10QSB: Optional form for quarterly and transition reports of small business issuers
Published on October 25, 2007
U.S.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-QSB
(Mark
One)
x QUARTERLY
REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For
the
quarterly period ended: September
30, 2007
o TRANSITION
REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For
the
transitional period from __________________ to __________________
Commission
File No. 000-28543
THORIUM
POWER, LTD.
(Name
of
Small Business Issuer in Its Charter)
|
NEVADA
|
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91-1975651
|
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
|
|
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
No.) |
|
8300
Greensboro Drive, Suite 800
McLean,
Virginia 22102
|
|
703.918.4904
|
|
(Address
of Principal Executive
Office) |
|
(Issuer
Telephone No. Including
Area Code) |
Check
whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13
or
15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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 whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
o
No
x
The
number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity,
as of October 1, 2007 are as follows:
|
Class
of Securities
|
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
|
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
|
297,065,650
|
Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes o No
x
| ITEM 1. |
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
|
Thorium
Power Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
||||||
|
September 30,
|
December 31
|
||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||||
|
Currrent
Assets
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
6,470,292
|
$
|
10,927,775
|
|||
|
Prepaid
expenses & other current assets
|
87,430
|
394,443
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
6,557,722
|
11,322,218
|
|||||
|
Property
Plant and Equipment -net
|
15,077
|
21,290
|
|||||
|
Other
Assets
|
|||||||
|
Patent
costs - net
|
217,875
|
217,875
|
|||||
|
Security
deposits
|
2,049
|
2,049
|
|||||
|
Total
Other Assets
|
219,924
|
219,924
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
6,792,723
|
$
|
11,563,432
|
|||
|
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity
|
|||||||
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Current
portion long term debt
|
$
|
4,583
|
$
|
4,739
|
|||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
522,518
|
1,121,083
|
|||||
|
Other
current liabilities
|
0
|
347,690
|
|||||
|
Warrant
liability
|
0
|
1,132,440
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
527,101
|
2,605,952
|
|||||
|
Notes
Payable - long term
|
6,904
|
10,433
|
|||||
|
Total
Liabilites
|
534,005
|
2,616,385
|
|||||
|
Commitments
and contingencies - note 9
|
|||||||
|
Common
Stock with Registration Rights
|
|||||||
|
Common
Stock subject to continuing registration, $0.001 par value, 36,659,837
shares issued and outstanding at December 31,
2006
|
0
|
12,041,373
|
|||||
|
Stockholders'
Equity (Deficiency)
|
|||||||
|
Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 authorized shares, no shares
issued
and outstanding
|
0
|
0
|
|||||
|
Common
stock, $0.001par value, 500,000,000 authorized, 297,065,650 shares
issued
and outstanding at September 30, 2007 and 257,291,709 shares outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
297,066
|
257,292
|
|||||
|
Additional
paid in capital - stock and stock equivalents
|
40,583,375
|
23,148,560
|
|||||
|
Deficit
accumulated during the development stage
|
(34,721,636
|
)
|
(27,177,989
|
)
|
|||
|
Common
stock reserved for issuance, 1,000,000 shares at September 30, 2007
and
4,000,000 shares at December 31, 2006
|
350,000
|
1,200,000
|
|||||
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
22,135
|
18,861
|
|||||
|
Deferred
stock compensation
|
(272,222
|
)
|
(285,200
|
)
|
|||
|
Treasury
stock - 850,000 shares oustanding at December 31, 2006
|
0
|
(255,850
|
)
|
||||
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)
|
6,258,718
|
(3,094,326
|
)
|
||||
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)
|
$
|
6,792,723
|
$
|
11,563,432
|
|||
Thorium
Power Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(Unaudited)
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Cumulative Period
from January 8,
1992 (Inception) to
|
||||||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September 30,
|
||||||||||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
|
Revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
License
revenue
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
624,985
|
||||||
|
Total
Revenue
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
624,985
|
|||||||||||
|
Operating
Expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
3,907,464
|
2,121,768
|
1,113,731
|
1,224,973
|
17,062,025
|
|||||||||||
|
Research
and development expenses
|
297,064
|
10,000
|
141,593
|
0
|
4,223,622
|
|||||||||||
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
3,582,344
|
6,707,098
|
1,127,610
|
6,707,098
|
14,943,961
|
|||||||||||
|
Total
Operating Loss
|
7,786,872
|
8,838,866
|
2,382,934
|
7,932,071
|
35,604,623
|
|||||||||||
|
Other
(Income) and Expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Gain
on fair value of warrant derivatives
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(1,902,286
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Interest
income/expense, other
|
(301,824
|
)
|
10,154
|
(84,888
|
)
|
4,601
|
(448,654
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Stock
settlement expense
|
37,160
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
129,420
|
|||||||||||
|
Registration
right expense
|
21,440
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
375,146
|
|||||||||||
|
Warrant
expense
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
963,387
|
|||||||||||
|
Total
Other Income and Expenses
|
(243,224
|
)
|
10,154
|
(84,888
|
)
|
4,601
|
(882,987
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Net
Loss
|
$
|
(7,543,648
|
)
|
$
|
(8,849,020
|
)
|
$
|
(2,298,046
|
)
|
$
|
(7,936,672
|
)
|
$
|
34,721,636
|
||
|
Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Unrealized
Gain Marketable Securities
|
3,274
|
0
|
3,931
|
0
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
Comphensive Loss
|
$
|
(7,540,374
|
)
|
$
|
(8,849,020
|
)
|
$
|
(2,294,115
|
)
|
$
|
(7,936,672
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
Loss Per Common Share, Basic and diluted
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|||||
|
Weighted
Average Number of shares outstanding for the period used to compute
per
share data
|
296,297,409
|
120,883,001
|
296,170,196
|
118,025,548
|
||||||||||||
Thorium
Power Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
|
9
Months Ended
|
Cumulative
amounts
January 8, 1992
(Inception)
|
|||||||||
|
September
30,
|
to September
|
|||||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
30, 2007
|
||||||||
|
Operating
Activities
|
||||||||||
|
Net
Loss for the period
|
$
|
(7,543,648
|
)
|
$
|
(8,849,020
|
)
|
$
|
(34,721,636
|
)
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss from operations to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
|
Shares
issued for other than cash for payment of expenses
|
3,735,500
|
5,019,479
|
15,185,365
