-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FePSnRmVvBZvEeN/e3ToXL00n3HMKU7qpIqnwXMHg6yRZjr2WOm0Ym5pK02mX89M HZZ4L3aHcrxPMZ3hbXLyBQ== 0001104659-04-041345.txt : 20041228 0001104659-04-041345.hdr.sgml : 20041228 20041228114722 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-04-041345 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10KSB PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20041228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QUALITY PRODUCTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000843462 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-METALS SERVICE CENTERS & OFFICES [5051] IRS NUMBER: 752273221 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10KSB SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-18145 FILM NUMBER: 041227754 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 560 W NATIONWIDE BLVD CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 BUSINESS PHONE: 6142288120 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 560 W NATIONWIDE BLVD CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONSOLIDATED AMERICAN INDUSTRIES INC /DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920322 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VIRTUALISTICS INC /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890523 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ANALYTICS INC /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890212 10KSB 1 a04-15347_110ksb.htm 10KSB

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 10-KSB

 

(Mark One)

 

ý  ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004

 

o  TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from             to             

 

Commission file number 0-18145

 

QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

(Name of small business issuer in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

75-2273221

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

2222 S. Third St., Columbus, OH

 

43207-2402

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Issuer’s telephone number  (614) 228-0185

 

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

 

 

 

None

 

None

 

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

 

COMMON STOCK, $.00001 PAR VALUE

(Title of Class)

 

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ý   No o

 

Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. ý

 

The issuer’s revenues for its most recent fiscal year were $9,806,634.

 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of December 13, 2004, was $ 2,830,079 based on the price of $1.46 as reported by the OTC electronic bulletin board on such date.

 

As of December 13, 2004, there were 3,158,497 shares of Common Stock, $.00001 Par Value issued and outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

There is no annual report, proxy statement, or prospectus to incorporate by reference.

 

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one):        Yes o   No ý

 

 



 

QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

FORM 10-KSB

 

PART I

 

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS

 

a.  BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

 

Quality Products, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a holding company, originally organized in 1988 under the name “Analytics Inc.”  We have three wholly-owned operating subsidiaries.  QPI Multipress, Inc. (“Multipress”), an Ohio corporation, is a manufacturer of hydraulic presses and accessories.  The trade name “MultiPress” has been in use for over 60 years.  On April 26, 2001 we acquired Columbus Jack Corporation (“CJC”), an Ohio corporation.  CJC is a manufacturer of hydraulic jacks and other ground support equipment for aircraft.  The trade name “Columbus Jack” has been in use for over 45 years.  Multipress and CJC exhibit similarities and experience synergies in the areas of purchasing, production, engineering and accounting.  However, the two companies differ in the areas of sales and marketing.  Multipress uses a network of manufacturers’ representatives to distribute its products, whereas the majority of sales at CJC are United States government customers that are sold to directly using internal salespeople.  On September 29, 2003 we established A-1 Specialty & Gov’t. Packaging, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“A1”) that provides packaging services for external customers as well as for Multipress and CJC.  On October 3, 2003 A1 acquired inventory and equipment for $22,000.  In November 2004 management decided to discontinue the operations of A1 due to unacceptable performance in 2004 and an unsatisfactory outlook for 2005.  The assets and employees of A1 will be transferred to the other subsidiaries for use in their operations.  Therefore, most of the overhead expenses generated by A1 will be absorbed by the remaining entities.  The discontinuance of A1 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

As discussed in our September 2004 Form 15 and 8K SEC filings, the Company has elected to become non-reporting.  Therefore, this 10-KSB report will be our last SEC filing.  However, the Company intends to issue quarterly press releases.

 

b.  BUSINESS OF QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

QPI MULTIPRESS, INC.

 

Multipress manufactures industrial hydraulic bench presses, floor presses, (together, referred to as  “Multipresses” herein) and accessories used with Multipresses.  The Company is one of the leading producers of industrial hydraulic “C” frame presses in the United States.  Multipresses are used in a variety of industries, including automotive, appliance, abrasive materials, electrical and food compaction industries.  Additionally, we supply repair parts and service for this equipment.  Historically, parts and service has averaged approximately 20% of Multipress’ total revenues and represented approximately 22% of Multipress’ fiscal 2004 revenues.

 

The current Multipress line, which consists of 27 different standard models, is adaptable to CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing), a combination of hydraulic presses with robotics.  Multipress has provided turnkey operations to a number of Fortune 500 companies.  Turnkey systems include a combination of any number of peripheral automation devices supplied by third party companies used in conjunction with a Multipress.

 

Approximately 75% of the machines Multipress ships are special or modified in some way to suit customer requirements.  In addition to standard C-Frame or Gap Frame presses, 4 Post or 4 Column designs either with or without a moving platen can be furnished up to 1000-ton capacity.  Many special designs and configurations have been furnished in the more than 60 years Multipresses have been produced.  These include ultra high speed, special frames, variations in daylight, throat, bed size, dual or triple units, and several units located around a large dial table.

 

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Multipress requires several different raw material components for its presses.  Multipress is not dependent on any one supplier for any of its key parts and believes that its relationship with its suppliers is satisfactory.

 

Historically, the automotive, appliance, and electrical industries have provided approximately 75% of sales revenues.  Additionally, Multipresses have been integrated with automated robot systems developed by unrelated companies and used in assembly line systems.  Multipress competes in its market with several other companies, none of which is dominant.  Multipress competes primarily based on its ability to customize its presses, the excellent quality and longevity of its product, its excellent service, and pricing.

 

Multipress markets its presses through an in house force consisting of two sales agents and through exclusive outside machine tool distributors.  Historically, Multipress’ primary markets have been in the Midwestern United States, principally Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.

 

Multipress does not market directly abroad; however, it has sold presses through sales representatives to customers outside of the United States.  In 2004, foreign sales were approximately $67,000.

 

One customer accounted for 7% of Multipress’ sales in fiscal 2004.

 

Multipress’ order backlog has no discernable pattern, as customer purchasing is not seasonal.  Multipress’ backlog at September 30, 2004 was approximately $750,000, compared to Multipress’ historical average backlog of $800,000 to $1,000,000.  The backlog usually ships within three to six months from the date ordered.

 

COLUMBUS JACK CORPORATION

 

CJC manufactures hydraulic jacks and other ground support equipment for maintenance functions of commercial and government aircraft.  The current product line consists of tripod jacks, axle jacks, towbars, tire bead breakers, tire dollies, tire fixtures, and aircraft weighing systems.  Additionally, we supply repair parts and service for this equipment.  Parts and service represented approximately 41% of Columbus Jack’s fiscal 2004 revenues, compared to 42% in 2003 and the historical average of 45%.

 

We require many different raw material components for our products, but we are not dependent on any one supplier for these products.  Our relationship with suppliers is satisfactory.

 

We compete in our market with approximately five other companies worldwide, none of which is dominant.  We compete primarily based on quality, longevity, service, and pricing.

 

Our products are primarily marketed through three in-house salespeople.  Although our main market is the United States, in 2004 foreign sales were approximately $555,000.

 

The U.S. government represented approximately 64% of CJC’s sales revenues in fiscal 2004, compared with the historical average of 50%.  The largest single commercial customer represented 5% of CJC’s sales.

 

CJC’s backlog has no discernable pattern, as customer purchasing is not seasonal.  At September 30, 2004 the backlog was approximately $2.0 million, compared to our historical average backlog of  $1.75 million to $2.0 million.  The backlog usually ships within three to six months from the date ordered.

 

A-1 SPECIALTY & GOV’T. PACKAGING, INC.

 

A1 provides custom packaging and crating services to commercial and government entities as well as to Multipress and CJC.  A1 provides these services to many industries including furniture, antiques, industrial machinery, computer equipment, and art.  A1 is qualified for all military specifications and prepares both domestic and export shipments.  A1 began operations on October 1, 2003.

 

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EMPLOYEES

 

Quality Products employed a total of 57 employees, with 54 of those full-time, as of September 30, 2004, 13 of whom belonged to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO.  We believe our relationship with the union is satisfactory.  The union contract expires August 5, 2006.

 

GENERAL

 

The Company has a registered trademark on “Multipress”, and an unregistered trademark on “Columbus Jack”.

 

The Company does require government approval of its products or services that are sold to the U.S. government.

 

The Company is not aware of any existing or probable governmental regulations, which will have a material effect on the business.

 

The Company had no research and development expenses in fiscal years 2004 or 2003.

 

The Company incurred no material costs or effects due to compliance with environmental laws in 2004 or 2003 except the settlement of the “Granville Solvents vs. CJC” legal proceeding, in which the Company and CJC issued a 24 month, $52,500 principal, 4% annual interest, note payable in exchange for Granville’s release from any future claims.  See Part I, Item 3 for details.

 

The Company maintains the following websites for information on products and services:

 

A1 – www.a-1govpackaging.com

CJC – www.columbusjack.com

Multipress – www.multipress.com

 

c.  REPORTS TO SECURITY HOLDERS

 

The Company is not required to send reports to Security Holders.  The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file with the SEC, including the Company.  The Internet address of that site is www.sec.gov.  The Company’s 10KSB and other filings may be viewed and downloaded from that site.  In addition, the public may read and copy any material that the Company files with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room, 450 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20549.  The public may obtain information on the operation of the SEC’s public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

As discussed in our September 2004 Form 15 SEC filing, the costs to develop, test, and implement the internal control program required under the Sarbanes Oxley Act were projected to be as much as $300,000, an enormous expense for a small company.  Non-reporting companies are not subject to the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley.  Therefore, this 10-KSB report will be our last SEC filing.  However, the Company intends to issue quarterly press releases.

 

ITEM 2.  PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY

 

Location

 

Description

 

 

 

2222 S. Third St.
Columbus, Ohio 43207-2402

 

A lease for approximately 45,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space currently expiring July 31, 2007. The rental rate is $13,333 per month.  The property is in good condition.

 

 

 

321 Dering Ave., Bldg 1
Columbus, Ohio 43207-2955

 

A lease for approximately 12,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space currently expiring September 30, 2006.  The rental rate is $3,000 per month.  The property is in good condition.

 

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ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

In November 1993, the Company and its QPI Multipress subsidiary were sued in Indiana Superior Court by an employee of a company that had purchased one of the Company’s presses from a third party. The plaintiff seeks unspecified monetary damages for a personal injury that occurred in her employer’s facility.  Although the Company’s subsidiary carries full product liability insurance, the Company’s former management did not notify the insurance carrier within the prescribed time period.  Accordingly, this claim is not covered by insurance.  Based upon consultation with the Company’s counsel, the Company does not believe that the litigation will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.  Prior to 2004 the Company recorded a provision for this matter that is immaterial to the consolidated financial statements.  In July 2004 the Court granted the Company’s motion for summary judgment to dismiss the Company as a defendant in the suit.  The plaintiff has appealed this decision.  The case is Roberta Jackson v. Multipress, Inc., Quality Products, Inc. and McGill Manufacturing, Case No. 64D02-9311-CT-2675, Superior Court #2, Porter County Indiana.

 

In 1994, the Company’s Columbus Jack Corporation (“CJC”) subsidiary consented to be identified as a Potentially Responsible Party by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at the Granville Solvents Superfund Site in Granville, Ohio.  On May 14, 2003, the Company and CJC reached a settlement in the Granville Solvents civil action.  The terms of the settlement required the Company to issue a $52,500, 4% note, payable in 24 monthly installments to Granville in exchange for Granville’s dismissal of all claims against the Companies.  On or about May 20, 2003, the case was dismissed with prejudice in accordance with a Notice of Dismissal resulting from the settlement.  Granville Solvents Site Response Management Group, LLC v. Columbus Jack Corporation and Quality Products, Inc., Case No. 02-CVH01782, Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County Ohio.

 

In November 2002, Richard Ramirez sued QPI Multipress, Inc., in Madera County California Superior Court under a product liability claim.  The claim asserts that on November 14, 2001, plaintiff was severely injured while operating a press manufactured by Multipress in 1994.  Multipress carries product liability insurance, which covers this claim.  Although plaintiff has not made a full demand for damages, the Company believes that its liability insurance coverage is sufficient to cover the amount of any judgment likely to be handed down in this action.  The Company has substantial defenses and believes it is not liable.  The Company has made no provision in the financial statements for any potential loss from this action.  A trial, originally scheduled for July 2004, has been postponed for an undetermined amount of time.  Ramirez v. QPI Multipress, Inc., et al., Case No. CV18743, Madera County Superior Court, California.

 

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

Not Applicable.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

(a) On September 30, 2004, Quality Products, Inc., filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to become a non-reporting public company.  The effect will be that as of January 1, 2005, the Company’s common stock will no longer be eligible for trading on the NASDAQ Bulletin Board.  The Company expects that market makers will continue to trade the Company’s common stock and quote it in the pink sheets.

 

The Form 15 certified to the Commission that the Corporation has less than $10 million in assets and fewer than 500 shareholders of record.  The Board decided to become non-reporting because of the onerous cost of complying with the internal control and reporting requirements of the Sarbanes/Oxley Act.  In 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes/Oxley Act and it imposed new requirements on public companies that report to the SEC.  These requirements were scheduled to take effect for Quality Products, Inc. in September 2005.  The Board studied what the Corporation needed to do to meet those requirements.  The Board determined that the resources needed to fulfill the requirements were substantial, both in terms of money and additional responsibilities for the Corporation’s employees.  Because of its onerous burden, the Board of Directors considered the alternatives and decided, unanimously, to become a non-reporting company.  Becoming a non-reporting company eliminates the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and saves substantial costs estimated to be well over $300,000 during the first year and more than $65,000 annually afterwards.  Accordingly, this is the Corporation’s final report to the Commission.

 

The following table shows the high and low bid prices for the Company’s Common Stock as reported by the NASD electronic bulletin board (BULLETIN BOARD SYMBOL - “QPDC”), for the period commencing October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2004.  Such prices reflect inter-dealer prices, may not represent actual transactions, and do not include retail markup, markdown, or commissions.

 

2004

 

High

 

Low

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter - December 31, 2003

 

$

1.40

 

$

0.45

 

Second Quarter - March 31, 2004

 

1.20

 

0.76

 

Third Quarter - June 30, 2004

 

2.19

 

0.85

 

Fourth Quarter - September 30, 2004

 

2.55

 

1.35

 

 

2003

 

High

 

Low

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter - December 31, 2002

 

$

0.55

 

$

0.35

 

Second Quarter - March 31, 2003

 

0.35

 

0.30

 

Third Quarter - June 30, 2003

 

0.51

 

0.35

 

Fourth Quarter - September 30, 2003

 

0.70

 

0.45

 

 

(b) Approximate number of equity securities holders:

 

Title of Class

 

Approximate Number of Record Holders (as of September 30, 2004)

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock, $.00001 Par Value

 

430

 

 

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(c) Dividends:

 

In October 2002 the Company issued $625,000 of preferred stock with an annual dividend rate of 10% per share.  During fiscal year 2004 the Company paid $62,500 of preferred stock dividends.  No dividends are in arrears.

 

The Company paid no dividends in the years ending September 30, 2003 or 2004 on its Common Stock and the Company does not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future on its common stock.  The Company is not restricted from paying dividends as long as the preferred stock dividends are not in arrears.  Additionally, the Company must include the preferred shareholders in any dividend payment made to the common shareholders.

 

(d) Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

Plan category

 

Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)

 

Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)

 

Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

 

None

 

N/A

 

None

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

 

None

 

N/A

 

None

Total

 

None

 

N/A

 

None

 

RECENT SALE OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

 

On October 15, 2002, we completed a private placement with a group of investors including our Chairman, Richard Drexler, (the “Private Placement”) whereby we sold (i) 6,250 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and stated value of $100 per share convertible into at least 833,333 shares of common stock with a dividend of 10% per share on $100 stated value  (the “Series A Preferred”), and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 208,331 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $625,000.  The investor group consists of The Dale Newberg Pension Trust, Richard A. Drexler, TTEE, Richard A. Drexler Trust, U/A DTD 9/14/90,

 

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Dan L. Drexler, and Jason Drexler.  We used the Private Placement proceeds to reduce existing debt.

