly Capabilities include; Line Assembly,
System Integration, QC Testing, Silk Screening, Operational
Testing.
COMPETITION
There are several vending companies in
Southern California and the United States. These competitors offer
machine sales and vending route operations much the same as we do.
Our route and vending
operations serve as our core business structure. Our route and
vending operations utilize approximately 10 service trucks to service
approximately 650 placed systems in 250 locations. Our service
operation is based in Corona California and covers the primarily the areas of
Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties. We currently
compete in these counties with several other competitors. Although
these are our competitors from the sense that they have offer similar route and
vending services, they do not manufacture machines as we
do. These competitors are as follows.
• Take
a Break:
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Primary
operations in Corona having about 20 trucks to service their
routes.
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• Continental:
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Primarily
operations in Orange County having have about 30 to 35 trucks servicing
their routes.
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• Complete:
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Primarily
operations in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties having approximately
about 19 trucks.
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Manufacturing Competition
We primarily manufacture two vending
systems; a refrigerated low capacity machine, the RAM 4000, and a
non-refrigerated high capacity vending machine, the RAM 5000. Both of
these base models systems can house a variety of AVT designed and integrated
technology making either the RAM 4000 or RAM 5000 or any one of the several
derivative systems unique with the vending industry. Several of our
pending patents may present a potential monopoly within the vending industry
thereby forcing other manufacturing competitors to pay us for royalties or
licenses fees for use of our patented technologies.
Many of our manufacturing competitors
have been in business for many years building base line types of traditional
vending systems. We believe that these companies are competitors for our RAM
4000 and RAM 5000 base line systems. Several of these competitors are
described below.
• Crane:
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Which
also owns Dixie Narco, AP (Auto Products) and National Vendors is the
largest manufacture of traditional baseline vending
systems.
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• USI:
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A
seasoned vending manufacture having many years in the manufacturing of
traditional baseline vending systems.
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• AMS:
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A
large manufacture which designs its own traditional baseline systems and
has been in the vending business for many years.
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• Zoom
Systems:
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A
manufacture which does design vending systems which integrate high levels
of technology. Because Zoom Systems integrates high
levels of technology into its systems, it would be considered one of AVT’s
primary competitors.
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Although we have competition with
vending routes and vending machine sales, we believe that as a technology based
company, we are unique to the vending and kiosk industries in that we have the
ability to design, develop then integrate our technology into our premium line
of vending systems. Due to this specialized approach, we believe that
other than Zoom Systems, we currently do not have any significant
competition which is capable of integrating current technologies in the form of
PC based operation, RF wireless control or similar technologies seamlessly into
vending systems or products.
PATENTS
We currently have five pending patents
for our technology. These pending patents are summarized
below.
Multimedia System, Method
for Controlling Vending Machines
Serial Number 11-588,422
(Filed: October 27,
2006)
Conventional control of vending systems
is typically done by using a system control board consisting of a PWB (printed
circuit board) and a microcontroller supported by a group of discrete electronic
components. These system components are used to control the various
system functions of a vending machine i.e. spinning of auger motors, control of
bill and coin acceptors, LED display feed back etc.
Our invention of Touch Screen Vending
or TSV has redefined the conventional method of vending machine
control. TSV empowers the use of a multimedia PC and a color touch
LCD display to virtually control the complete operation of the vending
machine. The PC stores a data base software program of all desired
products to vend with an associated color digital image of each
item. A second application program displays the color image of the
intended items to vend in the exact format as seen through the glass front of
the vending machine. The PC also controls the collection of currency
(i.e. bill acceptor, coin acceptor, credit card reader) in place of the vending
machines control board. I/O (input/output) ports from the PC are used
to interface to the vending machine control board and all aspects of operation
of the vending machine is under complete control by a multimedia PC coupled with
the touch screen LCD.
This invention for the control of
vending machines provides many distinct and exciting advantages over
conventional control such as the universal language of using a touch display to
select desired products to vend in place of an alphanumeric
keypad. The system can generate virtually any type of report to
combat money or product shrinkage while providing exact control of
inventory. The LCD provides a means of generating additional revenue
through advertising displayed products or other services while the system in
idle mode.
Vend Operating
System
Claims to be amended to the Multimedia
System, Method forControlling
Vending Machines – Serial Number 11-588,420
(Filed: October 27,
2006)
Our Vend Operating System (Vend OS) is
a next generation vending and product dispensing system utilizing a personal
computer (PC) to drive the system components and utility
software. The uniqueness in the system lies in that the vending
system uses a PC to control the vending system as compared to the prior art in
the vending industry which typically uses discrete component controllers for
overall system operation and control.
Our Vend OS is broken up into two
sections hardware and software. The hardware consists of the following devices:
Virtual Sensing System (VSS), a USB Omni-pattern scanner, a USB Magtek Card
Reader, a USB Pyramid Bill Acceptor, a MDB Coinco coin machine, a 7 inch LCD
screen built-in with the Nano-ITX PC, and a portable mpeg player (allowing
static media files to play in a continuous loop). The software
consists of the following applications: Vending Management System (VMS), Touch
Screen Vending (TSV) and AVTI Digital Signage Media.
Our Vend OS is extremely flexible in
its capabilities because the product is installed in our RAM bases systems
without any peripheral devices and a Nano-ITX computer that includes a freeware
developed by our engineering department running as a Windows’ service allowing
vending by conventional ways. This freeware allows sales data and records to be
stored in a secure database and has the capability of manipulating a machine’s
state remotely through internet connectivity, memory stick, cell modem or phone
line.
With our Vend OS we
can: manipulate product prices; turn the machine off and on, turn the
compressor off and an, manipulate the change returned, manipulate the system
clock, and read the machine’s state from the MDB interface and motor/auger
control. Our Nano-ITX computer includes an optional 7” touch wide
screen LCD, a flash ROM that runs Microsoft Embedded System, a MDB to RS-232
interface board that connects from a VMC board to the PC serial port, motor
driver printed circuit board and a PCMCIA modem that allows wireless internet
connection as a typical system but control for any variety of input or out put
devices are part of the scalable system.
Wireless Management of
Remote Vending
Serial Number
60-730,369
(Filed: October 27,
2005)
Conventional methods for managing the
inventory of vending machine product, price selection and for checking the daily
sales numbers are typically performed by a route driver who manual checks the
vending machine on a frequent basis by driving to the vending machine/s location
and performing a variety of manual operations which include interrogation of the
vending machine’s control board.
The invention of “Wireless Management
of Remote Vending” defined as VMS (Vending Management System) is a method for
performing the management on many of the above listed vending machine
functions. Information on vending activity is stored in the vending
machine’s electronic control board which is then wirelessly transmitted out
through the VMS module to a wireless cell phone network. The
information received on wireless network is downloaded then transmitted over the
internet to one central PC server/s located at AVT. The information
stored on AVT’s server/s can be accessed via a secure log-in function (user’s
account) to review and manage any specific vending machine in the network (which
has been equipped with a VMS module). The flow of VMS information and
data is a bi-directional operation. Users can also upload data,
changes and control function out from their secure account to any of the vending
machines in their specific network.
VMS was designed to be a low cost
solution with high tech performance. Vending route operators with as
little as one or and many as one hundred (or more) vending systems in the field
and equipped with VMS can now remotely and effectively control and managed their
vending operations from a single PC located at the home
office. Remote VMS management controls money and product shrinkage,
manages inventory by letting the vending operator know exactly what has sold and
what needs to be replaced and monitors and transmits systems critical
information such as machine temperature, system errors and failure modes and
alerting the vending operator instantly for expeditious disposition on any
vending system in the field equipped with a VMS telemetry module.
Vend Sensing
System
Serial Number 11-976,311
(Filed: October 23,
2007)
Historically, the vending industry has
typically used the conventional method of breaking or impeding a light beam for
detecting when a product which has vended (dropped from a column above delivery
bin). In most cases, the light beam consists of an infrared
transmitter and infrared detector which are mounted in a direct “line of site”
of each other. When a product has dropped across the light beam, the
product will momentarily break the path of the light beam which sends an
interruption signal to the vending system’s control board for
processing. Because a focused light beam is inherently narrow, this
often causes the light beam to miss narrow items such as a thin candy
bar. Our Vend Sensing System (VSS) has redefined this conventional
method for detecting a vended product utilizing ultrasonic sound.
During the sensing period of time, the
VSS circuitry uses an auto-calibrated ultrasonic beam to detect if an object of
just about any size, form or shape (designed for detection of any object that
can be vended) has fallen into the detectable space of the customer product
delivery bin. If a vended product enters the detectable vending
space, the VSS circuitry detects the object and in turn sends a “detected”
signal to the control electronics. If the VSS circuitry does not detect an
object has entered the customer delivery bin space within the allotted empirical
time frame, the VSS circuitry returns a command signal to the control
electronics that a “no vend object detected.” It is the control
electronics responsibility to determine the next appropriate action to
take.
The VSS is coupled directly with the
vending system control electronics so that the VSS circuitry is disabled until
the vending system control electronics has received payment. Once
payment has been received and the vending system starts the dispensing process,
the control electronics enables the VSS circuitry to detect product which has
been dispensed and has dropped into the delivery bin below. During
this sensing period, the VSS circuitry is only enabled for the empirical time
period it takes to detect any one of the vendible products to fall into the
delivery bin.
This invention for product detection
provides many distinct and exciting advantages over conventional
detection. First, the VSS is calibrated to “look” across the entire
cross-sectional area of the delivery bin. This is a primary advantage
over the conventional narrow light beam detection method. The
detection system is compatible in cost to that of traditional vending detection
systems and because it is self calibrating, it can readily retrofited into other
vending systems with minimal modifications.
System and Method for
Interactive Advertising
Serial Number 60-935,045
(Filed: July 24,
2007)
Our System and Method for Interactive
Advertising is a unique solution for potential clients or users to interact to a
specific network of supplied information such as advertising and branding via a
secure or unsecured network. The system is designed to allow for
direct customer interaction through existing telephone switch based
infrastructure such as pay phones.