|
|||||||
|
Gain
on fair value of warrant liability
|
0
|
0
|
(1,902,286
|
)
|
||||||
|
Depreciation
and Amoritzation
|
6,213
|
19,363
|
363,424
|
|||||||
|
Gain
or loss on disposition of assets
|
0
|
0
|
86,855
|
|||||||
|
Warrant
Expense
|
0
|
0
|
963,387
|
|||||||
|
Settlement
Expense
|
37,161
|
0
|
129,421
|
|||||||
|
Allocated
general and administrative expenses - contributed capital
|
0
|
290,769
|
290,769
|
|||||||
|
Changes
in non-cash operating working capital items:
|
||||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
307,013
|
6,273
|
29,954
|
|||||||
|
Accounts
payable, accrued liabilities and other current liabilities
|
(999,311
|
)
|
(337,750
|
)
|
21,657
|
|||||
|
Other
assets
|
0
|
0
|
5,518
|
|||||||
|
Net
Cash (Used In) Operating Activities
|
(4,457,072
|
)
|
(3,850,886
|
)
|
(19,547,572
|
)
|
||||
|
Investing
Activities
|
||||||||||
|
Purchase
of equipment
|
0
|
(10,961
|
)
|
(285,145
|
)
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from the sale of equipment
|
0
|
0
|
13,583
|
|||||||
|
Acquisition
of patents
|
0
|
(6,664
|
)
|
(411,669
|
)
|
|||||
|
Other
|
3,274
|
0
|
(4,293
|
)
|
||||||
|
Net
Cash (Used In) Investing Activities
|
3,274
|
(17,625
|
)
|
(687,524
|
)
|
|||||
|
Financing
Activities
|
||||||||||
|
Proceeds
from Issue of common shares
|
0
|
2,202,678
|
14,498,016
|
|||||||
|
Capitalization
of Share Issue costs
|
0
|
0
|
(441,553
|
)
|
||||||
|
Payments
on notes payable and other
|
(3,685
|
)
|
(3,079
|
)
|
11,486
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
of loan - related party
|
0
|
1,766,628
|
384,690
|
|||||||
|
Repayment
of loan - related party
|
0
|
(41,830
|
)
|
(239,659
|
)
|
|||||
|
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
0
|
0
|
(255,850
|
)
|
||||||
|
Other
|
0
|
0
|
5,850
|
|||||||
|
Cash
acquired in recapitalization of Thorium Power Inc.
|
0
|
0
|
12,742,408
|
|||||||
|
Net
Cash Provided By Financing Activities
|
$
|
(3,685
|
)
|
$
|
3,924,397
|
$
|
26,705,388
|
|||
|
Net
Increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
$
|
(4,457,483
|
)
|
$
|
55,886
|
$
|
6,470,292
|
|||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents, Beginning Of Period
|
10,927,775
|
283
|
0
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents, End Of Period
|
$
|
6,470,292
|
$
|
56,169
|
$
|
6,470,292
|
||||
|
Supplemental
Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
|
||||||||||
|
Cash
paid during the year:
|
||||||||||
|
Interest
paid
|
$
|
524
|
$
|
3,880
|
$
|
4,404
|
||||
|
Income
taxes paid
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
|
Non-cash
transactions
|
||||||||||
|
Conversion
of liabilities to equity
|
$
|
1,410,884
|
$
|
4,100
|
$
|
1,514,084
|
||||
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
1. BASIS
OF PRESENTATION
The
unaudited financial information of Thorium Power Ltd. (the “Company”) and
subsidiaries furnished herein has been prepared by the Company pursuant to
the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and
reflects all adjustments, which in the opinion of management are necessary
to
fairly state the Company's interim financial position and the results of
its
operations for the periods presented. Certain information and note disclosures
normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP
have
been condensed or omitted from these statements pursuant to such rules and
regulations and, accordingly, this report on Form 10-QSB should be read in
conjunction with the Company's financial statements and notes thereto included
in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
The
Company assumes that the users of the interim financial information herein
have
read or have access to the audited financial statements for the preceding
fiscal
year and that the adequacy of additional disclosure needed for a fair
presentation may be determined in that context. Accordingly, footnote
disclosure, which would substantially duplicate the disclosure contained
in the
Company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, has been
omitted. The results of operations for the nine month and three month periods
ended September 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of results for the
entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
2. NATURE
OF OPERATIONS AND MERGER WITH THORIUM POWER INC.
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. is engaged in the development, promotion and marketing of its
three
patented nuclear fuel designs: (1) Thorium/uranium nuclear fuel, (2)
Thorium/reactor-grade plutonium disposing fuel, and (3) Thorium/weapons-grade
plutonium disposing fuel. These fuels are designed to be used in existing
light
water reactors. Presently, we are focusing most of our efforts on demonstrating
and testing our nuclear fuel technology for the Russian designed VVER-1000
reactors.
Once
our
reactor fuels are further developed and tested, we plan to license our
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. We anticipate having our technology fully developed
for
VVER-1000 reactors and our fuel tested in a VVER-1000 operating reactor in
the
next three years. Presently all our research, testing and demonstration
activities are being conducted in Russia. Our research operations are subject
to
various political, economic, and other risks and uncertainties inherent in
Russia.
Our
nuclear fuel process is dependent on the ability of suppliers of the mineral
thorium, to provide it to our 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 operating results of the
Company.
We
participate in a highly regulated industry that is characterized by governmental
regulation. Our 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 our technology, the ability to safeguard the
production of nuclear power and safeguarding our patents and intellectual
property from competitors. Due to these factors, we may experience substantial
period-to-period fluctuations in our future operating results.
Operations
to date have been devoted primarily to continued development of our fuel
designs, filing for certain patents relating to our technology, developing
strategic relationships within the nuclear industry, securing political and
some
financial support from the United States and Russian governments, and
administrative functions. We, therefore, based on our current operations,
prepare our accompanying consolidated financial statements as a Development
Stage Enterprise.
3. SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a)
Consolidation
These
financial statements include the accounts of Thorium Ltd (a Nevada corporation)
and our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Thorium Power, Inc. (a Delaware corporation)
and TP Acquisition Corp., (a Delaware corporation), collectively the
(“Company”).
On
October 6, 2006, a merger took place between Thorium Power, Ltd. and Thorium
Power, Inc. For financial reporting purposes, this merger transaction was
recorded as a recapitalization of Thorium Power, Inc., whereby Thorium Power,
Inc. is deemed to be the continuing surviving entity for accounting purposes,
but through reorganization, has deemed to have adopted the capital structure
of
Thorium Power, Ltd. Accordingly, all references to common shares of Thorium
Power Inc.’s common stock have been restated to reflect the equivalent number of
Thorium Power, Ltd.’s common shares.
