SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1998 Commission File Number 1-13737
SOLUCORP INDUSTRIES LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Yukon N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)
250 West Nyack Road, West Nyack, New York 10994
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including Area Code: (914) 623-2333
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock (no par value)
Title of Class
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding twelve (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 ninety (90) days. Yes [X ] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
registrant's best knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]
As of March 23, 1999, there were 22,218,481 shares of the registrants common
stock, no par value, issued and outstanding.
The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
Registrant: $21,597,905
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Certain matters discussed herein may constitute forward-looking statements,
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
as such may involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements
relate to, among other things, expectations of the business environment in which
the Company operates, projections of future performance, perceived opportunities
in the market and statements regarding the Company's mission and vision. The
Company's actual results, performance, or achievements may differ significantly
from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied in such
forward-looking statements.
PART I
ITEM I. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS.
Solucorp Industries Ltd. ("Solucorp" or the "Company"),
incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Yukon, Canada (formerly World
Tec Industries, Inc.), was formed through a merger of Livingstone Energy Corp.
and Intelicom Systems, Ltd. on June 30, 1987. On April 4, 1997, the Company
changed its corporate domicile from British Columbia to the Yukon Territory. The
Company is focused on the development, sales and marketing of technologies and
services as solutions to problems within the environmental industry marketplace.
The Company has developed and patented an innovative and
cost-effective process, named "Molecular Bonding System" ("MBS(R)"), for the
remediation of soils and industrial wastes that are contaminated by hazardous
metals. Since 1997, MBS has been accorded the status of a Superfund Innovative
Technology, capable of remediating hazardous metals in soils, ash, slag, sludge
and smelter waste, having successfully met the stringent testing criteria of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") Superfund Innovative
Technology Evaluation Program. The Company's MBS has been proven in completed
contracts in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New
York, Tennessee and West Virginia in the USA, and Winnipeg in Canada, while
successful pilot demonstrations have been completed for numerous potential
clients in the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom and Poland. The MBS process
results in an immediate chemical reaction which works on an ion to molecule
exchange, effectively converting hazardous leaching ions into new, non-leaching
molecules. The process can be utilized on-site, negating any need for removing
soil to an off-site treatment facility, and has been successfully modified for
"in-line" application at production facilities to treat industrial waste as it
is produced.
The Company's future product development focuses on the patent
enhancements and additional product capabilities of the MBS process. Laboratory
tests have proven that MBS can be effectively used to stabilize the hazardous
metals component of Radioactive Mixed Wastes, and can be adapted for
incorporation within consumer products, such as batteries, among others, which
contain hazardous metals and have the potential to leach into municipal
landfills after disposal at the end of the products' life cycles. The Company's
future plans for sales and marketing of MBS will include direct sales and
licensing of the process and technology for which the Company would receive
license and royalty payments.
The Company also markets, under license, a product named
"MuckMix(TM)", a product proven to stabilize and solidify organic contaminated
oily wastes, such as are found on petrochemical industry sites. As the only
current licensee of this technology in North America, the Company expects to be
able to develop strong sales and marketing programs for MuckMix which will open
previously inaccessible markets.
The Company continues to market "Mercon(TM)", a line of
mercury vapor suppressant products which are used to clean-up mercury spills and
to suppress the deadly vapors associated with them. As the mercury clean-up
business is declining, the Company's sales efforts are limited to filling orders
for existing customers, and taking on new projects strictly on a referral basis.
The Company has also expanded operations, primarily via
sub-contractors, to include providing such environmental solution services as
asbestos and lead abatement, air monitoring, transport and disposal of hazardous
and non-hazardous materials, mercury spill clean-ups, consultation for
underground storage tank problems, groundwater
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recovery and treatment, consultation for waste management, environmental impact
studies or assessments, environmental auditing and permitting, design and
illustration of monitoring wells, hydrogeology and engineering geology.
Additionally, the Company continues to provide environmental industry
consultancy and staff training services to aid clients in their compliance with
the Federal Occupation Safety and Health Act ("OSHA").
The Company's principal environmental remediation operations
are conducted by EPS Environmental, Inc. ("EPS"), a wholly-owned subsidiary
incorporated in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, and through joint
venture arrangements. The Company also has several inactive wholly-owned
subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, the "Company" as used
herein refers to the Company and all of its subsidiaries.
The Company's Canadian offices are located in: Vancouver,
British Columbia; Regina, Saskatchewan; and Edmonton, Alberta. USA offices
include: West Nyack, New York; Columbia, Maryland; and Leawood, Kansas; with an
additional office in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Company's principal executive
offices are located at 250 West Nyack Road, West Nyack, New York 10994, and the
telephone number at that location is (914) 623-2333. See "Item 2 Description of
Property".
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
The Company is principally engaged in the development, sales
and marketing of its MBS process, which is an innovative and cost effective
technology for permanently remediating hazardous metals contamination. The
Company's dual focus in expanding the use of MBS is to remove hazardous metals
from the environment, while protecting clients from the threat of future
liability claims. The MBS process stabilizes hazardous metals in soils, slag,
sludges, ashes and bag house dust by chemically rendering leachable metal ions
inert by bonding them to non-leachable molecules. The MBS process utilizes a
project-specific blend of powder chemical reagents, most commonly mixed with
excavated soil or industrial wastes in a Pugmill operation, or can be applied
in-situ (directly to contaminated soil) to eliminate the cost of excavation and
processing associated with soil removal from the ground prior to treatment.
These processes stabilize all Toxic Characteristic Metals identified in the
United States Resource Conservation Recovery Act ("RCRA"), and the extension of
this list of metals in the Universal Treatment Standards ("UTS"), and can treat
multiple metals concurrently. The MBS process has proven, through long term
stability testing (Multiple Extraction Procedure), to not leach for more than
1,000 years and has been proven under all recognized regulatory protocols (TCLP,
SPLP, SWEP, and CAL WET) to not only meet, but to exceed minimum standard. The
MBS process maintains the pH levels in the media within a range where the
insolubility of the metals' sulfide molecules is assured. The process also
provides buffer capacity to ensure that the pH is not significantly altered by
the addition of acids or caustics to the media. In the MBS process, waste is
crushed and screened, reducing particles to a one-inch diameter for maximum
contact with a proprietary reagent mixture. After the powder reagent, created
for site-specific conditions, is mixed with waste in a closed hopper Pugmill,
water may be added to the mixture to catalyze the reaction and aid in mixing.
Prior to the treated substance progressing to a stockpile, vapors from the mill
go through a regenerable wet scrubber and a carbon absorption system. The dried
soil is then tested to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory limits. Clean
soil is returned to the site or transported to a non-hazardous landfill for
disposal.
The Company has mobile remediation systems that can be brought
to a site and set up in a matter of hours or days, depending upon the size of
the project. Currently the Company has three different machines capable of
performing the MBS process on the particular site. When not in use, these
machines are stored in a warehouse. A customized MBS mixing system can be
installed at the end of a processing line to render hazardous metal waste
non-hazardous at the source, effectively converting hazardous wastes, such as
slag or baghouse dust, into non-hazardous materials. Accordingly, the Company
believes that customers with in-line manufacturing systems that produce
hazardous metal waste can save significant amounts of money on transportation,
disposal, and insurance costs, and have a safer facility by using the MBS
process. Metals amenable to the MBS process include arsenic, antimony, barium,
beryllium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium, silver, thallium,
vanadium and zinc. This system is also effective with mixed wastes containing
hazardous metals. Soils processed with MBS have successfully met Toxicity
Characteristic Leaching Procedure ("TCLP")
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requirements and, in many cases, metals are virtually undetectable after MBS
treatment. No residuals or byproducts are generated by the MBS process. The
Company has already successfully completed on-site applications in Waterbury,
CT; Egremont, MA; Coleraine, MN; Jersey City, NJ; Buffalo, NY; Roanoke, VA; and
Winnipeg, Canada. The Company has also established in-line operations in Buick,
MO, and Memphis, TN, which currently process hazardous slag as it is generated
to prevent the spread of further contamination.
Based on the capabilities and cost-efficiency of the MBS
process, the Company has embarked on a two-tier program aimed at obtaining
metals-contaminated properties, commonly called "Brownfields", and remediating
them for resale or redevelopment. The basic tier involves the Company purchasing
properties at prices below their potential value because of the owner's
environmental liability for the contamination, then reselling them at premium
market prices, or developing the sites after remediation with the MBS process to
meet regulatory requirements.
While the basic tier of activity is pursued directly by the
Company, possibly with project-specific affiliates' funding, the second tier
involves a contractual affiliation with a company that is focused on the
purchase, remediation and redevelopment of Brownfields. Geomar Holdings Limited
(Geomar), a newly-formed Delaware limited liability company, has a contract with
the Company pursuant to which the Company has the exclusive right to manage all
remediation of contaminated sites as the projects' general contractor. Geomar
will be responsible for all funding, management and development aspects of
projects, supported by a select team of real estate and development
professionals. The Company's general contractor role will be compensated via
various options, which include: (i) cost plus an agreed percentage on work
performed; (ii) additional compensation for remediation and developed projects
as a percentage of costs; (iii) an option, under certain conditions, to convert
the Company's additional compensation rights to a small ownership interest in
Geomar; and (iv) a percentage of any sub-license fees negotiated by Geomar with
third parties for the use of the MBS process on contaminated sites acquired by
such third parties. The Company and Geomar are actively seeking and assessing
proposed projects but to date no contracts have been entered into.
The Company's MBS process has been accepted by the EPA SITE
program as an innovative solution to the remediation of heavy metals in soils,
sludges, ash and other manufacturing waste streams.
The Company also markets, under license, a product named
"MuckMix" which is applied to soils and sludges that are contaminated with oily
wastes, such as are found on petrochemical industry sites. The technology has
been proven to stabilize these wastes and solidify the contaminated soils for
re-use in a cost-competitive manner, providing excellent market opportunities
for the Company.
The Company also markets the Mercon line of products for use
in emergency response clean-up projects for mercury spills, including those
contracted by the EPA. These non-toxic and bio-degradable chemicals facilitate
collection of mercury, prevent its methylation in water and suppress the deadly
vapors present when a spill occurs. Mercon products are now used mostly in
hospitals, laboratories, and dental offices, as industrial applications are
declining due to industries switching to new, non-mercury dependent systems.
Accordingly, the Company believes the market for such services are minimal and
has reduced its marketing activities to now only filling orders for existing
customers and taking jobs on a referral basis.
In June 1998, the Company entered into a $1.1 million
sub-contract with Environmental Waste Technology, Inc. for lead and asbestos
abatement and the demolition of buildings and storage tanks on a site in
Brooklyn, New York. Subsequent to the commencement of the project in November
1998, additional work was identified which has increased the value of the site
work.
In August 1995, the Company entered into a three year contract
with the Doe Run Company to establish an "in-line" process to remediate
hazardous lead slag as it is produced at Doe Run's secondary lead smelting
facility. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, this contract
generated revenues for the Company of approximately $700,000.
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Based on obtaining the first Special Waste Protocol
dispensation for a metals remediation technology from the British Columbia
Ministry of the Environment, in October 1998 the Company obtained a contract
with Western Steel Ltd., a multi-national steel company, to perform three
aspects of the remediation of a former manufacturing facility in British
Columbia, for a total value of $4,063,000 (Cdn). The first aspect involves the
shipment by rail of 3000 tonnes of High Hazard Special Waste to another of the
steel company's facilities in Canada. A test shipment of 87 tonnes was made
successfully in February 1999, and production loading of the material for
transport should commence during April. The second aspect involves the on-site
remediation of 47,000 tonnes of Special Waste contaminated by zinc, cadmium and
lead. Site preparation has begun for this aspect, and all heavy equipment has
arrived on-site. The third aspect, transport and disposal of the remediated
47,000 tonnes to a Non-Special Waste landfill, will conclude the contract.
In February 1999, the Company received a contract which will
generate revenues of up to $1,000,000, to stabilize soil on site at the Central
Artery project in Boston. Remediation work at the site is currently in progress.
Solucorp believes it has positioned itself to seek and obtain additional work in
the future on the Central Artery project, which ranks as one of the largest,
most complex and expensive highway construction projects ever undertaken.
LICENSING AGREEMENTS AND PATENTS
To protect the uniqueness of the Company's remediation process
and ensure that it is the sole owner of this process, the Company has secured,
and has patents pending in the United States, Canada, China and Europe.
The Company is the sole and exclusive owner of the MBS
Process. To that extent it has patents pending, under U.S. Patent Application
#08,399,784 and Canadian Patent Application #2,137,996. US Patent # 4,877,393
was formally issued on March 2, 1999. On April 16, 1996 the Company obtained
trademark registrations for the terms "Solucorp" and "MBS" under the Trademark
Act of 1946, as amended from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
These trademark registrations remain in force for ten years, unless sooner
terminated as provided by law. "MBS" was registered for chemical use in soil
remediation in Class 1, and "Solucorp" was registered for hazardous waste
management and destruction of waste by means of soil remediation, in Class 42.
The Company has also been assigned European Community Trademark Application
Numbers for these trademarks, 00044154 and 000440750 respectively.
Management believes that by establishing licensing
arrangements throughout the world for the MBS technology, the Company can
realize greater revenues through the receipt of license and royalty fees. The
Company has entered into several licensing arrangements covering the United
States, Canada, Europe and China and will continue to seek such arrangements.
