SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
U.S.A. 20549
FORM 6-K
Dated: January 29, 1999
Commission File #: 0-13967
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 of 15d of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)
#1505 800 West Pender Street, Vancouver,
British Columbia Canada V6C 2V6
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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FORM 61
Quarterly Report
Incorporated as part of: x Schedule A
Schedules B & C
ISSUER DETAILS:
NAME OF ISSUER Veronex Technologies, Inc.
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ISSUER ADDRESS 1505 - 800 West Pender Street
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CONTACT PERSON Peggy Martin
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CONTACT'S POSITION Secretary
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CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER (604) 647-2225
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FOR QUARTER ENDED November 30, 1998
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DATE OF REPORT January 29, 1999
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CERTIFICATE
THE SCHEDULE(S) REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THIS QUARTERLY REPORT ARE ATTACHED AND THE
DISCLOSURE CONTAINED THEREIN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A
COPY OF THIS QUARTERLY REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO ANY SHAREHOLDER WHO REQUESTS
IT. PLEASE NOTE THIS FORM IS INCORPORATED AS PART OF BOTH THE REQUIRED FILING
OF SCHEDULE A AND SCHEDULES B & C.
DAVID A. HITE David A. Hite 99/01/29
SANDRA MILLIGAN Sandra Milligan 99/01/29
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets (In U.S. Dollars)
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<CAPTION>
November November February
30, 1998 31, 1997 28, 1998
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
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Current Assets
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Cash and short-term deposits $ 327,000 $ 3,201,000 $ 2.493.000
Accounts receivable (note 3) 17,203,000 72,000 130,000
Prepaid expense 15,000 8,000 17,000
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17,545,000 3,281,000 2,640,000
Software Acquisition and Integration
Costs (note 4)
(net of accumulated amortization of
$23,000:1997-$Nil) 2,323,000 2,152,000 1,803,000
Resource Properties and Related
Deferred Costs (note 5) 66,000 66,000 66,000
Fixed Assets and Depreciation (note 7)
(net of accumulated depreciation of
$69,000: 1997-$87,000) 95,000 117,000 24,000
Investments (note 6) 152,000 152,000 152,000
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$ 20,181,000 $ 5,768,000 $ 4,685,000
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LIABILITIES
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Current Liabilities
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Accounts payable (note 8) $ 7,942,000 $ 376,000 $ 307,000
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Share Capital (note 9)
Authorized - 100,000,000
(1997 - 100,000,000)
common shares without par value
Issued - 6,996,159
(1997 - 6,897,501) common shares 50,920,000 50,508,000 50,508,000
Deficit ( 38,681,000) ( 45,116,000) ( 46,130,000)
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12,239,000 5,392,000 4,378,000
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$ 20,181,000 $ 5,768,000 $ 4,685,000
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APPROVED BY THE DIRECTORS
Corporate History (note 1)
/S/ David A. Hite Director
Contingencies and Commitments (note 14)
/S/ Sandra M. Milligan Director
- See Accompanying Notes -<PAGE>
VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Interim Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
(In U.S. Dollars)
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<CAPTION>
Number of Share
Shares Capital Deficit
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Balance - February 28, 1997 (audited) 5,355,001 $47,628,000 $44,979,000
Issued by private placement 502,000 1,614,000
Issued on the exercise of options 530,500 270,000
Issued for subsidiary company 200,000 454,000
Issued for software technology 300,000 519,000
Issued as a finder's fee 10,000 23,000
Loss for the period 137,000
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Balance - November 30, 1997 (unaudited) 6,897,501 $50,508,000 $45,116,000
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Balance - February 28, 1998 (audited) 6,897,501 $50,508,000 $46,130,000
Issued on exercise of options 98,658 412,000
Loss (income) for the period (audited) (7,449,000)
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Balance - November 30, 1998 (unaudited) 6,996,159 $50,920,000 $38,681,000
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- See accompanying notes -<PAGE>
VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, LTD.)
Interim Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)
(In U.S. Dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Three Nine Nine
Months Months Months Months
Ended Ended Ended Ended
November November November November
30, 1998 30, 1997 30, 1998 30, 1997
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue
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Software licensing sales $15,417,000 $210,000 $16,500,000 $250,000
Software royalties 900,000 0 900,000 0
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Total Revenue 15,317,000 210,000 17,400,000 250,000
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Expenses
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Software distribution costs 7,050,000 0 7,050,000 0
Software marketing costs 508,000 142,000 1,235,000 142,000
Operating and administration 468,000 95,000 1,665,000 290,000
Amortization of software acquisition
and integration costs 21,000 0 23,000 0
Depreciation 7,000 2,000 18,000 4,000
Exploration costs 1,000 2,000 10,000 (1,000)
Interest expense 0 1,000 0 4,000
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8,055,000 242,000 10,001,000 439,000
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Other Expenses (Income)
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Investing activities 0 0 0 10,000
Interest (income) (4,000) (24,000) (50,000) (62,000)
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Total Expenses 8,051,000 218,000 9,951,000 387,000
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Earnings (Loss) for the Period $7,266,000 $(8,000) $7,449,000 $(137,000)
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Earnings (Loss) per Share $1.04 $(0.001) $1.07 $(0.02)
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Weighted Average Number of Shares 6,996,000 6,437,000 6,983,000 5,858,000
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Fully Diluted Earnings (Loss) per
Share $0.97 $N/A $0.96 $N/A
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Fully Diluted Weighted Average
Number of Shares 7,352,000 N/A 7,339,000 N/A
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- See accompanying notes -<PAGE>
VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In U.S. Dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Three Nine Nine
Months Months Months Months
Ended Ended Ended Ended
November November November November
30, 1998 30, 1997 30, 1998 30, 1997
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash Provided from (Used for)
Operating Activities
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Earnings (loss) for the period
Items not affecting cash: $7,266,000 $(8,000) $7,449,000 $(137,000)
Amortization of software
acquisition and integration
costs 21,000 0 23,000 0
Depreciation 7,000 2,000 18,000 4,000
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7,294,000 (6,000) 7,490,000 (133,000)
Changes in non-cash working
capital items:
Accounts receivable and prepaid
expense (15,190,000) (14,000) (17,071,000) (42,000)
Accounts payable 7,115,000 168,000 7,638,000 (471,000)
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(781,000) 148,000 (1,943,000) (646,000)
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Financing Activities
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Share capital issued for cash 0 1,614,000 412,000 1,880,000
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0 1,614,000 412,000 1,880,000
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Investing Activities
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Software acquisition and
integration costs, net (150,000) (507,000) (543,000) (1,136,000)
Fixed assets (48,000) 0 (89,000) (100,000)
Investments 0 (2,000) 0 (2,000)
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(198,000) (509,000) (632,000) (1,238,000)
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Changes in Cash and Short-Term
Deposits (979,000) 1,253,000 (2,163,000) (4,000)
Cash and Short-Term Deposits
Opening Balance 1,306,000 1,948,000 2,490,000 3,205,000
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Closing Balance $327,000 $3,201,000 $327,000 $3,201,000
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- See accompanying notes -<PAGE>
VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Interim Consolidated Schedules of Administrative Expense
(In U.S. Dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Three Nine Nine
Months Months Months Months
Ended Ended Ended Ended
November November November November
30, 1998 30, 1997 30, 1998 30, 1997
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Filing and other fees $ 2,000 $ 1,000 $ 6,000 $ 3,000
Foreign exchange (9,000) 1,000 16,000 (7,000)
Management salaries 15,000 15,000 45,000 45,000
Management and secretarial fees 0 8,000 0 20,000
Office expenses 214,000 27,000 549,000 88,000
Professional fees 16,000 9,000 413,000 (13,000)
Shareholder relations 75,000 40,000 396,000 105,000
Transfer agent fees 3,000 1,000 9,000 13,000
Travel 152,000 (7,000) 231,000 36,000
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Total Administrative Expenses $468,000 $95,000 $1,665,000 $290,000
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</TABLE>
- See accompanying notes -
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements)
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
1. CORPORATE HISTORY
On January 14, 1997, the Company entered into a Property Purchase Agreement
(the Agreement) with Thomas J. Price, a software developer, to acquire
certain software technology including, but not limited to, an automated
information manager and information management application system including
a source program analyzer (collectively referred to as the I/Nova System).