All
significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in
consolidation.
b)
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 revenue and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
These
consolidated financial statements include some amounts that are based on
management's best estimates and judgments. The most significant estimates
relate
to valuation of stock grants, stock options and stock purchase warrants,
and
various contingent liabilities. These above-mentioned estimates and others
may
be adjusted as more current information becomes available, and any adjustment
could be significant in future reporting periods.
c)
Prior
Year Reclassifications
Certain
reclassifications have been made to our prior years' financial statements
in
order to conform to the current year presentation. On our Statement of
Operations, certain general and administrative expenses were combined into
the
one expense caption called general and administrative expenses. These
reclassifications had no effect on previously reported results of operations
or
accumulated deficit of Thorium Power, Inc.
d)
Warrants – Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncement
Warrants
issued in conjunction with equity financing were accounted for under the
Emerging Issues Task Force FSP (“EITF”) Issue No. 00-19, `Accounting for
Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to and Potentially Settled in a
Company's Own Stock'. In December 2006, the FASB approved FSP EITF 00-19-2
Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements, which establishes the standard
that contingent obligations to make future payments under a registration
rights
arrangement shall be recognized and measured separately in accordance with
Statement 5 and FASB Interpretation No. 14, Reasonable Estimation of the
Amount of a Loss. The Company has evaluated the effect of how FSP EITF 00-19-2
and FSP EITF Topic D-98 affected these accompanying financial statements.
The
adoption of FSP EITF 00-19-2 accounting pronouncement on January 1, 2007
changed
the classification of the warrant liability, total $1,132,440 at January
1,
2007, to stockholders’ equity (additional paid in capital).
4. Financial
Status and Going Concern Considerations – September 30, 2007
Management
anticipates, based on its current projected working capital requirements,
that
it will have enough working capital funds to sustain its current operations
at
its current operating level, until sometime during the second calendar quarter
of 2008. The Company will therefore need to raise additional capital before
the
end of the second quarter of 2008, either by having future issuances of its
stock or incurring debt, in order to provide the additional working capital
funds required to continue its operations into 2008 and beyond.
5. Research and
Development Costs
Research
and development costs, amounted to $297,064 and $10,000 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 respectively, and $141,593 and $0 for the
three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 respectively and $4,223,622
from
January 8, 1992 (Inception) to September 30, 2007
6.
Stockholders' Equity
Total
common stock outstanding at September 30, 2007 was 297,065,650. At September
30,
2007, there were 19,098,752 stock purchase warrants and 36,185,934 stock
options
outstanding, all totaling 352,350,336 of total stock and stock equivalents
outstanding September 30, 2007.
a).
Common Stock Issued With Registration Rights - Temporary Equity Reclassified
to
Permanent Equity
On
May 4,
2006, the Company completed a private placement with certain investors in
which
it sold an aggregate of 36,659,837 units, consisting of 36,659,837 shares
of its
restricted common stock and 18,329,918 common stock purchase warrants for
$15,580,431. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half
of a
non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the
holder
of the warrant to acquire one additional share of common stock at a price
of
$0.65 per share and expires twelve months from the closing date of the
subscription expiration date or term subsequently extended 6
months.
Under
the
terms of the sale, the investors were granted registration rights in which
the
Company agreed to timely file a registration statement to register the common
shares and the shares underlying the warrants, obtain effectiveness of the
registration statement by the SEC on or before September 1, 2006, and maintain
the effectiveness of this registration statement for a pre-set time thereafter.
In the event the Company failed to timely perform under the registration
rights
agreement, the Company agreed to pay the investors liquidated damages in
an
amount equal to 2% of the aggregate amount invested by the investors for
each
30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which
the registration statement should have been effective. The initial registration
statement was timely filed, however it was not declared effective by the
SEC
within the allowed time. Accordingly, the Company was liable to the investors
for liquidated damages under the registration rights agreement.
The
SEC
concluded that under EITF 00-19, common stock and warrants subject to
registration rights where significant liquidated damages could be required
to be
paid to the holder of the instrument in the event the issuer fails to maintain
the effectiveness of a registration statement for a preset time period, the
common stock subject to such liquidated damages does not meet the tests required
for shareholders' equity classification, and accordingly must be reflected
between liabilities and shareholders' equity in the balance sheet until the
conditions are eliminated. In analyzing instruments under EITF 00-19, the
likelihood or probability related to the failure to maintain an effective
registration statement is not a factor.
Based
on
the above interpretation, as of May 4, 2006, the Company classified $12,041,373
for the value of common stock subject to registration rights as temporary
equity
instead of shareholders' equity. In addition, the Company measured the initial
fair value of the warrants on May 4, 2006 at $3,539,058 and classified at
that
date the fair value of the warrants as warrant liability instead of
shareholders' equity.
At
the
end of each reporting period, the value of these warrants was re-measured
based
on the fair value of the underlying shares, and changes to the warrant liability
and related “gain or loss in fair value of the warrants” was recorded as a
non-cash charge or credit to earnings. The warrant liability was reclassified
to
shareholders' equity when the Company adopted a new accounting pronoucement
FSP
00-19-2 as mentioned above in 2007.
The
SEC
has recently issued further guidance on EITF Topic No. D-98 (financial statement
classification of securities issued between permanent equity and temporary
equity), and this SEC staff guidance specifically mentions that registration
payment arrangements are considered to be a separate unit of account, and
these
registration payment arrangements are now accounted for in accordance with
FASB
Staff Position FSP 00-19-2 as a contingent obligation and not part of the
classification of equity. Therefore the SEC staff has generally concluded
that
the classification of financial instruments between permanent equity and
temporary equity should not take into account the registration payment
arrangement. The Company has no registration payment liabilities as of September
30, 2007. Based on the above, the Company classified $12,041,373 for the
value
of common stock subject to registration rights as permanent equity instead
of
temporary equity.
b)
Share-based Compensation
The
Company has in place a stock-based compensation plan to reward for services
rendered by officers, directors, employees and consultants. On July 17, 2006,
the Company amended this stock plan. The Company has reserved 75,000,000
shares
of common stock of its unissued share capital for the stock plan. Other
limitations are as follows:
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i).
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No
more than an aggregate of 37.5 million shares may be issued in
the form of
restricted shares during the term of the stock
plan;
|
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ii).
|
The
maximum number of shares of common stock with respect to which
options may
be granted to any one person during any fiscal year of the Company
may not
exceed 8,000,000 shares; and
|
|
iii).
|
The
maximum number of restricted shares which may be granted to any
one person
during any fiscal year of the Company may not exceed 5,000,000
shares.
