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UNITED
STATES
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
OR
o
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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 000-50903
Pure
Biofuels Corp.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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47-0930829
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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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3811
Shadow Trace Circle
Houston,
TX 77082-5637
1-281-540-9317
(Address
and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal
executive
offices)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
(Title of
Class)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value
$0.001
(Title of
Class)
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No
o
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Smaller
reporting company x
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(Do
not check if a smaller 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 Act.) Yes o No x
The
aggregate market value of the Registrant’s Common Stock held by non-affiliates
of the Registrant (based upon the closing price of the Registrant’s Common Stock
as of June 30, 2009) was approximately $9.7 million (based on
58,946,396 shares of common stock outstanding on such date). Shares of the
Registrant’s Common Stock held by each executive officer and director and by
each entity or person that, to the Registrant’s knowledge, owned 5% or more of
the Registrant’s outstanding Common Stock as of June 30, 2009 have been excluded
in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates of the Registrant. This
determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination
for other purposes.
The
number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.01 par
value, was 236,387,893 shares as of April 12, 2010.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE
The
information required by Part III of this Report, to the extent not set forth
herein, is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s definitive
proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in
2010, which definitive proxy statement shall be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which
this Report relates.
PURE
BIOFUELS CORP.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART
I
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Item
1. Business
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Item
2. Properties
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Item
3. Legal Proceedings
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Item
4. (Removed and reserved)
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PART
II
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Item
5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item
6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
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Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operation
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Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
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Item
8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data
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Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
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Item
9A. Controls and Procedures
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Item
9B. Other Information
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PART
III
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Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Item
11. Executive Compensation
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Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters.
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Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence.
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Item
14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
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PART
IV
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Item
15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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1
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT RELATING TO THE SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES
LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
This
Annual Report on Form 10-K and the information incorporated by reference
includes ‘‘forward-looking statements’’ within the meaning of section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
We intend those forward looking-statements to be covered by the safe harbor
provisions for forward-looking statements. All statements regarding our expected
financial position and operating results, our business strategy, our financing
plans and the outcome of any contingencies are forward-looking statements. Any
such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates,
and projections about our industry and our business. Words such as
‘‘anticipates,’’ ‘‘expects,’’ ‘‘intends,’’ ‘‘plans,’’ ‘‘believes,’’ ‘‘seeks,’’
‘‘estimates,’’ or variations of those words and similar expressions are intended
to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those stated in or implied by any forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, matters listed in
Item 1A under ‘‘Risk Factors.’’
PART
I
Item
1. Business
Our
Current Business
We have
culminated the construction of our biodiesel processing plant on 4.7 hectares of
land owned by our company near the Callao Port in Lima, Peru (the “Callao Port
Facility”). The Callao Port Facility is designed for a continuous 24 hour
production of 150,000 gallons of biodiesel per day, equating to approximately
52.5 million gallons per year (“MMgy”). Approximately 6.5 million gallons of
crude glycerin is also expected to be produced from the
process. The Callao Port Facility also holds a liquid storage
terminal with a total capacity of 155,760 cubic meters and can provide buoy
mooring for loading and discharging products by sea via underwater pipelines
connected to our storage tanks.
On
December 4, 2007, our subsidiary, Pure Biofuels Peru, S.A.C., completed the
acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Interpacific Oil S.A.C.,
a biodiesel processor with a 7.2 MMgy biodiesel facility (the “Interpacific
Facility”), which the Company has expanded in order to achieve production
capacity of 10 MMgy.
To date,
we have not generated significant revenues from the operations at the Callao
Port Facility. Our principal delays have been due to the uncertainty
of the approval of Peruvian law which dictates that all diesel fuel
commercialized in Lima, Peru will not only carry a mandatory biodiesel portion
of 2% but will also be Ultra Low Sulfur diesel. Consequently, our
biodiesel production and our planned diesel imports were halted until the
mandate was approved. The Peruvian law was finally approved on
December 31, 2009 making Peru a significant importer of diesel fuel since
current local oil refineries lack the capacity to produce Ultra Low Sulfur
diesel. In addition, Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C., engaged Oil
Tanking Andina S.A.C. as our terminal operator who in turn had to perform an
exhaustive due diligence in order to verify and certify that our storage
terminal facility fully complies with the highest international standards of
safety and quality. Hereafter, on February 12th, 2010,
Pure Biofuels Del Peru S.A.C signed the service agreement with Oil Tanking
Andina S.A.C. We have finalized commercial negotiations and are in
the process of concluding others with several parties, both local and
international, and plan to generate significant revenues during the second
quarter of 2010.
Our
business strategy is to generate revenues through the production and sale of
biodiesel. In addition, we seek to generate additional revenue by
importing and blending diesel fuel with biodiesel for both the international and
local markets. Finally, we will seek to generate additional revenue
by leasing to third parties the use of our storage tanks. There can be no
assurance that we will be able to lease any unused storage tanks on terms that
are favorable to us or at all.
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Our
management is a focused senior team of professionals with finance and project
development expertise. We believe management has extensive experience and
knowledge in the production of biodiesel and the renewable energy sector. In
addition, management believes that our company has attracted a skilled team of
advisors and contractors with significant experience in the field.
Within
the renewable energy sector, our primary investment opportunities will involve
clean fuels, enabling technologies and the cultivation, harvesting and
processing of plant feedstock in low cost growing locations. From a strategic
value perspective, our management believes a geographic focus in South America
will be a key component to building scale.
Callao
Port Facility
The
Callao Port Facility is designed for continuous 24 hour production of 150,000
gallons of biodiesel per day, equating to approximately 52.5 million gallons per
year. In addition, we expect that the plant will produce approximately 6.5
million gallons of crude glycerin per year. The plant is located on
company-owned land and part of the infrastructure includes tank storage
terminal, administration, control and maintenance buildings. Movement of bulk
liquid materials between the wharf and the plant is managed through a network of
pipelines. Our tank terminal has a liquid storage capacity of 155,760
cubic meters and can provide buoy mooring for loading and discharging products
by sea via underwater pipelines connected to our storage tanks.
On February 12th, 2010,
Pure Biofuels del Peru SAC engaged Oil Tanking Andina S.A.C, as its storage
terminal operator. With this service agreement, we have successfully
outsourced the storage tank operation to an experienced global company with
worldwide operations involving the storage of oils, chemicals, and
gases.
Production
Phase
We intend
to ramp up the Callao Port Facility to full production over the next 4
months.
In full
production, the Callao Port Facility is anticipated to operate 24 hours a day,
every day. Access to the site will be controlled by a swipe-card security
system. Approximately 15-20 personnel will be required to fill four shift
rosters.
The raw
materials will be delivered by ship on a monthly basis to the Callao Port site.
Callao Port regulatory authorities and our storage terminal operator, Oil
Tanking Andina S.A.C., will manage product delivery to the wharf, which will be
transported by pipeline to the main storage area on the Callao Port site. Weekly
to monthly supplies of other chemicals such as caustic soda will also be
maintained on-site. Secondary by-products such as fatty matter and distillations
residue will be removed by a licensed waste contractor on an as-needed
basis.
The
Interpacific Facility
On
December 4, 2007, we completed the acquisition of the Interpacific Facility,
which opened in 2001 and was one of the first biodiesel production
facilities ever constructed in Peru. In January 2008, we completed the expansion
of the Interpacific Facility from 7.2 MMgy to 10 MMgy.
Production
Phase
We
anticipate the Interpacific Facility will reach full production capacity by June
2010. In full production, the Interpacific Facility is anticipated to
operate 24 hours a day, every day. Approximately 4-8 personnel will
be required to fill four shift rosters. The Interpacific Facility
will be supplied with raw materials from the Callao Port Facility.
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Principal
Products
Overview
The
production of biodiesel involves the transesterification of triglyceride oil
(vegetable oil feedstock) with alcohol (methanol) in the presence of an alkaline
catalyst (sodium hydroxide). Part of biodiesel’s appeal is its versatility,
since the fatty acid used to produce the ester can come from a number of
different sources.
Biodiesel
can be distributed using infrastructure which is already in place. We anticipate
that most of our production will be sold to local fuel distributors. Fuel
stations are beginning to make biodiesel available to consumers, and a growing
number of transport fleets use it as an additive in their fuel. Potential
environmental concerns mainly involve the transport, storage and handling of the
various hazardous materials used in the production of biodiesel, such as
methanol and sodium hydroxide. Numerous controls will be in place to ensure the
risks associated with these potential concerns are kept to a
minimum.
Biodiesel
Biodiesel
can be defined as “a diesel fuel obtained by the esterification of oil
(triglycerides) derived from plants or animals” (International Fuel Standard
Biodiesel). Esterification is the conversion of a compound into an ester by a
reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of
water. In the production of biodiesel, triglycerides (organic fatty acids) are
mixed with alcohol in the presence of a catalyst (sodium hydroxide) to produce
biodiesel and glycerin. Although biodiesel can be run in any diesel engine as a
neat fuel (B100), biodiesel is likely to be blended with diesel fuel for several
reasons, such as:
1.
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Higher
production costs and lower production volume potential;
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2.
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Concerns
that running on B100 can result in gelling problems in very cold weather;
and
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3.
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Acceptance
by many diesel engine manufacturers of a 20% blend
(B-20).
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Glycerin
Glycerin
is a byproduct of producing soaps, fatty acids, and fatty esters from the
triglycerides in vegetable oils and animal fats. Approximately 0.7 pounds of
crude glycerin are produced for every gallon of biodiesel. The glycerin produced
by transesterification is only about 50% pure. It contains a significant amount
of contaminants including methanol, soap and catalyst. It is relatively easy to
raise the purity level of the crude glycerol to 80% - 90%, but more difficult
and expensive to raise the purity level above 90%. The market price for
crude gylcerin is approximately $0.50 per gallon.
Glycerin
is a very common industrial chemical with a multitude of uses. It is found in
baby care products, embalming fluids used by morticians, glues, explosives,
throat lozenges and in suppositories (Glycerin - A Key Cosmetic Ingredient,
Edited by E. Jungermann and N.O.V. Sonntag, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York,
1991). The principal uses of glycerin include food products, cosmetics,
toiletries, toothpaste, explosives, drugs, animal feed, plasticizers, tobacco
and emulsifiers.
Prices
for pure glycerol have varied from $0.50 to $1.50/lb over the past several
years. The disposition of the glycerin is an important element of biodiesel
profitability. However, it should be noted that these prices are based on
glycerol that is at least 99.7% pure, which we do not expect to
produce in the near term.
Sources
and Availability of Raw Materials
Palm
Oil and Soy Oil
We had a
non-binding letter of intent with a subsidiary of Cargill to supply us with soy
oil which was terminated in May 2009. We will continue to purchase
soy oil from this subsidiary at spot prices. There is no assurance that we will
enter into a new binding agreement with the Cargill subsidiary for the supply of
soy oil.
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We intend
to cultivate plant feedstock in low cost regions for raw material sourcing
purposes. We currently do not own or lease any land on which to plant
oil-bearing crops. There can be no assurance that we will be able to acquire
appropriate land to cultivate plant feedstock or that our efforts will be
successful.
Reagents
The most
common method of producing biodiesel is to combine vegetable oil with methanol
in the presence of a catalyst (J.Sheehan, V. Camobreco, J. Duffield, M.
Graboski, and H. Shapouri, Life Cycle Inventory of Biodiesel and Petroleum
Diesel for Use in an Urban Bus: Final Report, NREL/SR-580-24089 (Golden, CO:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory)). The catalyst that we intend to use in
our operations is sodium hydroxide. Sodium hydroxide, which is commonly referred
to as lye or caustic soda, is the same chemical used to unclog kitchen and
bathroom drains and can be purchased at an average price of $1.85/kg bulk
rate.
Methanol
is the most common alcohol used to process biodiesel due to cost, availability,
and ease of use. Methanol is a colorless, odorless and nearly tasteless alcohol
with the simplest chemical structure of all the alcohols. Most of the world’s
methanol is being produced using natural gas as a feedstock, however, there is
growing interest in the production of methanol from renewable biomass
resources.
We
believe we will be able to obtain the requisite amount of sodium hydroxide and
methanol at prevailing market prices but we may not be able to do
so.
Distribution
Method
Peruvian
law requires that we delegate full responsibility for distribution and sale of
our biodiesel product to one or more distributors. Therefore, initially, we
intend to sell all of our biodiesel to Peruvian distributors. Currently, we
do not have any binding agreements with any distributors to buy our
biodiesel.
Using
distributors rather than direct sales and delivery to fleet customers will
reduce the gross profit margin available to our company; however, there are
contributions and services that quality distributor partners can provide,
including:
·
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Ownership
and operation of strategically located fuel storage and refueling
infrastructure including both retail and card lock
stations;
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The
ability to add blending infrastructure with relatively low cost and
complexity;
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Possession
of existing permits, zoning approvals and licenses to store and dispense
petroleum based fuels and fuel blends;
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Relationships
with significant fuel users and an understanding of how to prioritize and
market to high priority fleet
targets;
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Understanding
the local competitive environment and development of competitive
strategies; and
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Extending
trade credit to fuel users and bearing of the related credit
risk.
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Government
Support of Biodiesel
Government
officials in Peru have publicly announced their support for biodiesel and
other renewable energy sources. In 2008, a mandate was approved in Peru, which
states that starting in 2009, all diesel sold in Peru must be a B2 blend diesel
(2% biodiesel). By 2011, the mandate will shift from B2 to B5 (5%
biodiesel).
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Major
Customers
Our major
customers are the principal fuel distributors in Peru. Due to rising
international biodiesel prices, we anticipate exporting part of our production
to fuel distributors based in the United States and Europe.
Competition
The
alternative energy industry is widespread and highly competitive. Numerous
entities in the United States and around the world compete with our efforts to
produce, process and distribute energy from renewable resources, including
biodiesel. We face, and expect to continue to face, competition from entities to
the extent that they develop products similar or identical to ours. We also
face, and expect to continue to face, competition from entities that provide
alternative energy solutions from renewable resources other than biodiesel, such
as solar, hydro and wind energy producers.
Because
many of our competitors have substantially greater capital resources and more
experience in research and development, manufacturing and marketing than we do,
we may not succeed in developing our proposed products and bringing them to
market in a cost-effective and timely manner.
Our
company currently engages in the production and sale of biodiesel as well as the
commercialization of blended diesel fuel. We have completed the construction and
testing of our proposed Callao Port Facility and have completed and tested the
expansion of our Interpacific Facility. However, we have not yet
commenced full-scale operations at neither facility due to the uncertainty of
the approval of a Peruvian law which dictates that all diesel fuel
commercialized in Lima, Peru will not only carry a mandatory biodiesel portion
of 2% but will also be Ultra Low Sulfur diesel. Consequently, our
biodiesel production and our planned diesel imports were halted until the
mandate was approved on December 31, 2009. The Peruvian law was
finally approved making Peru a significant importer of Diesel fuel since current
local Oil refineries lack the capacity to produce Ultra Low Sulfur
diesel. In addition, Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C., engaged Oil
Tanking Andina S.A.C. as our terminal operator who in turn had to perform an
exhaustive due diligence in order to verify and certify that our storage
terminal facility fully complies with the highest international standards of
safety and quality. Hereafter, on February 12th, 2010,
Pure Biofuels Del Peru S.A.C signed the service agreement with Oil Tanking
Andina S.A.C. We have finalized commercial negotiations and are in
the process of concluding others with several parties, both local and
international, and plan to generate significant revenues during the second
quarter of 2010.
The
technologies for producing and processing biodiesel and approaches for
commercializing those technologies are evolving. Technological developments may
result in our products and/or processes becoming obsolete before we recover a
significant portion of any capital expenditures that we have incurred. Moreover,
any products and technologies that we may develop may be made obsolete by less
expensive products or technologies that may be developed from our competitors in
the future.
Employees
As of
December 31, 2009, we had 40 full time employees.
We expect
to have approximately 25 full time employees since a significant portion of our
existing plant personnel will now be working for our storage terminal operators,
Oil Tanking Andina S.A.C.
Corporate
Information
We were
incorporated pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada on October 2, 2003, and
commenced operations commensurate with the acquisition of Metasun Software Corp.
on November 30, 2003. We acquired Metasun Software Corp. from Chad DeGroot, our
former president, by issuing a $10,000 promissory note, at the rate of prime
plus 2% and due on demand. The acquisition was accounted for as a reverse
takeover. Effective January 12, 2005, our issued and outstanding common shares
were split on a 5.332687957 for one (1) basis. Effective August 7, 2006, we
effected a one and one-quarter (1.25) for one (1) forward stock split of our
authorized, issued and outstanding common stock. In addition, effective August
7, 2006, we completed a merger with our subsidiary, Pure Biofuels Corp., which
we incorporated solely to effect a change of name from “Metasun Enterprises,
Inc.” to “Pure Biofuels Corp.” We changed our name in connection with a share
exchange agreement dated July 26, 2006, as amended August 31, 2006, among our
company, Pure Biofuels del Peru SAC (“Pure Biofuels Peru”), the shareholders of
Pure Biofuels Peru, and Carlos Alberto Pinto, President of Pure Biofuels Peru.
The share exchange agreement contemplated our company acquiring all of the
issued and outstanding common shares of Pure Biofuels Peru in exchange for the
issuance by our company of approximately 30,000,000 common shares. The closing
of the transactions contemplated by the share exchange agreement and the
acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Pure Biofuels Peru
occurred on September 15, 2006. At the closing date, the former shareholders of
Pure Biofuels Peru held approximately 54.5% of the issued and outstanding common
shares of our company. The acquisition of Pure Biofuels Peru is deemed to be a
reverse acquisition for accounting purposes. Pure Biofuels Peru, the acquired
entity, is regarded as the predecessor entity as of September 15, 2006. Starting
with the periodic report for the quarter in which the acquisition was
consummated, our company began filing annual and quarterly reports based on the
December 31 year end of Pure Biofuels Peru. Such financial statements depict the
operating results of Pure Biofuels Peru, including the acquisition of our
company, from September 15, 2006. Our principal office is located at 3811 Shadow
Trace Circle, Houston, TX 77082-5637. Our telephone number is (281) 540-9317.
The operations office for our Peruvian subsidiary is located at Av. Canaval y
Moreyra 380, Of 402, San Isidro, Lima, Peru.
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Web
site Posting of SEC Filings
Our
annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current
reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to such reports are available, free of
charge, on our web site and can be accessed by clicking on the “Investor
Relations/ Financial Information” tab. Further, a copy of this annual report on
Form 10-K is located at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at
100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the
operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy
and information statements, and other information regarding our filings at
www.sec.gov.
Item
2. Properties
We have
constructed a biodiesel processing plant on 4.7 hectares of land owned by our
company near the Callao Port in Lima, Peru. The plant is designed for a
continuous 24 hour production of 150,000 gallons of biodiesel per day, equating
to approximately 52.5 million gallons per year. In addition, we have
constructed a storage terminal can hold up to 155,760 cubic meters of liquid
products.
On
December 4, 2007, we completed the acquisition of the Interpacific Facility,
which opened in 2001 and was the first biodiesel production facility ever
constructed in Peru. We have expanded the Interpacific Facility from 7.2 MMgy to
10 MMgy. We currently lease the land which will expire in
2010.
Pursuant
to the sale/leaseback transaction with Interbank Peru, our production facilities
and our land are pledged as collateral for the Interbank
transaction.
Item
3. Legal Proceedings
We are,
from time to time, parties to various legal proceedings arising out of our
business. We believe, however, that there are no proceedings pending or
threatened against us, which, if determined adversely, would have a material
adverse effect upon our business financial conditions, results of operations or
liquidity.
Item
4. (Removed and Reserved)
None
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PART
II
Item
5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our
common shares were quoted for trading on the OTCBB on November 12, 2004 under
the symbol “MESU.OB.” Our common shares did not trade between November 12, 2004
and August 9, 2006. On August 7, 2006, our symbol changed to “PBOF.OB” in
connection with our name change.
The high
and low bid prices of our common stock for the periods indicated below, as
reported on Yahoo! Finance, are as follows:
National
Association of Securities Dealers OTC
Bulletin
Board(1)
Quarter
Ended
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December
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March
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1)
Over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail
mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual
transactions.
Our
common shares are issued in registered form. Pacific Stock Transfer Company, 500
E. Warm Springs Road, Suite 240, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 (Telephone:
702.361.3033; Facsimile: 702.433.1979) is the registrar and transfer agent for
our common shares. On April 12, 2010, the shareholders' list of our common
shares showed 122 registered shareholders and 236,387,893 shares
outstanding.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
We have
not sold any of our securities which were not registered under the Securities
Act during the year ended December 31, 2009, which were not previously disclosed
in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form
8-K.
Dividend
Policy
We have
never paid or declared any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently
anticipate that we will retain all of our future earnings for use in developing
our business and do not expect to pay any dividends in the foreseeable
future.
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
At
December 31, 2009, we have one compensation plan in place, entitled 2006 Stock
Option and Award Plan. This plan was approved by our security holders on
November 19, 2006.
Number
of
Securities
to
be
issued upon
exercise
of
outstanding
options
|
Weighted-Average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options
|
Number
of securities
remaining
available
for
further
issuance
|
|||
15,261,250
|
$
|
0.60
|
5,738,750
|
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Purchases
of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
Item
6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
Not
required.
Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
This
section should be read in conjunction with ‘‘Cautionary Statements,’’ and Item 8
of Part II, ‘‘Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.’’ The
following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated
in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including
those discussed below and elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
You
should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of
operations together with the audited consolidated financial statements and the
notes to the audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual
report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our
plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results may differ materially from
those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
Overview
We were a
development stage company through July 31, 2009. During the period
that we were considered a development stage company, we incurred accumulated
losses of approximately $105,000,000 of which approximately $75,000,000 were non-cash
expenses associated with debt and equity financings and stock compensation
expense for options issued to employees.
We have
completed the construction of our biodiesel processing plant on 4.7 hectares of
land owned by our company near the Callao Port in Lima, Peru (the “Callao Port
Facility”). The Callao Port Facility is designed for a continuous 24 hour
production of 150,000 gallons of biodiesel per day, equating to approximately
52.5 million gallons per year (“MMgy”). Approximately 6.5 million gallons of
crude glycerin is also expected to be produced from the
process. The Callao Port Facility also holds a liquid storage
terminal with a total capacity of 155,760 cubic meters and can provide buoy
mooring for loading and discharging products by sea via underwater pipelines
connected to our storage tanks.