The terms of the Agreement provide for the Company to issue up to
12,000,000 shares of its common stock to acquire the I/Nova System
contingent on the future revenues earned from I/Nova System licensing fees.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, up to 6,500,000 of these shares may
be issued to Mr. Price. A further 3,500,000 shares have been reserved for
contingent issue to Promax Conceptual Strategies (Promax), a California
company of which Mr. Price was the majority shareholder and 2,000,000
shares have been allocated to the Company's 1997 Contingent Stock Option
Plan. These shares are to be issued on a contingent basis. The Company
paid $20,000 on signing the agreement and issued 100,000 shares of its
capital stock to Mr. Price, and the remaining 6,400,000 shares will be
issued to Mr. Price based on an earn-out formula contingent upon future
revenues generated from licensing sales and maintenance contracts of the
I/Nova System.
Effective January 14, 1997, the board of directors of Promax approved an
agreement to merge Promax with and into a yet to be incorporated wholly-
owned Subsidiary of the Company. On August 15, 1997, the Company
incorporated in the State of California, a wholly-owned Subsidiary, PCS
Acquisition Corp., (PCS), for the purpose of completing the merger with
Promax. Approval of the merger by the shareholders of Promax was obtained
in August of 1997, and the merger documents were filed with the California
Secretary of State in September of 1997. PCS had no assets, liabilities or
operations at February 28, 1998.
A finders fee was paid pursuant to the rules, policies and guidelines of
the regulatory authorities. The Company has also agreed to employ Mr.
Price for a period of five years at a salary of $120,000 per year.
By agreement dated August 1, 1997, the Company has acquired 100% of the
issued and outstanding shares of Mainstream Technologies, Inc.,
(Mainstream), a company incorporated in the State of California. As
consideration for the acquisition of Mainstream the Company issued 200,000
of its shares at a deemed value of US $2.26875 per share. The Company also
agreed to employ the vendor for a period of two years at a salary of
$90,000 per year. The acquisition costs of Mainstream have been included
in Software Acquisition and Integration Costs (Note #4). These
consolidated financial statements include the assets and liabilities of
Mainstream as of November 30, 1998 and November 30, 1997 and the operations
of Mainstream for the periods March 1, 1998 to November 30, 1998 and August
1, 1997 to November 30, 1997.
By agreement dated August 1, 1997, the Company acquired exclusive rights to
software technology known as the ArchiData System, (ArchiData). As
consideration for the acquisition of ArchiData the Company issued 200,000
of its shares at a deemed value of US $2.26875 per share. The Company has
also agreed to employ the vendor for a period of two years at a salary of
$90,000 per year. The acquisition costs of the ArchiData System have been
included in Software Acquisition and Integration Costs (Note #4).
Effective December 4, 1997, the Company formally changed its name to
Veronex Technologies, Inc.
VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements)
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
1. CORPORATE HISTORY (Cont.)
As of November 30, 1998, the Company has signed agreements with four
Strategic Alliance Partners to license the I/Nova System. The terms of
the agreements provide for license fees to be paid out of the revenues
generated by the use and/or sub-licensing of the I/Nova System by the
Licensees to their clients. The Licensees are also required to share all
gross revenues on a ratio of 65% to Veronex, and 35% to the Licensees,
until Veronex receives the entire license fee. Thereafter, the revenues
generated by the use and/or sub-licensing of the I/Nova System by the
Licensees to their clients will be shared on a ratio of 65% of all gross
revenues to the Licensees, and the remaining 35% of all gross revenues to
Veronex. As of November 30, 1998, Veronex has recorded $4,500,000 of
revenue from Strategic Alliance Agreements (See Note #3).
As of November 30, 1998, the Company has signed agreements with two
Distribution Partners to license the I/Nova System. As of November 30,
1998, Veronex has recorded $11,750,000 of revenue from Distribution
Agreements (See Note #3) and has accrued $$7,050,000 to cover distribution
costs (See Note #8).
During the past several years, the Company has been a party to a number of
legal actions and appeals to court decisions, all arising out of an
arbitration panel award (the Arbitration Award), that resulted in the
transfer of the Company's interest in the Enim Oil Project in Indonesia to
its former joint venture partner Triton Energy Corporation (Triton), and/or
its affiliates. The Company fully provided for its interest in the Enim
Project during the year ended February 28, 1995.
During the year ended February 28, 1997, the Company settled the lawsuits
against its former attorneys and received a net cash payment of $5.2
million in complete settlement of all complaints and cross-complaints
against these attorneys. As a result of a continuing action by Triton to
enforce the remaining balance of its arbitration award claim against the
Company for approximately $765,000 in connection with the Arbitration
Award, $1.2 million of cash was lodged with the US District Court for the
Central District of California pending a determination of Nordell's, (the
Company's Subsidiary), obligation to pay the Arbitration Award. On May 16,
1997, the US District Court approved the application of these funds to
retire the remaining Triton liability. Triton was paid and the remaining
funds were returned to the Company on June 11, 1997.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
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The Company is incorporated in the Province of British Columbia,
Canada. These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted
in Canada. Application of United States generally accepted accounting
principles would not result in any material differences to the
consolidated financial statements.
Principles of Consolidation
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These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company, and its subsidiaries (all of which are wholly owned) which
are listed below. Intercompany transactions and balances have been
eliminated in consolidation.
VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements)
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
Align Energy, Inc.
Bonaparte Resources, Ltd.
High River Industries, Ltd.
Mainstream Technologies Inc. (Mainstream)
Nordell International Resources Ltd. (Nordell)
PCS Acquisition Corp. (PCS)
Richport Resources Ltd. (Richport)
Veronex Resources, Inc.
