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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB
(Mark One)
[X] Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
(Fee Required) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995
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[ ] Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
(No Fee Required)
Pollution Research and Control Corp.
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(Name of Small Business Issuer as Specified in its Charter)
California 95-2746949
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
506 Paula Avenue, Glendale, California 91201
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Small Business Issuer's telephone number, including area code (818) 247-7601
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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
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(Title of Class)
Check whether the Small Business Issuer (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 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Small Business
Issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-B is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to
this Form 10-KSB [X].
Small Business Issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year: $5,515,505.
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
Small Business Issuer, computed by reference to the average bid and asked
prices of such stock on March 29, 1996, was $4,000,000.
Total number of pages - 49 Exhibit Index is located at page E-1
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Certain exhibits to this Annual Report as set forth in the Exhibit Index
located at page E-1.
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP.
Form 10-KSB
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 1. Description of Business
General 4
History of the Company 4
The Air Pollution Industry 6
Instrument Market 7
Control Market 7
Governmental Approval 8
Governmental Regulation and Enforcement 8
Company Products 9
Marketing and Sales; Backlog 10
Manufacturing and Purchasing 11
Research and Development 11
Employees 12
Competition 12
Intellectual Property 13
Item 2. Description of Properties 13
Item 3. Legal Proceedings 13
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 14
Part II
Item 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters 14
Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation 14
Liquidity and Capital Resources 15
Seasonality 16
Item 7. Financial Statements 16
Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting
and Financial Disclosures 16
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Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; 16
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Directors, Executive Officers and Key Employees 16
Family Relationships 17
Business Experience 17
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities 19
Exchange Act of 1934
Item 10. Executive Compensation 19
Executive Compensation 19
Compensation of Directors 20
Employees' Incentive Stock Option Plan 20
Employment Agreements 21
Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and 22
Management
Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 23
Item 13. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-KA 24
(a) Exhibits 24
(b) Reports on Form 8-KA 24
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ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
GENERAL
The Company primarily designs, manufactures and markets automated
continuous monitoring instruments used to detect and measure various types of
air pollution, such as "acid rain," "ozone depletion" and "smog episodes,"
through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dasibi Environmental Corp. The Company's
products are generally used to measure air pollution levels in geographic areas
which range in size from small industrial sites to entire states or countries.
The Company also supplies computer-controlled calibration systems that verify
the accuracy of its instruments, data loggers to collect and manage pollutant
information and final reporting software for remote centralized applications.
HISTORY OF THE COMPANY
The Company was organized as a California corporation on December 24,
1971, under the name of "A.E. Gosselin Engineering, Inc." as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of "Pollution Research and Control Corp." ("PRCC"), a California
corporation co-founded in 1966 by Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., the Company's
President and Chief Executive Officer, and his wife, Barbara Gosselin, an
executive officer and director of the Company. Mr. Gosselin founded the
Company to design, manufacture and market air pollution monitoring equipment
for ambient air (i.e., the surrounding air) as distinguished from the customer
stack source monitoring systems then being designed, manufactured and sold by
PRCC. The name of the Company was changed to "Dasibi Environmental Corp." on
March 22, 1973. (See Item 9. "Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and
Control Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act -
Directors, Executive Officers and Key Employees.")
The Company was operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PRCC until
its initial public offering of securities in May 1985. In 1984, PRCC
discontinued its research and development activities and assigned them to the
Company. From 1984 through May 1985, PRCC primarily acted as a holding company
for the Company and Applied Conservation Technology, Inc. ("ACT"), then a
wholly-owned subsidiary of PRCC engaged in the business of providing
environmental impact reports to electric utilities. ACT was purchased by its
management from PRCC in November 1986. Gary Dudley, a director and former Vice
President of the Company and a former executive officer and director of PRCC,
has been the President and a principal shareholder of ACT, a diversified
environmental consulting firm now located in Westminster, California, since
November 1986. (See Item 9. "Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and
Control Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act - Directors,
Executive Officers and Key Employees.")
In May 1985, the Company received aggregate net proceeds in the amount
of $514,000 from a public offering of 150,000 Units, each Unit consisting of
two shares of Common Stock and one warrant exercisable to purchase one share of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share ("Common Stock Purchase
Warrant"). As a result of this offering, PRCC's ownership of the Company was
reduced to 88.2%. All Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued in this offering
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expired unexercised in May 1986. As a result of a six-for-100
"dividend-in-kind" of a portion of PRCC's shares of the Company's Common Stock
to its shareholders in November 1985, PRCC's ownership of the Company was
further reduced to 81%. In October 1986, PRCC distributed the remainder of
its shares of the Company to the shareholders of PRCC in a 70-for-100
distribution. There is currently no relationship, business or otherwise,
between the Company or its management and PRCC, which is now known as "McMartin
Industries, Inc."
The Company received net proceeds aggregating approximately $1,979,000
from a public offering of 1,453,497 Units, each Unit consisting of one share of
Common Stock and one warrant exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock
at an exercise price of $1.75 per share, completed in July 1989. No warrants
issued in the offering have been exercised and, in May 1994, their expiration
date was extended to November 1995. In October 1995, these warrants were
extended to March 29, 1996. In February 1996, the warrant exercise price was
decreased to $0.60 and the warrants expiration date was unchanged. At the date
of this filing, all warrants have expired. (See Item 5. "Market for Common
Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.")
The Company changed its name to "Pollution Research and Control
Corp.," the name of its former parent, PRCC, in November 1989. In January
1990, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock, $1.00 par value per share, of an inactive California corporation,
organized by Mr. and Mrs. Gosselin as co-founders under the name of "Baral
Engineering, Inc." in July 1976, which changed its name to "Dasibi
Environmental Corp." ("Dasibi") in January 1990. All of the Company's
operations were transferred to Dasibi subsequent to the acquisition. Also in
1990, the Company changed its fiscal year from June 30 to December 31.
In February, 1994, the Company acquired the technology and inventory
of the Byron Hydrocarbon Analyzer line from General Monitors, Inc. ("GMI"),
for a purchase price of $225,000. Of the purchase price, $200,000 has been
paid by the Company in cash and $25,000 has been rescheduled by mutual
agreement to be paid by July 1, 1996.
In March 1994, the Company entered into an exclusive worldwide
requirements agreement over a three-year period with London-based Logan
Research, Ltd. to provide Logan with oxides of nitrogen instrument parts on an
"as required" basis for use in medical technology applications. In October
1995 the agreement was modified to be exclusive with a domestic corporation,
Logan Medical Devices ("LMD"), which acquired Logan Research, Ltd. No
manufacturing activity on the part of the Company has occurred or is expected
to occur until LMD obtains marketing funding which it may not obtain.
The Company's net revenues and gross profit for fiscal 1994 and fiscal
1995 decreased significantly as compared to fiscal 1993. These declines were
principally because of significant competitive price pressure for the Company's
instruments, thus forcing the Company to lower its domestic and foreign bids,
reducing the number of the Company's bid awards and reducing the profit margin
on the bids awarded to the Company. Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal
1994, the Company implemented certain cost reduction measures in its operating
expenses, suspended major
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new product development efforts and scaled back its efforts to improve or
modify existing technologies in response to the competitive price pressures.
Throughout 1995, the Company shipped record numbers of instrumentation units,
but continued competitive pricing pressure resulted in lowered gross margins.
In March of 1996, efforts were begun to reduce fixed expenses by participating
in the Mexican Maquiladora program, initially for all production labor
associated with the Company's excess backlog, if any. (See Item 6,
"Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation.")
THE AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRY
Air pollution consists of certain gases or particles, generally the
products of combustion or other industrial processes, which are or may be
hazardous to human health. Pollutants include carbon monoxide, ozone, oxides
of sulfur and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and particles. Small amounts of these
pollutants, such as a few parts per million or parts per billion, may be
harmful. The products produced and sold by the Company detect and measure
these pollutants and are also utilized in calibrating other pollution
measurement equipment.
Industrial entities require equipment to detect the presence and
measure the level of pollutants in order to comply with governmental
regulations and government regulatory agencies require equipment to enforce
governmental standards. Currently, international priority has been given to
control (and therefore to monitor) such gaseous pollutants as sulfur dioxide,
oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, ozone and particulates (suspended dust).
Although manual sampling of both gases and particulates is still
performed routinely, improvements in the reliability and accuracy of automated,
continuous monitoring equipment, such as that manufactured and sold by the
Company, have made manual sampling less desirable and automated monitoring
increasingly common.
In basic continuous monitoring instruments, ambient air is taken into
a manifold, the function of which is to direct a fast-moving stream of ambient
air to the monitor. The instrument may use a filter to remove particulates or
scrubbers to remove gases that might interfere with accurate measurement of the
pollutant. The pollutant is then introduced into a measurement cell
environment where it undergoes a chemical or physical reaction, the output of
which can be converted to an electrical signal which, in turn, can be read
locally or transmitted to some remote monitoring plant or computer.
Measurement cells can be based in many different methods for the detection of
the pollutants of interest. Thus, an instrument designer may have many
different methods available by which a pollutant may be identified and
measured.
Some methods used by the Company are flame photometry (wherein
concentrations of gaseous elements are measured by burning them and optically
observing the color and intensity of the flame generated thereby), infrared
absorption (wherein concentrations of infrared absorbing gases are measured by
detecting changes in intensity of a radiation beam closed cell),
chemiluminescence (wherein a chemical generates a light or a wave length
measurable by a photo multiplier tube),
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ultraviolet spectroscopy (wherein the pollutants' decrease in ultraviolet light
intensity is converted by a photoelectric detector to an electric signal) and
beta ray attenuation (wherein a radioactive source's beta ray emanation is
reduced in direct proportion to the mass of a particle).
