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U.S.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
x QUARTERLY REPORT
PURSUANT SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
quarterly period ended November 30, 2009
o TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
transition period from __________ to __________
Commission
file number 000-52431
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact
name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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14-1973529
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
number)
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115
East 57th
Street, Suite 1006
New York, NY
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10022
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Issuer's
telephone number, including area code: (646) 486-9770
No
Change
(Former
name, former address and former
fiscal
year, if changed since last report)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 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. x
Yes o No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated file. See definition of accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large accelerated filer o
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Accelerated filer
o
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Non-accelerated filer
o
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting company x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). x
Yes o No
APPLICABLE
ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS
DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports
required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a
court. o Yes o No
APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date: 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par
value $.0001 per share, outstanding as of January 14, 2009.
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
QUARTERLY
REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR
FISCAL QUARTER ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2009
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INDEX -
Page
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
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Item
1. Financial Statements:
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1
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Balance
Sheets – November 30, 2009 (unaudited) and May 31, 2009
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F-1
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Statement
of Operations (unaudited) for the six month period ending November 30,
2009, for the six month period ending November 30, 2008, and for the
cumulative period during the development stage from August 14, 2006
(inception) to November 30, 2009
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F-2
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Statement
of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the three month period ending November 30,
2009, for the three month period ending November 30, 2008, and for the
cumulative period during the development stage from August 14, 2006
(inception) to November 30, 2009
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F-3
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Notes
to Unaudited Financial Statements
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F-4
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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2
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Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
Market Risk
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12
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Item
4T. Controls and Procedures
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12
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION:
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Item
1. Legal Proceedings
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13
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
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13
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Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use
of Proceeds
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13
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Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
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13
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Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
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13
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Item
5. Other Information
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13
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Item
6. Exhibits
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13
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Signatures
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15
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and
in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they
do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally
accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.
In the
opinion of management, the financial statements contain all material
adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary to
present fairly the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of
the Company for the interim periods presented.
The
results for the period ended November 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of
the results of operations for the full year. These financial
statements and related footnotes should be read in conjunction with the
financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period ended May 31,
2009.
1
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
November
30,
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May
31,
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2009
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2009
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(Unaudited)
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(1)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 655 | $ | 13,151 | ||||
Other
receivable, net of provision for doubtful accounts of $180,075 and $78,329
at November 30 and May 31, 2009, respectively
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236 | 104,000 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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$ | 891 | $ | 117,151 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
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$ | 186,685 | $ | 197,560 | ||||
Notes
payable to a stockholder, including accrued interest of $3,899 and $3,137
at November 30 and May 31, 2009, respectively
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35,999 | 35,237 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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222,684 | 232,797 | ||||||
Stockholders'
deficit
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Preferred
stock; $.0001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and
outstanding
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- | - | ||||||
Common
stock; $.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 5,000,000 issued
and outstanding at November 30 and May 31, 2009,
respectively
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500 | 500 | ||||||
Deficit
accumulated during the development stage
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(222,293 | ) | (116,146 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders' deficit
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(221,793 | ) | (115,646 | ) | ||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' deficit
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$ | 891 | $ | 117,151 |
(1)
Derived from audited financial statements
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial
statements
F-1
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the six month
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For the three month
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For the period from
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period ending November 30,
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period ending November 30,
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August 14, 2006 (Inception)
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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to November 30, 2009
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Operating
expenses:
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Selling,
general, and administrative expenses
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$ | 183,722 | $ | 141,447 | $ | 149,711 | $ | 63,433 | $ | 662,067 | ||||||||||
Reimbursed
expenses
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(78,337 | ) | (139,731 | ) | (46,390 | ) | (63,299 | ) | (443,673 | ) | ||||||||||
Selling,
general, and administrative expenses, net
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105,385 | 1,716 | 103,321 | 134 | 218,394 | |||||||||||||||
Other
expense:
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Interest
expense-related party
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762 | 762 | 381 | 381 | 3,899 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss
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$ | (106,147 | ) | $ | (2,478 | ) | $ | (103,702 | ) | $ | (515 | ) | $ | (222,293 | ) | |||||
Basic
and diluted loss per common share
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$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | ||||||||
Basic
and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
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5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial
statements
F-2
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the six month period
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For the period from
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ending November 30,
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August 14, 2006 (Inception)
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2009
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2008
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to November 30, 2009
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
loss
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$ | (106,147 | ) | $ | (2,478 | ) | $ | (222,293 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accrued
interest on promissory notes
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762 | 762 | 3,899 | |||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in other receivable
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103,764 | 5,270 | (236 | ) | ||||||||
Increase
in prepaid expense
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- | (772 | ) | - | ||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
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(10,875 | ) | 4,910 | 186,685 | ||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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(12,496 | ) | 7,692 | (31,945 | ) | |||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds
from issuance of promissory notes payable to stockholder
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- | - | 32,100 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of shares of common stock
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- | - | 500 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
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- | - | 32,600 | |||||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash
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(12,496 | ) | 7,692 | 655 | ||||||||
Cash,
beginning of period
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13,151 | 509 | - | |||||||||
Cash,
end of period
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$ | 655 | $ | 8,201 | $ | 655 | ||||||
Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:
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Cash
paid for interest
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Cash
paid for income taxes
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial
statements
F-3
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
Note
1 - Organization and Description of Business, Basis of Presentation and Going
Concern
Organization
and Description of Business
GCA I
Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), a development stage company as defined in
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 7, was formed in Delaware on
August 14, 2006. The Company’s fiscal year end is May 31.
Since
inception, the Company has been engaged in organizational efforts, obtaining
initial financing, complying with reporting obligations under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and efforts to identify
and consummate a possible business combination. Until the Company is
able to acquire or merge with an existing operating company, its sole business
purpose is to accomplish this objective. Although the Company
entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger as of May 7, 2008, which
agreement was superseded by a definitive Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan
of Merger as of March 27, 2009 (as amended and restated, the “Merger Agreement”)
with a target operating company, and has no reason to believe that this
transaction (the “Pending Merger”) will not be consummated at some future date,
transactions of this type generally are, and this one is, complicated, subject
to many risks, and subject to many conditions that may or may not be satisfied,
and there can be no assurance, as a result, that it will be
completed. If the transaction is completed, it is unlikely to occur
for an indeterminable number of months from the date of this quarterly
report.