The new system essentially takes our
base advertising hardware/software products and adapts them for the telephone
industry. This adds a level of customer interaction based upon touch
or other interactive means such as a keyboard or a display
message. Customers using the system may be rewarded either with
discounts and/or promotional deals depending upon the touched advertisement
after responding to simple instructions displayed on the screen.
In addition, the smart technology
integrated into each system telephone may also be fitted with the appropriate
hardware to make that specific location a “Hot-Spot.” Each Hot-Spot
provides customers with another means of interacting with the ATV
network through free of fee-based connectivity using the customer’s portable
device such as a smart phone or laptop computer, or any other portable
electronic device capable of linking to the Hot-Spot by means of cable,
wireless, or infrared radio frequency. Each Hot-Spot location allows
customers to use wireless internet within the location’s range to aid them in
acquiring their discounts and/or rewards more quickly and specific
advertisements may be downloaded and displayed on the phone touch
screen. Ideally, customers may form a dependency for the Hot-Spot’s
use and become a habitual user of the AVT technology and services.
Effect
of existing or probable governmental regulations on the business
The effects of existing or probable
government regulations are minimal.
FABRICATION
AND DESIGN
AVT is dedicated to the development of
technology enriched vending and product dispensing systems. Our
fabrication and design team is staffed with software, electromechanical and
firmware engineers, and information technology specialists with the primary
responsibility of developing and integrating new technology into our vending
systems.
Our fabrication and design team uses
creative tools such as “Solid Works” to develop and generate CAD drawings which
are used by our local manufacturing partners and OEM manufacture in China to
produce our state of the art vending systems, components and retrofit
designs. These machines are shipped to our facility in Corona,
California for integration, assembly, final testing and deployment.
Fabrication and design effort is the
design and enhancement of our AVTi Media products. The AVTi Media
products are integrated into our base systems and also sold to other vending
manufactures. The following is a summary of our current AVTi
products:
• AVTi Media
Administer: This is a program
designed to manage and administer all aspects and features of our digital
signage program. The Media Administrator allows a remote operator to
create, manage, update and scheduled ads that will play on LCD displays which
have been integrated into vending systems.
• AVTi Media
Client: This is a
program designed be located on the vending system’s integrated PC and has the
priority of playing the ad “play list.” This client software also
uses prescheduled times to monitor the server to “update” the playlist as
required.
• AVTI Media
Server: This is a server
based program which coordinates the efforts, changes and directives from the
administrator program with the schedule efforts of all the multiple clients
located in the field and connected via the internet.
Our secondary fabrication and design
efforts run concurrently with our primary efforts to support ongoing systems and
to develop new products. These products are summarized as
follows:
• TSV: Touch
Screen Vending is an ongoing software development effort which is our primary
flagship software product. This is a modular program designed to
evolve with the changing technologies supporting our vending and dispensing
products.
• IVend: This is an ongoing
development design that features a high-end dispensing center which combines our
base RAM 4000 cabinet with a creative front door design which includes
interactive touch screens and a variety of other supported
hardware. The IVend also has its own software application program
which is designed to provide a high degree of interactive and intuitive
application to the user.
• Tech
Store: This system is similar to our IVend system designed for middle
priced systems.
• Vend
Mart: This system
is similar to our IVend system designed for entry level priced
systems. The Vend Mart also has its own software application program
which is design to provide a high degree of interactive and intuitive
application to a base line vending systems equipped with TSV.
In additional, we have a variety of
ongoing hardware and software R&D projects which are at various stages of
development. The following is a brief list of some of our
non-confidential R&D efforts:
MDB
– PC Software Interface
DEX
to PC software Interface
MDB
to USB Hardware Device
DEX
to Radio Controller PCB
X –
Y Dispensing Center Design
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VMSII
– Hardware/Server/Software Project
VMS
– Drop Sensing efforts
AEM
Cabinet Design
Multiple
All-In-One PC/LCD Displays designs
Multiple
Custom Dispensing Projects
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Costs and effects of compliance with environmental laws
The expense of complying with
environmental regulations is of minimal consequence.
Number
of total employees and number of full time employees.
We currently have approximately 23 full
time employees and 5 part-time employees. We allow and utilize the
services of independent contractors.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
An investment in our common stock
involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the
following risk factors and the other information in this registration statement
before investing in our common stock. Our business and results of
operations could be seriously harmed by any of the following risks.
We
have a limited operating history and may not succeed.
We have a
limited operating history and may not succeed. Our plans and
businesses are “proposed” and “intended” but we may not be able to successfully
implement them. Our primary business purpose is vending operations
and manufacturing. We expect that unanticipated expenses, problems,
and technical difficulties will occur and that they may result in material
delays in the operation of our business. We may not obtain sufficient
capital or achieve a significant level of operations and, even if we do, we may
not be able to conduct such operations on a profitable basis.
Our
common stock is a “Penny Stock” which trades on the Pink Sheets on the
over-the-counter market, as a result, there are additional risks associated with
stock and you may be unable to liquidate your investment in our stock
quickly.
Our common stock is considered a “Penny
Stock” which trades on the Pink Sheets on the over-the-counter
market. As a result, there are additional risks associated with our
common stock and you may be unable to liquidate your investment in our common
stock quickly.
Our
common stock is subject to the “Penny Stock” rules of the SEC.
The Securities and Exchange Commission
has adopted Rule 15g-9 which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for
the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of
less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per
share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny
stock, unless exempt, the rules require:
• that
a broker or dealer approve a person's account for transactions in penny stocks;
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broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement to the
transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to
be purchased.
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In order
to approve a person's account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or
dealer must:
• obtain
financial information and investment experience objectives of the person;
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make
a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are
suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and
experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of
transactions in penny stocks.
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The broker or dealer must also deliver,
prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by
the Commission relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight
form:
• sets
forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability
determination; and
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that the broker or dealer
received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the
transaction.
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Generally, brokers may be less willing
to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules. This
may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our common stock and
cause a decline in the market value of our stock.
Disclosure
also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public
offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both the
broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the
securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of
fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent
disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and
information on the limited market in penny stocks.
We
require substantial capital requirements to finance our
operations. Our inability to obtain financing will adversely impact
our business.
We will require additional capital for
future operations. We plan to finance anticipated ongoing expenses
and capital requirements with funds generated from the following
sources:
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raised through debt and equity
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The uncertainties and risks associated
with future performance and revenues will ultimately determine our liquidity and
our ability to meet anticipated capital requirements. If declining
prices cause our anticipated revenues to decrease, we may be limited in our
ability to replace our inventory. As a result, our production and
revenues would decrease over time and may not be sufficient to satisfy our
projected capital expenditures. We may not be able to obtain
additional financing in such a circumstance.
Our
stock price has been extremely volatile and, as a result, you may not be able to
resell your shares at or above the price you paid for them.
The stock price of our stock as has
been extremely volatile and an active public market for our common stock may not
develop or be sustained. Further, the market price of our
common stock may decline below the price you paid for your shares.
Among the
factors that could affect our stock price are:
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trends and the business success of our
vendors;
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or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial and operating
results, including our comparable store
sales;
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failure to meet the expectations of the investment community and changes
in investment community recommendations or estimates of our future
operating results;
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strategic
moves by our competitors, such as product announcements or
acquisitions;
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developments;
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litigation;
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market conditions;
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domestic and international macroeconomic factors unrelated to our
performance; and
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or departures of key personnel.
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We have substantial
indebtedness.
As of December 31, 2009, we had
outstanding indebtedness of $2,173,515 which includes $1,789,338 convertible
notes which require us to make quarterly cash interest payments. Our
ability to meet our debt service requirements will depend upon achieving
significant and sustained growth in our expected cash flow, which will be
affected by our success in implementing our business strategy, prevailing
economic conditions and financial, business and other factors, some of which are
beyond our control. Accordingly, we cannot be certain as to whether
or when we will have sufficient resources to meet our debt service obligations.
If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to service our indebtedness,
we will have to reduce or delay planned capital expenditures, sell assets,
restructure or refinance our indebtedness or seek additional equity capital. We
cannot assure you that any of these strategies can be effected on satisfactory
terms, if at all, particularly in light of our high levels of indebtedness. In
addition, the extent to which we continue to have substantial indebtedness could
have significant consequences, including:
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ability to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital,
capital expenditures, product research and
development, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes
may be materially limited or
impaired,
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substantial portion of our cash flow from operations may need to be
dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness and
therefore not available to finance our business,
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high degree of indebtedness may make us more vulnerable to economic
downturns, limit our ability to withstand competitive pressures or reduce
our flexibility in responding to changing business and
economic conditions.
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The
vending industry is a competitive industry and we may not be able to compete
with our competitors.
The vending industry is highly
competitive. We compete in both the vending manufacturing and vending operations
segment of the industry with companies that offer the same services that we
do. Many of our competitors have significantly greater resources than
we do. Although we believe we have an competitive advantage based
upon the lower pricing of our products, a substantial decline in price could
adversely affect consumer demand for our products and reduce our competitive
advantage. Although we believe that there are significant barriers to
entry to new competitors in the vending market due to, among other things, the
substantial capital outlay required to purchase the number of machines needed to
achieve competitive operating efficiencies, a competitor with significant
financial resources may be able to compete with us. There can be no
assurance that any competitors will not be able to raise the required capital to
effectively compete with us.