In October 1995 the Company entered into an exclusive
licensing agreement with John Beech Remediation Ltd. ("JBRL"), a subsidiary of
John Beech Limited ("JBL"), to utilize the Company's MBS soil remediation
technology in the United Kingdom. Under the terms of the agreement, JBRL must
remediate soils utilizing the Company's MBS process to certain minimum revenue
levels each year, pay the Company an annual licensing fee and pay a royalty per
ton of soil remediated. This agreement will be superseded by an agreement dated
August 1, 1997, which redefines the minimum volume requirements and the
compensation arrangement between the parties. This agreement will become
effective when JBL is officially listed on the Alternative Investment Market.
The Company also granted an option for a twelve month period to JBL for a
similar licensing agreement related to various European territories in
consideration for $200,000. On December 10, 1997 JBL notified the Company that
it intends to exercise this option and to proceed with projects in France,
Poland, Hungary and Portugal.
During 1997, the Company finalized an exclusive license which
was effective as of June 1997, with Hong Kong based Smart International Ltd.
("Smart") to market and utilize the Company's MBS technology in the People's
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Republic of China. The agreement provides for annual licensing and royalty
fees.
SOURCES OF MATERIALS
The Company's MBS process requires the use of certain chemical
compounds at certain concentrations. The Company relies on one major supplier
for one of these chemical compounds which is vital to the MBS process. Although
the Company currently has arrangements with this supplier and suppliers for the
other chemical compounds to procure an ongoing supply of a sufficient quantity
of these chemical compounds, the Company may, from time to time suffer shortages
and possible cost increases for these materials. Accordingly, the Company's
ability to perform contracts and continued sales at a profitable level could be
adversely affected.
The Company has entered into a contract with Smart pursuant to
which Smart will supply chemicals for the Company's MBS process from its
production facilities in China. Smart was specifically established to produce
the prime chemical used in the MBS process by the principals of Smartec, a
supplier of products to various international customers such as Ericsson,
Philips and Tandy. An additional contemplated relationship with Smart and a
group of private Chinese investors is expected to provide the Company with a
reliable long-term source of the primary component in MBS. This relationship,
not yet consummated, is expected to provide the Company with a joint ownership
interest in an integrated manufacturing network comprised of three (3)
facilities in China. This association will expand the Company's R&D capabilities
and safeguard its MBS patent in China as well as secure quality production for
world-wide distribution.
MARKETING AND SALES
The Company markets and sells its services and products
through the efforts of its in-house sales personnel and by entering into
agreements with various marketing companies. As more fully described hereunder,
the Company has entered into several different marketing agreements including
joint marketing and operations agreement and sales representative agreements to
market and sell the Company's product and various services throughout the world.
The Company believes that, by forming relationships with established consulting
firms, it will realize greater revenues from the resultant establishment of
market awareness, a definite customer base, and enhanced company and product
credibility.
In 1995, the Company entered into a joint marketing agreement
with IDM Environmental Corp. ("IDM") to jointly pursue projects on which the MBS
technology could be applied to remediate hazardous metals contamination of soils
or industrial wastes. Although this long relationship with IDM has resulted in
only one relatively small project, at Egremont, Massachusetts in 1996, IDM was
instrumental in establishing negotiations for an MBS license in Italy, which the
Company is actively pursuing. The Company and IDM expect to continue seeking
other projects.
On December 17, 1996 the Company entered into a Joint
Marketing and Operations Agreement with Roy F. Weston, Inc. ("Weston"), a
Pennsylvania corporation. Weston provides engineering, construction, and
environmental management services to governmental organizations and to
businesses. Weston markets and provides field management for some of the
Company's products and/or services for a period of three years from the
Agreement date. On July 6, 1998, Weston initiated the first contract arising
from this Agreement, which involves the sub-contracting of the Company to apply
MBS technology at a Weldon Springs, MO, site that is being remediated under the
supervision of the Army Corps of Engineers ("Army"). Mobilization and
commencement of the Company's activities on-site at Weldon Springs for Weston
and the Army are currently scheduled for April 1999.
On June 17, 1998, the Company entered into a contract with
Geomar Holdings Limited ("Geomar"), a recently formed Delaware Limited Liability
Company, which is focused on the purchase, remediation and redevelopment of
contaminated properties, commonly called "Brownfields". The contract states that
Geomar will raise equity and debt commitments to an initial total of $1 Billion,
with further infusions as necessary, and will appoint the Company as its General
Contractor on all projects. The Company and Geomar will focus on properties
contaminated by hazardous metals to maximize the potential profits to be derived
from applying the MBS process during the clean-up phase, although the use
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of the Company's licensed technology, MuckMix offers further market
opportunities if appropriate sites for redevelopment are identified on old
petrochemical industry properties. Under the terms of the contract, the Company
has an option to become a shareholder in the development phases and reap the
on-going benefits from property sales, rentals and leases when the development
is completed. The Company and Geomar are actively seeking and assessing proposed
projects but to date no contracts have been entered into.
COMPETITION
The November 1998 issue of the Engineering News Record
reported a study conducted by the Office of Technology of the U.S. Department of
Commerce that depicted an environmental industry generating products and
services totaling $181 billion annually. This includes $16 billion in exports to
the global environmental market, currently valued at $453 billion annually. The
U.S. market continues to undergo restructuring fueled by regulatory changes,
declines and/or shifts in government spending, and the emergence of very large
remediation companies via vertical integration and cross service acquisition.
A key emerging market trend is the shift from transportation
and disposal to on-site remediation, due to the recent availability of more
effective treatment technologies and meaningful economic incentives with on-site
remediation. The current hazardous metals market consists of three main
segments; (i.) hazardous waste facilities landfills and treatment, storage and
disposal facilities); (ii.) manufacturing operations (producers of hazardous
waste); and (iii.) site remediation (projects for the clean up of contaminated
sites).
The remediation market is perceived to offer minimal product
differentiation and is characterized by a general reluctance to try new
products. The Company believes this stems from the generator/primary responsible
party's ("PRP") reluctance to risk a possible future liability with unproven
products. Additionally, environmental consultants generally take a very
conservative approach in evaluating remedial design alternatives. The
remediation solutions that have historically dominated the market, including
Portland Cement, cement kiln dust, and lime, are coming under increasing public
and private scrutiny, because of concerns that they may not provide PRPs with
long term protection. With the passing of time, an increasing risk exists that
the "caps" that were used only to encapsulate contaminants on many sites will
crack and again expose the environment to toxic materials.
The Company's MBS is a chemical fixation process which
competes against three primary remediation categories: (i.) solidification and
stabilization, (ii.) vitrification, and (iii.) soil washing. Each of these have
several treatment technologies available. Solidification and stabilization as
the primary category of remediation used for heavy metals accounting for
approximately eighty percent (80%) of market usage. The MBS process compares
favorably against solidification and stabilization, with its advantages being
cost, versatility and efficacy, including long-term stability of treated
contaminants.
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
The EPA is the principal federal agency responsible for
environmental matters, including the disposal and discharge of hazardous
substances. State and local governments are involved in implementing
environmental programs on their relevant levels. EPA, state and local policies
can adversely affect the demand for the Company's services by relaxing
regulations requiring tests, by delaying the effective date of regulations which
require tests and by relaxing its enforcement efforts. Furthermore, to the
extent that the budgets of administrative agencies are reduced, or funds not
made available to them, the demand for the Company' services can also be
adversely affected. Applicable federal legislation includes the RCRA, the UTS,
the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, Toxic
Substances Control Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation
and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act ("SARA") and the Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for
Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks ("UST").
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The Company's activities and its facilities are subject to
federal, state and local laws, ordinances and rules and regulations relating to
the environment, environmental quality and occupational health and safety
including RCRA, OSHA and similar state laws and regulations promulgated
thereunder. The Company receives and uses various hazardous chemicals in its
environmental testing operations and is licensed for these activities. While the
Company believes that its operations have at all times been conducted in
compliance with all federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations,
any business handling hazardous waste is subject to potential contingent
liabilities under certain of these laws. The full impact of applicable laws and
regulations on the Company is difficult to predict because of their complex
nature and the possibility of changes, and because of political and economic
pressures. In connection with the Company's business of waste analysis, the
Company believes it is acting in compliance with applicable environmental laws.
In response to the increasing public and private awareness to
the long term results from previous remediation initiatives, effective as of
August 24, 1998, the EPA promulgated changes to rules defining the acceptable
levels of Toxic Characteristics (TC) metals which supersede the levels set in
the RCRA with the far more stringent Universal Treatment Standards (UTS). The
chart below details the EPA's addition of six newly defined hazardous metals,
and the changes to acceptable TC levels, which benefit the Company because MBS
is already proven capable of achieving these new levels without additional cost,
equipment, or volume increase for the treated materials,. Management also
believes that traditional technologies are probably not capable of achieving the
proposed new TC levels without significant cost increases.
US EPA REGULATORY CHANGES FOR TOXIC CHARACTERISTICS METALS
TC METAL Old RCRA Levels New UTS Levels % Variance
(mg/l) (mg/l)
Arsenic 5.0 5.0 (N/C)
Antimony NEW 1.15 n/a
Barium 100.0 21.0 -79.0%
Beryllium NEW 1.22 n/a
Cadmium 1.0 0.11 -89.0%
Chromium 5.0 0.60 -88.0%
Lead 5.0 0.75 -85.0%
Mercury 0.2 0.025 -87.5%
Nickel NEW 11.0 n/a
Selenium 1.0 5.70 +570.0%
Silver 5.0 0.14 -97.2%
Thallium NEW 0.20 n/a
Vanadium NEW 1.60 n/a
Zinc NEW 4.30 n/a
INSURANCE
The Company maintains a Commercial General Liability Policy on
an occurrence basis which expires June 1999 with an aggregate limit of
$5,000,000 and a Contractors Pollution Liability Policy with liability coverage
of $2,000,000, on a claims-made basis, with a $25,000 deductible which expires
June 1999. The Commercial General Liability Policy contains various exclusions,
including claims related to discharge of pollutants, radioactive matter, and
asbestos.
The Company intends to maintain the same coverage, either by
renewal or by obtaining similar coverage. However, no assurances can be given
that the Company will be able to maintain any or all of the above described
policies of insurance which may also be canceled before expiration in accordance
with the terms of each policy. Further, while management believes this coverage
is adequate, there can be no assurance that a recovery or settlement of a
material claim will not exceed the Company's coverage.
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All of the aforementioned policies are maintained by the
Company through the Reliance Insurance Company and Hartford Insurance Company.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 1998, the Company had twenty three full
time employees. Of these employees four were executives, eight were engaged in
sales, four in technical activities and seven were in administrative and support
functions. In addition, the Company utilizes subcontract labor for various
projects.
The Company is not subject to any collective bargaining
agreement and management believes that its employee relations are good.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The Company occupies an office of approximately 7,000 square
feet at 250 West Nyack Road, West Nyack, New York pursuant to a sublease
agreement commencing March 1, 1996 for a six year term at a rent of (U.S.)
$12,000 per month.
The Company also occupies an office at 1413 Juncos Avenue,
Santurce Puerto Rico. The Company entered into a four year lease commencing
June 1, 1996 with a monthly rent of (U.S.) $675 and has prepaid (U.S.)
$27,385.68 in rent by allowing Dr. Robert Sheldon, President of 1413 Fernandez
Juncos, Inc. (the landlord of the premises) to exercise warrants previously
issued to him.
The Company also occupies an office at 105-1093 West Broadway,
Vancouver, British Columbia pursuant to a month to month lease arrangement at a
monthly rent of (U.S.) $600.
The Company also maintains offices in their salesman's homes
in Saskatchewan, Canada, and Maryland and Kansas in the USA. The Company has no
written leases for these offices and pays no monthly rent for them.
Management believes that all of the aforementioned properties
are adequately covered by insurance and are adequate for the Company's present
and planned future operations.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
As previously reported, during May 1998 the Company and
several of its officers were served with a putative class action complaint
alleging purported violations of the securities laws [GESTEN v. SOLUCORP
INDUSTRIES LTD, et al., 98 Civ. 3248 (LMM) (SDNY)]. Subsequently, three
additional class action complaints were filed against the Company and various of
its personnel. After the Company and the individuals named in the GESTEN action
filed a motion to dismiss that complaint, the plaintiffs in the four class
actions filed a motion to consolidate the four actions into one action, as part
of the GESTEN case, and to file one amended consolidated complaint. The
consolidation motion was granted by the court by order dated October 23, 1998.
The consolidated amended complaint was filed on December 7, 1998 [IN RE:
SOLUCORP INDUSTRIES, LTD., Master File No. 98 CV 3248 (LMM)(SDNY)]. The Company
and the individuals named in the complaint, after consultation with their
attorneys, believe that the action filed against them has no merit and have
determined to vigorously defend the action. On February 12, 1999, the Company
and the individuals who had been served, filed a motion to dismiss the amended
consolidated complaint.