INSTRUMENT MARKET
The air pollution monitoring equipment market includes two markets:
(i) source instrumentation for monitoring the source's pollutant emissions as
they are discharged into the air and (ii) ambient air instrumentation for
monitoring ambient air pollution. The two markets are quite different in that
source instrumentation is generally not subject to rigid governmental-imposed
guidelines because of the difficult analyses involved, while ambient air
instruments are subject to rigid governmental guidelines because the pollutants
are easier to define and measure.
Generally, the Company sells its instruments for use in systems for
the measurement of ambient air pollution. In a system, air pollution
monitoring instruments are united with additional equipment to provide a
comprehensive measurement unit. In an ambient air instrumentation system, the
monitoring instrument is combined with a manifold intake, a calibrator and
data transmitters. The system samples the ambient air, measures the pollutants
and transmits the data. The Company designs and manufactures all instruments
used in a system, including the data tabulation and transmission devices. At
the present time, the Company believes that it is the only manufacturer that is
able to furnish its customers with a complete "in-house" ambient air monitoring
system.
Until recently, the Company's products were not applicable to the
source instrumentation market. However, because of new governmental
regulations requiring greater accuracy and dilution conditioning as a standard
(reducing pollution concentrations to the parts per billion level) for source
instrumentation involving a continuous emission monitoring system ("CEMS"), the
Company's products are now applicable. The Company is not currently able to
offer customers a CEMS because it does not manufacture the additional
equipment needed to complete the system. The Company commenced a research and
development program in July 1992 for the purpose of developing an innovative
CEMS which currently remains in the prototype stage of development. The
Company does not require EPA-approval of any of its instruments in order to
complete a CEMS. (See "Research and Development" under this Item 1.
"Description of Business.")
CONTROL MARKET
The air pollution control market makes only minimal use of measurement
instrumentation. This market is concerned with "purification" of exhaust gases
emanating from combustion-related or even chemical-only processes. The
"purification" process consists of using various types of equipment which may
or may not involve catalysts and/or reagents to cause reactions and/or
mechanical removal of a high percentage of selected air pollutants. The
highest percentage obtainable will relate, at any given time, to the
state-of-the-art of the technology involved and the economics of implementing
the technology. The market is old, in essence dating to the beginnings of
industry when soot collectors were first installed on combustion chambers.
However, the market size is embryonic
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since technology has not advanced and implementation remains costly so as not
to allow any significant control of source pollutants. The Company filed a
patent application in April 1994 for a "flue gas purification system."
Management expects the patent to issue in 1996, however, neither the issuance
of a patent nor the commercial viability of a market for this invention is
assured. (See "Research and Development" and "Intellectual Property" under
this Item 1. "Description of Business.")
GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL
The Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") administers the
federal Clean Air Act, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and
approves ambient air pollution monitoring equipment meeting certain
requirements as either reference or equivalent methods for measuring
pollutants. The EPA established the reference method as the basic method for
measuring a pollutant. An equivalent method measures the same pollutant
utilizing a different technique which achieves results identical to those of
the referenced method.
As a practical matter, before a monitoring instrument can be sold in
the United States, it must receive EPA-approval as either a "reference" or
"equivalent" method. Such approvals are given only after rigorous and
expensive testing by the applicant and the submission to, and approval by, the
EPA of the results of such testing. The testing and approval process generally
requires between 12 and 18 months. Following approval, the EPA typically
acquires and tests a production model of the device. If the model being
tested does not meet the standards established by the approval process, the
approval may be withdrawn.
Each of the Company's models of ozone monitors and its sulfur dioxide
and oxides of nitrogen monitors have been approved as equivalent methods by the
EPA. Additionally, the Company's carbon monoxide monitors have been approved
as reference methods. The Company is currently testing a particulate analyzer
(beta ray attenuation) for approval as an equivalent method by the EPA. The
Company has never had, or been threatened with, a recall as the result of
subsequent testing by the EPA of a production model of any of its instruments.
The Company believes that, as the performance of air monitoring
equipment improves and monitoring technology becomes available in the market,
government regulatory agencies tend to adopt regulations requiring the use of
such technology. The Company has never been required to modify or discontinue
any of its products as a result of improved technology. However, there can be
no assurance that future technological improvements will not mandate changes
in, or cause the obsolescence of, Company products.
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Legislation requiring more precise air pollution monitoring and
enforcement is increasing as the sophistication of the technology improves and
as concern for the environment, particularly the depletion of the ozone layer,
becomes more acute. The Clean Air Act and the Clean Air Act
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Amendments of 1990 (the "1990 Amendments"), which are being rapidly
implemented, require increased control of industrial air pollution and
represent an increasing threat of shut-down for U. S. industrial concerns which
fail to obtain necessary permits and engage in other conduct violative of the
legislation. Because increased control requires increased measurement and
monitoring of air pollutants by government and industry, the Company expects,
but cannot assure, a steadily increasing market for its products. Company
management believes that governmental enforcement policy also has a significant
effect on the demand for the Company's products. A relaxation during 1982 in
the federal enforcement of governmental standards resulted in a decrease in
demand for the Company's products. Since then, the worldwide trend toward
increasingly stringent environmental standards for industrial air pollution
together with stricter governmental enforcement of environmental regulations,
is expected by management to cause continued expansion of segments of the
analytical instruments market and a continued increase in demand for the
Company's products. In essence, the Company furnishes a product that the
customer does not want to buy voluntarily. In previous years, price difference
was not significant to the selection process. Since 1994, sizeable discounts
have become significant to the purchasers.
COMPANY PRODUCTS
In 1972, the Company developed, and in 1974 initially marketed, the
first ultraviolet ozone monitor, of which eight models are currently marketed
by the Company, including high concentration, manual, remote and
microprocessor-controlled versions. The Company will continue to seek to
develop new versions of its basic model of ozone monitor, but does not expect
any change in the basic principle upon which the instrument operates. The
Company is generally considered the leader in ozone measurement technology in
the world.
The Company developed microprocessor-controlled carbon monoxide,
sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen monitors in 1981, 1986 and 1987,
respectively. In August 1986, the Company completed prototype development of a
microprocessor-controlled oxides of nitrogen monitor based upon a technique
acquired from Combustion Engineering Corporation. Although the unit did not
initially receive EPA-approval, a redesigned unit received the requisite
approval of the EPA in mid-1992.
Calibration equipment, which is utilized to independently verify the
measurements made by other monitoring equipment, was first manufactured and
sold by the Company in 1976 and known as the "Auditor," was followed by a
manually-operated, portable model which performs similar functions. In 1990,
both of these models were superseded by the Company's Model 5008
state-of-the-art, programmable calibration equipment.
The Company completed development, in 1991, of a Model 7001 beta-gauge
to measure sub-micronic particulates, a Model 8001 data-logger to gather and
transmit measured air pollutant information and a Model 9001 semi-CEMS to be
used as a portable stack monitoring system.
In February 1994, the Company acquired the technology and inventory of
the Byron
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Hydrocarbon Analyzer line. In bidding various jobs, the Company has been asked
to furnish an ambient hydrocarbon analyzer as a portion of the "system."
Previously, the Company did not have the technical capability to manufacture
this particular product and was forced to purchase it from other companies.
The Company's choice, whenever possible, was the Byron Hydrocarbon Analyzer,
even though it was the most expensive. Management believes that the
acquisition of this technical capability has made the Company more competitive
in bid applications requiring a hydrocarbon instrument. In addition, the
analyzer has certain proprietary aspects which are helpful in competitive bid
situations specifically requesting hydrocarbon data.
The Company offers a two-year warranty on all of its products, with
the exception of certain components, such as lamps, which have short lives.
With respect to such components, the Company passes on to the customer the
warranty (usually one year) which it receives from the manufacturer. The
Company's warranty provides for repair or replacement of defective products.
During each of the last five fiscal years, the Company has been required to
honor its warranty with respect to less than 0.3% of total instruments sales
during each such year.
MARKETING AND SALES; BACKLOG
The marketing and sales activities of the Company include advertising
by mail and in trade journals (primarily Pollution Equipment News and Air
Pollution Control Association Journal) and attendance and exhibition at
worldwide air pollution conferences. The Company attends the annual conference
of the Air Pollution Control Association as well as worldwide conferences. The
Company's instruments have been sold to customers world-wide, including
industrial manufacturers; federal, state, city, local and foreign governmental
agencies; major industrial companies; and educational and research institutions
in over 30 countries. Sales made in the United States are handled directly by
the Company's sales staff. All of the Company's foreign sales are made to
distributors who, in turn, resell to the end users. The Company sells to
these distributors at a discount from the listed price. Management believes
that the loss of a distributor who may account for a large percentage of sales
would have little impact on net revenues as the end users of the Company's
products could be transferred to new distributors.
During the last three fiscal years, foreign sales have represented
approximately 55% to 70% of the Company's total revenue. The Company's sales
in the export market are evenly distributed among all its products. Export
sales are billed and paid in United States dollars only.
The Company's instruments have been sold during the past five years to
over 300 customers in over 30 countries, including industrial manufacturers;
federal, state, city, local and foreign governmental agencies; and educational
and research institutions. However, a significant loss in the number of
government agencies, industrial companies or research agencies which typically
purchase the Company's instruments could have a material adverse effect on the
Company.
Historically, none of the Company's business has been subject to the
re-negotiation of profits, and no government orders have ever been terminated.
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The following table sets forth certain information regarding the
Company's foreign sales for the last two fiscal years.
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Europe $1,445 $1,245
Asia and Pacific Rim 1,071 904
Middle East & Other 525 537
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During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, sales to a foreign
distributor who services multiple customers, represented 16% of net sales.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, sales to two foreign
distributors who service multiple customers represented 24% of net sales.