 

In connection with the Private Placement, we filed a Certificate of Designations, Preferences, and Rights of the Series A Preferred with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the “Certificate of Designations”).  The Series A Preferred has a stated value of $100 per share, with a dividend rate of 10.0% per annum, declared quarterly.  If the Board does not declare and pay the dividend on the Series A Preferred, then the dividends accrue at the rate of 12%.  The Series A Preferred is nonvoting.  After three years the holders of the Series A Preferred may voluntarily convert their Series A Preferred to common stock.  The conversion price will be the lower of (i) $0.75, or (ii) an amount equal to the average of the closing bid prices of the Common Stock for the 30 consecutive trading days preceding a notice of conversion.  If all of the Series A Preferred is converted at $0.75, then the Corporation will issue 833,333 shares of common stock upon conversion.  The warrants are convertible into 208,331 shares of Common Stock at a price of $0.75 per share (subject to certain adjustments), and expire on the fifth anniversary of their issuance.

 

On April 16, 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors (“the lending group”) including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler, the Company’s Operations Manager, Dan Drexler, the Company’s President, Ted Schwartz, and the Company’s Assistant Treasurer, Karen Hart.  The Company issued a five-year term note payable in the amount of $770,000 principal at 8.00% annual interest.  The agreement includes a clause permitting early repayment without penalty at any time.  The Company granted a security interest to the lending group in all of the Company’s assets.  The proceeds from the note were used to pay off the Company’s outstanding debt with a regional bank in the discounted amount of $758,000, and $8,855 of the bank’s legal fees.  The Company recognized a gain of approximately $44,000 in 2003 as a result of this discount.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

On September 23, 2003 the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors (“the lending group”) including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler.  The Company issued a sixty-month term note payable in the amount of $250,000 principal at 9.00% annual interest.  The proceeds from the note were used to pay off the Company’s outstanding debt with Mr. Dennis Mellman, in the discounted amount of $270,000.  The Company recognized a gain of approximately $30,000 in 2003, representing the difference between the prediscount amount of $300,000 owed to Mr. Mellman and the discounted amount of $270,000.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

On November 17, 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors (“the lending group”) including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler, and the Company’s Operations Manager, Dan Drexler.  The Company issued a five-year term note payable in the amount of $200,000 principal at 8.50% annual interest.  The proceeds from the note were used to acquire manufacturing machinery.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

The Company sold these securities without registering them with either federal or state authorities in reliance on Rules 505 and 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 and related state law exemptions from registration.

 

ITEM 6.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

The following information for all periods presented below reflects the segmenting of Quality Product’s businesses into three components: Machine Tools (Multipress), Aircraft Ground Support Equipment (Columbus Jack), and Packaging (A1).  The packaging component had no operations prior to October 1, 2003.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.  The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the

 

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reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.  In consultation with our Board of Directors and Audit Committee, we have identified five accounting policies that we believe are key to an understanding of our financial statements.  These are important accounting policies that require management’s most difficult, subjective judgments.

 

The first critical accounting policy relates to revenue recognition.  We recognize revenue from product sales when the customer accepts title to the product and the earnings process is complete. We recognize service revenue when the service is rendered.  Sales are recorded net of sales returns and discounts. We recognize revenue in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.”

 

The second critical accounting policy relates to accounts receivable.  We establish an Allowance for Doubtful Accounts based upon factors surrounding the credit risk of our customers, historical trends, and other information. Management analyzes each customer account with a balance over 90 days past due and estimates the likelihood of collection.  When other circumstances suggest that a receivable may not be collectible, it is immediately reserved for, even if the receivable is not yet in the 90-days-past-due category.

 

The third critical accounting policy relates to intangible assets.  Our intangible assets consist of goodwill.  In accordance with SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”, only intangible assets with definite lives are amortized.  We subject our non-amortized intangible assets to annual impairment testing.

 

The fourth critical accounting policy relates to inventory.  Our inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost or market.  Slow moving and obsolete inventories are analyzed for potential reserves on a quarterly basis.  To calculate the reserve amount, we compare the current on-hand quantities with the actual usage over the past 36 months. On-hand quantities greater than actual usage are calculated at the standard unit cost. The engineering, production, and sales departments review the initial list of slow-moving and obsolete items to identify items that have alternative uses in new or existing products. These items are then excluded from the analysis. The remaining amount of slow-moving and obsolete inventory is then reserved.  Additionally, non-cancelable open purchase orders for parts we are obligated to purchase where demand has been reduced may be reserved.  Reserves for open purchase orders where the market price is lower than the purchase order price are also established.

 

The fifth critical accounting policy relates to income taxes.  The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 (“SFAS 109”), which is an asset and liability method of accounting that requires the recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between tax bases and financial reporting bases of accounting.  In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible.  Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Year Ended September 30, 2004 Compared to September 30, 2003

 

 OVERVIEW

 

Consolidated sales increased $2,187,663 or 28.7% during the year ended September 30, 2004 to $9,806,634 from $7,618,971 in the year ended September 30, 2003.  Both Multipress and Columbus Jack contributed to the increase.  Consolidated operating income was $1,880,971 in 2004 as compared to $748,639 in 2003.  The increased sales and reduced operating expenses within the entire Company are the primary reasons for the increased operating profit.

 

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MACHINE TOOLS

 

Net Sales for the year ended September 30, 2004 were $3,883,940 compared to $2,631,382 for the year ended September 30, 2003, an increase of $1,252,558, or 47.6%. We shipped 125 units in 2004 compared to 109 units in 2003.  Multipress remains in an extremely price competitive environment with minimal ability to increase selling prices to customers, even though our costs for items such as steel, which is a major component of our product, have increased faster than the rate of inflation.  Our September 30, 2004 backlog was approximately $750,000 compared to $514,000 at September 30, 2003.  At December 13, 2004 our backlog is approximately $1.1 million.  We expect machine tool sales for the quarter ending December 31, 2004 to be approximately $1.0 million and for fiscal year 2005 to be approximately $4.2 million.

 

Fiscal year 2004 operating income was $613,354 compared to $55,028 for the same period a year earlier.  Gross margins were 33.8% compared to 26.0% in 2003 and compared to the historical average of 30%.  The increased level of orders and lower expenses from staff reductions and salary adjustments are the primary reasons for the improved operating results. We anticipate operating income margin will be approximately 14% of gross sales for the quarter ending December 31, 2004 and approximately 15% for the twelve months ending September 30, 2005.

 

GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT

 

Net Sales for the year ended September 30, 2004 were $5,923,497 compared to $4,987,589 in 2003, an increase of $935,908 or 18.8%.  We shipped 727 units in 2004 compared to 728 units in 2003.  The September 30, 2004 backlog was approximately $2.0 million compared to $1.6 million at September 30, 2003.  At December 13, 2004 our backlog is approximately $2.1 million.  We expect ground support equipment sales for the quarter ending December 31, 2004 to be approximately $1.4 million and for fiscal year 2005 to be approximately $6.1 million.

 

Fiscal year 2004 operating income was $1,637,453, compared to $938,027 in 2003.  Gross margins were 40.0% compared to 35.1% in 2003 and compared to the historical average of 30%, and should not be considered representative of future performance. The increased sales and the stricter cost controls, which resulted in improved gross margins, are the primary reasons for the increased operating income.  We anticipate operating income margin will be approximately 14% of gross sales for the quarter ending December 31, 2004 and approximately 20% for the twelve months ending September 30, 2005.  We expect the operating margin to decline from 2004 levels as costs such as raw material, particularly steel, labor, and benefits, especially health insurance, increase in the year ahead.

 

PACKAGING

 

A-1 Specialty & Gov’t. Packaging, Inc. is a packaging company supplying services to commercial and government entities as well as to Multipress and CJC.  A1 provides custom packaging and crating for products including furniture, antiques, industrial machinery, computer equipment, and art.  A1 is qualified for all military specifications and prepares both domestic and export shipments.  A1began operations on October 1, 2003.

 

Net sales for 2004 were $87,601, including $34,346 of intercompany sales.  A1 essentially has no backlog because it provides its products and services almost immediately upon receipt of a customer order.

 

Operating loss was $(121,889) due to the insufficient level of shipments.  We estimate annual fixed expenses for A1 to be approximately $125,000 and depending on gross margin percentages, we estimate breakeven sales to be between $250,000 and $420,000.  In November 2004 management decided to discontinue the operations of A1 due to unacceptable performance in 2004 and an unsatisfactory outlook for 2005.  The assets and employees of A1 will be transferred to the other subsidiaries for use in their operations.  Therefore, most of the overhead expenses generated by A1 will be absorbed by the remaining

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entities.  The discontinuance of A1 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

CORPORATE EXPENSES

 

Corporate expenses were $281,669 in fiscal year 2004 compared to $244,416 in 2003.  The increase primarily resulted from: 1) approximately $21,000 of legal and accounting fees to investigate potential business opportunities, and 2) approximately $15,000 of consulting fees for a feasibility analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley internal control requirements.  The results of this study provided the basis for the decision by the Board of Directors to become a non-reporting company.  As discussed in our September 2004 Form 15 SEC filing, the costs to develop, test, and implement the internal control program required under the Sarbanes Oxley Act were projected to be as much as $300,000, an enormous expense for a small company.  Non-reporting companies are not subject to the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley.  Therefore, this 10-KSB report will be our last SEC filing.  However, the Company intends to issue quarterly press releases.  We expect corporate expenses of approximately $300,000 for fiscal year 2005, including audit fees, directors and officers insurance, transfer agent fees, and legal fees.

 

INTEREST EXPENSE, NET

 

Consolidated net interest expense for the fiscal year 2004 was $76,472, composed of interest expense of $87,596 and interest income of $11,124, compared to net interest expense of $112,273 for 2003.  $13,000 of interest expense related to the issuance of common stock in fiscal 2003 and lower interest rates in 2004 are the reasons for the difference.  The Company’s recent refinancing in March 2004 reduced the blended interest rate on the outstanding debt to approximately 4.5% compared to an approximate blended rate of 7.8% before the refinancing.  Additionally, in April 2004, the Company prepaid approximately $200,000 of debt and in September 2004 prepaid another $500,000 of debt.  At September 30, 2004 we have approximately $597,000 of debt at various interest rates and maturity dates.  In December 2004 we entered into a $315,000 term loan with our existing lender to finance certain production machinery.  We expect interest expense of approximately $35,000 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2005.  None of our existing debt is subject to early repayment penalties.

 

RENTAL INCOME

 

The Company owns idle equipment located in its facility, which it leases to a local manufacturer on a per diem basis.  The Company recognized income of $57,620 in 2004 and $66,210 in 2003 from this activity.  There is no estimate of how long this income can be generated in the future since it occurs as needed.

 

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

 

The consolidated income tax provision in fiscal year 2004 includes a benefit related to utilization of NOL carryforwards of approximately $1,671,000.  2003 includes a benefit of approximately $468,000.  The 2004 and 2003 provisions relate to state income tax and city income tax only.  The 2004 provision does not relate to federal taxes because management estimates no federal income tax will be due based on NOL benefits.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

At September 30, 2004, the Company had a working capital surplus of $2,529,520 compared to a working capital surplus of $1,682,702 at September 30, 2003.  The improvement is primarily due to our profitability in the past twelve months.  We believe the surplus will increase in the next quarter as we anticipate a consolidated net profit.  Our cash on hand is greater than our debt, so we have no net debt.  Our major source of liquidity continues to be from operations; however, we can access a $700,000 line of credit.  We are currently unwilling to issue any additional equity for financing purposes due to the change in control

 

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provisions under the IRS Code Section 382, which would severely impact the utilization of our NOL carryforwards.  Additionally, if certain 5% shareholders were to transact in the Company’s common stock Section 382 could recognize a change in control and the NOL carryforwards would be severely impacted.

 

2004’s cash flow from operations provided $1,502,895 compared to providing $805,360 in 2003.  The improvement is due to our increased profitability.  We expect positive cash flow from operations in the next quarter due to continued profitability.  Cash used for investing activities was $252,325 in 2004 for the purchase of machinery compared to $136,010 in 2003.  We expect investing activities to use over $35,000 in the next quarter for the acquisition of production machinery and computer equipment.  During 2005 we plan to acquire a minimum of $390,000 of production machinery.  However, 80% of the purchases will be financed, so only the actual cash outlay (projected at $78,000) will appear as capital expenditures under the investing section of our cash flow statement.  Aside from these purchases we have no pre-planned capital expenditures for 2005.  2004 net cash used for financing activities was $968,303, which paid down debt and paid dividends on preferred stock compared to $322,660 used by financing in 2003 to pay down debt and dividends on preferred stock.  We expect financing activities in the next quarter to use net cash of over $97,000 to pay debt and preferred dividends.  For all of fiscal 2005 we project cash used by financing activities to reach a minimum of $350,000.

 

FINANCING

 

In December 2004, the Company entered into a term loan with its existing lender to finance 80% of certain production machinery.  The loan allows the Company to draw up to $315,000 of principal through December 31, 2005 to purchase the machines at various times, paying interest only during the draw period.  After the draw period ends the loan will be repaid over sixty months, with the final payment due January 1, 2011.  There is no prepayment penalty.  The interest rate for this loan is LIBOR plus 2.65% (4.99% at December 7, 2004).

 

On March 18, 2004 the Company completed a financing agreement with Huntington National Bank.  The Company issued a sixty-month term-note payable in the amount of $1,300,000 principal.  The note has a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.4% (4.24% at September 30, 2004).  The agreement includes a clause permitting early repayment without penalty at any time.  The agreement is secured by all of the Company’s assets and requires the Company to meet certain tangible net worth and fixed charge covenants, which the Company is in compliance with.  The proceeds from the note were used to replace approximately $1.25 million of the Company’s existing debt, which had a higher blended interest rate of approximately 7.8%, plus accrued interest through March 18.  The Company issued the first monthly principal payment of $21,666.67 plus interest on March 31, 2004 and the final payment is due on February 28, 2009.  As further described in Note 11 (“Derivatives”), the Company entered into an interest rate swap to fix the interest rate at 5.25% on $639,167 of this note, but terminated this swap in September 2004, while prepaying $500,000 of principal.  $548,333 remained outstanding on this note at September 30, 2004.

 

In March 2004, the Company entered into a $200,000 revolving line of credit agreement with a regional bank payable at a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.40%.  All assets of the Company are held as collateral.  At September 30, 2004 there was no balance outstanding under this line and no funds have been drawn under this line since its’ inception.  In October 2004 the Company’s lender increased the borrowing availability under the line of credit from $200,000 to $700,000.  The lender agreed to this increase in conjunction with the $500,000 prepayment the Company made on its’ term loan in September.

 

In November 1997, the Company initiated and consummated a private placement offering of 30 units of Company debentures in the amount of $1,530,000.  Each unit represented:  a) a $50,000 interest in a 6%, $1,500,000 note due December 29, 2000 and extended until December 29, 2002; b) a warrant (Series A) to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $1 per share during the period November 1, 1997 through September 30, 2000; and c) a warrant (Series B) to purchase 15,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $2 per share during the period October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2001.  In November 2000, the Company replaced the expired Series A warrants with Series C warrants for each unit holder who agreed to extend the remaining unpaid note balance.  As of September 30, 2003, all the warrants

 

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had expired.  In October 2002, the Company repaid the outstanding balances by completing a private placement with a group of investors (see Note 16).

 

In April 2001, the Company purchased all of the outstanding common stock of Columbus Jack Corporation.  In connection with that purchase, the Company issued a non-interest bearing note payable for $1,060,000 to the former shareholders of CJC.  The Company recorded the note at a discounted present value of $838,435 based upon a 7.0% interest rate.  In September 2003, the Company repaid the outstanding balance of this note, except for $48,000, by completing a financing agreement (see Note 16).  As of September 30, 2004, the outstanding balance was $36,000.  The Company makes annual repayments of $12,000 on this note.