As of March 20, 1998 the Company entered into an exclusive
licensing agreement with KBF Pollution Management, Inc. (KBF) covering KBF's
Selective Separation Technology. On August 25, 1998 the Company and KBF
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both announced that they had agreed to modify the licensing agreement to a world
marketing and distribution agreement. However, on or about September 24, 1998,
the Company received a letter from counsel for KBF notifying the Company of
KBF's purported termination of the licensing agreement and of purported claims
against the Company. On September 23, 1998 KBF announced that it had purported
to terminate the license agreement and had filed a complaint against the Company
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
During October 1998 the national law firm of Greenberg Traurig dismissed the
lawsuit filed against the Company by KBF after receiving a letter from the
Company's attorneys, Heller, Horowitz & Feit, P.C., notifying KBF that "the
purported claims under the Federal Securities laws were totally frivolous and
accordingly, there was no basis for federal court subject matter jurisdiction."
A demand for immediate voluntary dismissal of the federal case was made by the
Company's attorney precipitating KBF's dismissal of the lawsuit.
With the dismissal of KBF's federal lawsuit, KBF filed a civil
action against the Company in the State of New Jersey. The civil suit sets forth
allegations as described in KBF's previous Federal lawsuit but does not include
the frivolous, bogus allegations of Securities Laws violations. The Company
denies the allegations and has counterclaimed against KBF and related parties
for substantial damages. The Company's claims emanate from, among other things,
misrepresentations of KBF's product marketability and violation of
non-circumvent clauses involving the Company's clients, among other
misrepresentations and falsehoods made by KBF and related parties.
In or about April 1996, the Company entered into a joint
venture agreement with Tristate Restoration Company, Inc. ("Tristate") regarding
remediation of lead and asbestos. Tristate has failed to comply with its
obligations under, among other things, the joint venture agreement, and in or
about May 1998 the Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey against, among others, Tristate claiming that
Tristate breached the joint venture agreement. The Company's claims emanate from
misrepresentations of Tristate's business arrangements and net worth, and
violations of the agreement regarding the parties' common stock, among other
misrepresentations and falsehoods made by Tristate and related parties. The
Company seeks substantial damages from Tristate.
On May 1, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
suspended trading in the Company's securities and initiated an investigation
into various matters concerning the Company. The suspension was based upon
questions that were raised concerning the accuracy and adequacy of the public
information about various aspects of the Company's business. The Company has
cooperated fully with the SEC investigation, making available to the SEC Staff
all of the Company's documents, producing its personnel for sworn testimony,
waiving its attorney-client privilege, and directing its auditors and attorneys
to cooperate fully with the SEC Staff. The SEC has not yet concluded its
investigation.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
The Company has not held an annual shareholders meeting since
December 18, 1996.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
Until May 1, 1998, the Company's Common Stock was traded in
the over-the-counter market via the Electronic Bulletin Board under the symbol
"SLUP". On that date the Company's Common Stock was suspended from trading by
the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, the Company's Common Stock
is currently traded in the "gray market." The following table shows the range of
high and low bid quotations for shares of the Company's Common Stock for the
calendar quarters indicated, except for the prices shown after the quarter ended
June 30, 1998 which represent the highs and lows of actual sale prices. Prior to
August 6, 1996, the Company's Common Stock was traded on the Vancouver Stock
Exchange. Prices prior to August 6, 1996 are not presented. Pricing information
after May 1, 1998 is based on various websites, including Stockmaster, Quicken
and Yahoo.
(In US Dollars)
High Low
1999
Quarter Ended March 31 (through March 22, 1999) $1.38 $0.63
1998
Quarter Ended December 31 $1.63 $0.38
Quarter Ended September 30 $3.25 $1.00
Quarter Ended June 30 $5.87 $1.50
Quarter Ended March 31 $4.37 $3.09
1997
Quarter Ended December 31 $6.19 $3.37
Quarter Ended September 30 $3.87 $2.69
Quarter Ended June 30 $4.19 $2.25
Quarter Ended March 31 $6.50 $1.69
1996
Quarter Ended December 31 $7.91 $1.53
Quarter Ended September 30 (beginning August 6, 1996) $9.12 $1.15
As of March 23, 1999, the Company's Common Stock was held
of record by 509 persons. The Company estimates that there are at least
4,500 additional shareholders whose shares are held by brokerage firms, banks
and depositories.
SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS PLAN
The Company has established a shareholders protection rights
plan (the "Rights Plan"). The Rights Plan is effected through an agreement with
The R-M Trust Company which is subject to the registration requirements of
applicable Canadian Law.
The purpose of the Rights Plan is to protect the Company
against an unsolicited take-over bid. The Rights Plan permits the Company's
shareholders to review and decide upon a take-over bid while establishing a
minimum standard of fairness and giving shareholders and the Board of Directors
sufficient time to evaluate a bid. Generally under the Rights Plan, if any
person acquires 20% or more of the outstanding Common Stock and were to make a
take-over bid which is not a Permitted Bid (as defined in the Rights Plan
Agreement), the rights under the Rights Agreement (except those held by the
person making the take-over bid and certain other related or connected persons)
would entitle the holders to acquire
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Common Stock at a value that would substantially dilute the interest of the
offeror and thus render a take-over bid prohibitively expensive. Generally, an
offeror may avoid this result by negotiating a take-over bid with the Company's
management and obtain the agreement by the Company's Board of Directors.
RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
During the period from January 2 until April 29, 1998, the
Company issued an aggregate of 300,500 shares of Common Stock in connection with
the exercise of stock options.
On April 30, 1998, the Company issued to a number of
purchasers 36,557 shares of Common Stock in connection with the exercise of
warrants that had previously been issued in a private placement. This issuance
was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
On May 22, 1998, the Company issued to KBF Pollution
Management, Inc. 190,550 shares of Common Stock in connection with a licensing
agreement with that company. This issuance was exempt from registration under
Section 4(2) under the Securities Act.
From June 16 until July 10, 1998, and on August 12 and
September 11, 1998, the Company issued to its directors and officers 8,500,
150,000 and 77,000 shares of Common Stock, respectively, in connection with the
exercise of stock options. These issuances were exempt from registration under
Rule 701 under the Securities Act.
On August 12, 1998, the Company issued to Heller, Horowitz &
Feit, P.C., its outside legal counsel, 50,000 shares of Common Stock in payment
of legal fees. This issuance was exempt from registration under Section 4(2)
under the Securities Act.
On August 19, 1998, the Company issued an aggregate of 142,593
shares of Common Stock in connection with the exercise of stock options, and
bonus and fee payments. These issuances were exempt from registration under
Section 4(2) under the Securities Act.
ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with
the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. The consolidated
financial statements report the two latest audited periods of: twelve months to
December 31, 1998 and six months to December 31, 1997 that resulted from the
change in the Company's Financial Year reporting to a calendar year. However, to
allow for a direct comparison of the full year of 1998 to the full year of 1997,
the six months unaudited periods to June 30, 1997, and to December 31, 1996,
have been identified separately. The following comparisons show full year 1997
as a combination of the financial data from both the audited six months period
to December 31, 1997, and the unaudited six months period to June 30, 1997. For
ease of reference, these combined periods of 1997 are referred to as "the total
of the combined 1997 periods", with the component periods [unaudited to June 30,
1997, and audited to December 31, 1997] shown in adjacent parenthesis.
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Results of Operations
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 1998 Compared to the Six
Months Ended December 31, 1997, and the Six Months Ended June 30, 1997,
Expressed as Combined Totals for a Twelve Months Period.
Aggregate revenue (environmental clean-ups and waste disposal
projects and Training Institute fees) increased to $2,116,946, or 121.7% over
the combined 1997 periods total of $954,660 [$325,439 from unaudited period,
$629,221 from audited period]. The Company views this as the establishment of a
positive trend, which is currently being reflected in a continuation of revenue
growth in 1999. There can be no assurance that this trend will be maintained. In
addition, license fees earned from Smart International for the full year during
1998 increased to $2,000,000, as compared to the $1,140,910 earned during 1997
when the license agreement was in effect for only part of the year.
Cost of sales increased to $2,329,167, representing an
increase of $1,373,508, or 143.7% over the total of the combined 1997 periods of
$955,659 [$510,941 from unaudited period, $444,718 from audited period]. This
increase was due to the abnormally high inventory storage costs incurred in
preparation for future projects and from the projects associated with the
increased revenues in 1998 and other costs associated with project start-ups,
for which invoicing cannot be effected until calendar year 1999.
Gross margin went from a loss of $999 in the total of the
combined 1997 periods [($185,502) from unaudited period, $184,503 from audited
period], to a loss of $212,221 in the current twelve-month period. At this point
in the Company's development, its project costs do not yet reflect the economy
of scale needed for a normal operation. In addition, the previously noted
start-up costs and the high storage costs of preparatory inventory stock-piling
have hindered profitability.
Investment and other income in the current twelve months
period of $160,560 (substantially all of which is due from related parties) was
comparable with the total of the combined 1997 periods, as is reflected by a
decrease of only $341 from $160,901 [$8,999 from unaudited period, $151,902 from
audited period].
For the twelve months ended December 31, 1998, total operating
expenses increased $353,115, or 9.3%, to $4,146,615, versus the total of the
combined 1997 periods of $3,793,500 [$2,135,700 from unaudited period,
$1,657,800 from audited period]. Current expenses focused primarily on the
Company becoming a reporting entity with the SEC, the protection and final
issuance of the Company's patents, and the Company's cooperation with an ongoing
investigation by the SEC, with all associated extraordinary legal expenses, and
on increasing the Company's sales efforts. In the combined prior periods,
operating expenses were geared primarily toward marketing and publicizing the
successful demonstrations of the Company's MBS technology for the U.S. EPA, and
finding reliable chemical suppliers for the reagents used in MBS. The results of
these efforts in 1997 are now evident in the increased project start-ups and
revenues in 1998/99, and the Company anticipates that forward progress in all
aspects of business will ensue after the current extraordinary expenses are
completed.
For the twelve months, ended December 31, 1998 the Company
experienced a loss of $2,198,276, versus a loss of $2,292,688 in the total of
the combined 1997 periods [($2,312,203 from unaudited period, $19,515 from
audited period]. While this represents an improvement of $94,412, or 4.1%, the
Company experienced significant abnormal expenses in both periods, which are
discussed above.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
At December 31, 1998, the Company had working capital of
$3,841,499, an increase of $56,513, or 1.5%, from the $3,784,986 reflected in
the December 31, 1997 Balance Sheet. Within the current assets, significant
increases occurred in accounts receivable and inventories, whereas significant
decreases occurred in unbilled license fees, due from related parties and
prepaid expenses. Within the current liabilities, significant increases occurred
in accounts payable, accrued expenses and loans payable incurred as a result of
preparing for projects due for start-up in 1999.
The Company has successfully financed its operations through
revenues received from MBS sales and projects and related revenues.
Extraordinary expenses associated with patent protection, the on-going SEC
investigation and Research & Development are being financed through the sale of
its securities pursuant to the Company's stock option plans and to certain
private investors, and the Company expects to continue to provide for its cash
and capital needs in this manner until operations are sufficient to meet these
needs.
Cash Flows
During the twelve months ended December 31, 1998, the Company
decreased its cash position to a deficit of ($58,359). In the current period,
cash was provided mainly from sales revenues, the issuance of the Company's
capital stock, the repayment of related party loans, and from non-interest
bearing demand loans. This was used primarily to fund the current loss. Cash
flow further reflects the out-flow of monies for work in progress for which
revenues and profits will be realized in 1999, and which should favorably affect
future cash flow demands placed on the Company in 1999.
Other
In anticipation of significantly increased remediation over
the next few months, and due to the relatively long lead-time required to
purchase one of the main chemical ingredients in MBS, the Company increased its
inventory of this chemical since December 31, 1997. This was the primary reason
for the inventory increasing $753,745 to a total of $1,538,560 from the $784,815
recorded at December 31, 1997. The Company believes that demand for product for
contracts already issued, in process and pending in 1999 will result in a need
exceeding full utilization of the currently held inventory.
Year 2000 Issue
The Company's services do not utilize equipment or systems
that depend on computer software. The Company's accounting systems are personal
computer based and presently utilize off the shelf accounting software. The
Company plans to purchase software upgrades from software vendors, and these
purchases are not expected to have a material impact on the Company's results of
operations.
Certain matters discussed herein may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and as such may involve risks and uncertainties.
These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, expectations of
business environment in which the Company operates, projections of future
performance, perceived opportunities in the market and statements regarding the
Company's mission and vision. The Company's actual results, performance, or
achievements may differ significantly from the results, performance, or
achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
The financial statements are listed in the Index to Financial
Statements on page F-1 and are filed as part of this annual report.
ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING
AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS, CONTROL PERSONS;
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The Company's directors, executive officers and key consultant
are as follows:
Name Age Title
Peter Mantia 51 President and Director
James Spartz 46 Senior Vice President and
Director
John A. VanDuzen 57 Director
Bernadette Anderton 47 Director and Secretary
Arle L. Pierro 50 Senior Vice-President, "Founder"
and Director
Donald G. Atkinson 69 Director
W. Bryan Fair 41 Director
Robert Kuhn 44 Vice-President, Sales and
Marketing
Charles A. Ludwig 41 Vice-President, Corporate
Marketing
David Porteous 54 Senior Vice President
Joseph S. Kemprowski 51 "Founder" and Consultant
A director is elected to hold office until the next annual
meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Vacancies of the Board of Directors may be filled by the remaining directors
until the next annual meeting of shareholders.
