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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
[
] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
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Commission
file number: 333-146533
HAGUE
CORP.
(Exact name of small business issuer
as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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20-8195578
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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7700
S. River Parkway
Tempe,
AZ 85284
(Address
of principal executive offices)
214-701-8779
(Registrant's
telephone number)
___________________________
Check
whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No
[ ]
Indicate
by checkmark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the 12 preceding months
(or such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such
file). Yes [ ] No
[ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
[ ] No [X ].
Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format (Check one): Yes
[ ] No [X]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of ‘‘accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer’’ in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
Accelerated Filer [ ]
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Accelerated
Filer [
]
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Accelerated
Filer [
]
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Smaller
Reporting Company [X]
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As of
November 23, 2009, the issuer had 76,725,167 shares of common stock, $0.001 par
value per share outstanding ("Common Stock").
1
INDEX
PART
1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Page
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Item
1. Financial Statements
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3
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Consolidated
balance sheets as of September 30, 2009 (unaudited) and June 30,
2009
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3
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Consolidated
statements of operations, for the three months ended September 30, 2009
and September 30, 2008 and for the period from inception (May 19, 2008)
through September 30, 2009 (unaudited)
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4
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Consolidated
statements of cash flows for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and
September 30, 2008 (unaudited)
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5
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Notes
to consolidated financial statements (unaudited)
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6
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Item
2. Management’s Plan of Operation.
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13
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Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures and
Market Risk
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19
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Item
4. Controls and Procedures
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19
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PART
2 – OTHER INFORMATION
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20
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Item
1. Legal Proceedings
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20
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Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
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20
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Item
3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
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20
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Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
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20
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Item
5. Other Information
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20
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Item
6. Exhibits
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21
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Signatures
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22
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2
PART
1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial
Statements
Hague
Corp.
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(A
Development Stage Company)
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CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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September
30
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June
30
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2009
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2009
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(Unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current
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Current
assets
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$ | - | $ | - | ||||
Total current assets | - | - | ||||||
Licenses
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40,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
Furniture
and equipment, net of amortization
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11,369 | 16,520 | ||||||
Deferred
financing cost, net
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219,917 | 246,167 | ||||||
Total other assets | 271,286 | 302,687 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 271,286 | $ | 302,687 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDER'S DEFICIT
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Current
liabilities
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Bank
indebtedness
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$ | - | $ | 1,377 | ||||
Accounts
payable and accrued Liabilities
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581,265 | 349,110 | ||||||
Accrued
liabilities - related party
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339,678 | 162,687 | ||||||
Fair
value of embedded conversion feature
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575,401 | - | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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1,496,344 | 513,174 | ||||||
Convertible
debenture, net of discount
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133,718 | 540,726 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,630,062 | 1,053,900 | ||||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
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Stockholder's
deficit
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value,
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Authorized,
100,000,000 shares
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Issued
and outstanding 69,881,493 as of
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September 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009 | 69,881 | 69,881 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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990,907 | 1,203,091 | ||||||
Deficit
accumulated during the development stage
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(2,419,564 | ) | (2,024,185 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders' deficit
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(1,358,776 | ) | (751,213 | ) | ||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' deficit
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$ | 271,286 | $ | 302,687 | ||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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Hague
Corp.
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(A
Development Stage Company)
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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For
the three months ending September 30, 2009, and September 30,
2008
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and
May 19, 2008 (inception) through September 30, 2009
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(Unaudited)
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Three
months
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Three
months
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Inception
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ended
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ended
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through
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September
30
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September
30
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September
30
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2009
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2008
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2009
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Operating
expenses:
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General
and administrative
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$ | 197,448 | $ | 35,462 | $ | 1,431,680 | ||||||
Research
and development
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185,473 | - | 596,893 | |||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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382,921 | 35,462 | 2,028,573 | |||||||||
Loss
from operations
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(382,921 | ) | (35,462 | ) | (2,028,573 | ) | ||||||
Other
expenses:
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Amortization
of convertible debenture discount
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39,363 | - | 167,866 | |||||||||
Amortization
of deferred finance cost
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26,250 | - | 95,083 | |||||||||
Change
in fair value of embeded conversion feature
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79,489 | - | 19,042 | |||||||||
Interest
expense
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30,000 | - | 109,000 | |||||||||
Total
other expenses
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(175,102 | ) | - | (390,991 | ) | |||||||
Net
loss
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$ | (558,023 | ) | $ | (35,462 | ) | $ | (2,419,564 | ) | |||
Basic
and diluted loss per common share
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$ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | ||||||
Weighted
average number of common
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shares outstanding | 69,881,493 | 40,279,891 | ||||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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Hague
Corp.
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(A
Development Stage Company)
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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For
the three months ending September 30, 2009, and September 30,
2008
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and
May 19, 2008 (inception) through September 30, 2009
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(Unaudited)
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Three
months
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Three
months
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Inception
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ended
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ended
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through
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September
30
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September
30
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September
30
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2009
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2008
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2009
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CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Net
loss for the period
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$ | (558,023 | ) | $ | (35,462 | ) | $ | (2,419,564 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash
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used
in operating activities:
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Stock
issued for services
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- | - | 3,700 | |||||||||
Depreciation
of furniture and office equipment
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1,303 | - | 4,165 | |||||||||
Amortization
of convertible debenture discount
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39,363 | - | 167,866 | |||||||||
Amortization
of deferred finance cost
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26,250 | - | 95,083 | |||||||||
Change
in fair value of warrants and embeded
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conversion
feature
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79,489 | - | 19,042 | |||||||||
Net
change in:
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Bank
indebtedness
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(1,377 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Prepaids
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- | (10,252 | ) | - | ||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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232,156 | 7,450 | 618,064 | |||||||||
Accrued
liabilities - related party
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176,991 | 4,208 | 339,678 | |||||||||
Cash
flows used in operating activities
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(3,848 | ) | (34,056 | ) | (1,171,966 | ) | ||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
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Purchase
of license
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- | - | (40,000 | ) | ||||||||
Proceeds
from disposal of furniture and equipment
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3,848 | - | 3,848 | |||||||||
Purchase
of furniture & equipment
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- | - | (19,382 | ) | ||||||||
Cash
flows used in investing activities
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3,848 | - | (55,534 | ) | ||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
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- | 34,155 | 42,500 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from convertible debenture issued
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- | - | 1,500,000 | |||||||||
Payment
of deferred finance cost
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- | - | (315,000 | ) | ||||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities
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- | 34,155 | 1,227,500 | |||||||||
NET
INCREASE IN CASH
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- | 99 | - | |||||||||
Cash,
beginning of the period
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- | - | - | |||||||||
Cash,
end of the period
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$ | - | $ | 99 | $ | - | ||||||
Supplemental
disclosure with respect to cash flows:
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Cash
paid for income taxes
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Cash
paid for interest
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Non
cash transaction
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Common
stock issued for debenture interest
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 39,000 | ||||||
Issuance
of common stock in connection
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with
recapitalization
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,202 | ||||||
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting
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principle
on convertible notes
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$ | 49,541 | $ | - | $ | 49,541 | ||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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HAGUE
CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September
30, 2009
(Unaudited)
Note 1.
Basis of
Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
for interim financial statements. Accordingly, our interim statements do not
include all of the information and disclosures required for our annual financial
statements. In the opinion of our management, the consolidated financial
statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation of these interim
results. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction
with our consolidated financial statements and notes included in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2009. The results for the
three months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the
results that may be expected for the full year ending June 30,
2010.
In May
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued accounting
guidance, effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual
periods ending after June 15, 2009, which requires us to disclose the date
through which we have evaluated subsequent events and whether the date
corresponds with the release of our financial statements. We have
evaluated subsequent events through November 20, 2009, the date the financial
statements were available to be issued.
Solterra is a start-up solar
technology and quantum dot manufacturing firm which was founded by Stephen
Squires. Mr. Squires perceives an opportunity to acquire a significant amount of
both quantum dot and solar photovoltaic market share by commercializing a
low cost quantum dot processing technology and a low cost quantum dot based
third generation photovoltaic technology/solar cell, pursuant to an exclusive
license agreement with William Marsh Rice University (“Rice University” or
“Rice”). Our objective is to become the first bulk manufacture of
high quality tetrapod quantum dots and the first solar cell manufacturer to be
able to offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a non-subsidized
basis with the price of retail electricity in key markets in North America,
Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Recently
Adopted Accounting Standards
Effective
July 1, 2009, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 105-10, “Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles.” ASC 105-10 establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification™
(“Codification”) as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized
by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP for SEC registrants. All guidance
contained in the Codification carries an equal level of authority. The
Codification supersedes all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards.
The FASB will now issue new standards in the form of Accounting Standards
Updates (“ASUs”). The FASB will not consider ASUs as authoritative in their own
right. ASUs will serve only to update the Codification, provide background
information about the guidance and provide the bases for conclusions on the
changes in the Codification. References made to FASB guidance have been updated
for the Codification throughout this document.
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In
June 2008, the FASB issued EITF 07-05, “Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature)
is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock”, which was codified into ASC Topic
815-40-15 effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and
interim periods within those fiscal years. This topic addresses the
determination of whether an instrument (or an embedded feature) is indexed to an
entity’s own stock. If an instrument (or an embedded feature) that has the
characteristics of a derivative instrument under the relative paragraphs of
Statement 133 is indexed to an entity’s own stock, it is still necessary to
evaluate whether it is classified in stockholders’ equity (or would be
classified in stockholders’ equity if it were a freestanding instrument). The
guidance in this topic shall be applied to outstanding instruments as of the
beginning of the fiscal year in which this Issue is initially applied. The
cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle shall be recognized as
an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings (or other appropriate
components of equity or net assets in the statement of financial position) for
that fiscal year, presented separately. However, in circumstances in which a
previously bifurcated embedded conversion option in a convertible debt
instrument no longer meets the bifurcation criteria in Statement 133 at initial
application of this topic, the carrying amount of the liability for the
conversion option (that is, its fair value on the date of adoption) shall be
reclassified to shareholders’ equity. Any debt discount that was recognized when
the conversion option was initially bifurcated from the convertible debt
instrument shall continue to be amortized. The adoption of ASC 815-40-15
effected our consolidated financial position and results of operations as
disclosed in Note 5.
Note 2.
Nature and Continuance
of Operations
These
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which assumes that the
Company will be able to meet its obligations and continue its operations for its
next fiscal year. Realization values may be substantially different from
carrying values as shown and these financial statements do not give effect to
adjustments that would be necessary to the carrying value and classification of
assets and liabilities should the Company be unable to continue as a going
concern. At September 30, 2009, the Company had not yet
achieved profitable operations, has accumulated losses of $2,419,564 since its
inception, at September 30, 2009, has a working capital deficit of $1,496,344,
which will not be sufficient to sustain operations over the next twelve months,
and expects to incur further losses in the development of its business, all of
which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is
dependent upon its ability to generate future profitable operations and/or to
obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities
arising from normal business operations when they come due. The Company requires
immediate and substantial additional financing during fiscal 2010 to
maintain its development stage operations. The Company is exploring all avenues
of financing at this time and can provide no assurances that such financing will
be obtained on terms satisfactory to the Company, if at all.
Note 3.
Related party
transactions
During
the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company accrued $30,000 which was
expensed but not paid for services to the CEO / major
shareholder. During the three months ended September 30, 2009
the Company recorded $2,880 of rent expense for the use of executive office
space in the home of the CEO / major shareholder.
Included
in accrued liabilities – related party of $339,679 is $114,828 due to a director
of the Company for $11,509 of expenses paid by the Director on behalf of the
Company, $43,319 of cash advances paid to the Company and unpaid wages of
$60,000. The remainder of the accrued liabilities – related
party $224,851 consists of unpaid wages, $212,500, and unpaid expenses, $12,351,
to officers and other related parties of the Company. At June 30,
2009 there was $40,638 due the director of the Company and $122,319 due the
officers of the Company.
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Note 4.
Convertible
debentures
On
November 4, 2008, Hague Corp entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement,
Debenture, Security Agreement, Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, Registration
Rights Agreement, Escrow Agreement, Stock Pledge Agreement and other related
transactional documents (the “Transaction Documents”) to obtain $1,500,000 in
gross proceeds from three non-affiliated parties (collectively hereinafter
referred to as the “Lenders”) in exchange for 3,525,000 restricted shares of
Common Stock of Hague Corp (the “Restricted Shares”) and Debentures in the
principal amount aggregating $1,500,000. Each Debenture has a term of three
years maturing on November 4, 2011 bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum
and is prepayable by Hague Corp at anytime without penalty, subject to the
Debenture holders’ conversion rights. In recognition of the 3,525,000
shares issued, the Company recorded a discount of $1,155,826. The
discount is made up of two components, $577,913 related to the discount for the
relative fair value of the shares issued and $577,913 related to a beneficial
conversion feature. The discount will be amortized over the 3 year life of the
debenture and recorded as interest expense. Each Debenture is
convertible at the option of each Lender into Hague Corp’s Common Stock (the
“Debenture Shares”, which together with the Restricted Shares shall collectively
be referred to as the “Securities”) at a conversion price of $.2667 per share
(the “Conversion Price”). The Registration Rights Agreement requires Hague Corp
to register the resale of the Securities within certain time limits and to be
subject to certain penalties in the event Hague Corp fails to timely file the
Registration Statement, fails to obtain an effective Registration Statement or,
once effective, to maintain an effective Registration Statement until the
Securities are saleable pursuant to Rule 144 without volume restriction or other
limitations on sale. The Debentures are secured by the assets of
Hague Corp and are guaranteed by Solterra as Hague Corp’s subsidiary. In the
event the Debentures are converted in their entirety, Hague Corp would be
required to issue an aggregate of 5,624,297 shares of Hague Corp’s Common Stock,
subject to anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends,
combinations, reclassifications and sale of Hague Corp’s Common Stock a price
below the Conversion Price. Certain changes of control or fundamental
transactions such as a merger or consolidation with another company could cause
an event of default under the Transaction Documents. We also entered
into a 120-day Standstill Agreement with the Debenture Holders effective June 1,
2009 which was amended to currently expire at the close of business on December
1, 2009. The Standstill Agreement provides for the resignation of a
director, the transfer of Solterra’s License Agreement with Rice to Hague and
for Solterra to obtain from Hague a worldwide exclusive license to purchase
quantum dots for solar purposes and to grant sublicenses. To date, the Company
has not obtained the consent of Rice to accomplish these objectives. The
Standstill Agreement puts a moratorium on the rights of Debenture Holders,
subject to certain conditions set forth in the Standstill
Agreement.
The
deferred financing costs related to the issuance of the debenture are recorded
as deferred charges and are being amortized over 36 months using the effective
interest method. During the three months ended September 30, 2009,
amortization expense of $26,250 was recorded.
The
Transaction Documents include a Stock Pledge Agreement pursuant to which Stephen
Squires has pledged 20,000,000 shares of our Common Stock to the Debenture
holders (the “Holders”) until such time as the Debentures are paid in their
entirety.
Standstill
Agreement
On June
1, 2009, the Company and its Debenture Holders entered into a Standstill
Agreement which provided for a 120-day standstill period pursuant to which the
Debenture Holders would not exercise their rights under the Debentures, security
agreements, guarantee, pledge agreement and other related “Transaction
Documents.” In October 2009 by separate agreement, the Standstill Period was
extended by the Debenture Holders through the close of business on December 1,
2009. The following is a summary of some of the material provisions of the
Standstill Agreement:
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The
Debenture Holders received warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of
Hague’s Common Stock, exercisable at $.25 per share over a period of 18
months together with cashless exercise provisions in the event no
registration statement is effective at the time of exercise. Of the
1,000,000 warrants, the Debenture Holders assigned 175,000 warrants and
75,000 warrants to Dr. Isaac Horton and Richard Patton, respectively.
Messrs. Horton and Patton served as directors of Hague in accordance with
the Debenture Holders’ right to appoint two members to the Board of
Directors. Warrants to purchase 2,000,000 shares exercisable at $.10 per
share through October 31, 2014 were issued for an extension of the Standstill
Agreement. These Warrants also contain cashless exercise provisions in the
event that there is no current registration statement effective at the
time of exercise.
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·
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Certain
stockholders of the Company were to exchange up to 2,350,000 shares of
free trading shares for restricted shares of Hague’s Common
Stock.
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·
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The
Company would seek to raise additional financing either in Hague or in
Solterra. If the financing was in Solterra and at least $2,000,000 was
raised, then the Debenture Holders would have the right to have Hague
assign its Debenture obligation to Solterra and to permit the Debenture
Holders to convert their indebtedness into Solterra Common Stock at a 25%
discount to terms of the private placement offering. As of November 20,
2009, no additional equity financing has been raised by the
Company.
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·
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On
November 12, 2009, Dr. Horton resigned from the Board of Directors. The
Debenture Holders may replace Mr. Horton with David
Skriloff.
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·
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Upon
Hague’s receipt of $250,000 of financing, Hague has agreed to obtain
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and agree to maintain same
for at least three years and to indemnify Mr. Skriloff to the fullest
extent provided by Nevada law should he agree to join the
Board.
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·
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On
or before Solterra’s acceptance of any private financing, Solterra shall
assign its license agreement with Rice University to Hague.
Simultaneously, Hague shall grant Solterra the exclusive worldwide right
under the Rice License Agreement to purchase the quantum dots for solar
purposes, including the right to grant sublicenses. The Company shall
obtain the written permission of Rice University to accomplish the
foregoing. Hague shall be the sole supplier of the quantum dots to
Solterra and to its sublicensees. Solterra shall pay a
licensing fee to Hague in an amount necessary to retire the Company’s
Notes (principal and accrued but unpaid interest) in full (unless the
Noteholders agree to have Solterra assume these obligations from Hague and
convert into common stock of Solterra), plus the sum of $1.0
million. It is understood that Solterra will be the solar sub
and Hague shall produce and sell the quantum dots and shall have the right
to grant sublicenses for all other purposes. During the Standstill Period
and thereafter, except as otherwise provided, Hague shall not transfer
and/or sell any of its assets without the express prior written consent of
the Noteholders, unless the Notes have been repaid or converted. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed to prohibit Hague or Solterra from
licensing its Intellectual Property or selling its quantum dots in a
business unrelated to solar to third parties in arm’s-length
transactions.
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Upon
conversion of the Noteholders’ Notes into Solterra common stock or the
repayment of the Notes in full, the following shall occur: (i) all
security interests, registration rights and other such rights and
obligations of the Noteholders (as noteholders only and in no other
capacity) shall be terminated, (ii) if elected Mr. Skriloff, shall resign
from the Board of Directors of Hague, and (iii) the Noteholders, Hague and
Solterra shall exchange general releases which shall pertain to all past
actions of the Noteholders, as Noteholders, stockholders or security
holders in Hague or Solterra, as the case may
be.
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The
Hague Board shall agree to hold board meetings no less frequently than
monthly, until the completion of the Private Offering and/or grants of at
least $2.0 million. It is further agreed that Hague shall adopt a
“Directors Manual: Public Corporation Governance and Guidelines,” which
includes a Code of Business Ethics, in the form customarily adopted by
smaller public companies and comply with all applicable provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Upon
the completion of Solterra’s financing efforts, it will endeavor to become
an independent public entity through a self-directed offering and the
following actions would occur: Solterra’s Board would be expanded to
include additional directors. Mr. Squires would remain Chief Executive
Officer of one of these two companies with a new Chief Executive Officer
to be identified and hired on commercially reasonable terms to run the
other company. Mr. Squires would serve as Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the company in which he is Chief Executive Officer and he
would serve as a director of the other company. In the interim, until a
new Chief Executive Officer is found for the company in which he chooses
not to serve as Chief Executive Officer, he will serve as interim Chief
Executive Officer until his replacement is
hired.
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The
provisions of the Standstill Agreement (except as otherwise provided
therein) shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and
effect ab initio, as if this agreement never took place or upon the
happening of one of the following events: (a) the entry of an order for
relief against Hague or Solterra (or equivalent thereof) in any case under
title 11 of the United States Code (or in connection with any case or
proceeding involving Hague or Solterra under any state or federal
insolvency law, (b) if Hague or Solterra fails to make any required
payments, under the terms of its agreements with Rice University or
Arizona State University, but only where either university notifies Hague
or Solterra that it is in default and that all opportunities to cure the
default have past, or (c) upon a material default (breach) of the
Standstill Agreement by Hague or Solterra and after being given written
notice of such default and at least five business days opportunity to cure
the default.
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In
connection with the standstill agreement, the Company recorded $34,148 as
additional debt discount for the modification of terms, which will be
amortized over the life debt. The Company determined the conversion
feature issued to the Noteholders to convert their interest into the
common stock of Solterra was a derivative liability. The Company
determined the value of the derivative liability was nominal due to the
low probability of the Company or Solterra raising $2.0 million during the
standstill agreement.
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Note 5.
Derivatives and Fair
Value
The
Company has evaluated the application of ASC 815 to the Convertible Note issued
November 4, 2008. Based on the guidance in ASC 815, the Company
concluded these instruments were required to be accounted for as derivatives as
of July 1, 2009 due to the down round protection feature on the conversion price
and the exercise price. The Company records the fair value of these
derivatives on its balance sheet at fair value with changes in the values of
these derivatives reflected in the statements of operations as “Gain (loss) on
derivative liabilities.” These derivative instruments are not
designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815 and are disclosed on the balance
sheet under Derivative Liabilities.
ASC
825-10 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an
asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most
advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants on the measurement date. ASC 825-10 also establishes a fair
value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable
inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.
ASC 825-10 describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair
value:
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical
assets or liabilities; Level 2 –
Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for
similar assets or liabilities; or other inputs that are observable or can be
corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the
assets or liabilities; and Level 3 –
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that
are financial instruments whose values are determined using pricing models,
discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as
instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant
judgment or estimation. The Company’s Level 3 liabilities consist of the
derivative liabilities associated with the November 4, 2008 note. At
September 30, 2009, all of the Company’s derivative liabilities were
categorized as Level 3 fair value assets. If the inputs used to measure the
financial assets and liabilities fall within more than one level described
above, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant
to the fair value measurement of the instrument.
Level 3
Valuation Techniques
Financial
assets are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined using
pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar techniques and at
least one significant model assumption or input is
unobservable. Level 3 financial liabilities consist of the
derivative liabilities for which there is no current market for these securities
such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or
estimation. We have valued the convertible note that contains down
round provisions using a lattice model, with the assistance of a valuation
consultant, for which management understands the methodologies. This model
incorporates transaction details such as the Company’s stock price, contractual
terms, maturity, risk free rates, as well as assumptions about future
financings, volatility, and holder behavior as of July 1, 2009 and
September 30, 2009. The fair value of the derivatives as of
July 1, 2009 upon implementation of ASC 815-40-15 was estimated by management to
be $495,912. As part of implementing ASC 815-40-14 the Company
adjusted accumulated deficit by $162,643 and additional paid in capital by
$212,184. The fair value of the derivatives as of September 30, 2009
was estimated by management to be $575,401.
The
foregoing assumptions will be reviewed quarterly and are subject to change based
primarily on management’s assessment of the probability of the events described
occurring. Accordingly, changes to these assessments could materially
affect the valuation.
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Financial
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Financial
assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are
summarized below and disclosed on the balance sheet under Derivative
Liabilities:
As
of September 30, 2009
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Value
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Level
2
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Level
3
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Liabilities
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$
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Derivative Liabilities
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$
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575,401
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$
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$
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575,401
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The table
below provides a summary of the changes in fair value, including net transfers
in and/or out, of all financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring
basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during the first
quarter of 2009:
Fair
Value Measurements Using Level 3 Inputs
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Derivative
Liabilities
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Totals
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Beginning
Balance as of July 1, 2009
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Total
Gains or Losses (realized/unrealized) Included in Net Loss
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Purchases,
Issuances and Settlements
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Transfers
in and/or out of Level 3
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Ending
Balance at March 31, 2009
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$ | 575,401 | $ | 575,401 |
Note 6.
Commitments and
Contingencies
Contingency
Certain
default clauses related to the various agreements discussed in Note 4 would
result in a change of control of the board of directors. Certain debt
holders would have the option to appoint independent members to the board under
such default.
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License
agreement
The
Company has a License agreement with William Marsh Rice University whereby
minimum royalty payments which are calculated based on sales volume must be made
starting in August 2010. This agreement can be terminated by Rice if certain
financial and other conditions are not fulfilled by Solterra. In July
2009 the Company completed a license agreement with The University of
Arizona whereby minimum royalty payments are calculated based on sales volume
must be made starting in January 2011.
Development service
agreements
In
October 2008, the Company entered into a development service agreement with a
major university to optimize the printing process of solar cells. The agreement
is for the period October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009 with an option for two
additional years of services. The table below summarizes these
financial commitments under this agreement. The Company also has a
development service agreement with Rice University regarding the manufacturing
of quantum dots. This agreement expires in January
2010. These amounts are recorded as research and development expenses
in the consolidated financial statements.
Summary
Fiscal
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agreement
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agreements
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2010
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2011
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2012
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- | - | 598,250 | 598,250 | ||||||||||||
2013
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2014
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Thereafter
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- | - | 3,938,600 | 3,938,600 | ||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 360,000 | $ | 409 | $ | 10,625,900 | $ | 10,986,309 |
Note 7.
Warrants
The
Company issued 1,000,000 common stock warrants on June 1, 2009. The
warrants have not been exercised at September 30, 3009. The Company
has attributed $34,148 to the warrant value using the Black Scholes option price
model.
Note 8.
Subsequent
events
Stock options
issued
In
October 2009 the Board authorized the formation of a stock option plan to cover
7,500,000 shares. The Board also approved the granting of fully vested
non-statutory stock options to purchase 1,000,000 shares, 600,000 shares,
500,000 shares and 500,000 shares to Mr. Squires, Robin Squires (our
controller), Brian Lukian and David Doderer, respectively, exercisable
over a period of ten years at an exercise price of $.05 per
share.
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Warrants
issued
In
November 2009 the Company issued warrants to purchase 2,000,000 shares
exercisable at $.10 per share through October 31, 2014 for an extension of the
Standstill Agreement. These Warrants also contain cashless exercise provisions
in the event that there is no current registration statement effective at the
time of exercise.
Common
Stock
In
November 2009, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Steven
Posner and Oceanus Capital LLC pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue an
aggregate of 3,000,000 restricted shares in exchange for certain introductions
made by them to the Company and various other related services.
In
November 2009, the Company entered into a business development and public
relation consulting contract with Sound Capital, Inc. This contract is for a
period of one year and requires the Company to issue 3,000,000 restricted shares
of Common Stock to the consultant upon the execution of the agreement and an
additional 1,000,000 free trading shares to the consultant on or before February
12, 2010. The agreement may be terminated for cause or convenience upon 30 days
prior written notice.
In
November 2009 according to the provisions of the Convertible Debenture agreement
the Company elected to issue 843,674 shares of the Company’s restricted Common
Stock to pay for accrued interest on the debentures of $60,000.
Item
2. Management’s Plan of Operation
This Form
10-Q contains "forward-looking
statements" relating to us which represent our current expectations or
beliefs, including statements concerning our operations, performance, financial
condition and growth. For this purpose, any statement contained in this
report that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking
statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as
"may", "anticipation", "intend", "could", "estimate", or "continue" or the negative or
other comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking
statements.
Statements
contained herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as
that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, the forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
from those projected. The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking
statements made by the Company are not guarantees of future performance and
those actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation:
well-established competitors who have substantially greater financial resources
and longer operating histories, regulatory delays or denials, ability to compete
as a start-up company in a highly competitive market, and access to sources of
capital.
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company's financial
statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and our Form
10-K filed November 12, 2009 for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2009. Except for the historical information contained herein, the
discussion in this Form 10-Q contains certain forward looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of the Company's plans,
objectives, expectations and intentions. The cautionary statements
made in this Form 10-Q should be read as being applicable to all related
forward-looking statements wherever they appear herein. The Company's
actual results could differ materially from those discussed here.
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The
financial information furnished herein has not been audited by an independent
accountant; however, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (only
consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of
the results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2009 have been
included.
Business
Overview
Solterra is a start-up solar
technology and quantum dot manufacturing firm which was founded by Stephen
Squires. Mr. Squires and our other officers and directors bring to us a large
degree of experience in developing innovative technology, and
commercializing high technology products. We perceive an opportunity
to acquire a significant amount of both quantum dot and solar photovoltaic
market share by commercializing a low cost quantum dot processing
technology and a low cost quantum dot based third generation photovoltaic
technology/solar cell, pursuant to an exclusive license agreement with William
Marsh Rice University (“Rice University” or “Rice”). Our objective is
for Hague to become the first bulk manufacture of high quality tetrapod quantum
dots and for Solterra to be the first solar cell manufacturer to be able to
offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a non-subsidized basis with
the price of retail electricity in key markets in North America, Europe, the
Middle East and Asia.
Competitors
are pursuing different nanotechnological approaches to developing solar cells,
but the general idea is the same for all. When light hits an atom in a
semiconductor, those photons of light with lots of energy can push an electron
out of its nice stable orbital around the atom. The electron is then free to
move from atom to atom, like the electrons in a piece of metal when it conducts
electricity. Using nano-size bits of semiconductor embedded in a
conductive plastic maximizes the chance that an electron can escape the
nanoparticle and reach the conductive plastic before it is "trapped" by another
atom that has also been stripped of an electron. Once in the plastic, the
electron can travel through wires connecting the solar cell to an electronic
device. It can then wander back to the nanocrystal to join an atom that has a
positive charge, which scientifically is called electron hole
recombination.
A quantum
dot solar cell typically uses a thin layer of quantum dot semiconductor
material, rather than silicon chips, to convert sunlight into electricity.
Quantum Dots, also known as nanocrystals, measure near one billionth of an inch
and are a non-traditional type of semiconductor. Management believes that they
can be used as an enabling material across many industries and that quantum dots
are unparalleled in versatility and flexible in form.
Hague
intends to design and manufacture solar cells using a proprietary thin film
semiconductor technology that we believe will allow us to reduce our average
solar cell manufacturing costs and be extremely competitive in this market.
Hague will be one of the first companies to integrate non-silicon quantum dot
thin film technology into high volume low cost production using proprietary
technologies. Our objective is to become one of the first solar
module manufacturers to offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a
non-subsidized basis with the price of retail electricity in key markets in
North America, Europe and Asia. Management believes that the manufacture of our
thin film quantum dot solar cells can introduce a cost effective disruptive
technology that can help accelerate the conversion from a fossil fuel dependent
energy infrastructure to one based on renewable, carbon-neutral energy sources.
We believe that our proposed products also can be a part of the solution to
greenhouse gases and global warming.
Plan
of Reorganization, Recent Financing and Change in Control
On
November 4, 2008, the Company closed on an Agreement and Plan of Merger and
Reorganization by and among Hague Corp. (the “Company”), Solterra Renewable
Technologies, Inc. (“Solterra”), the shareholders of Solterra and Gregory
Chapman as “Indemnitor” (the “Agreement”), which resulted in Solterra becoming a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, Mr. Chapman
cancelled 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by him and
issued a general release in favor of the Company terminating its obligations to
repay Mr. Chapman monies owed to him.
In
accordance with the Agreement, the Company issued 41,250,000 shares of its
Common Stock to the former stockholders of Solterra. Certain existing
stockholders of the Company in consideration of Solterra and its shareholders
completing the transaction, issued to the Company a Promissory Note in the
amount of $3,500,000 due and payable on or before January 15, 2009, through the
payment of cash or, with the consent of the Company, the cancellation of up to
12,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of the Company owned by
them. As of the filing date of the Form 10-Q, this note is in default
and the Company has made demand for payment and is considering all legal
options.
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On
November 4, 2008, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement,
Debenture, Security Agreement, Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, Registration
Rights Agreement, Escrow Agreement, Stock Pledge Agreement and other related
transactional documents (the “Transaction Documents”) to obtain $1,500,000 in
gross proceeds from three non-affiliated parties (collectively hereinafter
referred to as the “Lenders”) in exchange for 3,525,000 restricted shares of
Common Stock of the Company (the “Restricted Shares”) and Debentures in the
principal amount aggregating $1,500,000. Each Debenture has a term of three
years maturing on November 4, 2011 bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum
and is prepayable by the Company at anytime without penalty, subject to the
Debenture holders’ conversion rights. Each Debenture is convertible at the
option of each Lender into the Company’s Common Stock (the “Debenture Shares”,
which together with the Restricted Shares shall collectively be referred to as
the “Securities”) at a conversion price of $.2667 per share (the “Conversion
Price”). The Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to
register the resale of the Securities within certain time limits and to be
subject to certain penalties in the event the Company fails to timely file the
Registration Statement, fails to obtain an effective Registration Statement or,
once effective, to maintain an effective Registration Statement until the
Securities are saleable pursuant to Rule 144 without volume restriction or other
limitations on sale. The Debentures are secured by the assets of the Company and
are guaranteed by Solterra as the Company’s subsidiary. In the event the
Debentures are converted in their entirety, the Company would be required to
issue and aggregate of 5,624,297 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, subject
to anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations,
reclassifications and sale of the Company’s Common Stock a price below the
Conversion Price. Certain changes of control or fundamental
transactions such as a merger or consolidation with another company could cause
an event of default under the Transaction .
Standstill
Agreement
On June 1, 2009, the Company and its Debenture Holders entered into a Standstill Agreement which provided for a 120-day standstill period pursuant to which the Debenture Holders would not exercise their rights under the Debentures, security agreements, guarantee, pledge agreement and other related “Transaction Documents.” In October 2009 by separate agreement, the Standstill Period was extended by the Debenture Holders through the close of business on December 1, 2009. The following is a summary of some of the material provisions of the Standstill Agreement:
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The
Debenture Holders received warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of
Hague’s Common Stock, exercisable at $.25 per share over a period of 18
months together with cashless exercise provisions in the event no
registration statement is effective at the time of exercise. Of the
1,000,000 warrants, the Debenture Holders assigned 175,000 warrants and
75,000 warrants to Isaac Horton and Richard Patton, respectively. Messrs.
Horton and Patton served as directors of Hague in accordance with the
Debenture Holders’ right to appoint two members to the Board of Directors.
Warrants to purchase 2,000,000 shares exercisable at $.10 per share
through October 31, 2014 were issued for an extension of the Standstill
Agreement. These Warrants also contain cashless exercise provisions in the
event that there is no current registration statement effective at the
time of exercise.
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Certain
stockholders of the Company were to exchange up to 2,350,000 shares of
free trading shares for restricted shares of Hague’s Common
Stock.
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The
Company would seek to raise additional financing either in Hague or in
Solterra. If the financing was in Solterra and at least $2,000,000 was
raised, then the Debenture Holders would have the right to have Hague
assign its Debenture obligation to Solterra and to permit the Debenture
Holders to convert their indebtedness into Solterra Common Stock at a 25%
discount to terms of the private placement offering. As of November 20,
2009, no additional equity financing has been raised by the
Company.
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Isaac
Horton shall resign from Hague’s Board. The Debenture Holders may replace
Mr. Horton with David Skriloff. On November 12, 2009, Mr.
Horton resigned from the Board.
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Upon
Hague’s receipt of $250,000 of financing, Hague has agreed to obtain
directors and officer’s liability insurance and agree to maintain same for
at least three years and to indemnify Mr. Skriloff to the fullest extent
provided by Nevada law should he agree to join the
Board.
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On
or before Solterra’s acceptance of any private financing, Solterra shall
assign its license agreement with Rice University to Hague.
Simultaneously, Hague shall grant Solterra the exclusive worldwide right
under the Rice license agreement to purchase the quantum dots for solar
purposes, including the right to grant sublicenses. The Company shall
obtain the written permission of Rice University to accomplish the
foregoing. Hague shall be the sole supplier of the quantum dots to
Solterra and to its sublicensees. Solterra shall pay a
licensing fee to Hague in an amount necessary to retire the Company’s
Notes (principal and accrued but unpaid interest) in full (unless the
Noteholders agree to have Solterra assume these obligations from Hague and
convert into common stock of Solterra), plus the sum of $1.0
million. It is understood that Solterra will be the solar sub
and Hague shall produce and sell the quantum dots and shall have the right
to grant sublicenses for all other purposes. During the Standstill Period
and thereafter, except as otherwise provided, Hague shall not transfer
and/or sell any of its assets without the express prior written consent of
the Noteholders, unless the Notes have been repaid or converted. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed to prohibit Hague or Solterra from
licensing its intellectual property or selling its quantum dots in a
business unrelated to solar to third parties in arm’s-length
transactions.
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Upon
conversion of the Noteholders’ Notes into Solterra common stock or the
repayment of the Notes in full, the following shall occur: (i) all
security interests, registration rights and other such rights and
obligations of the Noteholders (as noteholders only and in no other
capacity) shall be terminated, (ii) if elected Mr. Skriloff, shall resign
from the Board of Directors of Hague, and (iii) the Noteholders, Hague and
Solterra shall exchange general releases which shall pertain to all past
actions of the Noteholders, as Noteholders, stockholders or security
holders in Hague or Solterra, as the case may
be.
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The
Hague Board shall agree to hold board meetings no less frequently than
monthly, until the completion of the Private Offering and/or grants of at
least $2.0 million. It is further agreed that Hague shall adopt a
“Directors Manual: Public Corporation Governance and Guidelines,” which
includes a Code of Business Ethics, in the form customarily adopted by
smaller public companies and comply with all applicable provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Upon
the completion of Solterra’s financing efforts, it will endeavor to become
an independent public entity through a self-directed offering and the
following actions would occur: Solterra’s Board would be expanded to
include additional directors. Mr. Squires would remain Chief Executive
Officer of one of these two companies with a new Chief Executive Officer
to be identified and hired on commercially reasonable terms to run the
other company. Mr. Squires would serve as Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the company in which he is Chief Executive Officer and he
would serve as a director of the other company. In the interim, until a
new Chief Executive Officer is found for the company in which he chooses
not to serve as Chief Executive Officer, he will serve as interim Chief
Executive Officer until his replacement is
hired.
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The
provisions of the Standstill Agreement (except as otherwise provided
therein) shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and
effect ab initio, as if this agreement never took place or upon the
happening of one of the following events of default: (a) the entry of an
order for relief against Hague or Solterra (or equivalent thereof) in any
case under title 11 of the United States Code (or in connection with any
case or proceeding involving Hague or Solterra under any state or federal
insolvency law, (b) if Hague or Solterra fails to make any required
payments, under the terms of its agreements with Rice University or
Arizona State University, but only where either university notifies Hague
or Solterra that it is in default and that all opportunities to cure the
default have past, or (c) upon a material default (breach) of the
Standstill Agreement by Hague or Solterra and after being given written
notice of such default and at least five business days opportunity to cure
the default.
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Plan
of Operation
Since
November 4, 2008, the Company is executing its business plan as
follows:
Scale up
Quantum Dot Production by applying proprietary
technology licensed from Rice University for our quantum dot synthesis process.
This licensed technology enables Solterra to produce the highly desirable CdSe
tetrapod quantum dots at a cost savings of greater than 50% compared to
competing suppliers, and will organically supply Solterra’s requirements for
quantum dots for its solar cells. Additionally, Solterra will market these
Q-Dots through various existing supply channels into various markets, including
but not limited to medical diagnostics and printed electronics. The initial
pilot scale up will take place at or near Rice University in Houston, Texas. The
staff there will include one post doctorate, Professor Michael Wong the inventor
of the technology and our Vice President in charge of quantum dot
commercialization David Doderer. Following initial proof of scale production,
the commercial production of quantum dots will likely be consolidated in a
purpose built facility in Phoenix, Arizona, adjoining the proposed solar cell
production line.
Initiate
scaled manufacturing of tetrapod quantum dots, based in part on technology
licensed from William H. Marsh Rice University, and building on continued
research. Planning includes the implementation of one or more
Solterra owned mini-batch lines for quantum dot conjugation and quality control
studies, as well as a pilot line based on outcomes of collaboration with
Access2Flow, an advanced flow chemistry consortium based in the
Netherlands. The design of the pilot line is intended such that the
initial target output of the line, at approximately one kilogram per day, can be
further scaled at least by an order of magnitude to 1,000 grams per day in
2010. The output of the tetrapod quantum dots manufacturing will be
used for Solterra’s quantum dot solar cells as well as stand-alone sales into
the biomedical research fields and to third party developers of quantum dot
products such as displays, memory and computer and consumer
electronics.
Fabricate
solar cells and optimize the performance of solar cells based on a blend of a
suitable conjugated polymer and CdSe quantum dots (QDs). The aim is
to invest our best efforts to demonstrate and scale up production of low cost
quantum dot solar cells having peak efficiency of greater than 6%. The
efficiency of solar cells is the electrical power it puts out as percentage of
the power in incident sunlight. Within the photovoltaic market, cell pricing and
peak efficiency are key benchmarks for consumers in the decision for system
selection and installation. The design and manufacture of Solterra's quantum dot
based solar cells is projected to allow for the conversion of sunlight into
usable electricity at a combination of efficiencies and cell cost at a very low
"cents per kilowatt-hour" rate. This work is expected to be accomplished on site
at the Arizona State University labs where we also maintain our corporate
offices. The staff there includes three post doctorates three undergraduates,
our Chief Science Officer, Professor Ghassan Jabbour and our CEO, Stephen
Squires.
Continue
to develop and characterize the Quantum Dot Solar Cell product; moving
towards pilot proof line for solar cells and leading to high throughput print
line ultimately capable of yearly solar cell output near gigawatt range. Target
cell efficiencies are 6% within one year, 10% within 2 years and greater than
20% within five years. Coupled within cell cost per watt decreasing
below $1.00/Watt, we intend to pursue initial product sales in late 2010 with
significant increases in 2011.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
At
September 30, 2009 the Company had a working capital deficit of
$1,496,344. The Company has been in the development stage since
inception. As a result, the Company has relied on financing through the issuance
of common stock and a convertible debenture as well as advances from a director
shareholder as well as employees wages being accrued but not paid.
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The
Company is aggressively seeking additional financing; however, no agreements for
additional financing have been received and the Company cannot provide any
assurance that additional funding will be available to finance our operations on
acceptable terms in order to enable us to complete our new plan of operations.
If we are unable to achieve the financing necessary to continue our new
plan of operations, then our stockholders may lose their entire investment in
the Company.
We expect
to run at a loss for at least the next twelve months. Certain existing
stockholders of the Company in consideration of Solterra and its shareholders
completing the transaction, issued to the Company a Promissory Note in the
amount of $3,500,000 due and payable on or before January 15, 2009, through the
payment of cash or, with the consent of the Company, the cancellation of up to
12,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of the Company owned by
them. As of the filing date of this Form 10-Q, this Note has not been
paid. We have demanded payment on the Note of $3,500,000 or the cancellation of
the 12,000,000 shares. We are prepared to take all corporate legal actions
against the obligors of the Note. We can provide no assurances that a
successful resolution of this matter will occur.
Statement
of operations – September 30, 2009
General
and administrative expenses
During
the three months ended September 30, 2009 the Company incurred $197,448 of
general and administrative expenses compared to the $35,462 recorded for the
three months ended September 30, 2008. The increase of $161,986 is
attributed to the fact the Company was not operational at September 30,
2008. The Company became operational after the financing was received
in November 2008. Included in the expenses for the current
quarter wages were of $135,000, license maintenance costs of $25,489, legal
and audit of $17,070, corporate expense of $2,005, office expenses of $11,973,
travel expense of $4,608 and amortization of furniture and equipment of $1,303.
General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September
30, 2008 included wages of $15,000, moving expense of $7,614, office expense of
$6,545, travel expense of $5,218 and insurance of $1,085.
Research
and development expenses.
Research
and development expenses of $155,000 were incurred per an agreement to a major
university to optimize the printing process of solar cells. A further
$30,473 of expenses were recorded for the period ended September 30, 2009 to
another major university for the development of the continuous batch production
of the Company’s proprietary Quantum Dots. There were no development
costs incurred in the period ending September 30, 2008.
Amortization
of convertible debenture discount
The
convertible debenture discount of $1,500,000 is being amortized over the term of
the 36 month term of the debenture using the effective interest
method. The debenture was issued on November 4,
2008. Amortization recorded for the period ended September 30, 2009
was $39,363. The amortized balance of the discount at September 30,
2009 is $1,366,282 resulting in the convertible debenture value on the balance
sheet net of the discount $133,718. At September 30, 2008 this
account did not exist.
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Amortization
of deferred finance cost
This
amount relates to the $315,000 of expenses associated with the $1,500,000
convertible debenture financing raised in November 2008. The deferred
financing cost is being amortized using the effective interest method over the
thirty-six month life of the debenture. Amortization recorded for the
period ended September 30, 2009 was $26,250. At September 30, 2008
this account did not exist.
Interest
expense on the convertible debenture
This
amount relates to the 8% interest associated with the $1,500,000 convertible
debenture issued in November 2008. Interest expense recorded for the period
ended September 30, 2009 was $30,000. According to the provisions of
the Convertible Debenture agreement the Company has elected to issue shares of
the Company’s Stock to pay accrued interest on the debentures. In
March 2009 the Company issued 506,493 shares of the Company’s restricted Common
Stock to pay $39,000 of accrued interest. In November 2009 the
Company issued 843,674 shares of the Company’s restricted Common Stock to pay
$60,000 of accrued interest. There was no interest for the period
ended September 30, 2008 as the debenture was issued after this
date.
Cash
Flow
During
the period ended September 30, 2009, cash was used in operations of
$3,848. During this period the Company received proceeds on disposal
of furniture and equipment of $3,848. These changes resulted in no
change in the cash position from the year ended June 30, 2009. The
opening cash at June 30, 2009 was nil,and the closing balance at September 30,
2009 was also nil.
Off-balance
sheet arrangements
We have
no off-balance sheet arrangements including arrangements that would affect our
liquidity, capital resources, market risk support and credit risk support or
other benefits.
Item
3. Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
Market
risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and
prices, such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and
commodity prices. Our primary exposure to market risk is interest rate risk
associated with our short term money market investments. The Company does not
have any financial instruments held for trading or other
speculative purposes and does not invest in derivative financial
instruments, interest rate swaps or other investments that alter interest rate
exposure. The Company does not have any credit facilities with variable interest
rates.
Item
4. Controls and Procedures
The
Company maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide
reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed by us in
the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that the information is accumulated and
communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. We performed an evaluation, under the supervision and with the
participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this
report. Based on their evaluation, our management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures are effective in giving us reasonable assurance that the information
we are required to disclose in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange
Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the Commission's rules and forms and to ensure that such
information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our
principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing
similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
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We do not
expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and
all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well
conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance
that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further,
the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that
there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to
their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and
procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide
absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and
instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures
also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future
events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving
its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In our
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting included in the
Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2009, management concluded that
our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of June 30,
2009.
Management
did however identify a significant deficiency; a significant deficiency is a
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, that is less severe than a
material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible
for oversight of the registrant’s financial reporting. Currently we
do not have sufficient in-house expertise in US GAAP
reporting. Instead, we rely very much on the expertise and knowledge
of external financial advisors in US GAAP conversion. External
financial advisors have helped prepare and review the consolidated financial
statements. Although we have not identified any material errors with
our financial reporting or any material weaknesses with our internal controls,
no assurances can be given that there are no such material errors or weaknesses
existing. To remediate this situation, we are seeking to recruit
experienced professionals to augment and upgrade our financial staff to address
issues of timeliness and completeness in US GAAP financial
reporting. In addition, we do not believe we have sufficient
documentation with our existing financial processes, risk assessment and
internal controls. We plan to work closely with external financial
advisors to document the existing financial processes, risk assessment and
internal controls systematically.
We
believe that the remediation measures we are taking, if effectively implemented
and maintained, will remediate the significant deficiency discussed
above.
Except as
described above, there have been no changes in our internal controls over
financial reporting that occurred during our last fiscal quarter to which this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relates that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial
reporting.
PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
As a
Smaller Reporting Company as defined Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and in item
10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, we are electing scaled disclosure reporting
obligations and therefore are not required to provide the information requested
by this Item 1A.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds.
(a)
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From
July 1, 2008 to November 12, 2009, we had the following sales of
unregistered Common Stock.
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Date of
Sale
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Title of
Security
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Number
Sold
|
Consideration
Received and Description of Underwriting or Other Discounts to Market
Price or Convertible Security, Afforded to Purchasers
|
Exemption
from Registration Claimed
|
If Option, Warrant or
Convertible Security, terms of exercise or
conversion
|
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Nov.
4, 2008
|
Common
Stock
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41,250,000
Shares
|
Share
exchange pursuant to Plan of Reorganization; no commissions
paid.
|
Section
4(2) and/or
Rule
506.
|
Not
applicable.
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|||||
Nov.
4, 2008
|
Common
Stock and
Debentures
|
3,525,000
shares
and
$1,500,000
Debentures
|
$1,500,000;
$150,000 of finder’s fees
|
Section
4(2).
|
Notes
are convertible at $.2667 per share.
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March,
2009
|
Common
Stock
|
506,493
Shares
|
Shares
issued in exchange for interest of $30,667; no commissions
paid.
|
Section
4(2) and/or
Rule
506.
|
Not
applicable.
|
|||||
June,
2009
and
November
2009
|
Common
Stock
Warrants
|
3,000,000
Shares
|
Warrants
issued as part
of
a Standstill Agreement;
no
commissions paid.
|
Section
4(2) and/or
Rule
506.
|
1,000,000
Warrants are exercisable at $0.25 per share over a period of 18 months and
2,000,000 Warrants are exercisable at $.10 per share through
October
31, 2014.
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|||||
November
,
2009
|
Common
Stock
|
843,674
|
Shares
issued in exchange
For
interest of $60,000;
no
commissions paid.
|
Section
4(2) and/or
Rule
506.
|
Not
applicable.
|
|||||
November,
2009
|
Common
Stock
|
3,000,000
|
Shares
issued for services
rendered;
no commissions paid
|
Section
4(2) and/or
Rule
506.
|
Not
applicable.
|
(b)
|
Rule
463 of the Securities Act is not applicable to the
Company.
|
(c)
|
In
the three months ended September 30, 2009, there were no
repurchases by the Company of its Common
Stock.
|
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior
Securities. None
Item 4. Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. None.
Item 5. Other
Information. None.
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Item
6. Exhibits
The
following exhibits are all previously filed in connection with our Form 8-K
filed November 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of October 15, 2008, by and among Hague Corp., Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., the shareholders of Solterra and Greg Chapman, as Indemnitor. |
4.1 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 4, 2008. |
4.2 | Form of Security Agreement dated November 4, 2008. |
4.3
|
Form
of Subsidiary Guarantee dated November 4, 2008.
|
4.4
|
Form
of Stock Pledge Agreement dated November 4, 2008.
|
4.5
|
Form
of Debenture-- MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.
|
4.6
|
Form
of Debenture.-- MKM SP1, LLC.
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4.7
|
Form
of Debenture-- Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated
06/17/65.
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4.8
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Form
of Escrow Agreement.
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4.9
|
Form
of Amended Waiver and Consent.
|
4.10 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement. |
4.11 | Standstill Agreement dated June 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2009). |
4.12 | Amended Standstill Agreement dated June 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 filed November 12, 2009). |
4.13 | Extension of Standstill Agreement dated October 29, 2009(incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 filed November 12, 2009). |
10.1
|
License
Agreement by and between William Marsh Rice University and Solterra
Renewable Technologies, Inc. dated August 20, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for its Quarter year ended March
31, 2009 filed May 15, 2009).
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10.2
|
Letter
dated October 2, 2008 from Rice University amending the License Agreement
contained in Exhibit 10.1.
|
10.3 | Agreement with Arizona State University executed by ASU on October 8, 2008 and executed by Solterra on September 18, 2008 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 filed November 12, 2009). |
10.4 | Letters dated November 5, 2009 and November 9, 2009 amending Rice University Agreement (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 filed November 12, 2009). |
10.5 | Consulting Agreement between Steven Posner, Oceanus Capital and the issuer (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 filed November 12, 2009). |
10.6 | Consulting Agreement between Sound Capital Inc and the issuer dated November 12, 2009 * |
10.7 | License Agreement between The University of Arizona and the issuer dated July 2009.* |
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of Registrant listing state of incorporation (incorporated by reference to
the Registrant’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 filed
on November 12, 2009).
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31(a)
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification – Chief Executive Officer *
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31(b)
|
Rule
13a-14(a) Certification – Chief Financial Officer *
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32(a)
|
Section
1350 Certification – Chief Executive Officer *
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32(b)
|
Section
1350 Certification – Chief Financial Officer
*
|
____________
* Filed
herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
HAGUE
CORP.
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November
23, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Stephen
Squires
|
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Stephen
Squires
|
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Chief
Executive Officer
|
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November
23, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Brian
Lukian
|
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Brian
Lukian
|
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Chief
Financial Officer
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