On
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted FAS-123R. In March 2005, the
SEC
staff expressed their views with respect to FAS-123R in Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 107, Share-Based Payment (“SAB 107”). SAB 107 provides
guidance on valuing options. Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company
accounted for share-based payments under the recognition and measurement
provisions of APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees
(“APB 25”), and related Interpretations, as permitted by FAS-123. In
accordance with APB 25, no compensation cost was required to be
recognized
for options granted that had an exercise price equal to the market
value
of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The Company
adopted
FAS-123R using the modified-prospective-transition method. Under
that
transition method, compensation cost recognized in future interim
and
annual reporting periods includes: a) compensation cost for all
share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of
January 1,
2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance
with the
original provisions of FAS-123, and b) compensation cost for all
share-based payments granted subsequent to January 1, 2006, based
on the
grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions
of
FAS-123R.
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The
adoption of FAS-123R had no effect on cash flow from operations or cash flow
from financing activities for the three months ended June 30, 2007. FAS-123R
requires the cash flows from tax benefits resulting from tax deductions in
excess of the compensation cost recognized for those options (“excess tax
benefits”) to be classified as financing cash flows. Prior to the adoptions of
FAS-123R, excess tax benefits would have been classified as operating cash
inflows. The Company has not recognized, and does not expect to recognize
in the near future, any tax benefit related to stock-based compensation costs
as
a result of the full valuation allowance on our net operating loss carry
forwards.
The
Company recognizes share-based compensation expense for all service-based
awards
with graded vesting schedules on a straight-line basis over the requisite
service period for the entire award. Initial accruals of compensation expense
are based on the estimated number of shares for which requisite service is
expected to be rendered. Estimates are revised if subsequent information
indicates that forfeitures will differ from previous estimates, and the
cumulative effect on compensation cost of a change in the estimated forfeitures
is recognized in the period of the change.
For
awards with service conditions and graded vesting that were granted prior
to the
adoption of FAS-123R, the Company estimates the requisite service period
and the
number of shares expected to vest and recognize compensation expense for
each
tranche on a straight-line basis over the estimated requisite service period
of
the award or over a period ending with an employee's eligible retirement
date,
if earlier. Adjustments to compensation expense as a result of revising the
estimated requisite service period are recognized prospectively.
Total
stock options outstanding at September 30, 2007 were 36,185,934 and 18,080,603
of these total options were vested at September 30, 2007.
Stock
option transactions to the employees, directors, advisory board members and
consultants are summarized as follows:
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September 30, 2007
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Stock
Options Outstanding
|
||||
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Outstanding –
Beginning of Period
|
34,578,993
|
|||
|
Issued
|
8,307,990
|
|||
|
Expired
|
(6,395,495
|
)
|
||
|
Forfeited
|
(305,554
|
)
|
||
|
Outstanding
end of the period
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36,185,934
|
|||
|
Options
exercisable at the end of the period
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18,080,603
|
|||
The
above
table includes options issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2007 from
Thorium Power, Ltd. as follows:
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i).
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A
total of 4,950,000 non-qualified 10 year options have been issued
by
Thorium Power, Ltd., to advisory board members at exercise prices
of $0.25
to $0.64 per share.
|
|
ii).
|
A
total of 6,000,000 non-qualified 5 year options have been issued
to
advisory board members at an exercise prices of $.27 to $0.445
per share
and
|
|
iii).
|
A
total of 18,903,654 non-qualified 2 year, 5 year and 10 year options
have
been issued to directors and officers of the Company, at exercise
prices
of $0.30 to $0.80 per share. From this total, 7,200,000 options
were
issued to Chief Executive Officer who is also a director, on February
14,
2006, with a remaining contractual life of 8.8 years. On January
16, 2007
our Chief Executive Officer was issued 1,486,412 options to replace
the
same number of stock options he was granted from Thorium Power,
Inc, prior
to the merger, that were expiring January 2007. The exercise price
of
these options was increased from its original strike price of $0.39
per
share to $0.50 per share with a new contractual life of 2 years.
Also from
the total options cited above, 1 million options were issued to
our Chief
Operating Officer, pursuant to an employment agreement, on February
1,
2007 at an exercise price of $0.35 per share, vesting over 4 years
with
the first 6 months vesting on August 1, 2007, with a contractual
term of
10 years. Also included are 1,500,000 options issued July 5, 2007
to our
Chairman of the Board, pursuant to an employment agreement at an
exercise
of $0.27 per share, vesting over 3 years, with a contractual term
of 10
years.
|
The
following table provides certain information with respect to the
above-referenced stock options that are outstanding and exercisable at September
30, 2007:
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|
Stock
Options Outstanding
|
Stock
Options Vested
|
|||||||||||
|
Exercise
Prices
|
Number of
Awards |
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life – Years |
Number of
Awards |
Weighted
Average Exercise Price |
|||||||||
|
$0.16
- $0.29
|
10,516,256
|
5.64
|
6,778,761
|
$
|
0.20
|
||||||||
|
$0.30-$0.44
|
3,292,242
|
4.95
|
1,253,356
|
$
|
0.34
|
||||||||
|
$0.45-$0.63
|
13,177,436
|
5.82
|
6,240,149
|
$
|
0.49
|
||||||||
|
$0.64-$0.80
|
9,200,000
|
8.42
|
3,808,337
|
$
|
0.77
|
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Total
|
36,185,934
|
6.35
|
18,080,603
|
$
|
0.46
|
||||||||
Assumptions
used in the Black Scholes option-pricing model are as follows:
The
aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding at September 30, 2007
was
$ 288,313 of which $ 288,313 relates to vested awards. Intrinsic value is
calculated based on the difference between the exercise price of the underlying
awards and the quoted price of our common stock as of the reporting date
($0.21
per share as of September 30, 2007).
|
|
June 30, 2007
|
|||
|
Average
risk-free interest rate
|
4.06%
- 4.52%
|
|
||
|
Average
expected life
|
10
years
|
|||
|
Expected
volatility
|
96%
- 275%
|
|
||
|
Expected
dividends
|
0%
|
|
||
During
the nine and three months ended September 30, 2007, $3,582,344 and $1,127,610
respectively was recorded as stock-based compensation expense in the statement
of operations. The result of all the above stock option grants included in
stock-based compensation in the statement of operations, totaled $3,219,365
and
$1,091,343 respectively, for the nine and three months ended September 30,
2007
(non-deductible for tax purposes, may provide a tax deduction for the Company
when exercised). Stock compensation to executive officers totaled $77,778
for
the nine months ended September 30, 2007. This compensation was recorded
as a
result of the issuance of 1 million shares of restricted stock to the Company’s
new Chief Operating Officer, pursuant to an employment agreement entered
into
effective February 1, 2007. These shares vest monthly over a 36 month period
and
the stock price was $0.35 per share on the date of the agreement. This stock
issuance resulted in a total deferred stock compensation expense of $350,000,
to
be recognized over a 36 month period starting February 1, 2007. For the nine
and
three months ended September 30, 2007, $77,778 and $29,167 respectively of
this
total compensation amount was recognized as stock compensation expense and
the
remaining amount $272,222 was recorded as deferred stock compensation, a
contra
equity account on the balance sheet. Some stock volatility factors used by
Thorium Power Ltd. for five option grants in its fiscal year ended June 30,
2006
calculated the volatility factor for Black Scholes using the term of the
option,
which is general practice, not from the announcement date of the merger,
January
5, 2006, which was later determined to be a more applicable date range due
to
the announcement date being the date the stock market reflected the merger
in
the valuation of the Company's stock. This difference in these volatility
factors for these five option grants is not material to these financial
statements, therefore, no current adjustment to the volatility factors was
made
to these financial statements for these five option grants and we have decided
to continue to use these factors for future expense recognition of options
under
SFAS #123R.
c).
