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Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurances that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and concluded that, as of December 31, 2012, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective due to the existence of material weaknesses in our internal controls.
A material weakness is a control deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, that results in a more than remote likelihood that a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our management, in consultation with our independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that a material weakness existed in the following areas as of December 31, 2012:
While the Company has identified certain areas of potential material weaknesses in its system of internal control over financial reporting, it believes that it has taken reasonable steps to ascertain that the financial information contained in this report is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our management has determined that current resources would be appropriately applied elsewhere and when resources permit, it will address and remediate potential material weaknesses through implementing various controls or changes to controls. At such time as we have additional financial resources available to us, we intend to enhance our controls and procedures. We will not be able to assess whether the steps we intend to take will fully remedy the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting until we have fully implemented them and sufficient time passes in order to evaluate their effectiveness.
Changes in Internal Controls
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2012 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Our control systems are designed to provide such reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include, but are not limited to, the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
In November and December 2012, we completed three closings of a private placement offering pursuant to which we sold 2,500,667 units of securities (“PPO Unit”) for gross proceeds of $375,100, at a purchase price equal to the lesser of (i) $0.20 per PPO Unit or (ii) the five day volume weighted average price immediately preceding the applicable closing (“VWAP”), which purchase price was subsequently fixed at $0.15 per Unit, with each PPO Unit consisting of (a) one share of common stock and (b) a five-year warrant to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share (the “PPO Warrants”). We used the net proceeds from the closings of the offering for general working capital. The three closings resulted in warrants to purchase 2,500,666 shares of our common stock having their exercise price reduced from $0.30 per share to $0.15 per share. The PPO Warrants are subject to weighted average anti-dilution protection and possess piggy-back
(1) During 2012, our management, in conjunction with an independent expert, conducted a controls risk assessment covering entity level controls, all financial transaction processes, and key financial reporting processes of the Company. The results of the risk assessment identified and prioritized focus areas for further audits and possible areas of remediation. However, due to insufficient financial resources, the Company was not able to fund efforts to audit the key areas identified and to perform process improvements to existing controls to ensure that we have effective internal control over financial reporting.
(2) During the audit of our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012, our independent registered public accounting firm suggested adjusting journal entries that were made by us in connection with the preparation of our audited consolidated financial statements. The SEC has stated that the delivery of adjusting journal entries by an independent registered public accounting firm creates a presumption that a material weakness in internal controls exists.
registration rights. The PPO Warrants are redeemable at a price of $0.0001 per share if (x) our common stock’s average closing bid price exceeds $1.00 for five of any ten consecutive days, (y) the twenty-day average daily volume exceeds 20,000 shares and (z) there is no more than one single day of no volume. The placement agent for the offering earned a cash commission of 10% or 5% of the funds raised from investors in the offering that were directly attributable to or referred by the placement agent, respectively. In addition, the placement agent received five-year warrants to purchase shares of common stock (the “Broker Warrants”) equal to 10% or 5% of the PPO Units sold to investors in the offering that were directly attributable or referred to the placement agent, respectively. The Broker Warrants are identical to the PPO Warrants in all material respects except that (i) the resale of the common stock underlying them is not covered by a registration statement; and (ii) they have an exercise price of $0.15 per share of common stock. As a result of the foregoing arrangement, in connection with the three closings, the placement agent (1) was paid aggregate cash commissions of $37,510 and (2) was issued Broker Warrants to purchase 250,067 shares of common stock.
In January 2013, we completed two closings of a private placement offering pursuant to which we sold 1,000,000 PPO Units for gross proceeds of $150,000, at a purchase price of $0.15 per PPO Unit, with each PPO Unit consisting of (a) one share of common stock and (b) a PPO Warrant. We used the net proceeds from the closings of the PPO for general working capital. The two closings resulted in warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock having their exercise price reduced from $0.30 per share to $0.15 per share. In connection with the two closings, the placement agent (1) was paid aggregate cash commissions of $15,000 and (2) was issued Broker Warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock.
In addition, in January 2013, we agreed to permit the holders of our 8% convertible promissory notes, which were originally issued in June through August 2012, to convert their notes (in the aggregate principal amount of $800,000 (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) into units at a conversion price of $0.0975 per unit. As a result of such conversion, we issued to the holders of such notes 8,546,480 shares of our common stock and 8,546,480 PPO Warrants. In addition, as part of such conversion, we agreed to fix the exercise price of 800,000 warrants issued in connection with the purchase of 8% convertible promissory notes at $0.225 per share.
On April 12, 2013, we borrowed $112,500 via a short-term interest free loan from an affiliate. The loan is intended to convert into the securities to be sold by us in a subsequent offering.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Executive Officers and Directors
Below are the names and certain information regarding our current executive officers and directors:
Directors are elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. Our executive officers are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve at its pleasure.
Certain biographical information for each of our executive officers and directors is set forth below.
Guy A. Archbold was appointed as a director and our Chief Executive Officer and President on September 30, 2011 and became the Chairman
of our Board of Directors on January 6, 2012. Mr. Archbold has more than 30 years of senior management and entrepreneurial experience in Finance, Investment Banking, Merchant Banking, Venture Capital, Portfolio Management and Alternative Green Energy, which makes him well-positioned for his role as a director. From June 2009 through September 2011, Mr. Archbold worked for Black Diamond Financial Group, LLC, a manager of limited partnerships involved in venture capital investments, as a Director and Portfolio Advisor. From March 2001 through August 2008, he was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for Chapeau, Inc. dba BluePoint Energy, an energy management company which provided state-of-the-art, technology based, environmentally responsible (green), demand response and combined heat and power solutions to commercial and industrial users across the majority of the public and private industry sectors including hospitality, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and government. Chapeau, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the District of Nevada on October 31, 2008.
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills: Mr. Archbold’s nearly 30 years of senior management and entrepreneurial experience in finance,
investment banking, merchant banking, venture capital, portfolio management and alternative green energy, combined with his knowledge of the data center infrastructure management industry and his capital markets experience provides our Board of Directors with significant management insight, valuable experience in business development and capital formation and will assist us in growing our customer base and management team through our current business phase.
Jeff Winzeler was appointed our Chief Financial Officer on January 23, 2012. Mr. Winzeler has more than 23 years of financial, operational and
executive management experience with publicly traded technology companies. He worked for Intel Corporation during the 17-year period ended January 2005 where he managed financial operations across Intel’s international manufacturing network including Israel, Ireland, China, Malaysia and the Philippines. He also served as the controller for Intel’s $2 billion Intel FLASH memory operation. More recently, Mr. Winzeler was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of International Display Works (January 2005 – January 2007) and the Chief Financial Officer of Solar Power Incorporated (January 2007 – December 2011). Mr. Winzeler received a B.S. Degree in Finance from the University of Idaho.
Edward F. Feighan was appointed to our Board of Directors on September 21, 2011. He is currently chief operating officer of Evergreen
National Indemnity Corporation and Continental Heritage Indemnity Corporation, specialty property and casualty insurance companies. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of both Evergreen and Continental, as well as of the parent holding company, ProAlliance Holdings Corporation. Mr. Feighan has held those positions since 2009. From April 2004 through August 2008, Mr. Feighan was chairman, president and chief executive officer of ProCentury Corporation, a Nasdaq listed, Columbus, Ohio based holding company for Century Insurance Group, which is a specialty property/casualty insurance group which underwrites general liability, commercial property, and commercial multi-peril insurance for small and mid-sized businesses throughout the United States. Mr. Feighan has been an investor and board member of ProCentury and ProAlliance since 2000, and has been involved with the insurance subsidiaries in various capacities, including serving as a board member, since 1993. From 1998 through 2000, he served as the Managing Partner of Alliance Financial, Ltd., an Ohio-based boutique merchant banking firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector. From November 1996 to December 1997, Mr. Feighan served as the founding president, chief executive officer and director of Century Business Services, Inc., a Nasdaq listed company. Beginning in 1972, Feighan held elected offices for 20 consecutive years. He served as an Ohio State Representative for six years, a
Name Age Title
Date First Appointed a Director
Guy A. Archbold 61 Chief Executive Officer, President and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
September 30, 2011
Jeff Winzeler 53 Chief Financial Officer —
Edward Feighan 65 Director September 21, 2011
Michael Feinberg 68 Director January 6, 2012
J. Sherman Henderson III 70 Director September 21, 2011
John Kyees 66 Director July 18, 2012