Historically, backlog has not been significant to the Company's
operations because orders usually require delivery in 45 to 60 days. As of
December 31, 1995, the Company had approximately $1,500,000 in orders which
required delivery in 90 days or less, a backlog which the Company does not
consider significant.
MANUFACTURING AND PURCHASING
The Company manufactures many components and subsystems for use in its
products, including critical optical components and analog and digital
circuitry. Other components, including packaging materials, integrated
circuits, microprocessors and minicomputers, are purchased from unaffiliated
third parties. Most of the raw materials and supplies purchased by the Company
are either available from a number of different suppliers or alternative
sources could be developed without a materially adverse effect on the Company's
business. However, the availability and quality of certain key instrument
components, such as printed circuit board designs and lamps, are controlled by
a limited number of vendors. A vendor's inability to supply these components
to the Company in a timely fashion, or to the Company's satisfaction, can
affect the Company's ability to deliver its instruments on time.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Historically, the Company has been actively engaged in research and
development in order
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to produce new products. However, the competitive price pressures experienced
by the Company since early 1994 have sharply limited the new product
development to areas of software as opposed to hardware. Developed over the
past twenty months, DECS (Dasibi Environmental Central Software) is a
Windows-based, network control and reporting program for multi systems of
pollutant analyzers and ancillaries. Similar programs exist but management
believes none are under single manufacturer design and responsibility.
Because of price pressure demands, the Company has been limiting CEMS
and Flue Gas Purification System development work.
EMPLOYEES
As of March 26, 1996, the Company had 49 full-time employees, of whom
four were engaged in administration, 10 in engineering, 33 in manufacturing and
two in sales and marketing. None of the Company's employees are represented by
a labor union. The Company has never had a strike or lockout and considers
its employee relations to be good.
COMPETITION
The Company is the smallest competitor in the ambient air pollution
instrumentation market. Therefore, it is subject to the effects of
better-financed competitors and their research and development efforts, and
price discounting. The Company competes on the basis of technical advances in
its products and its reputation among customers as a quality provider of
products and services. To a lesser extent, the Company competes on the basis
of price.
Although the Company is not aware of any other company that competes
with it in all of its product lines, all of its competitors have resources
substantially greater than those of the Company. There are also smaller
companies that specialize in a limited number of the types of products
manufactured by the Company. The Company's primary competitors in the domestic
market are Thermo Instrument Systems, Inc. ("Thermo Instrument Systems") and
Monitor Labs, Inc. ("Monitor Labs"). In the foreign market, the Company's
primary competitors are Thermo Instrument Systems, Monitor Labs and Kimoto
Instruments Co. of Japan ("Kimoto Instruments Co.").
A number of the Company's principal competitors (including Thermo
Instrument Systems, Monitor Labs and Kimoto Instruments Co.) offer ambient air
pollution monitoring and also CEMS to their customers. As discussed
hereinabove under "Instrument Market" and "Research and Development", the
Company is presently unable to provide CEMS. The Company intends to enter the
market for CEMS, although it is extremely competitive and the firms in such
market have substantially greater experience and financial resources than the
Company. There can be no assurance that the Company's efforts to enter the
CEMS market will be successful.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Although the Company obtained patents for its ozone monitor and
various techniques in instrument design, it has generally been the Company's
policy to proceed without patent protection since it is management's belief
that the disclosure requirements of the federal patent laws provide competitors
with easy access to the secrets of rapidly changing technology. The patents
obtained by the Company, all of which have expired, are not deemed by
management to be significant to the Company's business operations or potential
success. The Company has no federal or state registered trademarks and no
franchises or concessions. The Company has common law rights to the trademark
"Dasibi."
Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., the Company's co-founder, has, for the past
several years, devoted personal research time to developing an innovative, cost
conscious system for purifying exhaust gases. His efforts resulted in the
filing of a patent application for such system on behalf of the Company in
April 1994. There is no assurance that a patent will be granted for this
invention and, in any event, it is not expected that the Company can actively
pursue this market until November 1996. (See Item 1. "Description of Business
- - Research and Development" hereinabove.).
ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES
In July 1994, the Company moved its administrative, manufacturing and
employee facilities to 39,070 square feet at 506 Paula Avenue, Glendale,
California, from a 10,000 square foot building located at 515 West Colorado
Street, Glendale, California, and a 7,500 square foot building adjacent
thereto. The Company leases the space from an unaffiliated third party for a
term of ten years commencing as of July 1, 1994, at a base rent of $24,223 per
month plus operating costs and taxes, with a provision for increases in the
base rent related to increases in the Consumer Price Index. The Company
utilizes most of its existing office and manufacturing space and believes that
such space is adequate for its needs for the foreseeable future. In addition,
the Company acquired a contiguous 5,930 square feet from the same unaffiliated
third part on February 20, 1996 at identical base rate terms, or $3,676 per
month additional. This space is 50% utilized with the balance intended for
future medical instrumentation manufacturing. The Company moved its Austin,
Texas, software facility from 4,000 to 3,300 square feet at 14050 Summit Drive,
Suite 117, Austin, Texas, and reduced the monthly rent paid for the facility
from $4,500 to $1,980 per month ($23,760 per annum). The space is leased from
a non-affiliate for a period of three years through May 31, 1997, and is
expected to be adequate to meet the Company's foreseeable future needs.
Additionally, the Company leases a sales office located at 407 B East Nine Mile
Road, Highland Springs, Virginia, pursuant to a lease renewable annually
through May 31, 1998. The rent of $550 per month increases at a rate of $50
per month at the commencement of each renewal period.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
No material legal proceedings are pending to which the Company or any
of its property is subject, nor to the knowledge of the Company are any such
legal proceedings threatened. The
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Company is a party to legal actions from time-to-time which develop in the
ordinary course of its business and which are not, in the opinion of
management, material to the Company's business.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters were submitted to a vote of the Company's shareholders
during the fourth quarter of the Company's 1995 fiscal year by means of the
solicitation of proxies or otherwise.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The Company's Common Stock and Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the
"Warrants") are traded over-the-counter on NASDAQ under the symbols "PRCC" and
"PRCCW," respectively. Set forth below are the high and low closing bid
quotations in the over-the-counter market for the Common Stock and Warrants as
reported by the relevant market makers for fiscal years 1995 and 1994.
Quotations represent inter-dealer quotations, without adjustment for retail
mark-ups, mark-downs or commissions, and may not necessarily represent actual
transactions.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Fiscal 1995 Fiscal 1994
Quarter Ended High Bid Low Bid High Bid Low Bid
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock:
March 31 $ .69 $.62 $2.38 $1.50
June 30 .91 .59 1.95 1.25
September 30 1.22 .62 1.25 .75
December 31 .88 .56 .78 .44
</TABLE>
As of March 23, 1996, the approximate number of shareholders of record
of the Company's Common Stock was 1,100. The Company has never paid or
declared any dividends on its Common Stock and does not anticipate paying
dividends in the foreseeable future.
In August 1994 the Company effected an S-3 Registration Statement for
3,180,997 shares of common stock underlying all warrants and options
outstanding. On November 30, 1995, 752,500 warrants expired. S-3
Registration Statement Amendment No. 2 currently in effect is for 2,490,998
shares of common stock for 2,170,998 warrants and 320,000 options. The warrant
exercise price was reduced from $1.75 to $0.60 per share and the expiration
date of March 29, 1996 was unchanged. There is no information currently
available as to warrant exercise conversions, if any.
ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
Net Revenues for fiscal 1995 were $5,515,000, an approximate 7%
increase from net revenues of $5,129,000 in fiscal 1994. This increase was
principally due to competitive pricing
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by the Company.
The Company's gross profit decreased from 41% of net revenues in
fiscal 1994 to 34% of net revenues in fiscal 1995. The decrease in gross
margin can be attributed to the competitive price pressures. (See Item 1
Description of the Business)
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 5% from
$1,950,000 in 1994 to $2,044,000 in 1995. This $94,000 increase was
primarily due to write offs of unamortized technology rights which management
determined had no further value.
In July 1995 the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with
Logan Medical Research Ltd. ("Logan"), a start-up company, to manufacture
Logan's nitric oxide monitor for U. S. applications. The Company agreed to
provide Logan with working capital in exchange for a world wide manufacturing
agreement and accordingly funded $164,000 in cash and inventory in 1995. In
connection with the funding, Logan was to obtain additional funding from an
outside source. As of March 9, 1996, no additional funding had been obtained.
Based upon this lack of funding the Company's management assigned a zero value
to this asset and charged the $164,000 to operations during 1995.
The fiscal 1995 expected income tax benefit was less than the federal
statutory rate due to net operating loss carry forwards available for future
periods.
The Company does not believe that inflation has had a significant
impact on its results of operations in the past two years.
The Company plans to enter into a subcontract agreement for Mexican
labor under the Maquiladora Shelter program, as a step towards increasing
profit margins and as an assist in shipping units without the need for domestic
overtime hours. The Company also is emphasizing marketing of its 5008 and 7001
units as higher margin (less competition) ancillary products.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company has historically financed operations through bank
borrowings and the issuance of Common Stock in both public and private
offerings. Working capital at December 31, 1995, was $1,844,000. Management
believes that anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet
the Company's short-term cash needs. As of March 1, 1996, the Company has no
material commitments for capital expenditures. The Company has obtained an
unsecured bank line of credit of $200,000. Any amount borrowed bears interest
at the prime rate plus 2% per annum and is due and owing on June 1, 1996.
$150,000 was outstanding as of December 31, 1995, and $200,000 as of March 29,
1996.