In addition, we may face new
competition as we seek to expand into international markets and develop new
products, services and enhancements. Many of the competitors have greater
experience than we do in operating in these international markets. Moreover, new
products that we intend to develop, such as advertising, may subject us to
competition from companies with significantly greater technological resources
and experience. Many of our potential competitors have longer
operating histories, greater name recognition, larger customer bases and
significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and public relations
resources than we have. These competitors may be able to undertake more
extensive marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies and make
more attractive offers to consumers and businesses. Our competitors might
succeed in developing technologies, products or services that are more
effective, less costly or more widely used than those that have been or are
being developed by us or that would render our technologies or products obsolete
or noncompetitive. We cannot be certain that we will be able to compete
effectively with current or future competitors. Competitive pressures
could seriously harm our business, financial condition and results of operations
and our ability to achieve sufficient cash flow to service our
indebtedness.
The success of our potential new
services and products is uncertain.
We have committed, and expect to
continue to commit, significant resources and capital to develop and market
existing product and service enhancements and new products and
services. One example is our AVTi advertising
business. These products and services are relatively untested, and we
cannot assure you that we will achieve market acceptance for these products and
services, or other new products and services. Moreover, these and other new
products and services may be subject to significant competition with offerings
by potential competitors in addition to companies that compete in our coin
processing business. Many of these potential competitors have significantly
greater technological expertise and financial and other resources than we do. In
addition, new products, services and enhancements may pose a variety of
technical challenges and require us to enhance the capabilities of our network
and attract additional qualified employees. The failure to develop and market
new products, services or enhancements successfully could seriously harm our
business, financial condition and results of operations and ability to achieve
sufficient cash flow to service our indebtedness.
Our business is dependent upon
continued market acceptance by consumers.
We are substantially dependent on
continued market acceptance of our vending machines by consumers. Although
believe that the use of vending machines in the United States is gaining better
consumer acceptance, we cannot predict the future growth rate and size of this
market.
We depend upon third-party
manufactures and suppliers and the loss of such third-party manufactures and
suppliers would seriously harm our business.
We depend, and will continue to depend,
on outside parties for the manufacture of our vending machines and its key
components. We intend to expand our manufacturing and such expansion may be
limited by the manufacturing capacity of our third-party manufacturers and
suppliers. Although we expect that our current third-party manufacturers and
suppliers will be able to produce sufficient units to meet projected demand, if
there is an unanticipated increase in demand for our units, we may be unable to
meet such demand due to manufacturing constraints. Should our
third-party manufacturers and suppliers cease making our, we would be required
to locate and qualify additional suppliers. We may be unable to locate alternate
manufacturers on a timely basis.
Our
prior growth rates may not be indicative of our future growth rates and should
not be relied upon.
You should not consider prior growth
rates in our revenue to be indicative of our future operating results. The
timing and amount of future revenues will depend almost entirely on our ability
to obtain new vending routes and make vending machine sales. Our
future operating results will depend upon many other factors,
including:
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the level of product and price competition,
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our success in expanding our business network and managing our
growth,
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our ability to develop and market product enhancements and new
products,
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the timing of product enhancements, activities of and acquisitions by
competitors,
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the ability to hire additional employees, and
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the timing of such hiring and the ability to control costs.
We
may be unable to adequately protect or enforce our patents and proprietary
rights.
Our future success depends, in part, on
our ability to protect our intellectual property and maintain the proprietary
nature of our technology through a combination of patents, licenses and other
intellectual property arrangements, without infringing the proprietary rights of
third parties. We currently have four pending patents relating to our
business. We cannot assure you that these pending patents will be
issued or that any of our patents will be held valid if challenged, that any
pending patent applications will issue, or that other parties will not claim
rights in or ownership of our patents and other proprietary rights. Moreover,
patents issued to us may be circumvented or fail to provide adequate protection.
Our competitors might independently develop or patent technologies that are
substantially equivalent or superior to our technologies. Since
patent applications in the United States are not publicly disclosed until the
patent is issued, applications may have been filed by others which, if issued as
patents, could cover our products. We cannot be certain that others will not
assert patent infringement claims or claims of misappropriation against us based
on current or pending U.S. and/or foreign patents, copyrights or trade secrets
or that such claims will not be successful.
In addition, defending our
company against these types of claims, regardless of their merits, could require
us to incur substantial costs and divert the attention of key personnel. Parties
making these types of claims may be able to obtain injunctive or other equitable
relief which could effectively block our ability to provide our services and
could result in an award of substantial damages. In the event of a successful
claim of infringement, we may need or be required to obtain one or more licenses
from, as well as grant one or more licenses to, others. We cannot assure you
that we could obtain necessary licenses from others at a reasonable cost or at
all.
We also rely on trade secrets to
develop and maintain our competitive position. Although we protect our
proprietary technology in part by confidentiality agreements with our employees,
consultants and corporate partners, we cannot assure you that these agreements
will not be breached, that we will have adequate remedies for any breach or that
our trade secrets will not otherwise become known or be discovered independently
by our competitors. The failure to protect our intellectual property rights
effectively or to avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of others
could seriously harm our business, financial condition and results of operations
and ability to achieve sufficient cash flow to service our
indebtedness.
We depend upon key personnel, the
loss of which could seriously harm our business.
Our performance is substantially
dependent on the continued services of our executive officers and key
employees. Our long-term success will depend on our ability to
recruit, retain and motivate highly skilled personnel. Competition for such
personnel is intense. We have at times experienced difficulties in recruiting
qualified personnel, and we may experience difficulties in the
future. The inability to attract and retain necessary technical and
managerial personnel could seriously harm our business, financial condition and
results of operations and our ability to achieve sufficient cash flow to service
our indebtedness.
Our management has broad discretion
over the use of capital raised.
We plan on raising capital for working
capital and to help pay off the outstanding indebtedness and for general
corporate purposes, including financing the Company's expansion. Thus,
management will have broad discretion in allocating proceeds of any
offering.
Requirements associated with being a
reporting public company will require significant company resources and
management attention.
Prior to this offering, we had not been
subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or
the other rules and regulations of the SEC or any securities exchange relating
to public companies. We are working with independent legal, accounting and
financial advisors to identify those areas in which changes should be made to
our financial and management control systems to manage our growth and our
obligations as a public company. These areas include corporate governance,
corporate control, internal audit, disclosure controls and procedures and
financial reporting and accounting systems. We have made, and will continue to
make, changes in these and other areas, including our internal controls over
financial reporting. However, we cannot assure you that these and other measures
we may take will be sufficient to allow us to satisfy our obligations as a
public company on a timely basis.
In addition, compliance with reporting
and other requirements applicable to public companies such as Sarbanes Oxley
will create additional costs for us, will require the time and attention of
management and will require the
hiring of additional personnel and outside consultants. We cannot predict or
estimate the amount of the additional costs we may incur, the timing of such
costs or the degree of impact on our management's attention to these matters
will have on our business.
In
addition, being a reporting public company could make it more difficult or more
costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including directors' and
officers' liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy
limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or
similar coverage. The impact of these events could also make it more difficult
for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of
directors, our board committees or as executive officers.
Our estimates may prove to be
inaccurate and future net cash flows are uncertain. Any significant
variance from these assumptions could greatly effect our estimates.
Our estimates of both future sales and
the timing of development expenditures are uncertain and may prove to be
inaccurate. We also make certain assumptions regarding net cash flows
and operating costs that may prove incorrect when judged against our actual
experience. Any significant variance from these assumptions could
greatly affect our estimates of future net cash flows and our ability to borrow
under our credit facility.
Our preferred stock has rights
senior to those of our common stock which could adversely affect holders of
common stock.
Our charter documents give our board of
directors the authority to issue series of preferred stock without a vote or
action by our stockholders. The board also has the authority to
determine the terms of preferred stock, including price, preferences and voting
rights. The rights granted to holders of preferred stock may
adversely affect the rights of holders of our common
stock. Currently, our board has authorized our Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock which has a liquidation preference – a pre-set distribution in
the event of a liquidation – that would reduce the amount available for
distribution to holders of common stock. In addition, our Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock has voting rights which are superior to the voting
right of the holders of our common stock. In addition, the issuance
of preferred stock could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a
majority of our outstanding voting stock. As a result, common
stockholders could be prevented from participating in transactions that would
offer an optimal price for their shares.
We do not anticipate paying cash
dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future.
We do not anticipate paying cash
dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain our future
earnings, if any, to fund the growth of our business. In addition, the terms of
the instruments governing our existing debt and any future debt or credit
facility may preclude us from paying any dividends.
Item
1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
We are currently in the process of
responding to staff comments relating to our Registration Statement on
Form-10.
Item
2. Properties
Real
Property
At present, we do not own any
property. Our retail operation is located in a leased facility. We
have local access to all commercial freight systems. The current retail facility
is approximately 30,000 square feet. This facility contains are administrative,
sales and manufacturing offices. The current lease runs until
February 28, 2011. The retail facility is located at 341 Bonnie
Circle, Suite 102, Corona, CA 92880.
Item
3. Legal Proceedings
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4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None.
PART
II
Item
5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder
Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Our
common stock is traded on the Pink Sheets (www.pinksheets.com)
under the trading symbol “AVTC.PK” The stock price of our stock as has been
extremely volatile and an active public market for our common stock may not
develop or be sustained. In addition, the stock market has from
time to time experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the
operating performance of particular companies. These kinds of broad market
fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. For
additional information, see “Risk Factors” above.
The
following table sets forth the quarterly high and low sale prices of our common
stock, as adjusted for the 1 for 3 reverse split occurring on January 17, 2008,
for the two most recent fiscal years.
High
Sale
|
Low
Sale
|
|
Fiscal Quarters
|
Price
|
Price
|
First
Quarter 2008
|
$2.65
|
$0.80
|
Second
Quarter 2008
|
$1.85
|
$0.90
|
Third
Quarter 2008
|
$1.25
|
$0.87
|
Fourth
Quarter 2008
|
$1.05
|
$.75
|
First
Quarter 2009
|
$1.00
|
$.80
|
Second
Quarter 2009
|
$.90
|
$.75
|
Third
Quarter 2009
|
$.87
|
$.70
|
Fourth
Quarter 2009
|
$1.35
|
$.75
|
We have
never declared or paid cash dividends
As of
February 22, 2010, there are approximately 931 holders of record of our common
stock.