Based on
its proposed business activities, the Company is what is known as a “blank
check” company. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) defines “blank check” companies as “any development stage company that is
issuing a penny stock, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(51) of the Exchange
Act, and that has no specific business plan or purpose, or has indicated that
its business plan is to merge with an unidentified company or
companies.” Under SEC Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), the Company also qualifies as a “shell company,”
because it has no or nominal assets and no or nominal
operations. Many states have enacted statutes, rules and regulations
limiting the sale of securities of “blank check” companies in their respective
jurisdictions. The Company’s management does not intend to undertake
any efforts to cause a market to develop in its securities, either debt or
equity, unless and until it has successfully concluded a business
combination. The Company intends to comply with the periodic
reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for so long as it continues to be
subject to those requirements.
The
Company was organized as a vehicle to investigate and, if such investigation
warrants, acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages
of being a publicly-held corporation. Its principal business
objective for the next 12 months and beyond such time will be to achieve
long-term growth potential through a combination with an operating business
rather than immediate short-term earnings. Given the Pending Merger,
the Company has curtailed for the time being its efforts in seeking out
alternative target companies with which to combine. However, to the
extent that the Pending Merger is not consummated for any reason and it resumes
its business objectives of identifying a target company with which to combine,
it will not restrict its potential candidate target companies to any specific
business, industry or geographic location and may, as a result, acquire any type
of business.
F-4
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
Merger
& Acquisition
On
March 27, 2009, the Company entered into a definitive Amended and Restated
Agreement and Plan of Merger with each of Bixby Energy Acquisition Corp., a
wholly-owned special-purpose acquisition subsidiary of GCA that was incorporated
on April 23, 2008 (“Merger Sub”), Bixby Energy Systems, Inc. (“Bixby”), and
Robert A. Walker, the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
board of directors of Bixby (“Mr. Walker”). This Merger Agreement
amended and restated a prior merger agreement entered into among the same
parties as of May 7, 2008.
As a
result of the Pending Merger:
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Bixby will become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company;
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the officers and sole director of
the Company prior to the effective time of the Pending Merger will resign;
and
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by virtue of the conversion or
exchange of Bixby securities for Company securities, Bixby security
holders before the Pending Merger will own between approximately 92% and
96% of the voting stock of the Company after closing of the Pending
Merger.
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As soon
as practicable following the closing of the Pending Merger (i.e. following the change in
control of the Company contemplated by the Pending Merger):
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the board of directors of the
Company will amend the bylaws of the Company to permit a board of
directors ranging between one and twelve
directors;
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the board of directors of the
Company will appoint as directors those persons who were directors of
Bixby immediately prior to the closing of the Pending Merger;
and
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the board of directors of the
Company will elect new officers of the Company who will be the same
persons who were officers of Bixby immediately prior to the closing of the
Pending merger.
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Upon
closing of the Pending Merger, Bixby’s assets and operations will become the
assets and operations of the Company.
Bixby is
an early-stage company focused on the development and commercial exploitation of
a system that converts certain types of coal into a combination of specialty
carbon products including synthetic natural gas, semi-coke, activated carbon,
coal tar and coal oils, and, pending further development in terms of cost
reduction/efficiency, a light, sweet crude synfuel, products which, taken
together, are expected to offer a significantly higher commercial value than
coal. It has patent applications pending on certain of the design
features of this system. Bixby has progressed through the initial
R&D phases to the pilot scale. The first commercial scale
reference plant capable of producing a portfolio of carbon products is currently
under development. Although Bixby has not generated any revenues to
date from operations utilizing this carbon conversion technology, Bixby
management believes that it is positioned to become a significant and
economically efficient producer of each of synthetic natural gas, semi-coke,
activated carbon, coal tar and coal oils, or a licensor of technology that will
enable licensees to do the same.
F-5
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
Bixby’s
business model for the future is currently in the research and development
stages and, as such, undetermined. While there is a possibility that
Bixby will determine to focus exclusively on the exploitation of its technology
through a model that contemplates Bixby’s involvement and risk solely to the
extent of those products directly generated through its technology (i.e. synthetic natural gas,
semi-coke, activated carbon, coal oils, coal tars, and, eventually, crude oil),
it is also considering involvement in enterprises which involve products that
are derived from certain of those products, including coal-based gas-fired
electric power plants. In any case, and although there can be no
assurance, Bixby expects to build its business principally on the basis of
single or multi-plant projects pursued in accordance with any one of three
different types of project models:
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Independent Bixby
projects;
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Strategic joint venture projects;
and
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Pure licensing
projects.
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Bixby was
founded in July of 2001. It has never been
profitable. Although Bixby generated material revenues in certain
prior years since its inception in 2001 (none of which led, or even came close
to leading, to profitability during corresponding fiscal periods), such revenues
were exclusively generated from two business units neither of which remains a
focus of Bixby’s business plan. One of these business units had
been manufacturing and selling corn and wood-pellet burning home-heating
stoves (and related accessories) but, following an industry-wide slowdown
and resulting inventory glut, has been in a production halt and inventory
liquidation process for over two years. The other business
unit is a water-softener salts regional sales and distribution operation in
Minnesota and certain of the surrounding states which Bixby acquired in 2004 as
a strategic component of its then business plan which it has since sold, and
which is no longer part of Bixby’s operations.
The
obligations of the parties to consummate the Pending Merger are subject to the
satisfaction on or before the closing date of the Pending Merger of the
following conditions, among others:
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the Pending Merger and the Merger
Agreement having been approved by the Bixby stockholders in accordance
with the Delaware General Corporation Law and Bixby’s certificate of
incorporation and bylaws;
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the shares of Company common
stock and other securities issuable as part of the Pending Merger having
been duly authorized; and
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a combination S-4 registration
statement covering the securities to be issued in the Pending Merger and
joint merger proxy statement (the “S-4 Registration/Merger Proxy
Statement”) having become effective under the Securities Act, having been
delivered to all required recipients, and having not become the subject of
any stop order or proceeding seeking a stop
order.
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F-6
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
In
addition, the obligations of the Company and Merger Sub to consummate the
Pending Merger are subject to satisfaction (or waiver by the Company in its sole
discretion) on or prior to the closing date of the following
conditions:
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Mr. Walker having delivered an
executed voting agreement;
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In general, each of the
representations and warranties of Bixby and Mr. Walker set forth in the
Merger Agreement being true and correct as of the closing
date;
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Bixby having obtained the
requisite approval of its stockholders to the amendment of it’s
certificate of incorporation to revise the terms of it’s Series A
convertible preferred stock to provide that the Series A convertible
preferred stock will convert into Company common stock on an as-converted
basis in the Pending Merger in accordance with the Delaware General
Corporation Law and its certificate of incorporation and
bylaws;
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Bixby having entered into
exchange agreements with a number of the holders of Bixby convertible debt
securities satisfactory to the Company in its exclusive discretion, and
performance by the holders of their obligations under such exchange
agreements having been
satisfied;
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Bixby having entered into
exchange agreements with a number of the holders of Bixby common stock
purchase warrants satisfactory to the Company in its exclusive discretion,
and performance by the holders of their obligations under such exchange
agreements having been
satisfied;
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Bixby having entered into
exchange agreements with a number of the holders of Bixby Series A
convertible preferred stock purchase warrants satisfactory to the Company
in its exclusive discretion, and performance by the holders of their
obligations under such exchange agreements having been satisfied;
and
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GCA, at the expense of Bixby,
having procured directors and officers liability insurance coverage in an
aggregate amount, and from a carrier, satisfactory to the
Company.