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SEASONALITY
Management does not believe that the Company's business is seasonal.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company's Financial Statements and the related Notes thereto are
set forth at pages F-1 through F-15.
ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
On December 7, 1994, the Company dismissed the accounting firm of
Deloitte & Touche LLP as its independent auditors and selected the accounting
firm of Greenberg & Jackson to act as the Company's independent auditors for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994 Disclosure regarding this matter is
set forth in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-KA dated December 7, 1994.
PART III
ITEM 9. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS;
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES
Set forth below are the names, ages, positions with the Company and
Dasibi Environmental Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and
business experiences of the directors, executive officers and key employees of
the Company.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AGE POSITION(S) WITH COMPANY AND DASIBI
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<S> <C> <C>
Albert E. Gosselin, Jr.* 63 President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board of Directors
Cynthia L. Gosselin* 34 Chief Financial Officer
Barbara L. Gosselin* 60 Secretary and Director
Marcia A. Smith* 57 Director of Pollution Research and Control Corp.;
Manager of Administration of Dasibi Environmental
Corp.
Keith A. Gosselin 32 Production Manager and Manager of Sales and
Marketing of Dasibi Environmental Corp.
Gary L. Dudley* 58 Director
Craig E. Gosselin* 36 Director
</TABLE>
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* The individuals named above hold the identical positions indicated
with Dasibi Environmental Corp. ("Dasibi").
All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of the
Company's shareholders and until their successors have been elected and
qualify. Officers serve at the pleasure of the board of directors.
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., and Barbara L. Gosselin, husband and wife,
are the parents of Craig E., Cynthia L., and Keith A. Gosselin, all of whom are
adults. All of the foregoing, except Keith A. and Jennifer S. Gosselin, are
presently serving as executive officers and/or directors of the Company.
Except as set forth herein, no family relationship exists between any director
or executive officer of the Company.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., has served as the President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (formerly "Dasibi
Environmental Corp." and "A.E. Gosselin Engineering, Inc.") and Dasibi
(formerly "Baral Engineering, Inc."), corporations which he co-founded with
Barbara L. Gosselin, since the organization of those corporations in December
1971 and July 1976, respectively. He also served as the President, Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company's
former parent corporation, a corporation also named "Pollution Research and
Control Corp.("PRCC") which he co-founded with Mrs. Gosselin under the name of
"A.E. Gosselin Engineering Co.," from its inception date in 1966 through the
date of its spin-off in October 1986. Mr. Gosselin also served as the
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Applied Conservation Technology, Inc. ("ACT"), a former wholly-owned subsidiary
engaged in the business of providing environmental impact reports to electric
utilities, together with the Company, of PRCC, from 1980 through the date of
the purchase of ACT by its management from PRCC in November 1986. ACT is
presently a diversified environmental consulting firm owned and managed by Gary
L. Dudley, a Company director, and other members of management. Mr. Gosselin
received a Bachelor Science in mechanical engineering from Loyola University,
Los Angeles, California, in 1954. He has been a registered mechanical engineer
in the State of California since 1959.
Cynthia L. Gosselin has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company and Dasibi since May 1990. Additionally, she has acted as Dasibi's
Purchasing Agent during this period. She was employed by Dasibi in various
capacities, including Production Manager, from 1983 through April 1990. Ms.
Gosselin received a B.S. in business from the University of California at Long
Beach in 1982.
Barbara L. Gosselin has served as an executive officer and a director
of the Company, which she co-founded with Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., in December
1971, since its inception. Mrs. Gosselin
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has served in the office of Secretary of the Company since April 1990 and, from
inception through April 1990, she served as the Company's Chief Financial
Officer. Mrs. Gosselin, together with Mr. Gosselin, co-founded Dasibi in July
1976 and she has served as the Secretary and a director of Dasibi since its
organization. Mrs. Gosselin was the co-founder in 1966, with Mr. Gosselin, of
PRCC, the Company's former parent corporation, for which she served as an
executive officer and a director until it was spun-off in October 1986.
Marcia A. Smith has served as a director of the Company and Dasibi
since May 1990. She has been employed as the Manager of Administration and in
various other capacities with Dasibi since 1979.
Keith A. Gosselin has been employed by Dasibi as the Production
Manager since June 1986, and, additionally, as the Manager of Sales and
Marketing since May 1990. Mr. Gosselin received a Bachelor of Science in
business from Loyola Marymount University in 1984 and a Masters of Business
Administration from William and Mary University in 1986.
Gary L. Dudley has served as a director of the Company during the
periods since June 1991 and from 1980 through January 1991, and he served as
the Company's Vice President from 1979 through November 1986. Mr. Dudley also
served as an executive officer and a director of PRCC, the Company's former
parent corporation, from 1984 through the date of the spin-off of PRCC in
October 1986. Mr. Dudley has been the President and a principal shareholder of
ACT, now located in Westminster, California, a diversified environmental
consulting firm formerly wholly-owned, together with the Company, by PRCC,
since the purchase of ACT by its management from PRCC in November 1986. He
served as ACT's Vice President from 1980 through 1986. From 1962 through 1978,
Mr. Dudley was employed in various engineering-related positions by Southern
California Edison Company, TRW Systems, McDonnell Douglas Corporation and North
American Rockwell Corporation. He received a Bachelor of Science in
engineering from California State University in 1962 and a Masters Degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1966. Mr.
Dudley is a registered mechanical engineer in the State of California and a
member of the Association of Environmental Professionals.
Craig E. Gosselin has served as a director of the Company and Dasibi
since October 1987. Mr. Gosselin is an attorney who has been licensed to
practice law in the State of California since 1984. He has served as the Vice
President and General Counsel of Vans, Inc., a publicly-held manufacturer,
distributor and retailer of footwear and related accessories located in Orange,
California, since July 1992. From December 1989 through June 1992, Mr.
Gosselin was a partner in the law firm of Cooper & Dempsey, Los Angeles,
California, which specialized in the areas of corporate and securities law and
business litigation. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from
Loyola Marymount University in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from Southwestern
University School of Law in 1984.
The Company, Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and Cynthia L.
Gosselin, Chief Financial Officer of the
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Company, were named as defendants in Case Number 1.94CV01425 filed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia on June 28, 1994. The Commission alleged in the Complaint
for Permanent Injunction and Other Relief, among other things, that the Company
and Mr. Gosselin committed numerous violations of the federal securities laws
in 1989, 1990 and 1991, including disseminating materially false and misleading
information about the Company to the investing public through public
announcements and filings with the Commission relating, primarily, to the
Company's acquisition and subsequent disposition of two companies, Air
Instruments and Measurements, Inc. and Environmental Information Systems.
Additionally, the Complaint alleged that the Company's financial statements
incorrectly reported inventory figures and failed to reflect timely write-offs
of uncollectible accounts receivable and that the Company materially
understated annual and quarterly losses during this period. The allegations
against Ms. Gosselin were that she served as the Company's Chief Financial
Officer and that she was responsible for the Company's inadequate books and
records and internal controls during this period. The Commission also alleged
that the Company violated the federal securities laws in connection with an
unregistered public distribution of securities. The Commission sought to
enjoin the defendants from engaging in the future in similar illegal acts and
practices and to order defendant Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., to pay civil
penalties. On July 14, 1994, the defendants, without admitting or denying any
of the allegations of the Complaint, consented to the entry of Final Judgment
of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief (the "Final Judgment"). The Final
Judgment as to Mr. Gosselin required him to pay a civil penalty in the amount
of $25,000.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
requires the Company's executive officers and directors, and persons who own
more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company's equity securities,
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of
ownership, and reports of changes in ownership, of Common Stock and other
equity securities of the Company. Executive officers, directors and greater
than ten percent shareholders are required by Commission regulations to furnish
the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. To the
Company's knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports
furnished to the Company, and representations that no other reports were
required during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, the Company's
executive officers, directors and greater than ten per cent beneficial owners
of its Common Stock, complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements
applicable to them.
ITEM 10. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth the total cash and non-cash
compensation paid by the Company
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for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 to the Company's
President and Chief Executive Officer who was the only executive officer of the
Company whose aggregate cash compensation exceeded $100,000 for the 1995 fiscal
year.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Long Term Compensation
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Annual Compensation Awards
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Name and Securities Underly-
Principal Position Year Salary ing Options/SARs(#)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., 1995 $196,638
President, Chief Execu- 1994 $180,000 53,847
tive Officer and Chair- 1993 $177,240 -
man of the Board
</TABLE>
The Company does not provide officers or employees with pension, stock
appreciation rights, long-term incentive or other plans. The Company has,
however, adopted an Employees' Incentive Stock Option Plan. (See "Employees'
Incentive Stock Option Plan" below under this Item 10. "Executive
Compensation.")
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors do not receive compensation pursuant to any standard
arrangement for their services as directors.
EMPLOYEES' INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
The Company's Employees' Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Option
Plan") was adopted by the Board of Directors on July 30, 1987, and approved by
the Company's shareholders on October 10, 1987. The Option Plan provides for
the issuance of a total of 500,000 shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
options granted under the Option Plan. As of the date hereof, all of the
options to purchase shares of Common Stock have been granted under the Option
Plan.
Pursuant to the Option Plan, the Company may grant incentive stock
options within the meaning of Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, to employees as well as non-qualified stock options to
employees, officers, directors and consultants. The Option Plan provides for
administration by the Board of Directors of the Company or by a committee of
the Board of Directors. The Board or such committee selects the optionees,
authorizes the grant of options and determines the exercise price of the
options. Currently, the Board of Directors administers the Option Plan.