Warrants
At
September 30, 2007, there were 19,098,752 warrants outstanding.
At
September 30, 2007 the range of warrant prices for shares under warrants
and the
weighted-average remaining contractual life are as follows:
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|
Warrants Outstanding
and Exercisable |
||||||
|
Warrants
- Exercise Price
|
Number of
Warrants |
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life – Years |
|||||
|
$0.39
|
256,278
|
0.75
|
|||||
|
$0.39
|
512,556
|
.90
|
|||||
|
$0.65
|
18,329,918
|
0.11
|
|||||
|
Total
|
19,098,752
|
0.14
|
|||||
The
investors in the May 4, 2006 private placements received detachable warrants
for
the purchase of 18,329,918 shares of common stock, which were valued at
$3,539,058. For purposes of estimating the intrinsic fair value of each warrant
as of dates of the private placements, the Company utilized the Black Scholes
option-pricing model. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrants
assuming no expected dividends and the following weighted-average
assumptions:
|
|
June 30, 2007
|
|||
|
Average
risk-free interest rate
|
2.86%
- 4.30%
|
|
||
|
Average
expected life
|
1
year
|
|||
|
Expected
volatility
|
142%
- 153%
|
|
||
|
Expected
dividends
|
0%
|
|
||
d).
Common Stock and Warrants reserved for Future Issuance
Common
stock and warrants reserved for future issuance consists of:
|
|
Shares
of
Common
Stock
|
Stock
Purchase
Warrants
|
Amount
|
|||||||
|
Stock-based
Compensation
|
1,000,000
|
0
|
$
|
350,000
|
||||||
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% effective tax rate) as of September 30,
2007
are as follows:
|
|
|
Total Amount
|
|
Deferred
Tax
Asset Amount |
|
||
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
|
|
5,542,703
|
2,217,081
|
|
||
|
Approximate
net operating loss
|
|
|
29,178,933
|
11,671,573
|
|
||
|
Less:
valuation allowance
|
|
|
(34,721,636
|
)
|
|
(13,888,654)
|
)
|
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
Management
believes that it is more likely than not that the forecasted taxable income
will
not be sufficient to utilize the tax carryforwards of approximately $29,178,933,
before its expiration in 2012 to and 2027 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. The Company will
also
be subject to limitations under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 regarding
the
use of its net operating loss carryforwards in future tax years.
8. Research
Agreement
The
Company has recently reached an agreement with Federal State Unitary Enterprise
“Red Star”, a Russian government owned entity, on all terms of a contract
whereby Thorium Power's seed and blanket fuel designs will undergo further
irradiation testing with the goal of moving toward deployment within full-sized
commercial reactors. The Company is also working on finalizing a
Cooperative Research Agreement and a Joint Venture agreement with Red Star.
These agreements are subject to approval by the Russian Federal Agency for
Atomic Energy (RosAtom), which the Company expects to be completed during
2007
to early 2008.
9. Commitments
and Contingencies
The
Company has employment agreements with its executive officers, the terms
of
which expire at various times. Such agreements provide for minimum compensation
levels, as well as incentive bonuses that are payable if specified management
goals are attained. Under each of the agreements, in the event the officer's
employment is terminated (other than voluntarily by the officer or by the
Company for cause or upon the death of the officer), the Company, if all
provisions of the employment agreements are met, is committed to pay certain
benefits, including specified monthly severance.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB contains forward-looking statements within
the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”). The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“project,” “target,” “optimistic,” “intend,” “aim,” “will” or similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
include, among others, those concerning our expected financial performance
and
strategic and operational plans, as well as all assumptions, expectations,
predictions, intentions or beliefs about future events. These statements are
based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to us and reflect our current view concerning
future events. As such, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among many
others: our significant operating losses; our limited operating history;
uncertainty of capital resources; the speculative nature of our business; our
ability to successfully implement new strategies; present and possible future
governmental regulations; operating hazards; competition; the loss of key
personnel; any of the factors in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB; other risks identified in this Report; and any
statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. You should also
carefully review other reports that we file with the SEC. The Company assumes
no
obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements,
except as required by law.
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MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF
OPERATION.
|
The
following analysis discusses changes in the financial condition and results
of
operations of Thorium Power, Ltd. and it’s subsidiary, Thorium Power, Inc., at
and for the nine months ended on September 30, 2007 and 2006, and should be
read
in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the
notes thereto.
General
Overview
On
October 6, 2006, we acquired Thorium Power, Inc. through a merger transaction.
Thorium Power, Inc. has patented proprietary nuclear fuel designs for use in
existing commercial nuclear power plants. The merger was accounted for as a
reverse merger and Thorium Power, Inc. is being treated as the accounting
acquirer.
As
discussed in more detail below, in connection with the merger, we changed our
line of business. This new line of business, which is now our only business
line, is research and development of proprietary nuclear fuel designs for use
in
nuclear power plants. We began to shift our focus to this business in
anticipation of the merger with Thorium Power, Inc. and, upon completion of
the
merger, this business is conducted through both Thorium Power, Inc. and the
Company. Our historical business preceding the merger was mineral exploration
which has been phased out completely.
We
are a
development stage company. We are primarily engaged in the development of
proprietary nuclear fuel designs which we intend ultimately to introduce for
sale into three markets: (1) nuclear fuel designs for use in commercial nuclear
power plants, (2) nuclear fuel designs for reactor-grade plutonium disposition,
and (3) nuclear fuel designs for weapons-grade plutonium disposition. These
fuel
designs are primarily for use in existing or future VVER-1000 light water
reactors. We have also been conducting research and development relating to
a
variant of these nuclear fuel designs for use in existing pressurized water
reactors (PWR).
Our
future customers may include nuclear fuel fabricators and/or nuclear power
plants, and/or the U.S. or foreign governments.