We have
never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We anticipate
that in the future we will retain any earnings for operation of our
business. Accordingly, we do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash
dividends in the foreseeable future.
We
currently have no Equity Compensation Plans. We issue shares of our
common stock to our officers and directors pursuant to employment and director
agreements.
Item
6. Selected Financial Data.
As a smaller reporting company, we are
not required to provide the information required by this item.
Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
The
following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our audited
consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this
registration statement. This registration statement contains
“forward-looking statements.” The statements contained in this report that are
not historic in nature, particularly those that utilize terminology such as
“may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “believes,” or
“plans” or comparable terminology are forward-looking statements based on
current expectations and assumptions.
Various
risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed in forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not limited
to, those set forth under the section “Risk Factors” set forth in this
registration statement.
The
forward-looking events discussed in this registration statement, the documents
to which we refer you and other statements made from time to time by us or our
representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ
materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about
us. For these statements, we claim the protection of the “bespeaks
caution” doctrine. All forward-looking statements in this document
are based on information currently available to us as of the date of this
report, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results to
differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Critical
Accounting Policies
The Company’s policy is to use the
accrual method of accounting to prepare and present financial statements, which
conform to generally accepted accounting principles. The company has elected a
December 31 year-end.
The Company considers all highly liquid
investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased, to be cash
equivalents.
Inventories are valued at the lower of
average cost.
Revenue is recognized at the time of
sale upon receipt of payment.
The Company accounts for income taxes
under the provisions of SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income
Taxes.” SFAS 109 requires recognition of deferred tax liabilities and
assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been
included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this
method, deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the
difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and
liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the
differences are expected to reverse.
Results
of Operations
We have historically financed
operations through a combination of cash on hand, cash provided from operations
and the sale of our securities.
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, we had revenues of $2,956,645 and total cost of
goods and general and administrative expenses of $2,918,674 for net income of
$35,728.
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, we had revenues of $4,431,154 and total cost of
goods and general and administrative expenses of $4,297,078 for net income of
$117,068.
Our
revenues increased by $1,449,253 for the year ended December 31, 2009, Our
general and administrative expenses also increased by $1,371,008 for the year
ended December 31, 2009, primarily due to increased manufacturing product and
operating expenses relating to increased restaurant expenses, rent for our
facility, payroll expenses .
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, our net income has increased by $78,245 compared
to the previous year December 31, 2008.
Total
revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009, were $4,431,154 compared to total
revenues of $2,956,645 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The
increase in revenues is due to increased manufacturing revenue of
$1,471,442 and increased restaurant revenue of
$215,687. Our product sales revenue decreased slightly by
$212,620.
We
attribute the increase manufacturing revenues to increased sales of custom
vending machines. Increase restaurant revenue is due to increased
catering revenue. The reduction in product sales is primarily related
to decreased vending route sales.
Our
general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31,
2009, primarily due to increased costs of goods and operating expenses relating
to increased rent for our facility, advertising and payroll
expenses.
We believe that we sufficient available
cash and cash flow from operations to satisfy our working capital and capital
expenditure requirements during the next 12 months. There can be no
assurance, however, that cash and cash flow from operations will be sufficient
to satisfy our working capital and capital requirements for the next 12 months
or beyond.
We expect our manufacturing costs to
increase approximately 15% due to the devaluation of the U.S. Dollar and the
exchange rates with our foreign manufactures. Depending on the
strength of the U.S. Dollar, this trend may or may not continue.
Inflation and changing prices have
affected our business as related primarily to fuel and increased vehicle
expenses. We anticipate that fuel costs will continue, thus
increasing our operating costs. Our cost of goods and prices for our
products remain relatively stable and we expect this trend to continue through
the end of 2010.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
We have historically financed
operations through a combination of cash on hand, cash provided from operations
and the sale of our securities. At December 31, 2009, we had cash of
$1,078,252 compared to cash of $56,547 at December 31, 2008.
At December 31, 2009, we had inventory
of $395,461 compared to $590,597 for the year ended December 31,
2008. The decrease in inventory for the year ended December 31, 2009,
is due to increased sales of our vending machines.
The Company’s assets increased from
$14,957,664 for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $18,599,987 for the year
ended December 31, 2009. This increase in assets is due to increased
intellectual property assets.
The
companies long term debt and notes payable as of December 31, 2009, for a total
of $1,728,460. Are due to share holder notes of $1,476,996 and have terms on an
average of three years from issue date. Long term debt of $251,464, consists of
equipment leases.
For the year ended December 31, 2009,
the Company’s general and administrative expenses increased approximately
$627,699 and $583,653 from the year ended December 31, 2008. The
increase was due to the additional expenses associated with operating the AC
Mexican, Inc. restaurant and fabrication costs.
All
receivable accounts are due within 45 days of delivery. Upon special
approval, we allow 90 days to receive payment. Collections for past
due accounts are handled internally. As of December 31, 2009 accounts receivable
total was $1,882,535, this increase is due to new customers with large orders
for machines. Average days outstanding for December 31, 2009 is 90 days due to
larger orders. December 31, 2008 our average days outstanding were 45-60 due to
smaller orders.
Future
Goals
In the next 12 month, we will continue
our research, development and marketing efforts. We have entered into multiple
manufacturing agreements with offshore manufacturers to produce the housings for
our technology based RAM4000 and RAM5000 vending systems and have established a
line of credit to ensure payment and production of the systems.
Our goal
is to manufacture and sell as many systems as possible in the next 12 to 24
months through established distributors and direct sales to meet the anticipated
industry demand for a competitively priced vending system that is an energy
efficient, technology based, “Green” system..
A
critical focus for sales over the next 12 months will be our Product Dispensing
Centers (PDCs). Our PDCs are based on our RAM4000 or RAM5000 system
and integrates more sophisticated technology features and options such as full
face large touch screen displays, receipt printers, cashless payment options and
advertising displays. In addition, our PDCs systems can dispense a
variety of snack items and non-food items such as cell phones, MP3
players, digital cameras, DVDs, consumer electronics and
accessories. We will also focus on “Themed” systems to dispense
products such as tee-shirts, promotional items, perfumes, contact lenses and
just about any product our customers have a location and market
for. Our “Themed” systems are of exceptional interest to our direct
end customers as the products these systems dispense result in higher profit
margins.
All of
our vending systems are capable of the inclusion of PC hardware and LCD
displays. A future goal of AVT is to complete and continue to refine
application software that runs digital signage for the primary purpose of
displaying paid advertisements. As we sell systems that are equipped
with a PC and LCD display, each system becomes a “node” on a digital
network. As the network expands, many thousands of vending systems
and PDCs can be part of nationwide advertising network which we believe will be
of interest for national advertisers. Our goal is to “own” the
network but not the systems. All vending system owners will have the
option to join the AVT nationwide network with our AVT based advertising vending
system to get an equitable share of revenue for allowing advertisements from
AVT’s server to be pushed-out onto their vending system.
Future
goals and system refinements will include continued software and hardware
development and refinements to include even more efficient operating systems to
integrate more seamlessly with the internet, becoming Wi-Fi standard and
including SMS and email features. Our goal is that the AVT vending systems will
become the standard for intelligent self-service vending systems deployed
throughout the US and world markets.
In
addition, within the next 12 months, we will continue to work to become a fully
company and have our common stock trading on the OTC Bulletin
Board.
Off-balance
Sheet Arrangements
We maintain no significant off-balance
sheet arrangements
Foreign
Currency Transactions
None.
We
currently do not utilize sensitive instruments subject market risk in our
operations.
Item
8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Our
financial statements and related explanatory notes can be found on the “F” Pages
at the end of this Report.
Item
9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item
9A. Controls and Procedures
In
accordance with Rule 13a-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the
end of the period covered by this Report on Form 10-K, our management evaluated,
with the participation of our principal executive and financial officer, the
effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e) under the
Exchange Act). Disclosure controls and procedures are defined as those controls
and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that the
information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports it files or
submits under the Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms. Disclosure
controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the
reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated
to the issuer's management, including its principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Based on
their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, our chairman of
the board and chief executive and financial officer has concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
Item
9A(T). Controls and Procedures.
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting. The Company's internal control over financial
reporting has been designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Company's
internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and
fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of assets of the Company; provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and
expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorization of management
and directors of the Company; and provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the
Company's financial statements.
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 with respect to financial
statement preparation and presentation. 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.
Management
assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial
reporting at December 31, 2009. In making this assessment, management
used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission ("COSO") in Internal Control--Integrated Framework. Based on
that assessment under those criteria, management has determined that, at
December 31, 2009, the Company's internal control over financial reporting was
effective.
This
Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of the
Company's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over
financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the
Company's registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the
SEC that permit the Company to provide only management's report in this annual
report.
Inherent
Limitations of Internal Controls
Our
internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting
includes those policies and procedures that:
●
|
pertain
to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our
assets;
|
|
●
|
provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being
made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and
directors; and
|
|
●
|
provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could
have a material effect on the financial
statements.
|
Our
management does not expect that our internal controls will prevent or detect all
errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and
operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the
objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control
system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the
benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the
inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of internal controls
can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud,
if any, have been detected. Also, any evaluation of the effectiveness of
controls in future periods are subject to the risk that those internal controls
may become inadequate because of changes in business conditions, or that the
degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
Management
has not identified any change in our internal control over financial reporting
in connection with the its evaluation of our most recent fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other Information.
None.
PART
III
Item
10.
|
Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate
Governance.
|
The
following table sets forth, as of the date of this registration statement, the
name, age and positions of our officers and directors.