The exercise price of each stock option granted under the Option Plan
must be at least 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date
of grant as determined by the Board of Directors. Each incentive stock option
may be exercisable for a period, as determined by the Board
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of Directors, but not in excess of ten years from the date of grant. The
exercise price of all incentive stock options granted under the Option Plan to
shareholders possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company must be not less than 110% of the fair market
value of the Common Stock on the date of grant and such options may be
exercisable for a period not in excess of five years from the date of grant.
All options granted under the Option Plan are non-transferable and may be
exercised only by the optionee or the optionee's estate.
There is no limit on the number of shares with respect to which
options may be granted under the Option Plan to any participating employee.
However, the aggregate fair market value of shares of Common Stock (determined
on the date the option is granted) with respect to which incentive stock
options become exercisable for the first time by an individual option holder
during any calendar year (under all such plans maintained by the Company) may
not exceed $100,000.
Options granted under the Option Plan may be exercised within 12
months after the date of an optionee's termination of employment by reason of
his death or disability, or within three months after the date of termination
by reason of retirement of voluntary termination approved by the Board of
Directors, but only to the extent the option was otherwise exercisable on the
date of termination. In the event an optionee's employment is terminated for
any reason other than death, disability, retirement or voluntary termination
approved by the Board of Directors, such optionee's option terminates 30 days
after the date of such termination.
The Option Plan will expire in July 1997, unless terminated earlier by
the Board of Directors. The Option Plan may be amended by the Board without
shareholder approval, except that no amendment which increases the maximum
aggregate number of shares which may be issued under the Option Plan or changes
the class of employees who are eligible to participate in the Option Plan, can
be made without the approval of the shareholders of the Company. The Company,
in order to comply with the requirements of certain state securities and "blue
sky" laws, agreed not to grant any options under the Option Plan (or any
additional options or warrants) which would exceed 10% of the number of shares
of the Company's Common Stock outstanding after its 1989 public securities
offering.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
The Company has employment agreements with Albert E. Gosselin, Jr.,
the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Company, and Cynthia L. Gosselin, the Company's Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Gosselin's employment agreement (the "Agreement") was first approved by the
Board of Directors on July 30, 1987, and has since been extended through August
31, 1999. The Agreement, as extended, provides for the payment to Mr. Gosselin
of a base salary of $200,000, $210,000 and $220,000 during the one-year periods
ended August 31, 1996, 1997 and 1998, respectively. (See "Executive
Compensation" under this Item 10. "Executive Compensation" hereinabove.) The
Agreement further obligates the Company to permit Mr. Gosselin to participate
in the Company's Employees' Incentive Stock Option Plan and Group Medical Plan
and any other health, life insurance, group medical, disability income
insurance and/or stock option plan
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adopted by the Company. Under the Agreement, Mr. Gosselin's salary continues
in the event of his disability and for two years after his death. He is also
entitled to a lump sum severance payment equivalent to 2.99 times his current
salary in the event of his termination as President or Chief Executive Officer
within eighteen months after a "change of control" of the Company, including,
among other events, certain types of mergers and other business combinations,
material changes in the composition of the Board of Directors or the beneficial
ownership of the Common Stock, the sale of substantially all of the Company's
assets or securities and the material downsizing or dissolution of the Company.
If such an event occurs during fiscal 1996, Mr. Gosselin would be entitled to
receive $598,000 as a severance payment.
The Company's employment agreement with Cynthia L. Gosselin commenced
on July 20, 1994, and continues through August 31, 1999. The agreement
provides for the payment to her of a base salary of $62,500 during each
one-year period ended July 20, 1996, 1997 and 1998, and annual increases in the
discretion of the Board of Directors. Pursuant to the employment agreement,
Ms. Gosselin is required to be reimbursed by the Company for her expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of her responsibilities. In the
event of her death or disability, the agreement provides for Ms. Gosselin's
salary to continue for six months thereafter. She is also entitled to
participate in any Company health, life insurance, group medical, disability
income insurance and/or stock option plan. Ms. Gosselin's employment agreement
provides that she is entitled to a lump sum severance payment equivalent to
2.99 times her current salary in the event of her termination as Chief
Financial Officer within eighteen months after a "change in control" of the
Company, as defined in the Company's Employment Agreement with Mr. Albert E.
Gosselin, Jr., described hereinabove. She would be entitled to receive a
severance payment of $216,177 if a change in control of the Company occurs
during fiscal 1996.
ITEM 11. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information as of March 23, 1996,
regarding the ownership of the Company's Common Stock by each shareholder known
by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock, each director and all executive officers
and directors as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, each of the
shareholders has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned
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<CAPTION>
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1) Amount Beneficially Owned Percent of Class (2)
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<S> <C> <C>
Lee N. Sion 619,000(3) 6.5%
Albert E. and Barbara L. Gosselin, Jr. 431,335(4) 4.5%
Marcia A. Smith 61,280 *
Cynthia L. Gosselin 56,305(5) *
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Gary L. Dudley 45,000(6) *
Craig E. Gosselin 5,000(7) *
All Executive Officers and Directors as 598,920 6.3%
a Group (six persons)
</TABLE>
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* Less than one percent.
(1) The address of each of the individuals names above, except Lee N.
Sion, is 506 Paula Avenue, Glendale, California 91201. Mr. Sion's
address is P.O. Box 910, Glendale, California 91209.
(2) Assumes the exercise of outstanding options and warrants to purchase a
total of 2,490,998 shares of the Company's Common Stock exercisable
by March 29, 1996
(3) Includes 50,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
an option owned of record by Lee N. Sion which is exercisable within
60 days.
(4) Includes 50,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
an option owned of record by Albert E. Gosselin, Jr. exercisable
within 60 days, but does not include a total of 90,333 shares of
Common Stock owned of record collectively by Craig E., Cynthia L.,
Keith A. and Jennifer S. Gosselin, the adult children of Albert E.
and Barbara Gosselin, Jr., as to which Mr. and Mrs. Gosselin disclaim
any beneficial ownership. Mr. and Mrs. Gosselin hold their shares of
Common Stock as community property and exercise joint voting and
investment power with respect to such shares.
(5) Cynthia L. Gosselin is the adult daughter of Albert E. and Barbara L.
Gosselin, Jr., who disclaim any beneficial ownership of her shares.
(6) Represents shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of an
option owned of record by Gary L. Dudley which is exercisable within
60 days.
(7) Craig E. Gosselin is the adult son of Albert E. and Barbara L.
Gosselin, Jr., who disclaim any beneficial ownership of his shares.
ITEM 12. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
There were no transactions during the last two fiscal years ended
December 31, 1994, and 1995, or proposed transactions, to which the Company was
or is to be a party, in which any executive officer or director of the Company,
any shareholder known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than
five percent of its outstanding shares of Common Stock or any member of the
immediate family of any of the foregoing, had or is to have a direct or
indirect material interest.
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ITEM 13. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-KA
(A) EXHIBITS
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index located at Pages E-1 through
E-9 are filed pursuant to Item 13(a) of this Report.
(B) REPORTS ON FORM 8-KA
The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-KA on October 10, 1995,
during the last quarter of the 1995 fiscal year covered by this Report to
extend the expiration date of the Company's publicly traded warrants to
purchase common stock from November 30, 1995 to March 29, 1996.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 29, 1996 POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Albert E. Gosselin, Jr.
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Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Board of Directors
In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below
by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and on the dates
indicated.
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Date: March 29, 1996
/s/ Albert E. Gosselin, Jr.
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Albert E. Gosselin, Jr., President, Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of
Directors (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: March 29, 1996
/s/ Cynthia L. Gosselin
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Cynthia L. Gosselin, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Date: March 29, 1996
/s/ Barbara L. Gosselin
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Barbara L. Gosselin, Director
Date: March 29, 1996
/s/ Gary L. Dudley
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Gary L. Dudley, Director
Date: March 29, 1996
/s/ Marcia Smith
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Marcia Smith, Director
Date: March 29, 1996
/s/ Craig E. Gosselin
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Craig E. Gosselin, Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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ITEM PAGE
NUMBER DESCRIPTION NUMBER
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3.1 Articles of Incorporation of A. E. Gosselin Engineering, Inc.
(now "Pollution Research and Control Corp.") (Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement on Form 10 of Dasibi Environmental
Corporation (now "Pollution Research and Control Corp.")
3.2 Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of A. E.
Gosselin Engineering, Inc. (now "Pollution Research and
Control Corp.") (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3(a) to the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on
Form 10 of Dasibi Environmental Corporation (now "Pollution
Research and Control Corp.")
3.3 Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of
Dasibi Environmental Corp. (now "Pollution Research and
Control Corp.") (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3(a) to the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on
Form 10 of Dasibi Environmental Corporation (now "Pollution
Research and Control1 Corp.")
3.4 By-laws of A. E. Gosselin Engineering, Inc. (now "Pollution
Research and Control Corp.") (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3(b) to the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement on Form 10 of Dasibi Environmental Corporation (now
"Pollution Research and Control Corp.")
4.1 Form of Warrant Agreement. (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 33-26558) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
January 17, 1989.)
4.2 Form of Unit Purchase Warrant. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 33-26558) of Pollution Research and Control
Corp., dated January 17, 1989.)
4.3 Form of Stock Purchase Warrant. (Incorporated herein by
reference
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to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 33-26558) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
January 17, 1989.)
4.40 Option to Purchase 40,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Albert E. Gosselin, Jr.,
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.40 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.41 Option to Purchase 20,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Cindy Gosselin dated as of June
29, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.41
to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.42 Option to Purchase 20,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Barbara L. Gosselin dated as of
June 29, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.42 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.43 Option to Purchase 20,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Gary L. Dudley dated as of June
29, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.43
to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.44 Option to Purchase 20,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Marcia Smith dated as of June
29, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.44
to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.45 Option to Purchase 20,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Craig E. Gosselin dated as of
June 29, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.45 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.46 Option to Purchase 20,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Keith Gosselin dated as of June
29, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.46
to the
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Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-60035)
of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated February 26,
1996.)
