10-K/A 1 f10k-amd1_brinx.htm FORM 10-K AMD 1 10-31-08 f10k-amd1_brinx.htm
 


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

FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1

(Mark One)
:           ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008

 
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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                                                                                 to                      

Commission file number:  333-102441

BRINX RESOURCES LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
98-0388682
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

820 Piedra Vista Road NE, Albuquerque, NM 87123
(Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (505) 250-9992

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:  None
Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  [  ]Yes     [X]No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  [X]Yes     [  ]No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all report required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  [X]Yes     [  ]No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
[  ] Yes                      [  ] No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not 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-K or any amendment to this From 10-K.  [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer[  ]                                                                                                Accelerated filer[  ]
Non-accelerated filer[  ]                                                                                                Smaller reporting company[X] 

 
 

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). [  ]Yes     [X]No

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.  $5,670,036 as of April 30, 2008

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:  24,529,832 as of January 26, 2009


EXPLANATORY NOTE

We are filing this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008, as originally filed with the SEC on January 29, 2009 to (1) revise Item 9A to report on management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting, and (2) file a currently dated certification by our principal executive and principal financial officer.

This Amendment No. 1 continues to speak as of the date of the original Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008 and we have not updated or amended the disclosures contained herein to reflect events that have occurred since the filing of the Form 10-K, or modified or updated those disclosures in any way other than as described in the preceding paragraphs.  Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with our filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the original Form 10-K on January 29, 2009.



 
 

 

ITEM 9A.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
 
Evaluation Of Disclosure Controls And Procedures
 
Disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), are our controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Act is accumulated and communicated to our sole officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, requires us to carry out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of October 31, 2008, being the date of our most recently completed fiscal year end.  This evaluation was conducted under the supervision and with the participation of our sole officer, Leroy Halterman.  Based on this evaluation, Mr. Halterman concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective since the following material weaknesses exist:

·    
We rely on external consultants for the preparation of our financial statements and reports.  As a result, our sole officer may not be able to identify errors and irregularities in the financial statements and reports.
 
·    
We have a sole officer who is also a director.  Our board of directors consists of only two members.  Therefore, there is an inherent lack of segregation of duties and a limited independent governing board.
 
·    
We rely on an external consultant for administration functions, some of which do not have standard procedures in place for formal review by our sole officer.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act.  Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation and fair presentation of our financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
Our sole officer has assessed the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting as of October 31, 2008.  In making this assessment, management used the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
 
In conducting his evaluation, our sole officer considered advice from our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Chisholm, Bierwolf & Nilson, LLC (“Chisholm”) that based on several minor corrections to our financial statements and related disclosures proposed by Chisholm, there may be material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting.  Specifically, the following deficiencies are noted:

·    
We do not have an Audit Committee.  Although we are not legally required to have one, this means that we do not have entity control over our financial statements.
 
·    
While our external consultants provide sufficient documentation of our financial statements preparation and review procedures, our sole officer must rely on such documentation.
 
·    
We do not have proper segregation of duties for the preparation of our financial statements, resulting in journal entries being prepared and approved by the same person and lack of entity control over the preparation of financial statements.

 
 

 
As a result of these deficiencies in our internal controls, our sole officer concluded further that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures may not be effective and that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective.

Our sole officer also considered various mitigating factors in making his determination.  Our sole officer also noted that we are still evaluating and implementing changes in our internal controls in response to the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley §404.  During fiscal 2009, we will continue to implement appropriate changes as they are identified, including changes to remediate material weaknesses in our internal controls.
 
This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
 
Changes In Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
 
In connection with the evaluation of our internal controls during our last fiscal quarter, our sole officer has concluded that there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


ITEM 15.     EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

Regulation
S-K Number
 
Exhibit
3.1
  Articles of Incorporation (1)
3.2
  Bylaws (1)
3.3
  Certificate of Change Pursuant to NRS 78.209 (2)
3.4
  Amended Bylaws (3)
3.5
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (3)
16.1
  Letter from Gordon, Hughes & Banks, LLP dated April 25, 2008 (4)
31.1
  Rule 15d-14(a) Certification
32.2
  Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
____________________
 
(1) Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the registratnt's registration statement on Form SB-1, file number 333-102441. 
(2)
Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K dated September 26, 2004, filed September 27, 2004.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K dated December 3, 2008, filed January 13, 2009.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K dated April 21, 2008, filed April 25, 2009.


 
 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
  BRINX RESOURCES LTD.  
       
Date:  September 18, 2009
By:
/s/ Leroy Halterman  
    Leroy Halterman, President