U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 For the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission File Number 0-17594
AMCOR CAPITAL CORPORATION
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(Name of small business issuer in its charter)
Delaware 33-0329559
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
52300 Enterprise Way
Coachella, California 92236
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Issuer's telephone number (including area code): (760) 398-9520
Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common Stock, $0.002 par value per share
(Title of Class)
Check whether the issuer: (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter
period that registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of
Regulation S-B is not contained in this form, and no disclosure will 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. [ ]
The registrant's revenues for its most recent fiscal year were $17,417,714.
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
registrant on November 20, 1997 was approximately $23,697,636.
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant's only class of Common Stock,
$0.002 par value per share, was 7,172,710 on November 20, 1997.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Registrant's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on January 29, 1998 are incorporated herein by
reference into Part III.
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PART I
Item 1. Description of Business.
Historical Summary
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AMCOR Capital Corporation (the "Company") was incorporated in Delaware on
March 10, 1988. The Company's consolidated operations, as of August 31, 1997,
include its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Sun Goddess Farms, Inc. and AMCOR
Properties, Inc. The Company also holds a 99% ownership interest in (i) Las
Palomas Country Club Estates LLC, which acts as the development entity for a
championship golf course and a contiguous 1,350 acre residential building lot
development located southeast of San Antonio, Texas; (ii) AMCOR Builders LLC
("AMCOR Builders"), which manages the construction operations of the Company in
Texas; and (iii) AMCOR Biomass Farms, LLC ("AMCOR Biomass") which operates a
"clean green waste" processing business in Southern California. Prior to July
1, 1993, the Company's consolidated operations included those of a venture
capital affiliate which was principally organized to syndicate limited
partnerships to engage in various agribusiness activities, including the
purchase and development of agricultural land. Since 1981, the Company, either
directly or through subsidiaries and affiliates, generally has acted as a
general partner and/or managing agent of the limited partnerships.
Description of Business
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The Company is engaged principally in agribusiness and the management and
development of certain farm and real estate properties both for its own account
and for other entities and has recently become involved in "clean green waste"
processing. The Company functions largely as a vertically integrated developer
and producer of "early market" table grapes in Southern California's Coachella
Valley, operating one of the largest processing/cold storage facilities in that
region. It also manages date acreage in the Coachella Valley for sale to date
processors. The Company presently has approximately 12,300 total acres under
management.
The business of the Company includes three core operating divisions:
(i) the agribusiness division, (ii) the "clean green waste" processing division
and (iii) the land planning/development division. The Company's principal
agribusiness operations involve the production, processing and marketing of
table grapes, all of which are located in the Coachella Valley of Southern
California, where the Company, along with its affiliated partnerships, has a
dominant market share. The Company's clean green waste processing activities
are carried out in Southern California, and its land planning/development
activities are located in Southern California and Texas (Houston and San
Antonio). Most of the non-agricultural properties are owned by partnerships
for which the Company or an affiliate of the Company is the managing agent.
During fiscal 1997, the Company's revenues were derived principally from the
following business segments: (i) agribusiness and packing/cold storage services,
(ii) biomass operations (i.e. clean green waste processing) and (iii)
property management and development.
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The following table sets forth approximate acreage managed by the Company
or acreage supplying grapes for its Coachella processing facility as of
November 15, 1997:
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Acres
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Owned By Owned By Total
Geographic Location Partnerships Company Other Acres
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California:
Coachella Valley:
Table Grapes 156(1) 720(1) 160(2) 1,036
Dates 140(3) 140
Raw Agricultural Land 60 710 770
Rancho California:
Pre-Development Land 600 600
Other:
Pre-Development Land 36 36
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Subtotal-California 252 2,170 160 2,582
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Oregon (Irrigated Farmland) 2,000 6,000(4) 8,000
Texas: (Pre-Development Land)
Houston 174 174
Las Palomas (San Antonio) 1,354 150 1,504
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Total 3,780 8,320 160 12,260
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(1) The Company has entered into an agreement to sell the 156
partnership-owned acres and 160 of the Company-owned acres to a third party.
The Company believes the sale will be completed during December 1997. The
Company is currently in negotiations with an unaffiliated third party to
acquire up to 1,100 additional vineyard acres.
(2) Represents acreage owned by third parties, for which the Company processes
table grapes through its Coachella facility.
(3) The Company has entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party
to sell its date acreage. The Company believes that the sale will be completed
during the second quarter of fiscal 1998.
(4) The Company owns a 50% interest in the 6,000-acre irrigated farming complex
located south of the Columbia River in eastern Oregon. The farm, which is a
major potato producing operation, is leased to the other 50% partner.
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Agribusiness Operations
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The Company manages the agribusiness land (table grapes and dates) owned
by the Company and its affiliated partnerships for which it generally receives
management and/or development fees. The Company also receives income for
packing and cold storage services which it provides for some of the partnerships
and third parties. The agribusiness land owned by the Company and its managed
partnerships totals approximately 1,786 acres in California (this excludes
approximately 636 acres of pre-development land). A large portion of the
agricultural acreage is vineyard property producing table grapes.
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The Company's table grape operations are vertically integrated from
production through packing, cold storage and shipping. The Company leases an
80,000 square foot packing and cold storage plant, which it also uses as its
headquarters in the Coachella Valley of Southern California. During the 1997
season, this plant managed and/or processed approximately 1.4 million boxes
(20 pounds per box) of both proprietary and non-proprietary table grapes
harvested from approximately 2,200 acres, representing about 14% of the 10
million-box Coachella Valley table grape market. The Company's table grape
operations typically generate annual revenues in excess of $10 million
(although this amount can vary considerably depending on production and market
prices). As such, the Company is one of the largest producer/shippers
specializing in "early market" table grapes. "Early market" table grapes are
harvested from early May through June and typically command premium prices.
Farming, harvesting and marketing expenses generally average 80% to 85% of
market value.
For the 1997 season, a portion of the Company's table grapes were marketed
under its proprietary "Sun Goddess" label through an exclusive arrangement with
C. H. Sales, a major Coachella Valley-based produce marketer. During fiscal
1997, the Company also provided Sun World International, Inc. ("Sun World"), a
major agricultural corporation based jointly in Bakersfield, California and
Coachella, California, with approximately 250,000 boxes of table grapes to
market. The Company's grapes are sold domestically and internationally.
Principal customers include Vons, Safeway, Lucky, Kroger, Super Markets General,
Winn-Dixie, and dozens of other supermarket chains and independent buyers
throughout the United States and abroad. The Company currently grows and ships
Red Flame Seedless, Perlette Seedless and Thompson Seedless table grapes. For
the 1998 season, the Company is evaluating several marketing alternatives,
including a proposed long-term arrangement with Sun World whereby Sun World will
provide table grape marketing services to the Company.
In March 1997, the Company executed a letter of intent relating to a
proposed licensing agreement with Sun World. Under the proposed licensing
agreement, Sun World would allow the Company to plant up to 160 acres of Sun
World's patented Sugraone "Superior Seedless" variety table grapes beginning
in February 1998 and would provide the Company with all necessary root stock
in exchange for payment by the Company to Sun World of a licensing fee and an
annual fruit production royalty. Sun World has only one other domestic licensee,
a former Sun World officer. Specifics of the licensing agreement are under
negotiation and it is uncertain whether the Company will proceed with the
arrangement.
In July 1997, the Coachella Valley Water District agreed to deliver water
to a significant portion of the Company's vineyard acreage which is currently
irrigated with well water. In response, the Company has engaged a civil engineer
to design and engineer the infrastructure for construction of a one-mile
pipeline and holding reservoir necessary to deliver and store the additional
water. The Company anticipates that the pipeline will be completed during the
second quarter of fiscal 1998. Using the additional water to be provided by the
Coachella Valley Water District to irrigate the Company's existing vineyard
acreage will allow the Company to use water from existing wells to irrigate
expansion acreage that the Company owns located contiguous to its developed
vineyards. This expansion acreage may be used in conjunction with the proposed
plan to develop the Superior Seedless variety and/or may be used to plant other
varieties. As part of this acquisition/development plan, the Company has sold
271 acres and intends to sell an additional 316 acres of vineyards owned by it
and its affiliated limited partnerships during fiscal 1998. The Company
considers this acreage to be not as efficient as the acreage retained.
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Biomass Operations
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The Company's clean green waste processing operations are conducted by
AMCOR Biomass. "Clean green waste" material consists of and contains waste from
plants, leaves, clippings, cuttings, trimmings of grass, weeds, shrubbery,
bushes, trees, garden wastes and wood products from both commercial and
residential sources, including sawdust, tree trunks, scrap lumber and
untreated wooden pallets. The material received as clean green waste cannot
contain more than 0.5% non-organic matter by total weight.
In July 1996, AMCOR Biomass initiated a pilot project whereby clean green
waste was received from the greater Los Angeles waste processing system on a
600-acre site that the Company owns in the Temecula/Rancho California area of
Riverside County, to be processed into a soil amendment. In November 1996,
AMCOR Biomass acquired certain special equipment and entered into contracts to
receive and process clean green waste material from several major waste
recycling companies. In July 1997, AMCOR Biomass entered into a consulting
relationship with Gus K. Franklin, President of TransPacific Environmental,
Inc. ("TransPacific"), at which time it also acquired certain green waste assets
of TransPacific. Mr. Franklin has extensive experience in bidding and performing
municipal and commercial tree trimming operations and green waste contracts and
holds active California state contractors licenses for tree trimming and
landscaping and is a certified arborist. Mr. Franklin has assisted AMCOR Biomass
in bidding several important contracts, in working with the County of Riverside
in connection with AMCOR Biomass' initial pilot project, and in developing a
testing protocol for its clean green waste recycling operations. The testing
protocol was developed in response to a cease and desist order issued against
AMCOR Biomass on or about July 21, 1997 by the Riverside County Local Solid
Waste Management Enforcement Agency ("LEA"). The cease and desist order, which
temporarily prohibited AMCOR Biomass from accepting green waste at its
facilities in Murrieta, California, was issued because AMCOR Biomass failed to
provide to the LEA certain soil testing information regarding operations at
those facilities. On July 30, 1997, the Company provided to the LEA the
requested information. On November 5, 1997, the LEA officially rescinded the
cease and desist order.
On November 25, 1997, the Company acquired TransPacific and has entered
into a long term employment agreement with Mr. Franklin to operate this new
subsidiary of the Company. TransPacific specializes in municipal service
contracts, primarily tree-trimming and is engaged in private green waste
recycling. TransPacific's tree maintenance service has long-term, renewable
annual contracts with seven southern California cities. In the last two years,
TransPacific has been awarded tree maintenance contracts with 22 cities, the
County of Los Angeles and the State of California, including one of the
largest tree-trimming contracts offered for bid by the State of California
Department of Transportation. TransPacific also holds a leasehold interest in
a transfer station facility located in Santa Fe Springs, California. The
former green waste division of TransPacific will be operated through AMCOR
Biomass at the direction of Mr. Franklin.
The clean green waste operations of AMCOR Biomass have been and most
likely will continue to be influenced significantly by the implementation of
the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Assembly Bill 939
("AB 939")). The provisions of AB 939 mandate, among other things, the
diversion of recyclable materials from over-crowded landfills. A key element
of AB 939 relates to green waste that could be processed and incorporated back
into the soil or recycled in other ways. AB 939 currently mandates that
California's municipalities must divert 25% of such recyclable materials from
the landfills, and this requirement is scheduled to increase to 50% by the year
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2000. The Company believes that with its recent acquisition of TransPacific and
the employment of Mr. Franklin to oversee the operations of TransPacific and
AMCOR Biomass, it has both the expertise and the resources to capitalize on
this progressive, environmentally-sensitive state mandate.
Property Management and Development Operations
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The Company traditionally has been engaged in agribusiness with additional
revenues derived from partnership management, which has included real estate
development partnerships. These partnerships owned land that was once used for
farming and which have since evolved into a higher and better use. At present,
the Company manages for its own account and for five real estate development
partnerships, 2,314 acres of land in California and Texas. Certain partnership
agreements provide that upon the sale of land the partners will receive a
specified return on their investment prior to any profit participation by the
Company.
During fiscal 1996, the Company began a major subdivision/golf course
project known as Las Palomas Country Club Estates ("Las Palomas") which is
located in Wilson County, Texas located approximately 30 miles southeast of
San Antonio, Texas. The Company, under contract with a managed partnership,
Lake Valley Realty Partners ("Lake Valley"), has since completed development
of a 155 acre, 7,000 yard, 18-hole championship golf course at Las Palomas.
On behalf of Lake Valley, the Company has developed and now manages the
1,300 lot subdivision and golf course at Las Palomas, which includes 1,000
single-family residential lots and 300 multi-family and timeshare lots. Lot
sales have commenced on Sections I and II, which contain 206 single-family
lots, priced generally from $17,000 to $35,000. AMCOR Builders currently is
building homes on certain of the subdivision's lots. In addition, in May 1997,
the Company acquired a 152-acre "entry parcel" contiguous to the golf course
which it is subdividing into 68 single-family homes which are currently offered
for sale at prices averaging $20,000 per lot.
Other Operations
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On November 30, 1995, the Company obtained a 50% ownership interest in a
6,000-acre irrigated potato and grain farming operation located in the Columbia
River Basin of eastern Oregon, together with certain Columbia River water
rights appurtenant thereto. Production from this farming operation includes
potatoes grown under contract for McDonalds Corporation, sweet corn grown for
Green Giant Foods, alfalfa grown under contract for a processor for export to
the Far East, as well as certain other crops.
The Company also has managed approximately 140 acres of producing date
gardens in the Coachella Valley for two affiliated partnerships, with combined
annual production of approximately 1,000,000 pounds. During fiscal 1997,
pursuant to a liquidation plan for the two partnerships, the Company acquired
the 140 acres for the appraised value, which approximated $2.0 million. The
Company intends to ultimately phase out of date production and intends to sell
its remaining acreage.
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Competition
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The Company's Coachella Valley table grape agribusiness activities
currently consist of a 1,036 acre production base which results in the Company
(together with certain affiliated partnerships) being a large supplier for
these products in the "early market," which harvests the season's first table
grapes from early May through June. The Company competes directly with other
Coachella-based "early market" table grape producers, as well as with other
producers located in Mexico. During the past seven years, the total industry's
Coachella Valley table grape producing acreage has decreased by almost 25%
from an estimated 20,000 acres in 1989 to an estimated 15,000 acres at the end
of fiscal 1997, due primarily to the removal of marginal acreage. The Company
believes that this acreage base has more or less stabilized.
Las Palomas golf course, managed by the Company, is located approximately
30 miles southeast of San Antonio's central business district and is directly
accessible from Texas State Highway 539. San Antonio is a growing city with
annual tourism exceeding 10,000,000 visitors per year, and was recently rated
as one of the top ten vacation destinations in the world by "Conde' Nast"
Magazine. Excluding four military golf courses, Las Palomas competes with 17
other golf courses in the greater San Antonio area. Currently, Las Palomas is
the only golf course in Wilson County, Texas. Although the Company believes
that there is a current shortage of golf course-oriented residential lots, the
Las Palomas subdivision competes with other golf course-oriented residential
subdivisions as well as other subdivisions located within the greater San
Antonio area.
The clean green waste recycling operations of AMCOR Biomass provides
alternatives to landfill disposal, including recycling, biomass (organic waste)
milling, and waste-to-energy activities, and are part of the non-hazardous
waste industry. The Company believes that entry into the non-hazardous green
waste industry, and to maintain volume operations within the industry, require
a substantial agricultural land base, on-going agricultural operations and
considerable financial resources. The industry is led by several large national
waste management companies and numerous regional and local companies, all of
which contribute to the significant competition that characterizes the industry
and most of which have much greater financial and operational resources and
more established market positions than the Company. The Company believes that
its recent acquisition of TransPacific will help protect the Company from
external competition, as TransPacific's long-term municipal tree trimming
contracts will generate the organic biomass to feed the Company's green waste
recycling operations.
There has been an increasing trend at the state and local levels to
mandate solid waste reduction at the source and to prohibit the disposal of
certain types of wastes at landfills, which trend is evidenced by legislation
such as AB 939. The Company believes that as this trend continues, AMCOR
Biomass will encounter additional competition from new and existing waste
industry members. In addition, AMCOR Biomass may compete with municipalities
that maintain their own waste collection and landfill operations and that have
significant financial advantages over the Company and AMCOR Biomass due to,
among other things, the availability of tax revenues and tax-exempt financing.
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Business Strategy
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The Company intends to continue to manage and/or grow its operations in
agribusiness, real estate development and clean green waste processing. In
agribusiness, the Company's overall objective is to increase its proprietary
table grape production by 50%, which increase is planned to principally consist
of white seedless table grape varieties which could include Sun World's
patented Sugraone "Superior Seedless" table grape variety, that will
complement the Company's red seedless table grape variety. In addition, the
Company is negotiating to acquire additional producing vineyard acreage,
principally of the white grape variety. The Company owns or controls sufficient
additional acreage to plant approximately 700 additional acres during the
next two years, although, due to water and terrain limitations, the Company
anticipates using only a portion of this acreage. The Company presently has
excess cold storage and processing capacity and should be able to assimilate
the additional production. However, no assurance can be given that the Company
will achieve a significant increase in its proprietary table grape production
or will be successful in assimilating any such additional production into its
existing operations.
The Company anticipates that its real estate development activities will
continue to be a significant source of its revenue. These activities include
the management of the Texas and California properties, and the sale of lots in
the Las Palomas residential subdivision project, including the 68 "entry lots"
from the 152-acre parcel that it recently acquired.
The Company plans to expand the clean green waste processing operations of
AMCOR Biomass to additional facilities in Southern California. The rate of
expansion will depend on many factors which include the awarding of municipal
contracts, which the Company believes will accelerate due, in part, to its
recent acquisition of TransPacific.
Employees
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As of August 31, 1997, the Company had 70 full-time employees, including
9 in administration and 61 in agribusiness and biomass operations. During the
seasonal peak periods, employment can exceed 2,500. None of the Company's
employees are represented by a labor union and the Company has experienced no
work stoppages. The Company believes that there is an ample supply of labor to
meet the Company's peak seasonal requirements.
Item 2. Description of Property.
The Company's executive offices and main table grape processing cold
storage facility occupy approximately 80,000 square feet of leased space at
52300 Enterprise Way, Coachella, California, 92236. The initial lease term
expires on October 31, 2002, with options for an additional 15 years. The
annual rental is $156,000 per year, tied to a cost of living index.
The Company's headquarters facility is located within the Coachella Valley
Enterprise Zone. Under California Revenue and Tax Code, the Company is offered
a number of California tax benefits.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The Company is not involved in any pending legal proceedings other than
legal proceedings occurring in the ordinary course of business. Such other
legal proceedings in the aggregate are believed by management to be immaterial.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the last
quarter of the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997.
Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder
Matters.
The Company's Common Stock has traded in the over-the-counter market since
1989 and is currently trading on the OTC Bulletin Board. Set forth below are
the high and low bid prices of the Common Stock during each quarter of fiscal
1996 and 1997, as reported by a member firm of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. that effects transactions in OTC Bulletin Board stocks
and acts as one of the market makers for the Company's Common Stock. The
quotations listed below reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up,
mark-down or commissions, and may not represent actual transactions.
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Stock Prices
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Fiscal 1996
First Quarter $ 1.125 $ .75
Second Quarter .93 .687
Third Quarter .937 .50
Fourth Quarter 1.00 .625
Fiscal 1997
First Quarter $ 2.5312 $ .9062
Second Quarter (1) 4.75 2.00
Third Quarter 5.875 4.125
Fourth Quarter 5.4375 4.4375
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(1) On February 24, 1997, the Company effected a 2-for-1 reverse stock split
of its Common Stock.
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At November 25, 1997, there were approximately 1,598 stockholders of
record of the Company's Common Stock.
The Company has paid no dividends on its Common Stock and does not expect
to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
During the year the Company issued an aggregate of 271,017 shares of Common
Stock to an affiliated partnership in connection with the acquisition of
certain real estate from that partnership. In addition, the Company has also
issued an aggregate of 912,622 shares of Common Stock in connection with the
retirement of certain indebtedness of the Company.
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The Company also issued an aggregate of 161,052 shares of Common Stock to
an affiliated partnership in connection with the redemption of shares of the
Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (now Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock). Overall, during fiscal 1997, the Company issued 1,774,691
new shares of Common Stock and retired 200,000 shares, amounting to 1,574,691
additional shares, or a 27% increase over the previous year's outstanding
shares.
The issuances of the Company's Common Stock in the above referenced
transactions were effected in reliance upon the exemption from registration
under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), as transactions not involving a public offering. Exemption from the
registration provisions of the Securities Act is claimed on the basis that
such transactions did not involve any public offering and the purchasers were
sophisticated with access to the kind of information registration would
provide.
On September 25, 1997, the Company completed its public offering of 650,000
shares of Series A 9% Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A 9% Preferred
Stock"). On October 21, 1997, an additional 97,500 shares were sold in
connection with the exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. On
November 12, 1997, subsequent to the Company's fiscal year end and the issuance
of the Series A 9% Preferred Stock, the Company's securities counsel engaged in
connection with the public offering of the Series A 9% Preferred Stock filed
with the Secretary of State of Delaware the Certificate of Designations,
Preferences, and Relative Rights, Qualifications and Restrictions of the Series
A 9% Preferred Stock of the Company (the "Certificate of Designations"). On
November 13, 1997, such securities counsel filed an Amended Certificate of
Designations, Preferences, and Relative Rights, Qualifications and Restrictions
of the Series A 9% Preferred Stock to conform the Certificate of Designations
to the version that had been adopted by the Company's Board of Directors and
had been filed as an exhibit to the Company's registration statement on Form
S-2 covering the Series A 9% Convertible Preferred Stock.
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Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations.
Overview
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The Company, together with its affiliated partnerships, has its primary
operations in the Coachella Valley of Southern California, where it is a major
table grape producer and processor. The Company is also currently engaged in
date production, but is currently in the process of disposing of its date
acreage. The Company also manages pre-development land located in Southern
California and Texas, and during fiscal 1996, commenced development of the
1,300 lot Las Palomas residential subdivision located 30 miles southeast of
San Antonio, Texas, which includes an 18-hole championship golf course. The
lot development project and golf course is owned by a company-managed
partnership. In addition, the Company is engaged in clean green waste
processing through AMCOR Biomass which recently completed a pilot project to
process clean green waste and other organic materials on a 600-acre site
owned by the Company, and commenced commercial operations during the
Company's first quarter of fiscal 1997. In July 1997, the Company moved its
green waste processing from the 600-acre Murrieta operations site to Santa Fe
Springs, California. On November 25, 1997, the Company acquired TransPacific,
which specializes in long-term municipal service contracts, primarily tree
trimming. TransPacific had revenues of $2.0 million during the twelve months
ended August 31, 1997, and has contracts in place which the Company believes
may generate revenues of approximately $3.5 million during fiscal 1998.
Results of Operations
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Revenues
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During fiscal 1997, the Company's revenues were derived principally from
the following sources: (i) farming operations (including packing and cold
storage services), (ii) clean green waste processing operations and (iii) real
estate development fees. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 1997, the
Company's gross revenues increased by $6,988,000 (67%) to $17,418,000, as
compared to $10,430,000 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1996, primarily
due to a significant increase in real estate development revenues from
$1,767,000 in fiscal 1996 to $7,011,000 in fiscal 1997. This increase in real
estate development revenues was a direct consequence of increased real estate
sales and fee income derived from the Las Palomas project. The overall increase
in Company revenues was also due to significantly increased proprietary table
grape production which increased 40%, from 482,000 boxes in fiscal 1996 to
675,000 boxes in fiscal 1997 and, to a lesser extent, revenues derived from
the Company's biomass operations. The industry's crop revenues during the 1997
season increased by approximately 16% over the 1996 season. The large crop
and moderate prices resulted in a 76% increased profit margin from this
segment of the Company's business.
The Company historically has generated revenues from its table grape
operations which includes revenues derived from the Company's proprietary
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acreage, as well as acreage owned by third parties and affiliates. During a
typical season, the table grape packing facility (which is leased to the
Company) processes approximately 1.5 million boxes of table grapes, for which
the combined gross processing and cooling fees typically exceed $2 million.
For fiscal 1997, total agricultural (crop) and biomass revenues were
$10,406,000, up from $8,663,000 in fiscal 1996. For fiscal 1997, biomass
revenues represented $380,000 of this amount as compared to $0 for fiscal 1996.
The Company expects revenues from this source to gradually increase over the
next several years due in large part to the Company's plan to acquire/develop
additional proprietary acreage and its plan to expand AMCOR Biomass' clean
green waste processing largely through the Company's recent acquisition of
TransPacific.
During fiscal 1997, real estate development fee income increased 297%
over fiscal 1996 to $7.0 million. The principal reason for this significant
increase was the completion of the Las Palomas golf course which resulted in
fees of approximately $4.0 million. Lake Valley Realty Partners owns the
1,350 acre subdivision located southeast of San Antonio. Thirteen hundred
homesites have been planned and are currently under development.
During fiscal 1998, the Company expects to continue to generate revenues
as a result of the Las Palomas lots which are currently being marketed for
prices ranging from $17,000 to $35,000 per lot for which the Company earns
management and development fees. Since inception, approximately 130 lots have
been sold, with current reservations pending for 22 lot sales. To date
approximately 20 homes have been completed with an additional nine homes
planned or under construction.
Cost of Revenues
- ----------------
During fiscal 1997, the Company's total operating costs and expenses
increased by $5,406,000 (66%) to $13,617,000 as compared to $8,219,000 for
fiscal 1996, primarily due to a much larger table grape crop, real estate
development costs attributable to the Company's managed Las Palomas
project and expanding biomass operations. Agricultural and biomass costs
increased by $2,123,000 (28%) to $4,610,000 primarily due to the large table
grape crop and related higher farming and harvesting costs, and for costs
attributable to the development and expansion of the Company's biomass
operations, including the relocation from the Murrieta site to the Santa Fe
Springs site. Agricultural and biomass costs, as a percentage of crop and
biomass revenues increased to 92% for fiscal 1997, as compared to 84% for
fiscal 1996, primarily due to increased biomass costs. Real estate development
costs during fiscal 1997 increased by $3,282,000 (453%) to $4,007,000, as
compared to $725,000 for fiscal 1996, primarily due to the development cost of
the completed Las Palomas golf course ($2.6 million) and to other costs
related to increased real estate development activity both in California and
Texas.
Gross Margin
- ------------
The Company realized a gross margin of $3,801,000 in fiscal 1997, which
represented 22% of revenues as compared to a gross margin of $2,219,000 in
fiscal 1996, which represented 21% of revenues. Operating income of $3,134,000
during fiscal 1997 represents a 67% increase over operating income of
$1,873,000 during fiscal 1996 due to higher table grape sales and increased
real estate fees over fiscal 1996.
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General and Administrative Expenses
- -----------------------------------
General and administrative expenses increased $332,701 (97%) from $342,000
in fiscal 1996 to $675,000 in fiscal 1997. This increase was primarily due to
the additional costs related to increased real estate activity, expanding
biomass operations and to legal, accounting, and administrative costs
attributable to the Company's offering of Series A 9% Preferred Stock in
September 1997.
Other Income (Expense)
- ----------------------
Total other expense increased $659,000 (195%) from $338,000 in fiscal 1996
to a loss of $321,000 during fiscal 1997. This increase was primarily due to
an $830,000 gain on the sale of assets in fiscal 1996 as compared to a gain of
only $105,000 in fiscal 1997.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
- -------------------------------
The Company's liquidity, including its ability to access conventional
credit sources, has significantly improved over the last two years primarily
due to the following: (i) consistent management of cash flow, (ii)
implementation of effective cost cutting measures, (iii) successful crop
harvests, (iv) disposal of marginal or non-producing assets, (v) completion
in September 1997 of the Company's offering of Series A 9% Preferred Stock and
(vi) the conversion of short term debt into equity. The Company believes that
the continued recovery of the Company's Common Stock price should provide
additional access to capital markets including the ability to obtain credit
from more conventional, and less costly, sources. In addition to current
liabilities of $11.8 million at August 31, 1997, the Company has $10.7 million
of long-term debt. In September 1997, current liabilities were significantly
reduced and all bank operating lines repaid from the net proceeds of the
Company's offering of Series A 9% Preferred Stock. The Company also received
prepayment of a $1,425,000 note receivable in September 1997. These payments
provided almost $8 million of liquidity during the first quarter of fiscal
1998. In addition, the Company believes that long and short term liquidity
will continue to improve due to: (i) the Company's existing lines of credit for
substantially all agricultural and farming costs related to the 1998 harvest,
(ii) the generation of revenues from the Las Palomas development project and
from biomass and related revenues generated by AMCOR Biomass and TransPacific,
and (iii) from the gradual sale of pre-development land. The terms of the
current agribusiness financing arrangements are interest at prevailing rates
at the time of borrowing, which interest accrues until maturity, with principal
and interest due and payable in full at the time the harvest proceeds are
realized. These financing arrangements will be collateralized by the 1998
harvest.
Several measures were taken during fiscal 1997 to improve both the
Company's liquidity and its balance sheet. Holders of $3.8 million of short
term debt agreed to exchange their notes for 912,622 shares of Company Common
Stock. In addition, $1.4 million of agricultural real estate was acquired for
271,017 shares of Common Stock. The aggregate of the above will increase
shareholders' equity by $5.2 million while reducing short term debt by
$3.8 million.
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During fiscal 1998, the Company intends to continue its management plan
to acquire and/or develop additional table grape vineyards which are located
in the Coachella Valley, particularly the white, earlier maturing varieties.
This will include the sale of some red-variety vineyards where it presently
has an unreliable water delivery system, the objective being to achieve a
balance between red and white grapes. The Company plans to finance these
acquisitions through term loans provided by institutional lenders and/or the
issuance by the Company of purchase money notes. Management believes that the
acquisition of these properties will enhance profitability through increased
operating income. The continued acquisition of additional vineyards is in
keeping with the Company's fully-integrated agribusiness operations.
Looking Ahead
- -------------
In September 1997, the Company successfully completed its offering of
Series A 9% Preferred Stock. The net proceeds of $6.8 million from this
offering will continue to be used principally to fund the Company's
agribusiness and biomass operations, much of this cost having been incurred
during fiscal 1997 as reflected in the significant increase in the Company's
accounts payable over fiscal 1996. Holders of Series A 9% Preferred Stock may
voluntarily convert their shares into Common Stock at $5.39 per share. The
Company can compel conversion into Common Stock provided the Company's Common
Stock trades at a price of at least $6.47 per share for a minimum of 20
consecutive trading days.
The Company traditionally has been engaged in agribusiness and real estate
related activities since 1981. The Company's role has since evolved from a
manager of partnership assets to that of an operating company with revenues
being derived from a number of sources, including biomass operations. Set forth
below are major highlights of the Company's business plan for fiscal 1998:
- The Company believes that a significant portion of future revenues
will be realized from its biomass operations, principally related to
its recent acquisition of TransPacific. TransPacific's principal
revenues are derived from long term municipal contracts for tree
trimming services with a by-product being organic biomass for green
waste processing.
- The emerging California real estate market also could provide
significant revenue potential during fiscal 1998. In 1997, the Company
acquired a 600-acre parcel from an affiliate of the Company in the
rapidly growing Rancho California area of western Riverside County,
California. The Company is currently evaluating the feasibility of
obtaining entitlements (zoning change to multifamily) for the acreage,
a process that could considerably enhance its value.
- With the completion of the Las Palomas golf course in Texas, management
believes the 1,300-acre project has good long-term potential. In May
1997, the Company purchased a contiguous 150-acre parcel and is
presently subdividing it into 68 single family "wooded" lots. The
subdivision road will also serve as the main avenue onto the Las
Palomas golf course, which should significantly enhance the
accessability of the project.
- The Company is also refocusing its agricultural presence in the
Coachella Valley. Its date properties, which have contributed only
marginally to profits, will be liquidated. Certain less desirable
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vineyard properties will also be sold. The Company will continue to
seek additional white grape varieties to compliment its Flame Seedless
production. One such option is the development of the Superior Seedless
variety. In addition, selective acquisitions are being considered, the
objective being to acquire mature producing vineyards, rather than wait
the two to three year development period.
- The Company believes that its business plan is structured to capitalize
on existing resources and management experience. Management envisions
rapid growth in areas such as biomass and the municipal contract
business generated by TransPacific. Agribusiness and real estate
development will continue to serve as a foundation, as they have since
inception.
Forward Looking Statements
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Certain of the statements contained in this report, including those under
"Description of Business" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations", and especially those contained
under "Liquidity and Capital Resources" and "Looking Ahead", are "forward-
looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. The actual future
results of the Company could differ materially from those statements. Factors
that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited
to, those discussed in this report, risks associated with managing the
Company's growth, as well as those factors discussed in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-2 and related Prospectus dated September 25,
1997, and the "Risk Factors" described therein. While the Company believes
that these statements are accurate, the Company's business is dependent upon
general economic conditions and various conditions specific to the
agribusiness, real estate development, municipal tree trimming and green
waste processing industries, and future trends and results cannot be predicted
with certainty. In particular:
- The Company has entered into agreements to sell 316 acres of vineyards
owned by it and its affiliated limited partnerships and to sell its date
acreage. Although the Company anticipates that these agreements will be
consummated during the first and second quarters of fiscal 1998,
respectively, a prolonged period of inclement weather due to El Nino
or other events, and various other factors may prevent the Company from
selling such properties at desirable prices, if at all.
- The Company's table grape operations typically generate annual revenues
in excess of $10 million, with farming, harvesting and marketing
expenses generally averaging 80% to 85% of market value. Revenues can
vary considerably, however, depending upon production and market prices,
which in turn depend upon various uncertainties, including the effects
of inclement weather and El Nino that could potentially decimate all or
substantial portions of the Company's crops.
- The Company is evaluating several marketing alternatives for its table
grapes, including a proposed long-term arrangement with Sun World, and
has executed a letter of intent relating to a proposed licensing
agreement relating to Sun World's Sugraone "Superior Seedless" variety
table grapes. Specifics of the possible marketing arrangement and the
proposed licensing agreement are under negotiation and it is uncertain
whether the Company will proceed with either arrangement. The Company's
inability or decision not to finalize favorable marketing and/or
licensing agreements with Sun World could have a significant adverse
impact on the Company's plans to enhance its farming operations revenues
by increasing its proprietary table grape production by 50%.
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- The Company anticipates having infrastructure completed during the
second quarter of fiscal 1998 in order to enable the Company to use
additional well water to be provided by the Coachella Valley Water
District to irrigate the Company's existing vineyard acreage and to use
water from existing wells to irrigate and develop expansion acreage.
It is possible, however, that the completion of the infrastructure
could be delayed or prevented due to inclement weather, labor shortages,
engineering or development costs in excess of budgeted amounts, or
other unexpected contingencies, which would negatively impact the
Company's ability to generate additional revenues through development
of its expansion acreage and through its proposed licensing agreement
relating to Sun World's Sugraone "Superior Seedless" variety table
grapes and/or other vineyard development.
- The Company expects revenue from agricultural and biomass operations to
gradually increase over the next several years due in large part to the
Company's plan to acquire/develop additional proprietary acreage and to
expand its biomass operations largely through its recent acquisition of
TransPacific and through expansion to additional facilities in Southern
California. However, various uncertainties such as the effects of
inclement weather, the availability of appropriate additional table
grape acreage, the difficulties and expenses that may be encountered in
integrating TransPacific's operations with those of AMCOR Biomass and
the Company, the potential inability of TransPacific and AMCOR Biomass
to maintain their existing tree-trimming and biomass processing
contracts and obtain additional municipal and private contracts in
the face of increasing competition in the clean green waste processing
industry, constraints of existing and/or future green waste regulatory
requirements, and reluctance of certain municipalities to privatize
their tree-trimming and green waste operations could prevent the Company
from acquiring or developing additional acreage and from successfully
continuing to operate and/or expand its green waste operations.
- During fiscal 1998, the Company expects to continue to generate revenues
from the sale of lots in the Las Palomas residential subdivision
project. Although certain of the lots are currently being marketed for
prices ranging from $17,000 to $35,000 per lot, it is possible that a
general downturn in the real estate market and/or increased competition
from other subdivisions located within the greater San Antonio area
could inhibit future lot sales and/or result in reductions in lot sale
prices, which would negatively impact the Company's revenues derived
from management and development fees relating to the lots.
- The Company is currently evaluating the feasibility of obtaining
entitlements (zoning change to multifamily) for acreage it acquired
during 1997 from an affiliate of the Company in the Rancho California
area of western Riverside County, California. Although obtaining
entitlements on the acreage could provide significant revenue potential
during fiscal 1998 and in future years by providing additional real
estate development opportunities, there can be no assurance that the
Company will be successful in its efforts to obtain such entitlements
or that, if successful, the Company will have the financial and other
resources necessary to take advantage of any lucrative real estate
development opportunities that may arise.
The Company has not experienced a material adverse impact of such risks
and uncertainties and does not anticipate such an impact. However, no assurance
can be given that such risks and uncertainties will not affect the Company's
future results of operations or its financial position.
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Item 7. Financial Statements.
The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
are submitted as a separate section of this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB on
pages F-1 through F-34.
Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosures.
None
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PART III
Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons;
Compliance With Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
The information appearing under the caption "Election of Directors,"
including the subcaption "Compliance with Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Rules," contained in the Company's Proxy Statement for its 1998 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be held on January 30, 1998 (the "Proxy Statement"),
is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 10. Executive Compensation.
The information appearing under the caption "Executive Compensation"
contained in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
The information appearing under the caption "Election of Directors,"
including the subcaption "Principal Stockholders," contained in the Proxy
Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
The information appearing under the caption "Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions" contained in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein
by reference.
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Item 13. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
(a) Exhibits.
<S> <C>
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware on March 10, 1988 (1)
3.2 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 21, 1988 (1)
3.3 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 21, 1989 (1)
3.4 Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Relative Rights,
Qualifications and Restrictions of the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
May 13, 1994 (2)
3.5 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 24, 1997
3.6 Amended Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Relative Rights,
Qualifications and Restrictions of the Series A 9% Convertible Preferred
Stock of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
November 13, 1997 (3)
3.7 Bylaws of the Company, as amended
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4.1 Trust Indenture between the Company and First City Bank of Dallas (1)
10.1 Coachella Packing Shed Lease (1)
10.6 Stock Option Agreement dated July 2, 1990 between the Company and Fred H.
Behrens (4)
10.7 Stock Option Agreement dated July 2, 1990 between the Company and Robert
A. Wright (4)
10.8 Stock Option Agreement dated July 2, 1990 between the Company and Marlene
A. Tapie (4)
10.12 Lease Agreement dated April 1, 1991 between the Company and Enterprise
Packing Company (4)
10.25 Sublease Agreement dated as of November 24, 1993 between the Company and
Enterprise Packing Company (5)
10.26 Option to Repurchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 1993 between Shandon
Hills Vineyards and AMAGCO (5)
10.27 Assignment Agreement dated as of May 31, 1993 among the Company, Shandon
Hills Vineyard and AMAGCO (5)
21 Subsidiaries of the Company
27 Financial Data Schedule
<FN>
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(1) Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 1988 and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
ended May 31, 1994, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Form of which was filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-2 as filed with the Commission on
September 22, 1997 (Registration No. 333-28373) and incorporated herein by
reference.
(4) Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended
November 30, 1992, 1991, and 1990 as filed with the Commission on March 15,
1991 and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 1993 as filed with the Commission on March 15, 1994 and
incorporated herein by reference.
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(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
Form 8-K/A dated July 29, 1997 was filed with the Commission on August 12,
1997, reporting on Item 5 (Other Events) in connection with the issuance of a
cease and desist order on or about July 21, 1997 by the Riverside County Local
Solid Waste Management Enforcement Agency, which cease and desist order
prohibited AMCOR Biomass from accepting green waste at facilities located in
Murrieta, California owned by Rancho California Partners II, a California
limited partnership and affiliate of the Company.
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AMCOR Capital Corporation
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Report of Independent Auditors F - 1
Financial Statements of AMCOR Capital Corporation:
Consolidated Balance Sheets, August 31, 1997 and 1996 F - 2
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years
ended August 31, 1997 and 1996 F - 4
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for
the years ended August 31, 1997 and 1996 F - 5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years
ended August 31, 1997 and 1996 F - 8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F - 10
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
------------------------------
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
AMCOR Capital Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AMCOR Capital
Corporation and its subsidiaries as of August 31, 1997 and 1996, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash
flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with 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 AMCOR
Capital Corporation and subsidiaries as of August 31, 1997 and 1996, and the
consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years
in the two year period ended August 31, 1997, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
/s/Kelly & Company
Kelly & Company
Newport Beach, California
December 3, 1997
F-1
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AMCOR Capital Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
August 31, 1997 and 1996
ASSETS
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents $179,866 $1,087,102
Restricted cash 842,287 --
Accounts receivable 431,448 288,899
Due from affiliates 8,064,390 5,337,704
Notes receivable, other 1,714,680 352,525
Inventories 1,212,463 1,702,296
Other current assets 846,411 366,596
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Total current assets 13,291,545 9,135,122
Land held for future development 9,411,999 --
Property and equipment, net 10,795,138 8,114,014
Contractual amounts due from affiliates
for construction in progress 3,793,358 2,712,397
Notes receivable:
Affiliate -- 5,691,686
Other 115,844 1,963,067
Investment 2,455,596 2,489,606
Restricted cash -- 1,065,683
Other assets 871,412 830,685
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Total assets $40,734,892 $32,002,260
========== ==========
<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
F - 2
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<TABLE>
AMCOR Capital Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
August 31, 1997 and 1996
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $3,464,382 $854,478
Property taxes payable 1,386,358 --
Due to affiliates 620,000 414,530
Lines of credit 1,128,557 --
Notes payable:
Affiliates 1,370,160 --
Other 2,627,968 964,774
Capitalized lease obligations 223,826 54,728
Income taxes payable 1,036,400 337,835
Accrued interest 377,256 518,352
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Total current liabilities 12,234,907 3,144,697
Deferred income taxes 56,710 125,147
Notes payable, net of current portion:
Affiliates 1,275,867 3,672,607
Other 8,847,382 11,909,147
Capitalized lease obligations, net of
current portion 539,461 99,948
Other liabilities 260,729 416,768
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Total liabilities 23,215,056 19,368,314
Commitments
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock (1,250,000 shares
authorized, no shares outstanding)
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
($0.01 par value; 750,000 shares
authorized, 404,414 and 628,972 shares
issued and outstanding at August 31,
1997 and 1996, respectively) 4,044 6,290
Common stock ($0.002 par value;
25,000,000 and 15,000,000 shares
authorized, 7,172,710 and 5,798,283
shares issued and outstanding at August
31, 1997 and 1996, respectively) 14,345 23,193
Paid-in capital 14,242,065 11,150,064
Accumulated earnings 3,259,382 1,454,399
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Total shareholders' equity 17,519,836 12,633,946
---------- ----------
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity $40,734,892 $32,002,260
========== ==========
<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
F - 3
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AMCOR Capital Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Years Ended August 31, 1997 and 1996
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Agriculture and biomass revenues
including income from affiliates of
$332,932 in 1996 $10,406,229 $8,662,961
Real estate development revenues
from affiliates 7,011,485 1,767,300
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17,417,714 10,430,261
Cost of revenues:
Agriculture and biomass 9,610,177 7,486,607
Real estate development 4,006,641 724,670
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13,616,818 8,211,277
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Gross margin 3,800,896 2,218,984
General and administrative expenses 674,641 341,940
---------- ---------
Income from operations 3,126,255 1,877,044
Other income (expense):
Gain on sale of assets 112,974 830,277
Equity in loss of investee (34,010) (40,244)
Interest income 685,983 478,335
Interest expense (1,085,524) (930,190)
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(320,577) 338,178
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Income before income taxes 2,805,678 2,215,222
Provision for income taxes 629,312 437,281
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Net income $2,176,366 $1,777,941
========= =========
Net income per common share,
share equivalent primary $0.33 $0.34
==== ====
Net income per common share,
share equivalent fully diluted $0.33 $0.34
==== ====
<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
F - 4
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<TABLE>
AMCOR Capital Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
For the Years Ended August 31, 1997 and 1996
<CAPTION>
Series A
Preferred Common
Shares Shares
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<S> <C> <C>
Balance, August 31, 1995 618,972 10,331,288
Net income -- --
Shares issued upon exercise of options -- 1,260,935
Shares issued in acquisition
of partnership interests 10,000 4,343
Preferred stock dividends -- --
---------- -------
Balance, August 31, 1996 628,972 11,596,566
Net income -- --
Shares issued under consulting agreement -- 400,000
One for two reverse stock split
(including effect of fractional shares) -- (5,998,547)
Shares issued upon exercise of options -- 30,000
Shares issued in acquisition
of partnership assets -- 271,017
Shares issued in payment for debt -- 912,622
Preferred stock retired
as payment of receivable (171,983) --
Common stock retired
as payment of receivable -- (200,000)
Preferred stock dividends -- --
Exchange of preferred stock
for common stock (52,575) 161,052
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Balance, August 31, 1997 404,414 7,172,710
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<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
F - 5
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<TABLE>
AMCOR Capital Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity, Continued
For the Years Ended August 31, 1997 and 1996
<CAPTION>
Series A
Preferred Common
Stock Stock
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<S> <C> <C>
Balance, August 31, 1995 $6,190 $20,662
Net income -- --
Shares issued upon exercise of options -- 2,522
Shares issued in acquisition
of partnership interests 100 9
Preferred stock dividends -- --
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Balance, August 31, 1996 6,290 23,193
Net income -- --
Shares issued under consulting agreement -- 800
One for two reverse stock split
(including effect of fractional shares) -- (11,997)
Shares issued upon exercise of options -- 60
Shares issued in acquisition
of partnership assets -- 542
Shares issued in payment for debt -- 1,825
Preferred stock retired
as payment of receivable (1,720) --
Common stock retired
as payment of receivable -- (400)
Preferred stock dividends -- --
Exchange of preferred stock
for common stock (526) 322
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Balance, August 31, 1997 $4,044 $14,345
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<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
F - 6
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<TABLE>
AMCOR Capital Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity, Continued
For the Years Ended August 31, 1997 and 1996
<CAPTION>
Paid-in Accumulated
Capital Earnings Total
---------- -------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, August 31, 1995 $10,632,689 $47,841 $10,707,382
Net income -- 1,777,941 1,777,941
Shares issued upon exercise of options 413,587 -- 416,109
Shares issued in acquisition
of partnership interests 103,788 -- 103,897
Preferred stock dividends -- (371,383) (371,383)
---------- --------- ----------
Balance, August 31, 1996 11,150,064 1,454,399 12,633,946
Net income -- 2,176,366 2,176,366
Shares issued under consulting agreement 360,000 -- 360,800
One for two reverse stock split
(including effect of fractional shares) 11,997 -- --
Shares issued upon exercise of options 59,940 -- 60,000
Shares issued in acquisition
of partnership assets 1,437,184 -- 1,437,726
Shares issued in payment for debt 3,790,853 -- 3,792,678
Preferred stock retired
as payment of receivable (1,718,110) -- (1,719,830)
Common stock retired
as payment of receivable (850,067) -- (850,467)
Preferred stock dividends -- (371,383) (371,383)
Exchange of preferred stock
for common stock 204 -- --
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Balance, August 31, 1997 $14,242,065 $3,259,382 $17,519,836
========== ========= ==========
<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
F - 7
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<TABLE>
AMCOR Capital Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended August 31, 1997 and 1996
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $2,176,366 $1,777,941
Adjustments to reconcile income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation 583,013 484,310
Gain on sale of assets (112,974) (830,277)
Decrease (increase) in assets:
Equity in loss of investee 34,010 40,244
Accounts receivable (142,549) (129,230)
Inventories 489,833 (1,277,071)
Other current assets (846,691) (199,311)
Due from affiliates (8,757,081) (2,600,550)
Other assets (40,727) (830,685)
Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
Accounts payable 2,999,421 (2,200,058)
Income taxes payable 698,565 325,554
Accrued interest payable (76,763) 339,356
Other liabilities (80,000) --
Deferred taxes (68,437) 125,147
--------- ---------
Cash used in operating activities (3,144,014) (4,974,630)
--------- ---------
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing
activities:
Payments received on notes receivable 485,068 4,012,513
Purchases of property and equipment (324,376) (167,693)
Sales of property and equipment 1,350,684 18,000
Restricted cash 223,396 (1,065,683)
Purchase of land held for future
development (400,000) --
Contractual amounts due from affiliates
for construction in progress (1,080,961) (2,712,397)
--------- ---------
Cash provided by investing activities 253,811 84,740
--------- ---------
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing
activities:
Proceeds from notes and loans 2,902,166 6,042,398
Repayment of notes and loans (2,108,556) (1,945,962)
Net proceeds from line of credit 1,128,557 --
Issuance of stock 60,800 71,294
--------- ---------
Cash provided by financing activities 1,982,967 4,167,730
--------- ---------
Net decrease in cash (907,236) (722,160)
Cash at beginning of year 1,087,102 1,809,262
--------- ---------
Cash at end of year $179,866 $1,087,102
========= =========
<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
F - 8
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
AMCOR Capital Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended August 31, 1997 and 1996
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
-------- ---------
<S> <C> <C>
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest $1,226,620 $638,573
Income taxes -- 12,281
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash
Investing and Financing Activities
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
-------- ---------
<S> <C> <C>
Assets acquired (disposed) in non-cash
transactions
Assets acquired $13,189,470 $10,030,651
Assets disposed -- (2,679,735)
Receivables incurred -- 314,329
Liabilities assumed -- (940,000)
Issuance of preferred stock -- (100,000)
Issuance of common stock (1,797,726) (3,897)
Receivable satisfied (7,954,784) (1,847,836)
Liabilities incurred (3,436,960) (6,051,904)
Liabilities satisfied -- 1,278,392
Satisfaction of debt through issuance
of stock
Liabilities satisfied 3,792,678 344,815
Stock issued (3,792,678) (344,815)
Accrual of dividends on preferred stock
Liability incurred (371,383) (371,383)
Reduction in retained earnings 371,383 371,383
Satisfaction of debt through offset of
related receivables
Receivables satisfied (1,769,346) (150,000)
Liabilities satisfied 1,769,346 150,000
Retirement of stock
Receivables satisfied (2,570,297) --
Stock retired 2,570,297 --
<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
consolidated financial statements.
F - 9
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
AMCOR Capital Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
---------------------------
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of AMCOR Capital
Corporation and its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, Sun Goddess Farms,
Inc., AMCOR Properties, Inc., AMCOR Biomass Farms, LLC (99% owned), Las
Palomas Country Club Estates, LLC (99% owned) and AMCOR Builders, LLC (99%
owned) ("the Company"). All significant intercompany transactions have been
eliminated. The equity method of accounting is used when the Company has a 20%
to 50% interest in other companies. Under the equity method, original
investments are recorded at cost and adjusted by the Company's share of
undistributed earnings or losses of these companies.
During the year ended August 31, 1996, the Company (i) reacquired AMCOR
Properties, Inc. from a company owned by an officer of the Company and
(ii) sold ACI Farms, Inc. to a partnership owned by officers of the Company.
These transactions resulted in neither a gain nor loss to the Company as the
assets of each entity, which were immaterial, equaled the related liabilities
at the time of the transaction.
Operations and Revenue Recognition
----------------------------------
The Company engages in agribusiness, clean green waste recycling, land
planning, and development of its property and the properties of its affiliates.
The Company also generates revenue through management and development fees
charged to various partnerships which are engaged in farming and real estate
development.
Management service fee income, primarily due from affiliates, is recognized
when it is contractually due, which approximates the time that services are
performed. Crop sales, other farm income, biomass income and development
income are recognized by the accrual method at the time of sale.
Cash and Equivalents
--------------------
The Company invests portions of its excess cash in highly liquid investments.
Cash and equivalents include time deposits and commercial paper with original
maturities of three months or less.
The Company has no requirements for compensating cash balances. The Company
maintains cash balances in bank accounts which exceed federally insured limits
by $822,153 and $1,952,785 at August 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively; however,
the Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts. Part of the
restricted cash as described in Note 9 is included in the balances which
exceed federally insured limits as of August 31, 1997 and 1996.
Inventories
-----------
Farming
All direct and indirect costs of growing crops are accumulated and valued at
the lower of cost or market (net realizable value). Harvested crops are valued
at the lower of cost or market using the average cost method and relieved from
inventory as the crops on each ranch are sold.
Continued F-10
<PAGE>
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
Inventories
-----------
Real Estate
All direct and indirect costs of real estate development are accumulated and
valued at the lower of cost or market (net realizable value). Real estate
inventory includes capitalized interest of $9,766 and $0 at August 31, 1997
and 1996, respectively.
Property and Equipment
----------------------
Property and equipment are recorded at cost and are depreciated using the
straight-line method over the expected useful lives noted below. Expenditures
for normal maintenance and repairs are charged to income, and significant
improvements are capitalized. The cost and related accumulated depreciation
of assets are removed from the accounts upon retirement or other disposition;
any resulting profit or loss is reflected in the statement of operations.
Estimated
Useful Life
-----------
Vehicles and equipment 3-10 years
Office furniture and equipment 3-10 years
Vineyard development costs 15 years
Leasehold improvements 7 years
Buildings 30 years
Investment
----------
PS III Farms, L.L.C., an Oregon limited liability company, which was acquired
during the year ended August 31, 1996, is accounted for utilizing the equity
method.
Income Taxes
------------
The Company and its corporate subsidiaries file consolidated federal income
and combined state franchise tax returns. The Company accounts for deferred
income taxes using the liability method in accordance with SFAS No. 109 -
"Accounting for Income Taxes." Deferred income taxes are computed based on
the tax liability or benefit in future years of the reversal of temporary
differences in the recognition of income or deduction of expenses between
financial and tax reporting purposes. The net difference between tax
expense and taxes currently payable is reflected in the balance sheet as
deferred income taxes. Deferred tax assets and/or liabilities are classified
as current and noncurrent based on the classification of the related asset or
liability for financial reporting purposes, or based on the expected reversal
date for deferred taxes that are not related to an asset or liability.
Stock Split
-----------
All common shares and per share amounts have been adjusted to give retroactive
effect, where applicable, to a one-for-two reverse stock split that occurred
during 1997.
Continued F-11
<PAGE>
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
Concentration
-------------
The Company sold its table grape crop through two marketing companies in the
year ended August 31, 1997, while utilizing only one marketing company in the
year ended August 31, 1996. The Company believes that its relationship with
each of the marketing companies will continue in the foreseeable future.
Management does not believe they are at risk with this concentration, as there
are a significant number of marketing companies available to sell its crop.
Disclosures about Fair Values of Financial Instruments
------------------------------------------------------
The Company accounts for the value of financial instruments using the fair
value method as described in the SFAS No. 107 - "Disclosures about Fair Value
of Financial Instruments", adopted by the Company during fiscal year 1995.
Estimates
---------
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 differ from those estimates.
Reclassifications
-----------------
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1996 financial statements in
order to conform to the 1997 financial statement presentation.
2. Due from and Due to Affiliates
Due from affiliates consists of the following:
1. Farming costs incurred by the Company on behalf of various partnerships
whose farm properties are located in the Coachella Valley, California
were $1,713,235 and $3,169,599 at August 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
2. Management and development fees charged by the Company to various
partnerships in California and Texas for the management of the
partnerships' assets and the development of their properties were
$6,351,155 and $2,168,105 at August 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
3. Development costs advanced by the Company on behalf of various
partnerships for a residential development in Texas were $3,793,358
and $2,712,397 at August 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Due to affiliates consists primarily of receipts of crop sales exceeding
advances for farming costs on behalf of certain partnerships. These amounts
do not bear interest, are not collateralized, and are due on demand.
Management on a regular basis reviews the collectibility of the amount due
from affiliates by looking to the current crop period sales (if applicable),
current appraisals of the value of the affiliate's real estate, and other
relevant considerations. In 1997 and 1996, management's review resulted in
no allowance for such uncollectible advances.
Continued F-12
<PAGE>
3. Inventories
Inventories consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
Farm inventory $530,022 $307,868
Real estate inventory 682,441 1,394,428
--------- ---------
Total inventories $1,212,463 $1,702,296
========= =========
</TABLE>
4. Land Held for Future Development
In 1997 the Company acquired from an affiliate 600 acres in Riverside County,
California, that will be utilized for residential development in the future.
5. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1997 1996
------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
Vineyard development costs $5,294,047 $5,145,356
Vehicles and equipment 3,405,912 1,506,111
Office furniture and equipment 51,130 51,130
Leasehold improvements 61,233 61,233
Buildings 301,928 301,928
---------- ---------
9,114,250 7,065,758
Less: Accumulated amortization
and depreciation (2,088,183) (1,698,744)
---------- ---------
7,026,067 5,367,014
Land 3,769,071 2,747,000
---------- ---------
Total property and equipment $10,795,138 $8,114,014
========== =========
</TABLE>
Equipment reported under capital leases at August 31, 1997 and 1996,
respectively, was $845,518 and $189,884 with accumulated depreciation of
$91,986 and $22,511. The depreciation expense related to the capital leases
for the years ended August 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively, was $69,475 and
$22,511.
Depreciation expense for the years ended August 31, 1997 and 1996,
was $583,013 and $484,310, respectively.
6. Note Receivable from Affiliate
1997 1996
------- --------
Note receivable from an affiliate with
an interest rate of the bank prime
plus 2.00%. -- $5,691,686
======= =========
Continued F-13
<PAGE>
7. Notes Receivable - Other
Notes receivable - other consist of the following:
1997 1996
------- --------
Notes receivable, collateralized by farm
property, with an interest rate of 6.50%
per annum; the notes were due in November
2001 and were paid subsequent to the
year end. $408,333 $437,500
Notes receivable, collateralized by farm
property, with an interest rate of 6.50%
per annum; the notes were due in November
2001 and were paid subsequent to the
year end. 1,016,667 1,182,888
Note receivable from the sale of
partnership interest with an interest
rate of 6.00% per annum, annual
principal and interest payments of
$300,000, due in December 1998. 405,524 695,204
--------- ---------
Total notes receivable - other 1,830,524 2,315,592
Less: current portion (1,714,680) (352,525)
--------- ---------
Long term portion of notes receivable
- other $115,844 $1,963,067
========= =========
8. Investment
1997 1996
------- --------
PS III Farms, L.L.C., which is accounted
for utilizing the equity method $2,455,596 $2,489,606
========= =========
In 1996, the Company acquired a 50% interest in PS III Farms, L.L.C. (Note 15)
that leases 6,490 acres to the other limited liability liability company
member. The remaining lease term is for twenty-eight months with a renewal
option with terms subject to mutual agreement. The primary crop grown on the
farm is potatoes.
The Company manages 21 affiliated partnerships and is a general partner in 16
of them; however, its investment in and equity in their operations is not
material.
9. Restricted Cash
Certain of the Company's funds are held by a bank as a restricted deposit as
collateral for a related party's liability pursuant to a 1994 transaction.
It is management's belief that $391,593 of the restricted cash will become
unrestricted in the year ended August 31, 1998.
Continued F-14
<PAGE>
10. Bank Line of Credit
On September 18, 1996, the Company entered into an equity line of credit with a
bank to provide working capital financing which matures on August 20, 2001,
secured by agricultural land. The credit line is for $750,000, and bears
interest at prime plus 0.75% (the bank prime was 8.50% at August 31, 1997).
There was no balance available at August 31, 1997. Subsequent to year end,
the line was repaid.
On May 6, 1997, the Company entered into an operating line of credit with a
bank to provide farm financing. The credit line bore interest at prime plus
0.75% (the bank prime was 8.50% at August 31, 1997) and was secured by all of
the Company's farm inventory, equipment, general intangibles, and crops. The
line matured in September 1997 and was repaid by the Company.
The operating line of credit and the equity line of credit were both with the
same bank, and they contain covenants that include minimum insurance coverage,
operating ratios, restrictions on assumption of additional debt, pledging of
assets, officer compensation, and prohibition of significant acquisitions of
other entities and/or assets. As of December 3, 1997, the Company was in
compliance with the covenants.
11. Notes Payable
Notes payable consist of the following:
Unsecured
- ---------
1997 1996
------- --------
Notes payable to affiliates and other
related parties consist of the following:
Notes payable to affiliates, with interest
rates of 6.00% to 12.00% per annum;
the notes are due in December 1997 and
December 1999. $2,196,027 $2,407,423
Notes payable to an officer with an
interest rate of 8.00% per annum.
During the year ended August 31, 1997
the note was paid. -- 815,184
Note payable to an employee, with interest
rates of 2.70% in 1997 and 1996,
due in November 1998. 450,000 450,000
--------- ---------
2,646,027 3,672,607
Note payable to a third party is:
Note payable, with an interest rate of
14.00% per annum. During the year ended
August 31, 1997 the note was paid. -- 40,000
--------- ---------
Total unsecured notes payable 2,646,027 3,712,607
--------- ---------
Continued F-15
<PAGE>
11. Notes Payable, continued
Collateralized
- --------------
Notes payable to third parties consist of
the following:
1997 1996
------- --------
Notes payable collateralized by real
property, all with an interest rate of
10.00% per annum. During the year ended
August 31, 1997, the notes were paid. -- $435,000
Notes payable collateralized by real
property, with an interest rate of 5.00%
per annum, due in December 1997. $1,102,522 2,845,500
Notes payable, collateralized by equipment,
with an interest rate of 10.50% per annum,
payable in four equal annual payments with
the final payment due in August 1999. 90,504 129,503
Notes payable, collateralized by equipment,
with interest rates that range from 8.25%
to 10.75%, with monthly payments that range
from $1,093 to $6,395. Maturity dates range
from December 1998 to August 2000. 851,098 --
Notes payable, collateralized by real
property, with an interest rate at bank
prime plus 2.00% per annum. Maturity dates
range from April 1998 to August 1998. 221,028 --
Note payable, collateralized by real
property with an interest rate bank prime
rate plus 1.75% per annum, due in January
1998. 230,000 --
Note payable, collateralized by real
property at 9.25% per annum, with monthly
payments of $2,422, with a final
payment due in March 2000. 87,219 --
Note payable, collateralized by real and
personal property with an interest rate of
7.79% per annum; an interest only payment
was made on October 1996, then semi-annual
payments of principle and interest of
$188,005 with a final payment
due in April 2011. The interest rate and
the amount of the payment will be reviewed
in April 2006 and may be adjusted per the
terms of the loan. 2,401,686 3,780,000
Note payable collateralized by real property
with an interest rate of 8.46% per annum;
an interest only payment was made in April
1997, then semi-annual payments of
principal and interest of $27,178 with
a final payment due in October 2011.
The interest rate and the amount of the
payment will be reviewed in October 2006
and may be adjusted per the terms of the
loan. 520,000 --
Continued F-16
<PAGE>
11. Notes Payable, continued
Collateralized
- --------------
1997 1996
------- --------
Notes payable collateralized by certain
notes receivable, all with an interest
rate of 13.50%. During the year ended
August 31, 1997 the note was paid. -- $369,000
Notes payable collateralized by the real
property of the Company and an affiliate
and guaranteed by two officers of the
Company, who are also the largest
shareholders of the Company, several
affiliates of the Company, and a
subsidiary of the Company,
which consist of the following:
Note A: Interest rate of prime plus 1.00%
(9.25% at August 31, 1997 and 1996), with
semi-annual interest payments until March
1998, then all unpaid interest and
principal due in September 1998. In
November 1997, the Company by virtue of a
prepayment of $1,000,000 on this note
received a $205,000 discount on Note C. $3,900,000 3,900,000
Note B: This is a non interest-bearing
note with the remaining unpaid principal
due on September 30, 1998. The note is
recorded at its fair value. 733,727 734,091
Note C: This is a non interest-bearing
note due September 30, 1998. The note
is recorded at its fair value. 717,230 640,827
Notes payable, collateralized by real
property with an interest rate of 8.25%,
annual principal payments of $23,087 and
semi-annual interest payments, due in 2014.
These notes are in default (Note 15). 620,336 --
---------- ----------
Total collateralized notes payable 11,475,350 12,833,921
---------- ----------
Total notes payable 14,121,377 16,546,528
Less: current maturities (3,998,128) (964,774)
---------- ----------
Long term portion of notes payable $10,123,249 $15,581,754
========== ==========
Maturities of notes payable for the fiscal years ending August 31:
1998 $3,998,128
1999 7,207,198
2000 583,432
2001 286,327
2002 and thereafter 2,046,292
Continued F-17
<PAGE>
12. Obligations Under Capital Lease
Obligations under capital lease consist of
the following:
1997 1996
------- --------
Capital lease with an effective interest
rate of 8.75%, with monthly payments of
$5,613, with the final payment due
December 1998. $99,948 $154,676
Capital lease with an effective interest
rate of 8.50%, with varying monthly
payments throughout the lease term, with
the final payment due September 2002. 66,325 --
Capital leases with interest rates that
range from 8.48% to 12.62%, with monthly
payments that range from $924 to $5,564.
Maturity dates range from September 2000
to December 2001. 597,014 --
------- -------
Total obligations under capital lease $ 763,287 $154,676
======= =======
Future minimum lease payments under capital lease at August 31, 1997 are as
follows:
1998 $263,696
1999 243,492
2000 199,967
2001 164,354
2002 16,986
-------
Total minimum lease payments 888,495
Less: amount representing interest (125,208)
-------
Present value of minimum lease payments 763,287
Less: current maturities (223,826)
-------
Obligation under capital lease, long term $539,461
=======
13. Deferred Income Taxes
The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:
1997 1996
------- --------
Current tax expense:
Federal $682,199 $323,154
State 2,945 2,400
------- -------
685,144 325,554
------- -------
Deferred tax expense (benefit):
Federal 128,655 111,727
State (184,487) --
------- -------
(55,832) 111,727
------- -------
Total provision $629,312 $437,281
======= =======
Continued F-18
<PAGE>
13. Deferred Income Taxes, continued
Significant components of the Company's deferred income tax assets and
liabilities at August 31, 1997 and 1996 are as follows:
1997 1996
------- --------
Deferred income tax assets:
Capital loss carryforward -- $53,048
State tax credit carryforward $250,462 280,265
Other 816 816
------- -------
Total deferred income tax assets 251,278 334,129
Valuation allowance -- (302,528)
------- -------
Net deferred income tax asset 251,278 31,601
------- -------
Deferred income tax liability:
Depreciation 122,442 45,526
Partnership loss 184,730 110,405
------- -------
Total deferred income tax liability 307,172 155,931
------- -------
Net deferred income tax liability $55,894 $124,330
======= =======
Reconciliation of the effective tax rate to the U.S. statutory rate is as
follows:
1997 1996
------- --------
Tax expense at U.S. statutory rate 34.0 % 34.0 %
State tax provision - 0.1
Tax indemnification agreement - (12.8)
(Benefit) of federal research and
experimentation credit (3.1) -
Other 1.7 (1.6)
Change in valuation allowance (10.2) -
---- ----
Effective income tax rate 22.4% 19.7 %
==== ====
The Company has a state tax credit carryforward of $250,462 that expires in
2010. Due to the Company's consistent earnings history, management believes
the the credits will be recognized before they expire; therefore, the Company
has removed the valuation allowance during 1997.
The Company's headquarters facility is located within the Coachella Valley
Enterprise Zone. Under the California Revenue Tax Code, the Company is
offered a number of California tax benefits. For the years ended August 31,
1997 and 1996, the Company utilized the hiring tax credit and the sales and
use tax credit to reduce its state tax expense.
14. Commitments
The Company has operating leases for certain of its facilities and office
equipment. The Company has the option of extending their facility lease for
three additional five-year terms. Future minimum lease payments at August 31,
1997 are as follows:
Continued F-19
<PAGE>
14. Commitments, continued
1998 $283,440
1999 272,140
2000 214,556
2001 188,103
2002 and thereafter 231,001
---------
Total future minimum lease payments $1,189,240
=========
Rental expense, resulting from operating lease agreements, was $291,187 and
$377,801 during the years ended August 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
15. Acquisitions
Land Held for Future Development
--------------------------------
On August 31, 1997, the Company acquired approximately 600 acres of
undeveloped property in Riverside County, California, from an affiliate. The
Company's acquisition price, which was equal to the current fair market value
of the assets, consisted of the following consideration:
Cancellation of amounts due the Company $7,005,304
Assumption of affiliate debt 2,006,695
---------
$9,011,999
=========
When acquired and at December 3, 1997, property taxes on this property of
$1,386,358 are in default as well as the notes payable (private bonds) secured
by the property (Note 11).
Debt Transaction with an Affiliate
----------------------------------
On September 30, 1995, the Company acquired notes receivable of $1,306,290 and
assumed notes payable secured by these notes of $940,000, in exchange for a
reduction in amounts due the Company by three affiliates of $189,362 and an
increase in amounts due by the Company to the three affiliates of $176,708.
This transaction resulted in no gain or loss to the Company.
Real Property Transaction with an Affiliate
-------------------------------------------
On November 30, 1995, the Company sold, in a non-monetary transaction, its San
Luis Obispo, California, vineyards and a related repurchase option to an
affiliate for the entity's 50% interest in PS III Farms, L.L.C., a farming
operation in Oregon. The asset received was recorded at fair market value of
$2,426,000 in the transaction. The transaction resulted in a gain of $830,786
and reduced advances due from an affiliate by $508,200.
16. Stock Options
Under a 1990 non qualified stock option plan, the Company granted options to
purchase 2,169,201 shares of its common stock to officers and directors of the
Company. Of these options, 1,260,935 were exercisable at $.33 per share. These
options were granted in connection with the 1989 partnership restructuring of
two of the affiliated partnerships in which the officers of the Company were
general partners. These stock options were exercised at August 31, 1996 (prior
to the one-for-two reverse stock split). The remaining 454,133 options are
exercisable at $0.75 and $1.60 per share and expire in July 2000. These options
were granted in connection with the repurchase by the Company of shares from
the officers and directors.
Continued F-20
<PAGE>
16. Stock Options, continued
The Company adopted a 1994 non qualified stock option plan for Company
employees and vendors which authorized the granting of options on
500,000 shares of common stock subsequently reduced to 250,000 shares upon the
Company's one for two reverse stock split in February 1997. The Company
granted options to purchase 247,500 shares of its common stock to several
employees at a range between $1.30 and $4.00 per share. Under the plan, the
options terminate when an employee leaves the Company. Options to purchase
217,500 and 87,500 shares were still outstanding at August 31, 1997 and 1996,
respectively. The 1994 stock option plan options have a contractual life of
ten years.
The table below summarized stock option activity over the past two years under
current and prior plans:
1997 1996
-------------------- ---------------------
Weighted Weighted
Average Average
Exercise Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price
------- -------- --------- --------
Options outstanding,
beginning of year 541,633 $1.50 1,209,601 $1.06
Options exercised (30,000) 2.00 (630,468) 0.66
Options granted 160,000 2.50 -- --
Options forfeited -- -- (37,500) 1.30
------- ---- --------- ----
Options outstanding,
end of year 671,633 1.72 541,633 1.50
Option price range,
end of year $0.75 to $4.00 $0.75 to $1.60
Option price range
for exercised shares 2.00 $0.66
Options available for grant
at end of year 2,500 162,500
Weighted-average fair
value of options granted 2.39 None
Fair Value Disclosures
- ----------------------
Weighted
Number of Average Number
Outstanding Remaining Exercisable
Options at Contractual at
Exercise Price August 31, 1997 Life August 31, 1997
-------------- --------------- ----------- ---------------
$0.75 31,250 3 years 31,250
$1.60 422,883 3 years 422,883
$1.30 87,500 7 years 87,500
$2.00 90,000 10 years 41,250
$4.00 40,000 10 years --
Stock option grants are set based upon the plan. Therefore, under the
principles of APB Opinion No. 25, the Company does not recognize compensation
expense associated with the grant of stock options. SFAS No. 123,"Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation", requires the use of option valuation models to
provide supplemental information regarding options granted after 1994. Pro
forma information regarding net income and earnings per share shown below was
determined as if the company had accounted for its employee stock options and
shares sold under its stock purchase plan under the fair value method of that
statement.
Continued F-21
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16. Stock Options, continued
The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using
the Black-Sholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average
assumptions used for grants made in 1997 and 1996: dividend yield of zero;
expected volatility of .595; risk-free interest rate of 5.65%; and expected
life of 10 years.
The Black-Sholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating
the fair value of traded options. The Company's employee stock options have
characteristics significantly different from those of traded options such as
vesting restrictions and extremely limited transferability. In addition, the
assumptions used in option valuation models are highly subjective, particularly
the expected stock price volatility of the underlying stock. Because changes in
these subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value
estimate, in management's opinion, the existing models do not provide a
reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options.
For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options
is amortized over the options vesting periods. The pro forma effect on net
income for 1997 and 1996 is not representative of the pro forma effect on net
income in future years because it does not take into consideration pro forma
compensation expense related to grants made prior to 1994. Pro form
information in future years will reflect the amortization of a larger number of
stock options granted in several succeeding years. The Company's pro forma
information is as follows:
1997 1996
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Net earnings, as reported $2,176,366 $1,777,941
Net earnings, pro forma $2,171,566 $1,777,941
Earnings per share, as reported $0.33 $0.34
Earnings per share, pro forma $0.33 $0.34
17. Affiliated Partnerships
The Company through 1989 syndicated more than 150 Limited Partnerships, 129
of which have now been liquidated. Management plans to liquidate the
remaining partnerships over the next two fiscal years. The Company managed
the remaining twenty-one and twenty-four of these partnerships in 1997 and
1996, respectively. These partnerships are involved in farming, real estate,
and related agribusiness activities. Certain partnerships in prior years
purchased land from the Company at the Company's basis. In certain cases,
partnerships have not recorded their title to the land with the appropriate
county recorder. The Company and/or certain officers of the Company are general
partners in all of the partnerships. The accounting policies used by the
partnerships are the same as those used by the Company. The aggregate
financial data of the partnerships is as follows:
Balance Sheets - Unaudited
August 31, August 31,
1997 1996
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Cash -- $67,982
Accounts and advances receivable $1,782,127 1,535,464
Notes receivable 4,797,970 5,303,649
Property and equipment, net 3,366,969 3,310,948
Investments 20,671,096 23,500,276
Other assets 29,030 551,728
---------- ----------
Total assets $30,647,192 $34,270,047
========== ==========
Continued F-22
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17. Affiliated Partnerships, continued
Balance Sheets - Unaudited, continued
August 31, August 31,
1997 1996
---------- ----------
Accrued liabilities $4,105,085 $8,674,452
Notes payable 5,350,728 5,008,170
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Total liabilities 9,455,813 13,682,622
Partnership capital 21,191,379 20,587,425
---------- ----------
Total liabilities and
partnership capital $30,647,192 $34,270,047
========== ==========
Statements of Operations - Unaudited
for the Years Ended August 31, 1997 and 1996
1997 1996
---------- ----------
Farm revenue $181,861 $747,544
Land sales 2,159,233 675,000
Interest income 594,119 468,029
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Total revenue 2,935,213 1,890,573
Crop costs 122,985 1,224,548
Cost of land sold 781,902 652,449
Interest expense 187,530 172,569
Management fees 1,837,813 517,065
Depreciation expense 85,000 130,000
Other operating expense 286,633 332,780
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Total expenses 3,301,863 3,029,411
--------- ---------
Net loss ($366,650) ($1,138,838)
========= =========
18. Disclosures about Fair Values of Financial Instruments
The estimated fair value amounts of all financial instruments, both on and off
the Company's balance sheets, have been determined by the Company, using
available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. However,
considerable judgment is necessarily required in interpreting market data to
develop the estimates of fair value.
Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of
the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange.
The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may
have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating
fair value disclosures for financial statements:
Cash and equivalents, accounts receivable, advances, certain other current
assets, accounts payable, current maturity of long term debt, and certain
other current liability amounts are reported in the balance sheets at
approximate fair value due to the short term maturities of these instruments.
Continued F-23
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18. Disclosures about Fair Values of Financial Instruments, continued
Long term receivables
- ---------------------
The fair value is estimated by determining the net present value of
anticipated future cash flows. The carrying amount on the balance sheets is
less than the fair value due to the change in interest rates since the debt
originated; however, management has determined there is no impairment based on
payment history and other factors.
Long term debt
- --------------
The fair value is estimated by determining the net present value of future
payments. The carrying amount on the balance sheet exceeds the fair value of
the debt due to the change in interest rates from the time the debt was
incurred to the current period.
1997 1996
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Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Value Value Value Value
-------- ----- -------- -----
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents $179,866 $179,866 $1,087,102 $1,087,102
Restricted cash 842,287 842,287 -- --
Accounts receivable 431,448 431,448 288,899 288,899
Advances and accounts
receivable due from
affiliates 8,064,390 8,064,390 5,337,704 5,337,704
Notes receivable, other 1,714,680 1,714,680 352,525 352,525
Other current assets 846,411 846,411 366,596 366,596
Other assets:
Notes receivable:
Affiliates -- -- 5,691,686 5,691,686
Other 115,844 102,790 1,963,067 1,527,322
Restricted cash -- -- 1,065,683 1,065,683
Other assets 871,412 871,412 830,685 830,685
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable 4,850,740 4,850,740 854,478 854,478
Advances and accounts
payable due to
affiliates 620,000 620,000 414,530 414,530
Notes payable 3,998,128 3,998,128 964,774 964,774
Capitalized lease
obligations 223,826 223,826 54,728 54,728
Income taxes payable 1,036,400 1,036,400 337,835 337,835
Accrued interest 377,256 377,256 518,352 518,352
Other liabilities:
Notes payable, net of
current portion:
Affiliates 1,275,867 1,073,771 3,672,607 3,073,883
Other 8,847,382 6,990,696 11,909,147 9,784,374
Capitalized lease
obligations 539,461 539,461 99,948 99,948
Other liabilities 260,729 260,729 416,768 416,768
Continued F-24
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19. Earnings per Common Share
The computation of both primary and fully diluted earnings per common and
common equivalent share are computed based on the weighted average number of
shares of common stock and common stock equivalents outstanding during each
year. The computation takes into effect common shares issuable under the stock
option plans. No effect has been given to convertible preferred stock as the
market price did not exceed the liquidation value of $10 per share. The
primary weighted average common and common equivalent shares, as applicable,
outstanding during the years ended August 31, 1997 and 1996 were 6,519,676 and
5,178,939, respectively. The fully diluted average common and common
equivalent shares, as applicable, outstanding during the years ended August
31, 1997 and 1996 were 6,536,669 and 5,240,364, respectively.
20. Stock Transactions
Series A Preferred Stock Transactions
- -------------------------------------
In 1997 the Company acquired 171,983 shares of Series A Preferred Stock from
several affiliates in payment of amounts due the Company of $1,719,830.
In 1997 the Company exchanged 161,052 shares of common stock to an affiliated
partnership for 52,575 shares of Series A Preferred stock.
Common Stock Transactions
- -------------------------
Transactions Prior to the One for Two Reverse Stock Split
---------------------------------------------------------
Shares Issued for Partnership Interests
---------------------------------------
During 1996, the Company issued 4,343 shares of common stock and 10,000
shares of preferred stock to two entities to obtain partnership interests
valued at $103,897. Those partnership interests were then sold to a
related party at no gain or loss to the Company.
Shares Issued Under Stock Option Plans
--------------------------------------
On August 31, 1996, two officers of the Company exercised options under
the 1990 non qualified stock option plan to purchase 1,260,935 shares at
$0.33 per share in exchange for cash of $71,294 and satisfaction of debt
owed the officers of $344,815. During 1997, stock options under the 1995
non qualified stock option plan were exercised to purchase 30,000 shares
for $60,000.
Common Stock Issued Under Consulting Agreement
----------------------------------------------
In 1997 the Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock to an
individual under a long term consulting agreement; the shares had a fair
value of $360,800 at the date of issuance.
The Stock Split
---------------
On February 21, 1997, the shareholders approved a one for two reverse
stock split of the Company's common stock. Accordingly, $11,997 was
transferred from common stock to paid in capital representing the par
value of the shares canceled in the reverse split.
Continued F-25
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20. Stock Transactions, continued
Transactions Subsequent to the One for Two Reverse Stock Split
--------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock Issued in Exchange for Debt
----------------------------------------
In 1997 the Company issued 912,622 shares of common stock in payment
of debt of $3,792,678.
Common Stock Retired
--------------------
In 1997 the Company acquired 200,000 shares of common stock from an
affiliate which it then retired in settlement of an amount due the
Company of $850,467.
Shares Issued for Partnership Assets
------------------------------------
In 1997 the Company issued 271,017 shares of common stock to affiliates
to acquire partnership assets which were valued at $1,437,726.
Partnership assets valued at $394,726 were then sold to a related party
at no gain or loss to the Company.
21. Business Segments
In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 131 -
"Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information". The
Statement requires implementation for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1997. However, while not required to, the Company has chosen early
implementation. At August 31, 1997, the Company operates in three business
segment areas: agribusiness, the managing and developing of real property for
itself and certain of its affiliates, and biomass (which is a new segment for
1997).
The Company's agribusiness operations involve the farming of table grape
vineyards and date gardens for the Company and affiliates owned properties in
the Coachella Valley, California.
The Company's principal development activity currently involves management of
a 1,300 lot golf course oriented residential community known as Las Palomas
Country Club Estates located southeast of San Antonio, Texas. In addition, it
acquired a 600 acre parcel in Riverside County California for future
development.
The Company's biomass operation processes clean green waste and diverts it from
the general waste stream through various distribution channels.
Income from operations consists of the excess of operating revenues over
operating expenses.
Continued F-26
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21. Business Segments, continued
Identifiable assets by segment are those assets used in the Company's
operations in each business segment.
1997 1996
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Revenues
Agribusiness $10,026,100 $8,662,961
Property management and development 7,011,485 1,767,300
Biomass 380,129 --
---------- ----------
Total segments $17,417,714 $10,430,261
========== ==========
Interest income
Agribusiness -- --
Property management and development -- --
Biomass -- --
Other $583,398 $147,041
---------- ----------
Total segments 583,398 --
Corporate 102,585 331,294
---------- ----------
Total interest income $685,983 $478,335
========== ==========
Interest expense
Agribusiness $233,676 $430,061
Property management and development 382,646 137,718
Biomass 50,536 --
Other -- --
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Total segments 666,858 567,779
Corporate 418,666 362,411
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Total interest expense $1,085,524 $930,190
========== ==========
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization
Agribusiness $552,191 $470,714
Property management and development -- 13,596
Biomass 30,822 --
Other -- --
---------- ----------
Total segments $583,013 $484,310
========== ==========
Operating results (Profits (loss) from
operations)
Agribusiness $1,487,781 $843,422
Property management and development 3,004,844 1,042,630
Biomass (691,729) --
Other -- 332,932
---------- ----------
Total segments $3,800,896 $2,218,984
========== ==========
Equity in net loss of equity investments
Agribusiness -- --
Property management and development -- --
Biomass -- --
Other $(34,010) $(40,244)
---------- ----------
Total segments $(34,010) $(40,244)
========== ==========
Continued F-27
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21. Business Segments, continued
1997 1996
---------- ----------
Amount of investment in equity investments
Agribusiness -- --
Property management and development -- --
Biomass -- --
Other $2,455,596 $2,489,606
---------- ----------
Total segments $2,455,596 $2,489,606
========== ==========
Segment assets
Agribusiness $10,525,040 $14,842,165
Property management and development 20,428,485 4,230,826
Biomass 2,304,577 --
Other 3,057,851 10,776,484
---------- ----------
Total segments 36,315,953 29,849,475
Corporate 4,418,939 2,152,785
---------- ----------
Total $40,734,892 $32,002,260
========== ==========
Expenditures for additions to long-lived
assets
Agribusiness $2,914,706 $527,953
Property management and development 9,411,999 1,518,428
Biomass 2,214,355 --
Other -- --
---------- ----------
Total segments $14,541,060 $2,046,381
========== ==========
22. Subsequent Events
Establishment of a Construction Line of Credit
- ----------------------------------------------
In September 1997 a development subsidiary of the Company entered into a credit
line to finance the construction of homes on lots the Company owns near San
Antonio, Texas. The line of credit is guaranteed by the Company and two
officers of the Company who are also the largest shareholders of the Company.
The line of credit is for $3,000,000 with an interest rate based on the bank
prime plus 1.00%. As of the date of this report, the Company has nine homes
under construction using funds from the line of credit. The line of credit
expires in September 1998.
Sale of Preferred Stock
- -----------------------
During the first quarter of fiscal 1998, the Company sold 747,500 shares of
its Series A 9% Convertible Preferred stock at $10 per share. The net proceeds
of $6,802,250 were used principally to finance expansion of the agriculture
and biomass segments of the Company's business, which resulted in a significant
reduction in the Company's current liabilities in repayment of funds previously
advancesd for expansion purposes. In conjunction with the creation, issuance,
and sale of the new preferred stock, the Company and the original (old) Series
A stockholders approved changing the designation of the current Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and making
it subordinate to the new Series A 9% Convertible Preferred Stock.
Continued F-28
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22. Subsequent Events, continued
Pro Forma Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
Balance Proceeds from Pro Forma Balance
August 31, 1997 Stock Offering August 31, 1997
--------------- -------------- ---------------
Assets:
Current assets $13,291,545 $6,802,250 $20,093,795
Land held for future
development 9,411,999 9,411,999
Property and equipment,
net 10,795,138 10,795,138
Contractual amounts due
from affiliates for
construction in progress 3,793,358 3,793,358
Other assets 3,442,852 3,442,852
---------- ----------
Total assets $40,734,892 $47,537,142
========== ==========
Liabilities:
Current liabilities $12,234,907 $12,234,907
Long term liabilities 10,980,149 10,980,149
Shareholders' equity 17,519,836 6,802,250 24,322,086
---------- ----------
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity $40,734,892 $47,537,142
========== ==========
Acquisition of TransPacific Environmental, Inc.
- ----------------------------------------------
On November 25, 1997, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the
common stock of TransPacific Environmental, Inc. ("TransPacific") in exchange
for 406,109 shares of Company common stock. TransPacific is a Santa Fe
Springs, California, company engaged in clean green waste processing and
contract tree trimming services for municipalities. It is anticipated that
the acquisition will be accounted for under the pooling of interests method.
The following unaudited pro forma summary presents the consolidated results of
operations as if the acquisition had been completed at the beginning of the
periods presented and does not purport to be indicative of what would have
occurred had the acquisition actually been made as of such date or of results
which may occur in the future.
Unaudited 1997 1996
--------- ---------- ----------
Net sales $19,394,132 $11,246,336
Net income 2,138,005 1,670,826
Earnings per share $0.33 $0.33
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Registrant
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
AMCOR CAPITAL CORPORATION
Dated: December 4, 1997 By: /S/FRED H. BEHRENS
-----------------------------------
Fred H. Behrens, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed by the
following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Name Title Date
/S/FRED H. BEHRENS Chairman of the Board, Chief December 4, 1997
------------------ Executive Officer and Director
Fred H. Behrens (principal executive officer and
principal accounting officer)
/S/ROBERT A. WRIGHT President, Chief Operating December 5, 1997
------------------- Officer and Director
Robert A. Wright
/S/MARLENE A. TAPIE Director December 4, 1997
-------------------
Marlene A. Tapie
/S/DALE P. PAISLEY Director December 4, 1997
------------------
Dale P. Paisley
/S/MARLIN T. McKEEVER Director December 4, 1997
---------------------
Marlin T. McKeever
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. Description
<S> <C>
3.5 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on February 24,
1997
3.7 Bylaws of the Company, as amended
21 Subsidiaries of the Company
27 Financial Data Schedule
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Exhibit 3.5
AMCOR CAPITAL CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
AMCOR Capital Corporation, a corporation organized and existing pursuant to
the provisions and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, does hereby certify:
First: That the members of the Board of Directors of this corporation, by
unanimous written consent of those members, adopted a resolution proposing and
declaring advisable the following amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation of this corporation:
RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation shall be,
and hereby is, amended by modifying Article 4 thereof and adding thereto
Article 13 so that, as amended, that Article 4 and Article 13 shall be, and
hereby are, as follows:
4. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which this
corporation shall have authority to issue is twenty-seven million (27,000,000)
shares of par value stock; two million (2,000,000) shares of which shall be
one cent ($.01) par value preferred shares and twenty-five million
(25,000,000) shares of which shall be two mills ($.002) par value common
shares. All of any part of the shares of the preferred or common stock of
this corporation may be issued by this corporation from time to time and for
such consideration as may be determined and fixed by the Board of Directors of
this corporation, as provided by law, with due regard to the interests of the
existing shareholders of this corporation; and when such consideration has
been received by this corporation, those shares shall be deemed fully paid and
non-assessable.
The Board of Directors of this corporation is authorized, subject to
limitations prescribed by law and the provisions of this article, to provide
for the issuance of shares of the preferred stock of this corporation in
series, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the
State of Delaware, to establish from time to time the number of shares of such
preferred stock to be included in each such series, and to determine the
designations, powers, preferences, and rights of the shares of each such
series and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof.
The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each such series
shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:
(a) The number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive
designation of that series;
(b) The dividend rate, if any, for the shares of that series, whether
dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and the
relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends for shares of
that series;
(c) Whether that series shall have voting rights, in addition to the
voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of those voting rights;
(d) Whether that series shall have conversion privileges, and, if so,
the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for
adjustment of the conversion rate in those events as the Board of Directors
shall determine;
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(e) Whether or not the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and,
if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or
dates upon or after which those shares shall be redeemable, and the amount per
share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary in different
conditions and at different redemption dates;
(f) Whether that series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption
or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of that
sinking fund;
(g) The rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up this corporation, and the
relative rights of priority, if any, for payment of shares of that series; and
(h) Any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of that
series.
13. On the addition of this article, each outstanding two (2) shares of this
corporation's issued and outstanding $.002 par value common stock shall be, and
hereby are, converted into one (1) share of this corporation's issued and
outstanding $.002 par value common stock.
Second: The holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of this corporation, which are the only shares entitled to a vote
regarding the amendment specified by this Certificate, approved such amendment
at the annual meeting of the shareholders of this corporation, which meeting
was held on February 21, 1997.
Third: That the amendment specified by this Certificate was duly adopted in
accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of Title 8 of the
Delaware Code of 1953.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AMCOR Capital Corporation has caused its corporate seal to
be affixed to this Certificate, and this Certificate to be signed by Fred H.
Behrens, its Chairman of the Board, and Robin E. Swanson, its Secretary, this
21st day of February, 1997.
AMCOR CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /S/FRED H. BEHRENS
Fred H. Behrens,
Chairman of the Board
By: /S/ROBIN E. SWANSON
Robin E. Swanson, Secretary
2
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Exhibit 3.7
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
AMCOR CAPITAL CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.1 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held
for the election of directors at such date, time and place, either within or
without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board
of Directors from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted
at the annual meeting.
Section 1.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any
purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, or by
a committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly designated by the
Board of Directors and whose powers and authority, as expressly provided in a
resolution of the Board of Directors, include the power to call such meetings,
but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons.
Section 1.3 Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or
permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting
shall be given that shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and,
in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the
meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, the written notice of any meeting shall be
given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the
meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such
notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail,
postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on
the records of the corporation.
Section 1.4 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may
adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and
notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place
thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At
the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might
have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more
than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for
the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 1.5 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence
in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the
outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary
and sufficient to constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the
stockholders so present may, by majority vote, adjourn the meeting from time
to time in the manner provided in Section 1.4 of these by-laws until a quorum
shall attend. Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or to
another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the
election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or
indirectly, by the corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be
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counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
limit the right of the corporation or any subsidiary of the corporation to
vote stock, including, but not limited to, its own stock, held by it in a
fiduciary capacity.
Section 1.6 Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by
the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in his absence by the Vice Chairman of
the Board, if any, or in his absence by the President, or in his absence by a
Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman chosen
at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in
his absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as
secretary of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall announce at the
meeting of stockholders the date and time of the opening and the closing of the
polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote.
Section 1.7 Voting; Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by the certificate
of incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of
stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him
which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled
to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or
persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted
upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and
if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to
support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not
irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an
instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by delivering a proxy in accordance
with applicable law bearing a later date to the Secretary of the corporation.
Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all
meetings of stockholders for the election of directors, directors shall be
elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of
directors. All other elections and questions shall, unless otherwise provided
by law, the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, be decided by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of
stock which are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and
entitled to vote thereon.
Section 1.8 Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order
that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to
receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any
rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action,
the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not
precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted
by the Board of Directors, and which record date: (a) in the case of
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders
or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more
than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting; (b) in the
case of determination of stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, shall not be more than ten days from the
date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board
of Directors; and (c) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than
sixty days prior to such other action. If no record date is fixed: (i) the
record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the
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close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is
held; (ii) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action
of the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be the first date on which
a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be
taken is delivered to the corporation in accordance with applicable law, or,
if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be the
close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the
resolution taking such prior action; and (iii) the record date for determining
stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the
day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for
the adjourned meeting.
Section 1.9 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The Secretary shall prepare
and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete
list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical
order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares
registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during
ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held,
which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also
be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time
thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. Upon the
willful neglect or refusal of the directors to produce such a list at any
meeting for the election of directors, they shall be ineligible for election
to any office at such meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders
entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books
of the corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
stockholders.
Section 1.10 Action by Consent of Stockholders. Unless otherwise restricted
by the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be
taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken
without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or
consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the
holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes
that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which
all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be
delivered (by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested) to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the
State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of
the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of minutes of
stockholders are recorded. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action
without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to
those stockholders who have not consented in writing.
Section 1.11 Inspectors of Election. The corporation may, and shall if
required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or
more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the corporation, to act
at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof.
The corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to
replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so
appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the
person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at
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the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her
duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of
inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her
ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall
(a) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation
outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (b) determine the shares
of capital stock of the corporation represented at the meeting and the
validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots,
(d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of
any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify
their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the
corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors' count of all votes
and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other
information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and
counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the
corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by
applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may
serve as an inspector at such election.
Section 1.12 Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the corporation
may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the
meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent
inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of
Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right
and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do
all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the
proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether
adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting,
may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an
agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for
maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present;
(c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to
stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and
constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting
shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time
fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted
to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined
by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of
stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of
parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1.13 Number; Qualifications. The authorized number of directors shall
be six (6) until changed by a duly adopted amendment to this by-law. Directors
need not be stockholders.
Section 1.14 Election; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. The Board of Directors
shall initially consist of the persons elected as directors by the
incorporator, and each director so elected shall hold office until the first
annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified.
At the first annual meeting of stockholders and at each annual meeting
thereafter, the stockholders shall elect directors each of whom shall hold
office for a term of one year or until his successor is elected and qualified.
Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation.
Any newly created directorship or any vacancy occurring in the Board of
Directors for any cause may be filled by a majority of the remaining members
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of the Board of Directors, although such majority is less than a quorum, or
by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders, and each
director so elected shall hold office until the expiration of the term of
office of the director whom he has replaced or until his successor is elected
and qualified.
Section 1.15 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such
times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and if so
determined notices thereof need not be given.
Section 1.16 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever
called by the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or by any member of
the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting at least
twenty-four hours before the special meeting.
Section 1.17 Telephonic Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board of Directors,
or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a
meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this by-law shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 1.18 Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board
of Directors a majority of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the
certificate of incorporation, these by-laws or applicable law otherwise
provides, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at
which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 1.19 Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be
presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in his absence by the
Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in his absence by the President, or in
their absence by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as
secretary of the meeting, but in his absence the chairman of the meeting may
appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 1.20 Informal Action by Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the
certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee
thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of
Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing,
and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the
Board of Directors or such committee.
ARTICLE III
COMMITTEES
Section 1.21 Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by
a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees,
each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation.
The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at
any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member
of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such
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committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the
powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the
corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
Section 1.22 Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise
provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter
and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such
rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board
of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these by-laws.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1.23 Executive Officers; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office;
Resignation; Removal. The Board of Directors shall elect a President, a
Secretary and a Treasurer, and it may, if it so determines, choose a Chairman
of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board from among its members. The
Board of Directors may also choose one or more Vice Presidents, one or more
Assistant Secretaries, and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Each such
officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors
after the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding his election, and
until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation
or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the
corporation. The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without
cause at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the
contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the corporation. Any number
of offices may be held by the same person. Any vacancy occurring in any
office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be
filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any
regular or special meeting.
Section 1.24 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if such an
officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the Board of
Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from
time to time prescribed by the by-laws. If there is no President, the
Chairman of the Board shall in addition be the chief executive officer of the
corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 4.3 of
this Article IV.
Section 1.25 President. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may
be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be
such an officer, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the
corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have
general supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers
of the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and,
in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all
meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall have the general powers and
duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a
corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed
by the Board of Directors or the by-laws.
Section 1.26 Vice President. In the absence or disability of the President,
the Vice Presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of
Directors or, if not ranked, a Vice President designated by the Board of
Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting
shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the
President. The Vice Presidents shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by
the Board of Directors, the by-laws, the President or the Chairman of the
Board.
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Section 1.27 The Secretary. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at
the principal executive office or such other place as the Board of Directors
may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors,
committees of directors, and stockholders, with the time and place of
holding, whether regular or special, and, if special, how authorized, the
notice given, the names of those present at directors' meetings, the number of
shares present or represented at stockholders' meetings, and the proceedings.
The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive
office or at the office of the corporation's transfer agent or registrar, as
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a share register, or a
duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their
addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date
of certificates issued for the same, and the number and date of cancellation
of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors required by the by-laws or by law
to be given, and shall keep the seal of the corporation if one be adopted, in
safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the by-laws, the President or the
Chairman of the Board.
Section 1.28 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause to
be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of
the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including
accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses,
capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all
reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to
the credit of the corporation with such depositories as may be designated by
the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the
corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the
President and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his
transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation,
and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed
by the Board of Directors, the by-laws, the President or the Chairman of the
Board.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1.29 Certificates. Every holder of stock shall be entitled to have a
certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chairman or
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary, of the corporation certifying the number of shares
owned by him in the corporation. Any of or all the signatures on the
certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or
registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the
corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent,
or registrar at the date of issue.
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Section 1.30 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New
Certificates. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the
place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost,
stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the
corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be
made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any
such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1.31 Right to Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify and
hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it
presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made
or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is
the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans (an "indemnitee"), against all liability and loss
suffered and expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by
such indemnitee.
The corporation shall be required to indemnify an indemnitee in connection
with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if the
initiation of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the indemnitee was
authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation.
Section 1.32 Payment of Expenses. The corporation shall pay the expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that the
payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final
disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking
by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be
ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be
indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.
Section 1.33 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses
under this Article VI is not paid in full within sixty days after a written
claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the corporation, the
indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if
successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of
prosecuting such claim. In any such action the corporation shall have the
burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested
indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.
Section 1.34 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by
this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person
may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate
or incorporation, these by-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 1.35 Other Indemnification. The corporation's obligation, if any, to
indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such
person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.
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Section 1.36 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing
provisions of this Article VI shall not adversely affect any right or
protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring
prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1.37 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 1.38 Seal. The corporate seal shall have the name of the corporation
inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to
time by the Board of Directors.
Section 1.39 Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and
Committee. Any written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to
notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed
equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for
the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any
regular or special meeting of the stockholders, or members of a committee of
directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
Section 1.40 Interested Directors: Quorum. No contract or transaction
between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or
between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association,
or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are
directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable
solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present
at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee
thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or
their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (a) the material facts as to
his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are
disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the
Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or
transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested
directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum;
or (b) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the
contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled
to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in
good faith by vote of the stockholders: or (c) the contract or transaction is
fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or
ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.
Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a
quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which
authorizes the contract or transaction.
Section 1.41 Form of Records. Any records maintained by the corporation in
the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of
account, and minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards,
magnetic tape, photographs, microphotographs, or any other information storage
device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly
legible form within a reasonable time.
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Section 1.42 Amendment of By-Laws. These by-laws may be altered, amended or
repealed or new by-laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of
Directors, when such power is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the
certificate of incorporation, at any regular meeting of the stockholders or
of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of
the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or
adoption of new by-laws be contained in the notice of such special meeting.
If the power to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws is conferred upon the Board of
Directors by the certificate of incorporation it shall not divest or limit the
power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.
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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary
of AMCOR CAPITAL CORPORATION and that the above and foregoing Amended and
Restated By-laws are a true and correct copy of the By-laws of said
corporation as adopted pursuant to an Action by Unanimous Written Consent of
Directors dated effective as of September 1, 1994, and amended on February 21,
1997 pursuant to an Action by Unanimous Written Consent of Directors and a
vote of the corporation's stockholders.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand effective as of this 26th day
of November, 1997.
/S/ ROBIN SWANSON
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Robin Swanson, Secretary
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Exhibit 21
Subsidiaries of the Company
AMCOR Biomass Farms LLC, a California limited liability company
AMCOR Builders LLC, a California limited liability company
AMCOR Properties, Inc., a California corporation
Las Palomas Country Club Estates LLC, a California limited liability company
Sun Goddess Farms, Inc., a California corporation
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