To
date,
our operations have been devoted primarily to the development and demonstration
of our nuclear fuel designs, developing strategic relationships within and
outside of the nuclear power industry, securing political and financial support
from the U.S. and Russian governments, the filing of patent applications and
related administrative functions. We do not currently have any revenues from
our
activities in this area and expect that we will not generate licensing revenues
from this business for several years, until our fuel designs can be fully tested
and demonstrated and we obtain the proper approvals to use our nuclear fuel
designs in nuclear reactors. Future revenues could be generated through the
licensing of our technology and also by providing other services in the nuclear
power industry. Accordingly, we prepare our financial statements as a
development stage company in accordance with FASB Statement No. 7, “Accounting
and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises.”
Material
Opportunities and Challenges
We
believe that a major opportunity for us is the possibility that our fuel
designs, which are currently in the research and development stage, will be
used
in the manufacturing of nuclear fuel utilized in many existing light water
nuclear reactors. Light water reactors are the dominant reactor types currently
in use in the world and fuels for such reactors constitute the majority of
the
commercial market for nuclear fuel. Our focus is on three different types,
or
variants, of thorium fuel designs. The first is designed to provide reactor
owner-operators with an economically viable alternative fuel that will not
generate weapons-usable plutonium in the spent fuel. The second is designed
to
dispose of reactor-grade plutonium that has been extracted from spent fuel
from
commercial rectors and stockpiled in Russia, Western Europe, the U.S., Japan
and
other countries. The third is designed to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium
that is stockpiled in Russia and the United States. All three of these fuel
variants are expected to have additional benefits, including reduced volume
and
reduced long-term radio-toxicity of spent fuel for the same amount of
electricity generated, as compared with the uranium fuels that are currently
used in light water reactors and as compared with mixed
oxide (MOX) fuel, a mixture of uranium oxide and recovered plutonium oxide
which
is a recycling technology used by a small number of nuclear power
plants.
Our
nuclear fuel designs have never been demonstrated in a full-size commercial
reactor. Our planned demonstration of the fuels in a VVER-1000 reactor in Russia
would provide operating experience that is critical to reactor owners and
regulatory authorities. We believe that once the fuels have been demonstrated
in
the VVER-1000 reactor, this can help convince other light water reactor
operators around the world to accept our thorium fuel designs.
We
believe that our greatest challenge will be acceptance of these fuel designs
by
nuclear power plant operators, which have in the past been hesitant to be the
first to use a new type of nuclear fuel. In addition, our fuel designs would
require regulatory approval by relevant nuclear regulatory authorities, such
as
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the United States or its equivalent
agencies in other countries, before they can be used in commercial reactors.
The
regulatory review process, which is outside of our control, may take longer
than
expected and may delay a rollout of the fuel designs into the market. Management
believes that demonstration of one of the Company’s fuel designs in a commercial
nuclear reactor would make deployment of the other designs easier due to the
many similarities that exist among all of our fuel designs.
Plan
of Operation
At
September 30, 2007, our total assets were approximately $6,792,723
of which
$6,470,292
was
cash. Liabilities as of September 30, 2007 totaled approximately $534,005.
We
had working capital surplus of approximately $6,030,621 at September 30, 2007.
Management
presently expects that our present working capital will meet our
foreseeable working capital needs for the next 6 to 8 months from the date
of
this filing of the Form 10-QSB, depending on when we start the $5 million
funding of our nuclear fuel designs, as mentioned below. Our current average
monthly projected working capital requirements, excluding the $5 million of
research and development expenses we expect to incur in Russia over the next
12-15 months, is approximately $500,000 per month (including approximately
$100,000 per month for payroll and payroll-related fringe benefits). We will
need to raise additional capital by way of an offering of equity securities,
an
offering of debt securities, or by obtaining financing through a bank or other
entity sometime before the end of the second quarter of 2008 in order to insure
we have the necessary working capital available to continue our operations
throughout 2008. That financing, however, may not be available or we may not
be
able to obtain that financing on terms acceptable to us. If additional funds
are
raised through the issuance of equity securities, there may be a significant
dilution in the value of our outstanding common stock.
Over
the
next 12-15 months we expect to incur approximately $5 million in research and
development expenses related to the development of our proprietary nuclear
fuel
designs. Of the $5 million, the cost of seed and blanket fuel fabrication
equipment that would be purchased and used to fabricate trial seed and blanket
fuel rods is expected to be approximately $2 million and the cost of nuclear
materials used in fabrication of trial seed and blanket fuel rods is estimated
at about $850,000. We expect to incur these expenses after we have reached
a
formal agreement with Russian nuclear entities that will grant us licensing
and
other rights to use such technologies or intellectual property developed by
the
Russian entities. Any such agreement would require formal review and approval
by
the Russian Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (RosAtom). We expect this agreement
to be finalized and submitted for formal approval to RosAtom within the next
several months and these research expenses to be in the range of approximately
$1.5 million to $2.0 million for fiscal 2007 and the first several months of
2008, but it is possible that such expenses could be less or more than
those amounts. We spent approximately $297,064 and $141,593 for the nine months
and three months ended September 30, 2007.
Over
the
next 3 years, we expect that our research and development activities will be
primarily focused on testing and demonstration of our thorium/uranium and
thorium/reactor-grade plutonium disposing fuel designs. The main objective
of
this research and development phase is to prepare for full-scale demonstration
of our nuclear fuel technology in an operating commercial VVER-1000 reactor
in
Russia. Key research and development activities will include: (1) Scaling up
the
fuel fabrication process to full length (10 feet) rods used in commercial
VVER-1000 reactors, (2) Validating thermal hydraulic performance of full size
(10 feet) seed and blanket fuel assembly, (3) Performing post-irradiation
examination of seed and blanket fuel samples that have been irradiated in a
research reactor to confirm fuel performance, and (4) Obtaining final regulatory
approvals for insertion of fuel in VVER-1000 commercial reactors. As this
research and development program relates to commercial applications of our
fuel
technology and retaining ownership or control over as much key intellectual
property as we possibly can is critical to the long-term success of our
licensing business model, our plan is to fully fund these research and
development activities ourselves. At the same time, we do not currently plan
to
fund research, testing and demonstration of our thorium/weapons-grade plutonium
disposing fuel, which can only be used in the U.S.-Russia
government-to-government weapons-grade plutonium disposition program and has
no
commercial applications. Hence, funding for any future research and development
activities on this fuel design would have to be provided by the U.S. government
or other stakeholders.
Additionally,
we will be increasing our payroll and related fringe benefits costs as well
as
our consulting expenses for the remainder of our fiscal year ended December
31,
2007, as we have hired a permanent Chief Financial Officer and will be employing
more people to add to our consulting team
Results
of Operations
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2007
We
had no
revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2007.