 

As part of the acquisition of CJC by QPI in April 2001, QPI assumed a CJC note payable of $150,000 to the father of the former majority owner of CJC.  In April 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

In May 2002, the Company purchased operating equipment from their landlord in exchange for a $180,000 interest-free note.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

In April 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler, the Company’s Operations Manager, Dan Drexler, the Company’s President, Ted Schwartz, and the Company’s Assistant Treasurer, Karen Hart.  The Company issued a five-year term note payable in the amount of $770,000 principal at 8% annual interest.  The Company granted a security interest to the lending group in substantially all of the Company’s assets.  The proceeds from the note were used to repay the Company’s outstanding line of credit with U.S. Bank in the discounted amount of $758,000.  The Company recognized a gain of approximately $44,000 in the quarter ended June 30, 2003, representing the difference between the prediscount amount of $800,776 owed to the bank and the discounted amount of $758,000.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

In May 2003, CJC entered into a settlement agreement with the Granville Solvents Site Response Management Group to settle litigation relating to CJC’s participation in the Granville Solvent Superfund Site.  As part of the settlement, CJC entered into a 2-year note payable to the Granville Solvents Group in the amount of $52,500.  The note calls for monthly payments of $2,279.81 including interest of 4%.  The final payment on the note is due May 1, 2005.  As of September 30, 2004 $15,748 was outstanding under this agreement.

 

On September 23, 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler.  The Company issued a sixty-month term note payable in the amount of $250,000 principal at 9% annual interest.  The note is unsecured.  The proceeds from the note were used to repay the Company’s debt with the former owner of Columbus Jack in the discounted amount of $270,000.  The Company recognized a gain of approximately $30,000 in the quarter ended September 30, 2003, representing the difference between the prediscount amount of $300,000 owed to the former majority shareholder and the discounted amount of $270,000.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

On November 17, 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler, and the Company’s Operations Manager, Dan Drexler.  The Company issued a secured five-year term note payable in the amount of $200,000 principal at 8.5% annual interest.  The proceeds from the note were used to acquire manufacturing machinery.  This note was repaid in full in March 2004.

 

During the quarter ended September 30, 2004 our Board declared, and we paid, dividends of $15,625 on our preferred stock.  The total dividends declared and paid on the preferred shares for the twelve months are $62,500.

 

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ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

See the Consolidated Financial Statements annexed hereto and Item 6 above.

 

ITEM 8.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

During the years ended September 30, 2004 and September 30, 2003, there were no disagreements with the Company’s accountants on accounting and financial disclosure practices.

 

ITEM 8A.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness, as of September 30, 2004, of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of September 30, 2004 to timely alert them to material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in the Company’s Exchange Act filings.

 

There have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the year ended September 30, 2004 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

These controls and procedures are processes designed by, or under the supervision of, the principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by the board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

 

1.               Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets;

 

2.               Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors; and

 

3.               Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Our external auditors, Farber & Hass, LLP have not issued an attestation report on management’s assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is not yet required since the Company has less than $75 million in “public float”.

 

On September 30, 2004, Quality Products, Inc., filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to become a non-reporting public company.  The effect will be that as of January 1, 2005, the Company’s common stock will no longer be eligible for trading on the NASDAQ Bulletin Board.  The Company expects that market makers will continue to trade the Company’s common stock and quote it in the pink sheets.

 

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The Form 15 certified to the Commission that the Corporation has less than $10 million in assets and fewer than 500 shareholders of record.  The Board decided to become non-reporting because of the onerous cost of complying with the internal control and reporting requirements of the Sarbanes/Oxley Act.  In 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes/Oxley Act and it imposed new requirements on public companies that report to the SEC.  These requirements were scheduled to take effect for Quality Products, Inc. in September 2005.  The Board studied what the Corporation needed to do to meet those requirements.  The Board determined that the resources needed to fulfill the requirements were substantial, both in terms of money and additional responsibilities for the Corporation’s employees.  Because of its onerous burden, the Board of Directors considered the alternatives and decided, unanimously, to become a non-reporting company.  Becoming a non-reporting company eliminates the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and saves substantial costs estimated to be well over $300,000 during the first year and more than $65,000 annually afterwards.  Accordingly, this is the Corporation’s final report to the Commission.

 

We believe that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the control system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

 

ITEM 8B.  OTHER INFORMATION

 

Not Applicable.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 9.  DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Identification of Directors and Executive Officers

 

The names, principal occupation, and age of all Directors and officers of the Company at September 30, 2004 are listed below:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position

 

Director Since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Urbaszewski

 

57

 

Director

 

March 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Drexler

 

57

 

Chairman and CEO

 

October 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ted Schwartz

 

66

 

President and COO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tac Kensler

 

37

 

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karen Hart

 

57

 

Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

 

Mr. Urbaszewski was appointed to the board in March 2003. He holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has 25 years of experience in the investment management business.  In 1998, he retired as Senior Vice President in the Fixed Income Department of Scudder Kemper Investments.  Since his retirement in 1998, Mr. Urbaszewski has been a private investor, and a board member of his local United Way.  Since 2000, he has served as a Trustee for his local Police Pension Fund.

 

Mr. Drexler was appointed to the board in October 2001.  He is currently owner of R.A.D. & Associates, a business consulting firm.  For more than the past five years Mr. Drexler has been President, CEO and Chairman of Allied Products Corporation, an industrial manufacturing company, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy since October 2000. He is the sole director of Allied.  He is also the CEO and sole director of ABC NACO, a public company engaged in the manufacturing of products for the rail industry, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In October 2002, he assumed the position of CEO for Quality Products.  In April 2004, Mr. Drexler joined the Board of Trausch Investors LLC, the leading US company in the re-manufactured refrigerated display case industry.

 

In October 2003, Mr. Schwartz was appointed President and COO of Quality Products, Inc. and all operating subsidiaries.  Mr. Schwartz became President of QPI Multipress, Inc. on December 15, 1997. He has been involved in the hydraulic press business for 40 years.  For more than the five years prior to December 1997, Mr. Schwartz was an officer and director of PH Group, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of hydraulic presses.

 

Ms. Hart became Treasurer of Columbus Jack on April 26, 2001 upon its acquisition by Quality Products.  For more than five years prior to April 2001, she was an officer of Columbus Jack and began her employment there in February 1966.  In October 2003, she was appointed Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Quality Products, Inc. and all operating subsidiaries.

 

Mr. Kensler was promoted to Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of the Company in May 1998. In October 2002, he was appointed Secretary and CFO of the Company and all operating subsidiaries.  From December 1994 through April 1998, he was the Controller for QPI Multipress, Inc.  Prior to joining the Company in January 1994, he was employed in the accounting department of the Worthington Steel Company, a steel-processing manufacturer.

 

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Significant Employees

 

Age

 

Position

 

 

 

 

 

Dan L. Drexler

 

31

 

Director of Operations of Quality Products, Inc.

 

Mr. Drexler joined the Company as a consultant in June 2002 and was appointed Director of Operations (a non-officer management position) in October 2002.  Mr. Drexler’s responsibilities for Quality Products focus on the areas of business development including acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures and new customer relations.  Prior to joining the Company Mr. Drexler served as an independent business and financial consultant for Enprotech Corp from 2000 - 2002, working in various capacities for the President of the company.  Mr. Drexler was employed at Allied Products Corporation from 1996 - 2000 as Director of Corporate Development & Planning.  In addition to his responsibilities for Quality Products, Mr. Drexler is an independent consultant for a private investment management firm.  In April 2004, Mr. Drexler joined the Board of Trausch Investors LLC, the leading US Company in the re-manufactured refrigerated display case industry.

 

Family Relationships

 

Richard Drexler and Dan Drexler are Father and Son.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

Richard Drexler is President, CEO, Chairman and sole director of Allied Products Corporation, an industrial manufacturing company, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy since October 2000. He is also the CEO and sole director of ABC NACO, a public company engaged in the manufacturing of products for the rail industry, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy since 2001.

 

Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

The Board of Directors has determined that Quality Products does not have an independent financial expert serving on its audit committee.  The Board has been unable to locate any person having the qualifications and willing to serve in the capacity of an independent financial expert for reasonable compensation.  However, we are not required to have an independent financial expert because our common stock is not listed on a securities exchange.

 

Identification of Audit Committee

 

Both members of the Board of Directors serve as the Audit Committee, with Mr. Urbaszewski serving as Chairperson.

 

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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to the Company for fiscal year 2004, the Company is not aware of any director, officer, or beneficial owner of more than 10% of its outstanding common stock that failed to file on a timely basis reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act.

 

Code of Ethics

 

Quality Products, Inc. has not adopted a formal written code of ethics.  Ethical conduct is assumed.  The Company operates with a small management team and each individual on that team operates in accordance with the highest ethical standards.

 

ITEM 10.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The following table shows the compensation of each executive officer and significant employee during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2002, 2003 and 2004 whose compensation in any of these years exceeded $100,000.

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

Name and Principal Position

 

Year

 

Salary

 

Bonus

 

Other Annual Compensation

 

Restricted Stock Award(s)

 

Securities Underlying Options/SARs

 

LTIP Payouts

 

All Other Compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

($)

 

(#)

 

($)

 

($)

 

Richard Drexler

 

2004

 

$

52,500

 

$

21,000

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

Chairman and CEO

 

2003

 

 

$

3,500

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since 10/02

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bruce Weaver-

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President (2/96 – 10/02)

 

2003

 

$

16,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2002

 

$

84,204

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theodore Schwartz

 

2004

 

$

89,126

(2)

$

56,358

(1)

$

13,931

(3)

 

 

 

 

President and COO

 

2003

 

$

99,713

(2)

$

2,500

(1)

$

12,065

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2002

 

$

121,211

(2)

 

$

14,688

(3)

 

 

 

 

 


(1)          Represents expense accrued in fiscal 2003 & 2004, but cash payment was disbursed in first quarter of fiscal 2004 & 2005.

 

(2)          Mr. Schwartz was provided with premium reimbursement for life insurance as part of salary.  The cost of this item is included in the above table.

 

(3)          Represents a gross car allowance.

 

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There were no stock options granted to any executive officer during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004.

 

As compensation for serving as Directors in fiscal year 2004, Mr. Drexler received $1,000 and Mr. Urbaszewski received $1,000.  Additionally, Mr. Urbaszewski received 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as compensation for his position as Chairman of the Audit Committee.  There were no other payments to directors in 2004.  In 2005 the Board compensation has been set as $3,400 annually for outside directors, $0 for inside directors, and $3,000 annually for the Chair of the Audit Committee.

 

There are no employment contracts or termination of employment or change-in-control arrangements with any executive officer or significant employee.

 

ITEM 11.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

There were no securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans in fiscal 2004.

 

The following tables set forth certain information as of September 30, 2004 regarding the ownership of each class of the Company’s equity securities beneficially owned by each director, each executive officer, all executive officers and directors of the Company as a group, and beneficial owners of more than 5% of any class of securities.  The Company has only one class of Preferred stock outstanding, Series A Convertible Preferred.  The term “Preferred” in the following charts refers to the Series A Convertible Preferred.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

 

Title of Class

 

Name and Address

 

Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership

 

Percent of Class(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Dan Drexler

 

631,665

(1)

18.8

%

Preferred

 

875 N Michigan Ave

 

1,000

 

16.0

%

 

 

Suite 3350

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago, IL 60611

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Richard L. Newberg

 

596,755

 

17.7

%

 

 

550 N. Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golden Beach, FL 33160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Dale B. Newberg

 

33,333

(2)

1.0

%

Preferred

 

550 N. Island

 

1,000

 

16.0

%

 

 

Golden Beach, FL 33160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Jason Drexler

 

53,333

(3)

1.0

%

Preferred

 

875 N Michigan Ave

 

1,220

 

19.5

%

 

 

Suite 3350

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago, IL 60611

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Wycliff Investments

 

221,050

 

6.6

%

 

 

PO Box 1369 GT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Cayman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cayman Islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Bruce Weaver

 

170,783

 

5.1

%

 

 

500 Villagrande Ave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Petersburg, FL 33707

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Murray Koppelman

 

201,541

 

6.0

%

 

 

230 Park Ave, 7th Floor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York, NY 10169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

 

Nicole Drexler

 

390

 

6.2

%

 

 

875 N Michigan Ave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suite 3350

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago, IL 60611

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)          For Mr. Dan Drexler, this represents 65,000 shares owned individually, 533,332 shares owned as a joint tenant with Richard Drexler, and warrants to purchase 33,333 shares within 60 days.

 

(2)          For Ms. Dale Newberg, this represents warrants to purchase 33,333 shares within 60 days.

 

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(3)          For Mr. Jason Drexler, this includes warrants to purchase 33,333 shares within 60 days.

 

(4)          Total shares outstanding for common are 3,158,497 issued plus 208,333 convertible from warrants within 60 days.  Total shares outstanding for preferred are 6,250.

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT

 

Title of Class

 

Name and Address

 

Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership

 

Percent of Class(4)

 

Common

 

Richard Drexler

 

654,165

(1)

19.4

%

Preferred

 

2222 S Third St

 

2,640

(2)

42.2

%

 

 

Columbus, OH 43207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Ted Schwartz

 

5,000

 

 

  (3)

 

 

2222 S Third St

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbus, OH 43207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Kenneth Urbaszewski 

 

7,000

 

 

  (3)

 

 

2222 S Third St

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbus, OH 43207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Tac Kensler

 

500

 

 

  (3)

 

 

2222 S Third St

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbus, OH 43207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Directors & Officers as a group

 

666,665

 

19.8

%

Preferred

 

(4 persons)

 

2,640

 

42.2

%

 


(1)          For Mr. Richard Drexler, this represents 12,500 shares owned directly in an IRA, 533,332 shares owned as a joint tenant with Dan Drexler, and warrants to purchase 108,333 shares within 60 days.

 

(2)          For Mr. Richard Drexler, this represents 1,450 shares owned in an IRA and 1,190 shares owned in the Richard A. Drexler Trust.

 

(3)          Less than 1%.

 

(4)          Total shares outstanding for common are 3,158,497 issued plus 208,333 convertible from warrants within 60 days.  Total shares outstanding for preferred are 6,250.

 

CHANGES IN CONTROL

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 12.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

On November 17, 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors (“the lending group”) including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler, and the Company’s Operations Manager, Dan Drexler and two other members of the Drexler family.  The Company issued a five-year term note payable in the amount of $200,000 principal at 8.50% annual interest.  Prior to entering into the agreement, the Company communicated with numerous commercial lenders, but none were willing to provide an offer to the Company on terms as favorable as those offered by the lending group.  At September 30, 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

On September 23, 2003 the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors (“the lending group”) including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler and other members of

 

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the Drexler family.  The Company issued a sixty-month term note payable in the amount of $250,000 principal at 9.00% annual interest.  At September 30, 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

On April 16, 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors (“the lending group”) including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler, the Company’s Operations Manager, Dan Drexler, the Company’s President, Ted Schwartz, and the Company’s Assistant Treasurer, Karen Hart and other members of the Drexler family.  The Company issued a five-year term note payable in the amount of $770,000 principal at 8.00% annual interest.  Prior to entering into the agreement, the Company communicated with numerous commercial lenders, but none were willing to provide an offer to the Company on terms as favorable as those offered by the lending group.  At September 30, 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

In October 2002, Mr. Richard Drexler, Chairman and CEO of the Company, purchased 4,080 shares of the Company’s preferred stock as part of a private placement in which the Company raised $625,000, which was used to reduce debt.  Several members of Mr. Drexler’s family participated in the private placement as well as Dale Newberg, a significant shareholder.  In total the Drexler family acquired 5,250 of the 6,250 shares issued in the sale.

 

Statements in this Form 10-KSB that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company’s prospects, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, economic changes, litigation, management estimates and financing arrangements.  These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made.

 

ITEM 13.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

 

(a) Exhibits

 

3.1

 

-

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 1997.

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

-

 

Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 1997.