PETER MANTIA became President and a Director of the Company in
February 1995. Mr. Mantia was the Corporate Purchasing Manager of BMW of North
America from 1986-1994, a National Purchasing Agent from 1982-1986, and a Senior
Buyer for BMW of North America from 1979-1982. Mr. Mantia is married to a sister
of Arle Pierro, a Senior Vice President and Director of the Company.
JAMES SPARTZ became Senior Vice-President and Director of the
Company and Vice president of EPS Environmental, Inc. in December 1992. From
October 1994 to February 1995 Mr. Spartz was the President of the Company. Mr.
Spartz is the co-founder of Spartz-McIntyre Group, Inc. a marketing service
company.
JOHN VANDUZEN became a Director of the Company in September
1994. Mr. VanDuzen is currently the president of International-En-R-Tech Inc., a
manufacturer of innovative lighting techniques, and a director of United Gunn
Resources Ltd. A mining, oil and gas company. Prior to becoming a Director, Mr.
VanDuzen was self-employed, operating a consulting and promotion business.
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BERNADETTE ANDERTON became the Company's Secretary in January
1994 and a Director of the Company in November 1994. Prior to being named
Secretary of the Company, Ms. Anderton served as the Administration/Accounting
manager in the Company's Vancouver office.
ARLE PIERRO has been a Vice President with EPS Environmental,
Inc. since May 1991, and has been a Director and Senior Vice President of the
Company since March 1994. From 1987 to 1991 Ms. Pierro was the owner and
president of Pierro Jewelers, Inc. Ms. Pierro is married to Joseph Kemprowski, a
consultant to the Company. In addition, her sister is married to Peter Mantia,
the Company's President.
DONALD ATKINSON became a Director of the Company in August
1996. Since 1989 Mr. Atkinson has owned and operated a private consulting
company working with small private companies in the clothing business.
BRYAN FAIR has been with the Company since October 1991
occupying such positions as accountant, Vice President of Administration, Acting
President and Director. Currently, Mr. Fair serves as a member of the Board of
Directors. Mr. Fair is also a Distance Education Technologist at the British
Columbia Institute of Technology.
ROBERT KUHN became a Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for
the Company in August 1994. Prior to joining Solucorp he spent 15 years with
Reckitt and Coleman as a Director of Marketing.
CHARLES A. LUDWIG became a Vice-President of Sales and
Operations for the Company in December 1994. Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
Ludwig was the owner and President of the Environmental Training Institute, an
entity that was acquired by the Company as part of the negotiations to obtain
Mr. Ludwig's services.
DAVID PORTEOUS became a Senior Vice-President of Corporate
Marketing in October 1996. Prior thereto, Mr. Porteous had reestablished his
Australian marketing and communications consulting firm which he had founded in
1982. From August 1993 to February 1995, he was a consultant for Del
laboratories, Inc. of Farmingdale, New York, functioning as the Vice President
of Marketing for the Sally Hansen Brand.
JOSEPH S. KEMPROWSKI is a full time consultant to Solucorp and
works out of facilities provided to him by the Company at the Company's main
offices in West Nyack, New York. He is the husband of Arle Pierro, a
vice-president and director of Solucorp, and the brother-in-law of Peter R.
Mantia, President and a director of Solucorp (Ms. Pierro and Mr. Mantia's wife
are sisters).
During the early 1990s, when prior management was forced to
leave Solucorp, Mr. Kemprowski became Chairman and CEO of the Company. At that
time, the Company had minimal operations and the MBS technology was in the early
process of development. Mr. Kemprowski and Ms. Pierro essentially operated the
Company during that time period and, as a result, have been recognized by the
Company as "founders" of the Company in its present form. Mr. Kemprowski and Ms.
Pierro both use the title "Founder" in addition to their other titles (Ms.
Pierro - Vice-President and Director; Mr. Kemprowski - Consultant).
During the middle 1990s, Mr. Kemprowski stepped down from his
positions with Solucorp but continued as President of EPS Environmental, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Solucorp through which almost all of Solucorp's
business is conducted. In late 1996, he gave up his positions with EPS and
assumed his positions as Founder and Consultant with Solucorp.
Mr. Kemprowski is a key member of Solucorp's personnel. He is
not an officer or director of Solucorp or any of its subsidiaries, and does not
exercise any control in that regard, but he is available to senior management to
render advice on a wide variety of matters as requested, particularly with
respect to his knowledge of the events which occurred during his tenure as an
officer and director. He undertakes such projects as may be assigned by senior
management or as he may conceive on his own with the concurrence of senior
management. With respect to such projects,
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he often acts as the leader of the Solucorp effort. His activities as a
consultant have been significant factors in the development by Solucorp of many
of its key relationships and projects including the relationships with Smart and
with Geomar and the current Solucorp efforts to develop and commercialize its
patent pending Integrated Fixation System.
On December 8, 1994, in a matter unrelated to Solucorp, Mr.
Kemprowski consented, without admitting or denying the allegations, to the entry
of an order in an SEC administrative proceeding making findings and imposing
sanctions [KEMPROWSKI, et al.; SEC Rel. No. 34-35058 (12/8/94)]. The order found
that during the period from 1988 to 1990, Mr. Kemprowski, and a company with
which he was associated, in recommending the purchase of securities of a
particular issuer, acted as brokers without being registered as such,
disseminated false and misleading information prepared by the issuer, and made
their recommendation without having a reasonable basis for such. The order
barred Mr. Kemprowski from being associated with a company engaged in the
securities industry but provided that, after five years, he could apply to
become so associated. The order did not bar Mr. Kemprowski from being an officer
or director or otherwise associated with any public company not in the
securities industry such as Solucorp.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT OF THE REGISTRANT.
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires
the Company's officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent
of a registered class of the Company's equity securities, to file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Officers, directors and greater than ten-percent shareholders are required by
SEC regulation to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms
they file.
The Company believes that during the period from February 1998
(the month that the Company became a reporting entity under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 thereby creating the aforementioned reporting obligation)
through December 31, 1998, all of the Company's directors and executive officers
were delinquent in their Section 16(a) filing obligations. The Company is in the
process of devising internal procedures to monitor and ensure compliance with
the Section 16(a) filing obligations by its directors and executive officers.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
The following table sets forth the compensation paid or
accrued by the Company during the three fiscal years ended December 31, 1998 to
its Chief Executive Officer. No other executive officers or other persons
employed by the Company received compensation in excess of $100,000.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE(1)(2)
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Annual Compensation
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
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Year Ended
Name/Principal Position December 31 Salary ($) Bonus ($) All Other Compensation
============================= =================== ============== =============== =======================
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Peter Mantia 1998 110,000 -0- -0-
President 1997 114,584 -0- -0-
1996 96,250 -0- -0-
<FN>
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(1) The above compensation does not include the use of an automobile and
other personal benefits, the total value of which do not exceed as to
any named officer or director or group of executive officers the lesser
of $50,000 or 10% of such person's or persons' cash compensation.
(2) Pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the Commission, the table
omits columns reserved for types of compensation not applicable to the
Company.
</FN>
</TABLE>
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None of the individuals listed in the table above received any
long-term incentive plan awards during the fiscal year.
The following table sets forth the number of options granted
to the Company's Chief Executive Officer as well as certain related information
with respect to such options.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Securities Percentage of Total Options Granted Exercise or
Name Underlying Options (#) to Employees in Fiscal Year Base Price Expiration Date
- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------------------- ---------------- -------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Peter Mantia 50,000 (1) 10.8% $1.20 February 19, 03
104,000 5.2% $1.20 October 6, 03
<FN>
(1) Represents previously granted options exercisable at $3.50, the exercise
price of which was subsequently reduced to $1.20.
</FN>
</TABLE>
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
The Company has entered into a Consulting Agreement dated
April 7, 1998 (the "Consulting Agreement"), with Joseph Kemprowski, pursuant to
which Mr. Kemprowski performs a variety of consulting services for the Company
as requested by the Company's management. Under the Consulting Agreement, Mr.
Kemprowski receives $125,000 per annum. In addition, Mr. Kemprowski receives
100,000 shares of Common Stock as well as 100,000 options to purchase Common
Stock. The Consulting Agreement also entitles Mr. Kemprowski to the use of a
company automobile. The Consulting Agreement expires in April 2003.
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT.
The following table sets forth, as of March 31, 1999,
information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock
based upon the most recent information available to the Company for (i) each
person known by the Company to own beneficially more than five (5%) percent of
the Company's outstanding Common Stock, (ii) each of the Company's officers and
directors and a key consultant and (iii) all officers and directors of the
Company as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, each stockholder's address is
c/o the Company, 250 West Nyack Road, West Nyack, New York.
Shares Owned Beneficially
and of Record (1)
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Name and Address No. of Shares % of Total
- ---------------- ------------- ----------
Peter Mantia (2) 336,300 1.5
James Spartz (3) 588,523 2.6
John A. VanDuzen (4) 187,300 *
105-1093 West Broadway, Vancouver,
British Columbia
Bernadette Anderton (5) 168,608 *
105-1093 West Broadway, Vancouver,
British Columbia
Arle L. Pierro (6) 1,428,175 6.0
Donald G. Atkinson (7) 45,000 *
105-1093 West Broadway, Vancouver,
British Columbia
W. Bryan Fair (8) 161,070 *
Joseph Kemprowski (9) 771,110 3.4
All Officers and Directors as a Group 2,914,976 11.9
(7 persons) (10)
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* Less than 1%
(1) Includes shares issuable within 60 days upon the exercise of
all options and warrants. Shares issuable under options or
warrants are owned beneficially but not of record.
(2) Includes 304,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of stock options.
(3) Includes 242,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of stock options. Also includes 317,000 shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of stock options that are held by
Ladner Investments which is wholly owned by Mr. Spartz.
(4) Includes 77,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of stock options. Also includes 84,000 shares issuable upon
exercise of stock options held by Exodus Capital which is
wholly owned by Mr. VanDuzen.
(5) Includes 5,000 shares of Common Stock held by 482192 B.C. Ltd.
which is wholly owned by Ms. Anderton ("B.C. Ltd.") and 400
shares of Common Stock held by Bernadette Anderton, in Trust.
Also includes 33,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of stock options held by Ms. Anderton as well as
120,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock
options held by B.C. Ltd.
(6) Includes 897,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of stock options.
(7) Includes 43,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of stock options.
(8) Includes 14,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of stock options. Also includes 5,000 shares as well as
141,000 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options held by
Wiener Works which is wholly owned by Mr. Fair.
(9) Includes 727,210 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of stock options. Does not include 70,000 shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options held by the
daughter of Mr. Kemprowski's wife with respect to which Mr.
Kemprowski exercises discretion. Mr. Kemprowski disclaims
beneficial ownership in these securities. Mr. Kemprowski is
the husband of Arle Pierro.
(10) Includes 2,270,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of stock options.
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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
Certain parties related to the Company are indebted to the
Company in the amounts described below. This indebtedness was incurred primarily
as a result of the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of stock options, for which the Company has not been paid to date.
As of December 31, 1998 Arle Pierro, an officer and director
of the Company, was indebted to the Company in the amount of $773,178.
As of December 31, 1998 Joseph S. Kemprowski, a consultant to
the Company who is also Arle Pierro's husband, was indebted to the Company in
the amount of $386,580.
As of December 31, 1998 Joseph D. Kemprowski, an employee with
the Company who is also the son of Joseph S. Kemprowski, was indebted to the
Company in the amount of $2,114.
As of December 31, 1998 James Spartz, an officer and director
of the Company, was indebted to the Company in the amount of $257,381.
As of December 31, 1998 Peter Mantia, an officer and director
of the Company, was indebted to the Company in the amount of $73,142.
As of December 31, 1998 John Van Duzen, a director of the
Company, was indebted to the Company in the amount of $23,773.
As of December 31, 1998 Wiener Works, a business owned by
Bryan Fair, a director of the Company, was indebted to the Company in the amount
of $69,529.
As of December 31 1998 Charles Ludwig, an officer of the
Company, was indebted to the Company in the amount of $63,475.
As of December 31, 1998 Robert Kuhn, an officer of the
Company, was indebted to the Company in the amount of $904.
As of December 31, 1998 Bernadette Anderton, a director of the
Company, was indebted to the Company in the amount of $5,348.
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PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS
ON FORM 8-K.
(a) (1) Financial Statements - See Index to Consolidated Financial
Statements and Financial Statements Schedule at Part II Item 8
of the Form 10-K.
(2) Financial Statement Schedules - See Index to Consolidated
Financial statements and Financial Statements Schedule at Part
II Item 8 of the Form 10-K.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
None
(c) The following Exhibits are filed as part of this report.
