acacia-10q6302008.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
FORM 10-Q
 

 
(Mark One)         
 
x    
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008
 
 
r   
TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
 
For the transition period from __________________ to ______________
 
Commission file number: 1-14088
 
Acacia Automotive, Inc.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
 
Texas
75-2095676
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
1200 East Buena Vista Avenue, North Augusta, SC
29841
(Address of principal executive offices)        
(Zip Code)
                       
(352) 427-6848
(Registrant's telephone number)
 
          The Gardner Building – Suite 104, 5214 Maryland Way, Brentwood, TN, 37027         
(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 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 r     No x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer    r                                                                                      Accelerated filer                       r
Non-accelerated filer      r                                                                                      Smaller Reporting Company   x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
 
Yes  r     No  x
 
APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INOLVED 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. Yes  x  No  r
 
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS
 
State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common equity, as of June 30, 2008:  11,997,524.



 
PART I  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements
ACACIA AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS



   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
  
       
(Audited)
 
ASSETS
           
CURRENT ASSETS
           
   Cash
  $ 234,150     $ 203,077  
   Accounts receivable
    256,481       210,130  
   Employee receivables
    294       294  
   Inventory repurchases
    16,735       -  
   Deposits and prepaid expenses
    12,530       33,562  
   Total Current Assets
    520,190       447,063  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of $30,477 and $13,707 in 2008 and 2007, respectively
    159,111       203,142  
                 
OTHER ASSETS
               
Goodwill
    427,929       427,929  
Customer list and Non-Compete Agreement, net of amortization of $170,567 and $85,283, respectively
    470,567       555,850  
   Total Other Assets
    898,496       983,779  
   TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 1,577,797     $ 1,633,984  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
   Accounts payable
  $ 567,206     $ 224,927  
   Accrued liabilities
    216,752       87,238  
   Line of credit
    4,900       139,900  
   Capital lease obligations, current portion
    11,913       11,706  
   Shareholder payables
    31,788       47,104  
   Total Current Liabilities
    832,559       510,875  
NONCURRENT LIABILTIES
               
   Capital lease obligations, less current portion
    31,871       32,078  
   TOTAL LIABILITIES
    864,430       542,953  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
   Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value,
               
   1,475,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
    -       -  
   Common stock, $0.001 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized;
               
   11,997,524 shares issued and outstanding.
    11,997       11,997  
   Additional paid-in capital
    11,561,598       10,918,722  
   Redeemable Common Stock
    130,000       -  
   Retained deficit
    (10,990,228 )     (9,839,688 )
   TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    713,367       1,091,031  
                 
   TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITES
  $ 1,577,797     $ 1,633,984  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
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ACACIA AUTOMOTIVE
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)



   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
 
REVENUES
  $ 307,137     $ -     $ 522,057     $ -  
OPERATING EXPENSES
                               
Cost of fees earned
    113,047       -       148,591       -  
Employee Compensation
    484,872       106,250       952,455       1,221,765  
General and administrative expenses
    239,795       35,377       441,336       87,061  
   Depreciation
    56,706       1,822       112,470       3,644  
Beneficial Conversion of Preferred Stock
    -       500,000       -       500,000  
Operating Loss
    (474,238 )     (643,409 )     (1,132,755 )     (1,812,470  
   Interest Income
    827       2,944       2,848       2,944  
   Interest Expense
    (4,124 )     -       (6,050 )     -  
   Loss on disposal of asset
    (14,583 )     -       (14,583 )     -  
Net Loss Before Income Taxes
    (492,136 )     (690,465 )     (1,150,540 )     (1,809,526 )
Income Tax Expense
    -       -       -       -  
NET LOSS
  $ (492,136 )   $ (690,465 )   $ (1,150,540 )   $ (1,809,526 )
BASIC AND FULLY DILUTED
                               
   LOSS PER SHARE
                               
   Loss Per Share
  $ (0.04 )   $ (0.06 )   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.17 )
   Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding
    11,997,524       10,681,898       11,997,524       10,361,808  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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ACACIA AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2007

   
2008
   
2007
 
Cash Flow From Operating Activities
           
Net Loss
  $ (1,150,540 )   $ (1,809,526 )
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
               
