Published on September 11, 2007
Exhibit
99.1
Introductory
statement
These
financial statements are the financial statements of Thorium Power, Inc.
as of
September 30, 2006. These financial statements are being included as an exhibit
to this annual report in order to update the financial statements that were
included in a registration statement on Form S-4 flied by Thorium Power,
Ltd.
which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 6, 2006 (the “Registration Statement”). At the time that the
Registration Statement was declared effective only the financial statements
for
Thorium Power, Inc. that were available were those as of June 30, 2006.
Exhibit
99.1
Thorium
Power, Inc.
Interim
Balance Sheet
September
30, 2006
|
ASSETS
|
||||
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(Unaudited)
|
||||
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
56,169
|
||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
9
|
|||
|
Due
from Novastar Resources Ltd.
|
505,824
|
|||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
562,002
|
|||
|
PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
|
||||
|
Property,
plant and equipment
|
47,057
|
|||
|
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(21,420
|
)
|
||
|
Total
Property, Plant and Equipment
|
25,637
|
|||
|
OTHER
ASSETS
|
||||
|
Patent
costs - net of accumulated amortization of $206,839
|
204,830
|
|||
|
Security
deposits
|
7,567
|
|||
|
Total
Other Assets
|
212,397
|
|||
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
800,037
|
||
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
||||
|
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
3,217
|
|||
|
Accrued
expenses and accounts payable
|
600,665
|
|||
|
Note
payable
|
-
|
|||
|
Other
current liabilities
|
101
|
|||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
603,982
|
|||
|
LONG-TERM
LIABILITIES
|
||||
|
Note
payable
|
12,657
|
|||
|
Total
Liabilities
|
616,640
|
|||
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
||||
|
Common
Stock-$.05 par value-authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding
4,535,566 shares
|
226,778
|
|||
|
Common
stock and warrants - Additonal paid-in capital
|
16,797,554
|
|||
|
Deficit
accumulated during the development stage
|
(16,840,935
|
)
|
||
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
183,397
|
|||
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
800,037
|
||
Exhibit
99.1
Thorium
Power, Inc.
Interim
Statements of Operations
September
30, 2006
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
|
Cumulative
|
||||||||||
|
From
|
||||||||||
|
For the nine
|
For the three
|
Inception
|
||||||||
|
months
ended
|
months
ended
|
Through
|
||||||||
|
September 30,
|
September 30,
|
September 30,
|
||||||||
|
2006
|
2006
|
2006
|
||||||||
|
Revenue
|
||||||||||
|
License
revenue
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
624,985
|
|||||
|
Total
Revenue
|
-
|
-
|
624,985
|
|||||||
|
Costs
and expenses
|
||||||||||
|
Research
and development
|
10,000
|
0
|
3,902,158
|
|||||||
|
Salaries
|
221,100
|
73,700
|
3,726,114
|
|||||||
|
Professional
fees
|
694,531
|
509,682
|
2,757,656
|
|||||||
|
Allocated
expenses - Thorium Power, Ltd.
|
(505,824
|
)
|
(505,824
|
)
|
(505,824
|
)
|
||||
|
Other
selling, general and administrative expenses
|
287,658
|
124,591
|
4,723,838
|
|||||||
|
Total
operating expenses
|
707,465
|
202,149
|
14,603,942
|
|||||||
|
Loss
from operations
|
707,465
|
202,149
|
13,978,957
|
|||||||
|
Other
(income) expenses
|
||||||||||
|
Interest
(income) expense - net
|
4,508
|
4,508
|
(103,634
|
)
|
||||||
|
Other
(income) expense
|
(200
|
)
|
0
|
(359
|
)
|
|||||
|
Foreign
currency translation
|
4,500
|
4,500
|
4,500
|
|||||||
|
Stock
based compensation
|
105,000
|
105,000
|
2,334,871
|
|||||||
|
Settlement
costs
|
-
|
0
|
76,600
|
|||||||
|
Contributions
|
550,000
|
0
|
550,000
|
|||||||
|
Net
Loss
|
$
|
1,371,273
|
316,157
|
$
|
16,840,935
|
|||||
|
Basic
and diluted net loss per share
|
0.01
|
0.00
|
||||||||
|
Number
of equivalent shares used to compute per share data
|
98,818,395
|
98,818,395
|
||||||||
Exhibit
99.1
Thorium
Power, Inc.