4.47 Option to Purchase 10,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Mike Chu dated as of June 29,
1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.47 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.48 Option to Purchase 10,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Kimberly Chiu dated as of June
29, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.48
to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.49 Option to Purchase 5,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Tolly Smith dated as of June 29,
1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.49 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.50 Option to Purchase 25,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of Randy Foy dated as of July 1,
1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.50 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated
February 26, 1996.)
4.51 Option to Purchase 200,000 Shares of Common Stock of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. of J. Paul Consulting Corp. dated
effective July 18, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.51 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 33-60035) of Pollution Research and Control
Corp., dated February 26, 1996.)
10.1 Warrant to Purchase 7,500 shares of Common Stock issued to
Frost & Company P.S. on February 10, 1987. (Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-26558) of Pollution
Research and Control Corp., dated January 17, 1989.)
10.2 Employment Agreement, dated July 31, 1987, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Albert E. Gosselin, Jr.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Registration Statement on
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Form S-1 (File No. 33-26558) of Pollution Research and Control
Corp., dated January 17, 1989.)
10.3 Employees' Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 33-26558) of Pollution Research and Control
Corp., dated January 17, 1989.)
10.5 Lease, dated July 1, 1989, between Pollution Research and
Control Corp. and Shahik Mardeross-ASL. (Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989.)
10.6 Stock Option Agreement, dated May 28, 1991, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Lee Sion. (Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Transition Report on Form
10-K for the transition period ended June 30, 1991.)
10.7 Stock Option Agreement, dated May 28, 1991, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Albert E. Gosselin, Jr.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the
Transition Report on Form 10-K for the transition period ended
June 30, 1991.)
10.8 Stock Option Agreement, dated May 28, 1991, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Gary L. Dudley. (Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Transition Report
on Form 10-K for the transition period ended June 30, 1991.)
10.9 Agreement, dated November 1, 1991, between Pollution Research
and Control Corp. and KVB, Inc. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1991.
10.10 Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 2, 1991, between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and CSC Industries, Inc.
and affiliated companies Pension Plans Trust. (Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-43124) of
Pollution Research and Control Corp. dated December 23, 1991.
10.11 Warrant, dated as of December 2, 1991, issued to CSC
Industries, Inc. and affiliated companies Pension Plans Trust.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the
Amendment No. 1 to the
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-43124) of
Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated December 23, 1991.
10.12 Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 9, 1991, between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and Richard M. Molinsky.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control Corp.,
dated December 23, 1991.)
10.13 Warrant, dated as of December 9, 1991, issued to Richard M.
Molinsky. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10
to the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control
Corp., dated December 23, 1991.)
10.14 Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 11, 1991, between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and Global Environment
Fund. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to
the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control Corp.,
dated December 23, 1991.)
10.15 Warrant, dated as of December 11, 1991, issued to Global
Environment Fund. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.12 to the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-43124) of Pollution
Research and Control Corp., dated December 23, 1991.
10.16 Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 13, 1991, between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and A. Robert Tantleff.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control Corp.,
dated December 23, 1991.)
10.17 Warrant, dated as of December 13, 1991, issued to A. Robert
Tantleff. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14
to the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control
Corp., dated December 23, 1991.)
10.18 Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1991, between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and Stanley Becker,
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-43124)
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of Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated December 23,
1991.)
10.19 Warrant, dated as of December 16, 1991, issued to Stanley
Becker, filed as Exhibit 10.16 to the Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-43124) of
Pollution Research and Control Corp., dated December 23,
1991.)
10.20 Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1991, between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and Bruce Lynch.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control Corp.,
dated December 23, 1991.)
10.21 Warrant, dated as of December 16, 1991, issued to Bruce Lynch.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control Corp.,
dated December 23, 1991.)
10.22 Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1991, between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and John Kilmartin.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control Corp.,
dated December 23, 1991.)
10.23 Warrant, dated as of December 16, 1991, issued to John
Kilmartin, (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.20
to the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 33-43124) of Pollution Research and Control
Corp., dated December 23, 1991.)
10.24 Consulting Agreement, dated January 3, 1992, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Total Software, In.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1992.)
10.25 Option Agreement, dated January 3, 1992, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Total Software, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1992.)
10.26 Option Agreement, dated March 11, 1992, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Total Software, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1992.)
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10.27 Agreement, dated March 5, 1992, between Pollution Research and
Control Corp. and Lee Sion. (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.27 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1992.)
10.28 Consulting Agreement, dated June 22, 1992, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Total Software, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1992.)
10.29 Option Agreement, dated June 22, 1992, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Total Software, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1992.)
10.30 Lease Agreement, dated June 1, 1992, between Dasibi
Environmental Corp. and Bernard C. Mills, Jr. (Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994.)
10.31 Lease Agreement, dated January 6, 1994, between Pollution
Research and Control and the Prudential Insuirance Company of
America. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1994.)
10.32 Agreement, and Bill of Sale, dated February 18, 1994, between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and General Monitors,
Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1994.)
10.33 Stipulation of Settlement, dated February 1994 between
Pollution Research and Control Corp. and Diversified Research
Partners Limited Partnership. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994.)
10.34 Requirements Contract, dated March 10, 1994, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Logan Research, Ltd.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1994.)
10.35 Lease Agreement, dated April 15, 1994 between Dasibi
Environmental Corp. and Summit Park Associates. (Incorporated
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herein by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994.)
10.36 Amended Employment Amendment, effective August 31, 1993,
between Pollution Research and Control Corp. and Albert E.
Gosselin Jr. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.36 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1994.)
10.37 Employment Agreement, dated July 20, 1994, between Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Cynthia L. Gosselin.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1994.)
10.38 Final Judgment of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief as to
Pollution Research and Control Corp. dated July 7, 1994, in
Case Number 1.94CV01425, the Securities and Exchange
Commission v. Pollution Research and Control Corp., Albert E.
Gosselin and Cynthia Gosselin. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994.)
10.39 Final Judgment of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief as to
Albert E. Gosselin, dated July 13, 1994, in Case Number
1.94CV01425, the Securities and Exchange Commission v.
Pollution Research and Control Corp., Albert E. Gosselin and
Cynthia Gosselin. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.39 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994.)
10.40 Consent of Albert E. Gosselin dated June 7, 1994, in Case
Number 1.94CV01425, the Securities and Exchange Commission v.
Pollution Research and Control Corp., Albert E. Gosselin and
Cynthia Gosselin. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.40 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994.)
10.41 Final Judgment of Permanent Injunction and Other Relief as to
Cynthia Gosselin, dated July 13, 1994, in Case Number
1.94CV01425, the Securities and Exchange Commission v.
Pollution Research and Control Corp., Albert E. Gosselin and
Cynthia Gosselin. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.41 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994.)
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10.42 Consent of Cynthia Gosselin dated June 7, 1994, in Case Number
1.94CV01425, the Securities and Exchange Commission v.
Pollution Research and Control Corp., Albert E. Gosselin and
Cynthia Gosselin. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.41 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994.)
10.43 List of subsidiaries. (Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.41 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994.)
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GREENBERG & JACKSON
AN ACCOUNTANCY CORPORATION
2950 LOS FELIZ BLVD., SUITE 103
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90039
TELEPHONE: (213) 666-7700 FACSIMILE: (213) 666-3495
Bradford N. Bernstein, CPA INTERNET: [email protected]
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Leslie Smith Sobol, CPA
Peggy Howard
Susan Hatfield
Tom Hill
To the Board of Directors
Pollution Research and Control Corp.