 

 

 

 

 

3.3

 

-

 

Amended Article four of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

-

 

Promissory Note dated April 16, 2003, by and among the Company and Richard A. and Clare F. Drexler, Dan L. Drexler, Jason Drexler, Theodore P. Schwartz, Eleanor Metnick and Nicole E. Drexler, RD&J Corporation, the Dale S. Drexler Living Trust, Karen K. Hart, and the Alyce A. Lazar Living Trust incorporated by reference from 8-K filed April 17, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

4.3

 

-

 

Security Agreement dated April 16, 2003 incorporated by reference from 8-K filed April 17, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

4.4

 

-

 

Guarantee dated April 16, 2003 incorporated by reference from 8-K filed April 17, 2003.

 

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4.5

 

-

 

$250,000 Unsecured Promissory Note dated September 23, 2003, by and among the Company and Richard A. Drexler Trust, Eleanor Metnick, RD&J Corporation, and the Dale S. Drexler Living Trust incorporated by reference from 8-K filed November 18, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

4.6

 

-

 

$315,000 Promissory Note dated December 9, 2004 between the Company and Huntington National Bank.

 

 

 

 

 

4.7

 

-

 

Certificate of Designations dated October 8, 2002 incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

4.8

 

-

 

Dennis Mellman note payable dated October 2002 incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

4.9

 

-

 

Revolving Loan Agreement dated October 2002 incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

4.10

 

-

 

Guarantee dated September 23, 2003 incorporated by reference from 8-K filed November 18, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

4.11

 

-

 

$200,000 Secured Promissory Note dated November 17, 2003, by and among the Company and Richard A. Drexler Trust, Dan L. Drexler, Jason I. Drexler, and the Dale S. Drexler Living Trust incorporated by reference from 8-K filed November 18, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

4.12

 

-

 

Security Agreement dated November 17, 2003 incorporated by reference from 8-K filed November 18, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

4.13

 

-

 

Guarantee dated November 17, 2003 incorporated by reference from 8-K filed November 18, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

4.14

 

-

 

$1.3 million promissory note dated March 18, 2004, between the Company and Huntington National Bank incorporated by reference from 8-K dated March 18, 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

4.15

 

-

 

$200,000 line of credit promissory note dated March 18, 2004, between the Company and Huntington National Bank incorporated by reference from 8-K dated March 18, 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

4.16

 

-

 

$700,000 line of credit promissory note dated September 27, 2004, between the Company and Huntington National Bank, which replaces the March 18, 2004 $200,000 line of credit.

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

-

 

Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Business Assets between Quality Products, KSD Packaging & Shipping, and Dennis Mellman effective October 1, 2003 incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

10.7

 

-

 

Building Lease Agreement effective October 1, 2003 incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

10.8

 

-

 

Building Lease Agreement effective November 10, 2003 incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

10.9

 

-

 

Richard Drexler November 2002 compensation arrangement for fiscal 03 incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

10.10

 

-

 

Building Lease Agreement effective August 1, 2002 incorporated by reference from 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2002.

 

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21

 

-

 

Subsidiaries of Quality Products, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

31.1

 

-

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications by the Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

31.2

 

-

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications by the Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

32.1

 

-

 

Certification of Periodic Report by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

32.2

 

-

 

Certification of Periodic Report by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(b) Reports on Form 8-K

 

On September 30, 2004 the Company issued a report on Form 8-K announcing the decision to become non-reporting and deregister its common stock.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

Audit Fees

2004:  $55,994

2003:  $55,890

 

Audit-related Fees

2004:  None

2003:  None

 

Tax Fees – preparation of federal and state income tax returns and state sales tax returns; tax advice for NOL carryforwards.

2004:  $  7,445

2003:  $12,465

 

All Other Fees - Board of Directors and Audit Committee meetings

2004:  $2,844

2003:  $3,200

 

Audit Committee Pre-approval Procedure

Annually the Company’s audit committee shall select, evaluate, and, when appropriate replace the outside auditor for the Company subject to the full Board approval or shareholder vote.  100% of the auditing and tax preparation services identified above were approved by the audit committee.

 

There were no hours of audit work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized:

 

 

Quality Products, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard A. Drexler

 

 

Date: December 28, 2004

 

 

 

Richard A. Drexler

 

 

 

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

 

 

/s/ Richard A. Drexler

 

 

Date:  December 28, 2004

 

 

Richard A. Drexler

 

 

 

 

Director and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Tac D. Kensler

 

 

Date:  December 28, 2004

 

 

Tac D. Kensler

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Kenneth T. Urbaszewski

 

 

Date:  December 28, 2004

 

 

Kenneth T. Urbaszewski

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Supplemental information to be Furnished With Reports Filed Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act By Non-reporting Issuers

 

No proxy statement or annual report has been sent to security holders.

 

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QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

Consolidated Financial Statements
As of September 30, 2004 and
For the Years Ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003
and Independent Auditors’ Report

 




 

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED AUDITORS’ REPORT

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
of Quality Products, Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Quality Products, Inc. (the “Company”) as of September 30, 2004 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years ended September 30, 2004 and 2003.  These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at September 30, 2004 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

 

/s/ Farber & Hass LLP

 

November 19, 2004
Camarillo, California

 



 

QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

697,476

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

1,356,610

 

Inventories, net

 

2,135,698

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

218,404

 

Total current assets

 

4,408,188

 

 

 

 

 

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net

 

730,974

 

 

 

 

 

GOODWILL, Less accumulated amortization of $19,174

 

1,821,535

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

$

6,960,697

 

 

(Continued)

 

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QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET - Continued
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of notes payable

 

$

24,893

 

Current portion of bank notes payable

 

260,000

 

Current portion of lease obligation

 

2,578

 

Accounts payable

 

752,408

 

Accrued payroll and payroll related expenses

 

191,903

 

Other accrued expenses and current liabilities

 

359,337

 

Customer deposits

 

287,549

 

Total current liabilities

 

1,878,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONG-TERM DEBT, Net of current portion

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

24,000

 

Bank notes payable

 

288,333

 

Total long term debt

 

312,333

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

2,191,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

 

 

 

Convertible preferred stock

 

1

 

Common stock

 

32

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

25,987,837

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(21,218,174

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

4,769,696

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

$

6,960,697

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 AND 2003

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET SALES

 

$

9,806,634

 

$

7,618,971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COST OF GOODS SOLD

 

6,186,808

 

5,181,518

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GROSS PROFIT

 

3,619,826

 

2,437,453

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

 

1,738,856

 

1,688,814

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

 

1,880,970

 

748,639

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(87,596

)

(113,341

)

Interest income

 

11,124

 

1,068

 

Rental income

 

57,620

 

66,210

 

Gain on debt extinguishment

 

 

368,498

 

Impairment of investment

 

(9,459

)

 

Miscellaneous other income

 

1,180

 

6,095

 

Other income (expense), net

 

(27,131

)

328,530

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

 

1,853,839

 

1,077,169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

 

67,252

 

30,272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME

 

$

1,786,587

 

$

1,046,897

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS PER SHARE:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

.55

 

$

.31

 

Diluted

 

$

.45

 

$

.31

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 AND 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL

 

ACCUMULATED DEFICIT

 

TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK

 

COMMON STOCK

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

AMOUNT

SHARES

 

AMOUNT

BALANCES, OCTOBER 1, 2002

 

0

 

$

0

 

3,153,497

 

$

32

 

$

25,483,088

 

$

(24,051,658

)

$

1,431,462

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF 6,250 SHARES OF CLASS A PREFERRED STOCK @ $100 PER SHARE

 

6,250

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

624,999

 

 

 

625,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED DIVIDENDS PAID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(63,750

)

 

 

(63,750

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,046,897

 

1,046,897

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

 

6,250

 

1

 

3,153,497

 

32

 

26,044,337

 

(23,004,761

)

3,039,609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON SHARES ISSUED FOR SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

5,000

 

0

 

6,000

 

 

 

6,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED DIVIDENDS PAID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(62,500

)

 

 

(62,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,786,587

 

1,786,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

 

6,250

 

$

1

 

3,158,497

 

$

32

 

$

25,987,837

 

$

(21,218,174

)

$

4,769,696

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 AND 2003

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

1,786,587

 

$

1,046,897

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

155,340

 

146,786

 

Common stock issued for services

 

6,000

 

 

Provision for obsolete inventory

 

 

12,169

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

48,893

 

7,651

 

(Gain) on sale of assets

 

 

(538

)

Impairment of investment

 

9,459

 

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(641,297

)

30,363

 

Inventories

 

(308,223

)

(309,091

)

Other assets

 

(24,290

)

60,191

 

Accounts payable

 

164,193

 

(297,275

)

Accrued payroll

 

95,874

 

46,807

 

Accrued Expenses

 

73,546

 

(55,249

)

Customer deposits

 

136,813

 

116,649

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

1,502,895

 

805,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

(252,325

)

(138,710

)

Cash received from sale of asset

 

 

2,700

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(252,325

)

(136,010

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Payments on non-related party long-term debt

 

(1,058,217

)

(584,407

)

Proceeds from long-term debt

 

1,300,000

 

 

Net proceeds from related party debt

 

 

270,497

 

Payments on related party debt

 

(1,143,000

)

 

Bank Line of Credit

 

 

(570,000

)

Capital Lease Payments

 

(4,586

)

 

Cash received from issuance of preferred stock

 

 

625,000

 

Dividends paid to preferred stockholders

 

(62,500

)

(63,750

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(968,303

)

(322,660

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

282,267

 

346,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR

 

415,209

 

68,519

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH AND EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR

 

$

697,476

 

$

415,209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

88,737

 

$

113,341

 

Cash paid for taxes

 

$

45,601

 

$

23,259

 

 

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NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

In April 2003, the Company entered into a capital lease of approximately $10,440 to acquire machinery.

 

In November 2003, the Company issued a $200,000, 8.5% note payable to a group of private investors in exchange for a Mazak M-5 milling machine.

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC.

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.                                       SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Business Description - - Quality Products, Inc. (the “Company”) is a holding company.  The Company’s operating subsidiaries are QPI Multipress Inc. (“Multipress”), a manufacturer of industrial hydraulic presses, Columbus Jack Corporation (“CJC”), a manufacturer of ground support equipment for aircraft, and A1 Specialty & Gov’t. Packaging, Inc. (“A1”), a provider of crating and packaging services.  In October 2003, A1 purchased $22,000 of business assets from the former owner of Columbus Jack. Due to continuing operating losses, in November 2004 management decided to discontinue the operations of the Company’s A1 subsidiary (Note 17).

 

Substantially all of CJC’s manufacturing employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement that expires in August 2006.

 

Principles of Consolidation - - The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.  Intercompany transactions are accounted for at cost.  Overhead expenses shared between CJC and Multipress are allocated at a ratio of 80% to CJC and 20% to Multipress.  All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Pervasiveness of Estimates - - The preparation of financial statements in conformity 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 period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents – Cash and cash equivalents include certain investments with original maturities of three months or less.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk – Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivable.  The Company places its temporary cash investments in reputable financial institutions.  At September 30, 2004, the Company had substantially all cash and cash equivalents on deposit with one financial institution.  The ending balance exceeded the FDIC insured amount.

 

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At September 30, 2004, two customers (one a U.S. government agency) accounted for 48% (35% and 13% respectively) of trade accounts receivable.  Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade receivables are limited due to the large number of customers comprising the Company’s customer base and their dispersion across different geographic areas.  The Company routinely assesses the financial strength of its customers. The Company normally requires deposits to support large customer orders.  However, the Company’s CJC subsidiary does not require deposits on orders from United States government agencies.

 

Operating Segment Information – The Company predominantly operates in three industry segments, industrial hydraulic presses, aircraft ground support equipment, and packaging services.  Substantially all of the Company’s assets and employees are located in Columbus, Ohio.  Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, SFAS No. 131 required that public business enterprises report a measure of segment profit or loss, certain specific revenue and expense items and segment assets, the geographic areas in which they operate and their major customers.  Operating segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision-maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. However, this statement does not require an enterprise to report information that is not prepared for internal use if reporting it would be impractical.  Note 5 provides segment information by operating subsidiary.

 

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Stock option grants are set at the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the day prior to the date of grant.  Therefore, under the principles of APB Opinion No. 25, the Company does not recognize compensation expense associated with the grant of stock options.  SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” requires the use of option valuation models to provide supplemental information regarding options granted after 1994.  No options were outstanding during the two years ended September 30, 2004 thus having no impact on the current year compensation expense.  The Company records an expense for restricted stock awards (see note 13) based upon the quoted market price of our stock at the date of grant and the vesting period.

 

SFAS No. 123 requires the use of option pricing models that were not developed for use in valuing employee stock options. The Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of short-lived exchange-traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option pricing models require highly subjective assumptions, including the option’s expected life and the price volatility of the underlying stock. The Company has issued and retired employee

 

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stock options in earlier years. Because the Company’s employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of exchange traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in the opinion of management, the existing pricing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of employee stock options.

 

Accounts Receivable - The Company sells industrial hydraulic presses and ground support equipment for commercial aircraft to various companies located throughout the world but concentrated in the United States. The terms of sales vary by customer, however, generally are net 30 days. Accounts receivable is reported at net realizable value and net of allowance for doubtful accounts. As of September 30, 2004 and 2003 the consolidated allowance for doubtful accounts was $103,420 and $54,527, respectively. The Company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts receivable. The Company’s estimate is based on historical collection experience and a review of the current status of trade accounts receivable. The Company will charge off a customer receivable against the related reserve when convincing evidence exists (e.g. bankruptcy or unresolved customer dispute) that the customer receivable will not be collected.

 

Significant Customers - - Revenues from the federal government to CJC represented approximately $3.8 million or 39% of 2004 consolidated revenues and approximately $2.7 million or 36% of 2003 consolidated revenues.  No other customers represented 10% or more of consolidated revenues in 2004 or 2003.

 

Foreign Sales - - Foreign sales were approximately $622,000 or 6% of 2004 consolidated revenues and approximately $270,000 or 3% of 2003 revenues.

 

Inventories - Inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost (which approximates the first-in, first-out method) or market.

 

Property and Equipment - - Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation on property and equipment is calculated on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life of the asset.  Major renewals and improvements are charged to the asset accounts while replacements, maintenance and repairs, which do not improve or extend the lives of the respective assets, are expensed. At the time property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the asset and related accumulated depreciation accounts are relieved of the applicable amounts. Gains or losses from retirements or sales are credited or charged to income.

 

The estimated useful lives used to depreciate property and equipment are as follows:

 

Leasehold improvements

 

5 - 31 years

 

Machinery and equipment

 

5 - 10 years

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

5 - 10 years

 

Computer equipment and Software

 

3 - 5 years

 

Vehicle

 

4 - 5 years

 

 

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Long-Lived Assets – The Company recognizes impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amount.  In such circumstances, those assets are written down to estimated fair value.  Long-lived assets consist primarily of goodwill and fixed assets.

 

Income Taxes - The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 (“SFAS 109”), which is an asset and liability method of accounting that requires the recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between tax bases and financial reporting bases of accounting.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments – Based on borrowing rates currently available to the Company for bank loans with similar terms and maturities, the fair value of the Company’s long-term debt approximates the carrying value.

 

Warranty Reserve – The Company continues to offer one to three-year coverage for major product groups and maintains a reserve against sales for anticipated future warranty claims.

 

Revenue Recognition – Revenues from product sales are recognized when the customer accepts title to the product and the earnings process is complete.  Service revenue is recognized when the service is performed.  Cash received in advance of shipment is deferred as a liability in the accompanying financial statements. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 101.

 

Advertising Costs – Costs incurred for producing and communicating advertising are expensed when incurred and included in selling, general and administrative expenses.  Advertising expense amounted to $18,556 and $35,485 in 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Shipping and Handling Costs - Costs associated with shipment and delivery of products to customers are a component of Cost of Goods Sold in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

 

Net Income (Loss) Per Share – Net income (loss) per share calculations are in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 128, “Earnings per Share”.  Accordingly, basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for each year.  Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding after incorporating the effect of any dilutive shares.

 

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Impact Of New Accounting Standards – In December 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS 132R.  This Statement revises employers’ disclosures about pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.  It does not change the measurement or recognition of those plans required by FASB Statements No. 87, Employers’Accounting for Pensions, No. 88, Employers’ Accounting for Settlements and Curtailments of Defined Benefit Pension Plans and for Termination Benefits, and No. 106, Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions.  This Statement retains the disclosure requirements contained in FASB Statement No. 132, Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits, which it replaces.  It requires additional disclosures to those in the original Statement 132 about the assets, obligations, cash flows, and net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit pension plans and other defined benefit postretirement plans.  The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 132R on January 1, 2004.  It did not have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations or financial position.

 

In November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS 151.  This Statement amends the guidance in ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, “Inventory Pricing,” to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). This Statement requires that those items be recognized as current-period charges.  In addition, this Statement requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities.  The Company will adopt this statement for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2005.  The Company does not believe this statement will have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations or financial position.

 

2.                                       INVENTORIES

 

Inventories at September 30, 2004 consist of:

 

Raw materials

 

$

1,643,330

 

Finished Goods

 

94,965

 

Work-in-process

 

660,315

 

Total

 

2,398,610

 

Less reserve

 

(262,912

)

 

 

 

 

Inventories, net

 

$

2,135,698

 

 

3.                                       PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment at September 30, 2004 consist of:

 

Software

 

$

137,806

 

Plant equipment

 

1,133,316

 

Office equipment

 

275,181

 

Leasehold improvements

 

58,443

 

Leased Assets

 

10,098

 

Vehicles

 

20,148

 

Total property and equipment

 

1,634,992

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

(904,018

)

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

$

730,974

 

 

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4.                                       EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

 

3,157,186

 

3,153,497

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$

1,786,587

 

$

1,046,897

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Preferred Dividends

 

$

(62,500

)

$

(63,750

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income attributable to common stockholders

 

$

1,724,087

 

$

983,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Earnings Per Share

 

$

0.55

 

$

0.31

 

 

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Note 4 – continued

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

 

3,157,186

 

3,153,497

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Effect of Dilutive stock warrants based on the treasury stock method using average market price

 

80,259

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Effect of Dilutive stock options based on the if-converted method using average market price

 

833,333

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Shares

 

4,070,778

 

3,153,497

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$

1,786,587

 

$

1,046,897

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add (Less): Preferred Dividends

 

$

62,500

 

$

(63,750

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income attributable to common stockholders

 

$

1,849,087

 

$

983,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted Earnings Per Share

 

$

0.45

 

$

0.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Market Price of Common Stock

 

$

1.22

 

$

0.40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending Market Price of Common Stock

 

$

1.50

 

$

0.55

 

 

The following items are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share at September 30, 2004 because they are considered dilutive under SFAS 128, but they are excluded from the calculation for 2003 based on the market price of the common stock:

 

a) Warrants to purchase 208,331 shares of common stock beginning October 15, 2002 and expiring October 15, 2007, @ $0.75 per share, issued pursuant to the Company’s October 2002 preferred stock offering.

 

b) Options to obtain, through conversion of preferred stock, without any payment, a minimum of 833,333 shares of common stock beginning October 15, 2005 and continuing indefinitely, pursuant to the Company’s October 2002 preferred stock offering.  The exact number of shares to be issued is calculated by dividing the stated value of the preferred shares ($625,000) by the lesser of $0.75 per share or the 30-day average per-share closing price for the Company’s common stock.

 

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5.                                       FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR BUSINESS SEGMENTS

 

The Company reports its results in three primary segments, machine tools (Multipress), aircraft ground support equipment (CJC), and packaging (A-1).  Inter-segment sales are recorded at cost and are immaterial.  Overhead expenses shared between CJC and Multipress are allocated at a ratio of 80% to CJC and 20% to Multipress.  Interest income and interest expense are excluded from the operating profits by segment.  Identifiable assets are those used by each segment in its operations.  Corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, investments and prepaid expenses.

 

 

 

Multipress

 

Columbus Jack

 

A1

 

Corporate

 

Eliminations (1)

 

Consolidated

 

Total Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

$

2,631,382

 

$

4,987,589

 

 

 

 

$

7,618,971

 

2004

 

$

3,883,940

 

$

5,923,497

 

$

87,601

 

 

$

(88,404

)

$

9,806,634

 

Operating Profits (Losses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

$

55,028

 

$

938,027

 

 

$

(244,416

)

 

$

748,639

 

2004

 

$

613,354

 

$

1,637,453

 

$

(121,889

)

$

(281,669

)

33,721

 

$

1,880,970

 

Identifiable Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

$

1,171,685

 

$

2,402,888

 

$

1,000

 

$

1,537,657

 

$

352,756

 

$

5,465,986

 

2004

 

$

1,510,178

 

$

2,981,044

 

$

34,619

 

$

2,084,764

 

$

350,092

 

$

6,960,697

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

$

99,045

 

$

47,741

 

 

 

 

$

146,786

 

2004

 

$

85,626

 

$

65,962

 

$

3,752

 

 

 

$

155,340

 

Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

$

94

 

$

637

 

 

$

337

 

 

$

1,068

 

2004

 

$

335

 

$

735

 

 

$

10,054

 

 

$

11,124

 

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

$

7,074

 

$

20,195

 

 

$

86,072

 

 

$

113,341

 

2004

 

 

$

4,989

 

 

$

82,607

 

 

$

87,596

 

Capital Expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

$

14,147

 

$

124,564

 

 

 

 

$

138,711

 

2004

 

$

132,125

 

$

101,440

 

$

18,760

 

 

 

$

252,325

 

 


(1)                                  Represents intercompany transactions and consolidation entry related to Columbus Jack acquisition.

 

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6.                                       OPERATING LEASES

 

At September 30, 2004, the Company was obligated under several non-cancellable operating leases, primarily for the current facilities and equipment that expire over the next four years.  These leases generally contain renewal options for periods ranging from one to five years and require the Company to pay all executory costs such as maintenance and insurance.  Rental expense for all operating leases was $200,535 in 2004 and $176,315 in 2003.

Future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases (with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year) as of September 30, 2004, are:

 

Year ending September 30:

 

2005

 

$

217,888

 

2006

 

214,636

 

2007

 

151,969

 

2008

 

145,757

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

730,250

 

 

7.                                       CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATION

 

The Company has a capitalized lease obligation, which provides for monthly payments of $435.  The lease matures in 2005 and is collateralized by machinery with a net book amount of approximately $8,583.  Amortization for this capital lease is included with depreciation expense.  Future payments on the lease obligation are as follows:

 

2005

 

$

2,610

 

Less interest

 

(32)

 

Present value of net minimum lease payments

 

$

2,578

 

 

8.                                       BANK BORROWINGS

 

On March 18, 2004 the Company completed a financing agreement with Huntington National Bank.  The Company issued a sixty-month term-note payable in the amount of $1,300,000 principal.  The note has a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.4% (4.24% at September 30, 2004).  The agreement includes a clause permitting early repayment without penalty at any time.  The agreement is secured by all of the Company’s assets and requires the Company to meet certain tangible net worth and fixed charge covenants, which the Company is in compliance with.  The proceeds from the note were used to replace approximately $1.25 million of the Company’s existing debt, which had a higher blended interest rate of approximately 7.8%, plus accrued interest through March 18.  The Company issued the first monthly principal payment of $21,667 plus interest on March 31, 2004 and the final payment was due on February 28, 2009, but will be made sooner due to prepayments already made.  As further described in Note 11 (“Derivatives”), the Company entered into an interest rate swap to fix the interest rate at 5.25% on $639,167 of this note, but terminated this swap in September 2004, while prepaying $500,000 of principal.  $548,333 remained outstanding on this note at September 30, 2004.

 

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In March 2004, the Company entered into a $200,000 revolving line of credit agreement with a regional bank payable at a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.40%.  All assets of the Company are held as collateral.  At September 30, 2004 there was no balance outstanding under this line.  No draws have been made under this line since its’ inception.

 

The weighted average interest rate for all short-term bank borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2004 is 4.24%.

 

Maturities of bank notes payable for the years succeeding September 30, 2004 are:

 

2005

 

$

260,000

 

2006

 

260,000

 

2007

 

28,333

 

Total

 

$

548,333

 

 

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9.                                       NOTES PAYABLE AND NOTES PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTIES

 

In November 1997, the Company initiated and consummated a private placement offering of 30 units of Company debentures in the amount of $1,530,000.  Each unit represented:  a) a $50,000 interest in a 6%, $1,500,000 note due December 29, 2000 and extended until December 29, 2002; b) a warrant (Series A) to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $1 per share during the period November 1, 1997 through September 30, 2000; and c) a warrant (Series B) to purchase 15,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $2 per share during the period October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2001.  In November 2000, the Company replaced the expired Series A warrants with Series C warrants for each unit holder who agreed to extend the remaining unpaid note balance.  As of September 30, 2003, all the warrants had expired.  In October 2002, the Company repaid the outstanding balances by completing a private placement with a group of investors (see Note 16).

 

In April 2001, the Company purchased all of the outstanding common stock of Columbus Jack Corporation.  In connection with that purchase, the Company issued a non-interest bearing note payable for $1,060,000 to the former shareholders of CJC.  The Company recorded the note at a discounted present value of $838,435 based upon a 7.0% interest rate.  In September 2003, the Company repaid the outstanding balance of this note, except for $48,000, by completing a financing agreement (see Note 16).  As of September 30, 2004, the outstanding balance was $36,000.  The Company makes annual repayments of $12,000 on this note.

 

As part of the acquisition of CJC by QPI in April 2001, QPI assumed a CJC note payable of $150,000 to the father of the former majority owner of CJC.  In April 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

In May 2002, the Company purchased operating equipment from their landlord in exchange for a $180,000 interest-free note.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

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In April 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler, the Company’s Operations Manager, Dan Drexler, the Company’s President, Ted Schwartz, and the Company’s Assistant Treasurer, Karen Hart.  The Company issued a five-year term note payable in the amount of $770,000 principal at 8% annual interest.  The Company granted a security interest to the lending group in substantially all of the Company’s assets.  The proceeds from the note were used to repay the Company’s outstanding line of credit with U.S. Bank in the discounted amount of $758,000.  The Company recognized a gain of approximately $44,000 in the quarter ended June 30, 2003, representing the difference between the prediscount amount of $800,776 owed to the bank and the discounted amount of $758,000.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

In May 2003, CJC entered into a settlement agreement with the Granville Solvents Site Response Management Group to settle litigation relating to CJC’s participation in the Granville Solvent Superfund Site.  As part of the settlement, CJC entered into a 2-year note payable to the Granville Solvents Group in the amount of $52,500.  The note calls for monthly payments of $2,279.81 including interest of 4%.  The final payment on the note is due May 1, 2005.  As of September 30, 2004 $15,748 was outstanding under this agreement.

 

On September 23, 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler.  The Company issued a sixty-month term note payable in the amount of $250,000 principal at 9% annual interest.  The note is unsecured.  The proceeds from the note were used to repay the Company’s debt with the former owner of Columbus Jack in the discounted amount of $270,000.  The Company recognized a gain of approximately $30,000 in the quarter ended September 30, 2003, representing the difference between the prediscount amount of $300,000 owed to the former majority shareholder and the discounted amount of $270,000.  In March 2004 this note was paid in full.

 

On November 17, 2003, the Company completed a financing agreement with a group of private investors including the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Richard Drexler, and the Company’s Operations Manager, Dan Drexler.  The Company issued a secured five-year term note payable in the amount of $200,000 principal at 8.5% annual interest.  The proceeds from the note were used to acquire manufacturing machinery.  This note was repaid in full in March 2004.

 

The weighted average interest rate for short-term borrowings, excluding bank debt, outstanding at September 30, 2004 is 5.10%.

 

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Maturities of notes payable (excluding bank debt) for the years succeeding September 30, 2004 are:

 

2005

 

$

24,893

 

2006

 

12,000

 

2007

 

12,000

 

Total

 

$

48,893

 

 

10.                                 INCOME TAXES

 

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets at September 30, 2004 and 2003 are substantially composed of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards, for which the Company has made a full valuation allowance.  The Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries file consolidated federal and state income tax returns.

 

The valuation allowance decreased approximately $500,217 and $169,770 in the years ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, representing primarily net taxable income in 2004 and 2003.  In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible.  Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

 

At September 30, 2004, the Company had approximate net operating loss carryforwards for federal and state income tax purposes as shown in the following table, which are available to offset any future taxable income.

 

Expiration Dates

 

Federal

 

Ohio

 

2009

 

$

4,434,435

 

$

5,506,687

 

2010

 

17,814,909

 

17,566,426

 

2011

 

1,891,896

 

1,845,791

 

2022

 

880,453

 

880,453

 

Totals

 

$

25,021,693

 

$

25,799,357

 

 

The Company’s effective income tax expense differs from the statutory amount because of the effect of the following items

 

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2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal tax at statutory rate

 

534,979

 

229,880

 

Extraterritorial Income Exclusion

 

(3,771

)

(504

)

Meals and Entertainment

 

1,119

 

752

 

Section 263A Adjustment

 

13,308

 

(312

)

Accounts Receivable Allowance

 

14,641

 

1,680

 

Accrued Vacation

 

(1,545

)

709

 

Inventory Reserve

 

(16,861

)

2,672

 

Debt extinguishment

 

 

 

(64,541

)

State and local income taxes

 

67,252

 

30,272

 

Other

 

92

 

266

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

(41,745

)

(832

)

Net operating loss carryforward

 

(500,217

)

(169,770

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

67,252

 

30,272

 

 

The Company’s net deferred tax asset consists of the following components, at an estimated federal rate of 15%:

 

 

 

Asset / (Liability)

 

 

 

 

 

Section 263A Adjustment

 

41,500

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts Receivable Allowance

 

15,513

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued Vacation

 

2,605

 

 

 

 

 

Inventory Reserve

 

39,437

 

 

 

 

 

Net Operating Loss Carryforwards

 

3,753,254

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

(2,276

)

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Depreciation

 

(45,761

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

3,804,271

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Allowance

 

(3,804,271

)

 

 

 

 

Net Deferred Tax Asset

 

0

 

 

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11.                                 DERIVATIVES

 

On March 18, 2004 the Company entered into an interest-rate swap to reduce its exposure to changes in future interest rates.  The swap fixed the interest rate for 60 months at 5.25% on $639,167 of amortizing debt. As permitted by SFAS 133, the Company elected to account for the derivative as a financial instrument at its market value instead of as a hedge because the effects of market changes on the swap instrument will not have a material impact on the financial statements.  Under the non-hedge method the Company recognizes additional interest expense when the variable rate of LIBOR plus 2.4% is less than the fixed rate of 5.25% and recognizes reduced interest expense when this variable rate exceeds 5.25%.  Additionally, the Company records an unrealized gain or loss to adjust the derivative to market value.  For the year ended September 30, 2004 the Company recognized $4,272 of derivative-related interest expense resulting from the difference in the fixed and variable interest rates.  The Company voluntarily terminated this swap in September 2004, while prepaying $500,000 of principal.  This early termination closed the swap at market prices resulting in a loss of $980.  The Company has no derivatives currently outstanding.

 

Risk Management Policy

The Company’s financial results are impacted by changes in interest rates.  Management evaluates the Company’s exposure to interest rates and can utilize derivative products such as interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and other instruments, in addition to determining the ratio of fixed to floating rate debt to reduce the Company’s exposure to interest rate changes.

 

12.                                 Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of the following:

 

 

 

September 30, 2004

 

 

 

Gross Intangible Assets

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

Net Intangible Assets

 

Weighted Average Life (Years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

$

1,840,709

 

$

19,174

 

$

1,821,535

 

 

Other Intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,840,709

 

$

19,174

 

$

1,821,535

 

 

 

 

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September 30, 2003

 

 

 

Gross Intangible Assets

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

Net Intangible Assets

 

Weighted Average Life (Years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

$

1,840,709

 

$

19,174

 

$

1,821,535

 

 

Other Intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,840,709

 

$

19,174

 

$

1,821,535

 

 

 

 

The Company adopted SFAS 142 on January 1, 2002 and ceased amortization of goodwill, which is deemed to have an indefinite life. Under these rules, the Company no longer amortizes intangible assets with indefinite lives; instead these assets will be subject to annual tests for impairment.

 

In accordance with SFAS 142 the Company performed an impairment test of goodwill at September 30, 2004 and determined that no impairment of goodwill was necessary.

 

We have no intangible assets with finite lives and therefore, we estimate no amortizable expenses will be incurred in the next five years.

 

13.                                 Stockholders’ Equity

 

Preferred Stock – The Company has 10,000,000 shares authorized and 6,250 shares issued and outstanding.  The shares are non-voting, have a par value of $0.00001, a stated value of $100, earn a 10% annual dividend and are convertible, without any payment, into the Company’s common stock at the option of the preferred shareholder.  The conversion period begins October 15, 2005 and continues as long as the preferred shares are outstanding.  The Company cannot mandate redemption or conversion of these preferred shares unless there is a change in control.  The conversion ratio is the stated value of the preferred shares outstanding ($625,000) divided by the lesser of a) $0.75 or b) the average closing share price of the common stock for the last 30 days.  Also, any dividend paid to the Common shareholders must additionally be paid to the Preferred shareholders.

 

Common Stock – The Company has 20,000,000 shares authorized and 3,158,497 shares issued and outstanding.  There are 2,083,333 shares reserved for outstanding warrants and preferred stock conversion options.  As required by the October 2002 Preferred stock offering, this reserved amount represents twice the number that could actually be issued.  The shares have a par value of $0.00001.  The Company is permitted to pay dividends on the common shares if it is not in violation of bank covenants and if it is not in arrears on preferred stock dividends.

 

Additional Paid-in Capital and Accumulated Deficit – As long as the

 

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Company has an Accumulated Deficit instead of Retained Earnings, Delaware Corporate Law requires dividend payments to be recorded as a reduction of Additional Paid-in Capital.

 

On January 5, 2004 the Company issued 5,000 shares of restricted common stock to Mr. Kenneth T. Urbaszewski as compensation for his duties as Chairperson of the Audit Committee.

 

14.                                 EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS

 

401(K) PLAN

 

The Company maintains a 401(K) Plan for the benefit of all full-time employees, except for those covered by the collective bargaining agreement.  Employees may make voluntary contributions to the Plan.  The Company has the option of contributing to the plan, but did not during fiscal 2004 or 2003.  There were no significant changes to the plan during the period.  Plan expenses incurred by the Company totaled approximately $3,100 and $5,686 during 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN

 

The Company maintains a qualified, noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan available to all union employees at CJC after one year of continuous service.  The employee benefit is based on average compensation during the last five consecutive years of employment. The Plan is funded in conformity with ERISA.  The Company uses a measurement date of September 30 for this plan.

 

Effective January 1, 2004, the CJC subsidiary adopted the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.132 R, Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits(SFAS 132R).  SFAS 132R standardizes disclosure requirements without changing the recognition or measurement of pension or postretirement benefit plans and adds requirements for interim period disclosures.  Net periodic benefit cost included the following components:

 

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

8,686

 

$

15,879

 

Interest cost

 

21,341

 

23,361

 

Actual return on Plan assets

 

17,213

 

10,457

 

Amortization of unrecognized net transition asset

 

(9,559

)

(9,559

)

Amortization of prior service costs

 

0

 

0

 

Amortization of initial net asset

 

0

 

0

 

Amortization of unrecognized loss

 

15,065

 

14,319

 

Net asset (gain) deferred for later recognition

 

(29,340

)

(28,611

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

23,406

 

$

25,846

 

 

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The following table sets forth the combined status of the Plan as recognized in the balance sheet at September 30:

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATION:

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit obligation, beginning of year

 

$

345,402

 

$

407,831

 

Service cost

 

8,686

 

15,879

 

Interest cost

 

21,341

 

23,361

 

Amendments

 

0

 

0

 

Actuarial gain (loss)

 

(26,485

)

(60,219

)

Benefits paid

 

(47,255

)

(41,450

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit obligation, end of year

 

$

301,689

 

$

345,402

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of Plan assets, beginning of year

 

$

159,042

 

$

181,524

 

Actual return on Plan assets

 

(17,213

)

(10,457

)

Company contributions

 

25,779

 

29,425

 

Benefits paid

 

(47,255

)

(41,450

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of Plan assets, end of year

 

$

120,353

 

$

159,042

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUNDED STATUS OF THE PLAN:

 

 

 

 

 

Pension benefit obligation:

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated benefit obligation:

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

$

(262,185

)

$

(266,725

)

Non-vested

 

(660

)

(6,900

)

Total accumulated benefit obligation

 

(262,845

)

(273,625

)

Additional benefits based on estimated future salary levels

 

(38,844

)

(71,777

)

Projected benefit obligation

 

(301,689

)

(345,402

)

Fair value of Plan assets

 

120,353

 

159,042

 

Funded status

 

(181,336

)

(186,360

)

Unrecognized net transition asset

 

(28,679

)

(38,238

)

Unrecognized prior service cost

 

0

 

0

 

Unrecognized net loss

 

256,632

 

268,842

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid pension cost

 

$

46,617

 

$

44,244

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE ASSUMPTIONS:

 

 

 

 

 

Discount rate

 

7.0

%

7.0

%

Expected return on Plan assets

 

7.0

%

8.5

%

Rate of compensation increase

 

6.0

%

6.0

%

Inflation

 

4.0

%

4.0

%

 

The rate of return on plan assets is based on historical trends of

 

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asset performance.  After consultation with the Company’s actuarial firm, management reduced the rate of return on plan assets from 8.5% to 7.0% effective April 1, 2004 to reflect the expectations of a less favorable investing environment.

 

COMPOSITION OF PLAN ASSETS:

 

2004

 

2003

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

5.0

%

100.0

%

Equity mutual funds

 

95.0

%

0.0

%

Total

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

 

Estimated Future Benefit Payments

 

2005

 

$

28,141

 

2006

 

$

28,366

 

2007

 

$

29,662

 

2008

 

$

31,530

 

2009

 

$

31,530

 

Years 2010-2014

 

$

181,223

 

 

The Company expects to contribute $28,200 to the plan in 2005.

 

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT POLICY

 

This Investment Management Policy will define the purpose of the Columbus Jack Pension Plan managed cash, stock and bond portfolio, for which the Huntington National Bank serves as custodian, trustee, and investment manager.  This policy statement identifies the plan’s goals and objectives as they pertain to the cash, fixed income, and equity allocations, and provides the guidelines for the investing of plan assets.

 

CASH

$15,000 to $20,000 will be kept in Trust shares of Huntington Money Market Funds to cover potential distributions.  Any amount of plan assets over this threshold will be invested according to the guidelines stated in this document.

 

EQUITIES

This asset class will consist of Trust shares of Huntington equity mutual funds and the asset range will be 80 to 100% of non-cash holdings.   Up to 10% of non-cash holdings may be placed in foreign entities and the remainder will be invested in domestic entities.

 

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FIXED INCOME

The fixed income portion of the non-cash holdings will consist of Trust shares of Huntington investment grade bond funds. The asset range will be 0% to 20% of non-cash holdings.

 

RESULTS EXPECTED

 

Cash

The benchmark will be the higher of the Lipper Treasury Money Market Fund average and the Lipper Money Market Fund average.

 

Equities

Annual total investment returns consistent with a weighting of 95% Wilshire 5000 Index and 5% EAFE.

 

Fixed Income

Annual total investment returns exceeding the Equity standard when the asset class is used. It is understood that this asset class may have no investments for long periods of time.

 

Overall Portfolio

Columbus Jack believes that the minimum expected overall long-term return of the fund, exclusive of employer contributions and participant distributions is 7%.

 

15.                                 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

In November 1993 the Company and its QPI Multipress subsidiary were sued in Indiana Superior Court by an employee of a company that had purchased one of the Company’s presses from a third party. The plaintiff seeks unspecified monetary damages for a personal injury that occurred in her employer’s facility.  Although the Company’s subsidiary carries full product liability insurance, the Company’s former management did not notify the insurance carrier within the prescribed time period.  Accordingly, this claim is not covered by insurance.  Based upon consultation with the Company’s counsel, the Company does not believe that the litigation will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.  In 1995 the Company recorded a provision for this matter that is immaterial to the consolidated financial statements.   In July 2004 the Court granted the Company’s motion for summary judgment to dismiss the Company as a defendant in the suit.  The plaintiff has appealed this decision.  The case is Roberta Jackson v. Multipress, Inc., Quality Products, Inc. and McGill Manufacturing, Case No. 64D02-9311-CT-2675, Superior Court #2, Porter County Indiana.

 

In 1994, the Company’s CJC subsidiary consented to be identified as

 

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a Potentially Responsible Party by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at the Granville Solvents Superfund Site in Granville, Ohio.  CJC is a member of the Granville Solvents Group (“the Group”) that was formed to address contamination at the Site and to share the cleanup costs among the Group members.

 

In May 2003, the Company entered into a settlement agreement relating to the Company’s participation in the Granville Solvents Group (see Note 9).  As part of the settlement, the Company entered into a two-year note payable of $52,500. The case was dismissed with prejudice in accordance with a Notice of Dismissal resulting from the settlement.  Granville Solvents Site Response Management Group, LLC v. Columbus Jack Corporation and Quality Products, Inc., Case No. 02-CVH01782, Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County Ohio.

 

In November 2002 Richard Ramirez sued QPI Multipress, Inc., in Madera County California Superior Court under a product liability claim.  The claim asserts that on November 14, 2001, plaintiff was severely injured while operating a press manufactured by Multipress in 1994.  Multipress carries product liability insurance, which covers this claim.  Although plaintiff has not made a full demand for damages, the Company believes that its liability insurance coverage is sufficient to cover the amount of any judgment likely to be handed down in this action.  The Company has substantial defenses and believes it is not liable.  The Company has made no provision in the financial statements for any potential loss from this action.  A trial, originally scheduled for July 2004, has been postponed for an undetermined amount of time.  Ramirez v. QPI Multipress, Inc., et al., Case No. CV18743, Madera County Superior Court, California.

 

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16.                                 PRIVATE PLACEMENT

 

On October 15, 2002, the Company completed a private placement (the “Private Placement”) with a group of investors including the Company’s Chairman, Richard Drexler, whereby the Company sold: (i) 6,250 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share and stated value of $100 per share convertible into at least 833,333 shares of common stock with a dividend of 10% per share on $100 stated value (the “Series A Preferred”); and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 208,331 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $625,000.  The current investor group consists of Dale Newberg, Richard Drexler, Dan L. Drexler, Jason Drexler, and Nicole Drexler.

 

The Company used the Private Placement proceeds to reduce existing debt.  Specifically, the Company repaid the $345,000 principal outstanding under the Company’s note to Eastlake Securities, Inc., due in December 2002.  Additionally, the Company refinanced the note payable issued in April 2001 for the acquisition of Columbus Jack Corporation.  The refinancing consisted of a cash payment of $200,000 and the issuance of a $300,000 note payable, bearing interest at 10% annually.  This note has been fully repaid.  The Company recognized miscellaneous income of approximately $300,000 during the quarter ending December 31, 2002 as a result of this refinancing.

 

In connection with the Private Placement, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations, Preferences, and Rights of the Series A Preferred with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the “Certificate of Designations”).  The Series A Preferred has a stated value of $100 per share, with a dividend rate of 10.0% per annum, declared quarterly.  If the Board does not declare and pay the dividend on the Series A Preferred, then the dividends accrue at the rate of 12%.  The Series A Preferred is nonvoting.  After three years the holders of the Series A Preferred may voluntarily convert their Series A Preferred to common stock.  The conversion price will be the lower of (i) $0.75, or (ii) an amount equal to the average of the closing bid prices of the common stock for the 30 consecutive trading days preceding a notice of conversion.  If all of the Series A Preferred is converted at $0.75, then the Company will issue 833,333 shares of common stock upon conversion.

 

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The warrants are convertible into 208,331 shares of common stock at a price of $0.75 per share (subject to certain adjustments), and expire on the fifth anniversary of their issuance.

 

17.                                 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

In October 2004, the Company’s lender increased the borrowing availability under the line of credit from $200,000 to $700,000.  The lender agreed to this increase in conjunction with the $500,000 prepayment the Company made on its’ term loan in September.

 

On November 1, 2004, the Company’s management decided to discontinue the operations of the A1 subsidiary.  The decision was made as a result of the unsatisfactory operating performance of A1, and an unfavorable outlook for future business.  The assets and employees of A1 will be transferred to the other subsidiaries for use in their operations.  The discontinuance of A1 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

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EX-4.6 2 a04-15347_1ex4d6.htm EX-4.6

Exhibit 4.6

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Principal

 

Loan Date

 

Maturity

 

Loan No.

 

Call/Coll

 

Account

 

Officer

 

Initials

 

$

315,000.00

 

12-09-2004

 

01-01-2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References in the shaded area are for Lender’s use only and do not limit the applicability of this document to any particular loan or item.

Any item above containing “***” has been omitted due to text length limitations.

 

Borrower: Quality Products, lnc.

2222 South Third Street

Columbus, OH 43207

 

Lender: THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK

Columbus Commercial Banking

P. O. Box 341470 -NC1W25

Columbus, OH 43234-9909

 

Principal Amount: $315,000.00       Initial Rate: 4.990%       Date of Note: December 9, 2004

 

PROMISE TO PAY. Quality Products, Inc. (“Borrower”) promises to pay to THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK (“Lender”), or order, In lawful money of the United States of America, the principal amount of Three Hundred Fifteen Thousand & 00/100 Dollars ($315,000.00), together with Interest on the unpaid outstanding principal balance from December 9, 2004, until paid in full.

 

PAYMENT.   Subject to any payment changes resulting from changes in the Index, Borrower will pay this loan in accordance with the following schedule:

 

13 monthly consecutive interest payments, beginning on January 1, 2005; 59 monthly consecutive principal payments in the initial amount of $5,250.00 each, beginning on February 1, 2006; 59 monthly consecutive interest payments beginning on February 1, 2006; and one principal and interest payment of $5,272.56 on January 1, 2011, with interest calculated on the unpaid principal balances at an interest rate based on the daily fluctuating LIBO rate as defined below.  This estimated final payment is based on the assumption that all payments will be made exactly as scheduled and that the index does not change; the actual final payment will be for all principal and accrued interest not yet paid, together with any other unpaid amounts under this Note.

 

Unless otherwise agreed or required by applicable law, payments will be applied first to any accrued unpaid Interest; then to principal; then to any unpaid collection costs; and then to any late charges.  The annual Interest rate for this note is computed on a 365/360 basis; that is, by applying the ratio of the annual Interest rate over a year of 360 days, multiplied by the outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of days the principal balance is outstanding.  Borrower will pay Lender at Lender’s address shown above or at such other place as Lender may designate in writing.