NAME
|
AGE
|
POSITION
|
||
Natalie
Russell
|
42
|
Secretary,
Chief Financial Officer and Director
|
||
James
Winsor
|
47
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
|
||
Loretta
Vermette
|
66
|
Director
|
The
background of our directors and executive officers is as follows:
Natalie
Russell – Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and Director
Natalie
Russell joined the AVT in 2001 as corporate secretary and office manager,
bringing over 15 years of accounting and business operations
experience. Ms. Russell currently serves as our Secretary, Chief
Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer and one of our
directors. Prior to AVT she was general office manager and accounting
manager at Thompson Building Materials. She was responsible for the overall
company’s finance, administration, and payroll for over 150 employees. Natalie
also has assisted in raising over 5 million dollars for Nu Gas Technologies in
the private venture capital. Natalie holds a BS in Business
Management at the American International University of CA.
James
Winsor – Chief Executive Officer and Director
James
Winsor is our Chief Engineering Officer and one of our Directors. Mr.
Winsor is primarily responsible for our manufacturing operations and research
and development having over 20 years of experience in manufacturing, project
management and engineering. Mr. Winsor has been with us since
2006. Prior to working for us, Mr. Winsor was employed with Pixel
Touch Inc. from February 2003 to April 2006 and for Arral Industries from
February 1992 to April of 2006. Mr. Winsor has a Bachelor of Science
degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Loretta
Vermette – Director
Loretta
Vermette is one of our Directors. Ms. Vermette has been a successful
real estate agent for more than 30 years. She established her real
estate career with the prestigious real estate broker Seven Gables Real Estate
in Tustin, California. At that time, she specialized in private golf communities
of Orange County and established herself by consistently placing in the top 10
percent of California Realtors every year. Ms. Loretta then joined
REMAX Real Estate marketing downtown condominiums in Orange County,
California and became nationally recognized as one of the nation’s top five
percent of Realtors as a Certified Residential Specialist in 2003, 2005, 2006
and 2007. Ms. Vermette is the mother of our founder, Shannon
Illingworth.
Information
about our Board and its Committees.
Audit Committee
We currently do not have an audit
committee although we intend to create one as the need
arises. Currently, our Board of Directors serves as our audit
committee.
Compensation Committee
We currently do not have a compensation
committee although we intend to create one as the need
arises. Currently, our Board of Directors serves as our Compensation
Committee.
Advisory Board
Effective
February 3, 2009, our board of directors created an advisory board to advise the
company in regard to ongoing business operations. As of the date of
this Report, Mr. Shannon Illingworth has been appointed to the Advisory
Board.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors,
executive officers, and stockholders holding more than 10% of our outstanding
common stock, to file with the Securities and
Exchange
Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in beneficial
ownership of our common stock. Executive officers, directors and
greater-than-10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with
copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. To our knowledge,
based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to us for the
period ended December 31, 2009, the Section 16(a) reports required to be
filed by our executive officers, directors and greater-than-10% stockholders
were filed on a timely basis.
Code
of Ethics
Our board
of directors has adopted the AVT, Inc. Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics. The board of directors believes that our Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics provides standards that are reasonably designed to deter
wrongdoing and to promote the following:
(1)
honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent
conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
(2) full, fair, accurate, timely, and
understandable disclosure in reports and documents that we file with, or submits
to, the Securities and Exchange Commission
;
(3) compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;
the prompt internal reporting of violations of
the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to an appropriate person or persons; and
(4) accountability for adherence to the Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics. We will provide a copy of our Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics by mail to any person without charge upon written
request to us at: 341 Bonnie Circle Drive, Suite 102, Corona, CA
92880.
Item
11. Executive Compensation
The
following table sets forth the cash compensation paid to our officers and
directors for services rendered, and to be rendered:
Summary
Compensation Table
|
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Non-Equity
|
Nonqualified
|
All
|
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Name
and
|
Incentive
|
Deferred
|
Other
|
|||||||||||||
Principal
|
Stock
|
Option
|
Plan
|
Compensation
|
Compen
|
|||||||||||
Position
|
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
|
Awards
|
Awards
|
Compensation
|
Earnings
|
-sation
|
Total
|
|||||||
Natalie
Russell
|
2009
|
65,000
|
0
|
100,000(2)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
$165,000(1)
|
|||||||
Secretary,
Chief
Financial Officer and Director
|
2008
|
65,000
|
0
|
100,000(2)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
$165,000(1)
|
|||||||
James
Winsor
|
2009
|
75,000
|
0
|
100,000(2)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
$175,000(1)
|
|||||||
Chief
Executive
Officer
and
Director
|
2008
|
75,000
|
0
|
100,000(2)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
$175,000(1)
|
|||||||
Loretta
Vermette
|
2009
|
0
|
0
|
45,000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
$45,000(1)
|
|||||||
Chairman
|
2008
|
0
|
0
|
45,000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
$45,000(1)
|
(1) Represented
by salary and the issuance of restricted shares of our common stock based on a
value of $1.00 per share.
(2) Represented
by such number of restricted shares as is equal to $25,000 issued quarterly
based upon the average closing price of our common stock for the ten trading
days immediately preceding the first day of each quarter.
Employment
Agreements
On January 1, 2009, we entered into a
12 month employment agreement, at a compensation rate of $5,416 per month, with
Natalie Russell to serve as our Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and acting
President. The agreement includes quarterly stock awards of such
number of restricted shares of our common as is equal to $25,000, based upon the
average closing price of our common stock for the 10 trading days immediately
preceding the last day of each quarter. The agreement automatically
renews for an additional 12 month term unless terminated earlier by ether
party
On January 1, 2009, we entered into a
12 month employment agreement, at a compensation rate of $6,250 per month, with
James Winsor to act as our Chief Executive Officer. The agreement
includes quarterly stock awards of such number of restricted shares of our
common as is equal to $25,000, based upon the average closing price of our
common stock for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the last day of each
quarter. The agreement automatically renews for an additional 12
month term unless terminated earlier by ether party
Compensation
of Directors
We
currently compensate our chairman with restricted shares of our common stock
equal to $5,000 per month. In the future, we may compensate our
directors with cash compensation and for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in
attending board of directors meetings and for promoting our
business. From time to time we may request certain members of the
board of directors to perform services on our behalf. In such cases,
we will compensate the directors for their services at rates no more favorable
than could be obtained from unaffiliated parties.
Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial
ownership of our common stock by the persons identified below. As of
February 22, 2010, we had 28,956,868 shares of our common stock issued and
outstanding. The table represents 15,262,570 issued and outstanding
shares which includes, as of February 22, 2010, 3,062,572
issued and outstanding shares of our common stock and 12,199,998 shares of our
common stock issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock assuming all the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is
converted.
1.
|
Each
person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent
(5%)
of
our issued and outstanding shares of common stock;
|
2.
|
Each
of our directors and executive officers; and
|
3.
|
All
of our Directors and Officers as a
group
|
Title
Of
Class
|
Name
And Address
Of
Beneficial Owner
|
Amount
and Nature
Of
Beneficial
Ownership
|
Percentage
Of
Class
|
Common
Stock
|
Natalie
Russell (2)(9)
|
260,204
|
(1)
|
Common
Stock
|
James
Winsor (2)
|
234,907
|
(1)
|
Common
Stock
|
Loretta
Vermette (3)
|
167,274
|
(1)
|
Common
Stock
|
SWI
Trading, Inc. (4)(7)
|
13,039,996(6)
|
45%
|
Common
Stock
|
Illingworth
Family Trust (5)(8)
|
250,000
|
3%
|
Common
Stock
|
Illingworth
Trust (5)(8)
|
1,310,189
|
4%
|
Common
Stock
|
All
Directors and Officers as a Group
|
2,222,574
|
7%
|
(1) Less
than 1%
(2) The
address is 341 Bonnie Circle, Suite 102, Corona, CA 92880
(3) The
address is 2557 Old Windmill Court, Riverside, CA 92882
(4) The
address is 2320 Whiteoak Lane, Corona, CA 92882
(5) The
address is 1456 Elegante Court, Corona, CA 92882
(6) SWI
Trading, Inc. holds 839,998 shares of our common stock and 2,033,333 shares of
our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Each share of our Series A
Convertible Preferred may be converted into six shares of our common
stock.
(7) SWI
Trading, Inc. is owned by Jon Illingworth, our founder’s father.
(8) The
Trustor of the Illingworth Family Trust and the Illingworth Trust is Loretta
Vermette, one of our directors.
(9) 22,084
shares are held in Ms. Russell’s previous married name, Natalie
Bishop.
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
SEC. The number of shares and the percentage beneficially owned by
each individual listed above include shares that are subject to options held by
that individual that are immediately exercisable or exercisable within 60 days
from the date of this registration statement and the number of shares and the
percentage beneficially owned by all officers and directors as a group includes
shares subject to options held by all officers and directors as a group that are
immediately exercisable or exercisable within 60 days from the date of this
registration statement.
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
Prior to
January 1, 2008, SWI Trading, Inc. had loaned us, via various transactions, a
total of $897,318 by extending its $1,000,000 line of credit to
us. On January 1, 2008, we entered into an agreement with SWI
Trading, Inc. whereby SWI agreed to waive repayment of $500,250 of the $897,318
total in exchange for the issuance of $1,724,133 restricted shares of our common
stock. In addition, SWI agreed to waive any claim it may have against
us for interest due upon the loan, and/or unpaid compensation due
for: services rendered; research and development fees; technology
development fees; loan acquisition services and any other claims.
On
January 1, 2008, we entered into a consulting agreement with SWI Trading, Inc.
whereby SWI Trading, Inc. agreed to provide us with corporate
structuring services, financing consulting services, research and development
and technology development services, loan acquisition services and the use of
its line of credit for a monthly fee of $11,620 and 100,000 restricted shares of
our common stock paid quarterly.
For purposes of this Report, we have
considered SWI Trading, Inc. a related person due to its lending and consulting
relationship with us.
Transactions with
Promoters
None.
Item 14.
|
Principal
Accountant Fees and Services.
|
Appointment
of Auditors
Our Board
of Directors selected Larry O'Donnell, CPA as our auditors for the year ended
December 31, 2009.