Glendale, California
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Pollution
Research and Control Corp. and Subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31,
1995 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders'
equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December
31, 1995. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of
the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the
Company as of December 31, 1995, and its consolidated results of operations,
changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the
period ended December 31, 1995 in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Greenberg & Jackson
An Accountancy Corporation
Los Angeles, California
March 6, 1996
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
As of December 31, 1995
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ASSETS
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CURRENT ASSETS
Cash $ 641,695
Marketable securities (Note 10) 100,000
Accounts Receivable, trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $9,734 388,365
Inventories (Notes 2 and 3) 1,620,654
Other current assets 13,746
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2,764,460
PROPERTY AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS,
less accumulated depreciation and amortization
of $93,482 (Notes 2 and 4) 160,996
OTHER ASSETS 5,912
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TOTAL ASSETS $2,931,368
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
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CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 439,908
Note payable (Note 6) 150,000
Accrued liabilities (Note 5) 206,930
Current portion of deferred rent (Note 7) 23,012
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TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 819,850
DEFERRED RENT, less current portion (Note 7) 101,737
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Notes 6, 11 and 13) -
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Note 9):
Preferred stock (20,000,000 no par value shares authorized; no shares
issued and outstanding) -
Common stock (30,000,000 no par value shares authorized;
6,932,662 shares issued and outstanding) 5,431,623
Less - Notes due from sale of stock (86,857)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities 100,000
Accumulated deficit (3,434,985)
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TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 2,009,781
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $2,931,368
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See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
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1995 1994
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NET REVENUES (Note 2) $5,515,505 $5,128,527
COST OF GOODS SOLD 3,664,504 3,039,581
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GROSS PROFIT 1,851,001 2,088,946
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OPERATING EXPENSES:
Selling, general and administrative expenses 2,043,741 1,950,837
Research and development 238,345 235,953
Loss on joint venture investment (Note 17) 164,605 -
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Total operating expenses 2,446,691 2,186,790
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LOSS FROM OPERATIONS (595,690) (97,844)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense (5,589) (7,041)
Interest income 3,961 3,148
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Total other income (expense) (1,628) (3,893)
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES (597,318) (101,737)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (Note 8) - -
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NET LOSS $ (597,318) $ (101,737)
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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 2):
Net loss $ (.09) $ (.01)
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Weighted average number of common
and common equivalent shares outstanding 6,932,662 6,927,477
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See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
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Common Stock Employee Unrealized Gain Total
------------------------ Notes on Marketable Accumulated Shareholders'
Shares Amount Receivables Securities Deficit Equity
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Balance,
January 1, 1994 6,878,815 $5,379,315 $(54,549) $ - $(2,735,930) $2,588,836
Issuance of common
shares (Note 9) 153,847 107,308 (32,308) - - 75,000
Purchase and retirement
of treasury stock
(Note 9) (100,000) (55,000) - - - (55,000)
Net loss - - - - (101,737) (101,737)
--------- ---------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------
Balance,
December 31, 1994 6,932,662 5,431,623 (86,857) - (2,837,667) 2,507,099
Unrealized gain on
marketable securities
(Note 10) - - - 100,000 - 100,000
Net loss - - - - (597,318) (597,318)
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Balance,
December 31, 1995 6,932,662 $5,431,623 $(86,857) $100,000 $(3,434,985) $2,009,781
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See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
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1995 1994
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss $(597,318) $ (101,737)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 175,859 110,286
Loss on joint venture investment 164,605 -
Loss on disposal of equipment 18,061 -
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in:
Accounts receivable, trade, net 514,448 84,076
Inventories 73,086 (363,071)
Other assets (4,669) (3,429)
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable 14,726 25,238
Accrued liabilities (135,234) (149,041)
Income taxes payable - (19,800)
Deferred rent 9,689 115,060
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 233,253 (302,418)
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Short-term investments liquidated - 44,197
Acquisition of property and leasehold improvements (41,774) (197,066)
Acquisition of intangible assets - (171,829)
Increase in other assets - (63)
Investment in joint venture (164,605) -
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Net cash used in investing activities (206,379) (324,761)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Advances on line of credit 150,000 -
Repurchase of common stock - (55,000)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock - 75,000
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Net cash provided by financing activities 150,000 20,000
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH 176,874 (607,179)
CASH, BEGINNING OF YEAR 464,821 1,072,000
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CASH, END OF YEAR $ 641,695 $ 464,821
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See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
NOTE 1 - GENERAL
Pollution Research and Control Corp., a California corporation, through
its wholly owned subsidiary Dasibi Environmental Corporation, is involved
in the research, development, manufacture and sales of air pollution
monitoring products. The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of Pollution Research and Control Corp. and its wholly owned
consolidated subsidiaries (the "Company"). All significant intercompany
balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Revenue Recognition - Revenue is recognized upon the shipment of products.
Inventories - Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost
is determined on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis.
Property, Leasehold Improvements and Depreciation - Property and
leasehold improvements are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation
and amortization. Depreciation is provided for on the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally five to
seven years. Leasehold improvements are stated at cost and are amortized
over the shorter of the life of the lease or five years.
Intangible Assets - Pursuant to the settlement of the Diversified Research
Partners matter discussed in Note 11, the Company assigned $171,829 to
certain technology rights acquired in such settlement. These rights were
being amortized on the straight line basis over a 36 month period. In
1995 management determined that the technology was of no future value and
amortized the remaining balance.
Earnings Per Share - Earnings per share are computed by dividing net
income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and common
equivalents (common stock options and warrants) outstanding during the
period, unless such inclusion is antidilutive. For the years ended
December 31, 1995 and 1994, all computations under the modified treasury
stock method have been omitted, as the effect is antidilutive.
(Continued)
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
NOTE 3 - INVENTORIES
Inventories at December 31, 1995 consist of the following:
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Raw materials $ 824,701
Work in process 298,264
Finished goods 497,689
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Total $1,620,654
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NOTE 4 - PROPERTY AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS
Property and leasehold improvements at December 31, 1995 consist of the
following:
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Leasehold improvements $ 153,395
Machinery and equipment 78,408
Furniture and fixtures 22,675
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254,478
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (93,482)
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Net property and leasehold improvements $ 160,996
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NOTE 5 - ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accrued liabilities at December 31, 1995 consist of the following:
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Accrued payroll and related taxes $ 151,273
Accrued commissions 45,173
Other 10,484
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Total $ 206,930
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NOTE 6 - LINE OF CREDIT
On February 5, 1994, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a
bank, which provides for borrowings of up to $200,000 through June 1,
1996. Borrowings under the agreement bear interest at 2% above the bank's
prime rate and are collateralized by substantially all of the Company's
assets. At December 31, 1995, $150,000 was outstanding.
(Continued)
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
NOTE 7 - DEFERRED RENT
Upon execution of a 10-year lease for its present facility in Glendale,
California commencing July 1, 1994, the company was granted 6 months
"free" rent. As required by generally accepted accounting principles,
rent expense is being recognized by amortizing the total minimum rentals
payable under the lease over the 10 year term on a straight line basis.
The deferred rent shown on the balance sheet as of December 31, 1995
represents the excess of the total amount charged to rent expense over
amounts actually due and payable under the lease as of such date.
NOTE 8 - INCOME TAXES
The computed income tax provision (benefit) for the years ended December
31, 1995 and 1994 differs from the federal statutory rate (35%) due to the
following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995 1994
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Computed expected income tax provision (benefit) $(209,061) $(34,591)
Unused net operating loss carryforward 209,061 34,591
--------- --------
Income tax provision (benefit) $ - $ -
========= ========
</TABLE>
Temporary differences and the related valuation allowance at December 31,
1995 consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Federal net operating loss carryforward $1,019,809
Accrued liabilities not yet deducted for tax purposes 95,483
Valuation allowance (1,115,292)
----------
$ -
==========
</TABLE>
At December 31, 1995, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards of
approximately $2,600,000 which expire in 2004 through 2010.
NOTE 9 - SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
WARRANTS
Public offering - In July 1989, the Company completed a public offering,
whereby it sold 1,453,497 units at $1.75 per unit, resulting in net
proceeds of approximately $1,979,000. Each unit consisted of one share of
the Company's common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of common
stock at
(Continued)
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
$1.75 per share. The warrants were subject to a redemption by the Company
at a price of $1.75 per warrant through July 1990, which was not exercised
by the Company. In addition, each warrant contains provisions that
protect the holders against dilution by adjustment of the purchase price
in certain events as defined in the warrant agreement. The Board of
Directors has approved the extension of the expiration date of the
warrants to March 29, 1996 at an exercise price of $.60 per share.
Underwriter's Warrants - The Company sold to the Underwriter for $130 a
warrant (the "Unit Purchase Warrant") to purchase up to 130,000 units in
connection with the Public Offering. The Underwriter exercised its Unit
Purchase Warrant to purchase 130,000 units at a price of $2.10 per unit,
including 130,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock and 130,000
Underwriter's Warrants exercisable to purchase 130,000 shares of Common
Stock. Due to provisions contained in the Unit Purchase Warrant, the
Underwriter received Underwriter's Warrants exercisable to purchase an
additional 522,501 shares of the Company's Common Stock. The warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 652,501 shares of the Company's Common Stock at
an exercise price of $1.75 per share have since been sold, assigned or
otherwise transferred by the Underwriter to third parties. The exercise
period of the Underwriter's Warrants has been extended through March 29,
1996 and decreased the exercise price to $.60 per share.
Consultant Warrant - On February 10, 1987, the Company issued a warrant to
purchase up to an aggregate of 7,500 shares of Common Stock. The
Consultant Warrant was initially exercisable on or before February 10,
1992, at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. The Company had extended
the exercise period of the Consultant Warrant through November 30, 1995 at
which time the warrants expired.
Lender's Warrants - A lender received in a private placement on January
10, 1989, warrants exercisable to purchase up to an aggregate of 75,000
shares of Common Stock as a part of 75,000 units, each unit including one
share of Common Stock and one warrant exercisable to purchase one share of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.75 per share. The Lender's
Warrants have since been sold, assigned or otherwise transferred to third
parties. The exercise period of the warrants has been extended through
March 29, 1996, and the exercise price decreased to $0.60 per share.
Private Placement Warrants - On or about December 16, 1991, the Company
completed a private placement to a total of seven purchasers of an
aggregate of 500,000 units, each unit including one warrant exercisable
to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $1.58 per
share during the three-year period from December 1991 through 1994.
The Company, on or about September 24, 1992, canceled the warrants issued
in December 1991 and replaced them with warrants to purchase an aggregate
of 675,000 shares of Common Stock, also exercisable at an exercise price
of $1.58 per share. The Company extended the exercise period of each such
replacement warrant through November 30, 1995 at which time the warrants
expired.
(Continued)
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
Miscellaneous Warrants - On January 22, 1990, the Company granted a
warrant exercisable to purchase 40,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share on or prior to January 21,
1995. The Company extended the warrant exercise period through November
30, 1995 at which time the warrants expired. On November 25, 1991, the
Company issued a warrant exercisable to purchase 12,000 shares of Common
Stock at an exercise price of $1.58 per share. The initial exercise
period of the warrant, through November 25, 1994, had been extended
through November 30, 1995 at which time the warrants expired. On August
31, 1993, the Company granted a warrant exercisable on or prior to August
31, 1998, to purchase 60,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an
exercise price of $1.70 per share. The Company, on November 8, 1993,
granted a warrant to purchase, at an exercise price of $1.75 per share,
18,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. The exercise period of the
warrants expired on November 30, 1995. Also, on November 8, 1993, the
Company granted a warrant exercisable on or prior to November 7, 1998, to
purchase 5,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an exercise price
of $2.00 per share. On May 23, 1991, the Company granted a warrant
exercisable on or prior to May 23, 1994, to purchase 25,000 shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $.69 per share. The Company extended
the exercise period of the warrants through November, 1995, at which time
they expired.