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In
addition, the obligation of Bixby to consummate the Pending Merger is subject to
satisfaction (or waiver by Bixby in its sole discretion) on or prior to the
closing date of the following conditions:
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In general, each of the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Merger
Agreement being true and correct as of the closing date as if made at and
as of the closing date;
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The holders of no more than
twenty percent (20%) of the Bixby shares eligible for appraisal rights
under the Delaware General Corporation Law having taken the steps
necessary steps to perfect their appraisal rights as determined
immediately prior to the effective time of the Pending
Merger;
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Bixby having received
resignations of each of the officers of the Company, effective, in each
case, as of the effective time of the Pending Merger;
and
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the Company having duly
authorized and filed the amendments to its certificate of incorporation
relating to a required 7-for-10 reverse stock-split and an increase in its
authorized common stock to 200 million shares, and the Company having
outstanding no securities other than 3.5 million shares of its common
stock.
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F-7
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
The
Merger Agreement may be terminated and the Pending Merger and the related
transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the effective time of the
Pending Merger, even though requisite approval has been obtained, as
follows:
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by mutual written consent duly
authorized by the boards of directors of each of the Company, Merger Sub
and Bixby;
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by the
Company:
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to the extent that the effective
time of the Pending Merger shall not have occurred on or before December
31, 2009;
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if the Company reasonably
concludes that material information regarding Bixby and/or its
subsidiaries that it determines to include in the S-4 Registration/Merger
Proxy Statement has been unreasonably withheld by Bixby and/or its
subsidiaries;
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if Bixby unreasonably withholds
its approval as to the accuracy and completeness of the S-4
Registration/Merger Proxy
Statement;
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if Bixby’s independent auditors
resign due to a disagreement with management of Bixby or any of its
officers and/or directors;
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upon a material breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Bixby set
forth in the Merger
Agreement;
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if any representation or warranty
of Bixby shall have become materially untrue unless (i) the breach is
curable by Bixby through the exercise of its best efforts and for so long
as Bixby continues to exercise such best efforts, and (ii) the breach is
the direct or indirect result of obligations arising under or are
otherwise reasonably contemplated by any other provision of the Merger
Agreement; or
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if any condition to Bixby’s
obligation to complete the Pending Merger is not
met;
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by
Bixby:
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if Bixby’s stockholders fail to
approve the Pending Merger and the Merger Agreement within a reasonable
period following good faith compliance by Bixby and Mr. Walker with their
respective obligations under the Merger
Agreement;
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upon a material breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company
set forth in the Merger Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of
the Company shall have become materially untrue unless (i) the breach is
curable by the Company through the exercise of its best efforts and for so
long as the Company continues to exercise such best efforts, and (ii) the
breach is the direct or indirect result of obligations arising under or
are otherwise reasonably contemplated by any other provision of the Merger
Agreement; or
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if any condition to the Company’s
obligation to complete the Pending Merger is not
met.
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foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is incomplete and is qualified in
its entirety by the Merger Agreement itself, a copy of which is included as
Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on April 2,
2009.
Going
Concern
The
Company’s financial statements have been presented on the basis that it is a
going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction
of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company is in the
development stage and has not earned any revenues from operations to date. These
conditions raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going
concern.
F-8
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
The
Company has not generated revenue since its inception on August 14, 2006 and has
incurred net losses of $106,147 for the six month period ending November 30,
2009. As a result, its current operations are an inadequate source of cash to
fund future operations. The report of the Company’s independent registered
public accounting firm in relation to the Company’s financial statements for the
year ended May 31, 2009 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern based upon its net losses and
cash used in operations. The company’s ability to continue as a going concern is
dependent upon its ability to obtain the necessary financing to meet its
obligations and repay its liabilities when they become due and to generate
profitable operations in the future. The Company plans to continue to provide
for its capital requirements through the sale of equity securities and debt,
however, it has no firm commitments from any third party to provide this
financing and it cannot provide any assurance that it will be successful in
raising working capital as needed. There are no assurances that it will have
sufficient funds to execute its business plan, pay its obligations as they
become due or generate positive operating results.
Basis
of Presentation and Consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements present the results of operations
of its wholly-owned subsidiary for the three and six month periods ending
November 30, 2009 and 2008. All material inter-company accounts and transactions
between the Company and its subsidiary have been eliminated in
consolidation.
In the
opinion of management, the financial statements contain all material
adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary to
present fairly the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of
the Company for the interim periods presented.
The
results for the period ended November 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of
the results of operations for the full year. These financial
statements and related footnotes should be read in conjunction with the
financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period ended May 31,
2009.
Note
2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Cash and
cash equivalents consist primarily of cash in banks. The Company considers cash
equivalents to include all highly liquid investments with original maturities of
three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Development
Stage
The
Company’s primary purpose for the time being is to acquire an operating
business. The Company spends most of its time in assessing acquisition
targets.
Concentration
of Credit Risks
The
Company is subject to concentrations of credit risk primarily from other
receivable.
At
November 30, 2009, the Company's other receivable is entirely due from an
acquisition target, which is located in the United States.
F-9
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
Other
Receivable and Reimbursements
Other
receivable consists of administrative expenses incurred by the Company and
reimbursable by an acquisition target. The matching reimbursement is recorded as
a contra-expense in the accompanying financial statements.
At
November 30, 2009, the Company determined that a provision of $180,075 was
appropriate.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued
expenses, and notes payable to a stockholder approximate their fair value due to
their short-term maturities.
Income
Taxes
Income
taxes are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC-740-Income
Taxes. ASC-740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and
liabilities to reflect the future tax consequences of events that have been
recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Measurement of
the deferred items is based on enacted tax laws. In the event the future
consequences of differences between financial reporting bases and tax bases of
the Company’s assets and liabilities result in a deferred tax asset, ASC-740
requires an evaluation of the probability of being able to realize the future
benefits indicated by such assets. A valuation allowance related to a deferred
tax asset is recorded when it is more likely than not that some or the entire
deferred tax asset will not be realized.