3.0 Certificate of Amalgamation*
3.1 Certificate of Change of Name*
3.2 Company Act Articles of World Tec Industries, Inc.*
3.3 Certificate of Continuance**
3.4 By-Laws*
4.0 Specimen Common Stock Certificate*
4.1 Shareholder Protection Rights Plan Agreement dated as of December 18,
1996 between Solucorp Industries Ltd.
and CIBC Mellon Trust Company*
4.2 Form of Common Stock option Agreement*
4.3 Form of Common Stock Option Amendment Agreement*
10.0 Licensing Agreement between John Beech Remediation, Ltd. and the
Company dated October 11, 1995.*
10.1 Addendum to Licensing Agreement between John Beech Remediation, Ltd.
and the Company dated October 30, 1995.*
10.2 Licensing Agreement between Global Technologies, Inc. and the Company
dated November 5, 1996.*
10.3 License Agreement between Smart International, Ltd. and the Company
dated June 4, 1997.*
10.4 Sub-Lease covering Registrant's facility in Nyack, N.Y. between Twin
Country Grocers, Inc. and the Company dated March 1, 1996.*
10.5 Lease covering Registrant's facility in Puerto Rico between 1413
Fernandez Juncos, Inc. and the Company dated June 1, 1996.*
10.6 Lease covering Registrant's facility in Saddle Brook, N.J. between
Croes-Pecorino Industrial Co. and the Company dated April 1992.*
10.7 Addendum to Lease covering facility in Saddle Brook, N.J. between
Croes-Pecorino Industrial Co. and the Company dated May 6, 1997.*
10.8 Agreement between John Beech Remediation Ltd. and the Company dated
August 1, 1997.*
10.9 Agreement between M.H. Meyerson & Co., Inc. and the Company dated June
3, 1996.**
10.10 Licensing Agreement between Smart International, Ltd. and the Company
dated September 15, 1997**
10.11 Addendum to Agreement dated June 3, 1996 between M.H. Meyerson & Co.,
Inc. and the Company dated September 22, 1997.**
10.12 Consulting Agreement between William Webster, Webster & Associates and
the Company dated October 1, 1997.*
10.13 Consulting Agreement between Mark Beloyan and the Company dated
November 19, 1997.*
10.14 Finder's Agreement between Quest International Technologies and the
Company dated November 20, 1997.*
10.15 Finder's Agreement between Enviro-Tech Compliance Services, Inc. and
the Company dated February 2, 1998.*
10.16 Licensing Agreement between KBF Pollution Management, Inc. and the
Company dated March 20, 1998.**
10.17 Consulting Agreement between the Company and Joseph Kemprowski dated
April 7, 1998.
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21. Subsidiaries of Registrant:
(i) EPS Environmental, Inc. - Incorporated under the
laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada -
100% owned
(ii) Environmental Training Institute, Inc. - Incorporated
under the laws of New Jersey. - 100% owned
(iii) ESM Industries, Inc. - Incorporated under the laws of
the Province of British Columbia, Canada. - 100%
owned.
(iv) World Tec Equities, Inc. - Incorporated under the
laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada -
100% owned.
(v) World Travel Plaza, Inc. - Incorporated under the
laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada - 100% owned.
22. None.
23. Consent of MacKay and Partners - Chartered Accountants
24. None.
25. Financial Data Schedule [VH]
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* Incorporated by reference to the Company's Form 10-SB filing made
December 22, 1997. File No. [1-13737]
** Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April 15, 1999
SOLUCORP INDUSTRIES LTD.
By: /s/ PETER MANTIA
Peter Mantia, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed on behalf of the Registrant and in capacities and at
the dates indicated:
Signature Capacity Date
/s/ PETER MANTIA Director April 15, 1999
- ------------------- (Chief Financial
Peter Mantia and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ JAMES G. SPARTZ Director April 15, 1999
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James G. Spartz
/s/ BERNADETTE ANDERTON Director April 15, 1999
Bernadette Anderton
/s/ ARLE L. PIERRO Director April 15, 1999
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Arle L. Pierro
/s/ JOHN A. VANDUZEN Director April 15, 1999
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John A. Vanduzen
/s/ DONALD G. ATKINSON Director April 15, 1999
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Donald G. Atkinson
/s/ BRYAN FAIR Director April 15, 1999
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Bryan Fair
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Consolidated Financial Statements
Year Ended December 31, 1998
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Consolidated Financial Statements
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Year Ended December 31, 1998 Page
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Auditors' Report 3
Consolidated Balance Sheets 4
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficit 5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 7-22
Schedule of Administrative and General Expenses 23
Schedule of Research and Development Expenses 24
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Auditors' Report
To the Shareholders of
Solucorp Industries Ltd.
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Solucorp Industries Ltd. as
at December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the consolidated statements of operations and
deficit and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1998 and the six months
ended December 31, 1997. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain
reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosure in these financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
In our opinion, these consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the company as at December 31, 1998
and 1997, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods
then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ MacKay & Partners
Vancouver, Canada
March 19, 1999 Chartered Accountants
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (US Dollars)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
(note 19)
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<S> <C> <C>
Assets
Current
Cash $ - $ 26,646
Accounts receivable (note 2) 2,399,401 672,791
License fees (note 3) 90,910 490,910
Loan receivable (note 4) - 50,000
Due from related parties (note 5) 1,690,482 1,981,377
Other receivables 66,635 100,872
Inventories (note 6) 1,538,560 784,815
Prepaid expenses (note 7) 247,238 816,495
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6,033,226 4,923,906
Long-term investments (note 8) 265,421 368,844
Capital assets (note 9) 311,124 350,663
Waste disposal rights (note 10) - 358,594
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$ 6,609,771 $ 6,002,007
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Liabilities
Current
Bank indebtedness $ 58,359 $ -
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 1,708,195 868,198
Customer deposits 77,854 -
Loans payable (note 11) 347,319 270,722
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2,191,727 1,138,920
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Shareholders' Equity
Subscriptions received (note 14) 1,161,901 -
Share capital (note 12) 20,054,090 18,135,240
Deficit (16,797,947) (13,247,738)
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4,418,044 4,887,502
Less: cost of 8,000 shares held by
the company's subsidiary (note 11) - (24,415)
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4,418,044 4,863,087
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$ 6,609,771 $ 6,002,007
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Subsequent events (note 14)
Contingencies (note 16)
Commitments (note 18)
</TABLE>
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficit (US Dollars)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Six Months Six Months Six Months
Year Ended Ended Ended Ended
December 31 December 31, December 31, June 30,
1998 1997 1996 1997
(Unaudited) (unaudited)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Environmental clean up and
waste disposal $ 2,106,000 $ 626,501 $ 386,455 $ 299,992
Training Institute 10,946 2,720 25,060 25,447
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2,116,946 629,221 411,515 325,439
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Cost of sales
Environmental clean-up and
waste disposal 2,321,051 442,034 566,330 503,844
Training Institute 8,116 2,684 4,087 7,097
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2,329,167 444,718 570,417 510,941
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Gross margin (loss) (212,221) 184,503 (158,902) (185,502)
Investment and other income 160,560 151,902 164 8,999
License fees 2,000,000 1,340,910 - -
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1,948,339 1,677,315 (158,738) (176,503)
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Expenses
Administrative and general
(Schedule) 3,521,931 1,226,802 317,754 580,360
Corporate development and
marketing 322,364 277,900 122,273 160,511
Amortization 302,320 153,098 159,153 147,384
Research and development
(Schedule) - - 721,465 1,247,445
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4,146,615 1,657,800 1,320,645 2,135,700
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Earnings (loss) from operations (2,198,276) 19,515 (1,479,383) (2,312,203)
Write-down of investments (1,351,933) - - (36,013)
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Earnings (loss) for the period (3,550,209) 19,515 (1,479,382) (2,348,216)
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Deficit, beginning of period (13,247,738) (13,267,253) (9,439,654) (10,919,037)
Deficit, end of period (16,797,947) $(13,247,738) $(10,919,037) $(13,267,253)
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Earnings (loss) per share $ (0.19) $ 0.001 $ (0.01) $ (0.15)
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</TABLE>
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (US Dollars)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Six Months Six Months Six Months
Year Ended Ended Ended Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, June 30,
1998 1997 1996 1997
(unaudited) (Unaudited)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash provided by (used in)
Operating activities
Earnings (loss) for the period $(3,550,209) $ 19,515 $(1,479,383) $(2,348,216)
Items not involving cash
Amortization 302,320 153,098 159,153 147,384
Write-down of investments 1,351,933 - - 36,013
Change in non-cash operating
working capital (1,009,561) (2,217,775) (105,375) 128,542
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(2,905,517) (2,045,162) (1,214,855) (2,036,277)
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Financing activities
Subscriptions receivable 1,161,901 - - -
Issue of common shares 1,918,850 3,715,191 1,180,984 2,947,754
Due from related parties 290,895 (1,293,985) (29,002) (573,483)
Loans payable 76,597 (2,432) (35,556) (14,620)
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3,448,243 2,418,774 1,116,426 2,596,651
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Investing activities
Tristate (notes 7 and 16) (6,304) (293,361) - (250,000)
KBF (note 16) (552,979) - - -
Increase in capital assets (65,455) (60,509) (126,612) (51,023)
Long-term investments (44,600) (8,883) (60,734) (17,085)
Proceeds on long-term
investments 41,607 - - -
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(627,731) (362,753) (187,416) (318,038)
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Increase (decrease) in cash position (85,005) 10,859 (285,845) 5,336
Cash position, beginning of period 26,646 15,787 296,296 10,451
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Cash position, end of period $ (58,359) $ 26,646 $ 10,451 $ 15,787
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Non cash transactions included above
Shares issued for Tristate $ - $ - $ - $ 250,000
Shares issued for KBF 500,000 - - -
Shares issued for consulting
agreements 361,500 225,000 - -
Shares issued for finders agreement - 101,000 101,000 -
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Total $ 861,500 $ 326,000 $ 101,000 $ 250,000
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</TABLE>
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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1. Significant Accounting Policies
(a) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada,
which may differ in some respects from those in the United States.
Except as disclosed in note 21, no differences have been reported as
they are not considered significant.
(b) Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company and its subsidiaries. At December 31, 1998, the Company's
subsidiaries and its percentage equity interest in each are as
follows:
ESM Industries (Canada) Inc. 100%
World Travel Plaza Inc. 100%
World Tec Equities, Inc. 100%
EPS Environmental, Inc. 100%
Environmental Training Institute, Inc.
(incorporated in the US) 100%
(c) Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of balance sheet classification and the statements of
cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid investments
purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be
cash equivalents.
(d) Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amount of 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.
(e) Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and
cash equivalents, accounts receivable, loans and other receivables,
accounts payables and accrued liabilities and loans payable
approximate fair market value because of the immediate or short-term
maturity of these financial accounts. The fair value of the
long-term investments are not readily determinable due to
uncertainties in their realization, however, where available, the
quoted market prices have been disclosed. The fair value of the
amount due on the waste disposal rights is not determinable due to
uncertainty regarding payment.
(f) Inventory
Inventory is valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value.
Cost is determined on a first-in, first-out basis.
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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1. Significant Accounting Policies (Cont'd.)
(g) Long-term Investments
Investments are recorded at cost less a provision for permanent
impairment in value.
(h) Capital Assets
Capital assets are recorded at cost. Amortization is provided over
the estimated useful lives of the assets on the following basis:
Computer 30% declining balance
Furniture and office equipment 20% declining balance
Leasehold improvements 5 years straight-line
Remediation equipment 30% declining balance
Patent costs 10 years straight-line
No amortization has been provided on patent costs as the patent
application was not approved until after the year end.
(i) Waste Disposal Rights
Waste disposal rights are recorded at cost net of amortization.
These rights are being amortized at the greater of $10 per ton of
waste delivered or $216,500 per year. The Company conducts an annual
review of the carrying value to ensure it is not in excess of the
estimated recoverable amount of this asset (see note 10). Any excess
amount identified as a result of this review is charged to income in
that year as a write-down of the carrying value.
(j) Reporting Currency and Translation of Foreign Currency
The Company has adopted the United States dollar as its reporting
currency for its financial statements prepared after March 31, 1996.
The United States dollar is the currency of the primary economic
environment in which the Company conducts its business, and is
considered appropriate functional currency for its operations.
Accordingly, the financial statements of the Company have been
translated using the temporal method with translation gains and
losses included in earnings. Under this method, the operations of
the Company have been converted into U.S. dollars at the following
rates of exchange:
(i) Monetary assets and liabilities - at the rate of
exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date.
(ii) All other assets and liabilities - at the exchange
rate prevailing at the time of the transactions.
(iii) Revenue and expenses - at the average exchange rates
prevailing during the period.
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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1. Significant Accounting Policies (Cont'd.)
(k) Share Issue Costs
Share issue costs are charged directly to the deficit.
(l) Revenue Recognition
Revenue from on-site remediation projects is recognized using the
percentage of completion method of accounting. Under this method,
contract revenue is determined by applying to the total estimated
income on each contract, a percentage which is equal to the ratio of
contract costs incurred to date, to the most recent estimate of
total costs which will have to be incurred upon the completion of
the contract. Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings
represents additional earnings over billings, based upon percentage
completed, as outlined above. Similarly, billings in excess of costs
and estimated earnings represent excess of amounts billed over
income recognized. Provision for estimated losses on uncompleted
contracts are made in the period in which such losses are
determined. As at December 31, 1998 and 1997, there were no on-site
projects in process.
Revenue from in-line remediation projects is recognized using the
completed contract method. Under this method, revenue is recognized
when work is completed and invoiced.
Revenues from license fees, option payments and royalties are
recognized as they accrue in accordance with the terms of the
relevant agreements.
(m) Research and Development
Research and development expenditures less related government grants
are charged to operations.