OPTIONS
Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan - In October 1987, the shareholders
approved the Company's Employees' Incentive Stock Option Plan ("Option
Plan") that was adopted by the Board of Directors. A total of 500,000
shares of common stock may be issued under the Option Plan which expires
in July 1997.
Pursuant to the Option Plan, the Company may grant incentive stock options
as well as nonqualified stock options to directors and employees. The
exercise price of each stock option granted under the Option Plan must be
at or above the quoted market value of the Common Stock on the date of
grant. Each incentive stock option may be exercisable for a period not in
excess of ten years from the date of grant.
On November 20, 1994, the Board of Directors granted the remaining
unissued 53,847 options available to be issued under the plan to the
Company's Chief Executive Officer at $0.60 per share (above market price
on the date of grant); he then exercised the options and executed a
promissory note in favor of the Company for $32,308.
Miscellaneous Options - On May 28, 1991, the Company granted options
exercisable on or prior to May 28, 2001, to purchase an aggregate of
145,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $.55 per share to
the following individuals: (i) Lee Sion - 50,000 shares; (ii) Albert E.
Gosselin, Jr. - 50,000 shares; and (iii) Gary Dudley - 45,000 shares.
Mr. Sion is the record owner of approximately
(Continued)
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
7.2% (including the aforementioned options) of the issued and outstanding
shares of the Company's Common Stock and Messrs. Gosselin and Dudley are
executive officers and/or directors of the Company.
The Company also has an option outstanding exercisable by an employee of
the Company, to purchase, at an exercise price of $1.38 per share, 25,000
shares of Common Stock of the Company on or prior to June 30, 1997.
On June 29, 1995, the Company granted options to directors, officers and
key employees, to purchase 125,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.63
per share on or prior to June 29, 2000.
Additionally, on July 29, 1995, the Company granted options to executive
officers or directors to purchase 60,000 shares at an exercise price of
$0.63 per share on or prior to June 29, 2000.
On July 1, 1995, the Company granted options to an employee exercisable on
or before June 30, 1998 to purchase, at an exercise price of $1.38 per
share, 25,000 shares of common stock of the Company exercisable on or
prior to June 30, 1998.
On July 10, 1995, the Company granted options to a consulting firm for
500,000 shares, at an exercise price of $.70 per share. Subsequent to
year-end the Company cancelled the options due to non-performance of the
contract.
OTHER TRANSACTIONS
The Company had entered into a series of agreements and transactions with
Total Software, Inc. ("TSI") in earlier years. The agreements related to
the acquisition of common stock and several research and development
projects.
In March 1993, the Company agreed to sell an optical scanner prototype and
related rights developed under one of the research agreements to TSI in
exchange for a non-interest bearing note in the amount of $120,000.
TSI repaid $90,000 of the note in cash. On December 15, 1994, the Company
agreed to repurchase 100,000 shares of the Company's stock held by TSI for
$55,000, the market price on such date. The Company paid $25,000 in cash
and TSI's remaining $30,000 obligation under the note was extinguished.
(Continued)
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POLLUTION RESEARCH AND CONTROL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
The following table summarizes activity of options and warrants for the
two years ended December 31, 1995:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Option/Warrant
Number of Exercise Price
----------------------- --------------------------------
Options Warrants Per Share Total
------- --------- ------------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding, January 1, 1994 145,000 3,023,498 $0.55 - $2.00 5,223,456
Granted 78,847 - $0.60 - $1.38 66,808
Exercised (53,847) - $0.60 (32,308)
Canceled - - -
Expired - - -
------- --------- ----------
Outstanding, December 31, 1994 170,000 3,023,498 $5,257,956
Granted 710,000 - $0.63 - $1.38 501,050
Exercised - - -
Canceled - - -
Expired - (777,500) $1.58 - $2.00 (1,215,210)
------- --------- ----------
Outstanding, December 31, 1995 880,000 2,245,998 $4,543,796
======= ========= ==========
</TABLE>
The Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 on June 7, 1995 and
registered 3,053,497 warrants and 170,000 options. The Company filed an
amended registration statement on Form S-3 on February 26, 1996, to
register 2,170,998 warrants and 320,000 options. At December 31, 1995,
1,685,998 of the outstanding options and warrants were exercisable.
The Board of Directors voted on February 26, 1996 to reduce the warrant
price of certain outstanding warrants to $.60 per share. As of February
26, 1996 the aggregate exercise price of all remaining options and
warrants was approximately $1,700,000.
NOTE 10 - MARKETABLE SECURITIES
During 1991, the Company had entered into a series of agreements and
transactions with Converging Systems, Inc. ("CSI") resulting in the
acquisition of shares of CSI. As a result of subsequent merger and
acquisition activity by CSI this investment became 400,000 shares
(available for sale) of Atlanta Technology Group, Inc., ("Atlanta") whose
shares are traded on the NASDAQ Bulletin Board. The acquisition cost of
the Atlanta shares was $1,000,000. Because at the time CSI had not yet
generated significant operating revenues, and because a significant
portion of its assets was common stock of the
(Continued)
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
Company, management assigned a zero carrying value to the shares. The
Company has estimated that the stock value is now approximately $100,000
and has recorded a credit to shareholders' equity representing this
increase in value.
NOTE 11 - COMMITMENTS
Operating Leases - The Company leases its facilities under long-term
noncancelable operating leases. The lease terms provide for increases in
future minimum annual rental payments based on the Consumer Price Index,
operating costs and taxes. Future minimum lease commitments under such
leases as of December 31, 1995 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended
December 31,
<S> <C>
1996 358,006
1997 338,313
1998 317,365
1999 295,523
2000 290,681
Thereafter 1,110,442
----------
Total $2,710,330
==========
</TABLE>
Total rentals under all operating leases charged against income were
approximately $375,000 and $250,000 for the years ended December 31, 1995,
and 1994, respectively.
Employment Agreements - Under the terms of an employment agreement with
its Chief Executive Officer (whose agreement expires in August 1999) and
with its Chief Financial Officer (whose agreement expires in July 1999),
the Company is obligated to make minimum salary payments as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Chief Chief
Year Ended Executive Financial
December 31, Officer Officer Total
------------ --------- --------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1996 195,000 62,500 257,500
1997 205,000 62,500 267,500
1998 215,000 62,500 277,500
1999 115,000 35,000 150,000
-------- -------- --------
Total $730,000 $222,500 $952,500
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
(Continued)
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
In accordance with their agreements, each officer is entitled to a lump
sum payment equal to 2.99 times his or her current salary should a change
in control of the Company as defined in the agreements occur.
NOTE 12 - SETTLEMENT OF LEGAL MATTERS
In December 1983, the Company entered into a research and development
agreement with Diversified Research Partners ("DRP"), a New York based
limited partnership unaffiliated with the Company. In December 1990, DRP
filed a complaint against the Company seeking relief for, among other
things, a return of research funds expended, payment of royalties, and an
accounting.
In February, 1994, the Company agreed to settle this matter for $425,000,
which represented payment of royalties, acquisition of technology rights,
and full legal release. As of December 31, 1993, the Company had accrued
$262,000 representing management's estimate of accrued royalties through
the end of 1993. The Company assigned $171,829 of the $425,000 payment to
technology rights (see Note 2) and the remainder to royalties. As of
December 31, 1995, the Company had determined that the technology rights
had no future value and reduced the value of the asset to zero.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") had previously begun a
preliminary inquiry into alleged violations of the securities laws by the
Company, its Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer in
earlier years. On June 28, 1994, the SEC filed a complaint, and
simultaneously with the filing of the complaint the Company, its Chief
Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer consented, without
admitting or denying the SEC's allegations, to the entry of final judgment
of permanent injunction. In addition, the Company's Chief Executive
Officer agreed to pay a civil penalty of $25,000. The Company was not
required to pay any penalty in connection with the settlement.
NOTE 13 - CONTINGENCIES
The Company is not currently involved in any legal proceedings, except for
those arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which is
expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements
in the event of unfavorable resolution.
NOTE 14 - SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Cash paid for income taxes was $2,400 and $2,400 during the years ended
December 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively. Cash paid for interest was
$5,589 and $7,041, respectively.
(Continued)
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
(Continued)
NOTE 15 - INDUSTRY SEGMENT AND EXPORT INFORMATION
The Company operates primarily in one business segment - air pollution
monitoring equipment.
Export sales of pollution monitoring equipment for the years ended
December 31, 1995 and 1994 were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995 1994
---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Europe $1,445,000 $1,245,000
Asia and Pacific 1,071,000 904,000
Other 525,000 675,000
---------- ----------
Total $3,041,000 $2,824,000
========== ==========
</TABLE>
NOTE 16 - MAJOR CUSTOMERS
During 1995, sales to an overseas distributor who services multiple
customers represented 16% of net sales. During 1994 sales to two overseas
distributors who service multiple customers represented 24% of net sales.
NOTE 17 - JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT
In July 1995 the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with Logan
Medical Research Ltd. ("Logan"), a start-up company, to manufacture
Logan's nitric oxide monitor for U.S. applications. The Company agreed to
provide Logan with working capital in exchange for a world wide
manufacturing agreement and accordingly funded $164,000 in cash and
inventory in 1995. In connection with the funding, Logan was to obtain
additional funding from an outside source. As of March 9, 1996, no
additional funding had been obtained. Based upon this lack of funding the
Company's management assigned a zero value to this asset and charged the
$164,000 to operations during 1995.
(Continued)
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