For
federal income tax purposes, substantially all expenses must be deferred until
the Company commences business and then they may be written off over a 60-month
period. These expenses will not be deducted for tax purposes and will represent
a deferred tax asset. The Company will provide a valuation allowance in the full
amount of the deferred tax asset since there is no assurance of future taxable
income. Tax deductible losses can be carried forward under current applicable
law for 20 years until utilized.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States 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 periods. Significant estimates made by management include, but are not
limited to, the amount of unbilled vendors payable for services performed during
the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates and
assumptions.
Basic
and Diluted Earnings per Common Share
Basic
earnings per common share are calculated by dividing income available to
stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during
each period. Diluted earnings per share are computed using the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding plus the dilutive effects of outstanding
options and warrants to acquire common shares during the period. In loss
periods, dilutive common equivalent shares are excluded because the effect would
be anti-dilutive. The Company had not issued any dilutive common share
equivalents at November 30, 2009.
F-10
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses at November 30, 2009 consisted primarily of accrued
professional fees.
Related
Party Transactions
At
November 30, 2009, the Company owed $463 to a law firm for services
rendered. The law firm is related to the Company by means of common
ownership and management.
The
Company neither owns nor leases any real or personal property. Most office
services are provided without charge by our sole officer and director. Such
costs are immaterial to the financial statements and accordingly, have not been
reflected therein.
Our sole
officer and director is involved in other business activities and may in the
future become involved in other business pursuits when opportunities present
themselves. As a result of these other activities, such persons may face a
conflict in selecting between the Company and their other business interests.
The Company has not formulated a policy for the resolution of such
conflicts.
At
November 30, 2009, the Company had issued notes payable aggregating $32,100 to a
major stockholder. The notes bear interest at 4.75% per annum. The notes are
payable on or before the first day upon which the Company receives proceeds from
equity investments aggregating at least $250,000. Any overdue principal bears
interest at 15% per annum and is payable on demand. The accrued interest expense
related to these notes amounted to $3,899 at November 30, 2009.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In June
2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles- a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162”. The new
standard sets forth that the FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (Codification) will become the source of authoritative U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be
applied to nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under authority of federal
securities laws are also source for authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. When
the statement is effective, the Codification will supersede all then-existing
non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other nongrandfathered non-SEC
accounting literature not included in the Codification will become
nonauthoritative.
F-11
GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
November
30, 2009 and 2008
Note
3 - Stockholders’ Deficit
Common
Stock
The
Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock. On August 14,
2006, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to a
private placement offering generating proceeds of $500.
Preferred
Stock
The
Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock with such
designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from
time to time by the Board of Directors.
Note
4 – Subsequent Events
As of
January 14, 2009 there are no subsequent events.
F-12
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
Forward
Looking Statement Notice
Certain
statements made in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q are “forward-looking
statements” (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995) regarding the plans and objectives of management for future
operations. Such statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or
achievements of GCA I Acquisition Corp. (“GCA”, “we”, “us”, “our” or the
“Registrant” or the “Company”) to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included
herein are based on current expectations that involve numerous risks and
uncertainties. Our plans and objectives are based, in part, on
assumptions involving the continued expansion of
business. Assumptions relating to the foregoing involve judgments
with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market
conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or
impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our
control. Although we believe that our assumptions underlying the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove
inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance the forward-looking
statements included in this annual report will prove to be
accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the
forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information
should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that our
objectives and plans will be achieved.
Business
Development
We were
incorporated in the State of Delaware on August 14, 2006. Since
inception, we have been engaged in organizational efforts, obtaining initial
financing, complying with reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and efforts to identify and
consummate a possible business combination. Until we are able to
acquire or merge with an existing operating company, our sole business purpose
is to accomplish this objective. Although we have entered into
a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger as of May 7, 2008, which agreement was
superceded by a definitive Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger as
of March 27, 2009 (as amended and restated, the “Merger Agreement”) with a
target operating company, and have no reason to believe that this transaction
(the “Pending Merger”) will not be consummated at some future date, transactions
of this type generally are, and this one is, complicated, subject to many risks,
and subject to many conditions that may or may not be satisfied, and there can
be no assurance, as a result, that it will be completed. If the
transaction is completed, it is unlikely to occur for an indeterminable number
of months from the date of this annual report. A copy of the Merger
Agreement is annexed as Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K filed by
us on April 2, 2009.
We
selected May 31 as our fiscal year end. We maintain our principal
executive offices at 115 East 57th Street,
11th
Floor, New York, NY 10022.
Our Business
We were
organized as a vehicle to investigate and, if such investigation warrants,
acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a
publicly-held corporation. Our principal business objective for the
next 12 months and beyond such time will be to achieve long-term growth
potential through a combination with an operating business rather than immediate
short-term earnings. Given the Pending Merger, we have curtailed for
the time being our efforts in seeking out alternative target companies with
which to combine. However, to the extent that the Pending Merger is
not consummated for any reason and we resume our business objectives of
identifying a target company with which to combine, we will not restrict our
potential candidate target companies to any specific business, industry or
geographic location and may, as a result, acquire any type of
business.
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To date,
the analysis of new business opportunities has been undertaken by or under the
supervision of Michael M. Membrado, our sole officer and
director. Until such time as we entered into the Merger
Agreement, we had had unrestricted flexibility in seeking, analyzing and
participating in potential business opportunities, and, in the event that the
Pending Merger is not consummated for any reason and we resume our business
objectives of identifying a target company with which to combine, we expect to
enjoy the same unrestricted flexibility. In our efforts to analyze
potential acquisition targets, we had considered, and will continue to consider
to the extent that the Pending Merger is not consummated for any reason and we
resume our business objectives of identifying a target company with which to
combine, the following kinds of factors:
(a)
Potential for growth, indicated by new technology, anticipated market expansion
or new products;
(b)
Competitive position as compared to other firms of similar size and experience
within the industry segment as well as within the industry as a
whole;
(c)
Strength and diversity of management, either in place or scheduled for
recruitment;
(d)
Capital requirements and anticipated availability of required funds, to be
provided by us or from operations, through the sale of additional securities,
through joint ventures or similar arrangements or from other
sources;
(e)
The cost of participation by us as compared to the perceived tangible and
intangible values and potentials;
(f)
The extent to which the business opportunity can be advanced;
(g)
The accessibility of required management
expertise, personnel, raw materials, services, professional assistance and other
required items; and
(h)
Other relevant factors.