(n) Earnings (Loss) Per Share
The earnings (loss) per share is computed using the weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding during the year.
2. Accounts Receivable
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Tristate Restoration Company, Inc. (note 7) $ 299,665 $ 293,361
Smart International Ltd. (note 3) 2,006,984 203,796
Doe Run Company 56,075 -
Environmental Technologies of New Jersey 30,078 -
Environmental Waste Technology Inc. 242,006 30,078
Other 176,332 186,663
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2,811,140 713,898
Allowance for bad debts (411,739) (41,107)
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$2,399,401 $ 672,791
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</TABLE>
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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3. License Fees
By a letter of intent dated June 4, 1997 and an agreement dated September
15, 1997 the Company granted to Smart International Ltd. (Smart) the right
to manufacture chemicals for the Company and the right to exclusively
engage in remediation projects in China using the Company's technology. The
agreement is for a ten-year term commencing June 1, 1997 with an option to
renew for a further 10 years. As consideration, Smart has agreed to pay an
annual license fee of $2,000,000 per year plus a royalty of $5 per ton for
each ton of processed material in excess of 100,000 tons per contract year.
As of December 31, 1998, the Company has received $1,118,750 of the
$3,000,000 billed towards the license fee, of which $968,750 was paid by
offsets of amounts owed to Smart for inventory purchase, and has accrued an
amount receivable of $90,910 for license fees earned. No royalties were
payable.
4. Loan Receivable
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Loan receivable, with interest at 5% per annum,
due November 30, 1997 $ 25,000 $ 50,000
Less allowable for bad debt (25,000) -
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$ - $ 50,000
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</TABLE>
5. Due From Related Parties
Advances primarily to directors, and employees related to directors in the
amount of $1,690,482 (December 31, 1997 - $1,981,377) bear interest at
8.50% and have no specific terms of repayment. These advances were secured
by marketable securities (market value at December 31, 1997 $1,391,485).
During the year ended December 31, 1998 the Company received repayments of
$939,500 from the proceeds of the sale of the marketable securities and
$610,414 direct from the related parties. Additional advances of
$1,107,603, including $959,100 for the exercise of stock options, were made
to the related parties and interest of $151,416 was charged for the current
year. As at December 31, 1998 the value of the remaining security has
declined to approximately $50,000. Management expects that the value of the
security will recover and that the amounts due including the current
accrued interest will be fully collected.
6. Inventories
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Raw chemicals $ 1,515,550 $ 731,576
Blended chemicals 16,056 13,626
Goods for re-sale 6,954 39,613
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$ 1,538,560 $ 784,815
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</TABLE>
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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7. Prepaid Expenses
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Employment agreement (note 7a) $ - $ 250,000
Deposit on inventory purchases 201,900 244,250
Consulting agreements (note 7b) 5,041 283,911
Rental expense 36,360 28,334
Other 3,937 10,000
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$ 247,238 $ 816,495
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</TABLE>
a) Employment agreement
During the year ended June 30, 1997 the Company was negotiating with
the shareholders of Tristate Restoration Company, Inc. (Tristate)
regarding the possible acquisition of Tristate. Tristate is a New
Jersey company specializing in the removal of hazardous asbestos
materials. As part of the negotiations, the Company advanced 100,000
shares which were to be held in escrow. During the six months ended
December 31, 1997 and subsequent, negotiations continued resulting
in the following:
i) The Company made advances and provided other assistance to
Tristate to help it with its ongoing operations (see note 2).
These advances were to be repayable on demand with interest at
prime plus 1% and were to be secured by personal guarantees of
the two shareholders of Tristate and the assets of Tristate. As
further consideration, by an agreement dated November 7, 1997,
Tristate agreed to pay the Company a portion of the revenue
collected from jobs for a period of two years from June 1,
1997. As noted below, the agreement relating to the revenue
sharing was superseded after December 31, 1997. Tristate
further agreed to pay the Company $90,090 for its share of the
revenue which is included in operations for the period ended
December 31, 1997. Subsequent to December 31, 1997, Tristate
made a direct assignment of one of its outstanding accounts in
the amount of $166,000 as further security for the advances.
ii) The Company entered into separate employment agreements with
each of the two shareholders of Tristate for a minimum term of
five years with an option to renew for another five years. The
100,000 shares originally issued prior to June 30, 1997, as
noted above, are construed as part of the compensation included
under the terms of the employment agreements. These employment
agreements were dated April 8, 1998. The company intended to
amortize the value of the shares issued ($250,000) over a
five-year term commencing April 8, 1998.
iii) As disclosed in Note 16a, Tristate has not complied with the
agreements and the Company has commenced legal action. The
advances (note 2) and the above prepaid expenses have been
fully provided for. The outcome of the lawsuit and
recoverability of the amounts is not determinable at this time.
b) Consulting Agreements
i) During the period ended December 31, 1997, the Company paid
50,000 shares at $4.50 per share related to a consulting
agreement, which has a two-year term ending November 19, 1999.
The other party is no longer providing services and the balance
of the prepaid has been written off during 1998.
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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7. Prepaid Expenses (cont'd)
b) Consulting Agreements (cont'd)
ii) During the period ended December 31, 1997, the Company paid
$145,000 related to a consulting agreement, which had a
six-month term commencing July 15, 1997.
iii) During the period ended December 31, 1997, the Company paid
58,000 shares at a value of $101,000 related to a consulting
agreement. The payment was for the period June 1, 1997 to May
31, 1998.
iv) During the period ended December 31, 1998, the Company issued
85,556 shares at $2.70 per share for payment of the first year
of a five year consulting agreement expiring January 22, 2003.
8. Long-term Investments
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
<S> <C> <C>
(a) Shares of Earthworks Industries Inc.
owned, (see note 11) $ - $ 87,289
(b) Shares of Earthworks Industries Inc. accrued (see note 18d) 46,598 11,998
(c) Convertible debenture from Travel Plaza Developments Inc. (Travel
Plaza). The company elected on December 28, 1994 to convert the Cdn
$50,000 debenture into 250,000 shares of Travel Plaza. Final
regulatory approval for this conversion from the Alberta Stock
Exchange is still pending subject to their acceptance of a financing
arrangement and the approval of minority shareholders. On August 21,
1996, pending the finalization of the required financing to complete
the project, construction has been temporarily suspended and the stock
of Travel Plaza has been halted from trading. Due to these
uncertainties, the Company has written this down to a nominal value. 1 1
(d) Convertible loan to Cortina Integrated Waste Management Inc., a
subsidiary of Earthworks Industries Inc. (public company), due
September 5, 2000 with interest at 15% per annum. The Company is
entitled to convert all or a portion of the loan into shares of
Earthworks Industries Inc. at any time. During the term of this loan,
the Company has the right to offset royalty payments due to Earthworks
Industries Inc. against the loan balance. 218,821 208,821
(e) A 25% interest in John Beech Remediation Limited (no market value). 1 1
(f) 70,000 shares of Global Technologies Inc. (note 11). - 60,734
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$ 265,421 $ 368,844
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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9. Capital Assets
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Computers $ 24,047 $ 24,047
Furniture and office equipment 121,292 100,940
Remediation equipment 454,327 426,630
Leasehold improvements 15,927 15,927
Incorporation costs 688 688
Patent costs 70,583 53,177
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686,864 621,409
Less: Accumulated amortization 375,740 270,746
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$ 311,124 $ 350,663
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</TABLE>
10. Waste Disposal Rights
During the year ended June 30, 1995, the Company entered into a one-year
agreement effective from August 1, 1994 with a non-related public company,
Thermo Tech Technologies Inc. (Thermo Tech), to deliver 3,500 tons per
month of suitable organic waste to a bio conversion facility located in
Corinth, New York at $55 per ton on a put or pay basis. The Company
delivered only approximately 5% of the waste contemplated under the
one-year agreement. The Corinth facility experienced technical start-up
problems and was shut down in July 1995 to correct an engineering design
problem. On September 14, 1995 and on January 17, 1996 the Company and
Thermo Tech signed confirmation agreements which resulted in a ten (10)
year extension from the put or pay agreement to commence when either the
Corinth facility became operational, or as an alternative, when organic
waste was delivered to another Thermo Tech facility. The agreements
obligated the Company to pay an up front amount of $2,165,625 for the right
to deliver 216,500 tons of acceptable organic waste ($10 per ton) plus an
additional $45 per ton during the ten (10) year term of the agreement.
The Company paid Thermo Tech $900,000 of the initial up-front amount
leaving $1,265,625 still to be paid. Thermo Tech was not able to
renegotiate acceptable lease terms with the landlord of the Corinth
facility and has been planning to relocate the plant to a nearby site, Due
to the uncertainty of the relocation, Thermo Tech agreed that the unpaid
amount of $1,265,625 is not due until the relocated plant is operational.
Accordingly the Company had reclassified the balance due to a non-current
payable. The company believes that relocation and operation of the Corinth
plant is not a priority for Thermo Tech at this time. As at December 31,
1998, the Company has determined that a write-down was necessary and that
payment of the unpaid amount is unlikely in the near future, if at all.
Accordingly the Company has written the carrying value of the waste
disposal rights down to the balance of the unpaid amount and has offset the
two resulting in no balance shown for either the payable or the waste
disposal rights. The comparative balance sheet have been restated to
reflect the reduction of the carrying cost previously shown by the unpaid
amount.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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11. Loans Payable
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
IDM Environmental Corp., 10.25%, payable in monthly instalments of
$22,008 including principal and interest, maturing on July 1, 1998,
secured by the Company's treasury stock, 100,500 shares of Earthworks
Industries Ltd. (note 8a) and 70,000 shares of Global Technologies Inc.
(note 8f) held as investments by the Company. The Company has not made
any payments and IDM liquidated all the collateral and applied the
proceeds towards the loan. $ 206,277 $200,748
Global Technologies Inc., due on demand
($100,000 Cdn). 65,308 69,974
London Venture Capital Corp. 60,734 -
Other 15,000 -
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$ 374,319 $270,722
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</TABLE>
12. Share Capital
(a) Authorized:
200,000,000 common shares of no par value
(b) issued:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended Six Months Ended Six Months Ended
December 31, 1998 December 31,1997 June 30, 1997
(Unaudited)
Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount
----------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, beginning 18,652,497 $18,135,240 16,767,552 $14,420,049 15,062,463 $11,472,295
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Issued pursuant to
Stock options 494,000 959,100 1,414,950 2,470,188 693,294 1,202,083
Private placement - - - - 131,457 230,050
Shares for debt settlement 50,000 100,000 111,611 441,000 264,320 520,630
Warrants 36,559 63,975 250,384 478,003 128,790 146,681
Finders agreement - - 58,000 101,000 - -
Conversion of debentures - - - - 264,355 395,000
Employment agreement - - - - 100,000 250,000
License agreement 190,550 500,000 - - - -
Consulting agreement 142,593 361,500 50,000 225,000 - -
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913,700 1,984,575 1,884,945 3,715,191 1,582,216 2,744,444
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Allotted for cash 1,443 2,525 - - 76,000 133,000
Allotted for debt settlement - - 46,873 70,310
Less unpaid shares to
be returned (39,007) (68,250) - - - -
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Balance, ending 19,528,640 $20,054,090 18,652,497 $18,135,240 16,767,552 $14,420,049
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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12. Share Capital (cont'd)
(c) During the year ended December 31, 1998 the Company granted
employees, directors and other individuals associated with Company
stock options to acquire up to 465,000 shares with an expiration
date of February 19, 2003 at an adjusted price of $1.81 per share.
The exercise price of these options were reduced to $1.20. The
Company also reduced the price on options with an expiration date
of November 4, 2002 to $1.20 from the $1.81 previously reported.
Additional options to acquire 1,985,000 shares at $1.20 each to
October 6, 2003 were also granted. At December 31, 1998 stock
options were outstanding as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Shares Exercise Price Expiration Date
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<S> <C> <C>
250,000 $1.38 December 21, 1999
47,500 $1.75 July 13, 2000
71,500 $1.75 September 12, 2000
47,000 $1.75 January 6, 2002
1,638,329 $1.75 June 9, 2002
872,210 $1.20 November 4, 2002
431,000 $1.20 February 19, 2003
1,985,000 $1.20 October 6, 2003
</TABLE>
(d) As at December 31, 1998 warrants were outstanding as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Shares Exercise Price Expiration Date
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<S> <C> <C>
155,443 $1.75-$2.00 June 25, 1999
750,000 $2.75 September 10, 2000
25,000 $4.00 April 4, 2001
300,000 $7.50 June 3, 2001
</TABLE>
(e) At December 31, 1998, 1,675,000 (1997 - 1,675,000) common shares
were held in escrow. Pursuant to an escrow agreement dated April
30, 1998 these shares were subject to release on or before June
22, 1998 in the event that the Company attained certain cash flow
targets. Since these cash flow targets were not achieved these
escrowed shares are in the process of being cancelled.
13. Income Taxes
At December 31, 1998, the Company had accumulated tax losses
aggregating approximately $13,100,000(1997: $9,636,000), which may be
carried forward and applied against taxable income in future years up
to 2003. The Company does not record the income tax benefit of these
losses.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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14. Subsequent Events
a) Subsequent to December 31, 1998 the Company issued 2,010,698
shares at $.75 per share pursuant to a private placement. Of the
amount, $1,161,901 was received prior to December 31, 1998 and
has been recorded as subscriptions received.
b) Subsequent to December 31, 1998, the Company issued 641,590 shares at
$.75 per share for prepayment of future inventory purchases.