Our
total
operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 were
$7,786,872 consisting
of:
|
·
|
$3,582,344
of stock based compensation;
|
|
·
|
$1,401,413 in
professional fees consisting of
|
|
o
|
$464,019
of legal fees
|
|
o
|
$411,272
of public, investor and government
relations
|
|
o
|
$249,376
of audit, SOX 404 consulting and accounting
fees
|
|
o
|
$276,746
of other professional and consulting
fees
|
|
·
|
$1,059,338 of
payroll and payroll related
expenses
|
|
·
|
$297,064
of research and development
expenses
|
|
·
|
$368,365
of advisory board fees and related advisory board travel
expenses
|
|
·
|
$519,751
of travel and travel related
expenses
|
|
·
|
$558,597 in
other general and administrative
expenses.
|
Other
income and expense was $243,224 of net other income for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007. This consists primarily of interest income earned of
$302,466.
Our
net
loss was $7,543,648 and $8,849,020 for
the
nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Our cumulative
loss
from January 8, 1992 to September 30, 2007 was $34,721,636.
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2006
We
had no
revenues in 2006.
Our
total
operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was
$8,838,866 consisting
of:
|
·
|
$10,000
of research and development expenses
|
|
·
|
$6,707,098
of stock-based compensation
|
|
·
|
$550,000
of contributions to the University of Texas of the Permian
Basin
|
|
·
|
$188,707
in professional fees
|
|
·
|
$245,630
of payroll and payroll related
expenses
|
|
·
|
$106,546
of travel expenses
|
|
·
|
$1,030,885 in
other general and administrative expenses (including allocated expenses,
see below)
|
In
accordance with the Security and Exchange Commissions Staff Accounting Bulletin
SAB.T.1B1, an allocation of expenses attributable to Thorium Power, Inc., was
made to Thorium Power, Inc. from Thorium Power, Ltd. for periods prior to the
merger date of October 6, 2006. The total expenses allocated to Thorium Power,
Inc. up to October 6, 2006 (merger date) were $7,477,700, which consisted of
$875,602 of general and administrative expenses and $6,602,098 of stock based
compensation from Thorium Power, Ltd. These total allocated expenses of
approximately $7.5 million were recorded as deemed capital contributions to
Thorium Power Inc. by Thorium Power Ltd. These expenses are recorded by Thorium
Power Inc. prior to the merger on October 6, 2006, in the third quarter of
2006.
Other
income and expense was $10,154
of net
other expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. This consists
primarily of $4,500 of foreign currency translation loss and interest
expense.
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2007
We
had no
revenues during the three months ended September 30, 2007.
Our
total
operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2007 were
$2,382,934 consisting
of:
|
·
|
$1,127,610
of stock based compensation;
|
|
·
|
$422,691 in
professional fees consisting of
|
|
o
|
$179,394
of legal fees
|
|
o
|
$120,947
of public, investor and government
relations
|
|
o
|
$86,673
of audit, SOX 404 consulting and accounting
fees
|
|
o
|
$35,677
of other professional and consulting
fees
|
|
·
|
$279,776 of
payroll and payroll related
expenses
|
|
·
|
$141,593
of research and development
expenses
|
|
·
|
$155,957
of advisory board fees and related advisory board travel
expenses
|
|
·
|
$182,373
of travel and travel related
expenses
|
|
·
|
$25,000
of contributions to the University of Texas of the Permian
Basin
|
|
·
|
$47,934 in
other general and administrative
expenses.
|
Other
income and expense was $84,888 of net other income for the three months ended
September 30, 2007. This consists primarily of interest income earned of
$85,006. Our net loss was $2,298,046 and $7,936,672 for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2006
We
had no
revenues during the three months ended September 30, 2006.
Our
total
operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2006 was
$7,932,071 consisting
of:
|
·
|
$6,602,098
of stock based compensation;
|
|
·
|
$3,024 in
professional fees
|
|
·
|
$77,449 of
payroll and payroll related
expenses
|
|
·
|
$63,464
of travel and travel related
expenses
|
|
·
|
$875,602
of allocated general
and administrative expenses prior to the merger (discussed
above)
|
|
·
|
$310,434
of other general and administrative
expenses
|
Other
income and expense was $4,601 of net other expense for the three months ended
September 30, 2006. This consists primarily of interest expense.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of
September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, we had cash and cash equivalents
of
$6,470,292 and
$10,927,775, respectively. The following table provides detailed information
about our net cash flow for all financial statements periods presented in this
Report.
Cash
Flow
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
|
Net
cash (used in) operating activities
|
$
|
(4,457,072
|
)
|
$
|
(3,850,886
|
)
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
$
|
3,274
|
$
|
(17,625
|
)
|
||
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
$
|
(3,685
|
)
|
$
|
3,924,397
|
||
|
Net
cash inflow (outflow)
|
$
|
(4,457,483
|
)
|
$
|
55,886
|
||
Operating
Activities:
Net
cash
used for operating activities was $4,457,072 for
the
nine months ended September 30, 2007, which is an increase of $606,186 from
the
$3,850,886 net
cash
used for operating activities for the same period in 2006. This increase was
mainly due to the
increase in our operating expenses which resulted in an increase in our net
loss
for the period.
Investing
Activities:
Net
cash
provided by investing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2007
was
$3,274, which is an increase of $20,899 from
net
cash used for investing activities of $17,625 in
the
same period of 2006, due to a decrease in the purchase of equipment and the
acquisition of patents in 2006.
Financing
Activities:
Net
cash
used by financing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 totaled
$3,685 as
compared to $3,924,397 provided by financing activities in the same period
of
2006. This decrease of the cash provided by financing activities was mainly
attributable to decrease
in proceeds from the issuance of common stock of approximately $2.2 million
and
the decrease in the loans from related party (Thorium Power Ltd.
to
Thorium Power Inc. prior to the merger October 6, 2006) of approximately $1.8
million.
While
management expects these proceeds will meet our foreseeable needs for the next
6-8 months, we will need to raise additional capital by way of an offering
of
equity securities, an offering of debt securities, or by obtaining financing
through a bank or other entity. If we need to obtain additional financing,
that
financing may not be available or we may not be able to obtain that financing
on
terms acceptable to us. If additional funds are raised through the issuance
of
equity securities, there may be a significant dilution in the value of our
outstanding common stock.
Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements
We
do not
have any off balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely
to
have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial
condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity or capital
expenditures or capital resources that is material to an investor in our
securities.
Seasonality
Our
business has not been subject to any material seasonal variations in operations,
although this may change in the future.
Inflation
As
a
development stage company, our business, revenues and operating results have
not
been affected in any material way by inflation.