Audit
Fees
Mr. O’Donnell billed us $25,000 in
audit fees during the year ended December 31, 2009 and $35,000 in audit fees
during the year ended December 31, 2008.
Audit-Related
Fees
We
did not pay any fees to Larry O’Donnell, CPA for assurance and related services
that are not reported under Audit Fees above, during our fiscal years ending
December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
Tax
and All Other Fees
We did not pay any fees to Larry
O’Donnell, CPA for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning or other work during
our fiscal years ending December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
Pre-Approval
Policies and Procedures
We have
implemented pre-approval policies and procedures related to the provision of
audit and non-audit services. Under these procedures, our board of
directors pre-approves all services to be provided by Larry O’Donnell, CPA and
the estimated fees related to these services.
With
respect to the audit of our financial statements as of December 31, 2009, and
for the year then ended, none of the hours expended on Larry O’Donnell’s
engagement to audit those financial statements were attributed to work by
persons other than Mr. O’Donnell’s full-time, permanent employees.
Item
15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
Statements
|
||||
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
||||
Condensed
and Audited Balance Sheet for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
December 31, 2008
|
||||
Condensed
and Audited Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2009
and December 31, 2008
|
||||
Condensed
and Audited Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Deficit for the
Year ended December 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008
|
||||
Condensed
and Audited Statements of Cash Flows for the year
ended December 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008
|
||||
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
||||
Schedules
|
||||
All
schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required
information is shown in the Financial Statements or notes
thereto.
|
||||
Exhibit
|
Form
|
Filing
|
Filed
with
|
|
Exhibits
|
#
|
Type
|
Date
|
This
Report
|
Certificate
of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February
25, 1969.
|
3.1
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certificate
of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 16,
1985.
|
3.2
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certificate
of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 5,
1987.
|
3.3
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certificate
of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 11,
1991.
|
3.4
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certificate
of Renewal filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 14,
2005.
|
3.5
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certificate
of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September
22, 2005.
|
3.6
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Amendment of Incorporation filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on April 28, 2006.
|
3.7
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Articles
of Incorporation filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on September 24,
2007.
|
3.8
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certificate
of Amendment filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on
November 30, 2007.
|
3.9
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certificate
of Merger filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 11,
2007.
|
3.10
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certificate
of Designation of Rights, Preferences, Privileges and Restrictions of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Nevada Secretary of
State on March 5, 2008.
|
3.11
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws dated March 12, 2008.
|
3.12
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Consulting
Agreement effective October 1, 2006 between Automated Vending
Technologies, Inc. and Star Capital.
|
10.1
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Consulting
Agreement effective January 1, 2006, Between Automated Vending
Technologies, Inc. and SWI Trading, Inc.
|
10.2
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Employment
Agreement effective May 1, 2006, by and between Automated Vending
Technologies, Inc. and James Winsor.
|
10.3
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Employment
Agreement effective as of January 1, 2006 by and between Automated Vending
Technologies, Inc., and Natalie Bishop.
|
10.4
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Lease
Agreement effective January 1, 2007 by and between AVT, Inc. and SWI
Trading, Inc.
|
10.5
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Employment
Agreement effective as of January 1, 2008 by and between AVT, Inc. and
Natalie Russell.
|
10.6
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Employment
Agreement effective January 1, 2008, by and between AVT, Inc. and James
Winsor.
|
10.7
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Consulting
Agreement effective January 1, 2008, by and between AVT, Inc. and Star
Capital IR Corp.
|
10.8
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Consulting
Agreement effective January 1, 2008, by and between AVT, Inc. and SWI
Trading, Inc. (Attached as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on
Form 10-SB filed with the Commission on August 14, 2008)
|
10.9
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Consulting
Agreement effective March 1, 2008, by and between AVT, Inc. and SNI
Innovations, Inc.
|
10.10
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Consulting
Agreement effective September 1, 2008, by and between AVT, Inc. and Star
Capital IR Corp.
|
10.11
|
10/A-1
|
2/24/2009
|
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated December 3, 2007 by and between Automated Vending
Technologies, Inc. and AVT, Inc.
|
10.12
|
10/A-1
|
2/24/2009
|
|
Consulting
Agreement effective January 1, 2008, by and between AVT, Inc. and SWI
Trading, Inc.
|
10.13
|
10/A-1
|
2/24/2009
|
|
Employment
Agreement effective as of January 1, 2009 by and between AVT, Inc. and
Natalie Russell.
|
10.14
|
10/A-1
|
2/24/2009
|
|
Employment
Agreement effective January 1, 2009, by and between AVT, Inc. and James
Winsor.
|
10.15
|
10/A-1
|
2/24/2009
|
|
Code
of Ethics
|
14.1
|
10
|
8/14/2008
|
|
Certification
of Natalie Russell pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)
|
31.1
|
X
|
||
Certification
of James Winsor pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)
|
31.2
|
X
|
||
Certification
of Natalie Russell pursuant to 18 U.S.C, Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
32.1
|
X
|
||
Certification
of James Winsor pursuant to 18 U.S.C, Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
32.2
|
X
|
SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
AVT,
INC.
/s/ Natalie Russell
By: Natalie
Russell
Its: Chief
Financial Officer
Its: Principal
Accounting Officer
|
In accordance with the
Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on
behalf of the registrant on the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signatures
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/ Natalie Russell
Natalie
Russell
|
Chief
Financial Officer
Principal
Accounting Officer
Secretary
Director
|
April
9, 2009
|
||
/s/ James Winsor
James
Winsor
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Director
|
April
9, 2009
|
AVT,
INC.
|
|
Page
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-2
|
Balance
Sheets
|
F-3
|
Statements
of Income
|
F-4
|
Statements
of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
|
F-5
|
Statements
of Cash Flows
|
F-6
|
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
F-7
|
F-1
|
Larry
O'Donnell, CPA, P.C.
Telephone
(303) 745-4545
Fax
(303) 369-9384
Email
larryodonnellcpa@msn.com
www.larryodonnellcpa.com
|
2228
South Fraser Street
Unit
I
Aurora,
Colorado 80014
|
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of
Directors
AVT,
Inc.
I have
audited the accompanying balance sheet of AVT, Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and
2008, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity
and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company’s management. My responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on my
audits.
I
conducted my audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that I plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. I believe that my audit provides a reasonable basis for
my opinion.
In my
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of , Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and
2008, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then
ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America.
Larry
O’Donnell, CPA, PC
April 12,
2010
F-2
AVT,
INC.
|
||||||
BALANCE
SHEETS
|
||||||
|
||||||
December
31, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
||||||
Current
Assets:
|
||||||
Cash
|
$
|
1,078,252
|
$
|
56,547
|
||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
1,882,535
|
259,830
|
||||
Inventory
|
395,461
|
590,597
|
||||
Other
current assets
|
0
|
60,899
|
||||
Total
current assets
|
3,356,248
|
967,873
|
||||
Property
and equipment
|
||||||
Vending
equipment and systems
|
2,073,457
|
1,808,781
|
||||
Vehicles
|
454,191
|
323,502
|
||||
Machinery
and equipment
|
500,000
|
500,000
|
||||
Office
equipment and furniture
|
487,595
|
264,264
|
||||
Building
and leasehold improvements
|
194,051
|
186,350
|
||||
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
(574,604)
|
(465,526)
|
||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
3,134,690
|
2,617,371
|
||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
10,846,523
|
10,384,937
|
||||
Goodwill
|
1,262,526
|
987,483
|
||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
18,599,987
|
$
|
14,957,664
|
||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
||||||
Accounts
payable
|
114,402
|
146,866
|
||||
Other
current liabilities
|
330,653
|
32,013
|
||||
Total
current liabilities
|
$
|
445,055
|
$
|
178,879
|
||
Long-term
liabilities:
|
||||||
Long-term
debt
|
251,464
|
231,551
|
||||
Notes
payable
|
1,476,996
|
734,030
|
||||
Total
long-term liabilities
|
1,728,460
|
965,581
|
||||
Total
Liabilities
|
2,173,515
|
1,144,460
|
||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
||||||
Preferred
stock
|
2,200
|
2,200
|
||||
Common
stock, 100,000,000 shares authorized, $.001 par value,
|
||||||
$27,354,261
shares issued and outstanding
|
23,190
|
20,629
|
||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
22,940,553
|
20,446,914
|
||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(6,539,471)
|
(6,656,539)
|
||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
16,426,472
|
13,813,204
|
||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
18,599,987
|
$
|
14,957,664
|
||
F-3
|
||||||
(See
Notes to Financial Statements)
|
AVT,
INC.
|
|||||
STATEMENTS
OF INCOME
|
|||||
December
31, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
||||
Revenues:
|
|||||
Vending
machine products and participation
|
$
|
1,124,001
|
$
|
1,336,621
|
|
Vending
machine manufacturing and fabrication
|
2,429,506
|
958,064
|
|||
Non-vending
|
877,647
|
661,960
|
|||
Total
revenues
|
4,431,154
|
2,956,645
|
|||
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
|||||
Cost
of vending machine products
|
568,762
|
601,152
|
|||
Cost
of vending manufacturing
|
880,177
|
148,161
|
|||
Cost
of non-vending revenues
|
238,882
|
187,803
|
|||
General
and administrative
|
2,609,257
|
1,981,558
|
|||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
4,297,078
|
2,918,674
|
|||
Income
from operations
|
134,076
|
37,971
|
|||
Other
income (expense)
|
|||||
Interest
expense
|
17,008
|
2,243
|
|||
Provision
for Income Taxes
|
|||||
Total
other income (expense)
|
17,008
|
2,243
|
|||
Net
Income
|
$
|
117,068
|
$
|
35,728
|
|
Net
income per share - basic
|
$
|
0.01
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
Net
income per share - diluted
|
$
|
0.01
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
Weighted
average common share outstanding- Basic
|
27,354,261
|
21,149,620
|
|||
Weighted
average common share outstanding- Diluted
|
43,436,579
|
35,716,383
|
|||
F-4
|
|||||
(See
Notes to Financial Statements)
|
AVT,
INC.