Depreciation
    112,470       3,644  
Loss on disposal of asset
    14,583       -  
Write-down of software
    (25,000 )     -  
Common stock issued for services
    -       1,000,000  
Stock options and warrants issued for services
    642,876       48,725  
Beneficial Conversion
    -       500,000  
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities
               
Inventory
    (16,735 )     -  
Accounts Receivable
    (46,351 )     -  
Accounts Payable
    342,249       41,465  
Accrued Liabilities
    129,514       175,499  
Due to Stockholder
    (15,316 )     (10,765 )
Prepaid Expense
    21,032       469  
Net Cash Flow Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
    8,812       (50,489 )
Cash Flow Provided by (Used from) Investing Activities
               
Proceeds from sale of equipment
    27,261       -  
Purchase of Equipment
    -       (422 )
Net Cash Flow Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
    27,261       (422 )
Cash Flow Provided (Used) by Financing Activities
               
Borrowings on line of credit
    1,504,000       -  
Repayments on line of credit
    (1,639,000 )     -  
Sale of Common Stock
    130,000       925,000  
      (5,000 )     925,000   
Change in Cash
    31,073       874,089  
Cash at Beginning of Period
    203,077       1,432  
Cash at End of Period
  $ 234,150     $ 875,521  


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



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ACACIA AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2007
 
NOTE 1 – THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
Acacia Automotive, Inc. (“Acacia” or the “Company”) is engaged in acquiring and operating automotive auctions, including automobile, truck, equipment, boat, motor home, RV, motorsports, and other related vehicles.
 
BASIS OF PRESENTATION – The Company has elected to prepare its financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (United States) with December 31, as its year end.  The financial statements and notes are representations of the Company’s management who are responsible for their integrity and objectivity.
 
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation SX.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete consolidated financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a full presentation have been included.  All such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature.
 
Historically, the Company had issued warrants to purchase shares of our common stock in connection with certain of its debt and equity financings, in exchange for the conversion of certain preferred stock, and for certain non-compete agreements.  The Company records each of the securities issued on a relative fair value basis up to the amount of the proceeds received.  The Company estimates the fair value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  The Black-Scholes model is dependent on a number of variables and estimates including: interest rates, dividend yield, volatility and the expected term of the warrants.  The estimates are based on market interest rates at the date of issuance, our past history for declaring dividends, the Company’s estimated stock price volatility and the contractual term of the warrants.  The value ascribed to the warrants in connection with debt offerings is considered a cost of capital and amortized to interest expense over the term of the debt.
 
CONSOLIDATION – The Company owns 100% of the voting stock of Acacia Augusta Vehicle Auction, Inc.  The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and Acacia Augusta Vehicle Auction, Inc. dba / Augusta Auto Auction, Inc.   All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
 
NOTE 2– OPERATING SOFTWARE SYSTEM
 
On June 30, 2008, the Company took a charge of $78,157 against 2008 operating results, representing the devaluation of certain accounts receivable determined to be uncollectible. This resulted, in substantial part, from the issues the Company encountered in utilizing a new operating software system during the first half of 2008. During that period, the Company experienced problems in deriving accurate operating information from that system and also suffered from inconsistencies in the system to automatically deduct charges from client transactions in real time. The operating software system was replaced in the third quarter of 2008. The Company will seek to effect recovery of a portion of these charges in coming periods.
 
NOTE 3 – GOING CONCERN CONSIDERATIONS
 
The Company neither has sufficient cash on hand nor is it generating sufficient revenues to cover its operating overhead.  These facts raise doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  The Company has been operating over the past year based on the proceeds from the sale of Common stock in private offerings, loans from its officers/directors, and revenues from its auction operating unit.  There is no guarantee that such officers/directors will continue to provide operating funds for the Company.  In order to pursue its goals and commitments, the Company will be required to obtain significant funding to meet its projected minimum expenditure requirements.  Management’s plans include raising funds from the public through a private placement stock offering or securing debt financing, acquiring additional auto auction operations that will provide profitability and liquidity, and attempting to increase the revenues from its current auction operations.  Management intends to make every effort to identify and develop sources of funds, but there is no assurance that Management’s plans will be successful.
 