 

VARIABLE INTEREST RATE. The interest rate on this Note is subject to change from time to time based on changes in an independent index which is the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate.  As used herein, Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate shall mean the rate obtained by dividing: (1) the actual or estimated per annum rate, or the arithmetic mean of the per annum rates, of interest for deposits in U.S. dollars for one (1) month periods, as offered and determined by Lender in its sole discretion based upon information which appears on page LIBOR01, captioned British Bankers Assoc. Interest Rate Settlement Rates, of the Reuters America Network, a service of Reuters America Inc. (or such other page that may replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying LIBO rates; or, if such service ceases to be available or ceases to be used by Lender, such other reasonably comparable money rate service as lender may select) or upon information obtained from any other reasonable procedure, on each date the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate is determined; by (2) an amount equal to one minus the stated maximum rate (expressed as a

 



 

decimal), If any, of all reserve requirements (including, without limitation, any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserves) that is specified on each date the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate is determined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor agency thereto) for determining the maximum reserve requirement with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a member bank of such System, or any other regulations of any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, all as conclusively determined by Lender, absent manifest error, such result to be rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of one-sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1.0%) per annum. Subject to any maximum or minimum interest rate limitation specified herein or by applicable law, the interest rate shall change automatically without notice to Borrower immediately on each day with each change in the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate or the reserve requirement, as applicable, with any change thereto effective as of the opening of business on the day of the change (the “Index”). The Index is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by lender on its loans.  If the Index becomes unavailable during the term of this loan, Lender may designate a substitute index after notice to Borrower.  Lender will tell Borrower the current Index rate upon Borrower’s request. The interest rate change will not occur more often than each day (the “rate change event”).  Borrower understands that Lender may make loans based on other rates as well. The initial rate is based on the Index as of December 7, 2004 which was 2.340% per annum.  Initially, the interest rate to be applied to the unpaid principal balance of the Note is 4.990%.  After the first rate change event, the interest rate to be applied to the unpaid principal balance of this note will be at a rate of 2.650 percentage points over the Index.  NOTICE: under no circumstances will the interest rate on this Note be more than the maximum rate allowed by applicable law.  Whenever increases occur in the interest rate, Lender, at its option, may do one or more of the following: (A) increase Borrower’s payments to ensure Borrower’s loan will pay off by its original final maturity date, (B) increase Borrower’s payments to cover accruing interest, (C) increase the number of Borrower’s payments, and (D) continue Borrower’s payments at the same amount and increase Borrower’s final payment.

 

PREPAYMENT. Borrower may pay without penalty all or a portion of the amount owed earlier than it is due. Early payments will not, unless agreed to by lender In writing, relieve Borrower of Borrower’s obligation to continue to make payments of accrued unpaid interest. Rather, early payments will reduce the principal balance due.  Borrower agrees not to send lender payments marked “paid in full”, “without recourse”, or similar language. If Borrower sends such payment, lender may accept it without losing any of lender’s rights under this Note, and Borrower will remain obligated to pay any further amount owed to Lender. All written communications concerning disputed amounts, including any check or other payment instrument that indicates that the payment constitutes “payment in full” of the amount owed or that is tendered with other conditions or limitations or as full satisfaction of a disputed amount must be mailed or delivered to: The Huntington National Bank, Commercial Customer Support, 2361 Morse Road NC1W26 Columbus, OH 43229.

 

LATE CHARGE. If a payment is 11 days or more late, Borrower will be charged 5.000% of the regularly scheduled payment.

 

INTEREST AFTER DEFAULT. Upon default, including failure to pay upon final maturity, Lender, at its option, may, if permitted under applicable law, Increase the variable interest rate in this Note to 5.650 percentage points over the Index. The interest rate will not exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

 

DEFAULT. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”) under this Note:

 

Payment Default. Borrower fails to make any payment when due under this Note.

 

Other Defaults.  Borrower fails to comply with or to perform any other term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in this Note or in any of the related documents or to comply with or to perform any term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in any other agreement between Lender and Borrower.

 



 

False Statements.  Any warranty, representation or statement made or furnished to Lender by Borrower or on Borrower’s behalf under this Note or the related documents is false or misleading in any material respect, either now or at the time made or furnished or becomes false or misleading at any time thereafter.

 

Insolvency.  The dissolution or termination of Borrower’s existence as a going business, the insolvency of Borrower, the appointment of a receiver for any part of Borrower’s property, any assignment for the benefit of creditors, any type of creditor workout, or the commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws by or against Borrower.

 

Creditor or Forfeiture Proceedings.  Commencement of foreclosure or forfeiture proceedings, whether by judicial proceeding, self-help, repossession or any other method by any creditor of Borrower or by any governmental agency against any collateral securing the loan.  This includes a garnishment of Borrower’s accounts, including deposit accounts, with Lender. However, this Event of Default shall not apply if there is a good faith dispute by Borrower as to the validity or reasonableness of the claim which is the basis of the creditor or forfeiture proceeding and if Borrower gives Lender written notice of the creditor or forfeiture proceeding and deposits with lender monies or a surety bond for the creditor or forfeiture proceeding, in an amount determined by Lender, in its sole discretion, as being an adequate reserve or bond for the dispute.

 

Events Affecting Guarantor.  Any of the preceding events occurs with respect to any Guarantor of any of the indebtedness or any Guarantor dies or becomes incompetent, or revokes or disputes the validity of, or liability under, any guaranty of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note.

 

Change In Ownership.  Any change in ownership of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common stock of Borrower.

 

Adverse Change.  A material adverse change occurs in Borrower’s financial condition, or Lender believes the prospect of payment or performance of this Note is impaired.

 

Insecurity.  Lender in good faith believes itself insecure.

 

LENDER’S RIGHTS.  Upon default, Lender may declare the entire unpaid principal balance on this Note and all accrued unpaid interest immediately due, and then Borrower will pay that amount.

 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES; EXPENSES.  Lender may hire or pay someone else to help collect this Note if Borrower does not pay.  Borrower will pay Lender that amount.  This includes, subject to any limits under applicable law, Lender’s attorney fees and Lender’s legal expenses, whether or not there is a lawsuit, including attorneys’ fees, expenses for bankruptcy proceedings (including efforts to modify or vacate any automatic stay or injunction), and appeals.  If not prohibited by applicable law, Borrower also will pay any court costs in addition to all other sums provided by law.

 

JURY WAIVER.  Lender and Borrower hereby waive the right to any jury trial in any action, proceeding, or counterclaim brought by either Lender or Borrower against the other.

 

GOVERNING LAW. This Note will be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with federal law and the laws of the State of Ohio.  This Note has been accepted by Lender in the State of Ohio.

 

CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers any attorney-at-law, including an attorney hired by Lender, to appear in any court of record and to confess judgment against Borrower for the unpaid amount of this Note as evidenced by an affidavit signed by an officer of Lender setting forth the amount then due, attorneys’ fees plus costs of suit, and to release all errors, and waive all rights of appeal. If a copy of this Note, verified by an affidavit, shall have been filed in the proceeding, it will not be necessary to file the original as a warrant of attorney. Borrower waives the right to any stay of execution and the benefit of all exemption laws now or hereafter in effect. No single exercise of the foregoing warrant and power to confess judgment will be deemed to exhaust the power, whether or not any such exercise shall be held by any court to be invalid, voidable, or void; but the power will

 



 

continue undiminished and may be exercised from time to time as Lender may elect until all amounts owing on this Note have been paid in full. Borrower waives any conflict of interest that an attorney hired by Lender may have in acting on behalf of Borrower in confessing judgment against Borrower while such attorney is retained by Lender. Borrower expressly consents to such attorney acting for Borrower in confessing judgment.

 

DISHONORED ITEM FEE. Borrower will pay a fee to Lender of $15.00 if Borrower makes a payment on Borrower’s loan and the check or preauthorized charge with which Borrower pays is later dishonored.

 

RIGHT OF SETOFF. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Lender reserves a right of setoff in all Borrower’s accounts with Lender (whether checking, savings, or some other account). This includes all accounts Borrower holds jointly with someone else and all accounts Borrower may open in the future. However, this does not include any IRA or Keogh accounts, or any trust accounts for which setoff would be prohibited by law. Borrower authorizes Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to charge or setoff all sums owing on the indebtedness against any and all such accounts.

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Borrower agrees to furnish from time to time on the request of the Lender true and complete financial statements and such other information as the Lender may reasonably require.

 

PROCESSING FEE. Borrower shall pay to Lender on the date of this Note a processing fee in the amount of $0.00. Lender and Borrower agree that the fee shall be fully earned by Lender on the date of this Note.

 

SPECIAL LIBO RATE PROVISION. In the event that Lender reasonably determines that by reason of (a) any change arising after the date of this Note affecting the interbank eurocurrency market or affecting the position of Lender with respect to such market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rates by reference to which the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate then being determined is to be fixed, (b) any change arising after the date of this Note in any applicable law or governmental rule, regulation or order (or any interpretation thereof, including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule, regulation or order), or (c) any other circumstance affecting Lender or the interbank eurocurrency market (such as, but not limited to, official reserve requirements required by Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate plus the applicable spread shall not represent the effective pricing to Lender of accruing interest based upon the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate, then, and in any such event, the accrual of interest hereunder based upon the Daily Fluctuating LlBO Rate shall be suspended until Lender shall notify Borrower that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist and beginning on the date of such suspension interest shall accrue hereunder at a variable rate of interest per annum, which shall change in the manner set forth below, equal to             percentage points (which shall be 0.00 percentage points, unless completed) in excess of the Prime Commercial Rate (as hereinafter defined).

 

In the event that on any date Lender shall have reasonably determined that accruing interest hereunder based upon the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate has become unlawful by compliance by Lender in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation or order, then, and in any such event, Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to Borrower. In such case, when required by law, interest shall accrue hereunder at a variable rate of interest per annum, which shall change in the manner set forth below, equal to           percentage points (which shall be 0.00 percentage points, unless completed) in excess of the Prime Commercial Rate.

 

As used herein, Prime Commercial Rate shall mean the rate established by Lender from time to time based on its consideration of economic, money market, business and competitive factors, and it is not necessarily Lender’s most favored rate. Subject to any maximum or minimum interest rate limitation specified herein or by applicable law, any variable rate of interest on the obligation evidenced hereby based upon the Prime Commercial Rate shall change automatically without notice to Borrower immediately with each change in the Prime Commercial Rate with any change thereto effective as of the opening of business on the day of the change. If during any period of time while interest is accruing hereunder based upon the Prime Commercial Rate the obligation evidenced by this Note is not paid at maturity, whether maturity occurs by

 



 

lapse of time, demand, acceleration or otherwise, the unpaid principal balance and any unpaid interest thereon shall, thereafter until paid, bear interest at a rate equal to          percentage points (which shall be 0.00 percentage points, unless completed) in excess of the rate indicated in the immediately preceding two paragraphs.

 

If, due to (a) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation, (b) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other public authority (whether or not having the force of law), or (c) the failure of Borrower to pay any amount when required by the terms of this Note, there shall be any loss or increase in the cost to Lender of accruing interest hereunder based upon the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate, then Borrower agrees that Borrower shall, from time to time, upon demand by Lender, pay to Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate Lender for such loss or increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such loss or increase cost, submitted to Borrower by Lender, shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the correctness of such amount.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES REQUIRED BY THE USA PATRIOT ACT. To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each entity or person who opens an account or establishes a relationship with the Lender.

 

What this means: When an entity or person opens an account or establishes a relationship with the Lender, the Lender may ask for the name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Lender to identify the entity or person who opens an account or establishes a relationship with the Lender. The Lender may also ask to see identifying documents for the entity or person.

 

DRAW PERIOD.  The proceeds of the loan evidenced hereby may be advanced in partial amounts during the term hereof and prior to maturity, and no partial advances shall be made after January 1, 2006.

 

LINE OF CREDIT. This Note evidences a straight line of credit. Once the total amount of principal has been advanced, Borrower is not entitled to further loan advances.  Advances under this Note, as well as directions for payment from Borrower’s accounts, may be requested orally or in writing by Borrower or by an authorized person. Lender may, but need not, require that all oral requests be confirmed in writing. Borrower agrees to be liable for all sums either: (A) advanced in accordance with the instructions of an authorized person or (B) credited to any of Borrower’s accounts with Lender. The unpaid principal balance owing on this Note at any time may be evidenced by endorsements on this Note or by Lender’s internal records, including daily computer print-outs. Lender will have no obligation to advance funds under this Note if: (A) Borrower or any guarantor is in default under the terms of this Note or any agreement that Borrower or any guarantor has with Lender, including any agreement made in connection with the signing of this Note; (B) Borrower or any guarantor ceases doing business or is insolvent; (C) any guarantor seeks, claims or otherwise attempts to limit, modify or revoke such guarantor’s guarantee of this Note or any other loan with Lender; (0) Borrower has applied funds provided pursuant to this Note for purposes other than those authorized by Lender; or (E) Lender in good faith believes itself insecure.

 

SUCESSOR INTERESTS.  The terms of this note shall be binding upon Borrower, and  upon Borrower’s heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns.

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS.  If any part of this note cannot be enforced, this fact will not affect the rest of the Note.  Borrower does not agree or intend to pay, and Lender does not agree or intend to contract for , charge, collect, take, reserve or receive (collectively referred to herein as “charge or collect”), any amount in the nature of interest or in the nature of a fee for this loan, which would in any way or event (including demand, prepayment, or acceleration) cause Lender to charge or collect more for this loan than the maximum Lender would be permitted to charge or collect by federal law or the law of the State of Ohio (as applicable).  Any such excess interest or unauthorized fee shall, instead of anything stated to the contrary, be applied first to reduce the principal balance of this loan, and when the principal has been paid in full, be refunded to Borrower.  Lender may delay or forgo enforcing any of its rights or remedies under this Note without losing them.  Borrower and any other person who signs, guarantees or endorses this Note, to the

 



 

extent allowed by law, waive presentment, demand for payment, and notice of dishonor.  Upon any change in the terms of this Note, and unless otherwise expressly stated in writing, no party who signs this Note, whether as maker, guarantor, accommodation maker or endorser, shall be released from liability.  All such parties agree that Lender may renew or extend (repeatedly and for any length of time) this loan or release any party or guarantor or collateral; or impair, fail to realize upon or perfect Lender’s security interest in the collateral; and take any other action deemed necessary by Lender without the consent of or notice to anyone.  All such parties also agree that Lender may modify this loan without the consent of or notice to anyone other than the party with whom the modification is made.  The obligations under this Note are joint and several.

 

PRIOR TO SIGNING THIS NOTE. BORROWER READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE. INCLUDING THE VARIABLE INTEREST RATE PROVISIONS. BORROWER AGREES TO THE TERMS OF THE NOTE.

 

BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF A COMPLETED COPY OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE.

 

NOTICE: FOR THIS NOTICE “YOU” MEANS THE BORROWER AND “CREDITOR” AND “HIS” MEANS LENDER.

 

WARNING – BY SIGNING THIS PAPER YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO NOTICE AND COURT TRIAL.  IF YOU DO NOT PAY ON TIME A COURT JUDGMENT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU WITHOUT YOUR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND THE POWERS OF A COURT CAN BE USED TO COLLECT FROM YOU REGARDLESS OF ANY CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST THE CREDITOR WHETHER FOR RETURNED GOODS, FAULTY GOODS, FAILURE ON HIS PART TO COMPLY WITH THE AGREEMENT, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE.

 

BORROWER:

 

QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC

 

By:

/s/ T. P. Schwartz

 

 

Ted P. Schwartz, President of Quality Products, Inc.

 


EX-4.16 3 a04-15347_1ex4d16.htm EX-4.16

Exhibit 4.16

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Principal

 

Loan Date

 

Maturity

 

Loan No.

 

Call/Coll

 

Account

 

Officer

 

Initials

 

$

700,000.00

 

09-27-2004

 

10-01-2005

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References in the shaded area are for Lender’s use only and do not limit the applicability of this document to any particular loan or item.

 

Any item above containing “***” has been omitted due to text length limitations.

 

Borrower: Quality Products,lnc.

2222 South Third Street

Columbus, OH 43207

 

Llender: THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK

Columbus Commercial Banking

P. O. Box 341470 -NC1W25

Columbus, OH 43234-9909

 

Principal Amount: $700,000.00        Initial Rate: 4.240%        Date of Note: September 27, 2004

 

PROMISE TO PAY. Quality Products, Inc. (“Borrower”) promises to pay to THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK (“Lender”), or order, In lawful money of the United States of America, the principal amount of Seven Hundred Thousand & 00/100 Dollars ($700,000.00) or so much as may be outstanding, together with Interest or the unpaid outstanding principal balance of each advance. Interest shall be calculated from the date of each advance until repayment of each advance.