Critical
Accounting Policies
The
SEC
issued Financial Reporting Release No. 60, "Cautionary Advice Regarding
Disclosure about Critical Accounting Policies" suggesting that companies provide
additional disclosure and commentary on their most critical accounting policies.
In Financial Reporting Release No. 60, the SEC has defined the most critical
accounting policies as the ones that are most important to the portrayal of
a
company's financial condition and operating results, and require management
to
make its most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the
need
to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. Based on this
definition, we have identified the following significant policies as critical
to
the understanding of our financial statements.
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make a variety of estimates and
assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial
statements and (ii) the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting periods covered by the financial statements.
Our
management expects to make judgments and estimates about the effect of matters
that are inherently uncertain. As the number of variables and assumptions
affecting the future resolution of the uncertainties increase, these judgments
become even more subjective and complex. Although we believe that our estimates
and assumptions are reasonable, actual results may differ significantly from
these estimates. Changes in estimates and assumptions based upon actual results
may have a material impact on our results of operation and/or financial
condition. We have identified certain accounting policies that we believe are
most important to the portrayal of our current financial condition and results
of operations. Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2
to
the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form
10-KSB filed with the Commission on March 20, 2007, as amended on September
11,
2007.
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities
We
will
recognize the expected future tax benefit from deferred tax assets when the
tax
benefit is considered to be more likely than not of being realized. Assessing
the recoverability of deferred tax assets requires management to make
significant estimates related to expectations of future taxable income.
Estimates of future taxable income are based on forecasted cash flows and the
application of existing tax laws in each jurisdiction. To the extent that future
cash flows and taxable income differ significantly from estimates, our ability
to realize deferred tax assets could be impacted. Additionally, future changes
in tax laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate could limit our ability
to
obtain the future tax benefits.
Accounting
for Stock Based Compensation, Stock Options and Warrants Granted to Employees
and Non-employees
We
adopted the provisions of SFAS 123R, which requires the use of the fair value
method of accounting for share-based compensation. Under the fair value based
method, compensation cost related to employee stock options or similar equity
instruments is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and
is
recognized over the service period, which is usually the vesting period. SFAS
123R also requires measurement of cost of a liability-classified award based
on
its current fair value. The fair value of the liability-classified award
will be subsequently re-measured at each reporting date through the settlement
date. Change in fair value during the requisite service period will be
recognized as compensation cost over that period. We determine fair value
using the Black-Scholes model. Under this model, certain assumptions, including
the risk-free interest rate, the expected life of the options and the estimated
fair value of our ordinary shares and the expected volatility, are required
to
determine the fair value of the options. If different assumptions had been
used,
the fair value of the options would have been different from the amount we
computed and recorded, which would have resulted in either an increase or
decrease in the compensation expense.
The
options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The
assumptions used were as follows: volatility of 96% to 275%, a risk-free
interest rate of 4.06% to 4.52%, dividend yield of 0% and an exercise term
of
one to five years.
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
We
maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures. The term “disclosure
controls and procedures,” as defined by regulations of the SEC, means controls
and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required
to be
disclosed in the reports that we file or submit to the SEC under the Exchange
Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the SEC’s rules, regulations and forms. Disclosure controls and
procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that
we
file or submit to the SEC under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated
to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal
financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate
to
allow timely decisions to be made regarding required disclosure. Each of Seth
Grae, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Larry Goldman, our Acting
Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the design and operating effectiveness
of
our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2007. Based upon
their evaluation, these executive officers have concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures are effective as of September 30, 2007, and were
effective during the entire quarter ended September 30, 2007.
Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting.
We also
maintain internal control over financial reporting. The term “internal control
over financial reporting,” as defined by regulations of the SEC, means a process
designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by
the
our board of directors, management and other personnel, 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 procedures in the U.S. (“GAAP”), and includes those policies
and procedures that:
|
·
|
Pertain
to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately
and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our
assets;
|
|
·
|
Provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and
that our
receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of our management and directors; and
|
|
·
|
Provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could
have
a material effect on our consolidated financial
statements.
|
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
There
has been no change to our internal control over financial reporting during
the
quarter ended September 30, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
| ITEM 1. |
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
|
From
time
to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which
arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to
inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may
arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware
of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material
adverse affect on our business, financial condition or operating
results.
| ITEM 2. |
UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES OR USE OF
PROCEEDS
|
There
were no unregistered sales of equity securities in the three months ended
September 30, 2007.
| ITEM 3. |
DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
|
There
were no defaults upon senior securities in the three months ended September
30,
2007.
| ITEM 4. |
SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS
|
No
matters were submitted to a vote of security holders in the three months ended
September 30, 2007.
| ITEM 5. |
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
N/A
| ITEM 6. |
EXHIBITS
|
The
following exhibits are filed with this report, except those indicated as having
previously been filed with the SEC and are incorporated by reference to another
report, registration statement or form. As to any shareholder of record
requesting a copy of this report, we will furnish any exhibit indicated in
the
list below as filed with this report upon payment to us of our expenses in
furnishing the information.
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
|
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on December 17,
1999).
|
|
|
3.2
|
By-laws
(incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on September 18, 2006).
|
|
|
4.1
|
2005
Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of Custom Brand Networks,
Inc.
dated March 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 10,
2005).
|
|
|
4.2
|
2005
Augmented Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of the Company
dated
August 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 19, 2005).
|
|
|
4.3
|
2006
Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current
report of the Company on Form 8-K filed February 21,
2006)
|
|
|
31.1*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Executive
Officer
|
|
|
31.2*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Accounting
Officer
|
|
|
32*
|
Section
1350 Certifications
|
SIGNATURES
In
accordance with section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the
Registrant caused this Report on Form 10-QSB to be signed on its behalf by
the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized individual.
Date:
October 25, 2007
|
THORIUM
POWER, LTD.
|
|||
|
By:
|
/s/ Seth Grae | ||
|
Seth
Grae
|
|||
|
Chief
Executive Officer,
|
|||
|
President
and Director
|
|||
EXHIBIT
INDEX
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
|
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on December 17,
1999).
|
|
|
3.2
|
By-laws
(incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on September 18, 2006).
|
|
|
4.1
|
2005
Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of Custom Brand Networks,
Inc.
dated March 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 10,
2005).
|
|
|
4.2
|
2005
Augmented Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of the Company
dated
August 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 19, 2005).
|
|
|
4.3
|
2006
Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current
report of the Company on Form 8-K filed February 21,
2006)
|
|
|
31.1*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Executive
Officer
|
|
|
31.2*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Accounting
Officer
|
|
|
32*
|
Section
1350 Certifications
|
*Filed
Herewith