Resource Properties
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Costs related to the acquisition of mineral properties are
capitalized. Mineral exploration costs are expensed in the year
incurred. If it is determined that a prospect contains economically
recoverable reserves, all costs relating to that prospect for the
current and subsequent years, including expenses net of revenues
during the start-up phase, are capitalized until the prospect is
capable of sustained operations at commercial production levels.
These capitalized costs, together with property acquisition and
ongoing development costs, are amortized on a unit-of-production
method based on the estimated life of the ore reserves.
Management reviews annually the carrying value of the interest in each
property and, where necessary, properties are written down to fair
market value.
Investments
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Investments are recorded at cost unless there is a decline in market
value that is other than temporary.
Revenue Recognition
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The Company is engaged as a Licensor of Software. Generally, revenue
is recognized upon evidence of a license agreement, delivery of the
software and customer acceptance of the product. Installation and
implementation of the software generally occur when it is determined
that collection of the fees is probable and immediately prior to
customer acceptance of the software. The Company has a standard
business practice of using a two year contract for payment of fixed
and determinable revenues. Pursuant to guidance of SOP 97-2, the
Company recognized such revenues upon delivery of the software. Post
contract customer support agreements, service and maintenance
agreements are sold separately from the license agreements and revenue
from these contracts is recognized as payments from customers as they
become due.
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements)
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
Use of Estimates
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues
and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could
subsequently differ from those estimates.
Financial Instruments
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Financial Instruments are classified in accordance with the substance
of the contractual arrangement. Financial liabilities, which are
defined as any contractual obligation to deliver cash or another
financial asset to another party, are classified as a liability.
Currency Translation
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The Company uses the temporal method of currency translation, as applied
to integrated international operations, for translating the Company's
Canadian operations from Canadian dollars to US dollars. Under this
method, monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies have been
converted at the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date.
Non-monetary assets, liabilities, and equity are translated at
historical rates. Gains and losses on foreign exchange are included in
income.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
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Income (loss) per share computations are based on the weighted average
number of shares outstanding during the year.
As required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128,
Earnings Per Share (SFAS 128), the Company has calculated primary and
fully-diluted earnings per share of $1.07 and $0.96, respectively, for
the nine months ended November 30, 1998.
Depreciation Policy
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The Company provides for depreciation on furniture and equipment at
between 20% and 30% on a declining balance basis. The Company
capitalized all costs related to integrating the various components of
its I/Nova software system as Software Acquisition and Integration Costs
until licensing sales reached commercial levels. As licensing sales
have reached commercial levels, , all costs associated with the
production and marketing of the Company's software system are charged to
operations. Capitalized costs are being amortized based on current and
future revenues for the product with an annual minimum amount equal to
the straight-line amortization over the remaining estimated economic
life of the product.
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements)
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
Cash Equivalents
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For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company considers as cash
equivalents all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three
months or less at the time of purchase.
Concentration of Credit Risks
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Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to
concentrations of credit risk consist of cash. The Company maintains
cash accounts at two financial institutions. At November 30, 1998, cash
on deposit at these financial institutions exceeded federally insured
amounts by approximately $127,000. At February 28, 1998, cash on
deposit at these financial institutions exceeded federally insured
amounts by approximately 2,400,000. The Company periodically evaluates
the credit worthiness of financial institutions, and maintains cash
accounts only in large high quality financial institutions, thereby
minimizing exposure for deposits in excess of federally insured amounts.
3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Accounts receivable are as follows:
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<CAPTION>
November November
30, 1998 30, 1997
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I/Nova Licensing and Product Sales
Strategic Alliance Partners $ 4,5000,000 0
Distribution Partners 11,750,000 0
Product sales 40,000 0
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Total I/Nova Sales 16,290,000 0
Software royalties 900,000 $ 54,000
Other receivables 13,000 18,000
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$ 17,203,000 $ 72,000
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements)
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
4. SOFTWARE ACQUISITION AND INTEGRATION COSTS
Software acquisition and integration costs are capitalized when a product
design and a working model of the software product have been completed, and
the completeness of the working model and its consistency with the product
design have been confirmed by testing. The costs to integrate products into
the I/Nova System for an alternative future use are also capitalized.
Software costs which are capitalized are amortized on a product by product
basis, based on the anticipated future gross revenues compared to the gross
revenues generated in the period being reported on.
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<CAPTION>
November November
30, 1998 30, 1997
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Costs to acquire the components:
The I/Nova System $ 86,000 $ 86,000
The ArchiData System 454,000 454,000
The infrastructure (Mainstream) 409,000 409,000
Costs to integrate the components:
Personnel 895,000 657,000
Legal 150,000 0
Office and related 352,000 546,000
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Total Costs 2,346,000 2,152,000
Less; costs amortized 23,000 0
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$2,323,000 $2,152,000
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5. RESOURCE PROPERTIES & RELATED DEFERRED COSTS
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<CAPTION>
a. Detail of minerals property as follows: November November
30, 1998 30, 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Alexander Star Claims, San Bernadino County $ 66,000 $ 66,000
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements)
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
5. RESOURCE PROPERTIES & RELATED DEFERRED COSTS (Cont.)
b) Enim Oil Project, Indonesia
As has been detailed in previous financial reports, the Company was
involved in numerous lawsuits with Triton Indonesia, Inc (Triton) as a
result of an adverse Arbitration Award rendered on December 13, 1990.
As a result of these lawsuits, on August 22, 1997, Veronex, Nordell and
David A. Hite filed a malicious prosecution lawsuit against Triton et
al., in the Superior Court for California in Los Angeles, California,
alleging, among other things, abuse of process, wrongful attachment,
breach of fiduciary duty and fraud, the lawsuit seeks damages, punitive
and exemplary damages, specific performance of the Arbitration Award and
an accounting of the Enim Oil Project joint venture. This lawsuit has
been removed to the US District Court, Central Division of California
and is awaiting further instruction from the court. The outcome of this
litigation cannot be predicted at this time.
As has also been detailed in previous financial reports, the Company
filed a malpractice lawsuit against the law firms which represented the
Company in the Arbitration proceeding. These law firms entered into
settlement agreements with the Company and the Company recorded the net
proceeds from these settlement agreements as a gain of $5,200,000 during
the year ended February 28, 1997.
c. The Congress Property in British Columbia, Canada.
The Company has sold its 50% interest in the Congress Gold Property to
Yucca Gold, Inc., (Yucca Gold), in exchange for 3.4 million shares in
Yucca Gold. All costs associated with the Congress Gold Property, have
been written off in previous years. Yucca Gold is a private company
whose shares have no market value. Accordingly no value has been
assigned to this transaction. The Company will retain a 5% net smelter
interest in the Congress Gold Property.
d. The Alexander Star Claims in California, USA
(i) On July 12, 1995, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire
a 100% interest in four placer mining claims, known as the Alexander
Star Claims, in Avawatz Mining District, San Bernardino County,
California, subject to a 4% net smelter return. The Company has issued
100,000 common shares at a value of $66,000 as consideration for the
acquisition. The Company has the right to acquire one-half of the net
smelter return, which is a 2% smelter return, for $500,000.
(ii) On November 20, 1995, the Company entered into an Agreement with a
group, including a director of the Company and others related to the
director, to acquire a 50% interest in eight placer mining claims in the
Avawatz Mining District, San Bernardino, California, subject to a 5% net
smelter return. To earn this interest, the Company must expend $350,000
on exploration work by December 31, 1999.
(iii) Also on November 20, 1995, the Company entered into an
agreement with a group, including a director of the company and others
relating to the director, to acquire a 25% interest in one placer mining
claim in the Avawatz Mining District, San Bernardino County, California,
subject to a 5% net smelter return. To earn this interest, the Company
must expend $50,000 on exploration work by December 31, 1999.
VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements)
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
5. RESOURCE PROPERTIES & RELATED DEFERRED COSTS (Cont.)
(iv) As of November 30, 1998, the Company has incurred $70,000 (1997 -
$56,000) in exploration related costs on these properties.
6. INVESTMENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
November 30, 1998 November 30, 1997
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Number Market Number Market
of Shares Cost Value of Shares Cost Value
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
EMB Corporation 50,000 150,000 150,000 50,000 150,000 150,000
Semper Resources,
Ltd. 5,000 2,000 2,000 5,000 2,000 2,0000
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152,000 152,000 152,000 152,000
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7. DEPRECIATION
The Company capitalized the purchase of equipment and fixtures for major
purchases in excess of $1,000 per item. Capitalized amounts are depreciated
over the useful life of the assets using the straight-line method of
depreciation.
The assets, costs, depreciation expense, and accumulated depreciation at
November 30, 1998 and 1997 are as follows:
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<CAPTION>
Depreciation Accumulated
Cost Expense Depreciation
1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Furniture &
Equipment $ 66,000 $ 66,000 $ 5,000 $ 2,000 $ 40,000 $ 62,000
Computer Equipment 98,000 138,000 13,000 2,000 29,000 25,000
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$164,000 $204,000 $ 18,000 $ 4,000 $ 69,000 $ 87,000
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
8. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
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<CAPTION>
November November
30, 1998 30, 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Accrued legal fees
Arbitration with former employee (Note #15) $ 150,000 $ 0
Other 150,000 151,000
Accrued management salaries 422,000 170,000
Accrued distribution expense 7,050,000 0
Trade and other 170,000 55,000
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$ 7,942,000 $ 376,000
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9. SHARE CAPITAL
a. The authorized share capital of the Company is 100,000,000 shares
without par value.
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<CAPTION>
Issued or Alloted: November 30, 1998 November 30, 1997
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance-beginning of period 6,897,501 $50,508,000 5,355,001 $47,628,000
Issued of exercise of options 0 0 502,000 1,614,000
Issued for software technology 98,658 412,000 530,500 270,000
Issued for subsidiary company 0 0 300,000 519,000
Issued as a finders fee 0 0 200,000 454,000
0 0 10,000 23,000
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Balance - end of period 6,996,159 $50,920,000 6,897,501 $50,508,000
</TABLE>
During the nine month period ended November 30, 1998, the Company issued
98,658 shares at an average price of Cdn$6.01 for proceeds of Cdn $593,297 on
the exercise of share purchase options.
During the nine month period ended November 30, 1997, the Company issued
530,500 shares on the exercise of options at an average price of Cdn $0.70
for total proceeds of Cdn $373,920. In addition, during the nine month period
ended November 30, 1997, the Company issued 502,000 shares by way of a
private placement for net proceeds of Cdn$2,284,984.18 (US$1,614,800.40).
b. Common share purchase options are outstanding expiring at various dates
to September 14, 2003 for 535,000 (1997-530,000) common shares at prices
between Cdn $3.20 and Cdn $10.44 per share.
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIE, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
9. SHARE CAPITAL (Cont.)
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<CAPTION>
Outstanding stock options as of: November 30, 1998 November 30, 1997
------------------ ------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Exercise Price:
Less than Cdn $6.00 per share 485,000 5,000
Between Cdn $6.00 and Cdn $8.00 per share 40,000 475,000
Between Cdn $8.00 and Cdn $10.00 per share 0 50,000
Greater than Cdn $10.00 per share 10,000 0 0
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535,000 530,000
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c. During the nine month period ended November 30, 1998, the Company
granted 75,000 share purchase options (1997 - 590,000) at prices
ranging between Cdn$5.94 and Cdn$10.44 expiring on various dates to
November 14, 2003 and renegotiated the exercise price of 325,000
share purchase options to Cdn$3.69. During the nine month period
ended November 30, 1998, 98,658 (1997 - 530,500) share purchase
options were exercised.
d. On September 12, 1997, the Company entered into a financing agreement
with Robb, Peck McCooey Clearing Corp, (Robb Peck). The agreement
allowed Robb, Peck and/or its clients to invest up to $15.4 million in
Veronex. Veronex agreed to pay Robb, Peck certain fees and expenses.
On November 7, 1997, as a result of the agreement, 502,000 shares were
issued at a price of US$4.00 per share, for net proceeds of $1,614,000.
Attached to the shares are 502,000 transferable share purchase warrants
exercisable at a price of US $8.00 per share for a five year period
commencing after the final closing of the offering These warrants may be
redeemed by the Company at US $0.10 per warrant subject to certain
conditions and approvals.
In addition the Company has issued 100,400 placement agent's share
purchase warrants exercisable at a price of US $4.00 per share for a
five year period commencing after the final closing of the offering. On
May 12, 1998, the Company cancelled the placement agent's warrants at
the order of the British Columbia Securities Commission. The Company
sought a Discretionary Order which would allow the Company to reissue
these warrants. The Discretionary Order has been granted and Company
has compensated the placement agent by reissuing the placement agent's
share purchase warrants.
e. As mentioned in Note #1, 2,000,000 shares of the 12,000,000 shares to be
issued contingent on revenue, for the acquisition of the I/Nova System
have been allocated to the Company's 1997 Contingent Stock Option Plan.
As of November 30, 1998, 1,149,000 of these contingent options have been
allocated at an average exercisable price of Cdn $3.44 to personnel
involved in the integration and marketing of the I/Nova System.
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
10. INCOME TAXES
The Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No., 109, Accounting for
Income Taxes. SFAS 109 requires recognition of deferred tax liabilities and
assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been
included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method,
deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the difference
between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using
enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are
expected to reverse.
The Company has fully reserved the tax benefits of these operating losses
because the likelihood of realization of the tax benefits cannot be
determined.
Temporary differences between the time of reporting certain items for
financial and tax reporting purposes consist primarily of compensation
expense related to the issuance of stock options.
No income taxes are currently payable. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
approximately $18,500,000 of Canadian and foreign resource property
expenditures and reported losses available to reduce taxable income in future
years. Future tax benefits relating to these amounts have been eliminated by
the application of a valuation allowance.
11. SEGMENTED INFORMATION
During the year ended February 29, 1996, the Company entered into three
agreements to acquire interests in 13 placer mining claims. All of the
claims are located in the Avawatz Mining District, San Bernardino County,
California, USA.
Prior to January 14, 1997, the Company's principal asset was its interest in
the Enim Oil Project on the Island of Sumatra, Indonesia, which was fully
provided for as of February 28, 1995, by a charge to operations (see Note
#4).
During the year ended February 28, 1997, the Company entered into an
agreement to acquire certain software technology (the I/Nova System) as
explained in Note #1.
During the year ended February 28, 1998, the Company entered into an
agreement to acquire additional software technology (the ArchiData System).
In addition, during the year ended February 28, 1998, the Company entered
into an agreement to acquire a software development company (Mainstream
Technologies, Inc.). Both acquisitions are explained in Note #1. As of
November 30, 1998, the Company's major business effort is directed toward the
licensing of its software systems.
12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
a. During the nine month period ended November 30, 1998, management and
secretarial fees of $Nil (1997- $20,000) were paid to a company
controlled by a director of the Company.
b. During the nine month period ended November 30, 1998, accounting fees of
$Nil (1997-$2,000) were paid to an officer of the Company.
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Cont.)
c. During the nine month period ended November 30, 1998, salaries of
$17,000 (1997 - $Nil) were paid to an officer of the Company.
d. Included in accounts payable is approximately $466,000 (1997 - $151,000)
payable to an officer of the Company under the terms of an employment
contract and for reimbursement of services. (See Note #14 -
Contingencies and Commitments)
13. IMPACT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
a. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No., 121, Accounting for
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed
of (SFAS 121), was made effective for the period beginning after
December 15, 1995. Under this standard, management of the Company must
review the net carrying value of each mineral property for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying
value may not be recoverable.
Since the Company has not yet completed a feasibility study with respect
to its mineral property, information required to calculate the estimated
future cash flows as required under SFAS 121, is not yet available.
However, management reviews the carrying value of the property through
its ongoing program of exploration for commercially viable mineral
reserves.
b. The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion
No., 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 225) and related
interpretations in accounting for its stock options because, as
discussed below, the alternative fair value accounting under SFAS 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, requires the use of option
valuation models that were not developed for use in valuing employee
stock options. Under APB 25, because the exercise price of the
Company's employee stock options equals that of the market price of the
underlying stock at the date of grant, no compensation expense is
recognized.
The fair value for options granted during the year ended February 28,
1998, is estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option
pricing model with the following assumptions for 1998:
- risk-free interest rates of between 5.42% and 5.93%
- dividend yield of 0%
- volatility factors of the expected market price of the Company's stock
of 80%
- an expected life of the option of one and one-half years
Because the Company's stock options have characteristics significantly
different from those of traded options, and because changes in the
subjective inputs assumptions can materially affect the fair value
estimate, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable
single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options.
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
13. IMPACT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Cont.)
For pro forma disclosure, the estimated fair value of the option is
amortized to expense in the period the option is granted. For the nine
month period ended November 30, 1998, the Company's pro forma net income
and pro forma fully diluted loss per share have been calculated to be
$8,043,000 and $1.10, respectively. Pro forma fully diluted loss per
share for the nine month period ended November 30, 19987 has not been
calculated as it would be anti-dilutive.
c. New Technical Pronouncements
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In February 1997, SFAS No., 129, Disclosure of Information about Capital
Structure was issued effective for periods ending after December 15,
1997. The Company has adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS No.,
129 effective with the fiscal year ended February 28, 1998.
In June 1997, SFAS No., 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income was issued
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 1997, with
earlier application permitted. The Company has elected to adopt SFAS
No., 130 effective with the fiscal year ended February 28, 1998.
Adoption of SFAS No., 130 is not expected to have a material impact on
the Company's financial statements.
In June 1997, SFAS No., 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise
and Related Information was issued effective for fiscal year beginning
after December 31, 1997, with earlier application permitted. The
Company has elected to adopt SFAS No., 131, effective with the fiscal
years ended February 28, 1998. Adoption of SFAS No., 131 is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial
statements.
14. CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS
a. The Company has an employment contract with an officer and director for
$350,000 per annum that extends to December 15, 2002.
b. The Company has employment contracts, including those referred to in
Note #1, totaling $1,148,000 with personnel involved in the development,
integration and marketing of the I/Nova System.
c. The Company leases office facilities in Santa Ana, California under
operating leases expiring in September 1999. Minimum future rental
payments under the lease amount to $27,955.
Other office facilities in California and Vancouver, Canada are rented
on a month to month basis.
15. LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS WITH FORMER EMPLOYEES
The Company has commenced litigation proceedings and become a party to
arbitration proceedings against certain of its former employees. In the
litigation, the Company has alleged, among other causes of action, that the
party defendants misappropriated the Company's intellectual property. In
such litigation, the Company was granted a temporary restraining order
against the party defendants. Further, the Company believes that the issues
raised in the arbitration proceedings are inextricable intertwined with the
matters that are the subject of the litigation. To date the Company has
accrued $150,000 of legal costs associated with these proceedings. During
the period ended November 30, 1998 said litigation has been settled.
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VERONEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly International Veronex Resources, Ltd.)
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
As at November 30, 1998 and 1997
(Prepared by Management in U.S. Funds)
15. LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS WITH FORMER EMPLOYEES (Cont.)
The Company has also been engaged in litigation proceedings with a former
attorney for an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary. The Company believes that
such litigation is materially without merit and that the matters alleged by
plaintiff are substantially intertwined with matters that were the subject of
certain of the above referenced litigation and arbitration proceedings.
16. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: This report contains forward-looking statements relating to the
expected capabilities of Veronex Technologies, Inc., (the Company) discussed
herein. Such forward-looking statements include expressions of belief,
expectation, contemplation estimation and other expression not relating to
historical facts and circumstances. Actual results and developments could
differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such statements due
to a number of factors.
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Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
GENERAL
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Veronex Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Veronex), through a
series of acquisitions explained below, designs, develops, licenses and supports
computer software products for complete enterprise wide management application
development and implementation for competitive, innovative and flexible business
solutions. Veronex's System is a fully integrated business application
development, modernization and migration tool-set which has been ITAA *2000
Certified.
Veronex (formerly known as International Veronex Resources Ltd.) was founded
in 1974 in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Veronex is a Canadian
company with operations in Canada and the United States of America. On January
14, 1997, Veronex acquired the worldwide rights to an automated information
management system and application manager technology (the System which was
formerly known as the M-5 System). On December 4, 1997, Veronex changed its
name to Veronex Technologies, Inc. to reflect Veronex's transition to the
computer software industry.
Veronex entered into a Property Purchase Agreement (the Agreement) on
January 14, 1997, with Thomas J. Price, a software developer, to acquire certain
software technology including, but not limited to, an information management
application system, including a source program analyzer (collectively referred
to as the System). The terms of the Agreement provide for Veronex to pay a fee
of $20,000 and to issue up to twelve million (12,000,000) shares of common stock
to acquire the System. Veronex issued 100,000 shares of its common stock and
will issue the balance of the shares of common stock based on an earn-out
formula, contingent upon future revenues generated from licensing sales and
maintenance contracts of the System. A finder's fee will be payable pursuant
to the rules, policies and guidelines of the regulatory authorities.
Effective the same date, the Agreement was amended to reduce by 5,500,000 the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Mr. Price based on a contingent
earn-out formula. Of such reduction, 3,500,000 shares were reserved for
contingent issuance to ProMax Conceptual Strategies (hereinafter referred to as
ProMax), a California corporation, of which Mr. Price was the majority
shareholder; the balance of the 2,000,000 contingent earn-out shares were
allocated to Veronex's 1997 Contingent Stock Option Plan, which shares are also
to be issued on a contingent basis. Effective as of January 14, 1997, the Board
of Directors of ProMax approved an agreement to merge ProMax with and into PCS
Acquisition Corp., a California corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of
Veronex. Approval by the ProMax shareholders was obtained in August of 1997,
and the merger documents were filed with the California Secretary of State's
office in September of 1997.
Effective August 1, 1997, Veronex acquired additional, complementary software
technologies through two additional transactions:
(i) a Property Purchase Agreement with Terry G. Goodbody, a software
developer; and
(ii) a Stock Purchase Agreement with Thomas A. Speed, pursuant to which
Mainstream Technologies, Inc., a California corporation owned by Mr.
Speed, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veronex.
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As a result of the three transactions described above, Veronex acquired the
System computer software technology. Subsequent to the acquisitions, Veronex
spent several months integrating the complete system for the alternative future
use of solving the Year 2000 computer problem. The software technology for the
Year 2000 solution is very unique and a patent application was filed in August
1997 to protect its unique capabilities.
SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
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Veronex has integrated and further developed the I|Nova System as a software
tool set for developing, migrating and modernizing mainframe applications. The
System is a new concept for application development, deployment and management
that enables software developers and maintenance staff to save time and optimize
quality by the effective reuse of common functions. This reuse is achieved
through a library of functional modules and a run-time system. This unique
technology is code-less, self-documenting, portable and extremely efficient.
Additionally, the System's DataCentric Analyzer is a Year 2000 solution tool
which has the ability to perform 100% independent validation and verification of
Y2k repairs.
Software applications are critical in modern business organizations.
Information Technology (IT) departments are challenged with developing,
deploying and maintaining applications quickly and effectively in order to
provide the enterprise with a competitive advantage. As applications become
more strategically oriented, they also become more difficult to manage.
Organizations are embracing new, innovative information system architectures
in order to provide the flexibility, scalability, portability and reliability
needed for mission-critical tasks. These distributed approaches to applications
provide many benefits, however, distributed applications are harder to manage
due to their distributed nature. These applications can truly be said to be
running on a network as opposed to being on any one, single computer. The
distributed application approach creates the need for platform independent
applications which are flexible and capable of rapid change to meet the
changing needs of the enterprise.
The System technology provides a legacy application modernizing tool, an
application migration tool and a code-less application development tool that
boosts the competitive ability of its users by radically simplifying the
development, integration, deployment, and management of their enterprise
applications. The System technology consists of three (3) separate tools which
are seamlessly integrated:
1. The DataCentric Analyzer - Legacy Modernizing Tool (also Y2k solution
tool)
2. The Rapid Application Development System - Code-less RAD Tool
3. The Application Manager - Platform Independent Deployment Tool
These three tools can be used as a set or individually to accomplish the
goals of the enterprise's information network. More importantly, to the
enterprise seeking to achieve a distributed network application, the DataCentric
Analyzer can be used in conjunction with the Rapid Application Development
System and Application Manager(s) to seamlessly migrate existing proven legacy
applications to a client/server environment allowing developers to adopt
distributed applications without being hampered by "legacy" management ideas.
The Application Manager allows the IT professional to port a single application
to a wide variety of platforms thus obviating application integration.
The DataCentric Analyzer is able to optimize existing applications by
eliminating redundant source code and by standardizing source code definitions,
this facilitates application integration and migration. I|Nova can seamlessly
migrate existing mainframe MVS-COBOL applications to a client/server platform.
Unique in its data-centric approach to application management, provides the
capabilities that organizations need to successfully deploy and manage
distributed applications.
The System allows developers to transfer their detailed understanding of the
applications to a production environment, ensuring that their applications,
once running, will provide the competitive advantage that their business
requires.
With ongoing and pro-active monitoring - based on the information needs
management defines as critical to the application - management can be sure
that their applications are always under control regardless of the stresses
and strains placed upon them. Finally, as applications change over time to
answer the changing demands of business enterprises, provides an efficient
and effective means to manage that change and maintain the control necessary
to maintain a competitive advantage.
The System can read existing legacy applications and automate management
tasks by leveraging the information that has been modeled into them. Pro-active
measures can be taken in response to real-time business environment changes.
architecture provides a repository for application configuration and performance
information, and agents to capture that information from your application.
Through a unique series of modules and interfaces, also provides critical
status information and empowers management with the capability to change
applications on demand, thereby ensuring their business is taking maximum
advantage of its applications.
The System's many dynamic features created by its unique approach to
modernizing and/or migrating existing applications and to developing new
applications make it a very usable software tool set. The I|Nova System's
DataCentric Analyzer provides an automated modernization and migration solution
for existing legacy applications allowing users the opportunity to modernize and
then migrate existing proven applications to a client/server environment.
THE YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM
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Computer systems worldwide are presently faced with a software crisis
commonly referred to as the Year 2000 computer problem or Y2k problem. The Y2k
problem was created by computer software programmers attempting to save space in
computer memory in the very early days of the information age. Programmers
expressed the date as six (6) digits for MM,DD,YY or 00-00-00 instead of eight
(8) digits for MM,DD,YYYY or 00-00-0000. Consequently, computers were
programmed to always assume the century was 1900. The effect of this
programming decision will be a complete disruption in all date sensitive
computations in business application systems worldwide at century's end.
When January 1, 2000 arrives and the YY rolls over to 00, computers will
believe that the century date is 1900 instead of 2000. The impact will be
to cause all date sensitive computations to be off by 100 years. Medicare
and Social Security retirement benefit payments are just two of the areas of
date sensitive computations that will be affected by the Y2k problem.
The Y2k problem provides Veronex with a unique marketing opportunity for its
System because all business software systems worldwide will need to be repaired,
re-engineered or replaced to fix the Y2k problem. Unlike other Y2k solutions,
Veronex's System goes one step further - fully upgrading the business
application system, providing an actual return on an investment made by a
business to solve its Y2k problem.
Veronex believes the System, with its DataCentric Analyzer, has the unique
ability to:
a. inventory and assess the complete business application system directly
from the mainframe computer; and
b. standardize data definitions and source code within COBOL based legacy
source code systems; and
c. revitalize, by code reduction, COBOL based legacy source code systems;
and
d. locate and repair Year 2000 problems in COBOL based legacy source code
systems; and
e. test and verify the changes to the complete system; and
f. re-engineer business applications without the need for programming or
programmers; and
g. Migrate existing proven applications to a client server environment.
The benefits of the System include:
a. Identification of the Y2k occurrences and correction thereof;
b. Analysis of the cost and time required for Y2k Problem correction
and/or conversion;
c. Standardization and documentation of outdated legacy source code;
d. Revitalization (reduction) of existing source code with corresponding
reduction of source code maintenance costs;
e. Conversion and upgrade of legacy business application systems to the
Rapid Application Development System; and
f. Reduction of time required to write new business application programs
and systems.
FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF THE SYSTEM
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The System AppManager is complementary to any computer operating system,
and will operate on any platform including mainframe, mini and micro-computers.
The DataCentric Analyzer is structured to permit analysis of most business
program languages currently in use. Initially, the DataCentric Analyzer
applies to the COBOL computer programming language, which is estimated to
represent approximately eighty-five percent (85%) of the market.
The DataCentric Analyzer reads the source code of all programs used in a
business application system, applying highly sophisticated algorithms to
determine and capture all information related to a system's procedural flow,
input/output functions, data definitions, screen displays and conditional
logic. The DataCentric Analyzer then produces an Application Map that
completely describes the procedural flows and databases used by the business
application system. This feature allows the DataCentric Analyzer to interrogate
all databases for storage areas containing date information (hence DataCentric).
The DataCentric Analyzer then produces a Management Project Analysis Report.
The Management Project Analysis Report details the cost necessary to
accomplish (i) the repair of the source code in the same language; (ii) to
repair and standardize the data definitions of the source code; (iii) to repair,
standardize the data definitions and revitalize the source code; (iv) to rewrite
the system in a similar language; (v) to rewrite the system in a fourth
generation language (ie., Oracle); (vi) to convert the system to the I NOVA
Rapid Application Development System; or (vii) to write a new system using the
Rapid Application Development System.
The Management Project Analysis Report allows business application system
users the opportunity to create what if scenarios using criteria which applies
to their specific application. The Management Project Analysis Report provides
management with the information necessary to thoroughly evaluate the costs of
repairing or replacing existing systems relative to the specific needs of their
company.
The DataCentric Analyzer is capable of analyzing and identifying all
occurrences where a selected element, such as date, is used by the system being
analyzed. The DataCentric Analyzer can identify all program instructions,
including the line number locations, that use the selected element, such as
date. The DataCentric Analyzer's capabilities make it possible to pinpoint all
of the source code instructions where specific element definitions, including
synonyms or abbreviations, occur.
The DataCentric Analyzer can standardize a company's existing business
application system's source code. Standardization of existing source code
allows a business to reduce maintenance costs for existing systems and thereby
achieve substantial cost savings each and every year subsequent to the
standardization.
Standardization simply means that a common term is used for specific source code
definitions such as date.
The DataCentric Analyzer can also modernize a company's existing business
application system's source code by removing redundancies and reducing the
amount of source code. Revitalization of existing source code also allows a
business to reduce maintenance costs for existing systems. This revitalization
of source code is a unique feature of the System. Management believes this
feature will be useful to all business systems even if a business's Y2k problem
were repaired by another vendor. The reduced maintenance costs resulting from a
substantial reduction in source code provides continuous cost savings for years
to come.
In combination, the DataCentric Analyzer's standardization and revitalization
features offer a complete re-engineering solution to a company's existing
business application system. This re-engineering feature is often the only
answer to solving certain problems in existing source code that cannot otherwise
be saved due to obsolescence or other factors.
The Rapid Application Development System allows customers to design,
create, document and implement NoCode application software solutions. The Rapid
Application Development System offers users the opportunity to convert outdated
legacy systems to current state-of-the-art technology. The I NOVA Rapid
Application Development System is a software product which has benefits and
applications which are useful after the Y2k crisis passes.
In summary, management believes that the System has several distinct
advantages for users. The System provides (i) added value and a return on the
investment required to repair the Y2k problem; (ii) updated business
applications software technology; (iii) a return of control of the
information system department to senior management; (iv) the ability to
seamlessly migrate proven COBOL legacy application's to a client/server
environment; and, (v) perhaps most importantly, substantial cost savings and
more flexibility for the information system department by reducing program
source code size and maintenance costs by up to 60%, by reducing the information
system department size by up to 50%, and by reducing systems application
development time by up to 50%. The cost savings provided by Veronex's
technology should continue to provide a return on the investment necessary to
fix the Y2k problem for years to come.
COMMERCIAL SALES OF THE SYSTEM
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Effective February 1, 1998, Veronex signed its first Strategic Alliance
Agreement to License the System. During the current fiscal year ended February
28, 1999, Veronex signed three additional Strategic Alliance Agreements to
License the System. Veronex has completed two Distribution Agreements in the
European Union and has also signed several Teaming Agreements with systems
integration companies. The first revenues from strategic alliances were
reported in the first quarter of fiscal 1999. This revenue event signalled
the commencement of commercial sales of the System and Veronex has commenced
to amortize the deferred development costs.
CHANGE OF AUDITOR
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Veronex changed its auditors during the fiscal year 1998 audit. Veronex
filed the Reporting Package consisting of:
(i) National Policy Statement #31 Notice, being a Notice of Change of
Auditor reporting the appointment of a new auditor, Schvaneveldt &
Company, Certified Public Accountants;
(ii) the resignation letter of Coopers & Lybrand;
(iii) the required letter from the successor auditor; and
(iv) a letter from Coopers & Lybrand dated August 26, 1998 setting forth
certain information regarding their resignation as auditors.
All of these materials, save for the August 26, 1998 letter from Coopers &
Lybrand, were mailed to all shareholders with the Annual General Meeting
material.
Coopers & Lybrand stated in their August 26th letter that the reason for the
resignation was a substantial deterioration in the normal relationship between
Veronex and their Firm. Veronex's view is that the deterioration in the normal
relationship with Coopers & Lybrand was due to conflicts of interest which arose
after Coopers & Lybrand merged with Price Waterhouse, to form
PricewaterhouseCoopers. A conflict of interest arose for two reasons:
First, because of existing litigation which directly involves the firm of
Price Waterhouse & Co. Price Waterhouse & Co. have been and are the
auditors for Triton Energy Corp. (Triton), with whom there continues to be
outstanding litigation. For the past eight years, Veronex has been locked
in a series of extremely adversarial lawsuits with Triton. All of these
lawsuits with Triton were related to the adverse Arbitration Awards of
December 13, 1990 and August 30, 1991 concerning the Enim Oil Project in
Indonesia. The outcome of these Arbitration Awards was that Veronex was
forced to forfeit its interest in the Enim Oil Project in Indonesia, save
for a 5% net profits interest which was retained by Veronex and which was
subsequently foreclosed on by Triton. The remaining litigation between
Veronex and Triton centers around several issues which include abuse of
process, malicious prosecution and the satisfaction of the Final Judgment
of February 25, 1992 by the off-set of the 5% net profits interest earned
by Nordell International Resources Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Veronex. Price Waterhouse & Co. was responsible for supervising the
calculation of the 5% net profits interest and Veronex believes the
calculation violated the Court Order.
Second, a conflict of interest exists over the new business venture of
Veronex in the software technology industry. Veronex's business activities
in the software technology industry center on its System which is also a
Year 2000 solution. Veronex has taken a complete systems approach to the
Year 2000 solution and is in direct competition with the firm of
PricewaterhouseCoopers in this business segment. There is direct
competition between Veronex's System and PricewaterhouseCoopers technology
for solving the Year 2000 problem, thereby causing a conflict of interest
and impairing PricewaterhouseCoopers status as independent auditors.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
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Veronex's financial performance is dependent on many external factors which
are not controllable by management nor predictable as to future fluctuations.
Additionally, in the current period of worldwide economic uncertainty, the
availability and cost of funds have become increasingly hard to project. Changes
and new events in the social, monetary and economic marketplace could materially
affect the financial performance of Veronex.
As of November 30, 1998 Veronex had working capital of $9,603,000. Further,
Veronex anticipates that it will have adequate cash for all of its planned
operations for the next twelve months.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: Certain statements in this report, including statements of Veronex
Technologies, Inc. (the Company) and management's expectations, intentions,
plans and beliefs, including those contained in or implied by Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and
the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, contain forward-looking
statements relating to the expected capabilities of the company, as defined
in Section 21D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are dependent on
certain events, risks and uncertainties that are outside Veronex's and/or
management's control. Such forward-looking statements include expressions
of belief, expectation, contemplation, estimation and other expressions not
relating to historical facts and circumstances. These forward-looking
statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including the
risk that (i) other companies will develop products and services perceived to
be superior than the present and proposed products and services of Veronex;
(ii) the products and services may not be marketed effectively by Veronex;
(iii) potential customers may find other products and services more suitable
for the applications marketed by Veronex; (iv) the future outcome of regulatory
and litigation matters are not determinable; (v) the assumptions described in
this report underlying such forward-looking statements as well as other risks
that may cause such statements not to prove accurate. Any projections or
estimates herein made assume certain economic and industry
conditions and parameters subject to change. Any opinions and/or projections
expressed herein are solely those of Veronex Technologies, Inc. and are subject
to change without notice. Actual results and developments could differ
materially from those expressed in or implied by such statements due to a number
of factors including those described in the context of such forward-looking
statements.
RESULTS OF THE THREE MONTHS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1998 COMPARED
TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1997
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Veronex reported net income of $7,266,000 ($1.04 per share) and a net loss of
$8,000 ($0.001 per share) for the three months ended November 30, 1998 and 1997,
respectively on revenues of $15,317,000 and $210,000, respectively.
Veronex recorded $508,000 in software marketing costs during the three months
ended November 30, 1998. Costs incurred during the three months ended November
30, 1997 were capitalized as Veronex was still integrating the components of its
software system. In addition, during the three months ended November 30, 1998,
Veronex accrued $7,050,000 in costs to distribute the System on a world wide
basis.
The increase of $373,000 in operating and administration costs is a result of
several factors. Shareholder relations costs increased by $35,000 primarily as
a result of disseminating corporate information to shareholders and potential
investors. Office and travel costs increased by $187,000 and $159,000,
respectively, reflecting the significantly increased infrastructure required to
market Veronex's System.
During the three months ended November 30, 1998, Veronex incurred $1,000 in
expenditures on its California gold properties as compared to $2,000 in
expenditures during the three months ended November 30, 1997.
The increase of $5,000 in depreciation resulted from the capitalization of
payments on capital leases for computer equipment. Other changes to the various
elements of the Statements of Income (Loss) were a decrease in interest income
of $20,000 due to lower cash and investment balances and a decrease of $1,000 in
interest expense.
RESULTS OF THE NINE MONTHS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1998 COMPARED
TO THE NINE MONTHS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1997
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Veronex reported net income of $7,449,000 ($1.07 per share) and a net loss of
$137,000 ($0.02 per share) for the nine months ended November 30, 1998 and 1997,
respectively, on revenues of $17,400,000 and $250,000, respectively.
During the nine months ended November 30, 1998, Veronex recorded revenue of
$17,400,000 from the licensing and maintenance of its software products.
Offsetting this revenue is $1,235,000 in software marketing costs and $23,000 in
amortization of costs previously capitalized as software acquisition and
integration costs. In addition, during the nine months ended November 30,
1998, Veronex accrued $7,050,000 in costs to distribute the System on a world
wide basis.
The increase of $1,375,000 in operating and administration costs is a result of
several factors. Professional fees increased by $426,000 primarily as a result
of legal fees associated with the arbitration and litigation proceedings against
certain former employees. Shareholder relations costs increased by $291,000
primarily as a result of disseminating corporate information to shareholders and
potential investors. Office and travel costs increased by $461,000 and
$195,000, respectively, reflecting the significantly increased infrastructure
required to market Veronex's System.
During the nine months ended November 30, 1998, Veronex incurred $10,000 in
expenditures on its California gold properties. During the nine months ended
November 30, 1997, Veronex incurred $4,000 in expenditures and reallocated as
software acquisition and integration costs $5,000 previously recorded as
exploration costs during the year ended February 28, 1997.
The increase of $14,000 in depreciation resulted from the capitalization of
payments on capital leases for computer equipment. Other changes to the
various elements of the Statements of Income (Loss) were a decrease in
interest income of $12,000 due to lower cash and investment balances, a
decrease of $4,000 in interest expense and a decrease of $10,000 in investing
activities.
YEAR 2000 CONSIDERATIONS
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Veronex is in the computer software business and the System offers a Y2k
solution which management believes to be the best Y2k solution available at
this time. All of Veronex's internally developed products have been designed
and tested to be year 2000 compliant. Veronex has established a formal program
to address potential year 2000 compliance issues relating to its (i) internal
operating systems, (ii) products, and (iii) distributors, resellers and vendors.
Veronex has completed an assessment of all of its internal operating systems
which operate on personal computers and were just completely updated in 1997.
Veronex plans to update its internal operating systems again in 1999 and
anticipates that these systems will be year 2000 compliant. The cost of
Veronex's year 2000 compliance program has not had and is not expected to
have a material adverse effect on Veronex's results of operations or liquidity.
However, there can be no assurance that Veronex will not experience material
adverse consequences in the event that Veronex's year 2000 compliance program
is not successful or its distributors, resellers or vendors are unable to
resolve their year 2000 compliance issues in a timely manner.
IMPACT OF INFLATION AND CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS
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Inflation may affect the operations of Veronex by its effect on prices of goods
and services. Veronex's current operations span two countries: Canada and the
United States of America. The strength or weakness of the Canadian dollar
versus the United States dollar could affect the long-term value and/or
operations and planning of Veronex.
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, there unto duly authorized.
/s/ David A. Hite Date: January 29, 1999
By:---------------- Director
David A. Hite
/s/ Thomas J. Price Date: January 29, 1999
By: ------------------ Director
Thomas J. Price