In
applying the foregoing criteria, no one of which is controlling, our management
has and will continue, to the extent the Pending Merger is not consummated for
any reason and we resume our business objectives of identifying a target company
with which to combine, to attempt to analyze all factors and circumstances and
make a determination based upon reasonable investigative measures and available
data. Potentially available business opportunities may occur in many
different industries, and at various stages of development, all of which will
make the task of comparative investigation and analysis of such business
opportunities extremely difficult and complex. Due to our limited
capital available for investigation, if the Pending Merger is not consummated
for any reason and we resume our business objectives of identifying a target
company with which to combine, we may not discover or adequately evaluate
adverse facts about the target company with which we pursue a
combination.
Form
of Business Combination
To the
extent that the Pending Merger is not consummated for any reason and we resume
our business objectives of identifying a target company with which to combine,
the manner in which we may participate in any given opportunity will depend upon
the nature of the opportunity, the respective needs and desires of us and the
promoters of the opportunity, and the negotiating strength we have relative to
the other parties involved.
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To the
extent that the Pending Merger is not consummated for any reason and we resume
our business objectives of identifying a target company with which to combine,
it is likely that we will participate in a business opportunity through the
issuance of our common stock or other securities. Although the terms
of any such transaction cannot be predicted, it should be noted that, in certain
circumstances, one of the primary factors for determining whether or not an
acquisition is a so-called “tax free” reorganization under Section 368(a)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) is whether the owners
of the acquired business own 80% or more of the voting stock of the surviving
entity. If a transaction were structured to take advantage of these
provisions rather than other “tax free” provisions provided under the Code,
which is likely but by no means assured, all prior stockholders would in such
circumstances retain 20% or less of the total issued and outstanding
shares. Depending upon the relative negotiating strength of the
parties, prior stockholders may, in fact, retain substantially less than 20% of
the total issued and outstanding shares of the surviving entity. This
could result in substantial dilution to the equity of those who were our
stockholders prior to such reorganization.
Our
present stockholders will likely not have control of a majority of our voting
shares following a reorganization transaction, including the Pending
Merger. As part of such a transaction, all or a majority of our
directors may resign and new directors may be appointed without any vote by our
stockholders. The terms of the Pending Merger are such that our sole
director currently, Michael M. Membrado, will not be a director in the event
that the transaction is completed.
In the
case of an acquisition, the transaction may be accomplished upon the sole
determination of management without any vote or approval by our
stockholders. In the case of a statutory merger or consolidation
directly involving the Company, it will likely be necessary to call a
stockholders’ meeting and obtain the approval of the holders of a majority of
our outstanding shares. The necessity to obtain such stockholder
approval may result in delay and additional expense in the consummation of any
proposed transaction and will also give rise to certain appraisal rights to
dissenting stockholders. As is the case with the Pending Merger,
management is likely to seek to structure any such transaction so as not to
require stockholder approval, an objective often accomplished through the
establishment and use of a special-purpose acquisition subsidiary.
It is
anticipated that the investigation of specific business opportunities and the
negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents
and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and
substantial cost for accountants, auditors, attorneys and others. If
a decision is made not to pursue or otherwise participate in a specific business
opportunity, the costs then previously incurred in the related investigation
would not be recoverable. Furthermore, even if an agreement is
reached for the participation in a specific business opportunity, including the
Pending Merger, the failure to consummate that transaction may result in our
loss of some or all of the related costs incurred.
We
presently have no employees apart from our management. Our sole
officer and director is engaged in outside professional pursuits and business
activities, most notably a legal practice, and devotes to our business only
limited time beyond that for which his firm is paid legal fees. We
expect no significant changes in the number of our employees unless and until we
consummate a business combination, including the Pending Merger.
The Pending Merger
On
March 27, 2009, we entered into a definitive Amended and Restated Agreement
and Plan of Merger with each of Bixby Energy Acquisition Corp., a
wholly-owned special-purpose acquisition subsidiary of GCA that was incorporated
on April 23, 2008 (“Merger Sub”), Bixby Energy Systems, Inc. (“Bixby”), and
Robert A. Walker, the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
board of directors of Bixby (“Mr. Walker”). This Merger Agreement
amended and restated a prior merger agreement entered into among the same
parties as of May 7, 2008.
As a
result of the Pending Merger:
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GCA;
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officers and sole director of GCA prior to the effective time of the
Pending Merger will resign; and
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by
virtue of the conversion or exchange of Bixby securities for GCA
securities, Bixby securityholders before the Pending Merger will own
between approximately 92% and 96% of the voting stock of GCA after closing
of the Pending Merger.
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as practicable following the closing of the Pending Merger (i.e. following the change in
control of GCA contemplated by the Pending Merger):
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the
board of directors of GCA will amend the bylaws of GCA to permit a board
of directors ranging between one and twelve
directors;
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board of directors of GCA will appoint as directors those persons who were
directors of Bixby immediately prior to the closing of the Pending Merger;
and
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board of directors of GCA will elect new officers of GCA who will be the
same persons who were officers of Bixby immediately prior to the closing
of the Pending merger.
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Upon
closing of the Pending Merger, Bixby’s assets and operations will become the
assets and operations of GCA.
Bixby is an early-stage
company focused on the development and commercial exploitation of a system that
converts certain types of coal into a combination of specialty carbon products
including synthetic natural gas (“SNG”), metallurgical coke (“met coke” or
“coke”), activated carbon (“AC”), and, pending further
development in terms of cost reduction/efficiency, a light, sweet crude synfuel,
products
which, taken together, are expected to offer a significantly higher commercial
value than coal. It has patent applications
pending on certain of the design features of this system. Bixby has
progressed through the initial R&D phases to the pilot
scale. The first commercial scale reference plant capable of
producing a portfolio of carbon products iscurrently under development in the
U.S. In addition, Bixby is currently in the process of building one of its
carbon conversion system units for a U.S. customer with which Bixby has been
involved in negotiations to represent Bixby for purposes of marketing its
technology throughout the People’s Republic of China. Although Bixby
has generated only $900,000 in revenue to date from operations utilizing this
carbon conversion technology, Bixby management believes that it is positioned to
become a significant and economically efficient producer of each of SNG, coke,
and AC, or a licensor of technology that will enable licensees to do the
same.
Although
not currently a component of the carbon conversion systems that it recently
began marketing, Bixby is in the process of developing a liquefaction technology
that is expected to be made available as a back-end add-on assembly to the
mainframe carbon conversion system which will enable system users to convert the
coke that the system currently produces to a light sweet crude liquid synfuel at
a market-competitive cost. Although there can be no assurance, Bixby
management believes that this technology will be ready for commercialization
within approximately the next two to three years.
Bixby’s
definitive business model for the future is currently in the research and
development stages and, as such, undetermined. While there is a
possibility that Bixby will determine to focus exclusively on the exploitation
of its technology through a model that contemplates Bixby’s involvement and risk
solely to the extent of those products directly generated through its technology
(i.e. SNG, met coke,
AC, and, eventually, crude oil), it is also considering involvement in
enterprises which involve products that are derived from certain of those
products, including coal-based gas-fired electric power plants. In
any case, and although there can be no assurance, Bixby expects to build its
business principally on the basis of single or multi-plant projects pursued in
accordance with any one of three different types of project models:
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Bixby was
founded in July of 2001. It has never been
profitable. Although Bixby generated material revenues in certain
prior years since its inception in 2001 (none of which led, or even came close
to leading, to profitability during corresponding fiscal periods), such revenues
were exclusively generated from two business units neither of which remains a
focus of Bixby’s business plan. One of these business units had
been manufacturing and selling corn and wood-pellet burning home-heating
stoves (and related accessories) but, following an industry-wide slowdown
and resulting inventory glut, has been in a production halt and inventory
liquidation process for over two years. The other business
unit is a water-softener salts regional sales and distribution operation in
Minnesota and certain of the surrounding states which Bixby acquired in 2004 as
a strategic component of its then business plan which it has since sold, and
which is no longer part of Bixby’s operations.
The
obligations of the parties to consummate the Pending Merger are subject to the
satisfaction on or before the closing date of the Pending Merger of the
following conditions, among others:
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Pending Merger and the Merger Agreement having been approved by the Bixby
stockholders in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law and
Bixby’s certificate of incorporation and
bylaws;
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the
shares of GCA common stock and other securities issuable as part of the
Pending Merger having been duly
authorized; and
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the
S-4 Registration/Merger Proxy Statement having become effective under the
Securities Act, delivered to all required recipients, and having not
become the subject of any stop order or proceeding seeking a stop
order.
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addition, the obligations of GCA and Merger Sub to consummate the Pending Merger are subject to satisfaction (or waiver by
GCA in its sole discretion) on or prior to the closing date of the following
conditions:
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Mr.
Walker having delivered an executed voting
agreement;
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In general, each of the representations and
warranties of Bixby and Mr. Walker set forth in the Merger Agreement being
true and correct as of the closing
date;
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Bixby
having obtained the requisite approval of its stockholders to the amendment of it’s certificate of
incorporation to revise the terms of it’s Series A convertible preferred
stock to provide that the Series A convertible preferred stock will
convert into GCA common stock on an as-converted basis in the Pending
Merger in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law and its
certificate of incorporation and bylaws;
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Bixby having entered into exchange agreements with
a number of the holders of Bixby convertible debt securities satisfactory
to GCA in its exclusive discretion, and performance by the holders of
their obligations under such exchange agreements having been
satisfied;
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Bixby having entered into exchange agreements with
a number of the holders of Bixby common stock purchase warrants
satisfactory to GCA in its exclusive discretion, and performance by the
holders of their obligations under such exchange agreements having been
satisfied;
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Bixby having entered into exchange agreements with
a number of the holders of Bixby common stock purchase warrants
satisfactory to GCA in its exclusive discretion, and performance by the
holders of their obligations under such exchange agreements having been
satisfied; and
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GCA,
at the expense of Bixby, having procured directors and officers liability
insurance coverage in an aggregate amount, and from a carrier, satisfactory to
GCA.
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In
addition, the obligation of Bixby to consummate the Pending Merger is subject to
satisfaction (or waiver by Bixby in its sole discretion) on or prior to the
closing date of the following conditions:
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In
general, each of the representations and warranties of GCA set forth in
the Merger Agreement being true and correct as of the closing date as if
made at and as of the closing date;
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the
holders of no more than twenty percent (20%) of the Bixby shares eligible
for appraisal rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law having
taken the steps necessary steps to perfect their appraisal rights as
determined immediately prior to the effective time of the Pending
Merger;
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Bixby
having received resignations of each of the officers of GCA, effective, in
each case, as of the effective time of the Pending Merger;
and
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GCA having duly authorized and filed the
amendments to its certificate of incorporation relating to a required
7-for-10 reverse stock-split and an increase in its authorized common
stock to 200 million shares, and GCA having outstanding no securities
other than 3.5 million shares of its common
stock.
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Merger Agreement may be terminated and the Pending Merger and the related
transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the effective time of the
Peending Merger, even though requisite approval has been obtained, as
follows:
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mutual written consent duly authorized by the boards of directors of each
of GCA, Merger Sub and Bixby;
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GCA:
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the extent that the effective time of the Pending Merger shall not have
occurred on or before December 31, 2009 (which it has
not);
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GCA reasonably concludes that material information regarding Bixby and/or
its subsidiaries that it determines to include in the S-4
Registration/Merger Proxy Statement has been unreasonably withheld by
Bixby and/or its subsidiaries;
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Bixby unreasonably withholds its approval as to the accuracy and
completeness of the S-4 Registration/Merger Proxy
Statement;
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Bixby’s independent auditors resign due to a disagreement with management
of Bixby or any of its officers and/or
directors;
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a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
on the part of Bixby set forth in the Merger
Agreement;
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any representation or warranty of Bixby shall have become materially
untrue unless (i) the breach is curable by Bixby through the exercise of
its best efforts and for so long as Bixby continues to exercise such best
efforts, and (ii) the breach is the direct or indirect result of
obligations arising under or are otherwise reasonably contemplated by any
other provision of the Merger Agreement;
or
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if
any condition to Bixby’s obligation to complete the Pending Merger is not
met;
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Bixby:
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if
Bixby’s stockholders fail to approve the Pending Merger and the Merger
Agreement within a reasonable period following good faith compliance by
Bixby and Mr. Walker with their respective obligations under the Merger
Agreement;
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upon
a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
on the part of GCA set forth in the Merger Agreement, or if any
representation or warranty of GCA shall have become materially untrue
unless (i) the breach is curable by GCA through the exercise of its best
efforts and for so long as GCA continues to exercise such best efforts,
and (ii) the breach is the direct or indirect result of obligations
arising under or are otherwise reasonably contemplated by any other
provision of the Merger Agreement;
or
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if
any condition to GCA’s obligation to complete the Pending Merger is not
met.
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The
foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is incomplete and is qualified in
its entirety by the Merger Agreement itself, a copy of which is included as
Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K filed by us on April 2,
2009.
On August
14, 2009, GCA and Bixby jointly engaged a certain middle-market, boutique FINRA
member investment bank on an exclusive basis to assist them in obtaining project
financing for Bixby’s pilot carbon conversion technology plant in Chelyan, West
Virginia. While, subject to the availability of financing, the plant
is expected to eventually consist of a system incorporating four full-scale
units and one quarter-scale unit, the financing contemplated by the engagement
will include only an amount required to cover the capital expenditure
requirements associated with the one quarter-scale unit and a single full-scale
unit, together with an as-yet undetermined amount of associated operating and
overhead capital. It is contemplated that a financing may occur in
one or series of transactions. Any financing introduced or arranged
by the investment bank is contingent upon the closing of the Pending Merger, and
it is anticipated that a financing will occur contemporaneously with the closing
of the Pending Merger. Currently no terms, structure or pricing of any financing
have been established, and it is possible that any such financing shall not have
occured as of the time the Pending Merger closes.
Under the
terms of the engagement agreement, the investment bank or its affiliates will,
to the extent requested by GCA and Bixby:
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Develop
a master plan for financing the
project;
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Perform
due diligence on GCA and Bixby and the project at a level commensurate
with the type of investor and structure that becomes contemplated in the
proposed financing;
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Assist
in the preparation of offering materials with respect to the proposed
financing;
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Introduce
GCA and Bixby to potential investors, which are anticipated to be
institutional investors;
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Develop
a strategy to effectuate, and assist in structuring and negotiating, the
proposed financing;
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Act
as a placement agent in the sale of equity, debt or convertible securities
in the proposed financing.
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The
engagement agreement provides for payment of a monthly retainer to the
investment bank for four months, payable by Bixby, and if the proposed financing
is consummated, the investment bank will be entitled to a transaction fee which
will be comprised of a combination of cash and equity
interests. Under the terms of engagement agreement, the investment
bank will not be entitled to the transaction fees if a financing is undertaken
by GCA or Bixby with certain preexisting prospects of Bixby. In that
case, the parties will negotiate appropriate compensation for services provided
by the investment bank based on industry standards, in advance of the
consummation of such a financing.
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Bixby
will reimburse the investment bank for it’s reasonable, pre-agreed expenses in
connection with its engagement.
The
engagement agreement provides that during the term of the investment bank’s
engagement:
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neither
GCA nor Bixby will solicit any offers from any parties in connection with
a financing and they will advise the investment bank of any indications of
interest to participate in the proposed
financing;
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GCA
and Bixby will keep confidential, and not provide to any third party,
materials relating to the proposed financing without the investment bank’s
consent.
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The
engagement agreement grants the investment bank a right of first refusal to
finance:
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on
a project basis, the further expansion of the Chelyan West Virgina
reference plant beyond the scope of the pilot
project;
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on
a project basis, any additional plants to be controlled by
GCA;
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on
a corporate finance basis, GCA for a period of 24 months following the
closing of a financing contemplated by the engagement
agreement.
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Under the
engagement agreement, each of GCA and Bixby agree to indemnify the investment
bank against any claims arising from GCA’s or Bixby’s respective acts or
omissions in the performance of their agreements or from any untrue statements
or omissions from information furnished by them to the investment bank, upon
terms that are customary under investment banking agreements.
The
Company and Bixby acting jointly, or the investment bank, may terminate the
engagement agreement at any time upon written notice. Termination of
the engagement agreement will not effect any of the following obligations of GCA
or Bixby:
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to
pay the investment bank compensation earned up to the date of the
termination, or which becomes payable to the investment bank after
termination arising from consummation of a financing by investors
introduced by the investment bank within 24 months after
termination;
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arising
from any financing under the investment bank’s right of first refusal to
provide or arrange future financings,
or
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to
reimburse the investment bank its reimbursable
expenses.
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No
assurance can be given that any financing of GCA or Bixby will result from the
relationship with the investment bank described above, and if a financing does
occur, GCA cannot predict what the structure, terms or pricing of that financing
would be or what effect it would have on the rights of GCA’s stockholders and
other securityholders.
Plan
of Operation
We have
not realized any revenues from operations since August 14, 2006 (inception), and
our plan of operation for the next twelve months shall be to continue our
efforts to locate suitable acquisition candidates. We can provide no
assurance that we can continue to satisfy our cash requirements for at least the
next twelve months. It is not anticipated at present that we will
experience any change in our current number of employees until such time as we
may consummate a business combination.
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Comparison
of Fiscal Periods Ended November 30, 2009 and November 30, 2008
Operational
Expenses
Total net
operating expenses were $218,394 for the fiscal period from August 14, 2006
(inception) through November 30, 2009, inclusive of $443,673 in reimbursable
expenses from Bixby (see discussion in Liquidity and Capital
Resources below). Total net operating expenses were $103,321
for the three month period ended November 30, 2009, inclusive of $46,390 in
reimbursable expenses from Bixby (see discussion in Liquidity and Capital
Resources below). Comparatively, total net operating expenses
were $134 for the three month period ended November 30, 2008. In each
of these periods, these expenses constituted professional and related
fees. The increase in 2009 over the comparable period in 2008 was
primarily attributable to expenses associated with the Pending Merger, the
addition of legal fees.
We
incurred a net loss of $222,293 for the fiscal period from August 14, 2006
(inception) through November 30, 2009, a net loss of $103,702 for the three
month period ended November 30, 2009, and a net loss of $515 for the comparable
three month period ended November 30, 2008. It is management’s
assertion that these circumstances may hinder the Company’s ability to continue
as a going concern.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The
following is a summary of the Company's cash flows provided by (used in)
operating and financing activities:
Cumulative Period From
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14, 2006 (Inception) to
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November
30,
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30,
2009
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cash (used in) operating activities
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Net
cash provided by financing activities
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Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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Due to
the fact that we have had no operations to date from which we derive any
revenues, prior to May 7, 2008 and extending back to August 14, 2006
(inception), we had been dependent on loans from existing stockholders’ to fund
our working capital needs. Prior to May 7, 2008, we had borrowed a
total of $32,100 from a single shareholder. Although, to date, we have generated
no revenues at all from operations, and we do not expect to generate any
revenues from operations absent a merger or other combination with an operating
company, as part of the Pending Merger and pursuant to the terms of the Merger
Agreement, Bixby agreed to pay, from and after May 7, 2008, our reasonable
legal, accounting, independent auditing, and EDGARization/printing service fees
and expenses in connection with (a) the preparation and filing of any and all
required reports to be filed under the Exchange Act from and after May 7, 2008
through the earlier of (i) four business days following the consummation of the
Pending Merger, or (ii) the time at which the Merger Agreement shall have been
terminated, if at all, in accordance with its terms, and (b) the Pending Merger
and the preparation, filing and dissemination of the S-4 Registration/Merger
Proxy Statement and all related federal and state securities law compliance
associated with the Pending Merger. Given that these expenses are the
only material expenses that we reasonably expect to incur until such time as the
Pending Merger is consummated, and assuming this obligation is consistently
honored by Bixby, we believe that that the overwhelming majority of our working
capital needs will be met through this arrangement until the Pending Merger is
consummated, to the extent that this at some point occurs. If the
Merger Agreement is terminated for any reason, or Bixby fails to honor the
obligation under the terms of the Merger Agreement either on a timely basis or
at all, and, in any event, if there is a deficiency in our working capital needs
beyond those amounts which Bixby is obligated to pay, it is management’s belief
that it will become necessary to fund our working capital needs once again
through loans from stockholders, or possibly from the
sale of equity or debt securities to unrelated parties. Because there
is no commitment regarding any such financing in the event of such a
contingency, there can be no assurance that such financing will be available to
us at or about the time it may be required, either on terms favorable to us or
at all. And although, as of the date hereof, our management has been
told by Bixby management that Bixby expects to be able to meet its obligations
to us in the near-term, Bixby was delinquent in meeting its obligations to us
from approximately January of 2009 until recently. At November
30, 2009, Bixby owed us $180,311. There can be no assurance of its
ability to meet its obligations to us in accordance with the terms of the Merger
Agreement. If Bixby fails to pay our expenses in accordance with the
Merger Agreement, it is unlikely that we will be able to meet our financial
obligations.
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At
November 30, 2009, we had cash of $655 and a working capital deficit of
$(221,793). This compares to cash of $13,151 and a working capital
deficit of $(115,646) at May 31, 2009. At November 30, 2009, our only
assets consisted of $655 in cash and $236 in accounts receivable from
Bixby. Without the accounts receivable from Bixby, our working
capital deficit at August 31, 2009 would have been $(222,029).
Results
of Operations
The
Company has not conducted any active operations since inception, except for its
efforts to locate suitable acquisition candidates and to negotiate the Pending
Merger. No revenue from operations has been generated by the Company
since August 14, 2006 (inception) to November 30, 2009. It is highly
unlikely the Company will have any revenues from operations unless it is able to
effect an acquisition, or merger with an operating company, a result for which
there can be no assurance. In this regard, any revenue we derive from
Bixby’s obligation to pay certain of our operating expenses as described under
Liquidity and Capital
Resources above is not considered revenue from operations.
Since
August 14, 2006 (inception), selling, general and administrative expenses have
been primarily comprised of professional and related fees associated with the
Company registering to become publicly-traded, maintaining its internal controls
and reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, and pursuing the Pending
Merger. For the six month period ending November 30, 2009, such net
expenses (after reimbursement from Bixby of $78,337) amounted to
$105,385. For the three month period ending November 30, 2009, such
net expenses (after reimbursement from Bixby of $46,390) amounted to
$103,321. This compares to $134 in such net expenses (after
reimbursement from Bixby of $63,299) for the three month period ended November
30, 2008.
Since
August 14, 2006 (inception), interest expense has been exclusively comprised of
notes payable to stockholders for working capital loans previously
made. For the six month period ending November 30, 2009, such expense
amounted to $762. For the three month period ending November 30,
2009, interest expense was $381, and it was the same amount for the comparable
period during 2008.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We are
not currently a party to, or otherwise involved with, any off-balance sheet
arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future
material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition,
revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or
capital resources.
Contractual
Obligations
As a
“smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company
is not required to provide this information.
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Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements
In June
2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles- a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162”. The new
standard sets forth that the FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (Codification) will become the source of authoritative U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be
applied to non-governmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under authority of federal
securities laws are also source for authoritative GAAP for SEC
registrants. When the statement is effective, the Codification will
supersede all then-existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All
other nongrandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the
Codification will become nonauthoritative.
Significant
Accounting Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States 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 periods. Significant estimates made by management include, but are not
limited to, the amount of unbilled vendors payable for services performed during
the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates and
assumptions.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Income
taxes are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC-740-Income
Taxes. ASC-740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and
liabilities to reflect the future tax consequences of events that have been
recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Measurement of
the deferred items is based on enacted tax laws. In the event the future
consequences of differences between financial reporting bases and tax bases of
the Company’s assets and liabilities result in a deferred tax asset, ASC-740
requires an evaluation of the probability of being able to realize the future
benefits indicated by such assets. A valuation allowance related to a deferred
tax asset is recorded when it is more likely than not that some or the entire
deferred tax asset will not be realized.
For
federal income tax purposes, substantially all expenses must be deferred until
the Company commences business and then they may be written off over a 60-month
period. These expenses will not be deducted for tax purposes and will
represent a deferred tax asset. The Company will provide a valuation
allowance in the full amount of the deferred tax asset since there is no
assurance of future taxable income. Tax deductible losses can be
carried forward under current applicable law for 20 years until
utilized.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
As a
“smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company
is not required to provide information required by this Item.
Item
4T. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and
Procedures
As of
November 30, 2009, our management, consisting of our Chief Executive Officer and
our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure
controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) promulgated under the
Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of November 30, 2009, our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that material
information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms,
including ensuring that such material information is accumulated and
communicated to our President and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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Changes in Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting
During
the quarter ended November 30, 2009, there were no changes in our internal
control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
Item 1. Legal
Proceedings.
To the
best knowledge of the officers and directors, the Company is not a party to any
legal proceeding or litigation.
Item
1A. Risk Factors.
As a
“smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company
is not required to provide information required by this Item.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities and Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior
Securities.
None.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a
Vote of Security Holders.
None.
Item 5. Other
Information.
None.
Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibits
required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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*3.1
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Certificate
of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on August
14, 2006.
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*3.2
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By-Laws.
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31.1
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Certification
of the Company’s Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the registrant’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30,
2009.
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31.2
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Certification
of the Company’s Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the registrant’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30,
2009.
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32.1
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Certification
of the Company’s Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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32.2
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Certification
of the Company’s Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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Filed as an exhibit to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2007, and incorporated
herein by this
reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused the report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated:
January 14, 2010
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GCA
I ACQUISITION CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Michael M. Membrado
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Michael
M. Membrado
President,
Chief Executive Officer,
Chief
Financial Officer, and
Director
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