To date,
we have not generated significant revenues from the operations at the Callao
Port Facility. Our principal delays have been due to the uncertainty
of the approval of Peruvian law which dictates that all diesel fuel
commercialized in Lima, Peru will not only carry a mandatory biodiesel portion
of 2% but will also be Ultra Low Sulfur diesel. Consequently, our
biodiesel production and our planned diesel imports were halted until the
mandate was approved. The Peruvian law was finally approved on
December 31, 2009 making Peru a significant importer of Diesel fuel since
current local Oil refineries lack the capacity to produce Ultra Low Sulfur
diesel. In addition, Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C., engaged Oil
Tanking Andina S.A.C. as our terminal operators who in turn had to perform an
exhaustive Due Diligence in order to verify and certify that our storage
terminal facility fully complies with the highest international standards of
safety and quality. Thereafter, on February 12th, 2010,
Pure Biofuels Del Peru S.A.C signed the service agreement with Oil Tanking
Andina S.A.C. We have finalized commercial negotiations and are in
the process of concluding others with several parties, both local and
international, and plan to generate revenues during the second quarter of
2010.
Our
Interpacific Facility, which we purchased in 2007, will reach full production by
June 2010. In full production, the Interpacific Facility is
anticipated to operate 24 hours a day, every day. Approximately 4-8
personnel will be required to fill four shift rosters. The
Interpacific Facility will be supplied with raw materials from the Callao Port
Facility
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In
addition, we seek to generate additional revenue by leasing to third parties the
use of our storage tanks at the Callao Port Facility. There can be no assurance
that we will be able to lease any unused storage tanks on terms that are
favorable to us if at all.
Results of
Operations
Comparison of the years
ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
Revenues
were $1,435,639 for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $133,172 for
the year ended December 31, 2008. Revenues were obtained from sales
of inventory and by products that were produced during the testing period at the
Callao Port Facility as well as sales of products after exiting the development
stage.
Costs of
revenues were $1,974,548 for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to
$1,167,260 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The costs of revenue
include the material and production costs plus additional costs incurred during
the testing of the Callao Port Facility. The cost of revenue for 2008
includes $864,000 related to the write down of inventory to the lower of cost or
market due to the decrease in the price of soy bean vegetable oil. Cost of
revenue continues to exceed revenue because of the significant devaluation that
affected the prices of both raw materials and finished product.
Selling,
general and administrative expenses consisted of the following for the periods
indicated:
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
Difference
|
%
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Consulting
fees
|
77,722 | 1,597,493 | (1,519,771 | ) | -95.1 | % | ||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
2,195,060 | 4,447,937 | (2,252,877 | ) | -50.6 | % | ||||||||||
Professional
fees
|
1,180,075 | 2,008,421 | (828,346 | ) | -41.2 | % | ||||||||||
Wages
|
4,000,195 | 3,887,068 | 113,127 | 2.9 | % | |||||||||||
7,453,052 | 11,940,919 | (4,487,867 | ) | -37.6 | % |
The
decrease in consulting fees of $ 1,519,771 or 95.1% was a result of us
completing the Callao port facility during 2008. During the
construction of the facility, we used consultants to help in the design,
construction and testing of the facility. General and administrative
expenses decreased $2,252,877 or 50.6%. During 2008, we had received
financing and we were continuing to build our internal infrastructure. As we
depleted our funds, we had to cut the administrative expense during 2009 until
we obtained additional financing. Professional fees decreased $828,346 or
41.2%. The decrease is primarily due to a decrease in legal
fees. We were able to retain corporate counsel for better rates than
what we had previously been paying and we did not use the attorneys’ services as
much this year as we did not have as many financing transactions as we had
previously. Wages remained relatively flat for 2009 compared to
2008. We reduced our staff during 2009, but we also added staff who
had been outsourced during 2008.
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Interest
and financing costs consisted of the following for the periods
indicated:
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
Increase
|
||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
(Decrease)
|
%
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
$ | 8,981,946 | $ | 3,612,218 | $ | 5,369,728 | 148.7 | % | ||||||||
Financing
costs
|
7,665,948 | 9,915,243 | (2,249,295 | ) | 22.7 | % | ||||||||||
Amortization
of debt discount
|
||||||||||||||||
and
debt issuance costs
|
8,479,632 | 4,827,971 | 3,651,661 | 75.6 | % | |||||||||||
$ | 25,127,526 | $ | 18,355,432 | $ | 6,772,094 | 36.9 | % |
The
increase of $5,369,728 or 148.7% in interest expense is due to the increase in
our debt and the capitalization of interest during 2008. During
2008, we capitalized approximately $2,600,000 of interest into property, plant
and equipment before the completion of the Callao port facility. Our
average debt was approximately $78,000,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009
compared to approximately $45,500,000 for the year ended December 31,
2008.
The
financing costs of $7,665,948 for the year ended December 31, 2009 consisted
primarily of the following:
·
|
$514,000
related to the excess of fair value of the conversion option over the
principal of the Plainfield Notes.
|
·
|
$1,819,000
related to the fair value of the shares to be issued per the default
provisions on the Plainfield 2009 Notes.
|
·
|
$4,400,000
related to the warrants that were issued to FDS and Plainfield per the
default provisions in their respective short-term
notes.
|
·
|
$933,000
paid related to the Trimarine supply
agreement.
|
The
increase in the amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs is
primarily due to the increase in debt discounts related to warrants and
convertible notes that have been issued after September 30, 2008.
The
change in fair value of accrued derivative liability for the year ended December
31, 2009 was a loss of $1,222,681 compared to a gain of $181,898 for the year
ended December 31, 2008. The change was because the common stock
share price increased from $0.07 per share at December 31, 2008 to $0.09 per
share at December 31, 2009, and the volatility used in the Black-Scholes Model
increased to 140% for the December 31, 2009 calculation compared to 123% for the
December 31, 2008 calculation.
Foreign
currency transaction gain was $1,620,594 for the year ended December 31, 2009
compared to a loss of $3,129,374 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The
change is primarily due to the line of credit and subsequently the long term
note payable both of which were denominated and payable in U.S. dollars and the
appreciation of the PEN in relation to the U.S. dollar for the periods
indicated.
The
“Non-cash expenses in connection with debt financing” amounted to $15,840,078
for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $0 for the year ended December
31, 2008. In July 2009, we converted $34,312,220 of principal and
interest from the line of credit to convertible notes and issued 64,013,194
shares to Plainfield. We also paid down convertible notes of
$2,200,000. The “Non-cash expenses in connection with debt financing”
is calculated as follows:
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Description
|
Amount
|
|||
Write
off of unamortized debt discount for $1MM Note
|
$ | (1,994,859 | ) | |
Write
off of debt issue costs related to the line of credit
|
(920,652 | ) | ||
Write
off the BCF related to the $2.2MM convertible Notes
|
7,846,111 | |||
Expense
related to BCF related to the LOC that was converted to a Convertible
Note
|
(12,347,942 | ) | ||
Expense
related to shares issued to Plainfield
|
(8,422,736 | ) | ||
Non-cash
foreign currency transaction (gain) loss
|
$ | (15,840,078 | ) |
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
As of
December 31, 2009, we had $735,352 in cash and cash equivalents. In addition,
during the year ended December 31, 2009, our cash used in operating activities
was $8,720,625 compared to our cash used in operating activities of $10,940,745
for the year ended December 31, 2008. We incurred a loss of $48.2
million which was comprised of approximately $34 million in non cash expense
related to depreciation, stock based compensation, amortization of debt
discount, warrants and options issued for financing costs and non cash expenses
in connection with debt financing. We used cash of approximately $4.7
million to pay accounts payable and approximately $3.9 million to increase
deposits and other assets. Our accrued expenses increased
approximately $7.5 million which was primarily related to the interest costs
associated with the debt.
During
the year ended December 31, 2009 cash used in investing activities was
$5,636,209 compared to cash used in investing activities of $22,446,845 for the
year ended December 31, 2008. During the year ended December 31,
2009, we paid $5,600,000 related to the Interpacific acquisition and purchased
property, plant and equipment of $36,209. During the year ended
December 31, 2008 we purchased equipment of $22,181,756 and increased deposits
by $265,089.
During
the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, cash provided by financing activities
was $14,987,099 and $31,915,472, respectively. During the year ended December
31, 2009, we received $43,000,000 from Interbank Peru as a long term
financing. From the $43,000,000, we were required to set up two
restricted cash accounts of $15,000,000 for each account. We were
able to draw down approximately $8.5MM from one of the restricted accounts set
up for working capital purposes. We also paid $3,500,000 toward the
principal balance of the line of credit. We received an additional
$3,700,000 in convertible and short term notes and we paid $5,200,000 of
principal towards these notes. As of December 31, 2009, we had repaid
all short term notes. With the $43,000,000 financing from Interbank,
we do not anticipate requiring additional funding during the year ended December
31, 2010.
Financings
To date,
we have had negative cash flows from operations and we have been dependent on
sales of our equity securities and debt financing to meet our cash
requirements.
Loan
Agreement
In order
to finance the construction of the Callao Port Facility, on September 12, 2007,
we entered into a $20,000,000 loan agreement, (the “Loan Agreement”), with
Plainfield.
On April
18, 2008, we amended the Loan Agreement which increased the borrowing amount by
$17,346,939, such that the maximum aggregate principal amount of loans available
under the Loan Agreement was $37,346,939. In conjunction with the
July 16, 2009 Interbank Peru Financing, we repaid $3,500,000 of the outstanding
balance and converted $34,312,220 of principal and interest into a PIK Note
which is convertible into 114,374,065 shares of common stock at a conversion
rate of $0.30 per share.
Convertible
Debt
On
September 12, 2007, we issued to Plainfield $10,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of our PIK Notes. Our Company is to pay interest on the Notes
semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing
March 15, 2008.
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As of
December 31, 2008, we had issued $19,707,990 of PIK Notes. During the
year ended December 31, 2009 and through April 12, 2010, we issued the following
PIK Notes:
·
|
$5,168,423
for accrued interest on the convertible debt and the line of credit with
an exercise price of $0.30 per share for the period January 1, 2009
through September 15, 2009.
|
·
|
$3,551,411
for accrued interest on the convertible note with an exercise price of
$0.30 per share for the interest that accrued from September 15, 2009
through March 15, 2010.
|
·
|
$34,312,220
for the outstanding balance of the line of credit which includes accrued
interest of $465,281.
|
In
conjunction with the Interbank Peru Financing on July 16, 2009, we paid
Plainfield $2,285,133 related to convertible notes and the accrued
interest.
Plainfield
Promissory Note
On
December 4, 2008, we executed a Promissory Note (the “Plainfield Note”)
promising to pay to Plainfield, the principal amount of $500,000. We
were to pay Plainfield the principal amount in one installment of $500,000 on
the earlier of (a) January 15, 2009 or (b) the date we enter into an agreement
with Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru will provide us with term
loan financing, in a principal amount of not less than $40,330,000. The
Plainfield Note is a non-interest bearing note.
We did
not make the required principal payment of $500,000 on January 15,
2009. Pursuant to the agreement, we issued 13,333,333 additional
warrants on April 8, 2009. In conjunction with the Interbank Peru
Financing, we repaid the outstanding balance of $500,000.
Plainfield
2009 Notes
On April
28, 2009 and July 18, 2009, we signed promissory notes (“Plainfield 2009 Notes”)
to pay Plainfield $500,000 and $250,000, respectively. The Plainfield 2009 Notes
provide that we will pay the principal amount together with accrued and unpaid
interest on the entire principal amount of the Plainfield 2009 Notes at 5% of
the principal amount to Plainfield in one (1) installment of $525,000 and
$262,500 on the earlier of (a) May 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009 (“Maturity
Dates”), respectively, and (b) the date we enter into an agreement with
Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru will provide term loan financing
for us and/or one or more of our majority-owned subsidiaries, in a principal
amount of not less than $40,330,000. Any accrued interest shall be
added to the principal sum then owed by us to Plainfield and paid on the
Maturity Date.
The
Plainfield 2009 Notes provide for certain events of default with various
remedies including acceleration or conversion, at Plainfield’s sole option, in
lieu of the other remedies for an event of default, into a PIK Note in an
aggregate principal amount of $525,000 and $262,500, convertible into 13,125,000
and 6,562,500 shares of common stock, respectively, of our common stock at a
conversion price of $0.04 per share. Plainfield may at its sole option exchange
the PIK Note at any time after the date of the event of default for (a) a
promissory note (the “Exchange Note”) issued by us, identical in all respects to
the PIK Note, except that the exchange note shall not have any conversion or
exchange rights and (b) a number of shares of common stock equal to the number
of shares that would have been issued upon the conversion of the PIK Note
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence divided by 1.2.
We did
not repay the Plainfield 2009 Notes on the required dates and pursuant to the
terms of the agreement, Plainfield opted to exchange the PIK Note for the
Exchange Note and receive shares of common stock. The exchange of the
PIK Note and the issuance of the common shares were performed in conjunction
with the Interbank Peru Financing on July 16, 2009. The value of the
10,937,500 shares (13,125,000 divided by 1.2) on May 30, 2009 was $984,375 and
the value of the 5,218,750 shares (6,562,500 divided by 1.2) on June 30, 2009,
was $835,000. We recorded these amounts as “interest and financing
costs” in the consolidated statement of operations with a corresponding credit
to “interest and penalties payable” in the consolidated balance
sheet.
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After
considering all transactions with Plainfield, Plainfield and its affiliates
own:
·
|
153,696,959
shares of our common stock, or 63% of our issued and outstanding
stock
|
·
|
Warrants
exercisable into 16,666,666 shares of our common stock at an exercise
price of approximately $0.30 per share
|
·
|
$62,740,044
aggregate principal amount of PIK Notes convertible into 209,133,480
shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $0.30 due on September
12, 2012
|
FDS
Note
On
December 4, 2008, we executed a Promissory Note (the “FDS Note”) promising to
pay to FDS Corporation S.A (“FDS”), the principal amount of
$1,000,000. We were to pay FDS the principal amount in one
installment of $1,000,000 on the earlier of (a) January 15, 2009 or (b) the date
we enter into an agreement with Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru
will provide us with term loan financing, in a principal amount of not less than
$40,330,000. The FDS Note is a non-interest bearing note.
We did
not make the required principal payment of $1,000,000 on January 15,
2009. Pursuant to the agreement, we issued 26,666,666 additional
warrants on April 8, 2009.
FDS
2009 Notes
On April
28, 2009 and June 18, 2009, we signed promissory notes (“FDS 2009 Notes”) to pay
FDS $500,000 and $250,000, respectively. The FDS 2009 Notes provide that the
Company will pay the principal amount together with accrued and unpaid interest
on the entire principal amount of the FDS 2009 Notes at 5% of the principal
amount to FDS in one (1) installment of $525,000 and $262,500 on the earlier of
(a) May 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009 (“Maturity Dates”), respectively, and (b) the
date we enter into an agreement with Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank
Peru will provide term loan financing us and/or one or more of our
majority-owned subsidiaries, in a principal amount of not less than
$40,330,000. Any accrued interest shall be added to the principal sum
then owed by us to FDS and paid on the Maturity Dates.
The FDS
2009 Notes provide for certain events of default with various remedies including
acceleration or conversion, at FDS’ sole option, into seven-year cashless
exercise warrants (“FDS 2009 Warrants”) to purchase 12,500,000 and 6,250,000
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.04 per share of common
stock in addition to $525,000 and the $262,500 principal and interest balances,
respectively. FDS may at its sole option exchange all or any FDS 2009
Warrants at any time after the date of the event of default and during the
exercise period for a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of
shares that would have been issued upon the exercise of the FDS 2009 Warrants
divided by 1.2.
The
Company repaid $500,000 in January 2009 and $1,334,375 of principal and interest
in July 2009.
Performance
Bond
On March
27, 2009, the Company entered into a performance bond agreement (the “Bond
Agreement”), with FDS Corporation (“FDS”). Under the Bond Agreement,
FDS agreed to open a financial bond (the “FDS Bond”) in the amount of up to
$2,500,000 required by the Peruvian Authorities to provide the regulatory and
other permits necessary to commercialize the Callao Facility as a terminal and
bonded warehouse under the laws of Peru for a term of up to twelve months,
subject to the Company’s option to extend the term for up to two additional
twelve month periods. The FDS Bond accrues interest on a monthly
basis in the amount of $31,250. As additional consideration for the placement of
the FDS Bond, the Company issued to FDS seven year cashless warrants (the “FDS
Bond Warrants”) to purchase 62,500,000 shares of common stock by which FDS will
have the right to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of
$0.05 per share for every warrant issued. FDS may exchange all or any FDS Bond
Warrants at any time after the Effective Date and on or prior to March 31, 2016
for a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares that would
have been issued upon the exercise of the FDS Bond Warrants pursuant to Section
4 of the Bond Agreement divided by 1.2. The fair value of the
warrants on the date of grant was $4,085,589 which is being amortized over one
year. As of December 31, 2009, we have amortized $3,122,957 as
interest and financing costs with a remaining balance of $962,632 to be expensed
in the first quarter of 2011. FDS may withdraw the FDS Bond at any
time and terminate this Agreement if there is an event of default and Plainfield
accelerates the obligations in connection with such event of default under the
Loan Agreement dated as of September 12, 2007.
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Bank
Financing
On July
16, 2009, we entered into a sale/leaseback transaction with Interbank
Peru. Under the Interbank Peru Financing, Interbank Peru
acquired all the assets that comprise our Supply Plant, and in turn leased the
Supply Plant back to us. However, based on lease accounting under ASC
Topic 840, we will keep the assets on our books.
We
received $51,170,000 in cash as part of the sale Interbank Peru
Financing. We recorded a note payable of $43,000,000 and reduced the
VAT by $8,170,000. The principal balance of the amount due to
Interbank Peru is $43,000,000 with an effective interest rate of
10.6%. We will make interest only payments for the first year and
then for years two through six, we will make both principal and interest
payments such that the loan is completely repaid at the end of year
six.
Also a
Trust Management was established for the following Company assets: (i) the right
for collections, (ii) cash flows, (iii) a capital contribution of $15,000,000,
(iv) a deposit in guarantees for $15,000,000 and (v) the cash flows that the
Company credited in a reserve account.
In
conjunction with the Interbank Peru Financing, the Company entered into the
Fifth Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment”), with
Plainfield.
Pursuant
to the Fifth Amendment, the Company repaid the following amounts:
·
|
$3,500,000
of the line of credit
|
·
|
$1,250,000
of the short term notes
|
·
|
$2,200,000
of the convertible notes
|
·
|
$169,508
of interest due
|
The
Company also issued a PIK Note for $34,312,220 which represents the remaining
outstanding principal balance of the line of credit after the repayment of
$3,500,000 in principal and accrued interest through July 15,
2009. The $34,312,220 is convertible into 114,374,066 shares of
common stock based on a conversion rate of $0.30.
Pursuant
to the Interbank Peru Financing agreement, we are required to maintain certain
financial and nonfinancial covenants during the term of the Financing agreement,
including submission of financial statements to Interbank within certain number
of days after the close of periods, maintaining funds equivalent to at least 35%
of the note payable amount in a Trust Management Account, as defined, and
maintaining minimum Debt Service Coverage Rate, as defined, among
others. As of December 31, 2009, we were not in compliance with
certain financial covenants which triggered an event of default under the terms
of the agreement. Due to the non compliance, Interbank, at its
option, may assess a 2% penalty of the unpaid principal balance of the loan for
the time period that the bank deems us to be in default until the waiver is
granted. We have not received a waiver or forbearance at the time the
financial statements were issued, so the Company recorded the $43,000,000
payable as a current liability.
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Uncertainties and
Going-Concern
We have
continued to incur losses since exiting from the development stage and has only
recently begun principal operations. For the year ended December 31, 2009, we
incurred a net loss of $48,209,963 and have an accumulated deficit of
$99,682,046. In addition, we are in technical non-compliance with certain of its
covenants under the Interbank Loan Agreement which requires the $43,000,000 to
be classified on the consolidated financial statements as a current
liability. Due to the current liability classification, we have a
negative working capital balance of $33,994,483 at December 31,
2009.
We have
begun generating revenues from the sale of by-products of products for the
period after we ceased to be a development stage company. Although we
had a loss of $48,209,963 for the year ended December 31, 2009, approximately
$31,537,000 of the loss was for non-cash losses related to debt and equity
financings and stock compensation expense for options issued to
employees. During July 2009, we obtained $43,000,000 in additional
financing which will provide us with the available cash flow during the coming
year. We expect to negotiate a waiver of its technical non-compliance
and an overall modification of the loan covenants. With the
additional financing from Interbank, we are able to fund working capital and
expects to begin generating significant revenues during
2010. The consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustment relating to the recovery and classification of recorded asset amounts
or the amount and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should
we discontinue operations.
Due to
the uncertainty of our ability to meet our current operating expenses and the
capital expenses noted above, in their report on the annual consolidated
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, our independent
auditors included an explanatory paragraph regarding concerns about our ability
to continue as a going concern. Our consolidated financial statements contain
additional note disclosures describing the circumstances that lead to this
disclosure by our independent auditors.
Commitments and
Contingencies
We have
entered into the following agreements:
a)
|
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, we entered into additional agreements
with Plainfield as disclosed in the Notes 7, 8, and 9 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements..
|
b)
|
During
July 2009, we entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”)
with Trimarine Corporation S.A. (“Trimarine”). Under the
Purchase Agreement, we have the right to order and subsequently purchase,
and Trimarine is offering to supply and sell certain products to be used
in the manufacturing process of biodiesel fuel. We agreed that
the consideration for the supply of the product would be the greater of
(i) 15.0% per annum or 1.250% per month of the total financial value of
the product or (ii) 4.0% per annum, or 0.333% per month of the total
facility amount payable on a monthly basis which is equivalent to $133,333
per month. The Purchase Agreement states that the maximum
unpaid purchase price cannot exceed $40,000,000. Pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement, we made a cash deposit to Trimarine of 10% of the
$40,000,000. The $4,000,000 deposit is recorded as “prepaid
expenses and other assets” in the accompanying balance
sheets.
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c)
|
On
August 1, 2009, we entered into a Service agreement with Challenge Capital
Corporation, (“the Challenge Capital”), a company controlled by certain
officers of our Company, to provide advisory services related to the
handling of biofuels to us. This agreement provides a monthly
fee of $25,669 and shall continue until terminated by either
party.
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Leases
d)
|
On
October 1, 2006, the Company entered into an office lease for the Company
in Lima, Peru. Under the terms of the lease, the Company is required to
make monthly payments of $6,393. The office lease contains certain rent
escalation clauses over the life of the lease that expire on September 30,
2011. The total amount of rental payments due over the lease term is being
charged to rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the
lease.
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e)
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On
June 1, 2007, the Company entered into a lease for premises in Chorrillos,
Peru. Under the terms of the lease, the Company is required to make
monthly payments of $1,350 for the first year, $1,400 for the second year,
and $1,500 for the third year until the expiration of the lease on May 31,
2010. On June 1, 2009, an amendment was signed which modified
the monthly payments to $1,850 or its equivalent in local
currency.
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Contractual
Obligations
Our
significant contractual obligations are as follows:
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Payments
due by Period
|
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Less
than
|
One
to
|
Three
to
|
More
Than
|
|||||||||||||||||
One
Year
|
Three
Years
|
Five
Years
|
Five
Years
|
Total
|
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Promissory
notes
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$ | - | $ | 59,188,633 | $ | $ | - | $ | 59,188,633 | |||||||||||
Sale
Lease back (1)
|
750,000 | 23,050,002 | 19,199,998 | 43,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Operating
lease obligations
|
85,606 | 57,564 | - | - | 143,170 | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 835,606 | $ | 82,296,199 | $ | 19,199,998 | $ | - | $ | 102,331,803 |
(1) The
amounts for the Sale Lease back represent the amounts due per the financing
agreement. However, as of December 31, 2009, the Company was in
default of certain loan provisions. As such, Interbank Peru has the right to
request payment in full. For GAAP purposes, this amount was shown as
a current liability in the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
Performance
Bond
On March
27, 2009, we entered into a performance bond agreement (the “Bond Agreement”),
with FDS. Under the Bond Agreement, FDS agreed to open a financial bond (the
“FDS Bond”) in the amount of up to $2,500,000 required by the Peruvian
Authorities to provide the regulatory and other permits necessary to
commercialize the Callao Facility as a terminal and bonded warehouse under the
laws of Peru for a term of up to twelve months, subject to automatic extension
for up to two additional twelve month periods. The Bond Agreement
accrues interest on a monthly basis in the amount of $31,250. As additional
consideration for the placement of the Bond Agreement, we issued to FDS seven
year cashless warrants (the “FDS Bond Warrants”) to purchase 62,500,000 shares
of common stock by which FDS will have the right to purchase one share of common
stock at an exercise price of $0.05 per share for every warrant issued. FDS may
exchange all or any FDS Bond Warrants at any time after the Effective Date and
on or prior to March 31, 2016 for a number of shares of common stock equal to
the number of shares that would have been issued upon the exercise of the FDS
Bond Warrants pursuant to Section 4 of the Bond Agreement divided by
1.2. The fair value of the warrants on the date of grant was
$4,085,589 which is being amortized over one year. As of December 31,
2009, we have amortized $3,122,957 as interest and financing costs with a
remaining balance of $962,632 to be expensed in the first quarter of
2011. FDS may withdraw the FDS Bond at any time and terminate this
Agreement if there is an event of default and Plainfield accelerates the
obligations in connection with such event of default under the Loan Agreement
dated as of September 12, 2007.
Related Party
Transactions
We
entered into the following transactions with related parties:
a)
|
On
August 6, 2007, we entered into an integral service agreement with
Ocean Marine S.A.C, (“Ocean Marine”) a company controlled by certain
officers of our Company and a Peruvian Corporation, to provide certain
advisory services related to use and handling of biodiesel to us. The
agreement provides for a lump sum payment of $309,166, retroactive
from September 15, 2006 to June 30, 2007, for the services rendered
by Ocean Marine and a fee of $34,000 per month to Ocean Marine from July
1, 2007 through August 12, 2009. The agreement ended on July
31, 2009, Total consulting expenses incurred under this agreement totaled
$272,000 and $469,379 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The outstanding balance owed to Ocean Marine at
December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $229,388 and $191,142,
respectively.
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b)
|
On
August 1, 2009, we entered into a Service agreement with Challenge Capital
Corporation, (“the Challenge Capital”), a company controlled by certain
officers of our Company, to provide advisory services related to the
handling of biofuels to us. This agreement provides
a monthly fee of $25,669 and shall continue until terminated by either
party.
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c)
|
Plainfield
is a related party as it is a major stockholder of our Company. See
transactions with Plainfield in Notes 8, 9 and 10 in the accompanying
consolidated footnotes.
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d)
|
As
of December 31, 2009 and 2008, we have loans due to shareholders in the
amount of $208,638.
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e)
|
Certain
officers of our Company were shareholders of Interpacific. See
Note 18 in the accompanying consolidated footnotes for the transaction
details.
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These
transactions were recorded at the exchange amount which is the amount agreed to
by the related parties.
Critical Accounting
Policies
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires our management to
make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported,
including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and
contingencies, if any. We have identified certain accounting policies that
are significant to the preparation of our financial statements. These
accounting policies are important for an understanding of our financial
condition and results of operation. Critical accounting policies are those that
are most important to the portrayal of our financial conditions and results of
operations and require management's difficult, subjective, or complex judgment,
often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that
are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Certain
accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to
financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting
the estimate may differ significantly from management's current judgments.
We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most
significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our financial
statements.
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to the
determination of depreciation rates for equipment, reserves for slow moving and
obsolete inventory, future tax rates used to determine future income taxes, and
the carrying values of goodwill and accrued derivative liabilities. Actual
results could differ from these estimates upon which the carrying values were
based.
Accrued Derivative
Liabilities
We apply
ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” which provides a two-step model to
determine whether a financial instrument or an embedded feature is indexed to an
issuer’s own stock and thus able to qualify for the scope exception in ASC
815-10-15-74. This standard triggers liability accounting on all instruments and
embedded features exercisable at strike prices denominated in any currency other
than the functional currency of the operating entity in Peru. Using
the criteria in ASC 815, we determine which instruments or embedded features
that require liability accounting and record the fair values as an accrued
derivative liability. The changes in the values of the accrued derivative
liabilities are shown in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations
as “gain (loss) on change in fair value of accrued derivative
liabilities.”
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Fair Value
Measurements
For
certain of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents,
restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and
short-term debt, the carrying amounts approximate their fair values due to their
short maturities. In addition, we have long-term debt with financial
institutions. The carrying amounts of the line of credit and other long-term
liabilities approximate their fair values based on current rates of interest for
instruments with similar characteristics.
ASC Topic
820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” requires disclosure of the fair
value of financial instruments held us. ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments”
defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for
disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for
fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the
consolidated balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities each qualify
as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values
because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments
and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The
three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:
·
|
Level
1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for identical
assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
·
|
Level
2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
·
|
Level
3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to
the fair value measurement.
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We
analyze all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity
under ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” and ASC
815.
Concentrations
Our
operations are primarily in Peru and virtually all of our assets and liabilities
are giving rise to market risks from changes in foreign currency rates. The
financial risk is the risk to our operations that arise from fluctuations in
foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of these rates. Currently,
we do not use derivative instruments to reduce our exposure to foreign currency
risks.
Long-Lived
Assets
In
accordance with ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment,” the carrying
value of intangible assets and other long-lived assets is reviewed on a regular
basis for the existence of facts or circumstances that may suggest impairment.
We recognize impairment when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash
flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. Impairment losses, if any,
are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its
estimated fair value.
Foreign Currency
Translation
Our
reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. Our subsidiaries use their local
currencies, the PEN, as their functional currencies. Assets and liabilities
are translated using the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date.
Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of
stockholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate
fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional
currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.
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Revenue
Recognition
In
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Staff
Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 13, “Revenue Recognition,” we recognize
revenue when it is realized or realizable and earned. The four criteria under
SAB 104 are:
·
|
Persuasive
evidence of an arrangement exists
|
·
|
Delivery
has occurred
|
·
|
The
sales price is fixed or
determinable
|
·
|
Collection
is reasonably assured
|
Stock-based
Compensation
We record
stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718 “Compensation – Stock
Compensation.” ASC 718 requires companies to measure compensation
cost for stock-based employee compensation at fair value at the grant date and
recognize the expense over the employee’s requisite service period. Under ASC
718, our volatility is based on the historical volatility of our stock or the
expected volatility of similar companies. The expected life assumption is
primarily based on historical exercise patterns and employee post-vesting
termination behavior. The risk-free interest rate for the expected term of the
option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of
grant.
We use
the Black-Scholes option-pricing model which was developed for use in estimating
the fair value of options. Option-pricing models require the input of highly
complex and subjective variables including the expected life of options granted
and our expected stock price volatility over a period equal to or greater than
the expected life of the options. Because changes in the subjective assumptions
can materially affect the estimated value of our employee stock options, it is
management’s opinion that the Black-Scholes option-pricing model may not provide
an accurate measure of the fair value of the employee stock options. Although
the fair value of employee stock options is determined in accordance with ASC
718 using an option-pricing model, that value may not be indicative of the fair
value observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market
transaction.
Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income
Taxes.” ASC 740 requires a company to use the asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for
deductible temporary differences, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized
for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences
between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases.
Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of
management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, the
deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on
the date of enactment.
Under ASC
740, a tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than
not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax
examination being presumed to occur. The evaluation of a tax position is a
two-step process. The first step is to determine whether it is
more-likely-than-not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination,
including the resolution of any related appeals or litigation based on the
technical merits of that position. The second step is to measure a tax position
that meets the more-likely-than-not threshold to determine the amount of benefit
to be recognized in the financial statements. A tax position is measured at the
largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being
realized upon ultimate settlement. Tax positions that previously failed to meet
the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be recognized in the first
subsequent period in which the threshold is met. Previously recognized tax
positions that no longer meet the more-likely-than-not criteria should be
de-recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which the
threshold is no longer met. Penalties and interest incurred related to
underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the year
incurred. No significant penalties or interest relating to income taxes
have been incurred during the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. GAAP also
provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties,
accounting in interim periods, disclosures and transition.
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Recent
Pronouncements
On July
1, 2009, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No.
2009-01, “Topic 105 - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - amendments
based on Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 168, “The FASB
Accounting Standards Codification™ and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles” (“ASU No. 2009-01”). ASU No. 2009-01
re-defines authoritative GAAP for nongovernmental entities to be only comprised
of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (“Codification”) and, for SEC
registrants, guidance issued by the SEC. The Codification is a
reorganization and compilation of all then-existing authoritative GAAP for
nongovernmental entities, except for guidance issued by the SEC. The
Codification is amended to effect non-SEC changes to authoritative
GAAP. Adoption of ASU No. 2009-01 only changed the referencing
convention of GAAP in Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update
("ASU") regarding accounting for own-share lending arrangements in
contemplation of convertible debt issuance or other financing. This
ASU requires that at the date of issuance of the shares in a share-lending
arrangement entered into in contemplation of a convertible debt offering or
other financing, the shares issued shall be measured at fair value and be
recognized as an issuance cost, with an offset to additional paid-in capital.
Further, loaned shares are excluded from basic and diluted earnings per share
unless default of the share-lending arrangement occurs, at which time the loaned
shares would be included in the basic and diluted earnings-per-share
calculation. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning on or
after December 15, 2009, and interim periods within those fiscal years for
arrangements outstanding as of the beginning of those fiscal years. The Company
is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on its consolidated financial
statements.
On
December 15, 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures Topic 820 “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value
Measurements”. This ASU requires some new disclosures and clarifies
some existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement as set forth
in Codification Subtopic 820-10. The FASB’s objective is to improve these
disclosures and, thus, increase the transparency in financial
reporting. The adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact
on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Not
required.
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Item
8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Pure
Biofuels Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated
Financial Statements
For
the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
Contents
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-1 | |||
Consolidated
Financial Statements:
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008
|
F-2 | |||
Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008
|
F-3 | |||
Consolidated
Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) for the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008
|
F-4 | |||
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
|
F-5 | |||
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-6 |
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of
Directors and Stockholders of
Pure
Biofuels Corp. and Subsidiaries
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Pure Biofuels Corp. and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated
statements of operations and other comprehensive loss, stockholders' equity
(deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended
December 31, 2009. Pure Biofuels Corp.’s management is responsible
for these consolidated financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our
audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
consolidated financial statements are free of material
misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we
engaged to perform, an audit of internal control over financial reporting. Our
audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a
basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no
such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Pure Biofuels
Corp. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the consolidated
results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the
two-year period ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1
to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has negative working
capital and the Company’s significant operating losses raise substantial doubt
about its ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the
outcome of this uncertainty.
Frazer
Frost, LLP (Successor Entity of Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP, see
Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2010)
Brea,
California
April 15,
2010
F-1
PURE
BIOFUELS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 735,352 | $ | 579,241 | ||||
Use
restricted cash
|
6,830,717 | 141,775 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
159,437 | 159,876 | ||||||
Inventories
|
355,531 | 1,192,362 | ||||||
VAT
credits
|
1,051,185 | 7,368,021 | ||||||
Deposits
and other assets
|
5,083,907 | 117,094 | ||||||
TOTAL
CURRENT ASSETS
|
14,216,129 | 9,558,369 | ||||||
PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net
|
40,179,286 | 37,546,422 | ||||||
DEBT
ISSUANCE COSTS, net
|
3,332,390 | 3,919,311 | ||||||
GOODWILL
|
7,716,956 | 7,015,640 | ||||||
DEPOSIT
GUARANTEE
|
15,000,000 | - | ||||||
DEFERRED
TAX ASSETS
|
531,625 | - | ||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
|
256,644 | 248,133 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$ | 81,233,030 | $ | 58,287,875 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$ | 956,647 | $ | 5,325,948 | ||||
Accrued
expenses
|
3,815,939 | 1,959,474 | ||||||
Due
to prior stockholders of Interpacific Oil
|
- | 5,740,061 | ||||||
Due
to related parties
|
438,026 | 399,780 | ||||||
Notes
payable - current, net of debt discount of $0 and $266,622 as
of December 31,2009 and 2008, respectively
|
43,000,000 | 1,233,378 | ||||||
TOTAL
CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
48,210,612 | 14,658,641 | ||||||
CONVERTIBLE
NOTES, net of debt discount of $10,392,971 and $12,770,545 as of December
31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
|
48,795,662 | 6,937,445 | ||||||
ACCRUED
DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES
|
21,556,300 | 564,643 | ||||||
LINE
OF CREDIT
|
- | 37,346,939 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
118,562,574 | 59,507,668 | ||||||
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
||||||||
STOCKHOLDERS'
DEFICIT
|
||||||||
Preferred
stock; $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares
issued
|
- | - | ||||||
Common
stock; $0.001 par value; 750,000,000 shares authorized; 236,387,893, and
172,374,699 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and
2008, respectively
|
236,388 | 172,375 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
60,958,526 | 55,362,143 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
1,157,588 | (564,933 | ) | |||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(99,682,046 | ) | (56,189,378 | ) | ||||
TOTAL
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
|
(37,329,544 | ) | (1,219,793 | ) | ||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
|
$ | 81,233,030 | $ | 58,287,875 |
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-2
PURE
BIOFUELS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
For
the
Year
Ended
December
31,
2009
|
For
the
Year
Ended
December
31,
2008
|
|||||||
REVENUE
|
$ | 1,435,639 | $ | 133,172 | ||||
COST
OF REVENUE
|
1,974,548 | 1,167,260 | ||||||
GROSS
MARGIN
|
(538,909 | ) | (1,034,088 | ) | ||||
SELLING,
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
|
7,453,052 | 11,940,919 | ||||||
LOSS
FROM OPERATIONS
|
(7,991,961 | ) | (12,975,007 | ) | ||||
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSES):
|
||||||||
Interest
and financing costs
|
(25,127,526 | ) | (18,355,432 | ) | ||||
Other,
net
|
(218,156 | ) | (33,227 | ) | ||||
Non-cash
expenses in connection with debt financing
|
(15,840,078 | ) | - | |||||
Gain
(loss) on change in fair value of accrued derivative
liabilities
|
(1,222,681 | ) | 181,898 | |||||
Foreign
currency transaction gain (loss)
|
1,620,594 | (3,129,374 | ) | |||||
TOTAL
OTHER EXPENSE, net
|
(40,787,847 | ) | (21,336,135 | ) | ||||
LOSS
BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
|
(48,779,808 | ) | (34,311,142 | ) | ||||
Current
|
- | - | ||||||
Deferred
|
569,845 | - | ||||||
TOTAL
BENEFIT FOR INCOME TAXES
|
569,845 | - | ||||||
NET
LOSS
|
$ | (48,209,963 | ) | $ | (34,311,142 | ) | ||
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE GAIN (LOSS):
|
||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
1,722,521 | (365,142 | ) | |||||
COMPREHENSIVE
LOSS
|
$ | (46,487,442 | ) | $ | (34,676,284 | ) | ||
NET
LOSS PER SHARE - BASIC AND DILUTED
|
$ | (0.24 | ) | $ | (0.30 | ) | ||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE COMMON EQUIVALENT SHARES OUTSTANDING -
BASIC AND DILUTED
|
199,558,384 | 115,591,280 |
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-3
PURE
BIOFUELS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid-in
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
|
Accumulated
|
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Loss
|
Deficit
|
(Deficit)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
75,319,769 | $ | 75,320 | $ | 30,487,037 | $ | (199,791 | ) | $ | (21,878,236 | ) | $ | 8,484,330 | |||||||||||
Stock
compensation expense for options issued to employees
|
- | - | 2,363,216 | - | - | 2,363,216 | ||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for Interpacific Oil
|
2,166,667 | 2,167 | 994,500 | - | - | 996,667 | ||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for services
|
15,000 | 15 | 5,835 | - | - | 5,850 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fair
value of warrants issued with short-term notes payable
|
- | - | 573,628 | - | - | 573,628 | ||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of convertible debt
|
186,435 | 186 | 106,081 | - | - | 106,267 | ||||||||||||||||||
Repricing
of warrants
|
- | - | 979,805 | - | - | 979,805 | ||||||||||||||||||
Repricing
of convertible debentures
|
- | - | 5,481,833 | - | - | 5,481,833 | ||||||||||||||||||
Value
of beneficial conversion feature on convertible note
issuance
|
- | - | 166,667 | - | - | 166,667 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exchange
of 59,227,517 warrants for 78,033,754 shares
of common stock with Plainfield on 08/05/08
|
78,033,765 | 78,034 | 9,089,016 | - | - | 9,167,050 | ||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of 15,714,287 shares for $.35 per share on August
13, 2008
|
15,714,287 | 15,714 | 5,071,786 | - | - | 5,087,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exchange
of 1,408,164 warrants for 938,776 shares with
YA Global - on 09/08/08
|
938,776 | 939 | 42,739 | - | - | 43,678 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
- | - | - | (365,142 | ) | - | (365,142 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | - | (34,311,142 | ) | (34,311,142 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2008 as previously reported
|
172,374,699 | $ | 172,375 | $ | 55,362,143 | $ | (564,933 | ) | $ | (56,189,378 | ) | $ | (1,219,793 | ) | ||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of reclassification of warrants and conversion
options
|
- | - | (6,939,172 | ) | - | 4,717,295 | (2,221,877 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2009 as adjusted
|
172,374,699 | $ | 172,375 | $ | 48,422,971 | $ | (564,933 | ) | $ | (51,472,083 | ) | $ | (3,441,670 | ) | ||||||||||
Stock
compensation expense for options issued to employees
|
- | - | 2,352,524 | - | - | 2,352,524 | ||||||||||||||||||
Reclassification
of fair value of options between liability and equity
|
- | - | 4,933 | - | - | 4,933 | ||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of 64,013,194 shares of common stock for debt financing
|
64,013,194 | 64,013 | 10,178,098 | - | - | 10,242,111 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
- | - | - | 1,722,521 | - | 1,722,521 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | - | (48,209,963 | ) | (48,209,963 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2009
|
236,387,893 | $ | 236,388 | $ | 60,958,526 | $ | 1,157,588 | $ | (99,682,046 | ) | $ | (37,329,544 | ) |
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-4
PURE
BIOFUELS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For
the
Year
Ended
December
31,
2009
|
For
the
Year
Ended
December
31,
2008
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (48,209,963 | ) | $ | (34,311,142 | ) | ||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash
|
||||||||
(used
in) provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
Depreciation
|
633,748 | 832,653 | ||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
(517,914 | ) | - | |||||
Stock
compensation expense for options issued to employees
|
2,352,524 | 2,363,216 | ||||||
Fair
value of shares issued for services
|
- | 5,850 | ||||||
Fair
value of shares issued for financing costs
|
1,819,375 | 46,267 | ||||||
Fair
value of warrants and conversion options issued for financing
costs
|
4,913,240 | 573,628 | ||||||
Financing
costs of warrant repricing
|
- | 87,818 | ||||||
Amortization
of debt discounts, debt issuance costs and financing costs
|
8,430,869 | 4,827,971 | ||||||
Non-cash
financing costs
|
- | 9,210,728 | ||||||
Gain
(Loss) on change in fair value of accrued derivative
liabilities
|
1,222,681 | (181,898 | ) | |||||
Non-cash
expenses in connection with debt financing
|
15,840,078 | - | ||||||
Loss
on write off of deposit
|
- | 203,672 | ||||||
Non-cash
foreign currency transaction (gain) loss
|
(1,500,685 | ) | 3,050,409 | |||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
6,930 | 171,584 | ||||||
Inventories
|
895,119 | (1,273,846 | ) | |||||
VAT
credits
|
6,417,027 | (5,210,158 | ) | |||||
Deposits
and other assets
|
(3,864,969 | ) | 431,092 | |||||
Accounts
payable
|
(4,729,545 | ) | 4,429,427 | |||||
Accrued
expenses
|
7,572,067 | 3,587,495 | ||||||
Due
to related parties
|
(1,207 | ) | 214,489 | |||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(8,720,625 | ) | (10,940,745 | ) | ||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Payment
on amounts due to prior stockholders of Interpacific Oil
|
(5,600,000 | ) | - | |||||
Increase
in deposits
|
- | (265,089 | ) | |||||
Purchase
of property, plant and equipment
|
(36,209 | ) | (22,181,756 | ) | ||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(5,636,209 | ) | (22,446,845 | ) | ||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of convertible notes
|
2,200,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of notes payable - short term
|
1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||
Proceeds
from line of credit
|
- | 20,946,939 | ||||||
Increase
in restricted cash
|
(6,532,452 | ) | (151,463 | ) | ||||
Increase
in deposit guarantee
|
(15,000,000 | ) | - | |||||
Interest
payment deducted from restricted cash
|
- | 754,473 | ||||||
Payment
on notes payable - short term
|
(3,000,000 | ) | - | |||||
Payment
on convertible debt
|
(2,200,000 | ) | - | |||||
Payment
on line of credit
|
(3,500,000 | ) | - | |||||
Payment
of debt issuance costs
|
(1,480,449 | ) | (1,634,477 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from note payable
|
43,000,000 | - | ||||||
Proceeds
from the issuance of common stock
|
- | 5,500,000 | ||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
14,987,099 | 31,915,472 | ||||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
(474,154 | ) | (939,745 | ) | ||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
156,111 | (2,411,863 | ) | |||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, Beginning of period
|
579,241 | 2,991,104 | ||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, End of period
|
$ | 735,352 | $ | 579,241 |
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-5
Note
1 – Organization and Basis of Presentation
Organization and Line of
Business
Pure
Biofuels Corp. (formerly Metasun Enterprises, Inc., herein the “Company”) was
incorporated in the State of Nevada on October 2, 2003, under the name Metasun
Enterprises, Inc. Pursuant to a share exchange agreement (“Share Exchange
Agreement”) dated July 26, 2006, the Company acquired 99.9% of the issued and
outstanding common stock of Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C. (“Peru SAC”), a
private Peruvian corporation, in consideration for the issuance of 29,999,970
common shares. The Share Exchange Agreement occurred on September 15, 2006
(“Date of Acquisition”). As of the closing date, the former shareholders of Peru
SAC held approximately 55% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the
Company. The acquisition of Peru SAC, therefore, was recorded as a reverse
acquisition for accounting purposes. Peru SAC was incorporated on May 10, 2006,
under the laws of Peru, and Peru SAC, the acquired entity, is regarded as the
predecessor entity as of the Date of Acquisition. In accordance with the
accounting rules for reverse acquisitions, the consolidated financial statements
are presented as a continuation of Peru SAC.
The
Company previously focused its business efforts on the development of software
specializing in web applications using Microsoft TM
technologies. In contemplation of the share exchange transaction with
Peru SAC, the Company abandoned its original business plan and sold its
investment in its previous subsidiary, Metasun Software Corp. (“Metasun”), and
the related software business to two former stockholders in consideration for
the cancellation of all shares of the Company’s common stock previously owned by
them and the waiver and forgiveness of any outstanding amounts owed by the
Company. As of the closing date of the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company
commenced the business of the production, marketing and sale of clean burning
biofuels focusing on Latin America.
On August
7, 2006, the Company completed a merger with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pure
Biofuels Corp., which was incorporated solely to effect the name change. As a
result, the Company changed its name from Metasun Enterprises, Inc. to Pure
Biofuels Corp. In addition, effective August 7, 2006, the Company effected a one
and one-quarter (1.25) for one (1) forward stock split of the authorized, issued
and outstanding common stock. As a result, the authorized share capital
increased from 75,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 to
93,750,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001. All
share amounts have been retroactively adjusted for all periods presented. In
2007, the Company also changed its fiscal year-end from January 31 to December
31.
On
November 19, 2007, the stockholders approved an amendment to its articles of
incorporation to increase the number of authorized common shares to 250,000,000
and to authorize 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.001. On October 28, 2008, the stockholders’ approved an amendment
to its articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized common
shares to 325,000,000. On May 22, 2009, the stockholders’ approved an
amendment to its articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized
common shares to 750,000,000.
On
December 4, 2007, the Company, Peru SAC, 99.9% owned subsidiary of the Company,
Interpacific Oil S.A.C., a Peruvian corporation (“Interpacific”), and certain
stockholders of Interpacific entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
“Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Peru SAC acquired all of the outstanding
capital stock of Interpacific, with Peru SAC continuing as the surviving
corporation. The merger was consummated contemporaneous with the signing and
filing of the Merger Agreement as of such date with the Peruvian Public Registry
in accordance with the relevant provisions of Peruvian laws.
Pure
Biofuels Corp., through its directly owned subsidiaries Pure Biofuels del Peru
S.A.C. and Palma Industrial S.A.C., processes, produces and distributes
biodiesel as an alternative fuel for freight and transportation fleets, marines,
farming, rail and aviation industries, and other industrial uses. The
Company’s products are sold in Peru.
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-6
Development Stage
Company
The
Company was in the development stage through July 31, 2009. During
the period that the Company was considered a development stage company, the
Company incurred accumulated losses of approximately $105,000,000 of which
approximately $75,000,000 were non-cash expenses associated with debt and equity
financings and stock compensation expense for options issued to
employees.
Going-Concern
The
Company has continued to incur losses since exiting from the development stage
and has only recently begun principal operations. For the year ended December
31, 2009, the Company incurred a net loss of $48,209,963 and has an accumulated
deficit of $99,682,046. In addition, the Company is in technical non-compliance
with certain of its covenants under the Interbank Loan Agreement which requires
the $43,000,000 to be classified on the consolidated financial statements as a
current liability. Due to the current liability classification, the
Company has a negative working capital balance of $33,994,483 at December 31,
2009. These circumstances raise substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern.
The
Company has begun generating revenues from the sale of by-products of products
for the period after the Company ceased to be a development stage
company. Although the Company had a loss of $48,209,963 for the year
ended December 31, 2009, approximately $31,537,000 of the loss was for non-cash
losses related to debt and equity financings and stock compensation expense for
options issued to employees. During July 2009, the Company obtained
$43,000,000 in additional financing which will provide the Company with the
available cash flow during the coming year. The Company expects to
negotiate a waiver of its technical non-compliance and an overall modification
of the loan covenants. With the additional financing from Interbank,
the Company is able to fund working capital and expects to begin generating
significant revenues during 2010.
These
consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis,
which implies the Company will continue to realize its assets and discharge its
liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company is unlikely
to pay dividends or generate significant earnings in the immediate or
foreseeable future. The continuation of the Company as a going-concern is
dependent upon its ability to generate sustainable revenue and negotiate the
technical non-compliance with the Interbank loan. These consolidated financial
statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and
classification of the recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities
that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a
going-concern.
Basis of
Presentation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Pure
Biofuels Corp. and its subsidiaries as follows:
Subsidiary
|
Place
Incorporated
|
%
Owned
|
Parent
|
||||
Pure
Biofuels Del Peru S.A.C.
|
Peru
|
99.9 |
Pure
Biofuels Corp.
|
||||
Palm
Industrial S.A.C.
|
Peru
|
99.9 |
Pure
Biofuels Corp.
|
||||
Pure
Biocarburantes S.A. *
|
Argentina
|
99.4 |
Pure
Biofuels Del Peru S.A.C.
|
* Pure
Biocarburantes S. A. was disposed of during 2009. The operations were
insignificant to the operations of Pure Biofuels Del Peru.
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-7
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
and have been consistently applied. The Company’s subsidiaries use their local
currencies, Peruvian Nuevos Soles (“PEN”) and the Argentinean Peso (ARS);
however the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been translated
and presented in United States Dollars (“$”).
Note
2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of
Consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Pure
Biofuels Corp. and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. The significant estimates made in the preparation
of the Company’s consolidated financial statements relate to the determination
of depreciation rates for equipment, reserves for slow moving and obsolete
inventory, future tax rates used to determine future income taxes, and the
carrying values of goodwill and accrued derivative liabilities. The
Company’s actual results could differ materially from these estimates upon which
the carrying values were based.
Cash and
cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash in time deposits and all highly
liquid investments with original maturities of three months or
less.
Use Restricted
Cash
Restricted
cash consists of monies under a standby letter of credit as required by a vendor
and a deposit in guarantee. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, total
restricted cash related to the standby letter of credit amounted to $141,852 and
$141,775, respectively. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, total restricted cash
related to restricted working capital amounted to $6,688,865 and $0,
respectively. As of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, total non-current
restricted cash related to the deposit in guarantee under Interbank Financing
amounted to $15,000,000 and $0, respectively. See Note 11 for details
on deposit in guarantee and restricted working capital.
Accounts
Receivable
The
Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses on accounts
receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable
and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit
worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to
evaluate the adequacy of the reserve. As of December 31, 2009 and
2008, the Company determined that no reserves for accounts receivable were
necessary.
Inventories
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-8
Property, Plant and
Equipment
Property,
plant and equipment are stated at historical cost and are depreciated using the
straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. The useful lives and
depreciation methods are reviewed periodically to ensure that the depreciation
method and period are consistent with the anticipated pattern of future economic
benefits. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs which do not improve or
extend the respective lives of the assets are charged to operations as incurred
while renewals and betterments are capitalized. Gains and losses on disposals
are included in the results of operations.
The
estimated useful lives are as follows:
Building
improvements
|
10
years
|
|
Facilities
and equipment
|
10years
|
|
Computer
equipments and licenses
|
4
years
|
|
Other
fixed assets
|
5-10
years
|
Goodwill and
Impairment
The
Company applies Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 350,
“Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” to record goodwill and
intangible assets. In accordance with ASC 350, certain intangible
assets are to be assessed periodically for impairment using fair value
measurement techniques. Goodwill is tested for impairment on an annual basis as
of the end of the Company's fiscal year, or more frequently when impairment
indicators arise. The Company evaluates the recoverability of intangible assets
periodically and takes into account events and circumstances which indicate that
impairment exists. The Company believes that as of December 31, 2009 and 2008,
there was no impairment of its goodwill.
Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets
The
Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant, and
Equipment,” which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the
impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. The Company evaluates the
recoverability of its long-lived assets if circumstances indicate impairment may
have occurred. This analysis is performed by comparing the respective
carrying values of the assets to the current and expected future cash flows, on
an undiscounted basis, to be generated from such assets. ASC 360 requires
impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when
indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated
to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In
that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying
amount exceeds the fair value of the long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived
assets to be disposed of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair
values are reduced for the cost of disposal. Based on its review, the Company
believes that as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, there was no impairment of its
long-lived assets.
Accrued Derivative
Liabilities
The
Company applies ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” which provides a
two-step model to determine whether a financial instrument or an embedded
feature is indexed to an issuer’s own stock and thus able to qualify for the
scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74. This standard triggers liability accounting
on all instruments and embedded features exercisable at strike prices
denominated in any currency other than the functional currency of the operating
entity in Peru. Using the criteria in ASC 815, the Company determines
which instruments or embedded features that require liability accounting and
records the fair values as an accrued derivative liability. The changes in the
values of the accrued derivative liabilities are shown in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations as “gain (loss) on change in fair value of
accrued derivative liabilities.”
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-9
Fair Value
Measurements
For
certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash
equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued
liabilities and short-term debt, the carrying amounts approximate their fair
values due to their short maturities. In addition, the Company has long-term
debt with financial institutions. The carrying amounts of the line of credit and
other long-term liabilities approximate their fair values based on current rates
of interest for instruments with similar characteristics.
|
·
|
Level
1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for identical
assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
|
·
|
Level
2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
|
·
|
Level
3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to
the fair value measurement.
|
The
Company’s warrant liability is carried at fair value totaling $11,169,503 and
$564,643, as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
respectively. The Company’s conversion option liability is carried at
fair value totaling $10,386,797 and $0 as of December 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008, respectively. The Company used Level 2 inputs for its valuation
methodology for the warrant liability and conversion option liability as their
fair values were determined by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model
using the following assumptions:
December
31,
2009
|
January
1,
2009
|
|||||||
Annual
dividend yield
|
- | - | ||||||
Expected
life (years)
|
2.3-6.6 | 3.3-3.7 | ||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
1.14%-3.39 | % | 1%-1.14 | % | ||||
Expected
volatility
|
140 | % | 123 | % |
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-10
Expected
volatility is based primarily on historical volatility. Historical volatility
was computed using daily pricing observations for recent periods that correspond
to the term of the warrants and conversion options. We believe this method
produces an estimate that is representative of our expectations of future
volatility over the expected term of these warrants and conversion options. We
have no reason to believe future volatility over the expected remaining life of
these warrants likely to differ materially from historical volatility. The
expected life is based on the remaining term of the warrants and conversion
options. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury securities with
maturity terms similar to the expected remaining term of the warrants and
conversion options.
Fair
Value
As
of
December
31,
|
Fair
Value Measurements at
December
31, 2009
Using
Fair Value Hierarchy
|
|||||||||
2009
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
|||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||
Warrant
liability
|
$ | 11,169,503 | $ | 11,169,503 | ||||||
Conversion
option liability
|
10,386,797 | 10,386,797 | ||||||||
Total
accrued derivative liabilities
|
$ | 21,556,300 | $ | 21,556,300 |
The
Company recognized a loss of $1,222,681 for the year ended December 31, 2009 and
a gain of $181,898 for the change in the fair value of accrued derivative
liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2008.
The
Company did not identify any other non-recurring assets and liabilities that are
required to be presented in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value in
accordance with ASC 825.
Concentration of Credit
Risk
Cash
includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained within Peru and
the United States. Certain financial instruments, which subject the Company to
concentration of credit risk, consist of cash and restricted cash. The Company
maintains balances at financial institutions which, from time to time, may
exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured limits for the banks
located in the Unites States. Balances at financial institutions within Peru are
not covered by insurance. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had
deposits in excess of federally-insured limits of approximately $22,551,847 and
$567,000, respectively. The Company has not experienced any losses in such
accounts.
The
Company’s operations are carried out in Peru. Accordingly, the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the
political, economic and legal environments in the country, and by the general
state of the country’s economy. The Company's operations in Peru are subject to
specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with
companies in North America. These include risks associated with, among others,
the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange.
The Company's results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental
policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures,
currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation,
among other things.
Foreign Currency
Translations and Comprehensive Income
The
reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The Company’s subsidiaries
use their local currencies, the PEN as their functional currencies for the
year ended December 31, 2009 and the PEN and ARS as their functional currencies
for the year ended December 31, 2008. Assets and liabilities are translated
using the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet dates. Translation
adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of stockholders’
equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations
on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are
included in the results of operations as incurred.
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Asset and
liability amounts at December 31, 2009 and 2008 were translated at 2.890 PEN to
$1.00 USD and 3.142 PEN to $1.00 USD, respectively, for the Company’s Peruvian
subsidiaries. Asset and liability amounts at December 31, 2008 were translated
at 3.453 ARS to $1.00 USD for the Company’s Argentinean subsidiary. Equity
accounts were stated at their historical rates. The average translation rates
applied to statement of operations accounts for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008 were 3.009 PEN and 2.941 PEN to $1.00 USD, respectively; and for
the year ended December 31, 2008 was 3.161 ARS to $1.00 USD. Cash
flows are also translated at average translation rates for the period.
Therefore, amounts reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows will
not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the
consolidated balance sheets.
Foreign Currency Transaction
Gains and Losses
Transaction
gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions
denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the
results of operations as incurred. Historically, the Company has not
entered into any currency trading or hedging transactions, although there is no
assurance that the Company will not enter into such transactions in the
future.
The
Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income
Taxes.” ASC 740 requires a company to use the asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for
deductible temporary differences, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized
for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences
between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases.
Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of
management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, the
deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on
the date of enactment.
Under ASC
740, a tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than
not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax
examination being presumed to occur. The evaluation of a tax position is a
two-step process. The first step is to determine whether it is
more-likely-than-not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination,
including the resolution of any related appeals or litigation based on the
technical merits of that position. The second step is to measure a tax position
that meets the more-likely-than-not threshold to determine the amount of benefit
to be recognized in the financial statements. A tax position is measured at the
largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being
realized upon ultimate settlement. Tax positions that previously failed to meet
the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be recognized in the first
subsequent period in which the threshold is met. Previously recognized tax
positions that no longer meet the more-likely-than-not criteria should be
de-recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which the
threshold is no longer met. Penalties and interest incurred related to
underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the year
incurred. No significant penalties or interest relating to income taxes
have been incurred during the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. GAAP also
provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties,
accounting in interim periods, disclosures and transition.
Revenue
Recognition
In
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Staff
Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 13, “Revenue Recognition,” the Company
recognizes revenue when it is realized or realizable and earned. The Company
must meet all of the following four criteria under SAB 104 to recognize
revenue:
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Basic and Diluted Losses Per
Share
Earnings
per share is calculated in accordance with the ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per
Share.” Basic earnings per share is calculated dividing income
available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is based on the assumption
that all dilutive convertible shares and stock options and warrants were
converted or exercised. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock
method. Under this method, warrants and options are assumed to be exercised at
the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if
funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market
price during the period. All warrants, options and convertible notes were
excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation due to the anti-dilutive
effect. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the following potential
dilutive shares were excluded from the diluted loss per share for all periods
presented due to their anti-dilutive effect.
December
31,
2009
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31,
2008
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Options
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Warrants
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Convertible
notes
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Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718,
“Compensation – Stock Compensation.” ASC 718 requires companies to
measure compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation at fair value at
the grant date and recognize the expense over the employee’s requisite service
period. Under ASC 718, the Company’s volatility is based on the historical
volatility of the Company’s stock or the expected volatility of similar
companies. The expected life assumption is primarily based on historical
exercise patterns and employee post-vesting termination behavior. The risk-free
interest rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury
yield curve in effect at the time of grant.
The
Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model which was developed for use
in estimating the fair value of options. Option-pricing models require the input
of highly complex and subjective variables including the expected life of
options granted and the Company’s expected stock price volatility over a period
equal to or greater than the expected life of the options. Because changes in
the subjective assumptions can materially affect the estimated value of the
Company’s employee stock options, it is management’s opinion that the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model may not provide an accurate measure of the
fair value of the Company’s employee stock options. Although the fair value of
employee stock options is determined in accordance with ASC 718 using an
option-pricing model, that value may not be indicative of the fair value
observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market transaction.
On April
27, 2007, the Company’s board of directors amended and restated the Company’s
stock option plan to increase the number of available options from a total of
18,000,000 to 21,000,000 options that enables it to grant options to employees,
including its officers and directors, and its subsidiaries and other persons who
contribute efforts to the Company. The board of directors administers the
stock option plan. The stockholders approved the stock option plan on November
19, 2007.
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Statement of Cash
Flows
In
accordance with ASC Topic 230, “Statement of Cash Flows,” cash flows from the
Company’s operations are calculated based upon the local currencies using the
average translation rates. As a result, amounts related to assets and
liabilities reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows will not
necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the consolidated
balance sheets.
Certain
reclassifications have been made to the 2008 consolidated financial statements
to conform to the 2009 consolidated financial statement presentation. These
reclassifications had no effect on net loss or cash flows as previously
reported.
Recent
Pronouncements
In
January 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard which amended the
impairment model by removing its exclusive reliance on “market participant”
estimates of future cash flows used in determining fair value. Changing the cash
flows used to analyze other-than-temporary impairment from the “market
participant” view to a holder’s estimate of whether there has been a “probable”
adverse change in estimated cash flows allows companies to apply reasonable
judgment in assessing whether an other-than-temporary impairment has occurred.
The adoption of this accounting standard did not have a material impact on the
Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance related to the determination of
fair value when the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability has
significantly decreased, the identification of transactions that are not
orderly, the recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments,
and the disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments on an interim
basis. The adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on the
Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard to make the other-than-temporary
impairments guidance more operational and to improve the presentation of
other-than-temporary impairments in the financial statements. This standard will
replace the existing requirement that the entity’s management assert it has both
the intent and ability to hold an impaired debt security until recovery with a
requirement that management assert it does not have the intent to sell the
security, and it is more likely than not it will not have to sell the security
before recovery of its cost basis. This standard provides increased disclosure
about the credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are
not expected to be sold and also requires increased and more frequent
disclosures regarding expected cash flows, credit losses, and an aging of
securities with unrealized losses. Although this standard does not result in a
change in the carrying amount of debt securities, it does require that the
portion of an other-than-temporary impairment not related to a credit loss for a
held-to-maturity security be recognized in a new category of other comprehensive
income and be amortized over the remaining life of the debt security as an
increase in the carrying value of the security. The adoption of this standard
did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard that requires disclosures about
fair value of financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair
value in interim financial statements as well as in annual financial statements.
Prior to this accounting standard, fair values for these assets and liabilities
were only disclosed annually. This standard applies to all financial instruments
within its scope and requires all entities to disclose the method(s) and
significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial
instruments. This standard does not require disclosures for earlier periods
presented for comparative purposes at initial adoption, but in periods after the
initial adoption, this standard requires comparative disclosures only for
periods ending after initial adoption. The adoption of this standard did not
have a material impact on the disclosures related to its consolidated financial
statements.
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In May
2009, the FASB an accounting standard which provides guidance to establish
general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after
the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are
available to be issued. The standard also requires entities to disclose the date
through which subsequent events were evaluated as well as the
rationale for why that date was selected. The standard is effective for
interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, and accordingly, the
Company adopted this Standard during the second quarter of 2009. The standard
requires that public entities evaluate subsequent events through the date
that the financial statements are issued.
In June
2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard amending the accounting and
disclosure requirements for transfers of financial assets. This accounting
standard requires greater transparency and additional disclosures for transfers
of financial assets and the entity’s continuing involvement with them and
changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets. In addition, it
eliminates the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity (“QSPE”). This
accounting standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of this standard did
not have a material impact on the disclosures related to its consolidated
financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB also issued an accounting standard amending the accounting and
disclosure requirements for the consolidation of variable interest entities
(“VIEs”). The elimination of the concept of a QSPE, as discussed above, removes
the exception from applying the consolidation guidance within
this accounting standard. Further, this accounting standard requires a
company to perform a qualitative analysis when determining whether or not it
must consolidate a VIE. It also requires a company to continuously reassess
whether it must consolidate a VIE. Additionally, it requires enhanced
disclosures about a company’s involvement with VIEs and any significant
change in risk exposure due to that involvement, as well as how its involvement
with VIEs impacts the company’s financial statements. Finally, a company will be
required to disclose significant judgments and assumptions used to determine
whether or not to consolidate a VIE. This accounting standard is effective
for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2009. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on
the disclosures related to its consolidated financial statements.
On July
1, 2009, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No.
2009-01, “Topic 105 - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - amendments
based on Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 168, “The FASB
Accounting Standards Codification™ and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles” (“ASU No. 2009-01”). ASU No. 2009-01
re-defines authoritative GAAP for nongovernmental entities to be only comprised
of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (“Codification”) and, for SEC
registrants, guidance issued by the SEC. The Codification is a
reorganization and compilation of all then-existing authoritative GAAP for
nongovernmental entities, except for guidance issued by the SEC. The
Codification is amended to effect non-SEC changes to authoritative
GAAP. Adoption of ASU No. 2009-01 only changed the referencing
convention of GAAP in Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
In August
2009, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) regarding measuring
liabilities at fair value. This ASU provides additional guidance clarifying the
measurement of liabilities at fair value in circumstances in which a quoted
price in an active market for the identical liability is not available; under
those circumstances, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using
one or more of valuation techniques, as defined. This ASU is effective for the
first reporting period, including interim periods, beginning after the issuance
of this ASU. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the
Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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In
October 2009, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update
("ASU") regarding accounting for own-share lending arrangements in
contemplation of convertible debt issuance or other financing. This
ASU requires that at the date of issuance of the shares in a share-lending
arrangement entered into in contemplation of a convertible debt offering or
other financing, the shares issued shall be measured at fair value and be
recognized as an issuance cost, with an offset to additional paid-in capital.
Further, loaned shares are excluded from basic and diluted earnings per share
unless default of the share-lending arrangement occurs, at which time the loaned
shares would be included in the basic and diluted earnings-per-share
calculation. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning on or
after December 15, 2009, and interim periods within those fiscal years for
arrangements outstanding as of the beginning of those fiscal years. The Company
is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on its consolidated financial
statements.
On
December 15, 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures Topic 820 “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value
Measurements”. This ASU requires some new disclosures and clarifies
some existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement as set forth
in Codification Subtopic 820-10. The FASB’s objective is to improve these
disclosures and, thus, increase the transparency in financial
reporting. The adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact
on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-16, Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets. This Accounting Standards Update amends the FASB Accounting
Standards Codification for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 166, Accounting
for Transfers of Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140.The
amendments in this Accounting Standards Update improve financial reporting by
eliminating the exceptions for qualifying special-purpose entities from the
consolidation guidance and the exception that permitted sale accounting for
certain mortgage securitizations when a transferor has not surrendered control
over the transferred financial assets. In addition, the amendments require
enhanced disclosures about the risks that a transferor continues to be exposed
to because of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets.
Comparability and consistency in accounting for transferred financial assets
will also be improved through clarifications of the requirements for isolation
and limitations on portions of financial assets that are eligible for sale
accounting. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a
material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In
December, 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-17, Improvements to Financial Reporting
by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities. This Accounting
Standards Update amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for the
issuance of FASB Statement No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R).
The amendments in this Accounting Standards Update replace the
quantitative-based risks and rewards calculation for determining which reporting
entity, if any, has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest
entity with an approach focused on identifying which reporting entity has the
power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most
significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and (1) the obligation to
absorb losses of the entity or (2) the right to receive benefits from the
entity. An approach that is expected to be primarily qualitative will be more
effective for identifying which reporting entity has a controlling financial
interest in a variable interest entity. The amendments in this Update also
require additional disclosures about a reporting entity’s involvement in
variable interest entities, which will enhance the information provided to users
of financial statements. This ASU is effective for fiscal years
beginning on or after November 15, 2009, and interim periods within those fiscal
years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this
ASU.
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-01- Accounting for Distributions to
Shareholders with Components of Stock and Cash. The amendments in this Update
clarify that the stock portion of a distribution to shareholders that allows
them to elect to receive cash or stock with a potential limitation on the total
amount of cash that all shareholders can elect to receive in the aggregate is
considered a share issuance that is reflected in EPS prospectively and is not a
stock dividend for purposes of applying Topics 505 and 260 (Equity and Earnings
Per Share). The amendments in this update are effective for interim and
annual periods ending on or after December 15, 2009, and should be applied on a
retrospective basis. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on
its consolidated financial statements.
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In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-02 – Accounting and Reporting for
Decreases in Ownership of a Subsidiary – a Scope Clarification. The amendments
in this Update affect accounting and reporting by an entity that experiences a
decrease in ownership in a subsidiary that is a business or nonprofit activity.
The amendments also affect accounting and reporting by an entity that exchanges
a group of assets that constitutes a business or nonprofit activity for an
equity interest in another entity. The amendments in this update are
effective beginning in the period that an entity adopts SFAS No. 160,
“Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – An Amendment
of ARB No. 51.” If an entity has previously adopted SFAS No. 160 as of the date
the amendments in this update are included in the Accounting Standards
Codification, the amendments in this update are effective beginning in the first
interim or annual reporting period ending on or after December 15, 2009. The
amendments in this update should be applied retrospectively to the first period
that an entity adopted SFAS No. 160. The adoption of this ASU did not have a
material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 – Improving Disclosures about Fair
Value Measurements. This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that
requires new disclosure as follows: 1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and
2. A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of
significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements
and describe the reasons for the transfers. 2) Activity in
Level 3 fair value measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value
measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity
should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and
settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). This
update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that clarifies existing
disclosures as follows: 1) Level of disaggregation. A reporting entity
should provide fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and
liabilities. A class is often a subset of assets or liabilities within a line
item in the statement of financial position. A reporting entity needs to use
judgment in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities.
2) Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A reporting entity
should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to
measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements.
Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that fall in either
Level 2 or Level 3. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing
disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning
after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales,
issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value
measurements. Thos disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU; however, the Company
does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its
consolidated financial statements.
Note
3 – Inventories
Description
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December
31,
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December
31,
2008
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Raw
Material
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$ | 147,635 | $ | 794,493 | ||||
Work-in-Process
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Finished
Goods
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110,624 | 245,025 | ||||||
Inventories,
net
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$ | 355,531 | $ | 1,192,362 |
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Note
4 – VAT Credits
At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company has value added tax (“VAT”) credit of
$1,051,185 and $7,368,021, respectively, in Peru. VAT is charged at a standard
rate of 19% of the purchases made by the Company and the Company obtains VAT tax
credits for VAT paid in connection with the purchase of capital equipment and
other goods and services employed in its operations. The Company is entitled to
use the VAT tax credits against its Peruvian VAT tax liability generated from
sales or service revenue or to receive a cash refund from the Peruvian
government after necessary approvals are obtained from the Peruvian
government. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company
reduced the VAT credit by $8,170,000 as part of the financing agreement with
Banco Internacional Del Peru S.A.A. (“Interbank Peru”).
December
31,
2009
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31,
2008
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Land
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$ | 3,499,583 | $ | 3,220,041 | ||||
Plant
under construction
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4,873,475 | 4,974,263 | ||||||
Building
improvements
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858,397 | 595,039 | ||||||
Facilities
and equipment
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32,144,859 | 29,236,036 | ||||||
Computer
equipment and licenses
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261,618 | 240,374 | ||||||
Other
fixed assets
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97,969 | 101,124 | ||||||
41,735,901 | 38,366,877 | |||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
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(1,556,615 | ) | (820,455 | ) | ||||
Property,
Plant and Equipment, net
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$ | 40,179,286 | $ | 37,546,422 |
Plant
under construction represents labor costs, material, capitalized interest
incurred in connection with the construction of the liquid storage terminal of
Callao and its port facilities, located on the coast of the Pacific
Ocean. The plant under construction was fully completed in March
2010.
Depreciation
expense amounted to $633,748 and $832,653, for the years ended December 31, 2009
and 2008, respectively.
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, interest expense capitalized to plant
under construction amounted to $0 and $2,607,294, respectively.
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Note
6 – Goodwill
Goodwill
represents the excess of the purchase price of businesses over the fair value of
the identifiable net assets acquired in accordance with ASC Topic 805, “Business
Combination.” Goodwill and other indefinite life intangible assets are no longer
amortized, but instead tested for impairment on an annual basis or more
frequently when impairment indicators arise.
The
carrying value of goodwill is $7,716,956 and $7,015,640 at December 31, 2009 and
2008, respectively. No impairment was noted on the goodwill at December 31, 2009
and 2008.
Balance
at
December
31,
2008
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Change
in
Value
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Balance
at
December
31,
2009
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Oil S.A.C
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7,015,640 | 701,316 | 7,716,956 |
In the
table above, the change in value of goodwill is related to the $530,546 change
in fair value of the warrants that were issued as part of the acquisition price
of Interpacific Oil S.A.C. (as described in Note 18) and $170,770 due to the
change in the foreign exchange rates used to translate the balance
sheet.
Note
7 – Performance Bond
On March
27, 2009, the Company entered into a performance bond agreement (the “Bond
Agreement”), with FDS Corporation (“FDS”). Under the Bond Agreement,
FDS agreed to open a financial bond (the “FDS Bond”) in the amount of up to
$2,500,000 required by the Peruvian Authorities to provide the regulatory and
other permits necessary to commercialize the Callao Facility as a terminal and
bonded warehouse under the laws of Peru for a term of up to twelve months,
subject to the Company’s option to extend the term for up to two additional
twelve month periods. The Bond Agreement accrues interest on a
monthly basis in the amount of $31,250. As additional consideration for the
placement of the Bond Agreement, the Company issued to FDS seven year cashless
warrants (the “FDS Bond Warrants”) to purchase 62,500,000 shares of common stock
by which FDS will have the right to purchase one share of common stock at an
exercise price of $0.05 per share for every warrant issued. FDS has the right to
exchange all or any FDS Bond Warrants at any time after the Effective Date
(March 31, 2016), for a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of
shares that would have been issued upon the exercise of the FDS Bond Warrants
pursuant to Section 4 of the Bond Agreement divided by 1.2. FDS may
withdraw the FDS Bond at any time and terminate this Agreement if there is an
event of default and Plainfield accelerates the obligations in connection with
such event of default under the Loan Agreement dated as of September 12,
2007.
In
accordance with ASC 815, the Company determined that the FDS Bond Warrants
should be classified as a liability at fair value on the date the FDS Bond
Warrants were issued. On the date of issuance, the Company determined
the fair value of the FDS Bond Warrants to be $4,085,589 using the Black-Scholes
option pricing model with the following assumptions:
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life of 7 years
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Volatility
of 130%;
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Dividend
yield of 0%;
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Risk
free interest rate of 2.28%
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The fair
value of $4,085,589 was recorded as a prepaid asset and warrant liability in the
consolidated balance sheets. The Company will amortize the $4,085,589
over one year. The amortization expense for the year ended December
31, 2009 was $3,122,957 and is included in “interest and financing costs” in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
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Note
8 – Notes Payable – Short Term
FDS Notes and
Warrants
On
December 4, 2008, the Company executed a Promissory Note (the “FDS Note”)
promising to pay to FDS, the principal amount of $1,000,000. The
Company was to pay FDS the principal amount in one installment of $1,000,000 on
the earlier of (a) January 15, 2009 or (b) the date the Company enters into an
agreement with Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru will provide the
Company with term loan financing, in a principal amount of not less than
$40,330,000. The FDS Note is a non-interest bearing note.
In
partial consideration for FDS executing the FDS Note with the Company, the
Company agreed to issue to FDS seven-year warrants to purchase 6,666,666 shares
of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share, at an exercise price
of $0.30 per share of common stock (the “FDS Warrants”). The FDS
Warrants may be exercised beginning December 4, 2008 through December 4,
2015.
Due to
the non-payment by the Company when required, the Company was required to issue
to FDS seven-year warrants to purchase an additional 26,666,666 shares of the
Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share (the “FDS
Additional Warrants”). The FDS Additional Warrants are to be substantially in
the form of the original FDS Warrants issued with the FDS Note.
In
addition to the issuance of the FDS Additional Warrants, the FDS Note shall be
converted at FDS’ option into either (i) a note evidencing a three-month term
loan bearing an interest rate of 15% per annum to be paid in debt securities
having identical terms and conditions to such three-month term loan or (ii) the
number of duly authorized and validly issued shares of common stock equal to the
total amount of principal outstanding on the FDS Note divided by a conversion
price of $0.30; such an amount of principal outstanding is to be measured on the
date of such event of default.
In
accordance with ASC 815, the Company determined that the FDS Additional Warrants
should be classified as a liability at fair value on the date the FDS Additional
Warrants were to be issued. The Company did not issue the FDS
Additional Warrants until April 8, 2009; however, the Company valued the
warrants as of the date of default to determine the liability that should be
recorded. The Company determined the fair value of the FDS Additional
Warrants at January 15, 2009 to be $1,576,763 using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model with the following assumptions:
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Expected
life of 7 years
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Volatility
of 130%;
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·
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Dividend
yield of 0%;
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·
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Risk
free interest rate of 2.28%
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The fair
value of $1,576,763 was recorded as “accrued derivative liabilities” in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets and included in “interest and financing
costs” in the consolidated statements of operations at the date of
default.
On April
28, 2009, and June 18, 2009, the Company signed promissory notes (“FDS 2009
Notes”) to borrow from FDS $500,000 and $250,000, respectively. The FDS 2009
Notes provided that the Company would pay the principal amount together with
accrued and unpaid interest on the entire principal amount of the FDS 2009 Notes
at 5% of the principal amount to FDS in one (1) installment of $525,000 and
$262,500 on the earlier of (a) May 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009 (“Maturity
Dates”), respectively, and (b) the date the Company enters into an agreement
with Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru will provide term loan
financing for the Company and/or one or more of its majority-owned subsidiaries,
in a principal amount of not less than $40,330,000. Any accrued
interest shall be added to the principal sum then owed by the Company to FDS and
paid on the Maturity Dates.
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report of independent registered public accounting firm.
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The FDS
2009 Notes provided for certain events of default with various
remedies. Pursuant to the default provisions, the Company issued to
FDS seven-year cashless warrants (“FDS 2009 Warrants”) to purchase 12,500,000
and 6,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.04
per share of common stock for the $525,000 and the $262,500 principal and
interest balances, respectively. FDS may at its sole option exchange
all or any FDS 2009 Warrants at any time after the date of the event of default
and during the exercise period for a number of shares of common stock equal to
the number of shares that would have been issued upon the exercise of the FDS
2009 Warrants divided by 1.2.
In
accordance ASC 815, the Company determined that the FDS 2009 Warrants should be
classified as a liability at fair value on the date the FDS Additional Warrants
were to be issued. The Company determined the fair value of the FDS
Additional Warrants at May 30, 2009, and June 30, 2009 to be $1,069,199 and
$964,594, respectively using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the
following assumptions:
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Expected
life of 7 years
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·
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Volatility
of 130%;
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·
|
Dividend
yield of 0%;
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|
·
|
Risk
free interest rate of 3.06% and
3.18%
|
The fair
value of $1,069,199 and $964,594 was recorded as “accrued derivative
liabilities” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and included in
“interest and financing costs” in the consolidated statements of operations at
the date of default.
The
Company repaid the promissory notes in the amounts of $500,000 in January 2009
and $1,250,000 in July 2009, respectively.
Plainfield Promissory Note
and Warrants
On
December 4, 2008, the Company executed a Promissory Note (the “Plainfield Note”)
promising to pay to Plainfield, the principal amount of $500,000. The
Company was to pay Plainfield the principal amount in one installment of
$500,000 on the earlier of (a) January 15, 2009 or (b) the date the Company
enters into an agreement with Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru
will provide the Company with term loan financing, in a principal amount of not
less than $40,330,000. The Plainfield Note was a non-interest bearing
note.
In
partial consideration for Plainfield executing the Plainfield Promissory Note
from the Company, the Company agreed to issue to Plainfield seven-year warrants
to purchase 3,333,333 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per
share, at an exercise price of $0.30 per share of common stock (the “Plainfield
Warrants”). The Plainfield Warrants may be exercised beginning
December 4, 2008 through December 4, 2015.
Due to
the non-payment by the Company when required, the Company was required to issue
to Plainfield seven-year warrants to purchase an additional 13,333,333 shares of
the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share (the
“Plainfield Additional Warrants”). The Plainfield Additional Warrants are to be
substantially in the form of the original Plainfield Warrants issued with the
Plainfield Note.
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report of independent registered public accounting firm.
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In
addition to the issuance of the Plainfield Additional Warrants, the Plainfield
Note shall be converted at Plainfield’s option into either (i) a note evidencing
a three-month term loan bearing an interest rate of 15% per annum to be paid in
debt securities having identical terms and conditions to such three-month term
loan or (ii) the number of duly authorized and validly issued shares of common
stock equal to the total amount of principal outstanding on the Plainfield Note
divided by a conversion price of $0.30; such an amount of principal outstanding
is to be measured on the date of such event of default.
In
accordance with ASC 815, the Company determined that the Plainfield Additional
Warrants should be classified as a liability at fair value on the date the
Plainfield Additional Warrants were to be issued. The Company did not
issue the Plainfield Additional Warrants until April 8, 2009; however, the
Company valued the warrants as of the date of default to determine the liability
that should be recorded. The Company determined the fair value of the
Plainfield Additional Warrants at January 15, 2009, to be $788,382 using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
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Expected
life of 7 years
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·
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Volatility
of 130%;
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|
·
|
Dividend
yield of 0%;
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·
|
Risk
free interest rate of 2.28%
|
The fair
value of $788,382 was recorded as “accrued derivative liabilities” in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets and included in “interest and financing
costs” in the consolidated statements of operations at the date of
default.
On April
28, 2009, and July 18, 2009, the Company signed promissory notes (“Plainfield
2009 Notes”) to borrow from Plainfield $500,000 and $250,000, respectively. The
Plainfield 2009 Notes provided that the Company would pay the principal amount
together with accrued and unpaid interest on the entire principal amount of the
Plainfield 2009 Notes at 5% of the principal amount to Plainfield in one (1)
installment of $525,000 and $262,500 on the earlier of (a) May 30, 2009 and June
30, 2009 (“Maturity Dates”), respectively, and (b) the date the Company enters
into an agreement with Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru will
provide term loan financing for the Company and/or one or more of its
majority-owned subsidiaries, in a principal amount of not less than
$40,330,000. Any accrued interest shall be added to the principal sum
then owed by the Company to Plainfield and paid on the Maturity
Date.
The
Plainfield 2009 Notes provided for certain events of default with various
remedies including acceleration or conversion, at Plainfield’s sole option, in
lieu of the other remedies for an event of default, into a Paid-in-Kind (“PIK”)
Note in an aggregate principal amount of $525,000 and $262,500, convertible into
13,125,000 and 6,562,500 shares of common stock, respectively, of the Company’s
common stock at a conversion price of $0.04 per share. Plainfield may
at its sole option exchange the PIK Note at any time after the date of the event
of default for (a) a promissory note (the “Exchange Note”) issued by the
Company, identical in all respects to the PIK Note, except that the exchange
note shall not have any conversion or exchange rights and (b) a number of shares
of common stock equal to the number of shares that would have been issued upon
the conversion of the PIK Note pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence
divided by 1.2.
The
Company did not repay the Plainfield 2009 Notes on the required dates, and
pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Plainfield opted to exchange the PIK
Note for the Exchange Note and receive shares of common stock. The
exchange of the PIK Note and the issuance of the common shares were performed in
conjunction with the Interbank Peru financing on July 16, 2009.
In July
2009, the Company repaid to Plainfield in the amount of $1,250,000 related to
the promissory notes.
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report of independent registered public accounting firm.
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Note
9 – Convertible Debt
On
September 12, 2007, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”), with Plainfield pursuant to which the Company sold
to Plainfield (1) 11,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, (2)
$10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 10%/12% senior convertible PIK
election notes (the “Original Notes”) due September 12, 2012, (3) warrants to
purchase up to 56,938,245 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Notes are
convertible into 16,666,667 shares of the Company’s common stock at the option
of the holder of Original Notes at any time at a conversion price of $0.60 per
share. The conversion price is subject to adjustment in accordance with the
terms of the Purchase Agreement. The Company is to pay interest on the Original
Notes semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year,
commencing on March 15, 2008. Subject to the conversion rights set
forth below, the Company is obligated to pay 100% of the principal amount of the
Original Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, in cash on September 12, 2012
(the “Maturity Date”), provided, however, that the Company may, at its option,
elect to pay interest on the Notes (i) entirely in cash, or (ii) entirely by
issuing additional notes with an effective interest rate of 12% (“PIK
Interest”). The first payment of interest was paid in PIK
Interest. All additional convertible notes issued subsequent to
September 12, 2007 take the form of the Original Notes as described above,
otherwise disclosed differently below.
On March
26, 2008, the Company sold to Plainfield $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of its 10%/12% senior convertible PIK election notes due September 12, 2012 (the
“Additional Notes”). The Additional Notes are
convertible into 16,666,667 shares of common stock at a conversion price of
$0.30 per share. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Purchase
Agreement, the conversion price of the Original Notes and $610,000 aggregate
principal amount of PIK Interest Notes issued on March 15, 2008 as payment of
interest on the Original Notes, was adjusted to $0.30.
On March
10, 2009 and March 27, 2009, the Company sold to Plainfield $1,283,214 ($283,214
was accrued interest from the line of credit) and $1,200,000, respectively, in
aggregate principal amount of additional notes (“2009 Additional
Notes”). The 2009 Additional Notes are convertible into shares of
common stock at $0.04 per share.
The
Company determined that the 2009 Notes contained an embedded beneficial
conversion feature as the conversion price of $0.04 per share was less than the
share price of $0.06 on the date of issuance. The Company recorded
the fair value of $2,714,302 as an accrued derivative liability. The
fair value was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the
following assumptions:
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Expected
life between 3.47 and 3.51years
|
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·
|
Volatility
of 130%;
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|
·
|
Dividend
yield of 0%;
|
|
·
|
Risk
free interest rate between 1.27 and of
1.46%
|
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report of independent registered public accounting firm.
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The
Company recorded $2,200,000 to debt discounts to be amortized over the life of
the 2009 Additional Notes and $514,302 to “interest and financing
costs.”
On July
16, 2009, the Company obtained additional financing from Interbank Peru. (See
Note 11) Concurrent with the Interbank Peru financing, the Company repaid the
following amounts to Plainfield in cash:
$3,500,000
of the line of credit
$1,250,000
of the short term notes
$2,200,000
of the convertible notes
The
Company also sold to Plainfield $34,312,220 10%/12% senior convertible PIK
election notes which represents the remaining outstanding principal balance of
the line of credit after the $3,500,000 that was repaid in cash and the accrued
interest through July 15, 2009 of $465,281. The $34,312,220 of
convertible note is convertible into 114,374,066 shares of common stock based on
a conversion rate of $0.30. In the event that the Company has not
repaid this note and any PIK Notes issued in kind as interest thereon, plus
accrued and unpaid interest prior to July 16, 2010, the Company shall issue to
Plainfield on July 16, 2010, duly authorized and validly issued seven-year
warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock for every $1.00 principal amount
of Note outstanding, at a strike price equal to 120% of the volume weighted
average price of the Common Stock for the sixty (60) trading days immediately
preceding July 16, 2010; provided, however, that the strike price shall not be
less than $0.20 per share of Common Stock and not greater than $0.40 per share
of Common Stock.
The
convertible notes issued to Plainfield were initially collateralized by
substantially all of the Company’s assets. Pursuant to the Fifth
Amendment, Plainfield released its right of collateral over substantially of the
Company’s assets in order for the Company to consummate the financing with
Interbank (Note 10).
The
Company determined that the notes issued on July 16, 2009, contained an embedded
beneficial conversion feature. The Company recorded the fair value of
$12,347,942 as an accrued derivative liability. The fair value was
determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following
assumptions:
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Expected
life of 3.16 years
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·
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Volatility
of 130%;
|
|
·
|
Dividend
yield of 0%;
|
|
·
|
Risk
free interest rate of 1.54%
|
The
Company recorded $12,347,942 as “Non-cash expenses in connection with debt
financing” in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations.
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report of independent registered public accounting firm.
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The
following table summarizes the convertible notes:
Convertible
Notes
|
||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
$ | 602,080 | ||
Additional
principal
|
5,000,000 | |||
Conversion
of interest to principal
|
1,526,600 | |||
Line
of Credit PIK interest
|
3,181,390 | |||
Discount
related to additional principal and repricing of conversion
price
|
(5,648,500 | ) | ||
Discount
related to change in terms
|
(891,987 | ) | ||
Amortization
of note discount
|
3,167,862 | |||
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
$ | 6,937,445 | ||
Conversion
of interest to principal
|
5,168,423 | |||
Additional
principal
|
2,200,000 | |||
Increase
Discount per implementation of EITF
07-5
|
(428,153 | ) | ||
Discount
related to additional principal
|
(3,092,683 | ) | ||
Amortization
of note discount
|
3,903,550 | |||
Write
off of note discount
|
1,994,860 | |||
Paydown
of principal
|
(2,200,000 | ) | ||
Convert
line of credit to convertible note
|
34,312,220 | |||
Balance,
December 31, 2009
|
$ | 48,795,662 |
The
$48,795,662 is net of debt discounts of $10,392,971. The total
principal amount of $59,188,633 is due on September 12, 2012.
Total
interest related to the convertible notes amounted to $4,779,605 and $1,827,399
for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company amortized debt discounts in
the amount $3,903,550 and $3,167,862, respectively, which are recorded in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations as interest and financing
costs. The accrued interest payable related to the convertible notes
at December 31, 2009 and 2008 amounted to $2,091,332 and $667,280, respectively
which is recorded in the accrued liabilities on the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets.
On
September 12, 2007, the Company entered into a $20,000,000 Loan Agreement (“Line
of Credit”), between the Company, as Guarantor, and Plainfield, as
Administrative Agent. The Loan Agreement terminates on January 12,
2011. The interest rate is a variable rate based on base rate with an
applicable margin which is set at the beginning of the fiscal
year. The 2009 and 2008 rate was 9.75% and 12.56%,
respectively.
On March
13, 2008, the Company amended the agreement which allowed the Company to draw
down an additional $818,000. Pursuant to the amendment, the Company
reset the exercise price of Plainfield’s warrants to purchase 59,104,912 shares
of the Company’s common stock from $0.60 to $0.30.
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report of independent registered public accounting firm.
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On April
18, 2008, the Company amended the agreement which increased the available
borrowings by $17,346,939, such that the maximum aggregate principal amount of
loans available under the Loan Agreement was $37,346,939. The Line of
Credit balance at December 31, 2008 was $37,346,939
On July
16, 2009, the Company paid $3,500,000 of the principal balance and converted the
remaining principal balance of $33,846,939 and accrued interest of $465,281 into
a PIK 10%/12% convertible note.
Total
interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $1,992,615
and $3,973,423, respectively.
The
Company recorded $15,840,078 as “Non-cash expenses in connection with debt
financing” related to the payment of the Plainfield and FDS convertible notes,
the conversion of the line of credit to a convertible promissory note, and the
issuance of common shares to Plainfield as part of the refinancing arrangement.
The following details the non cash expenses:
Description
|
Amount
|
|||
Write
off of unamortized debt discount for the $1 million Plainfield
note
|
$ | (1,994,859 | ) | |
Write
off of debt issue costs related to the LOC
|
(920,652 | ) | ||
Write
off the BCF related to the $2.2 million convertible notes
|
7,846,111 | |||
Fair
value of BCF related to the LOC that was converted to a convertible
note
|
(12,347,942 | ) | ||
Fair
value of common stock issued to Plainfield
|
(8,422,736 | ) | ||
Non-cash
expenses in connection with debt financing
|
$ | (15,840,078 | ) |
On July
16, 2009, the Company entered into a sale/leaseback transaction with Interbank
Peru (the “Financing”). Under the Financing, Interbank Peru acquired all
the assets that comprise the Company’s Supply Plant, and in turn leased the
Supply Plant back to the Company. However, the assets remain on the
Company’s books as still owned by the Company in accordance with accounting
standard ASC 840-40. Further, the Financing agreement allows a Purchase Option,
as defined, by the Company at the end of the six-year term of the
agreement. In addition, the Company pledged its land, with a carrying
value of $3,499,583, as collateral pursuant to the Interbank Peru Financing
agreement.
Also, a
Trust Management was established for the following Company assets: (i) the right
for collections, (ii) cash flows, (iii) a capital contribution (U.S. $15
million), (iv) a deposit in guarantees (U.S. $15 million), and (v) the cash
flows that the Company credited in a reserve account. The Company recorded the
capital contribution as “restricted cash” and the deposit in guarantees as
“deposit guarantee.” Restricted cash is released from restriction only to pay
working capital costs. The deposit guarantee will always hold 35% of
the principal outstanding and will be released on an annual basis as the
principal gets amortized over the term of the agreement. As of
December 31, 2009 the balance in restricted cash related to the capital
contribution and the deposit guarantee is approximately $6,500,000 and
$15,000,000, respectively.
The
Company received proceeds of $51,170,000 in cash pursuant to the Interbank Peru
Financing. The Company recorded a note payable of $43,000,000 and
reduced VAT credits by $8,170,000 as part of the sale of VAT credits to
Interbank. The principal balance of the amount due to Interbank Peru
is $43,000,000 with an effective interest rate of 10.6% per
annum. The Company will make interest only payments for the first
year and then for years two through six, the Company will make both principal
and interest payments such that the loan is completely repaid at the end of year
six.
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report of independent registered public accounting
firm.
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Pursuant
to the Interbank Peru Financing agreement, the Company is required to maintain
certain financial and nonfinancial covenants during the term of the Financing
agreement, including submission of financial statements to Interbank within
certain number of days after the close of periods, maintaining funds equivalent
to at least 35% of the note payable amount in a Trust Management Account, as
defined, and maintaining minimum Debt Service Coverage Rate, as defined, among
others. As of December 31, 2009, the Company was not in compliance
with certain financial covenants which triggered an event of default under the
terms of the agreement. Due to the non compliance, Interbank, at its
option, may assess a 2% penalty of the unpaid principal balance of the loan for
the time period that the bank deems the Company to be in default until the
waiver is granted. The Company has not received a waiver or
forbearance at the time the financial statements were issued, so the Company
recorded the $43,000,000 payable as a current liability. The Company
is currently negotiating a waiver of its technical non-compliance with certain
of its covenants under the Interbank Loan Agreement as of December 31, 2009 and
overall modification of the Interbank Loan Agreement.
The
Company recorded interest expense of $1,993,970 for the year ended December 31,
2009 related to the Interbank Peru Financing. The following table
shows the principal payments for the note payable per the contractual
agreement:
Fiscal
Year
|
Principal
Amount
|
|||
2010
|
$ | 750,000 | ||
2011
|
4,150,000 | |||
2012
|
8,000,000 | |||
2013
|
10,900,000 | |||
2014
|
12,800,000 | |||
Thereafter
|
6,400,000 | |||
$ | 43,000,000 |
Note
12 – Accrued Derivative Liability
Accrued Warrant
Liability
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 815. ASC 815
applies to any freestanding financial instruments or embedded features that have
the characteristics of a derivative, and to any freestanding financial
instruments that are potentially settled in an entity’s own common
stock.
As a result, 1,805,667 of
the issued and outstanding common stock purchase warrants previously treated as
equity pursuant to the derivative treatment exemption were no longer afforded
equity treatment. In accordance with the transition provisions
of ASC 815, the new guidance has been applied to the 1,805,667 warrants that
were outstanding as of January 1, 2009. The cumulative effect of this
change in accounting principle of $350,742 has been
recognized as a reduction of the opening balance of accumulated deficit as of
that date. That cumulative effect adjustment is the difference
between the amounts previously recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance
sheet as of December 31, 2008, and the amounts that would have been recognized
if the guidance in ASC 815 had been applied from the issuance date of the
outstanding warrants.
The fair
value of all warrants at December 31, 2009 is $11,169,503.
Accrued Conversion Option
Liability
Convertible
Debt outstanding at January 1, 2009
The
conversion option embedded in the Company’s convertible debt, as described in
Note 8, previously met the criteria of being “conventional
convertible” debt and, accordingly, it was not separately accounted for as a
derivative instrument liability. However, the conversion option does
not meet the criteria of ASC 815 because it requires that the conversion price
be adjusted in certain circumstances that do not meet the “fixed-for-fixed’
criteria in that accounting standard. As a result, the Company is now
required to separately account for the embedded conversion option as a
derivative instrument liability, carried at fair value and marked-to-market each
period, with changes in the fair value each period charged or credited to
operations.
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F-27
In
accordance with the transition provisions of ASC 815, the new guidance has been
applied to the $19,707,990 of the Company’s Convertible Notes that were
outstanding as of January 1, 2009. The cumulative effect of this
change in accounting principle of $4,366,553 has been
recognized as a reduction of the opening balance of accumulated deficit as of
that date. That cumulative effect adjustment is the difference
between the amounts previously recognized in the Company’s balance sheet as of
December 31, 2008 and the amounts that would have been recognized if the
guidance in ASC 815 had been applied from the issuance date of the outstanding
Convertible Notes.
The fair
value of all conversion options at December 31, 2009 is
$10,386,797.
Note
13 – Stockholders’ Equity
Common
Stock
On
January 15, 2008, the Company issued 15,000 shares for consulting services in
accordance with the consulting agreement. The consulting services were valued
$5,850 and have been included in professional fees in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
On
January 24, 2008, the Company issued warrants to purchase 2,289,272 shares of
common stock pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement with Plainfield. The
Company valued these warrants at $573,628 using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model with the following assumptions: volatility of 102%; risk free interest
rate of 2.9%; exercise price of $0.60 for 2,166,667 warrants and $0.01 for
122,605 warrants; and an estimated term of 3.5 years. The fair value of the
warrants has been included as financing costs in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations.
On
January 26, 2008, the Company issued 2,166,667 shares pursuant to the Merger
Agreement of Interpacific Oil S.A.C. These shares were valued at $996,667. (See
Note 18)
On March
13, 2008, pursuant to the financing agreement entered into with Plainfield, the
Company reset the conversion price of Plainfield’s convertible notes into the
Company’s common stock from $0.60 to $0.30 per share. The difference in fair
value between the value of the beneficial conversion feature at March 13, 2008
before the price was reset and the value of the beneficial conversion feature
after the price was reset was $5,481,833. The aforesaid value was recorded as
debt discount and is being amortized over the life of the note. The Company
amortized $976,993 during the year ended December 31, 2008 which is recorded as
amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
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On March
13, 2008, pursuant to the financing agreement entered into with Plainfield, the
Company reset the exercise price of Plainfield’s warrants to purchase 59,104,912
shares of the Company’s common stock form $0.60 to $0.30 per share. The
difference in fair value between the value of the warrants at March 13, 2008
before the price was reset and the value of the warrants after the price was
reset was $2,423,951. However, the maximum discount that could be applied to the
convertible notes is $891,987. The aforesaid value was recorded as debt discount
and is being amortized over the life of the note. The Company amortized $158,973
during the year ended December 31, 2008 which is recorded as amortization of
debt discounts and debt issuance costs in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations. The Company also recorded as interest and financing
costs of $87,818 related to the re-priced Plainfield warrants not recorded as
discount.
On March
13, 2008, pursuant to the financing agreement entered into with Plainfield, the
Company recorded $166,667 as a beneficial conversion feature. The value of the
beneficial conversion feature was based on $5,000,000 of convertible debt, $0.31
market price of share, and $0.30 conversion price. The $166,667 was recorded as
a debt discount and is being amortized over the life of the note. The Company
amortized $28,612 during the year ended December 31, 2008 which is recorded as
amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
On August
5, 2008, the Company issued to Plainfield 78,033,765 shares of common stock for
59,227,517 Plainfield warrants, which were then cancelled. (See Note
15.)
On August
8, 2008, the Company completed two private placements of shares of the Company’s
common stock. One private placement was for 1,428,572 shares and the
other was for 14,285,715 shares. The price per share was $0.35 for
total gross proceeds of $5,500,000 for the two private
placements. The Company paid $385,000 as a placement fee and $27,500
in other expenses.
On
September 8, 2008, the Company issued to YA Global Plainfield 938,776 shares of
common stock for 1,408,164 YA Global warrants, which were then canceled. (See
Note 15)
On July
29, 2009, in connection with the Interbank financing discussed in Note 10, the
Company issued 64,013,194 shares of common stock to Plainfield. The
stock was valued at $10,178,098 for $0.16 per share. The Company
recorded $1,819,375 to reduce interest payable to Plainfield and recorded
$8,422,736 as “Non-cash expenses in connection with debt
financing.”
Stock
Options
In 2006,
the Company adopted the Stock Option and Award Plan (the “Plan”) initially
reserving an aggregate of 18,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the
“Available Shares”) for issuance pursuant to the exercise of stock options. The
shares reserved for issuance increased to 21,000,000 in April 2007, subject to
stockholder approval which was obtained in November 2007.
The Plan
provides for the granting at the discretion of the Board of Directors stock
options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, phantom stock, performance
awards, and other stock-based awards. Participation in the Plan is open to all
employees, officers, and directors of, and other individuals providing bona fide
services to or for the Company.
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-29
The
following is a summary of the option activity:
Number of
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(in years)
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
||||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
14,000,000 | $ | 0.60 | ||||||||
Granted
|
2,440,000 | $ | 0.60 | ||||||||
Exercised
|
- | - | |||||||||
Forfeited
|
(1,253,750 | ) | $ | 0.60 | |||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2008
|
15,186,250 | $ | 0.60 | ||||||||
Granted
|
250,000 | $ | 0.60 | ||||||||
Exercised
|
- | - | |||||||||
Forfeited
|
(175,000 | ) | $ | 0.60 | |||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2009
|
15,261,250 | $ | 0.60 |
7.60
|
-
|
||||||
Exercisable,
December 31, 2009
|
12,912,500 | $ | 0.60 |
7.56
|
|
-
|
The fair
value of the options granted during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
was estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model with the flowing weighted-average assumptions:
December
31,
2009
|
December
31,
2008
|
|||||||
Expected
life (years)
|
6 | 5 | ||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.42 | % | 3.39 | % | ||||
Expected
volatility
|
102 | % | 110 | % | ||||
Expected
dividend yield
|
0 | % | 0 | % |
The
weighted average grant-date for the options granted in the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008 was $0.27 and $0.13, respectively.
The
Company recognized $2,352,524 and $2,363,216 in share-based compensation expense
for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
The
compensation expense related to the unvested options as December 31, 2009 is
$1,206,217 which will be recognized over the weighted average period of 0.78
years.
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
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Warrants
The
following summarizes the stock purchase warrant activity:
Number of
Warrants
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(in years)
|
|||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
60,303,581 | $ | 0.61 | ||||||
Granted
|
12,289,271 | $ | 0.30 | ||||||
Exercised
|
- | - | |||||||
Exchanged
|
(60,635,681 | ) | $ | 0.31 | |||||
Forfeited
|
(151,505 | ) | $ | 1.50 | |||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2008
|
11,805,666 | $ | 0.39 | ||||||
Granted
|
124,174,999 | $ | 0.26 | ||||||
Exercised
|
- | ||||||||
Forfeited
|
- | ||||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2009
|
135,980,665 | $ | 0.27 |
6.22
|
|||||
Exercisable,
December 31, 2009
|
135,980,665 | $ | 0.27 |
6.22
|
Note
14 – Income Taxes
Pursuant
to ASC Topic 740, “Income
Taxes,” the Company is required to compute tax asset benefits for net
operating losses carried forward. The Company has incurred losses for U.S.
income tax purposes of approximately $14,450,000 which can be used to offset
future years’ taxable income and these losses expire in the year ending 2027 for
federal income tax purposes and in the year ending 2017 for state income
purposes. The Company’s management has recorded a valuation allowance
on the full amount of deferred tax asset related to US income
taxes.
The
Company is a U.S. corporation and therefore subject the 34% of U.S. federal
income tax rate as well as applicable U.S. State income
taxes. The Company’s subsidiaries located in Peru are subject to
Peruvian Income Tax Laws. Both Pure Biofuels del Peru SAC and Palma SAC are
subject to 30% standard income tax rate.
The
Company’s subsidiaries, Pure Biofuels del Peru SAC and Palma SAC, have combined
tax losses of approximately $33,000,000 to offset future years’ taxable income
earned in Peru. The combined losses associated with the 2006 and 2007
years will expire in 2018 as these were pre-operating losses. The
combined losses for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 will expire in fiscal year 2012
and 2013, respectively. Pure Biofuel del Peru S.A.C. has recorded a
non-current deferred tax asset of $531,625 which should be realized before it
expires in 2018.
Management
believes that the realization of some of the benefits from these losses appears
uncertain due to the Company’s limited operating history and continuing losses
for income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Company has provided a valuation
allowance on certain deferred tax assets. The net change in the valuation
allowance for the year ended December 31, 2009 was an increase of approximately
$8,100,000.
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-31
Significant
components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31,
2009 are as follows:
December
31, 2009
|
||||||||||||
U.S.
|
Peru
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Deferred
tax assets (liabilities):
|
||||||||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
$ | 6,131,781 | $ | 9,899,904 | $ | 16,031,685 | ||||||
Deferred
tax assets, net
|
6,131,781 | 9,899,904 | 16,031,685 | |||||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(6,131,781 | ) | (9,368,279 | ) | (15,500,060 | ) | ||||||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
$ | - | $ | 531,625 | $ | 531,625 |
Significant
components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31,
2008 are as follows:
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||
U.S.
|
Peru
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Deferred
tax assets (liabilities):
|
||||||||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
$ | 3,561,640 | $ | 3,839,979 | $ | 7,401,619 | ||||||
Deferred
tax assets, net
|
3,561,640 | 3,839,979 | 7,401,619 | |||||||||
Change
in valuation allowance
|
(3,561,640 | ) | (3,839,979 | ) | (7,401,619 | ) | ||||||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - |
A
reconciliation of the statutory income tax rate and the effective income tax
rate for the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
December
31,
2009
|
December
31,
2008
|
|||||||
Statutory
federal income tax rate
|
(0.34 | ) | (0.34 | ) | ||||
State
income taxes (benefit), net of federal taxes
|
(0.09 | ) | (0.09 | ) | ||||
Difference
in foreign rate
|
0.02 | 0.05 | ||||||
Change
in derivative liabilities
|
0.01 | - | ||||||
Non-cash
financing costs
|
0.13 | 0.18 | ||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
0.02 | 0.03 | ||||||
Non-cash
foreign currency transaction loss
|
(0.01 | ) | 0.03 | |||||
Non
cash expenses in connection with debt financing
|
0.14 | - | ||||||
Change
in valuation allowance
|
0.11 | 0.14 | ||||||
Effective
income tax (benefit) rate
|
(0.01 | ) | - |
Note
15 – Related Party Transactions
The
Company entered into the following transactions with related
parties:
|
a)
|
On
August 6, 2007, the Company entered into an integral service
agreement with Ocean Marine S.A.C, (“Ocean Marine”) a company controlled
by certain officers of the Company and a Peruvian Corporation, to provide
certain advisory services related to use and handling of biodiesel to the
Company. The agreement provides for a lump sum payment of $309,166,
retroactive from September 15, 2006 to June 30, 2007, for the
services rendered by Ocean Marine and a fee of $34,000 per month to Ocean
Marine from July 1, 2007 through August 12, 2009. The agreement
ended on July 31, 2009, Total consulting expenses incurred under this
agreement totaled $272,000 and $469,379 for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008, respectively. The outstanding balance owed to
Ocean Marine at December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $229,388 and
$191,142, respectively.
|
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-32
|
b)
|
On
August 1, 2009, the Company entered into a Service agreement with
Challenge Capital Corporation, (“the Challenge Capital”), a company
controlled by certain officers of the Company, to provide advisory
services related to the handling of biofuels to the
Company. This agreement provides a monthly fee of $25,699 to
Challenge Capital from August 1, 2009 to August 1,
2010.
|
|
c)
|
Plainfield
is a related party as it is a major stockholder of the Company. See
transactions with Plainfield in notes 8, 9 and
10.
|
|
d)
|
As
of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company has loans due to shareholders
in the amount of $208,638.
|
e)
|
Certain
officers of the Company were shareholders of Interpacific. See
Note 18 for the transaction
details.
|
These
transactions were recorded at the exchange amount which is the amount agreed to
by the related parties.
The
Company entered into the following agreements:
|
|
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company entered into additional
agreements with Plainfield. See Notes 8, 9, and 10 for a description of
these agreements.
|
|
b)
|
In
July 2009, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) with Trimarine Corporation S.A.
(“Trimarine”). Under the Purchase Agreement, the Company has
the right to order and subsequently purchase, and Trimarine is offering to
supply and sell certain products to be used in the manufacturing process
of biodiesel fuel. The Purchase Agreement states that the
maximum unpaid purchase price cannot exceed $40,000,000. The
Company and Trimarine agreed that the consideration for the supply of the
product would be the greater of (i) 15.0% per annum or 1.250% per month of
the total financial value of the product or (ii) 4.0% per annum, or 0.333%
per month of the total facility amount payable on a monthly basis which is
equivalent to $133,333 per month. Pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement, the Company made a cash deposit to Trimarine of 10% of the
$40,000,000. The $4,000,000 deposit is recorded as “deposits
and other assets” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company paid
Trimarine approximately $133,000 and as of December 31, 2009 the Company
has a payable due to Trimarine of approximately
$818,000.
|
Leases
|
c)
|
On
October 1, 2006, the Company entered into an office lease for the Company
in Lima, Peru. Under the terms of the lease, the Company is required to
make monthly payments of $6,393. The office lease contains certain rent
escalation clauses over the life of the lease that expires on September
30, 2011. The total amount of rental payments due over the lease term is
being charged to rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of
the lease.
|
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-33
|
d)
|
On
June 1, 2007, the Company entered into a lease for premises in Chorrillos,
Peru. Under the terms of the lease, the Company is required to make
monthly payments of $1,350 for the first year, $1,400 for the second year,
and $1,500 for the third year until the expiration of the lease on May 31,
2010. On June 1, 2009, an amendment was signed which modified
the monthly payments to $1,850 or its equivalent in local
currency.
|
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company incurred lease expense in
the amount of $95,591 and $166,891, respectively. The future minimum
lease payments are $85,606 and $57,564 for 2010 and 2011,
respectively.
The
following table contains the supplemental cash flow information for the periods
indicated.
For
the
Year
Ended
December
31,
2009
|
For
the
Year
Ended
December
31,
2008
|
|||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||
Interest
paid
|
$ | 2,194,133 | $ | 754,473 | ||||
Income
taxes paid
|
$ | - | $ | 800 |
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-34
The
following table contains the supplemental information of non-cash investing and
financing activities for the periods indicated.
For
the
Year
Ended
December
31,
2009
|
For
the
Year
Ended
December
31,
2008
|
|||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING
|
||||||||
AND
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Issuance
of convertible promissory note for debt issuance costs
|
$ | - | $ | 60,000 | ||||
Issuance
of common stock for financing costs
|
$ | 10,242,111 | $ | - | ||||
Issuance
of shares for purchase of Interpacific Oil S.A.C.
|
$ | - | $ | 996,667 | ||||
Issuance
of convertible promissory note for interest payable
|
$ | 5,168,423 | $ | 4,707,990 | ||||
Issuance
of warrants as part of financing agreement
|
$ | 4,398,938 | $ | 1,320,169 | ||||
Capitalize
interest on construction in progress
|
$ | - | $ | 2,607,294 | ||||
Issuance
of common stock for convertible debt
|
$ | - | $ | 106,267 | ||||
Debt
discounts on repricing of warrants
|
$ | - | $ | 891,987 | ||||
Debt
discounts on repricing of convertible debenture
|
$ | - | $ | 5,481,833 | ||||
Beneficial
conversion feature on issuance of convertible debt
|
$ | 3,606,986 | $ | 166,667 | ||||
Issuance
of shares for services
|
$ | - | $ | 5,850 | ||||
Exchange
of warrants for shares of common stock
|
$ | - | $ | 9,210,728 | ||||
Accrued
liability for Interpacific Oil S.A.C. purchase price
|
$ | - | $ | 5,740,061 | ||||
Exchange
line of credit debt for convertible notes
|
$ | 34,312,220 | $ | - | ||||
Debt
discounts from issuance of convertible debt
|
$ | 2,554,129 | $ | - |
Note
18 – Interpacific Oil S.A.C. Acquisition
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement (see Note 1), the outstanding capital stock of
Interpacific Oil S.A.C. was converted into the right to receive merger
consideration payable beginning 90 days after the closing of the transaction,
subject to certain performance-based adjustments described below and consisting
of the following: (i) up to $6,300,000 payable with (A) $700,000 in cash, and
(B) (i) up to 9,333,333 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of the Company
and (ii) a Seven year warrant to purchase up to 2,925,000 shares of common
stock, at an exercise price of $0.47 per share. The shareholders of Interpacific
included Luis Goyzueta and Alberto Pinto, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company, respectively.
The
$700,000 cash consideration and 2,166,667 shares of the stock consideration
valued at $996,667 were payable 90 days after the closing. The
remainder of the stock consideration and the warrant consideration (“additional
purchase price”) shall be contingent upon review and confirmation from an
accounting firm agreed upon by the parties to the Merger Agreement that revenue
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting practices for the
operations of Interpacific for the 90-day period beginning on the Closing Date
exceeds $3,900,000. If the revenue is less than $3,900,000, then the additional
stock consideration and warrant consideration shall each be proportionately
reduced. In addition, if the revenue is less than $3,900,000, then Interpacific
shall have the option of measuring the revenue for an additional 90-day period
and can elect to be paid the additional stock consideration and warrant
consideration based solely on the second 90-day period. As of
December 31, 2007, the Company had paid total cash consideration of $700,000 and
had recorded a shareholder payable for the stock consideration in the amount of
$996,667. The stock was issued on January 26, 2008, pursuant to an amendment to
the Merger Agreement executed on January 23, 2008.
See
report of independent registered public accounting firm.
F-35
On
November 21, 2008, the Board of Directors established a special committee of the
Board (“Special Committee”) to exercise the authority of the Board of Directors
for the purpose of reviewing, considering, evaluating and approving the
remaining purchase price of $5,600,000 and the granting of 2,925,000 five year
warrants to the shareholders of Interpacific Oil S.A.C. relating to the Merger
Agreement. The Special Committee determined through a resolution that the
Company has an obligation to pay the shareholders of Interpacific Oil S.A.C.
$5,600,000 and to grant 2,925,000 seven year warrants to purchase the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $0.30. This resolution is
intended to replace the additional purchase price discussed above.
In July
2009, the Company paid the $5,600,000 in cash and issued the 2,925,000
warrants. The fair value of the warrants at the date they were issued
was $530,536 and was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model
under the following assumptions:
|
·
|
Expected
life of 7 years
|
|
·
|
Volatility
of 130%;
|
|
·
|
Dividend
yield of 0%;
|
|
·
|
Risk
free interest rate of 3.31%
|
The
Company recorded the $530,536 to goodwill and accrued derivative
liabilities.
On
February 15th, 2010, the Company has reached an agreement with the Oiltanking
Group jointly with its local partner in Peru, Graña y Montero Petrolera to start
to operate the Company’s Terminal located in Callao, Peru. Oiltanking Andina,
signed an Operations and Maintenance Contract with Pure Peru with an effective
date of March 1, 2010 for an initial term of 5 years, and with a renewal option
for a similar term. The agreement requires that Oiltanking operate and maintain
the Terminal, as per Oiltanking’s international standards. Also, Oiltanking has
agreed to provide commercial support to promote the available capacity of the
Terminal among Oiltanking’s international network.
In March
2010, the Company converted accrued interest from PIK Notes from September 15,
2009 through March 15, 2010 in the amount of $3,551,411 into PIK convertible
notes with an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
We were
notified that, effective January 1, 2010, certain partners of Moore Stephens
Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP (“MSWFT”) and Frost, PLLC (“Frost”) formed Frazer
Frost, LLP (“Frazer Frost”), a new partnership. Pursuant to the terms of a
combination agreement by and among MSWFT, Frazer Frost and Frost, each of MSWFT
and Frost contributed substantially all of their assets and certain of their
liabilities to Frazer Frost, resulting in Frazer Frost assuming MSWFT’s
engagement letter with us and becoming our new independent accounting firm.
Frazer Frost is currently registered with the Public Company Accounting and
Oversight Board (PCAOB). The audit reports of MSWFT on the financial statements
of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not
qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles.
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The
decision to engage Frazer Frost, as successor to MSWFT, was approved by the
audit committee of the board of directors.
Item
9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under
the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information that would be
required to be disclosed in Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and
forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our
management, including to our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
The
Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer has evaluated
the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of
December 31, 2009. Based upon such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of December 31, 2009, the
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective. This conclusion
by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer does not relate to reporting periods after December 31,
2009.
Management’s Report on
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2009, based on the framework stated by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Furthermore, due to our financial
situation, we will be implementing further internal controls as we become
operative so as to fully comply with the standards set by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Our internal control
system was designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because
of inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting
may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate due to change in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with
the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Based on
its evaluation as of December 31, 2009, our management concluded that our
internal controls over financial reporting were ineffective as of December 31,
2009. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or
interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely
basis.
The
material weakness relates to the following:
1. Accounting and Finance
Personnel Weaknesses – Our current accounting staff is relatively small
and we do not have the required infrastructure of meeting the higher demands of
being a U.S. public company.
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2. Lack of Internal Audit
Function – We lack sufficient resources to perform the internal audit
function.
In order
to mitigate these material weaknesses to the fullest extent possible, all
financial reports are reviewed by an outside accounting firm that is not our
audit firm. All unexpected results are investigated. At any time, if it appears
that any control can be implemented to continue to mitigate such weaknesses, it
will be immediately implemented. The Company is in the process of complying
with SOX 404 during 2010 and will be implementing additional internal controls
over accounting and financial reporting.
This
annual report 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 our registered public
accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit us to provide
only management’s report in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Changes in Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
No change
in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the
fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, that materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other Information
None.
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PART
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The
following individuals serve as the directors and executive officers of our
Company as of March 31, 2010. All directors of our Company and our subsidiaries
hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders or until their
successors have been elected and qualified. The executive officers of our
Company are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until their
death, resignation or removal from office.
Name
|
Position
Held with our
Company
|
Age
|
Date
First
Elected
or Appointed
|
|||
Michael
S. Johnson
Panagiotis
Ninios
|
Director
Director
|
33
43
|
February
16, 2010
February
16, 2010
|
|||
C.
Wendell Tewell
|
Chairman
and Director
|
62
|
March
18, 2008
|
|||
Gustavo
Goyzueta
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
30
|
October
20, 2006
|
|||
Alberto
Pinto
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Director, and President
|
43
|
November
21, 2006
|
|||
Laurence
Charney
|
Director
|
62
|
October
28, 2008
|
Mr. Michael S. Johnson, age 33,
is a Senior Vice President at Plainfield Asset Management LLC. Prior to joining
Plainfield, from 2002 to 2004, Mr. Johnson worked at Nautic Partners, LLC, where
he was responsible for the analysis and execution of private equity investments
across a variety of sectors. Previously, from 1999 to 2002, he was an investment
banker at Merrill Lynch & Co. in the Leveraged Finance group, where he
focused on high yield bond, leveraged loan and mezzanine debt financings. Mr.
Johnson graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in Economics and received
his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Panagiotis Ninios, age 43,
has been President and Interim CEO of Heliosphera S. A. and Heliosphera U.S.
Inc. since January 2010. From September 2006 to December 2009, he was
Managing Director of Plainfield Asset Management. From September 2003
to August 2006, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Co.
C. Wendell Tewell was
appointed Chairman of our Board of Directors and a Director on March 18, 2008,
as Plainfield Special Situations Master Fund Limited’s designee pursuant to an
arrangement under an agreement, dated March 18, 2008, by and among our Company,
Pure Biofuels del Peru, S.A.C., Palma Industrial S.A.C. and Plainfield Special
Situations Master Fund Limited. Mr. Tewell has been a Senior Advisor to
Plainfield Asset Management LLC since April 30, 2007. He has also served as a
director of BioEnergy International since September 11, 2007. For much of his
career, Mr. Tewell has been involved in the finance and operation of
transportation assets and the development of energy and infrastructure projects.
From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Tewell was with GATX where he was Chief of Staff and
responsible for American Steamship, their Great Lakes shipping company. From
1996 to 1998, Mr. Tewell was President and CEO of Triton Container
International, the largest container lessor in the world. Before Triton, Mr.
Tewell was with GE Capital where he started project finance for Asia and was
Acting President of GE Capital Asia Pacific. He also has worked at various
financial institutions in leasing and project finance. Mr. Tewell earned an MBA
in finance from the University of Michigan and a BA in Economics with Honors
from Trinity College.
Gustavo Goyzueta was
appointed Chief Financial Officer of our Company on October 20, 2006. Mr.
Goyzueta served as a Director of our Company from November 21, 2006 until
February 6, 2007. In addition, Mr. Goyzueta has held manager positions with
Oiltech S.A.C. and Software S.A. from 2000 to 2006. While working for these
companies, he conducted investment analysis, negotiated terms, coordinated
treasury functions and capital budgeting. Mr. Goyzueta obtained a B.S. in
Finance from Bentley College in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Alberto Pinto was elected
President of our Company on July 9, 2008 and has served as Chief Operating
Officer and a Director of our Company since November 21, 2006. Mr. Pinto has
over 19 years of experience in the oil and shipping industries. He is the
founder of a number of leading shipping and commodity trading companies in Peru,
including Orion del Pacifico S.A.C., Trimarine Corporation S.A. and
Interpacific Oil S.A.C. Mr. Pinto serves as the President of Ocean
Marine S.A.C., a leading shipping and oil and gas products distribution company
based in Peru since 1998, where he is responsible for the development of
the company. Mr. Pinto obtained a Bachelors degree in Business Administration
and a Masters in Business Administration from the Boston University School of
Management in 1989.
Laurence Charney was
appointed as a Director of our Company on October 28, 2008, as Plainfield
Special Situations Master Fund Limited’s designee pursuant to an arrangement
under a securities purchase agreement, dated September 12, 2007, by and among
our Company, Plainfield Special Situations Master Fund Limited, Plainfield Peru
I LLC, and Plainfield Peru II LLC.Mr. Charney has been a director of Marvel
Entertainment, Inc. from July 10, 2007 to date. He is currently a paid advisor
to Plainfield. Mr. Charney retired from his position as a Partner of Ernst &
Young LLP in 2007, having served that firm for over thirty-five years. At Ernst
& Young, Mr. Charney most recently served as the Americas Director of
Conflict Management. In that role he had oversight and responsibility in
ensuring compliance with global and local conflict of interest policies for
client and engagement acceptance across all service lines. Mr. Charney
previously served as an audit partner from 1982, with responsibility for
coordinating audit engagements for clients in various industries.
Family
Relationships
Other
than as listed below, there are no family relationships between any of our
directors and executive officers.
Board
and Committee Meetings
Board
Meetings
Our board
of directors held 7 formal meetings during the year ended December 31,
2009. Each Director attended at least 75% of the meetings of the
Board of Directors and the Board Committees of which he was a
member.
Board
Nomination Process
There has
not been any defined policy or procedure requirements for shareholders to
submit recommendations or nominations for directors.
Compensation
Committee
The
Compensation Committee is composed of Messrs. Charney (Chairman) and
Tewell. The Board of Directors has determined that Messrs. Charney
and Tewell are “independent directors” under the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ
Stock Market as well as the independence standards adopted by the Board of
Directors. The Compensation Committee’s purpose is to discharge the
responsibilities of the Board of Directors relating to the compensation of the
Company’s executive officers. The Compensation Committee has the
authority to retain, at the expense of the Company, such outside counsel,
experts, and other advisors as it determines appropriate to assist it in the
full performance of its functions, including sole authority to retain and
terminate any compensation consultant used to assist the Compensation
Committee.
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Audit
Committee
The Audit
Committee is composed of Messrs. Charney (Chairman) and Tewell. The Board of
Directors has determined that Messrs. Charney and Tewell are “independent
directors” under the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market as well as the
independence standards adopted by the Board of Directors and also meet the
requirements set forth in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Exchange Act. The Board of
Directors has determined that Mr. Charney qualifies as an “audit committee
financial expert” as that term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation
S-K in the Exchange Act.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors
and officers, and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent of our
common stock, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in
ownership of our common stock and our other equity securities with the
SEC. Based solely upon the Company’s review of the information
received, the Company believes that, during the year ended December 31,
2009, all persons complied with such filing requirements on a timely
basis.
Code
of Ethics
Effective
April 20, 2005, our board of directors adopted a Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics that applies to, among other persons, our president and chief executive
officer and secretary, as well as persons performing similar functions. As
adopted, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics sets forth written standards
that are designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:
1.
|
Honest
and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent
conflicts of interest between personal and professional
relationships;
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2.
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Full,
fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and
documents that we file with, or submit to, the Securities and Exchange
Commission and in other public communications made by
us;
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3.
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Compliance
with applicable governmental laws, rules and
regulations;
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4.
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The
prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code of Business Conduct
and Ethics to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics; and
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5.
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Accountability
for adherence to the Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics.
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Our Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics requires, among other things, that all of our
senior officers commit to timely, accurate and consistent disclosure of
information; that they maintain confidential information; and that they act with
honesty and integrity.
In
addition, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics emphasizes that all employees,
and particularly senior officers, have a responsibility for maintaining
financial integrity within our Company, consistent with generally accepted
accounting principles, and federal and state securities laws. Any senior officer
who becomes aware of any incidents involving financial or accounting
manipulation or other irregularities, whether by witnessing the incident or
being told of it, must report it to us. Any failure to report such inappropriate
or irregular conduct of others is to be treated as a severe disciplinary matter.
It is against our policy to retaliate against any individual who reports in good
faith the violation or potential violation of our Company's Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics by another.
Our Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics was filed with the SEC on April 29, 2005 as
Exhibit 14.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB. We will provide a copy of the
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to any person without charge, upon request.
Requests can be sent to: Pure Biofuels Corp., 701 Brazos Street, Suite 1050,
Austin, TX 78707.
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Item
11. Executive Compensation
The
following table sets forth information in respect of the compensation of the
Principal Executive Officer, and our three most highly compensated executive
officers who were serving as executive officers as of December 31,
2009.
Cash
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Option |
Other
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Salary
|
Bonus
|
Awards
|
Compensation
|
Total
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Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
(9)
|
($)
|
($)
|
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Alberto Pinto (1)
|
2008
|
180,000 | - | 899,398 | (2) | - | 1,079,398 | |||||||||||||||
President,
Chief Executive Officer
|
2009
|
180,000 | - | 899,398 | - | 1,079,398 | ||||||||||||||||
Steven Magami (3)
|
2008
|
83,333 | 133,356 | 295,318 | (4) | - | 512,007 | |||||||||||||||
Luis
Goyzueta (5)
|
2008
|
250,000 | - | 899,398 | (6) | - | 1,149,398 | |||||||||||||||
President
|
2009
|
250,000 | - | 899,398 | - | 1,149,398 | ||||||||||||||||
Gustavo
Goyzueta (7)
|
2008
|
150,000 | - | 899,398 | (8) | - | 1,049,398 | |||||||||||||||
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2009
|
150,000 | - | 899,398 | - | 1,049,398 |
(1) Mr.
Pinto became the President of our Company on July 9, 2008. He was
appointed Chief Operating Officer and a director of our Company on November 21,
2006. He became Chief Executive Officer on September 15,
2009.
(2) On
June 11, 2007, Mr. Pinto was granted options to purchase 3,500,000 shares of our
common stock. The options have an exercise price of $0.60.
(3) Mr.
Magami was a director of our Company from February 6, 2007 until April 13, 2009.
Mr. Magami was the President of our Company from May 11, 2007 until June 1,
2008.
(4) On
June 11, 2007, Mr. Magami was granted options to purchase 1,750,000 shares of
our common stock. The options have an exercise price of $0.60.
(5) Mr.
Luis Goyzueta was our Chief Executive Officer of our Company from July 26, 2006
to July 9, 2008, and a director of our Company from September 15, 2006 until
February 16, 2010.
(6) On
June 11, 2007, Mr. Luis Goyzueta was granted options to purchase 3,500,000
shares of our common stock. The options have an exercise price of
$0.60.
(7) Mr.
Gustavo Goyzueta became the Chief Financial Officer of our Company on October
20, 2006.
(8) On
June 11, 2007, Mr. Gustavo Goyzueta was granted options to purchase 3,500,000
shares of our common stock. The options have an exercise price of
$0.60.
(9) The
amounts included in the “Option Awards” column represent the compensation cost
recognized by us in 2009 and 2008 related to stock option awards to directors,
computed in accordance with ASC 718. 25% of the options granted to
directors in 2007 vested immediately and 12.5% of the options granted vested on
the 6 month anniversary of June 11, 2007, the Grant Date.
Compensation
Arrangements
Alberto
Pinto
On June
11, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a compensation arrangement
for Alberto Pinto, our Chief Operating Officer. Under this arrangement, Mr.
Pinto will receive a salary of $180,000 per year, of which $60,000 will be paid
pursuant to an employment agreement to be entered into with Pure Biofuels del
Peru, and an additional $120,000 is paid pursuant to a services agreement
entered into between Pure Biofuels del Peru and Ocean Marine S.A.C. (“Ocean
Marine”), dated August 6, 2007. This compensation shall be payable retroactive
to September 15, 2006. During the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, we paid
$1,079,398 to Mr. Pinto.
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Steve
Magami
On June
22, 2007, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Magami, our former
President. The Agreement was amended on June 22,
2007. On June 1, 2008 we entered into an agreement with Mr.
Magami pursuant to which Mr. Magami resigned his position as President of the
Company effective June 1, 2008. The Company agreed to pay severance compensation
equal to $133,356 payable over a six month period and acknowledged that Mr.
Magami had been awarded 1,750,000 nonstatutory stock options from the Company
subject to and conditioned upon the terms of the Nonstatutory Stock Option
Agreement dated June 11, 2007. The parties agreed that Mr. Magami will be
entitled to exercise these stock options as stated and established in the
aforementioned Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement. During the year ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, we paid to Mr. Magami $378,651 and $512,007,
respectively.
Luis
Goyzueta
On June
11, 2007, our Company’s Board of Directors approved a compensation arrangement
for Luis Goyzueta. Under this arrangement, Mr. Goyzueta received a salary of
$250,000 per year, of which $120,000 is paid pursuant to an employment agreement
with Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C. dated September 1, 2006, and an additional
$130,000 is paid pursuant to a services agreement entered into between Pure
Biofuels del Peru and Ocean Marine dated August 6, 2007. The compensation
arrangement is retroactive to September 15, 2006. During the year ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, we paid $1,149,398 to Mr. Goyzueta.
Gustavo
Goyzueta
On June
11, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a compensation arrangement
for Gustavo Goyzueta, our Chief Financial Officer. Under this arrangement, Mr.
Goyzueta receives a salary of $150,000 per year, of which $60,000 is paid
pursuant to an employment agreement with Pure Biofuels del Peru, dated September
1, 2006, and an additional $90,000 is paid pursuant to a services agreement
entered into between Pure Biofuels del Peru and Ocean Marine dated August 6,
2007. The compensation arrangement is retroactive to September 15, 2006. During
the year ended December 31, 2008, we paid $740,637 to Mr.
Goyzueta. During the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, we
paid $1,049,398 to Mr. Goyzueta.
Potential
Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control
Pursuant
to the Severance Agreement entered into with Mr. Magami on June 1, 2008,
pursuant to which Mr. Magami resigned his position as President of the Company,
the Company acknowledged that Mr. Magami had been awarded 1,750,000 nonstatutory
stock options from the Company subject to and conditioned upon the terms of the
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated June 11, 2007. The parties agreed that
Mr. Magami will be entitled to exercise these stock options as stated and
established in the aforementioned Nonstatutory Stock Option
Agreement.
Other
than as described above, we have not entered into any severance agreements or
any other type of termination or change in control agreements with any of our
named executive officers.
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Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The
following table sets forth information with respect to unexercised options,
options that have not vested and equity incentive plan awards for our named
executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2009:
Equity
Incentive
|
|||||||||||||||||
Plan
Awards:
|
|||||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Number
of
|
Number
of
|
|||||||||||||||
Securities
|
Securities
|
Securities
|
|||||||||||||||
Underlying
|
Underlying
|
Underlying
|
|||||||||||||||
Unexercsied
|
Unexercsied
|
Unexercised
|
Option
|
Option
|
|||||||||||||
Options
(#)
|
Options
(#)
|
Unearned
|
Exercise
|
Expiration
|
|||||||||||||
Name
|
Exercisable
|
Unexercisable
|
Options
(#)
|
Price
($)
|
Date
|
||||||||||||
Alberto Pinto (1)
(2)
|
3,062,500 | 437,500 | 437,500 | 0.60 |
6/11/2017
|
||||||||||||
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
|
|||||||||||||||||
Steven Magami (1)
(3)
|
1,531,250 | 218,750 | 218,750 | 0.60 |
6/11/2017
|
||||||||||||
Director
|
|||||||||||||||||
Luis
Goyzueta (1)
(4)
|
3,062,500 | 437,500 | 437,500 | 0.60 |
6/11/2017
|
||||||||||||
Director
|
|||||||||||||||||
Gustavo
Goyzueta (1)
(5)
|
3,062,500 | 437,500 | 437,500 | 0.60 |
6/11/2017
|
||||||||||||
Chief
Financial Officer
|
(1) On June 11, 2007 (the “Grant Date”) we entered into non statutory stock option agreements (the “Agreements”) with Alberto Pinto, our Chief Executive Officer and a Director, Steven Magami, a Director and our former President, Luis Goyzueta, a Director and our former Chief Executive Officer and Gustavo Goyzueta, our Chief Financial Officer, (each, an “Optionee”), under the Company’s Stock Option and Award Plan (the “Plan”). On September 4, 2007, the Company and each of the Optionees amended the Agreements under the Plan, in order to (1) reduce the exercise price of shares issued under the Plan from $0.98 per share to the greater of (i) $0.60, or (ii) the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Company’s common stock on the date that the board of directors approves the amendment. The Options are exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: (a) 25% of the Options are exercisable on the Grant Date, and (b) 12.5% of the Options become exercisable on each six month anniversary of the Grant Date, through the third anniversary of the Grant Date. The Options expire on June 9, 2017, the last business day coincident with or prior to the 10 th anniversary of the Grant Date, unless fully exercised or terminated earlier.
(2) The
total number of shares Mr. Pinto may purchase is 3,500,000 at an exercise price
of $0.60 per share. The options expire at 5:00 pm Eastern Time on the last
business day coincident with or prior to the 10th anniversary of the Grant Date,
unless fully exercised or terminated earlier.
(3) The
total number of shares Mr. Magami may purchase is 1,750,000 at an exercise price
of $0.60 per share.
(4) The
total number of shares Mr. Luis Goyzueta may purchase is 3,500,000 at an
exercise price of $0.60 per share. The options expire at 5:00 pm Eastern Time on
the last business day coincident with or prior to the 10th anniversary of the
Grant Date, unless fully exercised or terminated earlier.
(5) The
total number of shares Mr. Gustavo Goyzueta may purchase is 3,500,000 at an
exercise price of $0.60 per share. The options expire at 5:00 pm Eastern Time on
the last business day coincident with or prior to the 10th anniversary of the
Grant Date, unless fully exercised or terminated earlier.
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Director
Compensation
The
following table provides compensation information for persons who served on our
board of directors in 2009, except for Messrs. Alberto Pinto, Steven Magami and
Luis Goyzueta. Compensation received by Messrs. Pinto, Magami and Goyzueta in
their capacity as executive officers is included in the Summary Compensation
Table.
Name
|
Fees Earned
or Paid
in Cash
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
Total
($)
|
||||||
C.
Wendell Tewell(1)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Laurence
N. Charney(2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1) Mr. Tewell became a director and the Chairman of the Board of our Company on March 18, 2008.
(2) Mr.
Charney became a director of our Company on October 28, 2008.
We did
not pay any other director’s fees or other cash compensation for services
rendered as a director for the year ended December 31,
2009. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board, in April 2010,
expects to enter into a compensation plan for eligible directors, whereby such
directors would receive a cash compensation to reflect the services starting on
September 15 2009.
Directors
are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our board of
directors. Our board of directors may award special remuneration to any director
undertaking any special services on our behalf other than services ordinarily
required of a director. No director received and/or accrued any compensation for
his services as a director and/or special assignments.
Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters.
Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The
following table sets forth, as of April 12, 2010, certain information with
respect to the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by (1) each person we
know to own beneficially more than 5% of our Common Stock, (2) each person who
is a director, (3) each of our named executive officers, and (4) all of our
executive officers and directors as group. Each person has sole voting and
investment power with respect to the shares of Common Stock, except as otherwise
indicated. Beneficial ownership consists of a direct interest in the shares of
Common Stock, except as otherwise indicated.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
Amount
Beneficially
Owned
|
Percentage
of Class(1)
|
||||||
Alberto
Pinto (2)
Calle
Bolivar 402, OF 301
Miraflores,
Lima, Peru
|
5,666,833
|
3.2
|
||||||
Gustavo
Goyzueta (2)
Av.
La Merced 810
Surco,
Lima, Peru
|
4,564,000
|
2.6
|
||||||
Laurence
N. Charney
c/o
Plainfield Asset Management LLC
55
Railroad Avenue
Greenwich,
CT 06830
|
__
|
__
|
||||||
C.
Wendell Tewell
c/o
Plainfield Asset Management LLC
55
Railroad Avenue
Greenwich,
CT 06830
|
__
|
__
|
||||||
Plainfield
Asset Management LLC (4)
55
Railroad Avenue
Greenwich,
CT 06830
|
397,497,105
|
95.3
|
||||||
All
current Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (2
persons)(5)
|
10,230,883
|
5.8
|
(1) Based
on 236,387,893 shares as of common stock issued and outstanding as of April 12,
2010. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC
and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities.
Except as otherwise indicated, we believe that the beneficial owners of the
Common Stock listed above, based on information furnished by such owners, have
sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares, subject to
community property laws where applicable.
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(2) Includes
3,062,500 vested but unexercised options.
(3) 1,350,000
shares are owned by SGM Capital, LLC, for which Mr. Magami serves as managing
member and has investing and dispositive control. The remaining 1,531,250 shares
are vested but unexercised options.
(4) These
shares are owned directly by Plainfield Peru II LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and indirectly by Plainfield Special Situations Master Fund
Limited, Plainfield Asset Management LLC and Max Holmes. Plainfield Special
Situations Master Fund Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, is the sole
member of Plainfield Peru II LLC. Plainfield Asset Management LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, is the manager of Plainfield Special Situations
Master Fund Limited. Max Holmes, an individual, is the chief investment officer
of Plainfield Asset Management LLC. Each of Plainfield Asset Management LLC and
Max Holmes disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares. Includes
209,133,480 shares issuable upon conversion of the convertible notes owned by
Plainfield Peru I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Plainfield Special Situations Master Fund Limited, and 16,666,666
shares issuable upon exercise of warrants owned by Plainfield Peru II
LLC.
(5) Includes
6,125,000 vested but unexercised options.
Changes
in Control
As of
April 12, 2010, Plainfield and its affiliates currently own 153,696,959 shares
of the Company’s common stock; (2) warrants exercisable into 16,666,666 shares
of the our common stock at an exercise price of approximately $0.30 per share,
and (3) $62,740,044 aggregate principal amount of notes convertible into
379,497,105 shares of our common stock at a conversion price of
$0.30. If Plainfield and its affiliates were to convert the warrants
and the notes into shares of our common stock, they would own approximately
84.1% of our common stock on a fully diluted basis.
Except as
set forth above, we are unaware of any contract or other arrangement the
operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of our
Company.
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence.
Other
than as listed below, during our last fiscal year we have not been a party to
any transaction, proposed transaction, or series of transactions in which the
amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of our average
total assets for the last three fiscal years, and in which, to our knowledge,
any of our directors, officers, five percent beneficial security holder, or any
member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons has had or will have a
direct or indirect material interest.
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Interpacific
Merger
On May
11, 2007, we entered into a binding letter of intent with Interpacific and its
stockholders, Luis Goyzueta, Alberto Pinto and Patrick Orlando, which provides
for the acquisition by us of either all the assets or all the capital stock of
Interpacific. Each of Carlos Alberto Pinto, Chief Executive Officer and director
of our Company, and Luis Goyzueta, former Director and former Chief Executive
Officer of our Company, are Interpacific Stockholders. The shares of common
stock to be issued on behalf of the shares of Interpacific capital stock held by
Luis Goyzueta will be issued to Luis Goyzueta’s father, Luis F.
Goyzueta.
On
December 4, 2007, our Company, Pure Biofuels del, Interpacific, and certain
stockholders of Interpacific (the “Interpacific Stockholders”) entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Pure
Biofuels del Peru will acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of
Interpacific, with Pure Biofuels del Peru continuing as the surviving
corporation. The merger was consummated contemporaneous with the signing and
filing of the Merger Agreement as of such date with the Peruvian Public Registry
in accordance with the relevant provisions of Peru law.
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, the outstanding capital stock of Interpacific was
converted into the right to receive merger consideration (the “Merger
Consideration”) payable beginning 90 days after the closing of the transaction,
subject to certain performance-based adjustments described below and consisting
of the following: (i) up to $6,300,000, payable with (A) Seven Hundred Thousand
Dollars $700,000 in
cash, certified or bank check or wire transfer of immediately available funds
and (B) up to 9,333,333 shares of common stock and (ii) a five year warrant to
purchase up to 2,925,000 shares of common stock, at an exercise price of
$0.47.
The
$700,000 cash consideration and 2,166,667 shares of the stock consideration
valued at $996,667 were payable 90 days after the closing. The remainder of the
stock consideration and the warrant consideration shall be contingent upon
review and confirmation from an accounting firm agreed upon by the parties to
the Merger Agreement that revenue in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting practices for the operations of Interpacific for the 90-day period
beginning on the Closing Date exceeds $3,900,000. If the revenue is less than
$3,900,000, then the additional stock consideration and warrant consideration
shall each be proportionately reduced. In addition, if the revenue is less than
$3,900,000, then Interpacific shall have the option of measuring the revenue for
an additional 90-day period and can elect to be paid the additional stock
consideration and warrant consideration based solely on the second 90-day
period.
The
Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and
covenants. The consummation of the transaction was conditioned, among other
things, upon approval by the Interpacific Stockholders by the requisite vote
under Peru law and Interpacific’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, which
vote has been obtained.
On
January 23, 2008, our Company, Pure Biofuels del Peru, Interpacific and the
Interpacific Stockholders entered into an amendment to the Merger Agreement (the
“Amendment”). Pursuant to the Amendment, $700,000 cash consideration and
2,166,667 shares of common stock payable to the Interpacific Stockholders in
consideration of the merger is payable within three days of the execution of the
Amendment instead of 90 days after closing, as contemplated by the Merger
Agreement. We issued to shares to Interpacific on January 26,
2008. To date, no other consideration has been paid pursuant to the
Merger Agreement.
On
November 21, 2008, the Board of Directors established a special committee
(“Special Committee”) to exercise the authority of the Board of Directors for
the purpose of reviewing, considering, evaluating and approving the remaining
purchase price of $5,600,000 and the granting of 2,925,000 five year warrants to
the stockholders of Interpacific Oil S.A.C. relating to the Merger Agreement.
The Special Committee determined through a resolution that we have an obligation
to pay the stockholders of Interpacific Oil S.A.C. $5,600,000 and to grant
2,925,000 five year warrants to purchase our common stock at an exercise price
of $0.30. This resolution is intended to replace the additional
purchase price discussed above.
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In July
2009, we paid the $5,600,000 in cash and issued the 2,925,000
warrants. The fair value of the warrants at the date they were issued
was $530,536 and was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model
under the following assumptions:
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Expected
life of 7 years
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Volatility
of 140%;
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Dividend
yield of 0%;
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Risk
free interest rate of 3.39%
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Although
the acquisition of Interpacific did not occur until December 4, 2007, under
Peruvian law, since September 1, 2007, Interpacific and Pure Biofuels del Peru
were operated as one company.
Plainfield
Debt and Equity Transactions
In order
to finance the construction of the Callao Port Facility, on September 12, 2007,
we entered into a $20,000,000 loan agreement, (the “Loan Agreement”), with
Plainfield.
On April
18, 2008, we amended the Loan Agreement which increased the borrowing amount by
$17,346,939, such that the maximum aggregate principal amount of loans available
under the Loan Agreement was $37,346,939. During the year ended
December 31, 2009, we had converted $2,028,044 of accrued interest to our PIK
Notes. In conjunction with the July 16, 2009 Interbank Peru Financing, we repaid
$3,500,000 of the outstanding balance and converted $34,312,220 of principal and
interest into a PIK Note which is convertible into 114,374,065 shares of common
stock at a conversion rate of $0.30 per share.
Convertible
Debt
On
September 12, 2007, we issued to Plainfield $10,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of our PIK Notes. Our Company is to pay interest on the Notes
semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing
March 15, 2008.
As of
December 31, 2008, we had issued $19,707,990 of PIK Notes. During the
year ended December 31, 2009 and through the Interbank Peru Financing on July
16, 2009, we issued the following PIK Notes:
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$2,028,044
for accrued interest on the Loan Agreement with an exercise price of $0.30
per share.
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$1,169,621
for accrued interest from September 15, 2008 through March 15, 2009
related to the PIK Notes with an exercise price of $0.30 per
share.
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$34,312,220
for the outstanding balance of the line of credit which includes accrued
interest of $465,281.
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In
conjunction with the Interbank Peru Financing on July 16, 2009, we paid
Plainfield $2,285,133 related to convertible notes and the accrued
interest.
Plainfield
Promissory Note
On
December 4, 2008, we executed a Promissory Note (the “Plainfield Note”)
promising to pay to Plainfield, the principal amount of $500,000. We
were to pay Plainfield the principal amount in one installment of $500,000 on
the earlier of (a) January 15, 2009 or (b) the date we enter into an agreement
with Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru will provide us with term
loan financing, in a principal amount of not less than $40,330,000. The
Plainfield Note is a non-interest bearing note.
We did
not make the required principal payment of $500,000 on January 15,
2009. Pursuant to the agreement, we issued 13,333,333 additional
warrants on April 8, 2009. In conjunction with the Interbank Peru
Financing, we repaid the outstanding balance of $500,000.
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Plainfield
2009 Notes
On April
28, 2009 and July 18, 2009, we signed promissory notes (“Plainfield 2009 Notes”)
to pay Plainfield $500,000 and $250,000, respectively. The Plainfield 2009 Notes
provide that we will pay the principal amount together with accrued and unpaid
interest on the entire principal amount of the Plainfield 2009 Notes at 5% of
the principal amount to Plainfield in one (1) installment of $525,000 and
$262,500 on the earlier of (a) May 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009 (“Maturity
Dates”), respectively, and (b) the date we enter into an agreement with
Interbank Peru pursuant to which Interbank Peru will provide term loan financing
for us and/or one or more of our majority-owned subsidiaries, in a principal
amount of not less than $40,330,000. Any accrued interest shall be
added to the principal sum then owed by us to Plainfield and paid on the
Maturity Date.
The
Plainfield 2009 Notes provide for certain events of default with various
remedies including acceleration or conversion, at Plainfield’s sole option, in
lieu of the other remedies for an event of default, into a PIK Note in an
aggregate principal amount of $525,000 and $262,500, convertible into 13,125,000
and 6,562,500 shares of common stock, respectively, of our common stock at a
conversion price of $0.04 per share. Plainfield may at its sole option exchange
the PIK Note at any time after the date of the event of default for (a) a
promissory note (the “Exchange Note”) issued by us, identical in all respects to
the PIK Note, except that the exchange note shall not have any conversion or
exchange rights and (b) a number of shares of common stock equal to the number
of shares that would have been issued upon the conversion of the PIK Note
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence divided by 1.2.
We did
not repay the Plainfield 2009 Notes on the required dates and pursuant to the
terms of the agreement, Plainfield opted to exchange the PIK Note for the
Exchange Note and receive shares of common stock. The exchange of the
PIK Note and the issuance of the common shares were performed in conjunction
with the Interbank Peru Financing on July 16, 2009. The value of the
10,937,500 shares (13,125,000 divided by 1.2) on May 30, 2009 was $984,375 and
the value of the 5,218,750 shares (6,562,500 divided by 1.2) on June 30, 2009,
was $835,000. We recorded these amounts as “interest and financing
costs” in the consolidated statement of operations with a corresponding credit
to “interest and penalties payable” in the consolidated balance
sheet.
In
conjunction with the Interbank Peru Financing on July 16, 2009, we repaid
$1,334,375 of the Plainfield Notes and the Plainfield 2009 Notes which included
accrued interest.
After
considering all transactions with Plainfield, Plainfield and its affiliates
own:
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153,696,959
shares of our common stock, or 63% of our issued and outstanding
stock
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Warrants
exercisable into 16,666,666 shares of our common stock at an exercise
price of approximately $0.30 per share
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$62,740,044
aggregate principal amount of PIK Notes convertible into 209,133,480
shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $0.30 due on September
12, 2012
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Service
Agreement with Challenge Capital
On August 1, 2009, we entered into a
Service agreement with Challenge Capital Corporation, (“the Challenge Capital”),
a company controlled by certain officers of our Company, to provide advisory
services related to the handling of biofuels to the Company. This
agreement provides a monthly fee of $25,669.
Item
14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
We were
notified that, effective January 1, 2010, certain partners of Moore Stephens
Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP (“MSWFT”) and Frost, PLLC (“Frost”) formed Frazer
Frost, LLP (“Frazer Frost”), a new partnership. Pursuant to the terms of a
combination agreement by and among MSWFT, Frazer Frost and Frost, each of MSWFT
and Frost contributed substantially all of their assets and certain of their
liabilities to Frazer Frost, resulting in Frazer Frost assuming MSWFT’s
engagement letter with us and becoming our new independent accounting firm.
Frazer Frost is currently registered with the Public Company Accounting and
Oversight Board (PCAOB). The audit reports of MSWFT on the financial statements
of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not
qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles.
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Audit
Fees
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, the aggregate fees billed by Moore Stephens Wurth
Frazer and Torbet, LLP for professional services rendered for the audit of our
annual consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form
10-K and our Forms 10-Q were estimated to be approximately
$150,000.
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate fees billed by Moore Stephens Wurth
Frazer and Torbet, LLP and Frazer Frost, LLP for professional services rendered
for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements included in our
annual report on Form 10-K and our Forms 10-Q were $165,000.
Audit
Related Fees
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, the aggregate fees billed for assurance and
related services by Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP relating to the
performance of the audit of our financial statements which are not reported
under the caption “Audit Fees” above, was $0.
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate fees billed for assurance and
related services by Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP and Frazer
Frost, LLP relating to the performance of the audit of our financial statements
which are not reported under the caption “Audit Fees” above, was
$0.
Tax
Fees
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, the aggregate fees billed by Moore Stephens Wurth
Frazer and Torbet, LLP for other non-audit professional services, other than
those services listed above, totaled $7,000.
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate fees billed by Moore Stephens Wurth
Frazer and Torbet, LLP for other non-audit professional services, other than
those services listed above, totaled $14,000.
We do not
use Frazer Frost for financial information system design and implementation.
These services, which include designing or implementing a system that aggregates
source data underlying the financial statements or generates information that is
significant to our financial statements, are provided internally or by other
service providers. We do not engage Frazer Frost to provide compliance
outsourcing services.
Pre-Approval
Policies and Procedures
Effective
May 6, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules that require
that before Frazer Frost is engaged by us to render any auditing or permitted
non-audit related service, the engagement be:
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approved
by our entire board of directors;
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entered
into pursuant to pre-approval policies and procedures established by the
board of directors, provided the policies and procedures are detailed as
to the particular service, the board of directors is informed of each
service, and such policies and procedures do not include delegation of the
board of directors' responsibilities to
management.
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The board
of directors pre-approves all services provided by our independent auditors. All
of the above services and fees were reviewed and approved by the board of
directors either before or after the respective services were
rendered.
The board
of directors has considered the nature and amount of fees billed by Frazer Frost
and believes that the provision of services for activities unrelated to the
audit is compatible with maintaining Frazer Frost’s independence.
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PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)(1)
Financial Statements
The
following is a list of the Financial Statements included in Item 8 of Part II of
this Report.
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss for the
Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
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Consolidated
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Years Ended December
31, 2009 and 2008
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-6 |
(a)(2)
Financial Statement Schedules
Schedules
not included herein are omitted because they are inapplicable or not required or
because the required information is given in the financial statements and notes
thereto
(a)(3) Exhibits
The
exhibits required by this item and included in this report or incorporated
herein by reference are as follows:
31.1
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Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.2
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Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.1
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Certification
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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32.2
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Certification
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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* Executive Compensation Plans
or Arrangements
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PURE
BIOFUELS CORP.
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By:
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/s/
Carlos Alberto Pinto
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Carlos
Alberto Pinto
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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Date:
April 15, 2010
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Carlos Alberto Pinto
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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April
15, 2010
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Carlos
Alberto Pinto
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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/s/ Alberto
Pinto
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President
and Director
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April
15, 2010
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Alberto
Pinto
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/s/
Gustavo Goyzueta
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Chief
Financial Officer
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April
15, 2010
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Gustavo
Goyzueta
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(Principal
Financial Officer and
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Principal
Accounting Officer)
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/s/
C. Wendell Tewell
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Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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April
15, 2010
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C.
Wendell Tewell
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/s/ Laurence
Charney
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Director
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April
15, 2010
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Laurence
Charney
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/s/
Michael Johnson
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Director
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April
15, 2010
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Michael
Johnson
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