 

PAYMENT. Borrower will pay this loan in one payment of all outstandlng principal plus all accrued unpaid Interest on October 1, 2005. In addition, Borrower will pay regular monthly payments of all accrued unpaid interest due as of each payment date, beginning November 1, 2004, with all subsequent Interest payments to be due on the same day of each month after that. Unless otherwise agreed or required by applicable law, payments will be applied first to any accrued unpaid Interest; then to principal; then to any unpaid collection costs; and then to any late charges.  The annual Interest rate for this note is computed on a 365/360 basis; that is, by applying the ratio of the annual Interest rate over a year of 360 days, multiplied by the outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of days the principal balance is outstanding.  Borrower will pay Lender at Lender’s address; shown above or at such other place as Lender may designate in writing.

 

VARIABLE INTEREST RATE. The interest rate on this Note is subject to change from time to time based on changes in an independent index which is the Daily Fluctuating LlBO Rate.  As used herein, Daily Fluctuating LlBO Rate shall mean the rate obtained by dividing: (1) the actual or estimated per annum rate, or the arithmetic mean of the per annum rates, of interest for deposits in U.S. dollars for one (1) month periods, as offered and determined by Lender in its sole discretion based upon information which appears on page LIBOR01, captioned British Bankers Assoc. Interest Rate Settlement Rates, of the Reuters America Network, a service of Reuters America Inc. (or such other page that may replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying LIBO rates; or, if such service ceases to be available or ceases to be used by Lender, such other reasonably comparable money rate service as lender may select) or upon information obtained from any other reasonable procedure, on each date the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate is determined; by (2) an amount equal to one minus the stated maximum rate (expressed as a decimal), If any, of all reserve requirements (including, without limitation, any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserves) that is specified on each date the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate is determined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor agency thereto) for determining the maximum reserve requirement with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a member bank of such System,

 



 

or any other regulations of any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, all as conclusively determined by Lender, absent manifest error, such result to be rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of one-sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1.0%) per annum. Subject to any maximum or minimum interest rate limitation specified herein or by applicable law, the interest rate shall change automatically without notice to Borrower immediately on each day with each change in the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate or the reserve requirement, as applicable, with any change thereto effective as of the opening of business on the day of the change (the “Index”). The Index is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by lender on its loans.  If the Index becomes unavailable during the term of this loan, Lender may designate a substitute index after notice to Borrower.  Lender will tell Borrower the current Index rate upon Borrower’s request. The interest rate change will not occur more often than each day (the “rate change event”).  Borrower understands that Lender may make loans based on other rates as well. The initial rate Is based on the Index as of September 24, 2004 which was 1.84% per annum.  Initially, the interest rate to be applied to the unpaid principal balance of the Note is 4.240%.  After the first rate change event, the interest rate to be applied to the unpaid principal balance of this note will be at a rate of 2.400 percentage points over the Index.  NOTICE: under no circumstances will the interest rate on this Note be more than the maximum rate allowed by applicable law.

 

PREPAYMENT. Borrower may pay without penalty all or a portion of the amount owed earlier than it is due. Early payments will not, unless agreed to by lender In writing, relieve Borrower of Borrower’s obligation to continue to make payments of accrued unpaid interest. Rather, early payments will reduce the principal balance due.  Borrower agrees not to send lender payments marked “paid in full”, “without recourse”, or similar language. If Borrower sends such payment, lender may accept it without losing any of lender’s rights under this Note, and Borrower will remain obligated to pay any further amount owed to Lender. All written communications concerning disputed amounts, including any check or other payment instrument that indicates that the payment constitutes “payment in full” of the amount owed or that is tendered with other conditions or limitations or as full satisfaction of a disputed amount must be mailed or delivered to: The Huntington National Bank, Commercial Customer Support, 2361 Morse Road NC1W26 Columbus, OH 43229.

 

LATE CHARGE. If a payment is 11 days or more late, Borrower will be charged 5.000% of the regularly scheduled payment.

 

INTEREST AFTER DEFAULT. Upon default, including failure to pay upon final maturity, Lender, at its option, may, if permitted under applicable law, Increase the variable interest rate in this Note to 5.400 percentage points over the Index. The interest rate will not exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

 

DEFAULT. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”) under this Note:

 

Payment Default. Borrower fails to make any payment when due under this Note.

 

Other Defaults. Borrower fails to comply with or to perform any other term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in this Note or in any of the related documents or to comply with or to perform any term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in any other agreement between Lender and Borrower.

 

False Statements. Any warranty, representation or statement made or furnished to Lender by Borrower or on Borrower’s behalf under this Note or the related documents is false or misleading in any material respect, either now or at the time made or furnished or becomes false or misleading at any time thereafter.

 

Insolvency. The dissolution or termination of Borrower’s existence as a going business, the insolvency of Borrower, the appointment of a receiver for any part of Borrower’s property, any assignment for the benefit of creditors, any type of creditor workout, or the commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws by or against Borrower.

 

Creditor or Forfeiture Proceedings.  Commencement of foreclosure or forfeiture proceedings, whether by judicial proceeding, self-help, repossession or any other method by any creditor of Borrower or by any governmental agency against any collateral securing the loan.  This includes a garnishment of Borrower’s

 



 

accounts, including deposit accounts, with Lender. However, this Event of Default shall not apply if there is a good faith dispute by Borrower as to the validity or reasonableness of the claim which is the basis of the creditor or forfeiture proceeding and if Borrower gives Lender written notice of the creditor or forfeiture proceeding and deposits with lender monies or a surety bond for the creditor or forfeiture proceeding, in an amount determined by Lender, in its sole discretion, as being an adequate reserve or bond for the dispute.

 

Events Affecting Guarantor.  Any of the preceding events occurs with respect to any Guarantor of any of the indebtedness or any Guarantor dies or becomes incompetent, or revokes or disputes the validity of, or liability under, any guaranty of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note.

 

Change In Ownership.  Any change in ownership of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common stock of Borrower.

 

Adverse Change.  A material adverse change occurs in Borrower’s financial condition, or Lender believes the prospect of payment or performance of this Note is impaired.

 

Insecurity.  Lender in good faith believes itself insecure.

 

LENDER’S RIGHTS.  Upon default, Lender may declare the entire unpaid principal balance on this Note and all accrued unpaid interest immediately due, and then Borrower will pay that amount.

 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES; EXPENSES.  Lender may hire or pay someone else to help collect this Note if Borrower does not pay.  Borrower will pay Lender that amount.  This includes, subject to any limits under applicable law, Lender’s attorney fees and Lender’s legal expenses, whether or not there is a lawsuit, including attorneys’ fees, expenses for bankruptcy proceedings (including efforts to modify or vacate any automatic stay or injunction), and appeals.  If not prohibited by applicable law, Borrower also will pay any court costs in addition to all other sums provided by law.

 

JURY WAIVER.  Lender and Borrower hereby waive the right to any jury trial in any action, proceeding, or counterclaim brought by either Lender or Borrower against the other.

 

GOVERNING LAW. This Note will be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with federal law and the laws of the State of Ohio.  This Note has been accepted by Lender in the State of Ohio.

 

CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers any attorney-at-law, including an attorney hired by Lender, to appear in any court of record and to confess judgment against Borrower for the unpaid amount of this Note as evidenced by an affidavit signed by an officer of Lender setting forth the amount then due, attorneys’ fees plus costs of suit, and to release all errors, and waive all rights of appeal. If a copy of this Note, verified by an affidavit, shall have been filed in the proceeding, it will not be necessary to file the original as a warrant of attorney. Borrower waives the right to any stay of execution and the benefit of all exemption laws now or hereafter in effect. No single exercise of the foregoing warrant and power to confess judgment will be deemed to exhaust the power, whether or not any such exercise shall be held by any court to be invalid, voidable, or void; but the power will continue undiminished and may be exercised from time to time as Lender may elect until all amounts owing on this Note have been paid in full. Borrower waives any conflict of interest that an attorney hired by Lender may have in acting on behalf of Borrower in confessing judgment against Borrower while such attorney is retained by Lender. Borrower expressly consents to such attorney acting for Borrower in confessing judgment.

 

DISHONORED ITEM FEE. Borrower will pay a fee to Lender of $15.00 if Borrower makes a payment on Borrower’s loan and the check or preauthorized charge with which Borrower pays is later dishonored.

 

RIGHT OF SETOFF. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Lender reserves a right of setoff in all Borrower’s accounts with Lender (whether checking, savings, or some other account). This includes all accounts Borrower holds jointly with someone else and all accounts Borrower may open in the future.

 



 

However, this does not include any IRA or Keogh accounts, or any trust accounts for which setoff would be prohibited by law. Borrower authorizes Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to charge or setoff all sums owing on the indebtedness against any and all such accounts.

 

LINE OF CREDIT. This Note evidences a revolving line of credit. Advances under this Note, as well as directions for payment from Borrower’s accounts, may be requested orally or in writing by Borrower or by an authorized person. Lender may, but need not, require that all oral requests be confirmed in writing. Borrower agrees to be liable for all sums either: (A) advanced in accordance with the instructions of an authorized person or (B) credited to any of Borrower’s accounts with Lender. The unpaid principal balance owing on this Note at any time may be evidenced by endorsements on this Note or by Lender’s internal records, including daily computer print-outs. Lender will have no obligation to advance funds under this Note if: (A) Borrower or any guarantor is in default under the terms of this Note or any agreement that Borrower or any guarantor has with Lender, including any agreement made in connection with the signing of this Note; (B) Borrower or any guarantor ceases doing business or is insolvent; (C) any guarantor seeks, claims or otherwise attempts to limit, modify or revoke such guarantor’s guarantee of this Note or any other loan with Lender; (0) Borrower has applied funds provided pursuant to this Note for purposes other than those authorized by Lender; or (E) Lender in good faith believes itself insecure.

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Borrower agrees to furnish from time to time on the request of the Lender true and complete financial statements and such other information as the Lender may reasonably require.

 

PROCESSING FEE. Borrower shall pay to Lender on the date of this Note a processing fee in the amount of $0.00. Lender and Borrower agree that the fee shall be fully earned by Lender on the date of this Note.

 

SPECIAL LIBO RATE PROVISION. In the event that Lender reasonably determines that by reason of (a) any change arising after the date of this Note affecting the interbank eurocurrency market or affecting the position of Lender with respect to such market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rates by reference to which the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate then being determined is to be fixed, (b) any change arising after the date of this Note in any applicable law or governmental rule, regulation or order (or any interpretation thereof, including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule, regulation or order), or (c) any other circumstance affecting Lender or the interbank eurocurrency market (such as, but not limited to, official reserve requirements required by Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate plus the applicable spread shall not represent the effective pricing to Lender of accruing interest based upon the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate, then, and in any such event, the accrual of interest hereunder based upon the Daily Fluctuating LlBO Rate shall be suspended until Lender shall notify Borrower that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist and beginning on the date of such suspension interest shall accrue hereunder at a variable rate of interest per annum, which shall change in the manner set forth below, equal to         percentage points (which shall be 0.00 percentage points, unless completed) in excess of the Prime Commercial Rate (as hereinafter defined).

 

In the event that on any date Lender shall have reasonably determined that accruing interest hereunder based upon the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate has become unlawful by compliance by Lender in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation or order, then, and in any such event, Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to Borrower. In such case, when required by law, interest shall accrue hereunder at a variable rate of interest per annum, which shall change in the manner set forth below, equal to          percentage points (which shall be 0.00 percentage points, unless completed) in excess of the Prime Commercial Rate.

 

As used herein, Prime Commercial Rate shall mean the rate established by Lender from time to time based on its consideration of economic, money market, business and competitive factors, and it is not necessarily Lender’s most favored rate. Subject to any maximum or minimum interest rate limitation specified herein or by applicable law, any variable rate of interest on the obligation evidenced hereby based upon the Prime Commercial Rate shall change automatically without notice to Borrower immediately with each change in the Prime Commercial Rate with any change thereto effective as of the opening of business on the day of

 



 

the change. If during any period of time while interest is accruing hereunder based upon the Prime Commercial Rate the obligation evidenced by this Note is not paid at maturity, whether maturity occurs by lapse of time, demand, acceleration or otherwise, the unpaid principal balance and any unpaid interest thereon shall, thereafter until paid, bear interest at a rate equal to           percentage points (which shall be 0.00 percentage points, unless completed) in excess of the rate indicated in the immediately preceding two paragraphs.

 

If, due to (a) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation, (b) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other public authority (whether or not having the force of law), or (c) the failure of Borrower to pay any amount when required by the terms of this Note, there shall be any loss or increase in the cost to Lender of accruing interest hereunder based upon the Daily Fluctuating LIBO Rate, then Borrower agrees that Borrower shall, from time to time, upon demand by Lender, pay to Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate Lender for such loss or increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such loss or increase cost, submitted to Borrower by Lender, shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the correctness of such amount.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES REQUIRED BY THE USA PATRIOT ACT. To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each entity or person who opens an account or establishes a relationship with the Lender.

 

What this means: When an entity or person opens an account or establishes a relationship with the Lender, the Lender may ask for the name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Lender to identify the entity or person who opens an account or establishes a relationship with the Lender. The Lender may also ask to see identifying documents for the entity or person.

 

PRIOR NOTE. This Note is given in renewal and replacement of a certain Promissory Note dated March 18, 2004, in the original principal amount of $200,000.00 executed and delivered by the Borrower to the Lender.

 

PRIOR TO SIGNING THIS NOTE. BORROWER READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE. INCLUDING THE VARIABLE INTEREST RATE PROVISIONS. BORROWER AGREES TO THE TERMS OF THE NOTE.

 

BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF A COMPLETED COPY OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE.

 

NOTICE: FOR THIS NOTICE “YOU” MEANS THE BORROWER AND “CREDITOR” AND “HIS” MEANS LENDER.

 

WARNING – BY SIGNING THIS PAPER YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO NOTICE AND COURT TRIAL.  IF YOU DO NOT PAY ON TIME A COURT JUDGMENT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU WITHOUT YOUR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND THE POWERS OF A COURT CAN BE USED TO COLLECT FROM YOU REGARDLESS OF ANY CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST THE CREDITOR WHETHER FOR RETURNED GOODS, FAULTY GOODS, FAILURE ON HIS PART TO COMPLY WITH THE AGREEMENT, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE.

 

BORROWER:

 

QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC

 

By:

/s/ Richard A. Drexler

 

 

Richard A. Drexler, Chief Executive Officer of

 

Quality Products, Inc.

 


EX-21 4 a04-15347_1ex21.htm EX-21

Exhibit 21

 

Subsidiaries of Quality Products, Inc.

 

Subsidiary Name

 

State of Incorporation

 

Business Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QPI Multipress, Inc.

 

Ohio

 

QPI Multipress, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbus Jack Corporation

 

Ohio

 

Columbus Jack Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A-1 Specialty & Gov’t. Packaging, Inc.

 

Ohio

 

A-1 Specialty & Gov’t. Packaging, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Liberty Mining Corp. (non-operating)

 

Nevada

 

American Liberty Mining Corp.

 

 


EX-31.1 5 a04-15347_1ex31d1.htm EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Richard A. Drexler, certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Quality Products, Inc.;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.               The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:

 

a.               Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.              Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c.               Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d.              Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.               The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a.               All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.              Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: December 28, 2004

 

/s/Richard A. Drexler

 

Richard A. Drexler

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 


EX-31.2 6 a04-15347_1ex31d2.htm EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Tac D. Kensler, certify that:

 

1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Quality Products, Inc.;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.               The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:

 

a.               Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b.              Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c.               Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d.              Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.               The small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a.               All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b.              Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: December 28, 2004

 

/s/Tac D. Kensler

 

Tac D. Kensler

Chief Financial Officer

 


EX-32.1 7 a04-15347_1ex32d1.htm EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Quality Products, Inc, (the “Company”) on Form 10-KSB for the year ending September 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Richard A. Drexler, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (S) 1350, as adopted pursuant to (S) 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)          The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: December 28, 2004

 

/s/Richard A. Drexler

 

Richard A. Drexler

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 


EX-32.2 8 a04-15347_1ex32d2.htm EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Quality Products, Inc, (the “Company”) on Form 10-KSB for the year ending September 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Tac D. Kensler, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (S) 1350, as adopted pursuant to (S) 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)          The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: December 28, 2004

 

/s/Tac D. Kensler

 

Tac D. Kensler

Chief Financial Officer

 


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