Interim
Statements of Cash Flows
September
30, 2006
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||
|
Cumulative
|
|||||||
|
From
|
|||||||
|
For the nine
|
Inception
|
||||||
|
months ended
|
Through
|
||||||
|
September 30,
|
September 30,
|
||||||
|
2006
|
2006
|
||||||
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|||||||
|
Net
(loss)
|
$
|
(1,371,273
|
)
|
$
|
(16,840,935
|
)
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net (loss) to net cash
|
|||||||
|
provided
by (used by) operating activities:
|
|||||||
|
Write-off
of foreign patent, including amortization
|
-
|
75,000
|
|||||
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
19,584
|
290,909
|
|||||
|
(Gain)
loss on disposition of fixed assets
|
-
|
86,855
|
|||||
|
Issuance
of stock in exchange for technology and services
|
-
|
88,250
|
|||||
|
Due
from Novastar Resources, Ltd.
|
(505,824
|
)
|
(505,824
|
)
|
|||
|
Stock
based compensation
|
105,000
|
2,334,870
|
|||||
|
(Increase)
decrease in prepaid and other expenses
|
6,271
|
(9
|
)
|
||||
|
Increase
(decrease) in accrued and other expenses
|
(338,010
|
)
|
600,767
|
||||
|
Net
cash used by operating activities
|
(2,084,252
|
)
|
(13,870,117
|
)
|
|||
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|||||||
|
Patent
costs
|
(6,664
|
)
|
(411,669
|
)
|
|||
|
Security
deposits
|
-
|
(7,567
|
)
|
||||
|
Fixed
assets
|
(10,961
|
)
|
(285,145
|
)
|
|||
|
Loans
granted - related parties
|
-
|
(160,365
|
)
|
||||
|
Repayment
of loans - related parties
|
-
|
160,365
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from sale of fixed assets
|
-
|
13,583
|
|||||
|
Net
cash used by investing activities
|
(17,626
|
)
|
(690,799
|
)
|
|||
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|||||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of stock
|
2,202,673
|
14,498,011
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from loans – related parties
|
4,100
|
388,790
|
|||||
|
Repayment
of loans – related parties
|
(45,931
|
)
|
(285,590
|
)
|
|||
|
Proceeds
from loan from payroll service
|
-
|
42,663
|
|||||
|
Repayment
of loan from payroll service
|
-
|
(42,663
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
changes in current portion of long-term debt
|
(918
|
)
|
3,217
|
||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of long-term debt
|
-
|
18,082
|
|||||
|
Principal
repayments of long-term debt
|
(2,161
|
)
|
(5,426
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
2,157,763
|
14,617,084
|
|||||
|
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
55,886
|
56,169
|
|||||
|
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents - beginning of period
|
283
|
-
|
|||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents - end of period
|
$
|
56,169
|
$
|
56,169
|
|||
|
Supplemental
disclosures
|
|||||||
|
Cash
paid - interest
|
$
|
687
|
$
|
5,497
|
|||
|
Non-Cash
Transactions:
|
|||||||
|
Conversion
of debt to equity
|
4,100
|
103,200
|
|||||
|
Thorium
Power, Inc.
(A
Development Stage Enterprise)
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
Exhibit
99.1
|
|
1.
|
The
Company and Business
Operations
|
Radkowsky
Thorium Power Corp., incorporated in the state of Delaware on January 8,
1992
(“Inception”), changed its name to Thorium Power, Inc. in Apri1 2001. Thorium
Power, Inc. (the “Company”) is engaged in the development, promotion and
marketing of its three patented nuclear fuel designs: (1) Thorium/weapons-grade
plutonium disposing fuel, (2) Thorium/reactor-grade plutonium disposing fuel,
and (3) Thorium/uranium nuclear fuel. These fuels are designed to be used
in
existing light water reactors. Presently, the Company is focusing most of
its
efforts on demonstrating and testing its thorium/weapons-grade plutonium
disposing fuel for the Russian VVER-1000 reactors.
Once
the
fuels are further developed and tested, Thorium Power plans to license its
intellectual property rights to fuel fabricators, nuclear generators, and
governments for use in commercial light water nuclear reactors, or sell the
technology to a major nuclear company or government contractor or some
combination of the two.
Substantially
all of the Company’s present research activities are in Russia. The Company’s
research operations are subject to various political, economic, and other
risks
and uncertainties inherent in the country of Russia.
The
Company’s nuclear fuel process is dependent on the ability of suppliers of the
mineral Thorium, to provide it to the Company’s future customers on a timely
basis and also on favorable pricing terms. The loss of certain principal
suppliers of Thorium or a significant reduction in Thorium availability from
principal suppliers could have a material adverse effect on the future
operations of the Company.
The
Company participates in a highly regulated industry that is characterized
by
governmental regulation. The Company’s results of operations are affected by a
wide variety of factors including general economic conditions, decreases
in the
use or public favor of nuclear power, the ability of its technology, the
ability
to safeguard the production of nuclear power and safeguarding its patents
and
intellectual property from competitors. Due to these factors, the Company
may
experience substantial period-to-period fluctuations in future operating
results.
The
Company in the future may be designated as a potentially responsible party
(PRP)
by federal and state agencies with respect to certain sites with which the
Company may have direct or indirect future involvement. Such designations can be
made regardless of the extent of the Company’s involvement.
Operations
to date have been devoted primarily to filing for patents, developing strategic
relationships within the industry, securing political and financial support
from
the United States and Russian governments, continued development of the fuel
designs and administrative functions. The Company, therefore, prepares its
financial statements as a Development Stage Enterprise.
Merger
Agreement
On
February 14, 2006, Novastar Resources Ltd. (“Novastar Resources”) entered into
an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with the Company and TP
Acquisition Corp., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Novastar Resources
formed
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Concurrently therewith, Novastar Resources (1) adopted its 2006 Stock Plan,
(2)
entered into an employment agreement with Seth Grae, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Thorium Power, (3) granted certain nonqualified stock
options to Mr. Grae and (4) entered into a subscription agreement with Thorium
Power for the purchase of 150,000 shares of common stock of Thorium Power
for
$4.00 per share.
Under
the
Merger Agreement, each common share of Thorium Power will be converted into
securities of Novastar Resources such that Thorium Power’s current stockholders
will own approximately 54.5% of the combined company, and each share of Novastar
Resources common stock will remain outstanding. In addition, Novastar Resources
anticipates the appointment of new directors and officers following the merger.
The combined company will be headquartered in the Washington D.C. area, where
Thorium Power is presently based.
The
merger is conditioned upon completion of due diligence reviews by both
companies, the declaration of effectiveness of a registration statement by
the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other necessary regulatory
approvals.
Continued
F-20
|
Thorium
Power, Inc.
(A
Development Stage Enterprise)
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
Exhibit
99.1
|
|
2.
|
Summary
of Significant Accounting
policies
|
A
summary
of significant accounting policies follows:
| a. |
Revenue
Recognition
-
|
All
of
the Company’s revenue to date had been derived from licensing fees from nuclear
industry commercial partners.
Once the Company’s technology has advanced to the level when it is funded by the
US Government on an ongoing basis as part of the plutonium disposition program,
the Company will seek to license its technology to major government contractors
or nuclear companies, working for the US and other governments. We expect
that
our revenue from license fees will be recognized on a straight-line basis
over
the expected period of the related license term.
The Company may receive employment and research grants from various U.S.
governmental agencies, and these grants will be recognized in earnings in
the
period in which the related expenditures are incurred. Capital grants for
the
acquisition of equipment will be recorded as reductions of the related equipment
cost and reduce future depreciation expense.
Total
subsidies and grants from the US government totaled $5.45 million, cumulative
from inception to September 30, 2006. These amounts were not paid to us but
paid
directly from the US government to third party research and development
companies that work on our project, as well as other projects.
|
a).
|
Patent
Costs - Patent
costs represent legal fees and filing costs capitalized and amortized
over
their estimated useful lives of 20 years. Amortization expense
for Patents
was $13,055 and $13,022 for the nine month periods ended September
30,
2006 and 2005 and $206,839 for the cumulative period from January
8, 1992
(Inception) to September 30, 2006.
|
|
b).
|
Cash
Equivalents - Cash
equivalents consist of cash and cash investments with maturities
of three
months or less at the time of
purchase.
|
|
c).
|
Start-Up
Costs -
The Company, in accordance with the provisions of the American
Institute
of Certified Public Accountants' Statement of Position (SOP) 98-5,
"Reporting on the Costs of Start-up Activities”, expenses all start-up and
organizational costs as they are
incurred.
|
|
d).
|
Property,
Plant and Equipment - Property,
Plant and Equipment is comprised of leasehold improvements, an
automobile,
and office equipment and is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation of furniture, computer and office equipment is computed
over
the estimated useful life of the asset, generally five and seven
years
respectively, utilizing the double declining balance methodology.