15. Segmented Information
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
US Services & Consolidated
Products Canada Totals
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(a) Year ended December 31, 1998
Revenue $ 2,116,946 $ - $ 2,119,546
Cost of sales 2,329,167 - 2,329,167
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Operating earnings (loss) (212,221) - (212,221)
Expenses
Administrative and general 3,301,582 220,349 3,521,931
Corporate development and marketing 221,604 100,760 322,364
Amortization 295,960 6,360 302,320
Write down of investments 1,351,933 - 1,351,933
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Segmented loss $ (5,383,300) $(327,469) (5,710,769)
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- -----------------
Unallocated:
Investment and other income 160,560
License fees 2,000,000
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Earnings (loss) for the year $ (3,550,209)
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Identifiable assets $ 6,162,295 $447,476 $ 6,609,771
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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15. Segmented Information (Cont'd.)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
US Services & Consolidated
Products Canada Totals
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(b) Six Months Ended December 31, 1997
Revenue $ 629,221 $ - $ 629,221
Cost of sales 444,718 - 444,718
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Operating earnings 184,503 - 184,503
Expenses
Administrative and general 1,092,985 133,817 1,226,802
Corporate development and marketing 269,397 8,503 277,900
Amortization 146,738 6,360 153,098
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Segmented loss $(1,324,617) $(148,680) (1,473,297)
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- -----------------
Unallocated:
Investment and other income 101,902
License fees 1,390,910
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Earnings (loss) for the period $ 19,515
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Identifiable assets (see note 10) $ 5,191,303 $810,704 $ 6,002,007
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
(c) Six Months Ended June 30, 1997 (Unaudited):
Revenue $ 325,439 $ - $ 325,439
Cost of sales 510,941 - 510,941
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Operating earnings (185,502) - (185,502)
Expenses
Administrative and general 434,438 145,922 580,360
Corporate development and marketing 166,617 (6,106) 160,511
Research and development 1,247,072 373 1,247,445
Amortization 144,204 3,180 147,384
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Segmented loss $ (2,177,833) $ (143,369) (2,321,202)
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- -----------------
Unallocated:
Write-down of investment (36,013)
Investment and other income 8,999
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Loss for the period $ (2,348,216)
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
Identifiable assets (see note 10) $ 1,852,826 $ 749,187 $ 2,602,013
----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- ---------------------
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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16. Contingencies
(a) Legal Proceedings
i) During May 1998 the Company and several of its officers were
served with a putative class action complaint alleging
purported violations of the securities laws (GESTEN v. SOLUCORP
INDUSTRIES LTD., et al., 98 Civ. 3248 (I.MM) (SDNY)).
Subsequently, three additional class action complaints were
filed against the Company and various of its personnel. After
the Company and the individuals named in the GESTEN action
filed a motion to dismiss that complaint, the plaintiffs in the
four class actions filed a motion to consolidate the four
actions into one action as part of the GESTEN case, and to file
an amended consolidated complaint. The consolidation motion was
granted by the court by order dated October 23, 1998. The
consolidated amended complaint was filed on December 7, 1998
(IN RE: SOLUCORP INDUSTRIES LTD., Master File No. 98
CV(I.MM)(SDNY)). The Company and the individuals named in the
complaint after consultation with their attorneys believe that
the action filed against them has no merit and have determined
to vigorously defend the action. On February 12, 1999, the
Company and the individuals who had been served, filed a motion
to dismiss the amended consolidated complaint.
ii) As of March 20, 1998 the Company entered into an exclusive
licensing agreement with KBF Pollution Management Inc. (KBF)
covering KBF's Selective Separation Technology. On August 25,
1998 the Company and KBF both announced that they had agreed to
modify the licensing agreement to a world marketing and
distribution agreement. However, on or about September 24,
1998, the Company received a letter from counsel for KBF
notifying the Company of KBF's purported termination of
licensing agreement and of purported claims against the
Company. On September 23, 1998 KBF announced that it had
purported to terminate the license agreement and had filed a
complaint against the Company in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York. During October
1998 the national law firm of Greenberg Traurig dismissed the
lawsuits filed against the Company by KBF after receiving a
letter from the Company's attorneys. Heller, Horowitz & Feit,
P.S., notifying KBF that "the purported claims under the
Federal Securities laws were totally frivolous and accordingly
there was no basis for federal court subject matter
jurisdiction." A demand for immediate voluntary dismissal of
the federal case was made by the Company's attorney
precipitating KBF's dismissal of the lawsuit.
With the dismissal of KBF's federal lawsuit, KBF filed a civil
action against the Company in the State of New Jersey. The
civil suit sets forth allegations as described in KBF's
previous Federal lawsuit but does not include the frivolous
bogus allegations of Securities Laws violations. The Company
denies the allegations and has counter-claimed against KBG and
related parties for substantial damages. The Company's claim
emanates from, among other things misrepresentations of KBF's
product marketability and violation of non-circumvent clauses
involving the Company's clients among other misrepresentations
and falsehoods made by KBF and related parties.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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16. Contingencies (cont'd)
(a) Legal Proceedings
iii) In or about April 1996, the Company entered into a joint
venture agreement with Tristate Restoration Company Inc.
("Tristate") regarding remediation of lead and asbestos.
Tristate has failed to comply with its obligations under among
other things, the joint venture agreement and in or about may
1998 the Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District
Court for the District of New Jersey against, among others,
Tristate, claiming that Tristate breached the joint venture
agreement. The Company's claims emanate from misrepresentations
of Tristate's business arrangements and net worth and
violations of the agreement regarding the parties' common
stock, among other misrepresentations and falsehoods made by
Tristate and related parties. The Company seeks substantial
damages from Tristate.
iv) On May 1, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
suspended trading in the Company's securities and initiated an
investigation into various matters concerning the Company. The
suspension was based upon questions that were raised concerning
the accuracy and adequacy of the public information about
various aspects of the Company's business. The Company has
cooperated fully with the SEC investigation, making available
to the SEC Staff all of the Company's documents, producing its
personnel for sworn testimony, waiving its attorney-client
privilege and directing its auditors and attorneys to cooperate
fully with the SEC Staff. The SEC has not yet concluded its
investigation.
(b) Waste Disposal Rights
Recoverability of the waste disposal rights is subject to the
realization of management's assumptions as discussed in note 10.
17. Related Party Transactions
During the year ended December 31, 1998 the Company paid consulting fees
and salaries of $672,321 (Six months ended December 31, 1997 - $206,849)
to directors, former directors and/or private companies controlled by
directors and/or individuals related to directors.
18. Commitments
(a) The Company has two leases for buildings it presently occupies in
New Jersey and in New York which require the following payments:
1999 $ 144,000
2000 $ 144,000
2001 $ 144,000
2002 and subsequent $ 24,000
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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18. Commitments (cont'd)
(b) The Company has entered into numerous non-exclusive finder's
agreements with third parties to promote the company's soil
remediation process. The Company will pay between 1% and 7%
commission on gross revenues generated by the third parties. These
agreements expire within one and two years.
(c) The Company entered into a finder's agreement with a third party to
raise capital for the Company through private placements. The
Company will pay a 5% commission on private placements raised
directly or indirectly by the third party. The agreement expires on
September 27, 2000, with an option to renew for another five years.
(d) The Company has agreed to pay royalties to Earthworks Industries
Inc. (Earthworks) (a Canadian public company) based on Cdn $1/tonne
of soil remediated in Canada or the United States ($1/tonne will be
U.S. dollars if soil is remediated in the United States). The
Company will receive one share for each $1 of royalty paid, to a
maximum of 200,000 shares, in minimum blocks of 50,000. These
shares are accrued as the soil is remediated. An additional $1 (Cdn
or US) will be paid for each ton remediated on contracts resulting
from the efforts of Earthworks. The Company has the right to offset
royalty payments against the convertible loan from Cortina
Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (Note 8(d)).
(e) In October 1995 the Company entered into an exclusive licensing
agreement with a United Kingdom company for the U.K. company to
utilize the Company's soil remediation process and to market
the Company's soil remediation technology in the U.K. The
agreement required an annual licensing fee and a royalty per
ton of soil remediated. This agreement will be superseded by a
new agreement dated August 1, 1997, when the U.K. company
obtains an official listing on the Alternative Investment
Market. The Company also granted an option for a twelve-month
period to the U.K. company for a similar licensing agreement
related to various European territories. Consideration received
for granting the option was $200,000. On December 10, 1997 the
U.K. company advised its intention to excercise the option and
to proceed with agreements for France, Poland, Hungary and
Portugal. Accordingly, the option payment received is included
in licensing fees for the period ended December 31, 1997.
19. Comparative Figures
Subsequent to June 30, 1997 the Company changed its year-end from June 30
to December 31. Accordingly, the financial statements for the six months
ended December 31, 1997 and the six months ended June 30, 1997 (Unaudited)
are shown for comparative purposes.
Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the
presentation adopted in the current year (see note 10). These changes have
no effect on previously reported results of operations.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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20. Economic Dependence
During the year ended December 31, 1998, revenues of $693,350, $328,000,
$259,654 and $316,623 were from individual customers, of which $56,075,
nil, nil and $79,959 are included in accounts receivable respectively.
During the six months ended December 31, 1997, revenues of $327,005 and
$88,033 were from individual customers, of which $26,995 and $Nil are
included in accounts receivable respectively.
License fees of $2,000,000 (December 31, 1997 - $1,140,910) were
recognized as disclosed in note 3 and fees of $Nil (December 31, 1997 -
$250,000) were recognized as disclosed in note 18(f).
21. Reconciliation to United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
As discussed in Significant Accounting Policies, these consolidated
financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in Canada.
Differences in accounting principles as they pertain to these consolidated
financial statements are as follows:
Marketable Securities
Under GAAP, the accounting for marketable securities depends on the
classification of securities as held to maturity, trading or available for
sale. The classification would be based on management's intent. Marketable
securities included in long-term investments (Note 8) would be classified
as being available for sale. Under U.S. GAAP, such securities would be
recorded at fair value with any changes recorded in a separate component
of shareholder's equity. Realized gains or losses would be recorded on the
income statements. As at December 31, 1998, December 31, 1997 and June 30,
1997, the effect on the presentation of long-term investment for U.S. GAAP
purposes would not be material.
Stock Based Compensation
Under Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, the Company is
not required to report and has not reported any stock based compensation
expense in the consolidated financial statements. Had compensation expense
for the stock option plan been determined based on the fair market value
based method, in accordance with FASB SFAS No. 123, the Company's net loss
for the periods and net loss per common share would have been increased to
the proforma amounts below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended Six Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Net earnings (loss) for the period as reported $(3,550,209) $ 19,515
Pro forma $(6,254,717) $(2,294,040)
Net earnings (loss) per share as reported $ (0.19) $ .001
Pro forma $ (0.33) $ (0.12)
</TABLE>
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (US Dollars)
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Year ended December 31, 1998
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21. Reconciliation to United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of the grant
using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
assumptions used for grants in 1998 and 1997 respectively: dividend yield
of 0% for both years; expected volatility of 98% and 103% risk free
interest rates of 4.89% to 5.65% and expected lives of five years.
22. Uncertainties - Year 2000 Computer Issue
The effects of the Year 2000 Issue on the company may be experienced
before, on, or after January 1, 2000, and, if not satisfactorily addressed,
the impact on operations and financial reporting may range from minor
errors to significant systems failure which could affect the conduct of
normal business operations. The Company's services do not utilize equipment
or systems that depend on computer software. The Company's accounting
systems are personal computer based and presently utilize off the shelf
accounting software. The Company plans to purchase software upgrades from
software vendors, and these purchases are not expected to have a material
impact on the Company's results of operations. It is not possible, at the
present time, to be certain that all aspects of the Year 2000 Issue
affecting the company including those related to the efforts of customers,
suppliers, or third parties, will be satisfactorily resolved.
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Schedule of Administrative and General Expenses (US Dollars)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended Six Months Ended Six Months Six Months
December 31, December 31, Ended Ended
1998 1997 December 31, June 30,
1996 1997
(Unaudited) (Unaudited)
US Canada Total U.S. Canada Total Total Total
- --------------------------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- -------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Automobile $ 33,242 $ - $ 33,242 $ 15,058 $ - $ 15,058 $ 9,642 $ 11,699
Bad debts 82,364 31,446 113,810 1,923 - 1,923 - 41,690
Bank charges and interest 34,212 (1,346) 32,866 14,961 1,075 16,036 12,436 20,965
Consulting and
management fees 812,570 - 812,570 288,798 - 288,798 20,172 13,532
Foreign exchange loss 23,208 - 23,208 22,121 2,012 24,133 4,668 6,006
Insurance 70,030 - 70,030 51,189 - 51,189 15,537 10,177
Legal, accounting and audit 599,497 52,719 652,216 42,337 36,455 78,792 15,820 211,436
Office, printing and related 243,776 11,372 255,148 65,757 11,634 77,391 19,040 5,658
Rent 121,273 6,965 128,238 63,339 3,651 66,990 67,327 62,310
Salaries and wages 1,112,154 100,810 1,212,964 445,073 59,009 504,082 134,123 168,823
Telephone 86,950 11,517 98,467 41,199 6,137 47,336 13,316 13,839
Transfer and filing fees - 394 394 - 11,147 11,147 1,676 17,890
Travel 82,306 6,472 88,778 41,229 2,698 43,927 3,997 8,348
- --------------------------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- -------------- -----------
$3,301,582 $ 220,349 $3,521,931 $1,092,984 $133,818 $ 1,226,802 $ 317,754 $ 580,360
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Solucorp Industries Ltd.
Schedule of Research and Development Expenses (US Dollars)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Six Months Ended Six Months Ended Six Months
Year Ended December 31, December 31, 1996 Ended
December 31, 1997 (Unaudited) June 30,
1998 1997
(Unaudited)
Total Total Total Total
- ------------------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- ------------------ ------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Automobile $ - $ - $ 3,214 $ 4,476
Chemical and related freight - - - 216,959
Consulting and management fees - - 114,308 74,451
Insurance - - 23,306 15,266
Lab analyses - - - 43,695
Legal, accounting and audit - - 23,729 57,438
Materials and supplies - - - 19,037
Machine rentals - - - 20,827
Mobilization/demobilization costs - - - 21,098
Office, printing and related - - 76,161 19,246
Rent - - 22,442 20,579
Salaries and wages - - 402,370 501,336
Subcontracting costs - - - 113,792
Telephone - - 39,947 38,928
Travel - - 15,988 80,317
- ------------------------------------ ------------ --------------------- ------------------- ------------------ ------------------
$ - $ - $ 721,465 $ 1,247,445
- ------------------------------------ ------------ --------------------- ------------------- ------------------ ------------------
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CONSULTING AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT effective as of the 7th day of April, 1998
BETWEEN:
EPS ENVIRONMENTAL INC. D/B/A SOLUCORP
INDUSTRIES, LTD. a corporation duly
incorporated pursuant to the laws of the Yukon
Territory having an office at 250 West Nyack
Road, West Nyack, New York, 10994, U.S.A.
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company")
OF THE FIRST PART
AND:
JOSEPH S. KEMPROWSKI
661 North Broadway
Upper Nyack, New York 10960
(hereinafter referred to as the "Consultant")
OF THE SECOND PART
RECITALS
WHEREAS the Company has requested the assistance of the Consultant
in providing certain consulting services, as hereinafter described;
WHEREAS the Consultant has agreed to provide such assistance and service to the
Company in accordance with the terms and conditions herein set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual
covenants set forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DUTIES AND DEVOTION OF TIME
Duties. During the terms of this Agreement the Consultant shall be
responsible for the duties contained in Schedule 'A' attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference (the "Duties").
1.2 Devotion of Time. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that the work of the Consultant is and shall be of such a nature
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that regular hours are insufficient and impractical. The Consultant will perform
duties as described in Schedule "A" on a non-exclusive basis. It is expressly
understood that the consultant shall be free to engage in other businesses that
are not in competition with the business of the Company.
1.3 Location of Company Headquarters. The parties hereto acknowledge that the
effective strategic direction of the Company and its subsidiaries does not
require that the headquarters of the Company be or remain in the City of
Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, and agree that the Company's
location has no effect on the Duties of the Consultant.
1.4 Business Opportunities the Property of the Company. The Consultant agrees to
communicate immediately to the Company all business opportunities, inventions
and improvements in the nature of the business of the Company which, during the
term of this Agreement, the Consultant may conceive, make or discover, become
aware of, directly or indirectly, or have presented to it in any manner which
relates in any way to the Company, either as it is now or as it may develop, and
such business opportunities, inventions or improvements shall become the
exclusive property of the Company.
1.5 No Personal Use. The Consultant shall not use any of the work the Consultant
shall perform for the Company for any personal purposes Without first obtaining
the prior written consent of the Company.
2. CONSULTING FEES, BONUSES
2.1 Consultant Fees. In consideration of the Consultant providing the services
referred to herein, the Company agrees to pay the Consultant an annual
consulting fee of One hundred twenty five thousand U.S. Dollars($125,000.00)
payable semi-monthly, subject to increase as from time to time approved by the
Board of Directors of the Company and 100,000 free trading shares of stock per
annum.
2.2 Benefits. The company shall provide, maintain and pay for:
(a) Exclusive use of 1994 Mercedes Benz S500 Vehicle
Identification Number: WDBGA 7OE8R A1543 47, which will become the property of
the Consultant after termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. If
vehicle is damaged beyond repair or stolen, the Company will replace such
vehicle to another of the Consultant's choice.
2.3 Options. The Company will issue to the Consultant 100,000 options per year
and every year of this five (5) year Agreement at regulatory accepted discounted
prices.
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2.4 Payment in Cash or Shares. All payments payable by the Company to the
Consultant, including the consulting fees, Bonuses, and reimbursement of
expenses under Section 4.1 hereof, shall be payable in cash or, at the election
of the Consultant, such will be paid in whole or in part in free-trading shares
in the capital stock of the Company ("Free-Trading Shares").
3. VACATION
3.1 Entitlement to Vacation. The Company acknowledges that the Consultant shall
be entitled to an annual vacation of six (6) weeks. The Consultant shall use his
best efforts to ensure that such vacation is arranged with the Company in
advance such that it does not unduly affect the operations of the Company.
3.2 Increase in Vacation. The period set out in Section 3.1 may be increased
from time to time as mutually agreed to by the Consultant and the Board of
Directors.
4. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES
4.1 Reimbursement of Expenses. The Consultant shall be reimbursed for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Consultant in or about the
execution of the Duties contained herein, including without limitation the
generality of the foregoing, and recognizing that the Consultant is and has not
been permanently resident in Vancouver, all reasonable travel and promotional
expenses payable or incurred by the Consultant in connection with the Duties
under this Agreement. All payments and reimbursements shall be made within three
(3) days of submission by the Consultant of vouchers, bills or receipts for such
expenses.
5. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
5.1 Confidential Information. The Consultant shall not, either during the term
of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, without specific consent in
writing, disclose or reveal in any manner whatsoever to any other person, firm
or corporation, nor will it use, directly or indirectly, for any purpose other
than the purposes of the Company, the private affairs of the Company or any
confidential information which it may acquire during the term of this Agreement
with relation to the business and affairs of the directors and shareholders of
the Company, unless the Consultant is ordered to do so by a court of competent
jurisdiction or unless required by any statutory authority.
5.2 Non-Disclosure Provisions. The foregoing provision shall be
subject to the further non-disclosure provisions contained in
Schedule "C" attached hereto and incorporated hereinafter by this reference.
5.3 Provisions Survive Termination. The provisions of this
section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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6. TERM
6.1 Term. Subject to the termination provisions contained hereunder, this
Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of Five (5) years from the
effective date Thereafter the parties shall renew this Agreement if they
mutually agree upon the terms and conditions of such renewed agreement.
7. TERMINATION
7.1 Termination of Consultant. Notwithstanding any other provision contained
herein, the parties hereto agree that the Consultant may terminate this
Agreement, with or without cause, by giving ninety (90) days written notice of
such intention to terminate.
7.2 Resignation or Cessation of Duties. In the event that the Consultant ceases
to perform all of the Duties contained herein, other than by reason of the
Consultant's death or disability, or if the Consultant resigns unilaterally and
on his own initiative from all of his positions this Agreement shall be deemed
to be terminated by the Consultant as of the date of such cessation of Duties or
such resignation, balance of monies or stock due the Consultant may be due
immediately at the Consultant's option.
7.3 Termination by Company. The parties further agree that the Company may not
terminate this Agreement without payment, at that time to the Consultant of a
termination for any cause whatsoever.
7.4 Termination if Change of Control. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, in the event of a change in control of the Company this
Agreement shall be deemed to be terminated by the Company, and the Consultant
shall be entitled to the termination allowance stated in Section 7.3 hereof. For
the purposes hereof, a change in control of the Company shall be deemed to occur
if a transaction or series of transactions takes place whereby, directly or
indirectly:
(a) any person or combination of persons (other than any
person or persons who are controlling shareholders of
the Company) obtains a sufficient number of
securities of the Company to affect materially the
control of the Company; for the purposes of this
Agreement, a person or
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combination of persons holding shares or other
securities in excess of the number which, directly or
following conversation thereof, would entitle the
holder thereof to cast 20% or more of the vote
attaching to all shares of the Company which may be
cast to elect directors of the Company, shall be
deemed to be in a position to affect materially the
control of the Company; or
(b) the Company shall consolidate or merge with or
into, amalgamate with, or enter into a statutory
arrangement with, any other person (other than a
subsidiary of the Company) shall consolidate or
merge with or into or amalgamated with or enter
into a statutory arrangement with, the Company,
and, in connection therewith, all or part of the
outstanding voting shares shall be changed in any
way, reclassified or converted into, exchanged or
otherwise acquired for shares or other securities
of the Company or any other person or for cash or
any other property (other than a transaction which
has been approved by a majority of the directors
of the Company holding office on the effective
date of this Agreement); or
(c) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer,
including by way of the grant of a leasehold interest
(or one or more of its subsidiaries shall sell or
otherwise transfer, including by way of grant of a
leasehold interest) property or assets (A)
aggregating more than 50% of the consolidated assets
(measured by either book value or fair market value)
of the Company and its subsidiaries as at the end of
the most recently completed financial year of the
Company, or (B) which during the most recently
completed financial year of the Company generated, or
during the then current financial year of the Company
are expected to generate, more than 50% of the
consolidated operating income or cash flow of the
Company and its subsidiaries, to any other person or
persons (other than the Company or one of its
subsidiaries).
7.5 Death. In the event of the death of the Consultant during the term of this
Agreement, this Agreement shall be terminated as of the date of such death, and
the Consultant shall be entitled to the termination allowance stated in Section
7.3 hereof to be paid to the Consultant's spouse. In the case of the
simultaneous death of the Consultant and his spouse, the funds shall be paid to
the Consultant's estate.
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7.6 Disability. In the event that the Consultant will during the term of this
Agreement by reason of illness or mental or physical disability or incapacity be
prevented from or incapable of performing the Duties hereunder, then the
Consultant shall be entitled to receive the remuneration provided for herein as
specified in Section 7.2.
7.7 Termination Payments. Any payments made by the Company to the Consultant
upon the termination of this Agreement shall, at the election of the Consultant,
be made in cash in a lump sum payment, in cash in installments as chosen by the
Consultant, in Free-Trading Shares, or in a combination of cash and Free-Trading
Shares, subject to regulatory approval. All payments required to be made by the
Company to the Consultant pursuant to Section 7 hereof shall be made in full,
irrespective of the amount of the term remaining under this Agreement.
8. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION
8.1 Rights and Obligation. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Consultant
shall deliver up to the Company all documents, papers, plans, materials and
other property of or relating to the affairs of the Company, other than the
Consultant's personal papers in regard to his role in the Company, which may
then be in its or the Consultant's possession or under his control.
9. CLOSING
9.1 Closing Date. This Agreement shall close five (5) days following the receipt
in writing of the last of the board approvals for this Agreement.
9.2 Condition of Closing. The parties hereto agree that it shall be a condition
of the closing of this Agreement that prior to or contemporaneously with the
closing of this Agreement:
(a) this Agreement shall be approved by the board
members of the Company;
(b) the Consultant and the Company shall terminate any
previously existing employment contracts or terms;
and
(c) the Consultant shall execute a non-disclosure
agreement with the Company.
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10. Notices and Requests
10.1 Notices and Requests. All notices and requests in connection with this
Agreement shall be deemed given as of the day they are received either by
messenger, delivery service, or mailed by registered or certified mail with
postage prepaid and return receipt requested and addressed as follows:
(a) if to the Company:
Solucorp Industries Ltd. 250 West Nyack Road
West Nyack, New York 10994
With a copy to:
Edward Zizmor, Esq. 60 Court Street
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
(b) if to the Consultant:
Mr. Joseph S. Kemprowski 661 North Broadway
Upper Nyack, New York 10960
or to such other address as the party to receive notice or request so designates
by written notice to the other.
15. WAIVER
15.1 Waiver. No consent or waiver, expressed or implied, by either party to or
of any breach or default by the other party in the performance by the other of
its obligations herein shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver to
or of any breach or default of the same or any other obligation of such party.
Failure on the part of any party to complain of any act or failure to act, or to
declare either party in default irrespective of how long such failure continues,
shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its rights herein or of the right
to then or subsequently declare a default.
16. SEVERABILITY
16.1 Severability. If any provision contained herein is determined to be void or
unenforceable in whole or in part, it is to that extent deemed omitted. The
remaining provisions shall not be affected in any way.
17. AMENDMENT
17.1 Amendment This Agreement shall not be amended or otherwise modified except
by a written notice of even date herewith or subsequent hereto signed by both
parties.
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18. HEADINGS
18.1 Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections herein are for
convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of
any provisions of this Agreement.
19. GOVERNING LAW
19.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed under and governed by the
laws of New York and the laws of the United States of America applicable
therein.
20. EXECUTION
20.1 Execution in Several Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by
facsimile and in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the 8th day of January, 1998.
SOLUCORP INDUSTRIES LTD.
Per
Authorized Signatory
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED BY
in the presence of
Name
Address
Occupation
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