 
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
Forward-Looking Information
 
The Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other sections of the Form 10-Q contain forward-looking information. The forward-looking information involves risks and uncertainties that are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections about the Company's business, management's beliefs and assumptions made by management. Words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates", and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking information. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking information due to numerous factors, including, but not limited to, availability of financing for operations, successful performance of internal operations, impact of competition and other risks detailed below as well as those discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, general economic and market conditions and growth rates could affect such statements.
 
General
 
With the acquisition of the Augusta Auto Auction on July 10, 2007, we commenced operations, ceased being a shell company, and conducted our first weekly auction on July 11, 2007. Our only operations in 2007 were those operations, and those operations remain our only operations.
 
During the third and fourth quarter of 2007, we made substantial improvements to the physical plant at our auction and attempted to upgrade our technology by licensing new software, the SNaps operating system, and purchased related computer hardware.
 
We believe that the automobile auction business is seasonal with the first and second quarters of the calendar year being the strongest but declining somewhat in the third and fourth calendar quarters. However, at our auction, we did not see that pattern in 2007. The number of units we sold in the last two quarters of 2007 was 7.3% more than the number of units we sold in the first two quarters of 2008; however, the number of units sold in Q2 of 2008 was 1.1% greater than the number sold in Q4 2007 and 14.9% greater than the number sold in Q1 2008.
 
We believe the initial increase in the last two quarters of 2007 showed a favorable response to our ownership of the auction. But the Vemark SNaps® software we installed proved unsatisfactory for many reasons. A major concern was the control issues, discussed herein under Item 4T - Controls and Procedures. But the software also caused major operational dislocations such as not providing customers timely accounting of transactions and not being able to process automatically title information on vehicles sold. We believe that such failures caused much of the decreased sales that occurred from the last six months of 2007 to the first six months of 2008. In July 2008, we terminated our relationship with the SNaps vendor and implemented other software solutions that we believe are now providing sufficient operational support and better control of our financial reporting. We anticipate the number of units sold by the Augusta Auto Auction in the latter half of 2008 to match approximately those sold in the latter half of 2007. In addition we have engaged our director, David Bynum, to assist in the management of the Augusta auction and believe that his efforts have improved the auctions operational efficiency and mitigated some of the concerns of clients that were initially dissatisfied with our operation as a result of the software difficulties we encountered.
 
Finally, we believe that vehicle auctions have historically shown that units sold do not generally decline substantially during a recession. We believe this is attributable to, among other facts, that the auto auction industry is more dependent upon the number of actual used vehicles in operation (VIO) in the U.S., rather than upon retail vehicle sales and manufacturing output.  The table below depicts fluctuations through September 2008, indicating that auction volumes remain nearly unchanged while used and new light vehicle retail volumes are down approximately 10% and 13% respectively in the same period.
 
 

 
 
 
 
     *  Text and Chart reprinted with permission of the National Auto Auction Association
         Provided by Ira A. Silver, Ph.D., NAAA Economist Publication 11/6/08

 
Six months ended June 30
 
Our revenues for the six month period ended June 30 are not comparable to the same period in 2007 because we did not have operations until we acquired the Augusta Auto Auction in July 2007. Nonetheless our revenues for the first six months of 2008 were approximately 23.3% more than those in the last six months of 2007 even though the number of units sold in the 2008 period declined approximately 7.3%. This increase in revenue is mostly attributable to an increase in the average unit selling price and their attendant higher fees, as well as an increase in the actual fee structure, the level of our new fees being more consistent with auction fees in the surrounding area.
 
With respect to our Augusta operations, our employee compensation is averaging approximately $105,000 per quarter and other general and administrative expenses are averaging approximately $75,000 per quarter. Cost of sales, absent charges for uncollected receivables, are approximately $42,500 per quarter and depreciation and amortization is about $55,000 per quarter leaving an operating loss, assuming average revenues of about $250,000 per quarter, of about $22,000 per quarter but operating cash flow of about $33,000 per quarter. Nonetheless we did not achieve those operating results in our Augusta operation because we took a charge of approximately $78,000 mostly for uncollected receivables related to our discontinued software.
 
While our interest expenses at our Augusta operation is about $1900 per quarter, we incurred additional charges for loss on the sale of equipment relating to the removal of the Vemark SNaps® software in July 2008.
 