|
||||||||||||||
STATEMENT
OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
|
Accumulated
|
Stockholders'
|
||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Paid
In Capital
|
Deficit
|
Equity
|
||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
*
|
1,200,000
|
1,200
|
13,441,310
|
18,416
|
18,016,080
|
(6,692,267)
|
11,343,429
|
||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
7,083,163
|
1,421
|
2,430,834
|
2,432,255
|
||||||||||
Issuance
of preferred stock
|
1,000,000
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for conversion of preferred
|
(166,667)
|
167
|
167
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for conversion of notes payable
|
625,147
|
625
|
625
|
|||||||||||
for
1 thru 4
|
||||||||||||||
Net
Income (Loss) for the year ended December 31,2008
|
—
|
—
|
35,728
|
35,728
|
||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
2,033,333
|
2,200
|
21,149,620
|
20,629
|
20,446,914
|
(6,656,539)
|
13,813,204
|
|||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
5,255,456
|
1,597
|
2,493,639
|
2,495,236
|
||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for conversion of notes payable
|
949,185
|
964
|
964
|
|||||||||||
Net
Income (Loss) for the year ended December 31,2008
|
117,068
|
117,068
|
||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
2,033,333
|
2,200
|
27,354,261
|
23,190
|
22,940,553
|
(6,539,471)
|
16,426,472
|
|||||||
*
Amounts have been restated to reflect the 1 for 3 reverse split in January
2008
|
||||||||||||||
F-5
|
||||||||||||||
(See
Notes to Financial Statements)
|
||||||||||||||
AVT,
INC.
|
||||||
STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||
December
31, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
117,068
|
$
|
35,728
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to
|
||||||
net
cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||
Depreciation/
Amortization
|
109,078
|
163,047
|
||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(1,622,705)
|
(75,333)
|
||||
Inventory
|
195,136
|
784
|
||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
327,075
|
56,703
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
(874,348)
|
180,929
|
||||
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
||||||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(626,396)
|
(1,335,265)
|
||||
Route
Purchases/ Contracts
|
0
|
500,000
|
||||
Other
Assets
|
(275,043)
|
(587,483)
|
||||
Intangible
Assets
|
(461,586)
|
(1,504,647)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(1,363,025)
|
(2,927,395)
|
||||
Cash
flows from financing activities
|
||||||
Proceeds
from (payments on) notes payable, net
|
742,966
|
(528,770)
|
||||
Equipment
Leases
|
19,912
|
71,117
|
||||
Proceeds
from the issuance of common stock
|
2,496,200
|
3,115,653
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
3,259,078
|
2,658,000
|
||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash
|
1,021,705
|
(88,465)
|
||||
Cash,
beginning of year
|
56,547
|
145,012
|
||||
Cash,
end of year
|
$
|
1,078,252
|
$
|
56,547
|
||
Supplimental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
||||||
Cash
paid during the period for:
|
||||||
Interest
|
$
|
17,008
|
$
|
2,243
|
||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
57,750
|
$
|
87,483
|
||
F-6
|
||||||
(See
Notes to Financial Statements)
|
||||||
AVT,
INC.
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(12/31/09)
1. ORGANIZATION
AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
The Company was originally organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware on February 26, 1969, as Infodex, Inc.
At that time, the Company was engaged in the development, manufacturing and
selling of various electronic devices, especially in the preparation various
types of oscilloscopes known as “CRT” display modules. In March 2005,
the Company was renamed to Midwest Venture Group, Inc. and In September 2005,
the Company again changed its name to Automated Vending Technologies, Inc. to
better reflect the Company’s primary operations as a vending machine
manufacturer and vending route operator. In January, 2008, the
Company changed its state of domicile to Nevada, changed its name to AVT, Inc.
and completed a 1 for 3 reverse split of its common stock. In April
2008, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of AC Mexican
Food, Inc. dba Jalapeno’s Mexican food restaurant and as further described in
Note 6.
2. SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Company’s policy is to use the
accrual method of accounting to prepare and present financial statements, which
conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP).
The company has a December 31st year end.
Use of Estimates in Financial Statement
Preparation
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America requires the use of 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. The Company's
financial statements include amounts that are based on management's best
estimates and judgments. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid
investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased, to be cash
equivalents.
Concentration of Credit
Risk
The
Organization places its cash deposit with high-credit quality, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured financial institutions. Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Organization to concentrations of
credit risk consist primarily of cash deposits in excess of FDIC’s insurance
limit of $250,000. Management believes the financials
risk associated the cash deposits in excess of this limit is minimal and has not
experienced any losses to date.
Accounts Receivable
The
Company is also subject to credit risk as it extends credit to its customers,
mostly on an unsecured basis after performing certain credit
analysis. The Company’s terms are typically net 30
days. The Company periodically reviews the creditworthiness of its
customers and provides for probable uncollectible amounts through a charge to
earnings and a credit to an allowance for doubtful accounts based on its
assessment of the current status of individual accounts. As of
December 31, 2008, the Company considered all outstanding receivables fully
collectible, therefore an allowance of $-0- has been provided for.
Inventory
Inventory
is primarily valued using an average cost method and is stated at the lower of
cost or market.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization are
provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives or the
term of the lease of the related assets, whichever is shorter. Estimated useful
lives generally range from 3 to 7 years.
Maintenance
and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Renewals and
improvements of a major nature are capitalized. At the time of the retirement or
other disposition of property and equipment, the cost and accumulated
depreciation and amortization are removed from the accounts and any resulting
gains or losses are reflected in income.
Intangible
Assets
Intangible
assets are carried at cost and consist of patents, copyrights and certain
vending route contracts. Amortization is provided on the straight-line basis
over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, ranging from five to
seventeen years.
Goodwill
Goodwill
is the excess of cost over the fair value of net assets of businesses
acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but is evaluated for impairment
as described below.
Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets
The
Company accounts for its long-lived assets in accordance with ASC 360, "Property, Plant, and
Equipment." ASC 360 requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
historical cost carrying value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. The
Company assesses recoverability of the carrying value of an asset by estimating
the future net cash flows expected to result from the asset, including eventual
disposition. If the future net cash flows are less than the carrying value of
the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the
asset's carrying value and fair value or disposable value. The factors
considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating
results, trends, and prospects, as well as the effects of obsolescence, demand,
competition, and other economic factors. For the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, the Company did not deem any of its long-lived assets to be
impaired and thus no impairment losses were recorded.
Revenue
Recognition
Revenue
is recognized when evidence of an arrangement exists; products are received by
customers and title passes; fee is fixed and determinable; and, collectibility
is reasonably assured.
Income
Taxes
Income
taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences
attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of
existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and operating
loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are
measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the
years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment
date. The components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are
classified as current and non-current based on their
characteristics. A valuation allowance is provided for certain
deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the Company will not
realize tax assets through future operations.
Segment
Reporting
Pursuant
to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information, (SFAS 131), the Company is required
to disclose certain disclosures of operating segments, as defined in SFAS 131.
Management has determined that the Company has two (2) segments related to its
Vending and Restaurant operations.
Earnings
Per Share
Basic
earnings per share is computed in accordance with FASB 128 by dividing income
available to common shareholders (the numerator) by the weighted-average number
of common shares (the denominator) for the period. The computation of diluted
earnings per share is similar to basic earnings per share, except that the
denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that
would have been outstanding if potentially dilutive common shares had been
issued.
Basic
earnings per share take into account only the actual number of outstanding
common shares during the period. Diluted earnings per share take into
effect the common shares actually outstanding and the impact of convertible
securities, stock options, stock warrants and their equivalents.
Reclassifications
Certain
amounts in the 2008 financial statements have been reclassified for comparative
purposes to conform to the current year presentation.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations (SFAS
141(R)), which replaces SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations,
requires an acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed,
and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date,
measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions. This
Statement also requires the acquirer in a business combination achieved in
stages to recognize the identifiable assets and liabilities, as well as the
non-controlling interest in the acquiree, at the full amounts of their fair
values.
SFAS
141(R) makes various other amendments to authoritative literature intended to
provide additional guidance or to confirm the guidance in that literature to
that provided in this Statement. This Statement applies prospectively to
business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the
beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after
December 15, 2008. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 141 (R)
to have a material impact on our financial statements.
In
December 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements (SFAS 160), which amends Accounting
Research Bulletin No. 51, Consolidated Financial
Statements, to improve the relevance, comparability, and transparency of
the financial information that a reporting entity provides in its consolidated
financial statements. SFAS 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards
that require the ownership interests in subsidiaries not held by the parent to
be clearly identified, labeled and presented in the consolidated statement of
financial position within equity, but separate from the parent’s equity. This
statement also requires the amount of consolidated net income attributable to
the parent and to the non-controlling interest to be clearly identified and
presented on the face of the consolidated statement of income. Changes in a
parent’s ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial
interest must be accounted for consistently, and when a subsidiary is
deconsolidated, any retained non-controlling equity investment in the former
subsidiary must be initially measured at fair value. The gain or loss on the
deconsolidation of the subsidiary is measured using the fair value of any
non-controlling equity investment. The Statement also requires entities to
provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the
interests of the parent and the interests of the non-controlling owners. This
Statement applies prospectively to all entities that prepare consolidated
financial statements and applies prospectively for fiscal years, and interim
periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008.
The Company does not expect this to have a significant impact on its financial
statements.
