10-K/A 1 v175361_10ka.htm
 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
 
(Mark One)
 
x
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Commission File Number: 000-51552
 
ATS CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
11-3747850
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
7925 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Virginia
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
22102
(zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(571) 766-2400
 
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
NONE
 
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class
 
Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
 
AMEX
 
Units, each consisting of one share of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, and two Warrants
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock
(Title Of Class)
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o  No x
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o  No x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x  No o
 
Indicate by a 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 Form 10-K. o
 
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. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer o
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o
Smaller reporting company x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o  No x
 
As of June 30, 2009, the aggregate market value of the Registrant’s Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was $14.6 million, based on the closing sales price of the Registrant’s Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board on that date.  The Registrant’s Common Stock subsequently ceased trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and commenced trading on the NYSE Amex LLC on January 5, 2010.
 
As of March 6, 2009, 22,574,521 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.0001 par value, were outstanding.
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
 
None.
 


 
 

 
 
Introductory Note

This annual report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2008, has been filed to amend the disclosure under Item 9A Controls and Procedures and to refile the certifications required by Rule 12b-15 (Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2).  Accordingly, this amendment only includes Item 9A and such certifications.  Except for the amended disclosure set forth below, this Form 10-K/A has not been updated to reflect events that occurred after December 31, 2008, the date of the original annual report.  As such, this Form 10-K/A should be read in conjunction with our filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the original annual report, including any amendments to those filings.

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
As of December 31, 2008, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as defined by Rule 13a-15(c) of the Exchange Act are effective at a reasonable assurance level in timely alerting management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of material information about us required to be included in periodic SEC filings. However, in evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as this Annual Report on Form 10-K, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Management is required to assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of each fiscal year and report based on that assessment whether our internal control over financial reporting was effective. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and effected by our Board of Directors, our management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
 
 
·
pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;
 
·
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management or our Board of Directors; and
 
·
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
 
Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no assessment of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management’s override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
 
 
 

 
 
Assessment of Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls Over Financial Reporting
 
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on the criteria set forth in the framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. We determined that our internal control over financial reporting was effective.
 
Management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs.
 
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 

 
 
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.
 
 
ATS CORPORATION
   
February 24, 2010
By:
/s/ Edward H. Bersoff
   
Dr. Edward H. Bersoff
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibits:

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
     
31.1
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-19(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
     
31.2
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-19(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
     
32.1
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
32.2
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002