We incur expenses at the corporate level in addition to those incurred at our operations at the Augusta auction. Our compensation for executives as shown under Employee Compensation runs about $88,000 per quarter, and our option and warrant expense, which is amortized, has averaged in the six month period ended June 30, 2008, approximately $388,000 per quarter.  For the six months ended June 30, 2008 we incurred a loss of $1,150,540. Corporate G&A expenses accounted for approximately $290,000 in the first six months, and included legal and accounting fees of approximately $99,000, office rental costs of approximately $14,500, non-cash amortized warrant and option expenses of approximately $79,000, and other traditional expenses for travel, convention expenses, equipment lease/rental, postage and shipping, printing and office supplies, insurance, telephone, light heat power, etc.
 

 
Three months ended June 30, 2008
 
Again, our revenues for the three month period ended June 30 are not comparable to the same period in 2007 because we did not have operations until we acquired the Augusta Auto Auction in July 2007. Our revenues for the second quarter were $307,137, the largest of any quarter since our acquisition of the auction, although the number of units sold exceeded only those of the first quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2007, while not exceeding the third quarter of 2007, the increase in revenues also being attributable to increases in fees as discussed above.
 
While our cost of fees earned was $113,047, this included approximately $78,000 for uncollected receivables.  Our employee compensation was typical, approximately $100,000 for parent company compensation, approximately $265,000 for expensing of options and approximately $110,000 for employee compensation in our operating company.
 
With the addition of a $14,000 loss related to the discontinued Vemark SNaps® software, our net loss was $492,136 for the quarter.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Our liquidity has been provided through private placements, one for $1,025,000 which closed in the second quarter of 2007 and another for $130,000 which closed in the Spring of 2008. These placements have been supplemented by a line of credit for $300,000 with Wachovia Bank, this line of credit supporting short term cash requirements at our Augusta operations.
 
We are striving to make our Augusta operations have positive cash flow and believe that that goal can be achieved. But these improvements would have to be substantial, although plausibly achievable, to support our existing overhead cost structure.
 
In addition, we desire to expand through acquisition of other automobile auctions and are seeking funding for that purpose. We believe that any modest addition of other auctions will enable us to operate on a positive cash flow basis.
 
We are, accordingly, seeking additional funding to expand our auctions.
 
Item 4T. Controls and Procedures
 
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's Securities Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer who acts as our Chief Financial Officer to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  During the 90-day period prior to the date of this report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures.  Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective.  Nonetheless, we have identified areas that we are addressing which we believe need to be rectified.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
In the course of conducting our audit for the fiscal year 2007, our auditor, Killman, Murrell & Company, P.C. identified to us material weaknesses involving internal control, although it did not identify to us any report that necessitated restatement. These material weaknesses related to our accounting personnel, accounting for cash, documentation with respect to options and warrants as well as the issuance of common stock.
 
We believe that two factors most affect these reported material weaknesses, namely, the lack of accounting personnel and the lack of integration of software that manages our operations and our accounting software. Our lack of senior accounting personnel affected the adequacy our general systems and practices. While the failure of the processes and systems affected our documentation of options and warrants as well as one issuance of common stock, all matters of which have been rectified, its most critical manifestation was in the software integration referred to above. We have identified and largely rectified matters regarding the issuance and reporting of checks, although we are yet making certain that our actions will be adequate in that area.
 
All of these issues, we believe, relate most to the lack of experienced accounting personnel, particularly senior accounting personnel. In that regard, we have identified a certified public accountant who is helping us on a part time basis and who has extensive experience in accounting and auditing.
 
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5. Other Information.
 
In December 2008, Mr. Moorby resigned to pursue his commercial interests in the Nashville area. Mr. Moorby will remain a director and active consultant and advisor to the Company. On January 1, 2009, the Company will appoint Mr. David Bynum to the post of Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the corporation.  With these changes, Mr. Sample will also assume the office of President in addition to serving as CEO and Chairman of the Board.
 
 

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities exchange Act of 1934, registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned.

 
Acacia Automotive, Inc.
 
       
Dated: December 31, 2008     
By:
/s/ Steven L. Sample                                                           
    Steven L. Sample  
    Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer