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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-QSB
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[X] QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended January 31, 1997
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[ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
EXCHANGE ACT
For the Transition period from _____________________ to ___________________
Commission file Number 000-20759
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AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Small Business Issuer as Specified in its Charter)
MISSOURI 43-1717111
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1245 FOWLER ST., N.W.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30318
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Issuer's telephone number, including area code (404) 876-7373
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
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State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common
equity: 821,620 shares of Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, and
5,502,277 shares of Class B Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, were
outstanding at March 6, 1997.
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format: Yes No X
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AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM CORPORATION
FORM 10-QSB
CONTENTS
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:
Balance sheets as of January 31, 1997
and July 31, 1996.......................................... F-1/F-2
Statements of operations for the three months and six months
ended January 31, 1997 and January 31, 1996................. F-3
Statement of stockholders' equity for the six months ended
January 31, 1997............................................ F-4
Statements of cash flows for the six months ended January 31,
1997 and January 31, 1996.................................... F-5
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements......... F-6/F-7
Items 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan
of Operations........................................... F-8/F-10
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings......................................... F-10
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.......................... F-10
SIGNATURES........................................................ F-11
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
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January 31, July 31,
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1997 1996
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ASSETS
CASH $ 10,764 $ -
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 249,526 107,457
FILM COSTS, NET OF ACCUMULATED
AMORTIZATION 704,603 475,877
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET 42,235 52,128
GOODWILL, NET OF ACCUMULATED
AMORTIZATION 137,001 156,572
DEFERRED OFFERING COSTS - 105,000
ADVANCES TO OFFICERS 204,317 217,247
OTHER - 112
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$1,348,446 $1,114,393
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - CONTINUED
(UNAUDITED)
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January 31, July 31,
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1997 1996
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LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 295,425 $ 169,781
Accrued expenses 215,226 112,115
Accrued accounting and legal 203,922 152,985
Accrued payroll taxes - 103,630
Deferred revenue 329,181 11,867
Notes payable 199,603 76,976
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,243,357 627,354
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MINORITY INTEREST 50,000 50,000
CONTINGENCIES
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred stock - shares authorized
10,000,000; none issued - -
Preferred stock, $.001 par - shares
authorized 10,000,000; none issued - -
Common Stock, $.001 par:
Class A - shares authorized
20,000,000; issued and
outstanding 736,620 737 -
Class B - shares authorized
20,000,000; issued and
outstanding 5,502,277 5,502 -
Common stock, par value $.05 per share
- shares authorized 30,000,000;
issued and outstanding 9,407,837 - 470,392
Additional paid-in capital 2,544,270 2,125,117
Unamortized advertising credits (122,618) (122,618)
Accumulated deficit (2,372,802) (2,035,852)
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TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 55,089 437,039
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$ 1,348,446 $ 1,114,393
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
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Three Months ended January 31, Six Months ended January 31,
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1997 1996 1997 1996
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REVENUES
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Commercial production $ 811,650 $ 347,379 $1,597,475 $ 595,142
Film revenues 25,000 22,012 50,000 22,012
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836,650 369,391 1,647,475 617,154
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COSTS AND EXPENSES
Cost of commercial production 597,260 274,686 1,189,813 473,848
Film cost amortization 22,109 8,077 34,276 8,077
Selling, general and administrative 322,408 227,645 662,156 536,085
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941,777 510,408 1,886,245 1,018,010
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LOSS FROM OPERATIONS (105,127) (141,017) (238,770) (400,856)
Interest expense (6,941) (2,417) (8,180) (4,088)
Other expense (90,000) - (90,000) -
Equity in net income (loss) of
Diversity Filmworks, Inc. - (56,870) - 16,912
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NET LOSS $ (202,068) $ (200,304) $ (336,950) $ (388,032)
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NET LOSS PER SHARE $ (.03) $ (.04) $ (.06) $ (.08)
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON
SHARES AND EQUIVALENT SHARES
OUTSTANDING 6,237,564 5,193,757 5,992,890 5,143,082
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
SIX MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997
(UNAUDITED)
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ADDITIONAL UNAMORTIZED ACCUMULATED TOTAL
CLASS A CLASS B PAID-IN ADVERTISING DEFICIT STOCK-
COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK CAPITAL CREDITS HOLDERS'
SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT EQUITY
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BALANCE,
AUGUST 1, 1996 - $ - - $ - 9,407,837 $ 470,392 $2,125,117 $(122,618) $(2,035,852) $ 437,039
MERGER WITH
SETAB ALPHA, INC.
ACCOUNTED FOR AS A
RECAPITALIZATION
(NOTE 2):
RECAPITALIZATION
OF OUTSTANDING
COMMON STOCK 12,600 13 5,502,277 5,502 (9,407,837) (470,392) 464,877 - - -
ACQUISITION OF NET
ASSETS OF SETAB
ALPHA, INC. 700,020 700 - - - - (700 ) - - -
OFFERING COSTS - - - - - - (105,000 ) - - (105,000)
ISSUANCES OF
COMMON STOCK 24,000 24 - - - - 59,976 - - 60,000
NET LOSS - - - - - - - - (336,950) (336,950)
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BALANCE,
JANUARY 31, 1997 736,620 $737 5,502,277 $5,502 - - $2,544,270 $(122,618) $(2,372,802) $ 55,089
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See accompany notes to condensed consolidated financial statements
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AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
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Six Months Ended January 31,
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1997 1996
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Loss $(336,950) $(388,032)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
cash used in operating activities:
Film costs amortization 34,276 8,077
Depreciation and amortization 29,464 26,208
Equity in net income of Diversity
Filmworks, Inc. - (16,912)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (142,069) (38,730)
Film costs additions (263,002) (55,717)
Other assets 13,042 34,165
Accounts payable 125,644 (49,714)
Accrued expenses 50,418 (22,961)
Film revenues participations - (41,910)
Deferred revenues 317,314 (56,303)
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Cash used in operating activities (171,863) (601,829)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures - (6,276)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Repayment of notes payable (27,373) (24,393)
Borrowings under notes payable 150,000 -
Issuances of common stock 60,000 470,701
Minority interest - 50,000
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Cash provided by financing activities 182,627 496,308
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH 10,764 (111,797)
CASH, beginning of period - 122,197
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CASH, end of period $ 10,764 $ 10,400
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for
interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-QSB and Item
310(b) of Regulation S-B. Accordingly, they do not include all of the
information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles
for complete financial statements. The financial statements are unaudited, but
in the opinion of management, contain all adjustments, consisting of normal
recurring accruals, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results
of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Results of operations
and cash flows for the interim three month and six month periods are not
necessarily indicative of what the results of operations and cash flows will be
for an entire fiscal year. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and footnotes thereto included in Company's Annual Report on Form 10-
KSB for the year ended July 31, 1996.
NOTE 2 - MERGER WITH SETAB ALPHA, INC.
On October 7, 1996 the Company completed a merger (the "Merger") with Setab
Alpha, Inc. ("Setab") whereby Setab acquired 100 percent of the outstanding
common stock of American Artists Film Corporation ("Old American Artists") in
exchange for the issuance of 12,600 shares of the Setab's Class A common stock
and 5,502,277 shares of Setab's Class B common. Upon completion of the merger,
Setab as the surviving corporation, changed its name to American Artists Film
Corporation.
The Merger resulted in the issuance of a controlling interest in Setab to the
stockholders of Old American Artists. Because of this, and because Setab did
not have any material operations, the Merger was accounted for as a
recapitalization of Old American Artists in which (i) Old American Artists is
deemed to have (a) created a second class of common stock, such that its
authorized capital consisted of Class A and Class B common stock, each with a
par value of $.001, and (b) exchanged for the outstanding shares of its common
stock, an aggregate of 12,600 shares of Class A common stock and 5,502,277
shares of Class B common stock, and (ii) issued 700,020 shares of Class A common
stock (representing the number of share outstanding after the completion of
Setab's public offering) in exchange for the net assets of Setab, recorded at
their historical costs.
Old American Artists (referred to hereinafter and previously as the "Company")
is the continuing entity for accounting and financial reporting purposes, and
accordingly the results of operations to be reported for periods prior to the
Merger are those of the Company. Earnings (loss) per share for periods prior to
the recapitalization have been computed giving retroactive effect to the
recapitalization of Old American Artists' outstanding common stock. Setab had
no material operations, and as a result the pro forma results of operations
would not differ materially from the Company's historical results of operations.
Accordingly, pro forma results of operations are not presented.
NOTE 3 - DIVERSITY FILMWORKS, INC.
Prior to August 1, 1996, the Company accounted for its 49% interest in
Diversity Filmworks, Inc. ("Diversity") using the equity method of accounting,
under which the Company's interests in Diversity's operating results were
presented as a single, separate line item in the consolidated statement of
operations, and the Company's net investment in and advances to Diversity were
presented as a single item in the consolidated balance sheet. Revenues, as
reflected in the consolidated statement of operations, did not include the
revenues of Diversity.
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In anticipation of the Merger, in September, 1996, the Company and the other
stockholder of Diversity entered into an agreement concerning the size and
composition of Diversity's board of directors. Because of this, effective
August 1, 1996, the Company consolidated the accounts of Diversity in its
consolidated financial statements, as a result of which the consolidated
financial statements in fiscal 1997 will lack comparability in certain respects
to those for the earlier periods.
The following sets forth certain summarized financial information about
Diversity's results of operations for the three and six month periods ended
January 31, 1996:
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Three months ended Six months ended
January 31, 1996
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Sales $ 74,828 $568,652
Costs of production, selling, general
and administrative expenses 131,698 551,740
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Net income (loss) $(56,870) $ 16,912
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NOTE 4 - NOTES PAYABLE
During the six months ended January 31, 1997, the Company borrowed $75,000
under an existing line of credit. This line of credit was converted into a six
month note in November, 1996. The note is unsecured and bears interest at
8.75%. A member of the board of directors is a co-signer on this note.
The Company also borrowed $75,000, during the six months ended January 31,
1997, from three shareholders, two of whom are members of the Company's board of
directors. These loans are due on demand, but no later than August 1997, and
bear interest at the prime rate plus 1%. In consideration for these loans, the
Company granted each of the lenders options to purchase 9,403 shares of the
Company's Class B common stock at $1.71 per share through June, 2000. The
Company repaid $25,000 of these loans in February 1997.
NOTE 5 - ARBITRATION
The Company has been involved in an arbitration with one of its co-producers
concerning the accounting for costs and revenues received by each company
relating to two co-produced network television specials. The arbitration was
scheduled for January 1997, but was indefinitely postponed pending the outcome
of settlement discussions between the parties. Those discussions have produced
a tentative agreement, which is subject to the resolution of all issues and the
execution of a definitive written agreement, under which the Company would pay
the co-producer $140,000 over a period of fourteen months commencing March 1997.
The Company increased its accrual related to this issue to $140,000 in the
second quarter of fiscal 1997. There can be no assurance that such a definitive
written agreement will be executed by both parties.
The negotiations also contemplate, as part of a definitive written agreement,
an agreement by the Company to pay certain residuals related to the two co-
produced network television specials. The amount of these residuals is not
presently determinable and has not been accrued for at January 31, 1997.
NOTE 6 - SUBSEQUENT EVENT
The Company continued a private placement of units comprised of shares of
Class A Common Stock and common stock purchase warrants. Subsequent to January
31, 1997, the Company issued, at a price of $25,000 per unit, 8.5 units with
each unit comprised of 10,000 shares of Class A common stock and 3,333 Class A
common stock purchase warrants.
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ITEMS 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
GENERAL
As discussed elsewhere herein, on October 7, 1996, Old American Artists and
SETAB merged in a transaction in which each of the 9,407,837 shares of Old
American Artists Common Stock became .5862 shares of the Class A Common Stock or
Class B Common Stock of the Company, and the Company succeeded to the business
of Old American Artists.
Old American Artists is considered the predecessor to the Company, and prior
to and at the completion of the merger, the Company (then SETAB), had no
material assets, liabilities or operations. additionally, for accounting
purposes, the merger is being accounted for as a recapitalization of Old
American Artists, with the operating results of Old American Artists prior to
the merger becoming the operating results of the Company for that period.
Accordingly, the following discussion of financial condition and results of
operations focuses on the financial condition and results of operations of Old
American Artists.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS AND THREE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997 COMPARED TO THE SIX AND
THREE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 1996
Revenues for the six months ended January 31, 1997 were $1,647,475 which
represented a $1,030,321 or 266.9% increase from revenues of $617,154 for the
six months ended January 31, 1996. However, revenues for Diversity, which was
accounted for on the equity method during fiscal 1996, and therefore not
included in consolidated revenues, were $568,652 for the first six months of
fiscal 1996. As discussed in Note 3 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements, beginning in fiscal 1997 the Company is consolidating the
accounts of Diversity.
Revenues for the three months ended January 31, 1997 were $836,650 which
represented a $467,259 or 226.5% increase from revenues of $369,391 for the
three months ended January 31, 1996. Revenues for Diversity, which was
accounted for on the equity method during fiscal 1996, and therefore not
included in consolidated revenues, were $74,828 for the second quarter of fiscal
1996.
The increase in revenues for the first six months of fiscal 1997 as compared
to the first six months of fiscal 1996 was primarily the result of an increase
in commercial production revenues. Commercial production revenues increased by
$1,002,333 or 268.4% from the six months ended January 31, 1996 to the first six
months of fiscal 1997, due primarily to the inclusion of Diversity's revenues
for the six months ended January 31, 1997. On a combined basis with Diversity,
revenues for commercial production for the first six months of fiscal 1996 were
$1,163,794. Adjusted for the inclusion of Diversity in the first six months of
fiscal 1996, commercial production increased revenues by $433,681 or 37.3%.
This increase in commercial production revenues of $433,681 was due to an
increase in the number of successful bids and to an increase in the average size
of awarded commercial production contracts.
Commercial production revenues increased by $474,271 or 233.6% from the three
months ended January 31, 1996 to the second quarter of fiscal 1997. On a
combined basis with Diversity, revenues for commercial production for the second
quarter of fiscal 1996 were $422,207. Adjusted for the inclusion of Diversity in
the first quarter of fiscal 1996, commercial production increased revenues by
$389,443 or 192.2%. This increase was due primarily to an increase in the
number of successful bids and to an increase in the average size of awarded
commercial production contracts.
Commercial production costs, as a percentage of related revenues, were 74.5%
for the six months ended January 31, 1997 as compared to 79.6% for the first six
months of fiscal 1996 and were 73.6% for the three months ended January 31, 1997
as compared to 79.1% for the second quarter of fiscal 1996. These decreases in
commercial production costs were primarily the result of an increase in the
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average size of awarded commercial production contracts and resulting increased
levels of gross profit. Gross profits for commercial production were $407,662
and $121,294 for the six months ended January 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Gross profits for commercial production were $214,390 and $72,693 for the three
months ended January 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses increased $126,071 to
$662,156 for the six months ended January 31, 1997 from $536,085 for the six
months ended January 31, 1996 and increased $94,763 to $322,408 for the three
months ended January 31, 1997 from $227,645 for the three months ended January
31, 1996. These increases were primarily the result of the inclusion of
Diversity's SG&A in the current year consolidated amounts and an increase in
costs associated with being a public company. On a combined basis with
Diversity, SG&A expenses were $592,771 for the first six months of fiscal 1996
and $259,884 for the second quarter of fiscal 1996.
Interest expense increased to $8,180 for the first six months of fiscal 1997
from $4,088 for the first six months of fiscal 1996 and increased to $6,941 for
the second quarter of fiscal 1997 from $2,417 for the second quarter of fiscal
1996. These increases were the result of an increase in outstanding debt during
the second quarter of fiscal 1997.
Other expense of $90,000 for the three and six months ended January 31, 1997
resulted from an accrual for the probable outcome of a settlement by the parties
of differences discussed in Note 5 to the condensed consolidated financial
statements.
As a result of the foregoing factors the Company incurred a net loss of
$336,950 for the first six months of fiscal 1997 as compared to a net loss of
$388,032 for the first six months of fiscal 1996 and incurred a net loss of
$202,068 for the second quarter of fiscal 1997 as compared to a net loss of
$200,304 for the second quarter of fiscal 1996.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's strategy is to finance its operating (i.e. selling, general and
administrative) expenses from the gross profits generated by its film and
commercial production operations while utilizing equity financing, pre-
production license revenues, and co-producer contributions to finance the
production of its films. Using this strategy, the Company seeks to insulate
itself from the risks of significant operating losses and negative cash flows,
while retaining the potential for significant profits and positive cash flows
from highly successful films. The success of such a strategy is, however,
dependent on the Company's ability to obtain sufficient, and sufficiently
profitable, commercial production contracts and its ability to produce
profitable film projects.
Operating cash flows were a negative $171,863 for the six months ended January
31, 1997 principally as the result of a $105,127 shortfall in the coverage of
SG&A expenses by film and commercial production profits. The operating cash
flows shortfall was financed with borrowings related to new debt financing and
from the proceeds of equity offerings. Operating cash flows were a negative
$601,829 for the six months ended January 31, 1996, due also to a shortfall in
the coverage of SG&A expenses by film and commercial productions profits. This
operating cash flow shortfall was primarily financed from the proceeds of
equity offerings.
Capitalized film costs increased from $475,877 at July 31, 1996 to $704,603 at
January 31, 1997 due primarily to a capitalization of production costs
associated with a cable television special that was substantially produced
during the second quarter of fiscal 1997 and delivered in February 1997.
The Company's negative operating cash flows have, as previously stated,
generally been caused by a shortfall in the coverage of SG&A by film and
commercial production profits. Such shortfalls in the coverage of SG&A by film
and commercial production will cause the Company's liquidity to be constrained
until film and commercial production revenues, and the resulting profits,
increase. The use of equity or debt financing will continue to be necessary
until film and commercial production profits are sufficient to cover SG&A
expenses, which cannot be assured. In November, 1996, the Company commenced a
private placement offering under Regulation D of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1933 of an aggregate of 150,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock together
with warrants for the purchase of 33,330 shares of its Class A Common Stock
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exercisable at a price of $3.00 per share through June 30, 2000. As of March 6,
1997, the Company had received $272,500 from the sale of 109,000 shares together
with 36,330 warrants. The Company has also had discussions concerning other
private placements of its debt or equity securities, and as a result thereof
believes that there will be available sufficient capital to finance its business
plans for fiscal 1997. However, except for the capital that the Company has
raised to date, there can be no assurances that any such debt or equity
financing will be available to the Company, or if available, that such financing
would be available on terms considered acceptable to the Company. The inability
to obtain such equity or debt financing as needed would require the Company to
have to reduce the scope of its operations.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company has been in an arbitration proceeding against Greystone
Communications, Inc. ("Greystone"), its co-producer on two network television
specials on the subject of "Angels". The arbitration relates to claims by both
parties concerning the two co-produced network television specials. The
arbitration was scheduled to be heard before the American Arbitration
Association Commercial Arbitration Tribunal in January 1997, but was
indefinitely postponed pending the outcome of settlement discussions between the
parties. Those discussions have produced a tentative agreement, which is
subject to the resolution of all issues and the execution of a definitive
written agreement, which would require the Company to pay the co-producer
$140,000 over a period of fourteen months commencing March 1997. The Company
increased its accrual related to this issue to $140,000 in the second quarter of
fiscal 1997.
The negotiations also contemplate, as part of a definitive written agreement,
an agreement by the Company to pay certain residuals related to the two co-
produced network television specials. The amount of these residuals is not
presently determinable and has not been accrued for at January 31, 1997.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits
27.1 Financial Data Schedule
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
There were no reports filed on Form 8-K for the quarter ended
January 31, 1997.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
American Artists Film Corporation
By: /s/ Steven D. Brown March 12, 1997
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Steven D. Brown
Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Robert A. Martinez March 12, 1997
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Robert A. Martinez
Vice President - Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
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THE SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE COMPANY'S
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997 AND IS
QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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