Depreciation for the leasehold improvements is computed using the
straight-line method over the 5 year term of the lease. Upon disposition
of assets, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are eliminated
and any gain or loss is included in the statement of income. Expenditures
for major improvements are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs
are
expensed as incurred.
|
|
e).
|
Long-Lived
Assets -
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes
in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets
might not
be recoverable. Conditions that would necessitate an impairment
assessment
include a significant decline in the observable market value of
an asset,
a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset
is used, or
any other significant adverse change that would indicate that the
carrying
amount of an asset or group of assets is not
recoverable.
|
Continued
F-21
|
Thorium
Power, Inc.
(A
Development Stage Enterprise)
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
Exhibit
99.1
|
For
long-lived assets used in operations, impairment losses are only recorded
if the
asset’s carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted,
probability-weighted cash flows. We measure the impairment loss based on
the
difference between the carrying amount and estimated fair value.
|
f).
|
Estimates
and Assumptions - The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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
reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
|
The
financial statements include some amounts that are based on management’s best
estimates and judgments. The most significant estimates relate to contingencies,
and the valuation of stock options, stock warrants and stock issued for
services. These estimates may be adjusted as more current information becomes
available, and any adjustment could be significant.
|
g).
|
Stock-based
Compensation - Employees.
When stock based compensation is issued to employees and directors,
in
connection with their services as directors, the revised Statement
of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 ‘Accounting for Stock Based
Compensation’ (“SFAS 123(R)”) requires companies to record compensation
cost for stock based employee compensation plans at fair value.
From
inception through 2003, the Company accounted for stock based compensation
using the intrinsic value method prescribed in Accounting Principles
Board
Opinion No. 25, ‘Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees’ (“APB No. 25”).
APB No. 25 requires no recognition of compensation expense for
the stock
based compensation arrangements provided by the Company where the
exercise
price is equal to the market price at the date of the grants.
|
Non-Employees
- When stock based compensation is issued to non-employees, the Company records
these transactions at the fair market value of the equity instruments issued
or
the goods or services received whichever is more reliably measurable.
In
December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement
of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised 2004), Share-Based Payment,
(SFAS-123R). This statement replaces SFAS-123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation,
supersedes
APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,
and
amends SFAS-95, Statement of Cash Flows.
SFAS-123R
requires companies to apply a fair-value-based measurement method in accounting
for shared-based payment transactions with employees and to record compensation
cost for all stock awards granted after the required effective date and for
awards modified, repurchased, or cancelled after that date. The scope of
SFAS-123R encompasses a wide range of share-based compensation arrangements,
including share options, restricted share plans, performance-based awards,
share
appreciation rights, and employee share purchase plans.
SFAS-123R
is effective for our Company January 1, 2006, however the Company has decided
to
adopt SFAS-123R in 2004. Companies are permitted to apply the modified
retrospective method either (a) to all prior periods presented for which
SFAS-123 was effective or (b) to prior interim periods of the year in which
SFAS-123R is adopted. Under the modified retrospective method, the recognition
of compensation cost under SFAS-123R is generally the same as the accounting
under the modified prospective method discussed previously for (a) awards
granted, modified, or settled subsequent to the adoption of SFAS-123R, and
(b)
awards granted prior to the date of adoption of SFAS-123R for which the
requisite service period has not been completed (i.e., unvested awards).
There
were no restatements or transition adjustments recorded.
|
h).
|
Income
Taxes - Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences
attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying
amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective
tax bases.
Deferred tax assets, including tax loss and credit carry-forwards,
and
liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply
to
taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences
are
expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax
assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in
the period
that includes the enactment date. Deferred income tax expense represents
the change during the period in the deferred tax assets and deferred
tax
liabilities. The components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities
are
individually classified as current and non-current based on their
characteristics. 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.
|
Continued
F-22
|
Thorium
Power, Inc.
(A
Development Stage Enterprise)
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
Exhibit
99.1
|
|
j.
|
Earnings
per Share - Basic
net earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net
earnings
(loss) applicable to common shareholders by the weighted-average
number of
common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net earnings
(loss)
per common share is determined using the weighted-average number
of common
shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for the dilutive
effect of
common stock equivalents. In periods where losses are reported,
the
weighted-average number of common shares outstanding excludes common
stock
equivalents because their inclusion would be
anti-dilutive.
|
|
k.
|
New
Accounting Pronouncements - In
December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary
Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29”. SFAS
153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal
periods beginning after June 15, 2005, with earlier application
permitted.
The adoption of SFAS 153 is not expected to have a material impact
on our
results of operations or financial
position.
|
In
March
2005, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 47, “Accounting for Conditional
Asset Retirement Obligations,” (FIN 47). FIN 47 is an interpretation of SFAS No.
143, “Asset Retirement Obligations,” which was issued in June 2001. FIN 47 was
issued to address diverse accounting practices that have developed with regard
to the timing of liability recognition for legal obligations associated with
the
retirement of a tangible long-lived asset in which the timing and/or method
of
settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within
the
control of the entity. According to FIN 47, uncertainty about the timing
and/or
method of settlement of a conditional asset retirement obligation should
be
factored into the measurement of the liability when sufficient information
exists. FIN 47 also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information
to reasonably estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation.
FIN 47
is effective no later than December 31, 2005 for our Company. The Company
is
currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of FIN 47 on its financial
statements.
In
May
2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 154,
“Accounting Changes and Error Corrections” (SFAS No. 154) which replaces APB No.
20, “Accounting Changes” and SFAS No. 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in
Interim Financial Statements - an Amendment of APB Opinion No. 28”. SFAS No. 154
provides guidance on the methods issuers should use to account for and reporting
accounting changes and error corrections. Specifically, this statement requires
that issuers retrospectively apply any voluntary change in accounting principles
to prior period financial statements, if it is practicable to do so. This
principle replaces APB No. 20, which required that most voluntary changes
in
accounting principle be recognized by including the cumulative effect of
the
change to the new accounting principle on prior periods in the net income
reported by the issuer in the period in which it instituted the change. SFAS
No.
154 also redefines the term “restatement” to mean the correction of an error by
revising previously issued financial statements. Unless adopted early, SFAS
No.
154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in
fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does not expect the
adoption of SFAS No. 154 to have an impact on its financial position or result
of operations.
The
Company is currently evaluating the effect of other new accounting
pronouncements on its future statements of financial position and results
of
operations.
Continued
F-23
|
Thorium
Power, Inc.
(A
Development Stage Enterprise)
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
Exhibit
99.1
|
|
3.
|
Status
of the Company
|
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis,
which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities
in the normal course of business. The Company has sustained operating losses
while not generating steady revenues. However, the Company’s business plan
anticipates the Company’s current products will become ready for market and
revenue generating sometime between 2008 and 2009. Therefore, the Company
makes
use of issuances of stock to provide funds for operations.
Until
such time as the Company’s products become ready for market and revenue
generating, the Company’s ability to operate is dependent upon receiving
additional corporate funding in the form of issuances of stock, new debt,
or
government funding.
The
financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery
and
classification of recorded asset amounts and classifications of liabilities
that
might be necessary should the Company be unable to meet its current obligations
and, therefore, be unable to continue as a going concern.
| 4. |
Research
and Development Costs
|
Research
and development costs amounted to $10,000 and $30,000 for the nine months
ended
September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively and $3,902,158 from January 8,
1992
(Inception) to September 30, 2006.
|
5.
|
Property
Plant and Equipment
|
The
following represents the detail of Thorium Power’s property, plant and equipment
at September 30, 2006:
|
Original
|
Accumulated
|
Net
Book
|
||||||
|
Cost
|
Depreciation
|
Value
|
||||||
|
Furniture,
computer and office equipment
|
$
|
24,840
|
$
|
12,645
|
$
|
12,195
|
||
|
Automobile
|
22,217
|
8,775
|
13,442
|
|||||
|
$
|
47,057
|
$
|
21,420
|
$
|
25,637
|
|
6.
|
Stock
Options and Warrants
|
The
Company maintains no formal plan for stock options and warrants. Options
are
issued to employees, directors and others for services provided to the Company.
Warrants are issued in connection with sales of stock. Since the Company’s stock
is not publicly traded, there is insufficient historical information about
the
past volatility of the Company’s stock, and there are no similar public entities
for which stock information is available. We have estimated the expected
volatility of the Company’s stock using a fair value method, as shown below. As
a result, options granted to both employees and non-employees for services
are
accounted for under the calculated value method, as described in paragraphs
A43-A48 of SFAS 123(R), using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the
following weighted average assumptions:
|
2002
and prior
|
2003
|
2004-2005
|
|||
|
Expected
life of options
|
Actual
life
|
Actual
life
|
Actual
life
|
||
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
5%
|
4%
|
4%
|
||
|
Volatility
of stock
|
100%
|
100%
|
32%
|
||
|
Expected
dividend yield
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Continued
F-24
|
Thorium
Power, Inc.
(A
Development Stage Enterprise)
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
Exhibit
99.1
|
The
calculated value method under SFAS 123(R) permits for non-public companies
substitution of the historical volatility of an appropriate industry sector
index for the expected volatility of the Company’s stock price as an assumption
in the valuation model. The Company identified and selected the Standard
&
Poor’s 600 small-cap index for the U.S. energy sector as the one most closely
reflecting the present size of the Company and the industry in which the
Company
operates. The volatility in the Black-Scholes valuation model used by the
Company is calculated based on the historical volatility of the above industry
sector index, as measured by the standard deviation of daily historical closing
values for the period of time prior to the grant date of stock options that
is
equal in length to the expected term of the granted stock options. If historical
closing values of the above index are not available for the entire expected
term, then the Company uses the closing values for the longest period of
time
available.
Continued
F-25
| Thorium Power, Inc. |
Exhibit
99.1
|
| (A Development Stage Enterprise) | |
| Notes to Financial Statements |
Presented
below is a summary of the options and warrants activity since January 1, 1993
to
September 30, 2006:
|
In Connection
|
Issued
|
Converted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Beginning
|
In Exchange
|
with purchase
|
as
|
to stock/
|
Ending
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
|
for
Services
|
of
stock
|
Incentive
|
Exercised
|
Expired
|
Repriced
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
1/1/1993
|
12/31/1993
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
0
|
1,040,000
|
35,000
|
15,000
|
(10,000
|
)
|
1,080,000
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
0
|
220,000
|
220,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$10 per share
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1,300,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1/1/1994
|
12/31/1994
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
1,080,000
|
95,000
|
1,175,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
220,000
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
295,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
$10
per share
|
0
|
55,000
|
36,100
|
91,100
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
1,561,100
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1/1/1995
|
12/31/1995
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
1,175,000
|
(10,000
|
)
|
25,000
|
1,190,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
295,000
|
155,000
|
(25,000
|
)
|
425,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
$10
per share
|
91,100
|
30,000
|
41,500
|
5,000
|
167,600
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
1,782,600
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1/1/1996
|
12/31/1996
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
1,190,000
|
(34,000
|
)
|
100,000
|
1,256,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
425,000
|
60,000
|
(82,500
|
)
|
402,500
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
$10
per share
|
167,600
|
25,000
|
30,300
|
14,000
|
(17,500
|
)
|
219,400
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
1,877,900
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1/1/1997
|
12/31/1997
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
1,256,000
|
(47,500
|
)
|
81,000
|
1,289,500
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
402,500
|
(42,500
|
)
|
360,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
$10
per share
|
219,400
|
118,000
|
56,700
|
(3,500
|
)
|
(38,500
|
)
|
352,100
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
2,001,600
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Continued
F-26
| Thorium Power, Inc. |
Exhibit
99.1
|
| (A Development Stage Enterprise) | |
| Notes to Financial Statements |
|
In Connection
|
Issued
|
Converted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Beginning
|
In Exchange
|
with purchase
|
as
|
to stock/
|
Ending
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
|
for Services
|
of
stock
|
Incentive
|
Exercised
|
Expired
|
Repriced
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
01/01/1998
|
12/31/1998
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
1,289,500
|
(232,500
|
)
|
(95,000
|
)
|
55,000
|
1,017,000
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
360,000
|
(47,500
|
)
|
(172,500
|
)
|
(50,000
|
)
|
90,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
$10
per share
|
352,100
|
2,500
|
9,500
|
(5,000
|
)
|
359,100
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
1,466,100
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
01/01/1999
|
12/31/1999
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
1,017,000
|
(5,000
|
)
|
(20,000
|
)
|
992,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
90,000
|
(25,000
|
)
|
65,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
$10
per share
|
359,100
|
(5,250
|
)
|
(26,850
|
)
|
327,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
1,384,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
01/01/2000
|
12/31/2000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
992,000
|
(60,000
|
)
|
932,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
65,000
|
600,000
|
(5,000
|
)
|
660,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
$10
per share
|
327,000
|
(37,000
|
)
|
(13,500
|
)
|
276,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
1,868,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
01/01/2001
|
12/31/2001
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
932,000
|
(5,000
|
)
|
927,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
660,000
|
(20,000
|
)
|
640,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
$10
per share
|
276,500
|
223,000
|
700,000
|
625,000
|
(3,600
|
)
|
(51,200
|
)
|
1,769,700
|
||||||||||||||||
|
3,336,700
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
01/01/2002
|
12/31/2002
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
927,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,000
|
)
|
(7,000
|
)
|
-
|
917,000
|
|||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
640,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
640,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
$10 per share
|
1,769,700
|
-
|
10,000
|
(625,000
|
)
|
(2,000
|
)
|
(97,700
|
)
|
-
|
1,055,000
|
||||||||||||||
|
2,612,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Continued
F-27
| Thorium Power, Inc. |
Exhibit
99.1
|
| (A Development Stage Enterprise) | |
| Notes to Financial Statements |
|
1/1/2003
|
12/31/2003
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
917,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(100,000
|
)
|
-
|
1,200,000
|
2,017,000
|
||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
640,000
|
-
|
40,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(600,000
|
)
|
80,000
|
||||||||||||||||
|
$10 per share
|
1,055,000
|
-
|
20,000
|
1,590
|
(1,300
|
)
|
(62,795
|
)
|
(600,000
|
)
|
412,495
|
||||||||||||||
|
2,509,495
|
|
In Connection
|
Issued
|
Converted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Beginning
|
In Exchange
|
with purchase
|
as
|
to
stock/
|
Ending
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
|
for Services
|
of
stock
|
Incentive
|
Exercised
|
Expired
|
Repriced
|
Balance
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
01/01/2004
|
12/31/2004
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
2,017,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,017,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
$4
per share
|
0
|
250,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
250,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
80,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
80,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
$9.73-$10
per share
|
412,495
|
-
|
-
|
600
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
413,095
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
2,760,095
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
01/01/2005
|
12/31/2005
& 9/30/2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
$1
per share
|
2,017,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(820,000
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
1,197,000
|
||||||||||||||||
|
$4
per share
|
250,000
|
225,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
475,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
$5
per share
|
80,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
80,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
$9.60-$10
per share
|
413,095
|
-
|
-
|
705
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
413,800
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
2,165,800
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Continued
F-28
| Thorium Power, Inc. |
Exhibit
99.1
|
| (A Development Stage Enterprise) | |
| Notes to Financial Statements |
The
625,000 incentive warrants issued in 2001 were contingent upon achieving certain
goals, including raising private capital. By December 31, 2002, these goals
had
not been met and, therefore, the warrants were voided. In addition, included
in
the 223,000 options issued in 2001, 100,000 are to a director of which all
100,000 have vested at December 31, 2005.
In
September 2003, the Company reached an agreement with certain shareholders
whereby, in exchange for certain concessions and a release of claim against
the
Company, 1,200,000 warrants at $5 and $10 exercise price were repriced to $1.
In
addition, 300,000 of those warrants had their expiration date extended three
years from December 2004 to 2007. In connection with this repricing, the Company
recorded a non-cash expense in the amount of $1,506,427 in 2003. The Company
also acknowledged certain prior obligations in connection with government
negotiation and raising of capital totalling approximately $130,000. The Company
also gave antidilution rights to these shareholders for a period of three years
from September 2003.
Also
in
2003, pursuant to an antidilutive agreement with a shareholder, 50,000 options
were repriced from $10 to $9.84 and 1,590 stock options were issued. 795 of
these stock options expired in 2003. In 2004 and 2005, the price of those
warrants was further reduced from $9.84 to $9.73 and from $9.73 to $9.60 and
an
additional 600 and 705 stock options were issued respectively.
The
following summarizes information for options and warrants currently outstanding
and exercisable at September 30, 2006:
|
September 30, 2006
|
Number
|
Weighted
average Remaining Life
|
Weighted-
average
exercise price
|
|||
|
Range
of Prices
|
||||||
|
$1.00
|
1,197,000
|
1.8
years
|
$1.00
|
|||
|
$4.00
|
475,000
|
4.3
years
|
$4.00
|
|||
|
$5.00
|
80,000
|
1.7
years
|
$5.00
|
|||
|
$9.60-10.00
|
413,800
|
1.1
years
|
$9.95
|
|||
|
2,165,800
|
$2.83
|
Of
the
total number of stock options and warrants outstanding at September 30, 2006,
843,700 were stock options and the remaining 1,322,100 were warrants. All of
the
stock options and warrants outstanding at September 30, 2006 have
vested.
| 7. |
Income
Taxes
|
Deferred
income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities recognized for financial reporting
and the amounts recognized for income tax purposes. The significant components
of deferred tax assets, at a 40% combined Federal and State effective tax rate,
as of September 30, 2006 are as follows:
|
Assets
|
||||
|
Approximate
net operating loss
|
6,736,374
|
|||
|
Less:
valuation allowance
|
(6,736,374
|
)
|
||
|
$
|
-
|
F-29
| Thorium Power, Inc. |
Exhibit
99.1
|
| (A Development Stage Enterprise) | |
| Notes to Financial Statements |
Management
believes that it is more likely than not that forecasted taxable income will
not
be sufficient to utilize the tax carryforwards before their expiration in
2012
and 2025 to fully recover the asset. As a result, the amount of the deferred
tax
assets considered realizable was reduced 100% by a valuation allowance. In
the
near term, if estimates of future taxable income are increased, such an increase
will change the valuation allowance. The Company has no other deferred tax
assets or liabilities.
| 8. |
Profit
Sharing Plan
|
The
Company established and maintained until the end of 2003 a profit-sharing plan
that covered all employees who had attained twenty-one years of age and
satisfied a one-year service requirement. Contributions to the plan were at
the
discretion of the board of directors; however, the contribution could not exceed
15% of compensation for the eligible employees in any single tax year. Since
inception through the end of 2003, profit sharing expense amounted to $51,000.
This plan was dissolved in 2003, and all contributions were distributed back
to
the plan’s participants.
| 9. |
Research
Agreement
|
The
Company is party to an agreement whereby certain research is being performed
by
the Russian Research Centre, known as the Kurchatov Institute (“RRC”), on the
Company’s fuel designs. All the funding under this agreement is supplied by the
Company. The Company is also a party to another agreement whereby research
relating only to thermal-hydraulic testing is performed by the Brookhaven
National Laboratory in cooperation with the RRC. The funding is supplied by
the
United States Department of Energy Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention
Program (DOE-IPP) and the Company directly to Brookhaven National Laboratory.
At
September 30, 2006, the Company fulfilled its funding obligation in full with
respect to this agreement.
| 10. |
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
Firm
Price Commitments
The
Company entered into a firm price commitment agreement in connection with its
participation in the pre-conceptual design phase for the construction of a
high-temperature test and research reactor in Texas. The agreement has created
a
firm commitment by the Company for a minimum of $1.25 million financial
contribution toward the project. A minimum payment of $50,000 on the agreement
was due and paid on February 22, 2006, with 10 additional payments totaling
$1.2
million due by December 31, 2006. A total of $550,000 has been paid as of
September 30, 2006.
The
Company also executed an amendment to its cooperative research agreement with
Kurchatov Institute, expanding the scope of work and committing $65,000 (paid
$10,000) toward those research and development activities. The work to be
performed under this amendment is to be completed sometime in 2006.
|
11.
|
Related
Parties
|
The
Company has both made loans to and received loans from related parties since
its
inception. In 2001, Thorium Power made a $50,000 loan, which was repaid during
the year, to a related party. Thorium Power received $1,361 in interest income
from the related party associated with this loan. Since inception, Thorium
Power
has made approximately $285,000 in loans to related parties. Of this amount,
$125,000 was a note received from a related party in exchange for the purchase
of the Company’s stock. These loans, which generated $1,648 of interest income
from related parties, were repaid, with the exception of approximately $1,000
written off in 1998. At September 30, 2006, $505,824 was due to related parties.
| 12. |
Capital
Stock Transactions
|
For
the
nine month period ended September 30, 2006, we sold 327,035 shares of our common
stock in a private placement to 27 accredited investors and received proceeds
from the sale of these shares totalling $1,539,674. We also sold 162,500 shares
of our common stock to Novastar Resources Ltd ($4 per share) for total proceeds
of $650,000. This stock sale was made in accordance with the merger agreement
(see note 1). In addition to the above capital transactions, we issued a total
20,000 shares of stock to four members of our board of directors which resulted
in an expense of $105,000 (stock valued at $5.25 per share). Also, during the
three months and nine months ended September 30, 2006, a cashless exercise
of
806,000 stock options, exercise price was $1.00 per share (stock valued at
$5.25
per share) was done resulting in a total stock issuance of 650,047 shares of
common stock. Also 13,000 shares of common stock was issued to option holders
who exercised for cash their stock options, exercise price $1.00 per share,
which resulted in proceeds of $13,000.
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