3. INVENTORY
December
31,
|
||
2009
|
2008
|
|
Food
products
|
$
58,769
|
$ 76,985
|
Machine
inventory
|
$215,282
|
$454,282
|
Parts
inventory
|
$105,347
|
$ 42,463
|
Machine
change
|
$ 16,063
|
$ 16,868
|
$395,461
|
$590,598
|
Inventories consists of food products
at $58,769, machine inventory at $215,282, parts inventory at $105,347 and
machine change at $16,063 as of December 31, 2009.Inventories consists of food products
at $76,985, machine inventory at $454,282 parts inventory at $42,463 and machine
change at $16,868 as of December 31, 2008.
4. PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT
Machines
on location
|
$1,051,638
|
Restaurant
equipment
|
$ 500,000
|
Building
improvements
|
$ 194,051
|
Vehicles
|
$ 454,191
|
Furniture
and equipment
|
$ 364,785
|
Route
purchases
|
$1,145,000
|
Fabrication
and design
|
$ 913,453
|
Kiosk
|
$ 108,366
|
Computer
and software
|
$ 122,810
|
$4,854,294
|
Fixed assets include machines on
location $1,051,638, restaurant equipment $500,000, building improvements
$194,051, vehicles $454,191 furniture and equipment $364,785, vending
route purchases $1,145,000, fabrication and design $913,453, Kiosk $108,366,
computer and software $122,810 as of December 31, 2009.
5. INTANGIBLE
ASSETS
Software
programs and design
|
$2,389,216
|
Copyright
and patents
|
$7,312,307
|
$9,701,523
|
Our intangible assets include Software
Programs/Design valued at $2,389,216 and Copyright and Patents valued at
$7,312,307. These assets are valued and expensed at fair market
prices in accordance FSAB Statement No.2 (FAS-2) Accounting for Research and
Development Costs.
These
assets include patent prosecution services with various venders and consulting
expenses. We acquired the rights to our pending Wireless Management
of Remote Vending patent via payment of 3,000,000 restricted shares of the
Company’s common stock valued at $1.00 per share and the rights to our pending
MultiMedia System, Method for Controlling Vending Machines patent via payment of
1,000,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $1.00 per
share. Our AVT developed proprietary software, product dispensing systems and
multiple designed or developed products are currently in the state of “patent
pending.” Our developed products include inventory control
software, progress monitors, service logs, purchase order, data base management,
generators, touch screen vending, cashless payment systems, and digital
signage. Hardware assets include our 24 hour Vend Mart, Tech Store,
Automated Express Market, Ivend and Vend Sensor System.
6. BUSINESS
COMBINATION
In April 2008, we purchased 100% of the
assets and liabilities of AC Mexican Food, Inc. dba Jalapenos Mexican Food, for
a purchase price of 1,000,000 restricted shares of our Series A Convertible
Preferred stock. The asset was valued at $1,000,000 pursuant to the
value of fixtures in the restaurant. The Series A Convertible
Preferred stock was arbitrarily valued at $1.00 per share as there is no public
market for the Company’s Preferred stock. Pursuant to FASB 141, the primary
purpose of the purchase was to provide an alternative stream for the Company and
to provide the Company with the ability to provide Mexican fresh foods in the
Company’s vending machines.
7. LIABILITIES
Other Current Liabilities
Our other current liabilities consist
of payroll liabilities of $9,775, current shareholder notes of $44,955, loans
payable to Worth, Inc. in the amount of $267,387, equipment leases totaling
$4,513 and automobile leases totaling $4,023.
Long Term Liabilities
Lease
Account
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
Falcon
241414
|
$ 41,187.62
|
$ 24,443.30
|
$ 7,698.98
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
Falcon
21430
|
$ 42,582.98
|
$ 25,838.66
|
$ 9,094.34
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
Falcon
598
|
$ 41,245.83
|
$ 19,550.55
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
De
Lage 77509
|
$ 34,129.92
|
$ 18,814.08
|
$ 3,498.24
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
Firestone
Financial
|
$ 36,690.69
|
$ 15,931.77
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
Firestone
528916
|
$ 57,022.24
|
$ 31,462.24
|
$ 5,902.24
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
$
252,859.28
|
$
136,040.60
|
$ 26,193.80
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
Long term liabilities include investor
notes in the amount of $1,476,996. We have long term equipment leases
totaling $251,464.
The
company's convertible promissory notes are offered with 1 to 36 month maturity
dates at 10% paid quarterly and offer conversion features to convert the
outstanding principal and interest into shares of our common stock.
8. FAIR
VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Fair
Value Measurements
On
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157 (SFAS 157), Fair Value Measurements. SFAS
157 relates to financial assets and financial liabilities. In February 2008, the
FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No.
157, which delayed the effective date of SFAS 157 for all nonfinancial
assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or
disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on at least an annual basis,
until January 1, 2009 for calendar year-end entities.
SFAS 157
defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP),
and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of this
standard apply to other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair
value measurements and are to be applied prospectively with limited
exceptions.
SFAS 157
defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid
to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at
the measurement date. This standard is now the single source in GAAP for the
definition of fair value, except for the fair value of leased property as
defined in SFAS 13. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that
distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on
market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an
entity’s own assumptions, about market participant assumptions, that are
developed based on the best information available in the circumstances
(unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels,
which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets
for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to
unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy
under SFAS 157 are described below:
• Level 1
- Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the
measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
• Level 2
- Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted
prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for
identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active;
inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability
(e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or
corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other
means.
• Level 3
- Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and
unobservable. These inputs rely on management's own assumptions about the
assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or
liability. (The unobservable inputs are developed based on the best information
available in the circumstances and may include the Company's own
data.)
Fair
Value Option
On
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 159 (SFAS 159), The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS 159 provides a fair value option
election that allows entities to irrevocably elect fair value as the initial and
subsequent measurement attribute for certain financial assets and liabilities.
Changes in fair value are recognized in earnings as they occur for those assets
and liabilities for which the election is made. The election is made on an
instrument by instrument basis at initial recognition of an asset or liability
or upon an event that gives rise to a new basis of accounting for that
instrument. The adoption of SFAS 159 did not have a material impact on the
Company’s financial statements as the Company did not elect the fair value
option for any of its financial assets or liabilities.
9. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
Indemnities and Guarantees
During the normal course of business,
the Company may make certain indemnities and guarantees under which it may be
required to make payments in relation to certain transactions. These indemnities
may include certain agreements with the Company’s officers, under which the
Company may be required to indemnify such person for liabilities arising out of
their employment relationship, agreements with financial institutions in
connections with certain of the Company’s notes payable, and agreements with
leasing of office space for certain actions arising during the Company
tenancy. The duration of these indemnities and guarantees do not
provide for any limitation of the maximum potential future payments the Company
could be obligated to make.
Historically, the Company has not been
obligated to make payments for these obligations and no liabilities have been
recorded for these indemnities and guarantees in the accompanying balance
sheet.
Leases
The Company has various operating lease
commitments in connection with its office space and certain
equipment.
Legal
The Company may be involved from time
to time in claims, lawsuits, and disputes with third parties, actions involving
allegations or discrimination or breach of contract actions incidental in the
normal operations of the business. The Company is currently not involved in any
such litigation or disputes which management believes could have a material
adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations.
11. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
The Company has the following classes
of capital stock as of December 31, 2009.
Common stock, $.001 par
value: 100,000,000 shares authorized: 27,354,261 shares issued and
outstanding.
Preferred Stock, $.001 par value:
3,000,000 shares authorized as Series A Convertible
Preferred. 2,033,333 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred stock
issued and outstanding.
Common Stock
On or about January, 2008, a majority
of the Company’s shareholders approved the resolution of the Company’s board of
directors to amend the Company’s articles of incorporation to reverse split the
Company’s common stock on a 1 for 3 basis. All fractional shares were
rounded up. Shares issued prior to January, 2008, have been
retroactively restated to reflect the impact of the stock split.
As at December 31, 2007, the Company
had 13,441,310 shares of its common stock issued and outstanding.
As at December 31, 2008, the Company
had 21,149,620 shares of its common stock issued and outstanding.
As at December 31, 2009, the Company
had 27,354,261 shares of its common stock issued and outstanding.
Preferred Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2007,
we issued 1,200,000 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in
exchange for cancellation of debt and our obligation to issue shares of our
common stock. The Series C Convertible Stock was valued at $.001 par
value.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2008,
the Company’s Board of Directors cancelled all issued and outstanding shares of
its Series C Convertible Preferred stock and designated 3,000,000 preferred
shares as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $.001 par value, of which
2,033,333 shares are issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2009.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2008,
166,667 shares of our issued and outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred
stock were converted into 1,000,000 shares of our common stock.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2008, we
issued SWI Trading, Inc. a total of 1,000,000 shares of our Series A Convertible
Preferred stock as payment for the purchase of certain assets and liabilities of
AC Mexican Food, Inc., a California corporation. The Series A
Convertible Stock was valued at $.001 par value.
There are no previsions or
circumstances that will require the company to record our Preferred Stock
outside permanent equity.
The Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock has the following rights and preferences:
Conversion Rights
Each share of the Series A Preferred
Stock may be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof and subject to
notice requirements described herein, at any time, into six (6) shares of our
common stock.
Dividend Rights
Holders of our Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive dividends on the stock out of assets
legally available for distribution when, as and if authorized and declared by
our Board of Directors.
Liquidation Preference
The holders of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, prior to the holders of the other
series of the Company’s Preferred Stock and prior and in preference to any
distribution of our assets or surplus funds to the holders of any other shares
of stock of the Company by reason of their ownership of such stock, an amount
equal to $0.37 per share with respect to each share of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, plus all declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such
share.
Voting Rights
Except as otherwise required by law,
the holders of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock vote; (i) as a
single class and shall have such number of votes as is determined by multiplying
(a) the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by such
holder, (b) the number of issued and outstanding shares of our Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock as of the record date for the vote,
or, if no such record date is established, as of the date such vote is taken or
any written consent of stockholders is solicited, and (c) 0.00000025; and (ii)
the holders of our Common Stock shall have one vote per share of Common Stock
held as of such date.
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