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EXHIBIT 99.1

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Neese Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Neese Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. Neese Inc.’s management is responsible for these financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Neese Inc. as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the results of operations and cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 

 

/s/ KLJ & Associates, LLP

 

KLJ & Associates, LLP

Edina, MN

June 20, 2017

 

5201 Eden Avenue

Suite 300

Edina, MN 55436

630.277.2330

 
Page 1 of 13
 
 

 

Neese, Inc.

Balance Sheets

December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$ 612,710

 

 

$ 742,388

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

375,417

 

 

 

243,289

 

Inventory

 

 

1,026,495

 

 

 

579,305

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

-

 

 

 

100,737

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

 

2,014,622

 

 

 

1,665,719

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

3,286,204

 

 

 

3,279,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$ 5,300,826

 

 

$ 4,945,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$ 294,349

 

 

$ 303,939

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

7,000

 

 

 

207,000

 

Deferred income taxes payable

 

 

91,000

 

 

 

144,000

 

Floorplan notes payable

 

 

798,000

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

1,190,349

 

 

 

854,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

 

115,024

 

 

 

165,024

 

Deferred income taxes payable

 

 

791,063

 

 

 

847,472

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Long-term liabilities

 

 

906,087

 

 

 

1,012,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

2,096,436

 

 

 

1,867,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, 10,000 shares no-par common stock authorized; 2,000 shares issued and outstanding

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

2,000

 

Retained earnings

 

 

3,202,390

 

 

 

3,075,899

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

3,204,390

 

 

 

3,077,899

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$ 5,300,826

 

 

$ 4,945,334

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 
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Neese, Inc.

Statements of Income

For the Years Ended

December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

For the Years Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales of new and used parts and equipment

 

$ 2,906,236

 

 

$ 2,050,715

 

Services

 

 

4,775,485

 

 

 

6,112,153

 

Gain on sale of equipment

 

 

330,159

 

 

 

732.156

 

Other

 

 

12,723

 

 

 

172,329

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue

 

 

8,024,603

 

 

 

9,067,353

 

Cost of goods sold

 

 

4,590,862

 

 

 

4,819,971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

 

3,433,741

 

 

 

4,247,382

 

Operating expenses

 

 

3,196,250

 

 

 

4,099,355

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

237,491

 

 

 

148,027

 

Income taxes

 

 

111,000

 

 

 

36,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$ 126,491

 

 

$ 112,027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share

 

$ 63.24

 

 

$ 56.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

2,000

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 
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Neese, Inc.

Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

For the Years Ended

December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Common

Stock

 

 

Retained

Earnings

 

 

Total

Stockholders’ Equity

 

Balance January 1, 2015

 

$ 2,000

 

 

$ 2,963,872

 

 

$ 2,965,872

 

Net income for the year ended December 31,2015

 

 

-

 

 

 

112,027

 

 

 

112,027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance December 31, 2015

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

3,075,899

 

 

 

3,077,899

 

Net income for the year ended December 31,2016

 

 

-

 

 

 

126,491

 

 

 

126,491

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance December 31, 2016

 

$ 2,000

 

 

 

3,202,390

 

 

$ 3,204,390

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 
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Neese, Inc.

Statements of Cash Flow

For the Years Ended

December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

For the Years Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$ 126,491

 

 

$ 112,027

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flow from operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

1,192,713

 

 

 

1,480,605

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(132,128 )

 

 

2,436,432

 

Inventory

 

 

(447,190 )

 

 

(261,527 )

Prepaid expenses

 

 

100,737

 

 

 

(85,872 )

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(209,589 )

 

 

133,926

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

(109,409 )

 

 

(171,790 )

Floorplan notes payable

 

 

598,000

 

 

 

(1,624,459 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

1,119,625

 

 

 

2,019,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow used in investing activities-purchase of Property and Equipment, net

 

 

(1,199,303 )

 

 

(668,947 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow used in financing activities-payments on Notes Payable

 

 

(50,000 )

 

 

(3,204 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

 

 

(129,678 )

 

 

1,347,191

 

Cash (cash overdraft) at beginning of period

 

 

742,388

 

 

 

(604,803 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at end of period

 

$ 612,710

 

 

$ 742,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest and taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$ 2,352

 

 

$ 9,419

 

Taxes (2016 net of $92,318 tax refund)

 

$ 501

 

 

$ 205,603

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 
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Neese, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

NOTE 1— SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Nature of operations

 

Neese, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Iowa on January 4, 1993. The Company is in the business of assisting customers manage manure generated on their farms by emptying manure storage pits and applying that manure on the farmers’ fields. The Company is also engaged in the sale of new and used farm equipment and related parts.

 

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 disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company has included cash and cash equivalents with maturities of 90 days or less with cash in these financial statements.

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash deposited in financial institutions. At various times during 2016 and 2015, the Company exceeded the federally insured limit; however, management does not believe an accrual for a loss contingency is necessary at December 31, 2016.

 

Inventory

 

Inventory consists of new and used equipment and parts acquired for resale and are valued at the lower-of-cost-or-market with cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis.

 

 
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NOTE 1— SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED

 

Fair value of financial instruments

 

The carrying amounts of certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to their relatively short maturities.

 

Long-Lived Assets

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Maintenance and repair costs are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method with estimated useful lives as indicate below:

 

 

 

In Years

 

Buildings and improvements

 

10-15

 

Equipment and machinery

 

5-7

 

Tractors

 

7

 

Trucks and other vehicles

 

5

 

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company reviews long-lived assets, including property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in business circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when the estimated future cash flows from the use of the asset are less than the carrying amount of that asset.

 

Cost of sales

 

Cost of sales consists primarily of merchandise costs of sales.

 

Income taxes

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts, based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable in the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized. The provision for income taxes represents taxes paid or payable for the current year and changes during the year in deferred tax assets and liabilities.


 
Page 7 of 13
 
 

 

NOTE 1— SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED

 

Revenue recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue from sale of equipment and parts at the time of the sale. Revenue from services is recognized when the services are performed.

 

Advertising / Marketing

 

Advertising costs are charged to expense when incurred. Advertising costs were approximately $58,500 and $56,300 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

Retirement plan

 

The Company has a 401(k) plan for all employees with one year of service. The Company matches up to 4 percent of employees’ salaries. Plan expenses were approximately $32,200 and $20,100 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncementss

 

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU-2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)." The guidance requires that a lessee recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right of use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For finance leases: the right-of-use asset and a lease liability will be initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, in the statement of financial position; interest on the lease liability will be recognized separately from amortization of the right-of-use asset in the statement of comprehensive income; and repayments of the principal portion of the lease liability will be classified within financing activities and payments of interest on the lease liability and variable lease payments within operating activities in the statement of cash flows. For operating leases: the right-of-use asset and a lease liability will be initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, in the statement of financial position; a single lease cost will be recognized, calculated so that the cost of the lease is allocated over the lease term on a generally straight-line basis; and all cash payments will be classified within operating activities in the statement of cash flows. Under Topic 842 the accounting applied by a lessor is largely unchanged from that applied under previous GAAP. The amendments in Topic 842 are effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2019, including interim periods within that fiscal year. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new guidance of the consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-01, "Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities," which amends the guidance in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles on the classification and measurement of financial instruments.

 

 
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NOTE 1— SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED

 

Changes to the current guidance primarily affect the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option, and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. In addition, the ASU clarifies guidance related to the valuation allowance assessment when recognizing deferred tax assets resulting from unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities. The new standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and are to be adopted by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the balance sheet at the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. Early adoption is not permitted except for the provision to record fair value changes for financial liabilities under the fair value option resulting from instrument-specific credit risk in other comprehensive income. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard.

 

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-17, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes," which simplifies the presentation of deferred income taxes by requiring that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. This ASU is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 16, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. The adoption of this standard will not have any impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and disclosures.

 

The FASB has issued ASU No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. ASU 2014-15 is intended to define management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an organization’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), financial statements are prepared under the presumption that the reporting organization will continue to operate as a going concern, except in limited circumstances. Financial reporting under this presumption is commonly referred to as the going concern basis of accounting. The going concern basis of accounting is critical to financial reporting because it established the fundamental basis for measuring and classifying assets and liabilities. Currently, GAAP lacks guidance about management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt the organization’s ability to continue as a going concern or to provide footnote disclosures. The ASU provides guidance to an organization’s management, with principles and definition that are intended to reduce diversity in the timing and content of disclosures that are commonly provided by organizations today in the financial statement footnotes. The amendments in this update are effective for the annual period ending after December 31, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter. Early application is permitted. The adoption of this standard will not have any impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and disclosures.


 
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NOTE 2— PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Buildings and improvements

 

$ 18,951

 

 

$ 18,951

 

Equipment and machinery

 

 

2,090,759

 

 

 

1,915,152

 

Tractors

 

 

4,502,782

 

 

 

3,954,682

 

Trucks and other vehicles

 

 

1,776,233

 

 

 

1,590,475

 

 

 

 

8,388,725

 

 

 

7,479,260

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

(5,102,521 )

 

 

(4,199,645 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

$ 3,286,204

 

 

$ 3,279,615

 

 

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $1,192,700 and $1,480,600, respectively.

 

NOTE 3— NOTES PAYABLE

 

Floorplan notes payable are short-term notes payable to the vendor for the purchase of equipment held for resale.

 

Long-term notes payable are related party transactions due the Company stockholders’ and to an entity related to the stockholders’.

 

NOTE 4— COMMON STOCK

 

The Company has 10,000 shares of no-par common stock authorized of which 2.000 shares were outstanding at December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

NOTE 5— RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company had outstanding debt to the stockholders of $90,024 at December 31, 2016 and 2015 and $25,000 and $75,000 to a related entity at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. For the year-ended December 31, 2015, the Company paid a $200,000 management fee to this related party entity.

 

The Company paid rent of $109,100 and $92,985 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively to an entity owned by the stockholders’.


 
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NOTE 6— INCOME TAXES

 

Net profits from continuing operations before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were approximately $237,000 and $148,000, respectively.

 

The components of the provision for income taxes include:

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Current federal state income taxes

 

$ 220,000

 

 

$ 208,000

 

Deferred federal and state deferred taxes

 

 

(109,000 )

 

 

(172,000 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total provision for income taxes

 

$ 111,000

 

 

$ 36,000

 

 

A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the Company's effective income tax rate is as follows:

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

US federal statutory rate

 

 

33.9 %

 

 

33.8 %

State and local taxes, net of federal benefit

 

 

6.7

 

 

 

6.8

 

Permanent items

 

 

(6.6 )

 

 

(15.6 )

Other

 

 

(0.3 )

 

 

(0.7 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective income tax rate

 

 

33.7 %

 

 

24.3 %

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between amounts recorded for financial reporting purposes and amounts used for tax purposes. The major components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

$ -

 

 

$ 55,000

 

Property and equipment

 

 

791,000

 

 

 

756,000

 

Change in accounting method

 

 

91,000

 

 

 

180,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deferred income tax liabilities

 

$ 882,000

 

 

$ 991,000

 

 

The net deferred income tax liability of $882,000 as of December 31, 2016 consists of the current liability of $91,000 and non-current liability of $791,000.

 

 
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NOTE 6— INCOME TAXES, CONTINUED

 

We have no recorded uncertain tax positions therefore there would be no impact to the effective tax rate. The Company includes interest and penalties accrued in the financial statements as a component of the interest expense. No significant amounts were required to be recorded as of December 31, 2016. The tax years ended December 31, 2013 through December 31, 2016 are considered to be open under statute and therefore may be subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and various state jurisdictions.

 

NOTE 7— OPERATING EXPENSES

 

Following is a summary of operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Personnel

 

$ 1,467,322

 

 

$ 1,794,405

 

Depreciation

 

 

1,192,713

 

 

 

1,480,605

 

Professional fees

 

 

69,890

 

 

 

15,034

 

Advertising

 

 

58,535

 

 

 

56,336

 

Interest

 

 

2,352

 

 

 

9,419

 

Other expenses

 

 

405,438

 

 

 

743,556

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

$ 3,196,250

 

 

$ 4,099,355

 

 

NOTE 8— COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Leases

 

The Company leases equipment used in its operations. For the sole lease in effect at December 31, 2016, the Company paid the final annual lease payment of $17,124 in advance on May 20, 2016. The amount to be expensed in 2017 is $7,135.

 

NOTE 9— SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On March 3, 2017, the Company and its stockholders entered into a stock purchase agreement with 1847 Holdings, LLC (“1847”) pursuant to which 1847 Neese (a newly formed subsidiary of 1847) acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company for a purchase price of (i) $2,225,000 in cash (subject to certain adjustments), (ii) 450 shares of the common stock of 1847 Neese, constituting 45% of its capital stock, (iii) the issuance of a vesting promissory note in the principal amount of $1,875,000, and (iv) the issuance of a short term promissory note in the principal amount of $1,025,000.


 
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NOTE 9— SUBSEQUENT EVENTS, CONTINUED

 

The cash portion of the purchase price will be adjusted upward if Neese’s final certified balance sheet, as of a date on or about the closing date did not reflect a cash balance of at least $200,000. The cash balance on the closing date of March 3, 2017 amounted to approximately $338,000.

 

In accordance with ASC 855-10, the Company has analyzed its operations subsequent to December 31, 2016 to the date these financial statements were issued June 20, 2017, and has determined that it does not have any material subsequent events to disclose in these financial statements other than the events described above.

 

 

 

 

 

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